St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-20

ing it will receive before Tuesday will
be in the best possible shape by that
time. This afternoon at o'clock, eV-
erything in the way of preparation at
the track and on the grounds, will have
been completed, and l.. p. Eyekier,
who has been working like beaver to
that end, will survey she surroundings
from point of vantage in the Judges
stand with we'll merited pride and sat
iSfactiOn. The scales room, under the
judges stand, has already been COM
pleted. and could not be arranged in
more satisfactory manner than is the
case. The jockeys will pass into the
scales room to weigh out. and will go
through another door to the track, thus
avoiding any possibility of crowding in
getting in or out. After the race the
riders will weigh in the same manner
as above, passing through the scales
room into the inclosure, without turn
ing round.
WORK ON THE BOXES
is completed, as in fact it is on all por-
tions of the stand, with the exception OF
the roofing over the front seats, which
will probably be finished tonight. A
gang of men were put at work yester-
day fixing up fences, and the enterprls-
ing individual who now manages to
steal his way into this meeting deserves
a chrome. Como and Smelling avenues
are in shape for driving, and all who de-
sire to take those routes to the grounds
sill be enabled to do so without en-
countering any plowed fields en- route.
To add luSter to the events which will
be sufficiently interesting in themselves
to satisfy even the most eXacting critic,
Prof. Brooke's full military band has
been engaged, consisting of twenty-five
players. The weights for the Twin City
merchants handicap will be announced
to-day, and will, as stated yesterday,
appear simultaneously in the Twin
Cities, New York and Chicago. An ex-
cursion train is ell route here from
Helena and Butte, Mont, with
200 MONTANIANS,
who will back their favorite, Spokane,
for all they have, boots included. The
traini expected to reach here this morn
ing. The erection of distance poles
every sixteenth of a mile round the
course, was completed yesterday after
noon. The sighting apparatus, on the
Twomey system, is also complete, and
embraces a somewhat novel change
over the ordinary sight. Across the
track from the judges stand is an up
right. painted white, down the center
of which is black line. In the stand
are two upright steel rod sections, one
behind the other. by which as fine a
sight can be obtained as with a rifle.
Among the Jockeys who have already
arrived are Cochran. Huston. Elkey,
Flett and Philips. Young Williams,
with the Bable stable. who was thrown
Yesterday while exercising skittish
filly at Hamline, IS doing well, and will
be limbered up by the time he is wanted
on Tuesday. The sale of boxes in the
Twin Cities progressed rapidly yester-
day, and it was announced last evening
that if all the boxes bespOken were
taken the diagram would be full to-day.
The prices of boxes are
FOR DERBY DAY SIS,
which includes admission to the
grounds. For the other days the prices
will be $40, which, as in the case of
Derby day, includes gate admission.
This is practically SLIGO per seat per
day, and is a most advantageous rate
for the public. Everything points to the
absolute success of the meeting in every
way, and certainly never was an enter
prise more deserving of patronage.
Some of the most celebrated horses of
the turf of America have been brought
together in a bunch for the pleasure
and enjoyment of the people of the
MOI Invest, and it is fOregone conclu-
siou that the attendance at Hamline on
Derby day will be the largest ever seen
on the Hamline grounds by long odds.