St. Paul daily globe., 1893-08-28
ONLY FAIR THIS YEAR.
ROCHESTER TO oFEN ITS EXHIBITION
ON MOKDAf.
ENTRIES UNUSUALLY LARGE.

MlunesOtds 1OMa siHb ~ ASSoAh-
sin-Young Man OF Alleged
Prominence Arrested Near
Mora - An Ovation to Supt.
ShieIds-Northwes News.
Special to the Globe.
ROCHESTER,. Minn., Aug. 27.-The
fourteenth annual fair of the Southern
Minnesota Fair association will open at
Rochester tomorrow. This is the only
large fair to be held in the state this
year. The entries already made i'll the
various divisions of live stock are the
largest ever made in the history of the
association, that in the division of
sheep and hogs being exceptionally
large and from the best breeding farms
in the Northwest, a good many herds
being entered from Wisconsin. Iowa
and Minnesota. the attractions for each
lay of the fair being of the very best.
The Third Regiment United States In
fantry band. of Fort Smelling. will dis
course the sweetest of music during
the whole of each day on the grounds.
There Will be grand display drills
by Company &, First regiment, NJ. n.
g., of Red Wing. The racing events for
the week promise TO be the NEST eXcit-
ing ever trotted and paced in Minnesota.
The entries i'll each class have the larg-
est average field of fast horses ever
started Oh the Rochester track. There
are in all 124 horses entered for Is races.
Tuesday, Aug. %, the programme will
be stake race for three-year-old and
under PAGERS. with eight paid-up en-
tries; three-year-oid trotterS, fourteen
paid-up entries: 2:24 class trotters, nine
entries. In this class there are entered
Maggie Wright, Arcadian, Abbadonne,
Waterloo Girl, j W o, Keller V, Milton.
POGO Tempo and King Patchen. These
horses are we'll matched, and speedy
lot. The race
WIFI Re a Hot One.
Wednesday. Aug. 80, the racing pro-
gramme will be stake races for four
year-olds. trottels, seven entries; 2:34
class trotters. eight entries; 2:20 class
PAGERS, ten entries. The horses en-
tered for this day are good, and great
racing Will be the rule. This is eSpe-
cially true of the 2:20 pace. In this
class there are entered Laliah ROOkh.
Flask. Prince II, Everett NJ, Robert
Red. Mona. Skylark, Tartar Chief. Fred
Holcomb and Hastings Boy, Thursday
Aug. 81, the two-year-oid stake race,
fourteen paid-up entries; 2:30 class
PAGERS, anu the 2::20 class trotters. The
$50 pacing race has thirteen entries,
all good ones. The .: } trotting class
has ten entries, Dick t4ench, Bethel, j
b S. Sherwood. Alta, Ihalberg Jer
ry l., Belle w, Nirginius, Ira
Gaines. Here is 4 list of ten horses
with records ranging from 2:1S14 to 2:20,
all made i'll race contests. Such Il field
of horses has never been brought to-
gether in Minnesota. Friday. Sept. /,
2:29 stake for trotterS, purse $500, twelve
paid-up entries: 40 class for trotterS,
ten entries; free-fOr-all PAGERS, five en-
tries. This Will be great day for
briIg out Maggie Wright, Fair Haven.
Louise B, New Bold, Prince Ii, Ham
dalIah Star, Waterloo Girl, Belle Ure,
Tess Templar. Stet Brino and Joe
Gaines. since closing the entries for
this class, each of the above
horses have won races in time
close to 2:20. This will be great race.
Great interest is manifested iii the free
for-all pacing race. Colbert, owned by
Graves Bros, Of this city. record 2:1211Ig,
ana La Belle. owned by George w.
Sherwood. St. Paul, record 2:l2$, have
. been worked on the Rochester track
this season. Both horses are very
speedy and have shown their ability 10
beat 2:10. 1t is known that AlturaS.
owned by Andrews Bros. and driven
py George Spear, IS very speedy, and
great things ere expected from him
when he reaches the Rochester track.
Thistle Dew. owned by j. e. EastOn. is
a very fast horse. With good weather
and Il good track the state record of 2:l2
Will undoubtedly be broken in this race.
The 2:45 class has also good field OF
entries.