St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-08
READY FOR THE RACE.
Harness Flyers on the State
Fair Tracks Out at Ham
line.
The Driving Club Event Will
Open Auspici0usly
To-Day.
Fine Finishes Predicted in the
Events Scheduled To-
Day.
Grounds, Buildings and Club
House in Improved Con-
dition.


line yesterday betrayed unmistakable
evidence of the approach of a trotting
meeting. AS early as o'clock yester-
day morning there were dozen or
more flyers in sight, of the hundred
horses now quartered at the grounds
awaiting coming events. There are a
good many runners already on the
ground, and these take their morning
gallops on the turf. Supt. Cross, who
has charge of the track, has succeeded,
as he invariably does, in getting it into
good shape for the four days races
opening to-day. The removal last
fall of the rising ground on the far side
of the enclosure, which formerly
INSTRUCTED the view from the
stand, is great Improvement
start to finish. A new coat of white
docks has made the place look Spick
and span and ready for business. The
new club house of the Minnesota Driv-
ing club has been pushed along rapidly,
and although it will be impossible to
complete it in all details prior to the
opening of the meeting, it will be suffi-
GENTLY advanced in construction to al
low of its occupation. The view of the
track from the plazzas is perfect, and
in fact more perfectly appointed quar-
tiers for a racing club could not be de-,
sired. A trip through the interior of
the structure showed that the
reception rooms both for la
dies and gentlemen will be
models of comfort and elegance, and
that the dining rooms and every other.
department of the building are finished
in style at once simple and elegant.
Of the Horses
out for exercise Yesterday Iowa j.
Smiths Egmont showed off to the best
advantage. He is magnificent black
gelding, with wonderful stride and
record of 2:33I. Labasko. another of
Smiths entries for the 2:24 trot, is
likely-looking stallion four years old.
G. A. Thompson, representing the Stout
stable, of Dubuque, has bunch of the
best two-year-olds in the country.
among them Manager, sired by Nut
wood, dam Carrie, by George Wilkes.
The latter has record of 2:1SA, and is
expected to make things pretty warm in
any race in which he may start.
Others of the Stout bunch are Bamboo,
two-year-old, sired by Nutwood, dam by
Mambriho Boy, and the same mare
which gaveAXtell to an admiring world.
Then comes Knox, by the same sire,
dam by Blackwood, and Alicia, by
George Wilkes, dam by Alma Mater.
M. l.. Potts, of Whitehall, ILL.,, comes to
the front with Minnie, by Port Leonard,
dam by Capt. Walker. and has been put
ting the mare through her PAGES. Min
ME has record of 2:23@. For Tues
days programme the first event is
the three-minute class trot for stake
of $4,000. There are nine entries for
this race, which, according to the best
Terre Haute, of the Edgewood stable;
Smith &.Busselps Dan Gaines McHenry
q Williams Mary Marshall, a handsome
ably mare; and E. c. Connelly's Harvey,
the pride of the Denver stud. For the
$50 class trot there are four out of
seven entries. to one of which the race
should go. These are: A. A. Swear
ington's Tyrolean, Bob Kneebs Jessie
Gaines, the Sioux City flyer; f. ID.
Stout's Keno, and G. S. Patterson7s
roam mare Twist. For the $40 class
pace two likely animals are Robert
Lindsley's Tom Brown, and G. w.
Leiley's Chicago gelding Richard.
There are seven entries for the 2 IA
class tr0tting race for stake of 50, 900.
w. j. Kerlin's sorrel gelding Play Boy
and Bob Stewards Walter E are fancled
strongly for this event. l. T. Smiths
Egmont is also favorite. In the 2:21
class, with four starters. the finish will
probably be between LOOmiS' First Call
and Diamond, of the Richlawn farm.
In the free-for-all pace, for purse OF
$1,000, there are four entries, with
Eyin rt ho 80
the bunch, and N. B. Wade's Doctor
for second choice. The 2:27 class
heat for an $500 purse has nine en-
tries, with McHenry & Williams Harry
Medium and the Highland stock farms
Keno F hot favOrites at the present
stage of the game.
The Grand Stand.
and. in fact. all the buildings at the
track are in good condition, consequent
upon the Oyerhauling they got before
the opening of last seasons fair, and
but little was necessary in the way of
repairing this year. Secretary Shaw. of
the Twin City Jockey club, in speaking
of the prospects of a successful meeting
under Jockey club auspices, yesterday
said that he was confident of
having the finest lot of horses and
the biggest crowd OF people ever seen
at a race meeting in the Northwest.
The headquarters of the club are now
open for buaineSS, and horses are arriv-
ing every day from different parts of
the country. There are about twenty
five runners now at the track altogeth-
er, and these figures will be multiplied
by four within the next few weeks.
The indications are that the crowd in
attendance on the Driving club meet
ing will also be large and enthusiastic
one, and certainly there are a fine
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