St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-23
AMONG THE HORSES.
Secretary Shaw's Jockey Club
Pamphlet Contains Inter-
eSting Reading.
It Contains a Nice Little Puff
for the Inimitable Twin
Cities.
MinnetoQka, White Bear and
Other Lakes Pleasantly
Called to Mind.
Eomc Great TrotterS and Pae-
ers Booked for the Chi
cago Meeting.

Secretary Shaw, of the Jockey club,
has issued in pamphlet form the nomI-
nations to stakes in the siXteen-dayS
racing at Hamline, commencing We'd
nesday, July %, and ending Saturday.
Aug. s. In the Introductory to the book,
Secretary Shaw speaks to the patrons OF
the meeting as follows: To those who
have attended the last meeting of the
Twin CITY Jockey club, it is unneces-
sary to picture the place where some OF
the leaders of the turf contest annually
1or supremacy. for memory IS truer
lelineator than any descriptive pencil
san possibly be. But there are
Many who have never visited the
nneeting. which has lately become the
racing event of the Northwest. Let
them imagine then, i'll anticipation. as
fine a track as can be laid out on the
bright green pla teau. which extends
from St. Paul to Minneapolis, and is
broken only by the picturesque course
OF the Mississippi. A view of rolling
prairie. uninterrupted in almost any
direction. save by some villa or distan
spire. which brings variety and beauty
into the scene, might lead careless
observer TO forget that within radius
of five miles are 100000 people,
whose enterprise is typical of the North
west country, and two cities. whose
history of wonderful progress, magnifi-
cent buildings and paatial residences is
known around the entire world. The
same energy apparent in their indus
trial pursuits is evident in their pleas
ures. and it is sight which the racing
man. no matter how varied his expert
ence. or the citizen who feels no tremor
of excitement as the c0lOrS flash under
the wire, will not forget as he watches
the thousands of visitors alight from
the trains in the depot near at hand OF
saunter over to the gate from the cleo
trio lines near by.
Nature has done so much for the site
that man has little lett 10 do. An at
mosphere which brings the blood to
racing edge. water as clear as crystal,
grass and feed, are all provided. When
the days sport is over, at either mana,
within ten minutes ride, are cities
which are as metropolitan as any in the
country. AmusementS of every KIND
are 20 be had by those who desire to de-
vote the entire day to Willing time
pleasantly away. But more than this
is offered to the visitor. Within an
easy ride is Minnetonka. whose
fame as a resort is already eS-
tablished. Miles of picturesque shore
make pretty panorama of tie passen-
gers on the steamers that ply about the
lake. and the water itself provides rs
good bathing OF piscatorial hunting
ground as can be found after mauy
long search. Hotels with ample accom-
modationS furnish temporary home to
the visitor. Equally accessible, and pro
Vided with as many attractions by
nature and artifice, is White Bear,
veritahIe lacustrine gem, while within
eaSv reach are Forest. Bass and ChIsagO
lakes, which are more particularly fields
for the sportsman.
The cities themselves should not be
forgotten, for the visitor Will find them
mines of interest. They represent the
progress of hall century, and upon
their streets are to be seen buildings
embodying the latest Improvements OF
ARCHITECTURAL art and the tougher Struc-
lures of the pioneer days. Nowhere
else in the country can the changes OF
five decades be so easily discerned.
They are thoroughly III touch with the
country. Six lines of railroad bind
them to Chicago: two great lines reach
the Pacific, and several roads bring the
Southwest ana the lake region to their
very doors The new visitor TO the
Twin City race has many an hour of
pleasure before him. Those who at
tended before will look forward TO a re-
turn with even more delight.