St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-09
IS DOWN ON RACING.
The State Agricultural So
eiety in Annual SEES
sion
DECLARES AGAINST POOLS
And Horse Races in Connee-
ton with the State
Fair.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Results in the Selection OF a
Mankato Man for
President.

The Minnesota State Agricultural
society held an all-day session at the
capitol yesterday and transacted con-
siderable business, the principal thing
being the election of officers for the
coming year. The new officers are:
President, Edward Weaver, Mankato;
first vice president, Wyman Elliott;
second vice president, d. r. McGinnis,
secretary of the Commercial club.
On the board of managers Col. Llggett
was reelected and J. Il. L"tzen, OF AL
exandria, Is the other member.
President Stevens called the morning
session to order, ana Il motion 10 APP
point u committee on credentials con-
sisting of one member from each cons
greSSional district was Immediately put
by Mr.. Grattin, of Preston. The presl-
dent named the following gentlemen on
the committee:
MessrS. NJ. L. Grattin, Dr.. Curryer,
J. Il. Conway, A. p. Hehdrickson, f. q.
Gould, John Cooper and a. Kaiser.
The committee reported just before
the adjournment Of the morning SEES
sion.
James Wilson, a director Of the eX-
detrimental station at AmeS, To-, was
present at the morning session, and
gave an interesting talk on the live
stock interests of the state. lie called
the attention OF his audience to the
changed conditions that hive 20 be met
by the Minnesota farmer today. The
products Of the state are now brought
into close competition with the pro DE-
uctS of all sections of the world. Mr..
Wilson scored the farmefs OF this state
for not feeding their own bran, as ha
said the Iowa people are buying the
Minnesota bran, and are meeting the
Minnesota farmers in their own market
in dairy products.
Mr.. Wilson's remarks relative to the
existing conditions of the Minnesota
markets are here given in part:
"In view of new requirements laid
upon u.s." said Mir. Wilson, 1--WE must
realize the situation and meet its re-
uuirements. Europe wants horses, but
our horses do not suit, and il we are to
sell Our horses abroad we must sit
down and study the situation. We must
learn to feed, and we have the grass
and the grain, the hest in the world. If
you had fed the grandsire Of your horse
you would today have had a 1.700 weight
horse. The only things we nave well
fed are our hogs and ourselves. An
other thing in which we have sue
ceeded is in our beef, but on sheep we
have been dead wrong for the last forty
year. We have been growing sheep,
and have done we'll as long as we had
q protective tariff. We must now turn
our attention reproducing
\ Mutton Sheep.
We have not enough here to make our
own spring lambs. and every year we
import lambs to meet the demand of the
market"
a member Of the board from Wright
county asked for some information re-
garding the proper way to conduct a
county fair, particularly as regards the
horse racing feature.
Judge Warner, of Carver county,
scored the racing business at these
fairs, insisting that the fairs become
absolute failures when conducted in
connection with races. He said that
what was really necessary to the COM
plete success OF these fairs was to APP
point committees to make the awards,
to have a board of appeals, and to regu-
late the premium list so that it will be
conducted with absolute honesty. The
matter was very thoroughly discussed
by the members of the society before
the noon recess was taken.
At the afternoon session NJ. I. Graf
tin created quite stir by introducing a
resolution, which was adopted by
unanimous vote OF the society, relative
to the better enforcement of the law
regarding the selling Of pools on the
fair grounds, and also in regard to the
matter Of insisting upon having the
Twin City Jockey club live up to the
letter of their contract with the state
agricultural society. The resolution is
as follows:
"WhereaS, The long continued run
ming meeting held on the state fair
grounds at lamline, with Its attendant
evils, is bringing the society and horse