The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-05
new buildings ORDERED
BUILD TWO NEW BARNS
AT ONCE
PROGRAMME READY JUNE /
At Next Meeting of the Directors 1t
Is Expected to Make
Full Announce
ments.

The board Of managers Of the Mime
sofa Agricultural society met yesterday
There We're present: John Cooper, presi-
dent, St. Cloud; Chester R. Smith, first
vice president, st. Paul; Thomas H.
Shey1in, second vice president, Mime
apolis; e. w. Randall, secretary Ham
line; f. ]. Wilcox, treasurer, Mortified;
managers. William NJ Liggett, ST. An
\. s. Gordon, Crookston; j. c. Curryer,
Mankato, c. n. Cosgrove, LIE Sueur, and
]. M. Underwood, Lake City.
The membership of the society in the
American Trotting association was re-
newed, and A. w McElroy, Of Chicago,
was re-engaged as starting judge for the
races.
The board expressed itself as being
greatly pleased with the log cabin, IN
course of construction by the Territorial
Pioneers, and made the $500 to be appro-
priated towards the cost of the building
by the society available for use by the
pioneers at any time
Mai. A. G. Wilcox, of Hugo, Mimi, sec
rotary of the Minnesota Stock Breeders
association, reported the progress being
made by the breeders association for an
extensive exhibit at the approaching fair.
A huge circus tent, that will more than
cover the show ring, heretofore used In
The cattle department, was engaged to he
USED as a show and sales ring. Letters
were read from officers of the American
Hereford Cattle Breeders association,
showing that the next national exhibit
ton of Hereford cattle, which is to be
held in connection with this years state
fair, viii exceed last years showing at
Kansas City, the greatest ever held in
The world UP to that time.
The construction OF four additional cat
tie barns and sheep barn were or
dered Plans will be drawn at once,
bids advertised for and the work of con
Struction will be commenced at the earIi-
est possible date. It is proposed to have
all of this work completed at least a
month before fair time
new entrance to the grounds for the
Minneapolis visitors is to be made and
furnished with modern turnstiles and
conveniences.
improvements are to be made in the
main building and in the dairy building
The honey exhibit this year will be
placed with the agricultural and county
exhibits, instead of in the main building
as heretofore: I.uman c. Pryor, supeFin-
tendent of the machinery department.
reported number Of applications from
prominent machinery dealers and manu-
facturers for sites upon which to erect
exhibit buildings. Sites were designated
by the board. and a number of new and
attractive buildings will be built during
the season, which viii add materially to
the machinery exhibits at the fair. IS
The night programme at rae fair was
given careful consideration. Numerous
attractions We're proposed, some of which
possess exceptional merit. 1t is evidently
the intention of the board to provide a
programme that shall be entirely new
and of even greater strength than the
night programme Of q year ago. All of
the attractions proposed were finally re-
TERED TO the committee on attractions,
with Instructions TO Investigate fully and
carefully and make selections of those
which they are willing to recommend
When this committee has finished it's
work another board meeting will be call
cd. ana the night programme will be
definitely formulated and announced.
This committee will also consider the
matter of special attractions to be in
teTspersed with the afternoon racing pro-
gramnie
The report of the recent meeting Of the
Great Western Racing circuit, held In
liiiGdSD W euitSSQ was given. MS
circuit now has fifteen members and pro
vides for fifteen weeks of continuous
racing. beginning at Terre Haute July 1
AID ending at St. Louis Oct. l. The
total purses offered by the circuit aggre-
gate $2G5,0t0. Fifteen race meetings, con-
Venientiy arranged as TO distance and
shipping arrangements, viii attract more
horses and better horses than lesser
number Of meetings can possibly do. The
racing to be seen al this years state fair
therefore ought to be much better than
in previous Years, when this circuit did
not exist, and when the race programme
of the fair stood almost alone.
The committee on attractions expects
10 finish its special work during the next
two or three weeks, and the next board
meeting viii be held net later than June
/. when both afternoon and evening pro-
grammes will be completely formed and
definitely announced.