St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-31
AMONG The HORSES.
Arrangements Made for the
Twin City Running
Meeting.
Death Of Bonner's Well
Known Hambletonian
Stallion, Startle.
Payments Are Due in the Hin
neSota Breeders Stake
Races.
w. S. Monroe Sells Capt. Wood
COLOSSUS Sick--GOod
Mares Sold.

II is very evident that Frank Shaw
and the gentlemen associated with him
in the effort 10 give the people OF the
Z Northwest q first-claSs running meet
ing, have taken hold of the matter III
earnest. A number of people In the
Twin Cities have for years manifested
desire to see the runners brought here,
and they will be gratified and we shall
have an opportunity to Judge by the at
tendance at the races just how much
their desire for running amounts to. 1t
is hoped. and expected, that the attend
ance will be satisfactory. 1t Is believed
that the venture will prove a great sue
cess. At any rate, those interested III
tie project propose 10 put up a frst-
class programme, by bringing the very
best horses III the country here, and
by Offering liberal purses. Nothing VIII
be omitted. An opportunity Will be
afforded to see i'll the Northwest just as
good a meeting as can be seen any
where in the East All the sporting
horse papers have given the project ia
yorable notices and they are unani-
nous in expressing the belief that 1t
will prove a grand success from the
start. The following from the Spirit OF
the Times is sample:
The Twin City Jockey Club of Min
neapolis and 81. Paul, Mimi, is in the
field with grand announcement for It's
racing meeting which begins July y,
ending July 81. This is the youngest
of the great jockey clubs in the country,
and from the character of the gentle
men engaged, the location and sur
roundngs, we have 10 doubt its effort
to establish racing in the Northwest
will be crowned in its cradle with an
nneduiyocal success. The course is at
Hamline, midway between st. Paul and
Minneapolis, and hence Will attract the
patronage of both these thriving cities"
: 1t presents great possibilities as
great racing point. 1t is only fourteen
hours travel from Chicago to st. Paul,
and with five great lines of railway be-
tween these places, transportation Will
be an easy matter. a programme Will
be made up later on to suit every class
of horses. and with 40 purses less than
s400 and entrance fee to all purse races,
there is no reason why the meeting
should not be a success. Winners will
be paid cash at the wire" The stables
and track are in splendid condition, with
abundance of water.
The Twin Cities have population of
100000 inhabitants, and it is only ten
miles between Minneapolis and st.
Paul. The IIamline race course, full
mile track. is just between the two
cities. In addition to the stakes to be
run off at the July meeting during the
regular days, the other four races, each
day, will have $1,000 divided between
them.
This club is n member of the Ameri-
can Turf Congress, with twenty-tour
days racing at Chicago, Washington
Park, this coming summer, and follow
ing it the meeting at st. Paul. The
meeting Immediately follows Chicago,
Washington Park clubs summer meet
ing, and gives hOrSemcn time to go
East from St. Paul to run in August.
The stakes opened are splendid
sample of what horsemen may expect of
the new club. The Ladies' stakes, for
two-year-old FLIES, five furlOngS, has
81 900 added; the Carnival stakes, for
two-year-old colts and geldings, six fur
longs. 81 900 added. The Twin City
derby Is for three-year-olds. one mile
and a quarter, $500 added; the
Twin City Oaks, for three-year-old
flllies, one mile and a furlong, $1,000
added; the Twin City exposition stakes,
for a ii ages, one mile ard sixteenth,
81, 800 added; the Merchants handicap,
for all ages, one mile and seventy yards,
81 800 added. The club also offers for
the simmer meeting of 1890 the above
Derby and Oaks for three-year-olds
foals of 1850; also the hamline stakes,
for three ear-oldS foals of 1850, one
mile and three furlongs, $4,000 added.
Is. q. Bruce has been appointed clerk of
the course and l.. p. Ezekiel clerk of
the scales. +. y. Shaw has been elected
secretary, and to him nominations
should be addressed, at 126 East Third
street, st. Paul, Mimi. The stakes close
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