The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-30

Harness horse racing commences in tie
Northwest at Minneapolis on Tuesday
next and continues five days. 1t is the
first week Of the Great Western circuit,
in which nineteen race m etings are
scheduled and purses aggregattng over
a quarter iof a mill n dollars will be
competed for
Races have not been held at tie IA
nous Minnehah2 mile track Minneapol s,
since 1886, End the one held tie year
previous was one of the mCst sensa-
tional ones in the country during 1895.
The meeting held under the auspices of
the Minneapolis Driving club is already
an assured fact in point of hcrses en-
tered, as the pick ana flower of the
Twin Cities will strive nightly for
equine hcnors, toget, er with a numblr
Of California cracks, and some very
speedy ones from the Dakotas, Iowa and
Wisconsin.
While in point of numbers the entry
lists for the various events are not
large, the quality is not lack ng ana
some mighty hot propositions Will be
uncovered before the meeting ends.
Ninnehaha park never presented
more animated ante-race meeting ap-
pearance than at present. Besides near
" 200 horses in trainig there the pros
pective oat-earners have nearly all ar
rived and are being put through their
best pac,s daily preparatory to the
bruiSing contests which follow.
The park has teen thoroughly reju-
venated and placed in apple pie order.
New and co:rmodious barns have been
erected. a new grand stand and str-k-
ingIv hands me club house built and an
ornamental judges stand Is ready Tor
business The famous track is in splen-
did condition and easily bears Off the
palm as the finest and fastest in the
Northwest
DERBY DAY TUESDAY.
The meeting opens Tuesday afternoon,
which is fittingly designated Derby Gay,
that event being the opening feature.
Two of the entries for the Derby, which
Is thrse-mile dash, are Minneapolis
horses. one is from st. Paul and one
from Faribault. This event is for S1,OO
and never fails to attract universal at
tention from horsemen throughout the
country.
The St Paul entry is Nushka. She is
q gray mare sired by Warren Park,
son of Jersey Wilkes, a famous producer
Of fast racers. Nushka Is the property
OF S. jacobson, who also drove Louise
B in the famous Derby race of 1885,
L. ]. Phelps of Faribault has entered
his bay gelding Random, by Blind Bash
Rw himself a noted trotter He has been
doing some very fast trotting this sea-
son. and hie owner does not lack conf
dence in his steeds
From Minneapolis is entered Philip
Lockheart, sired by the renowned stall
lion Loo1heart, 2:081a, owned by C. w.
Sherwood, of st. Paul. He will be han
died by that expert reinsman, George
c. LOOMS, and is a strong favorite. An
other Minneapolis candidate is Ecstasy
owned by William F. Guertin. Ecstasy
comes from the best strains, being sired
by Red Baron, by Baron Wilkes, and
her dam SalOme by Bulletin, is the pro
Queer of several fast trotters with low
records. She will be handled by ]. q.
GeTrity.
Besides the Derby there will be the
following events: 2:24 trot, 2:40 trot, 2:1S
pace, 2:17 pace, 2:22 pace, 2:35 pace and
BIS trot. The 2:13 pace is attracting
much attention, as a number of noted
sidewheelers will contest and some fast
heats are fondly anticipated. ST. Pauls
candidate is Dick Turpin, owned by w.
G. CARING and handled by Johnny Dowd
He is in fine fettle and his opponents
Will have to step mighty lively to out
foot him. Another horse which is looked
upon as dangerous is Tommy Wilton,
owned by Fred ]. Figge, of Ossian, Iowa.
He has been doing the Cedar Valley
Iowa, circuit the past few weeks in the
free-for-all pace and has carried off the
honors easily, doing a, mile week before
last at Waverly in 2:12A over half mile
track. One Of the California cracks
Queen R, is also entered in this race
and is spoken Of in the highest terms
by those who have seen her work
O'Grady, by Garret Wilkes, is the entry
from the Flour City, and he is a mighty
hard one to beat
Horses and carriages will be admitted
to the course free of charge, and popular
prices have been made to all parts Of
the grounds for spectators. Following
Is the complete list of entries.