St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-11
STATE FAIR OPENED.
Inc Stock Display One of
the Finest Ever Seen
Any Place.
HANDSOME HORSES GALORE.
Cattle Displayed That Arc
Equal to Any Ever Bred
in Any Country.
SOME FINE SHEEP AND HOGS,
Minnesota Is Making Great
Advances in Diversi-
fed Farming.
HANDSOME HORSES GALORE,
SOME FINE SHEEP AND HOGS,

The state fair opened yesterday morn.
ing. AS to be expected on an opening
day. the attendance was not large. The
displays were not all in place, and in
almost every building people were busy
taking possession of quarters and ar
ranging their displays. This feature
was particularly noticeable in the large
nall set apart for mercantile and art dis.
plays. Minneapolis merchants are oc.
cupying fully as much space in this
building as are the st. Paul
merchants. The cabinet display
or the Great Northern railway,
under the dome. is one of the most at
tractive features. The cabinet itself
is work of art. II contains grains.
grasses, minerals, ETC.. that abound on
the lines of the road. About every
music dealer in the Twin Cities had
large displays. and the hall resnunded
with piano music almost constantly,
Boot and shoe dealers, dry goods mer-
chants. grocers. hardware jObbers were
all on hand with tastily arranged show.
ings. Tue art displays were not all
arranged There are some good, but
no great paintings there.
-Ine displays of
Agricultural Implements
are almost DoundleSS, aud range from
drags TO threshing machines. A great
many threshing machine manufacturers
have their machines running in full
blast. Windmills are to he seen in
almost every direction. Some of them
are employed at pumping water. others
Mt mining machinery. One mill was
operating cornshellers. tanning mills
and various other machines.
Tie agricultural hall is one of the
most noticeable features. 1t contains
mammoth displays of farm products
corn, wheat, rye, barley, fax, oats,
pumpkins. squashes of all kinds. beans,
garden stutfs of all sorts. apples, grapes,
pears, and several other fruits that ere
supposed not to grow in Minnesota.
However, the exhibitors assert that
everything seen in the hall was raised
In the state. Of course there are no
peaches. oranges, lemons or ba-
nanas to be seen; but the ap-
pies, grapes and pears are as
fine as any to be seen in states further
south. 1t will be a revelation to good
many to see the remarkable advances
Minnesota is making in Embarrassing.
Inc farmers are evidently proud of
their accomplishments. and they have
ot been backward in the matter of
showing them.
Beyond question the most attractive
feature seen on the grounds Yesterday
was
The Stock Display.
Finer horses, cattle. sheep and hog.
are not to be found in any country, and
the displays were not only fine, but
large.
Not Percheron horse was to be seen
at the Iowa State fair, Just closed; but
the stalls at Hamline contain at leas
fifty of as magnificent Percherons as
were ever bred. There are some five ex-
hibitors Of Percherons. and it will cost
judges deal of trouble to single out
the prize winners. Then there are
Clydesdales galore, and every one
beauty. There are several displays of
Belgian and Englishshire draft horses.
All the draft horses are monsters in
size. The display of coach horses
is very large. These horses, with their
shiny coats. seem to live in a constant
state of anxiety to get outside and
prance. There are several varieties OF
French coach horses, Oldenburg coach
horses, Belgian, English and Scotch
coach horses. But of all the horses in
the stall probably the ones that will
catch the eye of swell gentlemen most
are the English Hackneys. These ara
the horses that are used for the tan
dems of the swells of the Eng
lish royalty and nobility. The famous
Malcolm is the star of the Hackney
displays. This animal has won eleven
first prizes at state and national exposi.
tions, and has never been defeated. He
is high stopper. and gay as peacock.
The displays of thoroughbreds. trotting
and pacing horses were not stalled
yesterday, but it is said that by today
some excellent specimens of the race
horse species will be on display. There
is good-sized exhibit of pretty Shet,
lands. Some of these are so tiny that
one feels tempted to slip one in his vest
pocket and make race for home.
Quite number of stalls are occupied
by the pretty Indian ponies that are to
be used in the chariot races. These are
pretty to look at, but they are not con.
testants for prizes.
The Cattle Display
is rather larger than the horse display
Shorthorns are there, of course, and it
is gratifying to observe that Minnesota
exhibitors of these great beef cattle
rather outshine the displays of Short
horns hailing from Illinois and other
states. In the groups of Shorthorns
exhibited by ii. F. Brown, Of MInne-
apolis, is a three-year-old bull weigh
ing 1900 pounds; also year
ling weighing over 1000 pounds.
The display of Herefords is large and
pleasing. some six exhibitors showing
this breedof heavy weights. The Here.
ford is not qaite so large as the Short
horn, but is much better mixer. One
exhibitor shows a three-year-old Here
ford bull weighing 2,400 pounds. Sew
eral exhibitors present the Aberdeen