St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-07-01
THE TRorrING DERBY. :.
Good Prospects for Fine Crowd
at Minnehaha.

AT N1lnncndna.
The prospects for a grand weeks
sport for the lovers of the harness horse
are very bright today, for on Monday
the Minneapolis Driving clubs summer
meeting will be opened. The list of
horses nominated in the stake and purse
events is by far of the highest quality
ever Quartered together in the Flour
City, and the races for the week are
made up of closely matched contestants
that have been sampled quite freely of
late and are in the most excellent condi-
ton for racing. The Derby. which has
attracted the attention of all for the past
three months, is bound to be great
sight aud dercely contested race.
Rowdy Boy, V. L. Shuler's entry, is a
Minnesota horse, being owned at Sank
Rapids, and is the property of C.E. Bell.
Mr.. Shuler has not started Rowdy in
any race this year. but i'll his work the
brown geldmg has shown very rapid
miles. Agnes II. the Oak Lawn stock
tar'n entry, is the property of a. faint
er Il Suns, of Menominie, Wis. Tommy
DUNBAR, The veteran pilot, has trained
Agnes IL for the last two seasons, and
hestninks very highly of the fleet mare S
chances to win.
Tne fast and steady.going gelding
Ben Gaines is MinneSOta-bred horse,
and he has many admirers, as his sire
is one OF the most popular tcotterS and
producers in the West, Allie Gaines,
own brother to Hamlin Almont. George
Spear has had charge of Ben during the
winter and present campaign. lie
started Ben at GAINESVILLE last week in
two races and reduced the bay gelding's
record from 2:37 to 2:23h. Whether
this is Ben Gaines limit or not. no one
knows here. but the fact that he has
trotted this fast so early in the season
makes him a decided favorite in the
three-mile dash. and he will be we'll
supported by his friends when the
word is given. Athlot, j. B. Webster'S
nomination, is a game-going fellow that
can reel OFT miles i'll 2:22 TO 2:24 all the
time and is hard horse to beat.
Maud Flthian, Ii. E. ROWell's nomi-
nation, is one of the higheSt-bred mares
in the state. being by the noted pro-
Queer SPHINX. She is one of the high
tempered, Reconsideration horses
that are extremely difficult to prepare
for race, but are also hard to defeat.
Should she come to the wire in condi-
tition the race Will be fast one, If she
is not first to the wire. Waverly. the
ST. Louis gelding, is all unknown
quantity here. but in his work on the
track since his arrival has made many
friends. Rosa Dartle, Fairy Gift and
Lullaby have not been shown I'D much
ftfb ha va
trained over other tracks. So that little
is known of them here. Still. the
| reports are that they have been dong
we'll aud are ready to start.
Every preparation for handling big
crowd has been made at the Minnehaha
course, and both Derby day and the
Fourth should be we'll attended there
For carriages especially has much care
been taken, and the inner field, which
will accommodate thousand eQuipageS
in such manner that every occupant
can sec the entire course, has been
carefully cleaned and put in the best of
order, and as there is NO charge for car.
riages it should be filled 10 lis utmost
capacity. Minneapolis has the most
elegant aud diversified lot of carriages
of any Western city, and here will be a
( grand place 10 display them, and it has
been announced by many owners OF
smart traps and fancy hook-ups that
they will be there to see and be seen E.
The electric cars will be run especially
to, care for the attendance patroniZing
them, and on the I'd, ID and Fourth the
/ Milwaukee road will run trains from
the grounds, leaving at 600 and 7:05 p.
H., thus preventing any crush or delay
Ill returning from the days sport.