The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-08
PLANS FOR STATE FAIR
BOARD OF MANAGERS WILL, OJ7T
LINE THEM TODAY
The Guarantees of $4,000 Each
From the Merchants of the Twin
Cities Are Expected to Bring the
Greatest Harness Horses in Amer
lea to the Northwest Next Fall.

The board Of managers of the Mime
sofa State Agricultural society will be-
in session today in Minneapolis, and
an outline of the next state fair will
be made. Superintendent of divisions
will be appointed; the revision Of the
premium list will be completed and a
race programme will be formulated
and announced. The fair will open on
Monday, Sept. 5, and continue for one
week as usual.
The society is in prosperous condi-
ton and it's annual exhibitions are
growing rapidly in Importance and in
terest.
1t is believed that there will be much
more than usual growth this year and
that the fair of 1898 can be made the
greatest ever held in the Northwest.
The premium list will be carefully re-
vised and the total offerings in prizes
In the eXhib ton departments will reach
the grand total of $4,000.
The people in the Twin Cities are
taking more than a usual interest in
the fair and are giving it direct as
slStance. In st. Paul the business men,
under the leadership of II. w. Fagley,
have made up guarantee of a $4,000
purse Tor pacing race to take place on
st. Paul day at the fair
In Minneapolis a similar movement.
for which R. F. Jones stood sponsor,
resulted in the guarantee of a similar
purse Tor trottlng race on Minneapo-
lis day. These two guarantees will be
placed at the disposal of the state fair
board today to be made a part of their
regular race programme. The purses
thus provided are larger than any
others ever offered in the West, and
the contests which they will provoke
are expected to be sensational
these
each city, added to the purses which
the board will offer upon it's own ac-
count, it is certain that entries will be
received from the very best horses in
the United States.
The principal subscribers to the guar
antee of the st. Paul purse are:
F. R. Yerxa, A. Allen. G. W. Sherwood
Browning, King & Co., W. G. CARING. Ply
mouth clothing house, w. H. Elsinger Il
Co., Bowlby Co, F: D. Kendrick. scnune-
L. e. HOFFMAN & CO.. Mannheimer Bros.
Ryan hotel, A. H. Schliek, Charles T Mil
Ter, Nicol the Tailor, Powers Dry Goods
Slyck, Young & Co., A. H. Simon Lanpher
Finch & Skinner; Brown, Treacy & Co., c.
Gotzian 4 Co., Noyes Bros. & Cutler, Cult
erman Bros, Sharood & Crooks, T L.
Blood & Co., George Benz & Sons, Lin
deke, Warner & Schurmeier.
The guarantee for the Minneapolis purse
is signed by G. H Gangelhoff. Geo H Ell
well, NJ n Savage, ]. c. Oswald Boutell
Bros, R. F. Jones. New England Furniture
and Carpet company, John Schlener. S. E.
Olson & Co, eIDodson, Fisher: Brockman
company, w. S. Mott & Co.. Janney, Sem
pie & Co., Winston, Harrington & Co.
Deere & Weber company, Wyman, Part
ridge & Co., VIM. Donaldson & Co., An
thony Kelly Co., A. Merrill The Palace
Clothing House company, Twin City Rapid
Transit company, Minneapolis Brewing
company, Kennedy Bros, E. G. Potter, A.
c. Bruce R. R. Rand, North Star Wooden
mills, Pauly house, E. B. Sanders. H p
Watson, Washburn, Crosby company G. G.
Myser, Lyman, Eliel Drug company, C. B.
Shove, Shattuck & Wood, and others.
Special attention will be given to the
live stock exhibit this year. An effort
will be made to secure the best posi-
BILE types Of all the different breeds of
each class of the domestic animals
horses, cattle, sheep and swine. 1t will
be worth much to the farmers of the
state to come to the fair and study
these animals; see them judged by ex-
pert judges and thus learn their char
acteristics and qualities. Such object
lessons have rare educational value and
are in line with the good work being
done by the Farmers Institute corps
and by the School of Agriculture. Here
is a paragraph quoted from a recent
address by T. J. Fleming, ex-secretary