St. Paul daily globe., 1888-08-27
ON A SPLENDID TRACK
Opening of the Minnehaha Park To-
Morrow Afternoon.
FINE RACING EXPECTED.
a Description Of the Grounds and
Track---Nearly 100 Entrfes---
$500 in Purses.

Arrangements are now all completed
for the races at the new Minnehaha
Driving park, Minneapolis. Nearly 100
horses have been entered, and $500 in
prizes will be given. The horses comprise
some of the best known and. fastest
ANIMALS in the country, and all lovers
OF hOrSefieSh are looking forward to the
opening of the season with considerable
interest. The grounds are in excellent
shape. The track itself is the finest one
in the Northwest, and there is no doubt
but that number of good records will
be made Oh it. The grand stand is
handsome one and is well put up. The
judges stand is directly across the
track and Is a thing of beauty. The sta
bles are at the upper end of the
grounds. not too far from the track, and
are models of comfort and elegance i'll
every respect. There is plenty of good
water there, and all horSemen who have
seen the park pronounce it the finest
one west of Chicago. Following is the
programme for Tomorrow:
$3.50 trOt-
Orrin Rogers, Minneapolis, b g Fugle-
man.
Steele & Chaplin, East Saginaw, Mich,
ch Colonel Brsbois.
Del Barker, Greenwood, Mo-, Diamond.
Wilson d Stanley, Detroit, Mich, b G
jim Fuller.
Ed Keith, Chicago, Ill, + G Mack.
W. IL. Colby, Council Bluffs, To-, Bow.
man.
John Smith. Rochester, Mimi, b g
Brittle Silver.
G. w. Spear, Minneapolis, b G Star S.
2:25 trOt-
j. F. Hemmenway & Hawkins, Oska-
lOosa, To-, b Sarcenet.
n 7 VT hinnnonn1iS oh M,
Steele q Chaplin, East Saginaw, Mich,
gr G So Long.
A. j. Libby, Minneapolis, b Senator.
IL. l.. IL f. ID. Stout, Dubuque, To-, blk
m Alpha.
Wilson & Stanley, Detroit, Mich, br m
Little Eva.
2:45 Pace-R. NJ. Dodd, Mortified,
Mimi. b Colossus.
F. Benjamin., E. Saginaw, Mich. m
Ada B
T. Rooney. Lake Crystal, blk Comet.
Steele d Chaplin, +. Saginaw, Mich, C
Bliss & Parsons. Detroit, Mich, b
Clear Grit.
G. II. Morton. Minneapolis, b m Flora
NJ
G. W. Spear, Minneapolis, b g Great
Western.
TRACK NOTES.
Jim Fuller, owned by Wilson & Stan
ley, of Detroit, Mich, and driven by
Ben Stanley, will be in the three-min-
ute race. He won the 2:3O race at Chi
cago Saturday, making a record of
1868. There has been considerable
money already put up that 2:20 or bet
ter will be made in the three-minute
race.
Horses from the stables of H. l.. &
f. ID. Stout, of Dubuque, To-, arrived
yesterday. Stout Bros. are the owners
of the noted stallion Nat Wood, for
which they paid $4,000. They also
own the bay mare LO LO, purchased of
the kittSon estate for $500. Henry
Kelly is their driver.
AXtel, the twO-year-Old stallion who
trOtted in Chicago oD Friday to beat the
$4,000 Bell Boys time, will be here.
Bell Boys time is 2:2619, and Axtel
made it in 2:24$4. He will try and beat
this time on Tuesday.
The Omaha delegation came in yes
terday, also j B S and Brittle Silver,
owned by Smith Bros, of Rochester,
this state,
J.V. Palmer, of Lacrosse, has brought
in Deadwood, 2:20 class, and Johnnie
p, 2:32 class.
&. ". Raymond's bay mare Gen
ervira, of st. Paul, arrived yesterday.
Horace Thompson. of st. Paul, has
entered Shamrock in the 2:45 race.
First Call, with record of 2:21117z, ar
rived yesterday.