St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-10
RUINED BY THE rain.
One Day Cut Off Of the Usual
Week of the State
Fair.
The Managers Decide 1t Is
Useless to Buck the
Downpour.
So Steady Is the Torrent That
Track Events Are Roar
ing Farees.
Yesterdays Speed Contests
Greatly MARRIED by Flow
ing Mud.
The State Fair is over.

L He Sldtc FAIR Is over.
The association finds it impossible to
carry out the programme that had been
prepared for the delectation of the pub
lie owing to the relentless domination
of Jupiter Pluvius. Yesterday broke
cloudy and fOrbiding, but toward the
noon hour there were signs of clear
ing sky. Still, there were meEacing
clouds. and the unusually big racing
card failed to attract more than a frac-
ton of the attendance that would have
been realized had the day been all that
could have been desired. Besides the
regular raceS-thOse that had been orig
inally scheduled, and the promised eff
fort of Martha Wilkes to attempt to take
another fraction off her record-there
were postponed and an unfinished
race from the previous day. This was
programme that would have made an
exceedingly busy afternoon Because
of its length, the first race should have
been called at 1890, but the track was
in mighty poor condition at that time,
and it was two hours later when the
big bell i'm the judges stand signalled
the horses to the scoring stretch.
trackmen had then placed the track in
fairly good shape, although it was not
i'll such condition as TO admit of a
possibility of fast time. The result was
Bud Doble declined to start either
Martha Wilkes, 2:0S, or Jack. 2:121a.
The announcement proved sad dis
appointment to devotees who had gone
out to Hamline for the express purpose
of witnessing them start. Still, there
was big programme left, and the pat
rons good naturedly awaited the more
ordinary events.
Only three heats had been trotted
when the rain began to descend again,
and in a surprisingly short space of
time the track was sea of mud. The
incident demonstrated one speculiar
feature of the bicycle sulky. 1t can
throw more water than fire engine,
and the scene was q novel spectacle.
Great sheets of muddy water were
thrown three feet from the ground as
the pneumatic tire went Whir1ing and
tearing through the slush.
While BaZant had developed great
speed in the only heat that had been
trotted in the 80 class the night before,
this performer did not take kindly to
the mud, and his owner thought too
much or him TO permit him to remain in
the race under such conditions, and he
was drawn for the last heat. He had no
show to win the race, but he was GER
tain of third money should he save his
distance. BaZant won the heat TIL urs-
day evening in 2:24 fat. and the last
heat won by Sherwood was trOtted in
2:49.
Sherwood won this race in the sixth
heat. but Buckshot made things mighty
interesting for him, however, and Rain
won third, and Kit fourth moneys.
The 2:37 class was postponed race.
1t was won in five heats by Dell, with
Branco second, Billie Gaines third and
Biddy BOru fourth in the division of
the money.
This leaves the free-for- all pace, the
three-year-old. trot, and the yeariing
touched, and the fair concludes without
them. The directors of the association
held meeting at O'Clock last even
ing, ana it was voted to give up the
ghost. Yet, the patrons are perfectly
satisfied with this course. They
have certainly been given the
worth of their money, and
no one cares to undergo
again the discomforts of yesterday.
Had il not been for this conclusion, the
two races mentioned would not have
been finished last night. 1t was only to
give the horse owners their money that
they were finished in the rain and dark.
There were only small crowds to visit
the exhibits in the buildings yesterday.
The great day for viewing these was ST.
Paul day, when the largest crowd that
ever attended fair in the history of
the state went out to see the peerless
Nancy Hanks in her Unprecedented eff
fort.
Sherwood Gets the $3.50 Purse.
Robin should have won the second
heat in the postponed 2:30 trot, but he
became unmanageable, leaving his feet
at the head of the stretch. and before
I Schiller could get him down to good
work again it was too late to recover
| lost ground.
Robin secured the pole from Bazant
| on the first turn and then opened up a
| gap. but Bazant Smarted under the
| humiliation, and made rush at the
entrance of the back stretch, and gave
| Pratt's big horse race for furlong,
| but the lace in the mud proved too
| much and Bazant broke and before he
steadIed himself the entire field had
| passed. Sherwood now began to show
| his mettle. He took after Robin and
swung around the turn on Robins
wheel, and then Robin broke and Sill
yerwood's struggle was free. BuckShot
trotted to second place. and finished in
| that order, an open length behind
| Sherwood, and Kit came up tolerably
| fast and got third place from Robin.
| Time, 2:294.
| Sherwood rushed to the front with
| magnificent ease in the next heat, with
| Buckshot second and close up on the
| first turn. Kit started third, but at the
quarter Warren Park had 0utfooted her.
| Meanwhile the two grays, Sherwood
| and BuckShot, had opened up gap OF
several lengths from Warren Park, and
at the three-quarterS Kit again passed
| Warren Park. Buckshot gave Silver.
wood a race down the stretch with in.
dications that he would win, but he
broke and Sherwood won by a length
from BuckshOt, who was two open
lengths In front of Kit. Warren Park
was fourth. Time, 2:32.
Buckshot got the pole at the start, q
head in advance of Sherwood, and Kit
was a good third around the turn
Robin came up with long and rapid
strides and soon had the pole, but
| Buckshot gave him battle to the turn,
where Robin drew away.
1t was hot race the length of the
home stretch. Robin had length the
| DCSb VI lts SoiiiO up Oll tiC III
side and Sherwood on the outside, and
they forced Robin into the air close &c
the pole, and Buckshot won by neck
and Sherwood was beaten for second
place by Robin aboutt the same distance
7 The judges were not satisfied with Sill
verwood's performance. and declared
all bets off on the heat. Time, 2:36.
Alkali was sent off nearly length
ahead of the pole horse, and he turned
the corner to the pole and led Robin
down the back stretch, with Alkali
third. BuckshOt began to move up
with Sherwood close behind. Thes
passed Robin handlly, and it was a race
between the trio to the finish through
the sea of mud. Buckshot won by 6
neck from Silverwood, who broke neal
the post, and Robin was only a. hali
length behind at the finish. Alkali was
fourth. Time, 2:42.
Bazant was drawn, and all the others
save Sherwood and BuckshOt wen,