St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-12
Inaugural Contests in the
Great Curling Bonspiel
at Winnipeg.
Chisholm, Of st. Paul, Defeats
Robertson, of the Winni-
peg GRANTEES.
Americans Are Hustling Hard
to Capture the Grand
Challenge Cup.
Peter Jackson Declines to
Spar Three Rounds With
Slugger Sullivan.

Special to the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man., Feb. 11:-The great
curling bonspiel opened this morning.
The ice and weather are all that could
be desired. Sixty-nine Kinks have en-
tered. forty from outside places.
and Twenty-Five from this city,
making 246 players. The number of
visiting Kinks is much larger this year
than last. Twenty-Five sheets of ice
have been prepared. and the
curriers' will scoop FER up"
morning, afternoon and night
until the close of the contest. The
members of the outside Kinks were cor
daily welcomed and made to feel that
they were not among strangers. The
stars and stripes had been hoisted in
honor of the American visitors. The
latter are going to make great
effort to capture the challenge cup and
international trophies. The challenge
cup competition was the first event.
Brydon, of Milwaukee, was pitted
Wastie, of Brandon, and won, 81
to II. Flavelle, of Lindsay. Ont,
vanquished his opponent. Sinclair. of
Prince Albert, Is to Is. Chisholm, of
ST. Paul, beat j. 2. Robertson, of the
Winnipeg GRANTEES, 20 to II. Middle
miss, of Milwaukee, was defeated by E..
j. Spariing, of Portage la Prairie, 8 to
%. Following is the complete pro-
gramme for the b0nspiel:
Grand challenge cup. value $3.50: with
tour gold medals. value SIS; for members of
winning rink. Second prize-four gold med
ais, value SIS. Third prize-four gold med
ais, value $50.
Vice-regal tankard. value $3.50, intermedi-
club is entitled to send two Kinks to Ottawa
to compete liz the final competition.
Grand international trophy, value $3.50,
with four gold medals value S65.
Tuckelt trophy, value 500; presented by
George E. Tuckett d Sol. Hamilton. Ont.
with four gold medals, value SO. for mem
bers winning rink.
The Royal CALIFORNIAN tanKard. value
$500, presented by the Manitoba branch r.
&. G. c., with four gold medals, value $50,
for the winning rink.
Grand Point Competition-First prize,
handsome gold medal, value, $50, by General
superintendent Woyte, C. P. r. patron of
the association; second prize, gold medal.
value, $50; third prize,g Id medal. Value, $50;
fourth prize. silver medal, value, SIS; nth
prize, silver medal, value, SlU; sixth prize,
bronze medal, value, So.
Walkerville tankard, value $3.50. pre-
scented by Hiram Walker q Sons, of Walker
vile, Ont, with four gold medals, value
Sl5O, by the same firm, for the members of
the winning rink; second prize, four gold
medals, value $50: third prize, four silver
medals, value $50.
Watson Prize-Four pairs curling stones,
value 500, presented by the Watson Manu-
featuring company, of Winnipeg, to the best
representative rink of any club in afhliation
with the Manitoba branch OF the r. q. G. C.
The grand challenge cup. the grand inter-
national trophy, the Royal Caledonian tank
ard and the Watson stones become the prop
erty of the winning Kinks. The Tuckett
trophy and the WaIkerville tankard remain
the property of the branch. The names of
the winners will be engraved on them from
year 10 year