St. Paul daily globe., 1891-09-05
SAINT PAUL.
RUSHING THINGS.
Preparations for the State Fair
Are Nearly Completed.

Preparations for the State Fair
Are Nearly Completed.
The State Fair grounds yesterday con-
tinued to present picture of bustling
activity. But if Thursdays work was
lively. yesterdays was ten times live
lier. The number of workers increased
at prodigiOus rate. Supts. Lane K.
Stone, of the main building. Clarke
Chambers, of the horse division, and
w. NJ. liggett, Of the cattle
division, were on hand look
ing after their departments, as
also was Assistant Collins, of the ma
chinery division. Exhibits were being
hustled into the dairy building, and
the mammoth refrigerator, fifty by
twenty, was ''fred up" with eight or
ten tons of ice. preparatory to receiving
the butter and cheese which will begin
to arrive to-day.
All day yesterday the entries con-
tiDued to pour in thick and fast. Il
never saw anything like it," said E. w.
Randall. of the Fair office. ''In the
fairs | have seen there was never such
rush of exhibitors. In the ladies' fine
art and needlework department there
will be an immense display" In fact,
the ladies besieged the Office all day, in
many cases bringing their exhibits with
them.
Supt. Lane X. Stone, of the main
building, paused in the midst of his
work long enough to say that there was
a chance for some OF those who had
been refused space during the last few
days. Application should be made at
once, however, as it was not likely that
the spaces would remain long unoccu-
pied.
Not the least interesting of the events
of the day was the visit of a jolly COM
pany of newspaper men from the two
cities. They rambled over the grounds,
peeped into the various buildings and
wound up the afternoon with
visit to the club house and an
inspection of its good cheer under the
hoSpitabe direction of President ID. Nj.
ClOugh and Secretary Cross, of the Fair.
There was great deal OF talk about the
fine prospects of the coming fair, which
all agreed was to be undoubtedly the
best of the entire tbirty-three. Presi-
dent Clough said that the Fair was sure
to go all right. II know what Pm talk
ing about" he said with the confidence
born of many successful enterprises
carried on under his direction in past
years. Continuing, he said:
1--WE have the exhibits, and the peo-
pie are coming. All we want now is
good weather, and | think the prospects
are good for that. The Fair has never
had to refuse space before, and this
year we have had to do it. Every
building on the grounds will be full land
the exhibits will be tirst-class. No such
aggregationS OF horses and cattle as we
shall have were ever seen i'll this part
Of the country. Then our races will be
way up. In the first place every race
will be full, and in addition the horses
will rank well. There will be several
races i'll which the time will be less than
2:20 and that's pretty good racing,"
Secretary Cross explained about the
special races which are attracting so
much attention. 1.-The ladies' races"
he said, ''come off on Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday. They are one mile
daShes for purses of $3.50; genuine
races, no hippodrome or anything of
that sort. The entries do not close until
the night before the races, so l cannot
give you the names of the starters, but
we are assured that there will be no less
than five and perhaps more. The ladies
have secured some fine thoroughbred
running horses and there will be some
fine racing in these events. The Steeple
chases are regular "old country" af-
fairs, and are novelties in this country.
The course is over crooked way inside
the race track. 1t is laid out for mile
and half. with six hurdles. 1t will be
heller skelter, up hill and down, over
walls and bitches IA regular tearing
country ride. Some fine horses are also
entered in these races.
The Office of the Fair will be in new
building near the band stand during the
Fair. This point, being nearer the depot
and about in the center OF the grounds,
will be much more convenient for the
officers of the Fair as well as the visitors.