St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-15
RAIN At The BIG FAIR
Made 1t Necessary to Adjourn
All the Important Races
to Today.
THE DAY WAS SPENT IN FUN.
Exhibition Quarter-Mile Run
by a Celebrated Quar-
ter Horse.
MILITIA DRILL RAINED OFF.
Mounted Policemen's Race
Won by John Gleason,
Of St. Paul.
MILITIA DRILL RAlNED OFF.

The splendid rain which fell yestcr-
day afternoon wound the horse racing
up in short order. a good sized crowd
had gotten out in the forenoon and that
was about all that came during the day.
The rain began to fall at l o'clock and
everybody made for the substantially
built sheds and halls. During the
severe part of the rain one or two small
tents tlattened out, but no damage was
done. The crowd gathered mostly on
the grand stand, where they shivered
and waited for something to turn up.
Not hing came OH to interest them
until after o'clock. when the noted
horse, Freeland. was ridden out for an
exhibition run of a quarter mile. His
Jockey wore the colors green and white,
made famous 10y Ed Corrigan. The
horse was loudly applauded as lie can
tered down the stretch.
Broncho John gave several WiidWest
exhibitions, and when it was not rain
ing companies l, A and B.of Minneapo.
lis. gave drill on the infield of the race
track, but they were driven off by the
rain.
About 5 o'clock the horses of the
"Derby Winner" now playing at the
Grand, came on the track and ran three
half-mle heats. The horses were re-
numbered and new co!ors given each
heat to the jockeys, so that it was hard
to tell how they ran. 1t was merely an
advertisement for the Grand'S show and
the only fun in it was the splashing
the nagS as they ran on the swimming
track. The heats were devoid Of any
interest, and as they were only half
miles they gave little chance for speed
when the condition of the track was
considered. The horses were as fol-
lows:
In the first heat:
All Ablaze. ,........1 Anawan. .............4
Autne ..............-- MISS fflce...... ....o
Remedy. .............3
Time, 54.
In the second heat the horses were:
Ianthe.. 800. All AbiaZe. ..........4
Remedy. .......2 Miss Price. ......... Is
AnaWan 81
Time, :5II2.
In the run-otf the winners Of the first
two heats ran.and the result was Ianthe
won, All Ablaze second. Time, :5S.
The Rain Now Interferei
and the track was clear for time till
the shower eased up little. Then the
policemen's race was called. Two out
of the three Minneapolis policemen
failed to show up. and their representa-
tive was Limber Toolsen, who rode
"Wiud" and wore blue and yellow
colors. The st. Paul entries were:
l. John Gleason, horse Rowdy, yellow
| and black.
2. james Finn. horse Jim. green.
8. Theo GarYin. Cyclone. yellow.
The ride was a close one between
! Gleason and Finn, they coming in re-
| Spectively first ana second. with Tool
sen, of Minneapolis, close third. Cy-
| clone seemed to get stuck in the mud
up near the three-quarter, and was a
little late in arriving; he was, in fact,
| dlstanced.
The rain now began again, and the
| judges announced the end of the pro-
| gramme.
| No balloon ascension was made, owing
to the rain.
| 1t was hoped by manv that the races
that were not run would be set for this
morning, but they were declared off, as
the track would not be TT, and today
will be busy day in getting away from
the grounds.
A tirst-class race scheduled was post
| poned till p. IN. today. 1t is a special
pacing for 2:15 class, with 500 purse
offered by the Minnesota Horse Breed
ers' association. The following horses
| will be ON the track: Feura; SpinXetta,
| the fastest three-year-oid PAGER III the
| Northwest, with 2:144 record; Prin-
cess Eulalia, the fastest two-year -old in
| the Northwest, with record of 2:lS4.
| Distance will be waived, and the race
called at l o'clock promptly. Ii the
track is in good order this ought to be
the best race of the week, as the horses
are we'll known for their swittness.