St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-10
Nho Will Walk On Snowshoes During the
Coming Winter Carnival in
st. Paul.
The Leading Athletic Organization of the
Season and It's Part in the
Festivities.
How the st. Georges snowshoe Club
Was Organized and Some of Its
Leading Spirits.
Its Semi-Weel1ly Runs to the Summit
Avenue Lookout-.Fun for
the Boys.

Winter sports are destined TO become the
popular rage in the Northwest since St.
Paul has given the initiative and necessary
impetus to them by the Inauguration Of its
Ice Palace and Carnival association. The
climate of this section is all that could be
desired for outdoor winter pleasures, and no
more desirable or accessible place for the
location of the ice palace and outdoor car
nval could have been selected than the
Northwestern metropolis. The canivals
at Montreal were organized and perfected
but six years ago, yet so popular did they
become that visitors were attracted from
al over the United States and Canada, and
II is calculated that at least a quarter Of a
million visitors witnessed the attack upon
the ice castle in that city last winter. The
palace grounds are all laid out and COM
pleted, and the construction of the palace
has already been begun. and that structure
will be completed On time, Feb.1. Competent
committees are in charge of all the details
and a program of amusements has been
provided insurlng a constant list of attrac-
lions during the carnival. The program is
about ready and will be published in a few
lays.
ST. GEORGES sNowsHoE CLUB
Is the principal winter club of St Paul and
is destined to become one of the most pop
ular athletic and social organizations in the
city. 1t IS contributing largely towards
making a success of the carnival, and ill
have charge of the reception of visiting
snowshOe clubs which it proposes to enter
tain i'm grand and lifting style 1t now has
q membership Of over four hundred, but
every meeting large list of names is pro-
posed for membership, and il is fully eX-
hat a ri N $50
than one thousand members by the time of
the opening of the carnival. st. Georges
club was organized in November, a call
having been made by the directors of the
carnival association for a meeting to be
held at the carnival headquart-
eTs in the Ryan hotel for that
purpose. A carnival could be nothing
without a snoWshoe club, IN fact the ice
palace and carnival at Montreal was simply
an Outgrowth from the st. George Snow
shoe club Of that city, and it was deter
mined to organize in this city club of
great strength, and one whose social stand
ing should give it a commanding and in
1luential prominence. This first meeting
was attended by about sixty gentlemen in
terested in the success of the coming carni-
val, including the entire directory of the
association. Several plans were discussed,
one of which was to have three separate
clubs, but it was finally agreed to have all
SnowShOerS included in one organization,
and the formation of the club was then
proceeded with. About fifty gentlemen
present signed the roll Of the new club and
pledged themselves to give their personal
efforts towards its success, and to make
every effort to strengthen its membership.
The initiation fee was placed at 81, which,
except the uniform, is the only expense in
CURED in becoming a member, as there are
no dues, Any person of respectable
standing can become member
and the club is DESTROYS of in
Guiding in its membership all such. The
item Of expense is small, and no objection
can be made on that score as it is cheap
enough for persons Of the most limited
means. The club includes now some OF the
most prominent and influential residents of
this city, many of whom are clever in all
athletic sports while Others of them know
nothing at all Of such matters. The latter
however, have taken hold of the matter in
earnest, and have procured their uniforms.
and are always on hand to turn out with
the club on its semi-weekly runs. The Off
GERS of the club are gentlemen of we'll
known standing in the business community
and are noted for their liberal support of all
outdoor athletic sports. The club has as
its honorable president