St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-11
Col. Bruce Discusses the Twin
City Jockey Clubs Pro-
jeeted Meeting.
1t Will Open the Eyes of the
People of the North
west.
Cussons, the Chatfield Breed
er, Disposes of Coach STALL
ion Vulcan.
Jay L, Pride, Of the Riverside
Stock Farm, Changes
Owners.

a representative of the GLOBE, who
recently visited New York, put in a
good deal of time evenings at that up
town resort of the running-horse
authorities, the st. James hotel. This
is favorite lounging place of Col. S.
ID. Bruce, the famous COUPLER of the
American Stud book. the accepted
standard authority on the running
horse on this side of the Atlantic. Col.
Bruce is veteran writer on horse
topics, and carries more knowledge of
the subject within the compass of his
Uranium than any other man living
He has done much through his paper,
Turf, Field and Farm, to foster a
knowledge of the running horse, and
has aided the development of the run
ming interest from an idea to its present
grand proportions. Col. Bruce was sur
rounded by knot of friends and adj
mirers i'll the st. James, when some one
mentioned the recently-organized Twin
City Jockey club. and what wonder it
was the people of the. Northwest had not
given their whole attention to trotting
events heretofore. This loosened the
c0lonel's tongue.
you may talk about trotters and
their wonderful performances. and the
so-called sport afforded by trotting
races" he said, but prOpheSv that the
people of st. Paul and Minneapolis,
and for that matter the whole North
west, will agree with ME by the LIST of
next August that until they had parti-
cipated in the complete programme of
attractions offered by your new jockey
club, they will not have seen ANYTHING
approaching race meeting" The vet
eran editor was very much in earnest,
for he had hardly got his second breath
when he. continued: do you know
that running races, so far as running
present prominence to few public
spirited gentlemen in Kentucky. Then
New York took it up and Jer-
ONE park was the result. There
are how several running tracks
in the vicinity of New York, and scores
of them all over the country. The run
ming meetings at Jerome, Sheepshead,
Chicago, COney Island, Monmouth and
Saratoga are to-day as much feature
of summer life as Fourth of July. In
deed at some of the tracks the races are
run nearly all the year round"
Col. Bruce took two or three refec-
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of commemorative smile, and added:
81 have heard different people at differ
ent times during the last four or five
years discuss the ACCESSIBILITY OF organ
lZing club to secure running meet
lngS somewhere in the vicinity of the
two big Northwestern cities of st. Paul
and Minneapolis. But for some reason
these. good intentions ended in talk. |
an very glad to know that at last your
people have awakened to the import
ance of getting in line on this sub
ject. OF course l know something
OF the development of your COUNTRY
up there, and have often wondered why
you haven't had a jockey club before.
But l suppose there have been a good
many clashing interests. Or was it be-
cause you were all too busy getting
rich out OF real estate? Well, you have
no idea what an impetus this new de-
parture will give to legitimate sport
and to business of all kinds. People
whom you never dreamed Of being in
ST.. Paul Will be among your star guests
next summer. Over $1G,000,0OO is in
vested in running horses, and the plant
necessary to foster the industry in the
United States. 1t takes a man of means
to go into the business and keep it up,
and you will find the leading gentle
men of the land interested in propagate
ing the best strains. If YOU have ever
been to Monmouth or Saratoga dur
Ing running wcek' you will
know what | mean when I say your
initial summer meeting will partake
very much of the salient features of a
great race week on the now famous
tracks. A great many people, of whom
you now have little conception, are go
ing to st. Paul in July. Some OF the
best horses in the 'string" are entered
for the stake races, and it's a very
pleasant, and to many of us novel eX-
per1ence, running up to st. Paul in the
summer. You may rely on the Twin
City Jockey club jumping into a solid
place at once. 1t starts out under most
favorable auspices, and |, for one, trust
it will receive every possible encourage
ment from your people. We will do
everything possible on this end of the
line to render the new enterprise a sue
cess
1t is indeed true that very general
interest has been developed in the Twin
Cities in behalf of the Jockey club.
The headquarters of the club, at lbs
East Third street, presents a very ami
mated appearance even thus early in
the season, and everything indicates
that the summer running races, under
its auspices, will be one of the most i'm.
portant projects ever devised to sub
stantially benefit St. Paul, Minneapolis
and the whole Northwestern country.