St. Paul daily globe., 1889-09-03
A GORGEOUS DISPLAY.
That Is What the PpepaPa-
tionS Indicate for the
State Fair.
Rio Grande Billy and Lasso
. Mac Are Already on the
Ground.
With Their Band Of VaqueroS
They Will Entertain All
Classes.
List of Prominent Exhibitors
List of Prominent Exhibitors
Who Will Compete for
Premiums.

! grand StanQ ana 6XnlDlU Ou1lQllSS UuT-
ing the past two weeks, and the result
is apparent on every hand. Many new
and handsome buildings are being
erected by intending exhibitors, nota-
bly, those of the Duluth exhibitors and
| of several of the machinery firms. A
very large and handsome structure is
| that built by the Duluth people, yet it
/ is said that in spite of the efforts to
avoid croWding, there will be
hardly room for all those who
| are anxious to represent the Zenith
! City with displays OF her resources. All
arrangements for the reception of live
stock have been completed, and exhibit
ors will find nothing lacking in the per-
| fectiOn of those arrangements. The new
building IN course of erection by the
| Walter A. Wood Implement company is
the largest private building of the kind
4 on the grounds, and the intention OF the
| builders to fill the imposing structure
| with all that is most modern and novel
in the way of agricultural machinery
| will, if carried out, delight the hearts of
the visiting farmers. By an arrange
ment of gearing which is decided i'm
prOvement over that of grievous years,
power will be furnished from tho large
| engines being set ND sufficient to keep
| dll Tile VI dl
| cry in motion at one time.
The exhibits of the Northern Pacific
and Manitoba railways, which will Oc-
| cupy the same positions respectively
as last year, are even now IN an ad-
vanced stage. and are of an
EVEN MORE ATTRACTIVE
! character than in former years. A
novel exhibit of the Manitoba exhibit
| will be design in new grain, showing
Minnesota as she was, and as she is.
The repainting, and it may be said
the remOdeling of the buildings,
I and especially of tho grand
stand, has transformed the grounds
in appearance, everything now
looking bright, fresh and cheerful.
The race track, under the handling o t
Supt. Cross, was never in better cOndl-
| ton than at present, and over fifty of
the flyers to participate in the races
| next week are Oh the grounds. Alf.
Bldgood. master of the SibleY hounds,
| is already on the ground with a
string of steeplechaSerS, and will,
as usual, make things lively
for any field he may lead at the hurdles.
| The track incloSure is at present Occu-
pied by heard of Texas stee RS, as wild
as they make them in that proyerbially
WOOL Y region, the animals being kept at
a properly heated temperature by the
combined efforts of Rio Grande Billy,
Lasso Mac, California Jim and the rest
4 of the band of vaquerOS on the ground.
These gentlemen make it a point to
chase and rope halt the steers in the
paddock every morning, just to keep
their hands in, and whenever one of the
crowd sends his rawhide lariat after a
'tcritter" the latter
GOES TO EARTH
with unerring certainty. Rio Grande
Billy. who, by the way, is a
| graduate of Harvard university, and
Lasso Mac, bis chum, gave a
very interesting exhibition OF horse
manship yesterday in the pres
ence of President Bushnell, of the Fair
association, and about a dozen news
paper representatives. The principal
feats consisted in roping each other
with horses at full speed, picking hat
or handkerchief from the ground under
the same conditions, and various other
difficult maneuverS. The vaquerOS Will
give daily exhibitions during the Fair,
and will prove one Of its greatest attrac-
tiOns.
An innovation in the style of interior
decoration for the Industrial halls, is
the wrapping of everything that can
be wrapped in vivid cGlorS of red
white and blue. No uniform cOlOrs
have been adopted in previous years,
and the attractions OF the portions OF
the work completed shows in measure
how daZZlingly beautiful the ultimate
result will be. The work of Secretary
| Denny and his able corps in bringing
the preparations to their present COM
pIeted state has been alduOuS in the eX-
IRENE. An interesting fact has been
discovered by Mr.. Cleveland in his cCD-
nection with the Society as editor.
He announces that by actual measure
ment the reading notices referring to
the State Fair published in the papers
of the state during the past six months
would, If pasted into one long strip,
reach from the st. Paul union depot to
the depot at Hamline, with few yards
to spare.
There can be no doubt that the at
tendance at the Fair this season
WILL BE LARGER
than for several years past, owing, in
measure to the excellence of the CROP
all over the state. The exhibits will be
more extensive than before. and there
. are features in connection with the
race track attractions which have
: | never before been attempted, anC
| which will render the racing
| end of the amusementS wonderfully at
tractiYe. A great many Of the horses
entered for the races at the Fair were
on the track during the jockey clul
meeting. and excellent races may be
looked for in all classes. In the trot-
| ting and steeplechasipg there are al
equally good lot of animals. and ali
races. both running and trOtting, vii
be best two out of three heats.
/ a pleasant feature of yesterday S toul
: 1 by President Bushnell. members OF thi
S association and newspaper men. wa:
/ the spread prepared by +. \. Arne, tht
= society caterer, for the editieation of the
: tourists. The table was laid in one o.
the cool apartments of Secretary Den
ny's residence. and both the liquid anC
solid refreshments served were Yote1
very fitting finale to the events OF th'
7 afternoon and credit to the chef dt
t cuisine.
r THE EXHIBITORS.
> The exhibit entry books of the Fai
= are so overf1owing now that it is diff
|, cult thing to say just where the best at
9 fractions begin or end. Assistant Sec
retary Partridge has his hands very full
completing the books. In the hors
line. among other exhibitors, will b.
E. S. Story of Minneapolis; A. o. Fox
g of Oregon, Wis; j. La Du, of Luverne
a T. J. Hanney. of Minneapolis; K.
= / IdDDy, Hastings; JOnH Lelcn, toildS
4 Grove; A. K. Barnum, ST.. Paul; TIN
. Field Bros, Cedar Rapids. To-; DeLanc.
+ d Co., Northheld: n. p. Clark, 81
Cloud; l.. C. Hodson, Luyerne: Hugl
Paul. Heron Lake; Paul GotZian, ST
Paul; Denmark Horse company, Poin
Douglas. The cattle department ha
y an edlally fine list of exhibitors, amOnl
S whom are C. H. Burwen. Minneapolis
: G. P. Burnett, River Falls, Wis; IL. g
f Berning, st. Michael; Leslie q Bur
: well, Cottage Grove. Wis; E. 5. Hoppin
Dexter, Wis; A. Harrington. Rochester
Friesland Live Stock company, Aber
deem; l. C. Wade. jamestown. Oak.
o Z. F. Irwin. Richfield: +. SeemOre
= Eyota; F. A. Squires, Blue City; j. 5
Il McKibben, Albian. In the swim
:; exhibition Rochester will be repre-
d scented by F. NJ. Porter, Eyot
J. by G. W. Plank; st. Charles by S. d
Smith: Chatfeld, by e. E. Hencock
] From Dyer, Ind, will come George Z