St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-23
AND NOW they're OFF
The Great Day Of the Great
Derby Has DaWned at
Last.
Everything Ready for the In
augural of the Jockey
Club Meeting.
Several Cracks Did Not Come,
but There Are Plenty Of
Others.
How the Horses Took the
Track, and How the Pools
Went Off.

Derby day has come. Every man,
woman and child IN st. Paul who can
go will don holiday attire, cast care and
basiness to the winds, and HE them to
the race grounds. The interest in the
great event is general all over the two
cities, and the attendance at the
grounds this afternoon will be simply
enormous. All wholesale houses will
suspend business during the afternoon,
and the great multitude of en-
ployes will have a chance
to see the greatest racing
event which has ever taken place i'll
Minnesota. From all the towns of the
state word comes that each will send its
quota to swell the crowds, and the ca
pacity of the grand stand will be tested
to the utmost. Every box has been sold
for to-days events, and the sale of tick
cts last evening at the Ryan and Mer-
chants hotels was enormous. About
thirty of the boxes have been sold for
the season, and
APPLICATIONS ARE POURING IN
from outside points i'll manner which
threatens TO exhaust the supply in short
order. The vehicular turnout will be,
without doubt, the largest ever chrOn-
icled from the Twin Cities for any racing
event which has occurred since their
history began. Several tally-ho coaches
will be present from the two cities, and
inquiry at the livery stables i'll this city
yesterday developed that everything
available on wheels would be engaged
to carry the eager holiday makers to the
scene of the days events. The train
accommodation will be as perfect
as is poseible; the first trains leaV-
ing both cities at l p. M. precisely,
and subsequently every five minutes
during the rush. Arrangements have
been perfected by which the usual crush
at the depot gates at the grounds will
be in great measure avoided. Every
thing that could possibly be done for
the accommodation and convenience
has been done, and the great crowds
will be set down at the grounds without
having to submit to the crushing and
DIsAGREEABLE FEATURES
which accompany almost every occa-
sion of the kind, 1t is matter for re-
gret that several of the celebrated
horses have been unavoidably prevented
from attending the meeting, yet it may
be stated in all truth and sincerity that
those which are here comprise many of
the finest in America, and the racing to
be seen at Hamline during this week
will be equal to that which has occurred
at many of the Eastern courses this
season. Spokane's non-arrival is
due to an indiSposition re-
sulting from the hard race he
ran on a wet track at Chicago last
week, his owners deciding at a late
hour Sunday night that his condition
would not allow of his being shipped to
St. Paul. Secretary Shaw at once tele-
graphed an offer of $500 for he.horse to
be shipped here and simply exhibited
in front of the grand stand. The offer
was refused, the owners being afraid to
risk the trip with the horse in his pres
ent condition. Although the entries
for the Derby are few, the horses en-
tered are flyers, and the race will be a
race for blood. The occupants of the
stand to-day VIII have no cause to COM
plain of the entertainment provided
them by the club. There will be finer
racing than has ever been heard of i'll
the state Of Minnesota up to date.
THE DERBY.
The entries for the Derby took their
last preliminary gallOpS this morning,
and are now ready for business.
Promptly at 3 O'Clock this afternoon the
tiel of flyers entered for the inaugural
stakes Will be sent away by Starter
Brown, of Atlanta, Ca, and the great
est race meeting ever held in the North
west west of Chicago will have been
fairly set in motion. The track, which
was very heavy yesterday owing to the
recent rain, is III splendid condition to-
day, and is said bv men who know to be
as fast as that at Washington Park was
during the meeting there. The appear
ance of things on the ground has been
greatly improved by the now
ing of all the tall grass which
formerly numbered the enclosure.
A remarkably neat appearance has been
attained at the track by whitewashing
all the fences, which now look like new
ones built for the occasion. The ar
rangement of the scales room, Judges
and grand stands is the perfection of
convenience, and no better accommoda-
ton could possibly be asked. The
space between the grand stand and the
track at all points has been cleared of
all distractions, and now presents no
obstacle to full view of the field from
start to finish. All the horses at the
track yesterday morning were worked
hard, and most of them are in the best
of form for the work before them. After
considerable delay, Occasioned by hot
boxes and
OFFICIAL INDIFFERENCE,
the train of horses which was due at
$50 yesterday morning arrived, and
reached the grounds yesterday afteI-
noon at 3 o'clock. All the stables had
been prepared for their reception, and
the myriad colored helpers and tOuts
accompanying the expedition had moth
ing to do but lead their charges from
the train to the stalls prepared for their
reception. None of the new arrivals
were worked yesterday, though it is
probable that the majority will be out
for a stretch this morning. Much in
dignation was expressed among the
owners on the grounds yesterday at the
action of the railroad company in keep
ing the train sidetracked for several
hours before transferring it to the
grounds. All the arrivals, however,
were in much better condition than was
expected, and will doubtless runas well
as they ever did in their lives, despite
the delays and joltings to which they
have been subjected. Castaway, Cas-
sius and Re-Echo, the Derby entries
from the Beverwyck stable, are among
the arrivals, as also is Brown Princess,
entered from the Oaks from the same
stable. Cassius is as likely horse as
any to take first place in the Derby,
having run fourth in the Kentucky
Derby, third in the Derby event at ST.
Louis, and won couple of good races at
Chicago.
CASTAWAY RAN WE'LL
at New Orleans, Memphis, and LeXing-
ton, and close second to Hindoocraft
for the Dearborn handicap at Chicago
last week. Brown Princess ran second
for the Oaks at Lexington, and third at
Louisville, being close up to the leader