The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-10


in the West-St. Paul Business
Men Guarantee "a Purse of $4,000
for TrottinG Contest, and Min
nenpOiis Follows Suit.
Entries for the state fair races clos
ed July .. The number and quality
of entries received fully met the eX-
pectations of the fair management and
irsures the strongest programme of
races ever attempted by state fair
organization. AS foreshadowed by the
list which follows. there will be
sensational contest by a great field of
horses over every purse offered. 1t
will be noticed also that the strong
events are we'll distributed between
the various days.
The race programme VIII open on
Tuesday with 2:S0 class pace for
purse of $1,000. Twenty-Five horses
are entered for this event. 1t will be
followed by the 2:10 class trotting.
purse 1900, with seven horses entered.
The number of entries in these fast
classes is always small compared with
the slower ones. but what is lost in
quantity is made up in quality. Each
of the horses named in this 2:10 class
has a long record of hotly contested
battles won. and the fight for this
liberal purse Is sure to be an exciting
one.
On Wednesday the first event will
be a 2:40 class trot for purse Of
81 1000. with seventeen entries. This Will
be followed by the 2:13 class pace, for
which the business men of the city
of St Paul have guaranteed a purse
of So, 900. There are twentyfour horses
entered. Each one is in training with
this particular purse in view, and
each owner is confident that his horse
will be the winner The time made is
sure to be much faster than the class,
and the race will be one OF the most
interesting, from every point of view,
ever witnessed upon the state fair
grounds. A colt race will follow,
which will also be interesting.
For Thursday the programme is
equally strong. First will be a 2:1S-
class pace, purse $1,000, with eighteen
horses entered. This will be followed
by the 2:23-class trot, for which the
business men of the city of Minneapolis
have guaranteed a purse of $4,000. For
this event twenty-one horses have en-
tered. These entries come from places
widely separated, and represent the
best and NEST promising horses In all
the territory represented. Like the
2:13 pace of Wednesday, this will be
a most interesting and exciting event,
as the contest is sure to possess many
features bordering upon the heroic. A
2:45-class pace for three-year-ol will
round out the programme.
For Friday three events of unusual
interest are scheduled with purses of
1000 each. First is the 2:05-class pace.
with eight we'll known horses entered,
some of them having a national repu-
tation. The 2:17-class trot will follow,
with sixteen entries, and the 2:22-class
pace, with twenty entries, will COM
plete the trotting and pacing pro-
gramme for this years state fair. The
total number of entries is 172, which is
more than fifty in excess of the great
= est list ever secured by the fair man
agement in past years.
There will be a running race at the
close of the pacing and trotting pro-
gramme each afternoon, but for these
events entries will close the night be-
fore the race. and will be announced
on the morning of the day upon which
they will occur. The purses for runners
will be liberal, and it is certain that
the running events will correspond in
quality and interest with those in
which the PAGERS and trotters will per-
form.
Here is the official entry list:
TUESDAY.
290 Glass, Pacing-Purs4. 81 LOCO
Naheola. br h, Laura Jensen, ST. Paul.
MISS MIRA, D m, ttlSnlanQ STOCK farm, Iowa.
Removing. h, DR.. R. D. Eaton, Minneap-
o.!a
Ina King, m. E. S. Curry Fergus Falls.
Harriet Nc br m, E; w. Algerr. MINNEAPOLIS.
Albani b m. P. C. Donovan. Neche N. D.
Bettna wilkes. b m, Charles Sheridan, Min
neapolis.
w. c. s. b G. Andrew Porter. Duluth.
Crystal Wilkes, b m, Riverside farm, Wis
consin.
Abbott Hill CHI h, c. C. Jerome, Chicago.
Dots n To-, N1o;r
Prince Russ IL, h, A. McLaughen, Glen
wood.
Ben H. c., /, g, B. H. Giles, Perry, 10.
Tom Glen. CHI g, Charles Seely, Mankato.
Harvard br h, P. H. Roe. Hudson, Wis.
Dick Cheyney, g. Miss c. A. Smith, Mason
City, 10.
Shade On. h, J. N. Key. Ewing. Neb.
Lulu Lobasco, b m. Mike Elmcre, Alliance,
Birchbud. br m, oaklawn Stock farm. Wis
consin.
King Fisher. g. F. D. Mickey. Lexington,
Ky.
Lady c9rlnne, b m, Edward E. Webster.
VIII Davis. h. Gretna farms. Gretna, Ill
Lord ,, Roseberry. h. Gretna :, farms arm
Pearline C. m. Highland stock farm.
Elloree. oh m, Geo. w. Saunders, Glen
vile.
jamie Shelton CHI M Thos. E. Barrett St.
Louis.
Greenleaf. g. ]. C. Oswald. Minneapolis.
:. B p, b h, l.. Brill Stevens Point.
! Carl Warner. gr g, Andy Mcdowell, Omaha.
Little Edgar, b g. F. D. Croker, Rhine
lander.
WEDNESDAY.
2:40 Glass; Trotting-Purse, $1,000
Indiana, m, Orrin Ostrander, Cardigan,
MINI.
Ralph Phallas, g, John C.. Backer, Chi
cago.
Maud B, m. E. S. Curry Fergus Falls.
orphie oh So. m, G. A. Smith. Blue
Earth City.
Belle clifton. CHI m. c. B. Waddel. St.
Louis Park.
Hilfreda, m, Chas. L. Cole Jr. st. Paul.
Black Robert blk h. Riverside farm, Ber-
lin, Wis.
Sallie Hill. m, C. c. Jerome. Chicago.
Aggie Medium, m, c. c. Jerome. Chi
cago.
Dolly Mashute, CHI m. Andy Mcdowell.
Omaha.
Dimple, br m, ]. D. Simpson. LIE Mars. 10.
Pilot Medium H., or h, R. S. Porter Min
neapolis.
F c NJ, g, F. c. Minegan Minneapolis.
Buttonwood Oaklawn stock farm, Menom-
onie.
Larkspur, br m, ]. NJ. Underwood, Lake