, 1889-09-17
OPEN The GATES
Exhibitors Ready and Race Horses
Prancing.
The Fair of 1889 Will be a Grand
Success.
Varied and Extensive Displays and
Fine Races.
Observations During a Trip Over
the Grounds.

car company doubled Its equipment on
that line and cars arrived and departed
every five minutes of the l~ivelong day.
Visitors to the grounds were as varied
in character and iuclinations as the ex-
hibrts are diversified in nature. The
crowd divided Immediately on entering
the gate. ARreat many were attracted
to the stables. but perhaps a larger num-
Der made for the exhibition halls.
If one IS favored with the right sort of
guide there Is no difficulty and much
pleasure in making a tour of the racing
stables. : These now contain all western
flyers Of pretentions and several ami
mails OF almost national fame. Among
the latter may be mentioned the superb
Fireball. Creole the magnificent and
Cocotte. the beauty, all imported runners
owned by Stokes L. Whitehouse of Leah,
Wyo. Du Bots Bros. have Little Joe
and Magnet their great trotters. Joe will
not perform here this season, he having a
big money engagement at Denver early
next week. Col. Du Bots says that Lit
tie Joe, the magnificent inisher, shows
better speed this year than last. To see
Joe come down the stretch with ears laid
back, mouth open and a look of grim de-
termination in his intelligent eyes is a
sight to make the heart OF tie true horse
man beat faster. Along the line are the
stables OF Chas. Dutt, Chas. Hecht, N.
r. Davis. G. B. Goodell and several
others. All contain fast horses of the
best blood in both worlds.
Doc Denton has fitted for Chas, Hecht
of Larmie Frank Lee, a handsome young
stallion by BeausiIe, the by Rysdyk's
Hambletonian. dam Nora by Knox, he
by Gen. Knox the sire OF Maud s. Lee
is a horse of great power, good temper
n splendid action. The possibility of
Lees not performing is an aggravation,
not fill, though a match race is in pros
pect.
Spartan. Biftv and the other ~trotters of
the Goodell string are in fine form and
will give all competitors races. Blonde,
Mary s and Mike, the PAGERS to be called
the first thing this afternoon were receiv-
ing the attention due equine aristocrats.
Luetta, Carl, George Moshier. Jasper.
Mcleod and kowdy, all fast t%rotters,
we're said to be in excellent health and
able to do their best in a race of any sort.
The Pc exhibit, better than ever is in
place. This is the first showing of the
latest importations OF the company.
Around the racing stables it seems as
though there were at least two men for
every horse. Each stable of course has
its head trainer whose success depends as
much upon his assiduity as his knowl-
edge and experience. He rarely leaves
his charges and directs the work and care
of each. His assistants are first a man
or two, scarcely less learned than himself,
then several rubbers and perhaps a trio
of supernumeraries. With trutters the
head driver is of course general manager,
even when the owner is present and with
the runners the riders are frequently con-
suited. These men care for themselves
with nearly as much fidelity as for the
horses for exact weight, clear head strong
arms and keen eyes are necessary requi-
ties of the daring spirit who pilots a
racer to glorious victory or inevitable
defeat.
These horsemen ara a community Of
themselves. During the meeting they
live practically on the grounds. sleeping in
box stalls and patronizing the improvised
restaurants. They are pretty nearly al
ways busy, though there are usually little
groups lounglng about discussing pedi-
grees, past experiences and prospects.
The t%rotting men and running retainers
are neighborly, but do not affiliate closely.
The professions are widely different in
many respects, though seeming closely al
lied to the uniniitiated.
When the jockey or trainer has worked
his horse for the day he gives a little time
to himself as well. Yesterday water
boiled in cauldrons containing clothing of
both man and horse, but more care was
given the latter. The boys have many
visitors, and frequently odd or ignorant
callers afford them no end of amusement
One of their trite sayings is: when you
catch a sucker. cut his head off," but
they readily recognize a high toned gen
tleman or dead game sport, and proper
people are given clever treatment.
Some trailer have no particular hours
for working their horses. and a number Of
last ones were in sight yesterday after
noon. -Four or five were being walked.
Hopkins was on the track putting through
her PAGES a fine Belvoir FLY. Montgomery
and a couple of others were up on
flyers, while the Pc men were struggling
with spirited heavy weights.
The track will probably be moderately
fast by this afternoon. but the turns have
been in bad shape all along. and the en-
tire surface will stand sprinkling aud not
a little rolling and scraping.
The Exhibits.