St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-03
A GREAT STOCK SHOW
Is What Will Be Seen at the
State Fair This
Year.
THE RACE ENTRIES CLOSE
Today, With a Magnificent
List of Noted Trotting
Horses.
THE RACE ENTRIES CLOSE
A DRIVE TO NEW YORK CITY.
M. H. Eddy and c. Gilbert
Start With q Minnesota
Outfit.

week from THIS morning on the GROUNDS
midway between st. Paul and Mnneap-
oils, and will continue for one week.
Nearly all the directors were ON hand at
the grounds on Saturday morning. and
those in charge of the principal depart
ments will from this date give their
undivided attention to this fair. The
president, Col. j. II. Stevens, was down
for part of the day. Col. Clark Chambers,
superintendent of the division of horses,
inspected the stables and found them in
6rst-class condition, and promised that
every stall in all the stables would
be needed for the blooded horses
which he has the assurance will be
OH hand. c. n. Cosgrove. the president
of the CosgrOve Livestock company
and one of the directors, came up from
Upton, To-. where his herd had scooped
in several premiums, and reported that
he met there the owners of nearly all
the Iowa herds who are coming to the
Minnesota fair. He left last night for
DeS Moines, To-, where nearly all these
herds will be exhibited this week. and
will be joined on Tuesday by Col. w.
Nj. Liggett, superintendent of the de-
partment of cattle, and unitedly they
expect to secure the presence at the fair
of all the famous herds of the country
that are to be exhibited at the Iowa
State fair. Des Moines hos generally
been the fighting ground. or the
dividing place, of the stock breed
ers of the country. They generally
begin their show season at the Des
Moines fair. Usually large proper
ton Of the herds are taken to the Ne
braska fair at Lincoln, and thence to
ST. Joseph, where very large and usu-
ally successful fair is held. This year
the crop IS so poor in Nebraska that the
breeders do not see much prospect of
making sales in that state. On the con-
trary, the crops are good in Minnesota,
and the herds will be brought to the
Hamline grounds. and then taken on
the circuit, which includes the Wiscon-
sin state fair at Milwaukee, the Illinois
state fair at Springfield, and the big
fair and exposition at st. Louis. These
conditions are therefore calculated to
make the exhibition of stock at our
state fair this year the finest ever made
Sotham & Co., Of Chillicothe, Mo-, will
make an exhibit of fifteen head of Here
ford cattle. They have entered for the
breeders stakes.
They Congratulate the Society
upon its intelligent and comprehensive
classification, and state that this is the
reason that they are coming to Mime
sofa rather than 90 to Nebraska.
Messrs. Goodwin & Judy, of West
Lebanon. Ind, will exhibit their Aber-
deem Angus herd. Thew have also en-
tered for the Breeders stakes. This
herd, as we'll as that of Sotham & Co.,
IL noted for its excellence. w. A.. Nc.
Henry, Of Denlson, TO-, has engaged
eleven double stalls fol his noted herd
Of Aberdeen Angus. He will also enter
| for the Breeders stakes. His herd are
| worlds fair prize-winners. H. F.
Brown, with his Short Horns. and the
Cosgrove Livestock company. with
their Herefords, will in all make
! five herds for the breeders stake, which
| will be a most excellent showing. Col.
| Liggett expects to secure two more
| famous herds for these stakes. In the
| Holstein- Freisians, Evert Irwin, of
| Richfield. will make his usual exhibit
of large herd Of excellently bred Hol-
stems. Gillett & Son, of Rosedale Wis.
will also exhibit thirteen h cad of the
same breed. Cameron & Son, of Mis-
souri,, will exhibit their noted herd of
twenty head. This will make great
showing of Holsteins, as we'll as of the
half-breeds mentioned. r. S. Kingman.
of Sparta, Wis.,, will send carload of
| Jerseys, and engages nine double stalls.
| Col. Liggett has received number of
letters from the Levata Jersey Cattle
company. They think very favorably
| of coming, aud will decide at DeS
| Moines.
A Drive to New York.
Mel Il. Eddy and Clifford Gilbert,
two Minneapolis men who have always
lived in Minnesota, are to start from
the fair grounds on Wednesday or
| Thursday of fair week to drive to
New York city. They will drive a
pair Of Mlnnesota-bred horses, hitched
to Minnesota de buggy, with a
Minnesota-made harness, and Will make
the trip in the shortest possible time,
and demonstrate thereby what can be
done with horses raised and bred in the
Northwest. Mr.. Eddy was out Of the
city yesterday, and therefore could not
give information concerning tho team
which he will drive. No one kno VS.
horse better than Mel Eddy. and 10
one loves one more. He can there.
fore be depended upon to get the
best possible service out of the team
he will drive consistent with good care
and treatment. Mr.. Eddy entertains
some views at variance with many
horsemen on the subject of speed con-
tests as stimulus to good breeding Of
horses. He is no friend of the track
and the pool box. He argues that from
the time the horse Is bred to the time he
makes his first appearance in race on
the track that it is gamble. Every
thing connected with racing, he thinks,
Is more or less associated with gambling,
and, so far as he is concerned, he would
be glad to have pool selling prohibited
entirely. He argues that horse that
can make a fast mile and secure a
record is not always the serviceaDle
driving horse. and therefore not the
horse for everyday use. He believes
that the horse which should be raised is
the horse for road purposes over long
distances. and he hopes to demonstrate
some Of his theory in this particular in
the drive on which he will start from
the fair ground.
The Good Roads Exhibit
is likely to be one Of the exceedingly
interesting and profitable features Of
the fair. President Hill. Of the Great
Northern, and General Manager Winter,
of the Omaha, have both agreed to de.
liver oil the grounds quantity of stone
for use in the demonstrating how Mac
adam ana Telford roads should be con.
structed. The American Road Machine
| company, of Kenneth SQUARE Pa