The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-02
fine. Not 50 much-~iaz expected of the

fine. Not. se mueh-~lsz expected of the
grapes this year.
Several lots of show poultry arrived,
and the poultry building Begins to look
as though that part of the show was
ready for business.
The work of arranging the exhibits in
the. woman's building began yesterday,
and every inch of space in the big build
Ing will be taken. There will be perfect
labyrinth of fancy work; with canned
fruits, Preserves, je11ies and cakes
The people in the agricultural depart
ment have already begun to renew their
agitation for a new building. All of the
countye exhibits, save one, came In yester-
DAY. Grant county has not arrived but
Will be on hand today. The work of ar
ranging the articles filled the old bet
ting ring where the exhibit is shown,
with workmen, and the size of the exhfb-
it's brought in made 1T apparent at the
outset that 1t will be necessary to store
the articles in every nook and corner
of the big building, under ratings and
every place where room can be found
Several new herds of Herefords ar
rived on Friday for the cattle depart
ment TIRE were also some additional
cars of shorthorns, but for the most part
the exhibits are expected tomorrow The
show IN this department will begin
ea1%+4A than usual this year. Col Lig-
gett states that the first show in the big
tent will be held tomorrow afternoon
In the horse department every barn is
full, and arrangements have been made
to secure a big tent for the ponies. OF
which there are sixty-eight entries In
everything, save coachers, the exhibit is
better than that of recent years There
Will be some good horses shown in this
class, and it may be up to the standard,
but no word has been received from
some of the prominent Illinois exhibitors
of coach horses It is possible that they
may do as they did last year, come with
out writing and take chances on securing
stall room.
In drivers, draughters and general
purpose horses the show will be all that
could be desired.
w. D. Richardson of Garden CITY. a
former exhibitor at the fair, who stayed
away last year. because. he didn't hap
pen to have what he wanted to show in
Guernsey cattle, has notified the. man
ayers that he will be on hand with a
herd
The electrical plant and searetlfght have
been tested, and found to be in perfect
order. The Searchlight to be used this
year is one of the new naval lights, the
most powerful made. It will be stationed
follow the races and light UP other spe-
ciaI features.
In the event of there being any rivalry
between the cities as to which will fur
nish the larger attendance upon it's spe-
cial day, it will be well for the St Paul
people to remember that Wednesd a. Is
ST. Paul day this year. Thursday is
Minneapolis day. The order has been re-
versed from that Of last year.
Seats for 5000 people were yesterday
put into the big cattle show tent.
The Minnesota Stockholders asseeta-
ton has provided itself with neadquar-
ters, including an office and show pens
in barn o..
SThe valve in t's big water tank has
been repaired. The fire apparatus has
been provided with n suitable tent near
headquarters, and there is now good
system of FIRE protection on the grounds
A special effort will be made to please
the Iaboring people tomorrow. The even
ing fireworks programme will include
many special features IN this line. The
union label and other signs and symbols
will be shown m brilliant colers Of fire.
The Minneapolis labor organizations
will have a great crowd on the grounds
Monday. The reports from the sale of
tickets made this morning show an enor-
nous sale.
DAY PROGRAMME AT THE FAIR.
Monday, Labor Day
2:10 class, trotting; purse.
Running race, rs mile dash, purse.
Band concert.
2:40 class, pacing, purse
The LaMothes, aerialists.
Running race. fve-eighth-mile heats,
purse.
Caicedo-e'The King of the Bounding
Wire
Horizontal bar exhibition
Balloon ascension
Tuesday, Old Settlers Day
2:22 class pacing, purse
Exhibition saddle class horses ChaIf
mile track.
Band concert.
The LaMothes, aeFfalists,
Exhibition heavy matched carriage
teams.
2.35 class trotting. purse.
Caicedo-
Horizontal bar exhibition.
Exhibition single and heavy carriage
horses.
wednesday,, ST. Paul Day
2:1e class trotting, purse.
The IaKothes.
Running race, fve-efghths mile heats.
purse
Balloon ascension
Thursday, Minneapolis Day