The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-14

built for the occasion. with real tan.
bark arena, surrounded. by a prone
made and gayly decorated boxes. filled
with beautiful and gofgeously gOwned
ladies, numerous other features are be-
ing arranged.
Prof. MuhIenbruchs Great Western
band has been engaged to- give a Sc
lect concert preceding each entertain
ment from 1880 to g p: III. each even
ing and from 1870 to 2 o. m. each aft
ernoon. when the show proper will be-
gin.
Big Parade Intended. -
A grand horse show parade is talk
ed of for the opening day, including
all the four hand coaches and other
gorgeous equipagesss filled & With the
elite Of the city and drawn by FLOODED
horses, representing half a million dol
lars in value. If this feature is def
nitely decided upon. it will be safe to
say that it will be the most magnif1-
cent and elaborate parade ever wit
messed in the city.
A coaching parade is also arranged
for Wednesday afternoon. to start from
Hotel Ryan, taking on fifteen or more
passengers and to drive through all the
principal streets to the horse show
grounds and there the equipage to be
judged in the arena.
Pearl the former high-jdmping
champion Of the world, has been en-
tered for a special exhibition. also a
string of sixteen Canadian high jump
ers and heavy harness horses. George
Pepper, of Toronto, Can, the owner of
this great stable of horses. came
through from Toronto last Wednesday
and entered his entire stable, which
is one of the finest in the United
States.
World Record Breaker.
Pearl broke the worlds record for
high jumping at the Des Moines L9rse
show last October, making seven feet
six and three-quarterS inches, but. the
laurels were wrested from her on the
closing night of the Chicago horse
show by Howard Willett's bay gelding,
Heatherbloom. which jumped seven
feet eight inches with ITO pounds up.
Mr.. Pepper states that Pearl has al
ready cleared eight feet in her prac-
tice work this spring, and that she is
In fine form, and requested that the
maximum of the st. Paul hurdles be
made not less than eight feet, as he
hoped to smash Heatherbloom's worlds
record at the st. Paul horse show.
Mr.. Pepper has already exhibited at
number of Eastern shows this sea-
son, and has won all the blue ribbons
In the classes he entered. He recently
purchased the heavy harness pair,
Parader and Creighton, exhibited here
Last season by George r. Palmer, and
he has also entered them here. Be
sides Pearl, he has also entered his
famous high jumpers, Myopa, Rupert,
King Full, Senator, Lady Webster,
Lady Winsome, Ozark and Lord Mimic
His horses and vehicles will come by
express from Toronto, and will arrive
Monday next.
A. e. Ashbrook's horses from Kansas
City are already here, composing a
stable of thirty head and two car loads
of fancy vehicles, including four-in-
hand coaches, tandems, carts, etc. etc.
When Horse Show Opens.
The horse show this year will in
clude fifty classes with all acceptable
grades of equines and equipages. The
show will open Tuesday evening,
June %, when the great white canvass
edifice, gaily decorated and Illuminated
with the royal blue and arctic white
colors Of the show, will attract i'm
mense throngs. 1t Is confidently ex-
pected crush of people will pass
Through its entrances to witness the
epening of the greatest exhibition of
Blue blooded equines and fine equipages
ever seen in the western part Of the
country. The grace, beauty and chiy-s
airy of Minnesota and adjoining states
wNi be gathered there. and the. boxes