St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-28
THE PALACE BEFORE THE sToRMING.

and Stark very far behind. The last
lap proved George Chisholm the winner
Of the race by about quarter OF lap,
Kent coming in second, Nittum, who
fell down near the finish, but picked
himself up all right, third, and Stark
fourth.
This gave Mr.. Chisholm the amateur
championship. A. E. Cameron, of Win
nipeg, had withdrawn from the race.
The prizes were gold and silver medals
for first and second respectively.
JUMPING ON SKIS.
The great ski tournament of the Car
nival occurred upon the grounds yes
terday afternoon. Fully eighty men
and several small boys permitted them
selves to drop down the high ski chute
and leap from the jump-off. 1t was the
most exciting sporting feature of the
day. The veteran ski-runner, ThOrkeid
Wilson, of ST. Paul, was in charge
of the tournament. He has pair of
skis made of rock elm, with a foot rig
ished like glass, so slippery that in Nor
way it would be law-breaking to use
them. The Turner's and Vikings were
present from Minneapolis, and the
Aurora club, of Red Wing, the Den
Norske, of La Crosse, the Norwegian
Ski club, of Saltwater, the Dovre, of
Eau Claire, and the st. CrOiX Falls clubs
were all well represented. Each
club wore its own peculiar cOlOrS and
uniform, and the banners were very
pretty. Crowds of people witnessed the
ski leaping all the afternoon.
The tournament commenced little
after o. m. and lasted until nearly 6
O'clock. Mikkel T. Himmestvedt, of st.
Nn1 l1x@% Of fhn
Paul club now for two years and the
champion of the world, took first prize
in the first class with fifty-twO-f0ot
jump. He leaped over ninety feet at
Eau Claire last week. The Car
nival slide has it's disadvantages.
1t is not as good as the natural hill side.
The chute is about seventy-fve feet
high with an angle of eighty degrees,
and a jump-Off at the bottom of about
FIVE feet six inches. 1t is steep enough,
but not long enough; indeed, it was
little too steep for its length, and the
men could hardly keep their feet, many
falling when they struck the
snow from the jump-off, and
off, before the leap was made. Another
thing that prevented good leap was
the fear the men had of
JUMPING INTO THE CROWD,
and some skis did get mixed up with
the crowd to the extent of turning sew
eral spectators head over heels. No
body was hurt to speak of. The jump
off was lowered for the second class
about foot and a half. Christian Lang,
of st. Paul, made three leaps of almost
fifty feet.
About 2:15 p. m. the clubs formed in
procession at Seven corners and marched
to the palace, headed by the MetrOpol-
itan band. The order was:
Norwegian Ski and Kjelke Club, of st.
Paul-Captain, Andrew Jensen.
Norwegian Turning and Ski Club, of
MinneapOliS-White trimmed with blue
and gray knickerbockers; captain,
Christian Ilstrup.
Aurora, of Red Wing-White,t trimmed
with red and blue; acting captain, 81. p.
II. Rude.
Den Norske, of Eau Claire-Captain,
S. Fl. Lee: red. with blue trimmings.
Norwegian Ski, of Stillwater-Gray
with red and black; acting captain, III.
Olson.
Vikings, of Minneapolis-Bl jack
cts, red tOques, blue sash and stockings;
captain, G. Dahl.
Den Norske, of La Crosse-Blue.
with red and white; captain, I'll. Amund
son.
st. Croix Falls Club-Chocolate, with
blue trimmings; captain, Ole Hetting.
When the tournament was completed
the clubs marched to Turner hal, where
Messrs. Halvor Olson, of Red Wing;
Ole Hetting and j. N. johnson, of st.
CroiX Falls; III. j. Sklamstadt and A. c.
FlOan, of st. Paul; C. Dahl and Thomas
Asbenson, of the Vikings; G. ustrup
and p. Rhine, of the Turner'S: and Mr..
FlOOdwell, of Red Wing; M. Olston
and Ole Olson, of La Crosse, and others
met and decided who were the prize
winners, as follows:
First Class-First prize, M. r. Him.
mestvedt, of st. CrOiX Falls; second,
John Swenson, Vikings, of Minneapolis;
third, Christian Lang, of st. Paul; and
fourth, Petero Brennsholm, Vikings,
of Minneapolis.
Second Class-First prize, Halvor
Olson, of Red Wing; second, Oscar
Arneson, of Red Wing; third, Hans
Olsen, of Saltwater, and fourth, Martin
Brundelie, of Red Wing.
Third Glass (boys)-First prize, John
Quist, of Red Wing; second, Bennie
Erickson, of Eau Claire; third, Emil
Peterson, of Red Wing, and fourth,
= Fred Rr0wn, of Red Wing.
SO in the second and third classes
Red Wing secured six out of eight The
boys were mostly from Red Wing.
They did as well as some of the men.
Chris II. BOxrud, Of Red Wing, was