The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-15
ALL SUPERB RACES
FASTEST HORSES IN THE cOUN-
Try WILL BE AT THE
STATE FAIR
PURSES WILL BE LIBERAL
OmciaI Entry Lists Are Complete
and Every Arrangement for
the Week Is Progressing
Admirably.

The official list of entries for the race
programme to be given in connection with
the coming state fair is now being pub
lished, and will be distributed within a
few days. While the number is not 81
great as last year. a study Of the list
shows that there has been decided nl-
provement in the character of the horses
that will try for the big purses. Some
of the fastest circuit followers In the
country have been entered in the big
events. Owners of the fastest horses In
the country have been attracted to the
Minnesota fair by the liberality of the
purses, and 1t is believed that this year S
exposition opening Sept. 2, will present
the finest array OF talent that has yet
been offered.
While the entry books closed on the
first day of the present month, some of
the names and pedigrees of the horses
were not sent in at the time the fee was
deposited. These have come in later, and
the work of distributing the lists to peo-
pie interested in the events over the
Northwest will begin within few days.
The list contains 1853 entries, and in the
2:1S pace alone, which will occur on Fri
day, or St Paul day, of fair week, the
field will present twenty eight horses to
try foY .the $1,000 purse.
Those entries that have been received
are for harness horses alone. The run
nerS will not be entered until the even
ing before each race, in accordance with
the usual custom. Running races will
occur on the half-mile track each day Of
the fair, and in the evening the track
will be lighted by electricity for an adj
ditiOnal running card.
The general entertainment programme
has been arranged, although the order
of the different events will be varied to
fit into the race programme of the day.
1t is the aim OF the state fair manage
ment TO provide uninterrupted entertain
ment to the spectators In the grand stand
and the bleachers from the time the
first race is called at 2:9O o'clock. Mon
day DEPRESSION will be- made in order
20 allow Vice President Roosevelt to re-
view the old Thirteenth Minnesota regi-
ment and a concert will be given in adj
dition.
Lionel Legare, a spiral globe artist, has
been secured to appear each day of the
fair in remarkable exhibition of poise
and balancing. He mounts a globe three
feet in diameter and by wonderful ma
neuVcring ascends and descends a spiral
stairway. The Pickett family will be
seen in some interesting aerial work and
daring feats on the trapeze and high wire.
The entertainment will be supplemented
with balloon ascension and series OF
fippodrome races, including Roman stand
Ing and Roman chariot races. This por-
tion of the programme will be repeated
In the evening and VIII be supplemented
by PAINS exhibition of 1.-The Last Days
OF PompeH' This is said to be Pain s
best spectacular production, and Is the
most expensive spectacle that has ever
been attempted at a state fair "a
whole army of employees is necessary TO
depict the thrilling scenes that accom-
panY the destruction Of the ancient CITY,
The improvements at the fair grounds
Sre progressing nicely. The bleachers
having a seating Capacity OF $500 people,
will be completed this week. and work
viii be commenced on the additional ex-
fibition barn. The lumber for this
structure, planned to accommodate 100
animals, is now on the grounds The
extension OF the water works system to
the fair grounds has begun and big
force is employed on Smelling avenue,
where the mains have been laid as far as
the Great Northern tracks. 1t will re-
Quire three weeks to complete the sys-
TEN and arrange the distribution over
the grounds. The new agricultural hall
is practically enclosed now and the work
en- will put on the finishing touches
Within the next three weeks.
A meeting of the executive board has
been called for 2 o'clock tomorrow aft
ernoon. although 1t is possible that the
session may be deferred a few days to
allow time to arrange matters that will
be presented to that body.