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.

Special to the Globe.
WINNIPEG, Man., Feb. 11ss-The great
curling bonspiel opened this morning.
The ice and weather are all that could
be desired. Sixty-nine rinks have en-
tered. forty from outside places.
and twenty-nine from this city,
making 246 players. The number of
visiting rinks is much larger this year
than last. Twenty-Five sheets of ice
have been prepared. and the
curriers' will 'sOop FER up"
morning, afternoon and night
until the close of the contest. The
members of the outside rinks 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 IL. Flavelle. of Lindsay. Ont,
yanquished his opponent, Sinclair. of
Prince Albert, 1S to Is. Chisholm, of
st. Paul, beat j. p. Robertson, of the
Winnipeg GRANTEES, 20 to II. Middle
miss, of Milwaukee, was defeated by E.
j. Spariing, of Portage la Prairie, to
%. Following is the complete pro-
gramme for the bonspiel:
Grand challenge cup. value $3.50: with
tour gold medals, value SIS; for members of
winning rink. Second prize-four gold med
ais, value $50. Third prize-four gold med
ais, value $50.
ate stage at bonspiel, TO determine which
club is entitled to send two rinks to Ottawa
to compete in the final competition.
Grand international trophy, value $3.50,
with four gold medals, value S65.
Tuckett trophy, value sou; presented by
George E. Tuckett d Soh. Hamilton. Ont.
with four gold medals, value SO. for men,
bers winning rink.
The Royal Caledonian tanKard. value
$780, presented by the Manitoba branch R.
g. 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. G.. p. H., patron of
the associations; second prize, gold medal,
value $50; third prize,g Id medal, ,value.S20 ;
fourth prize. silver medal, value SIS; NTH
prize, silver medal, value, SlU; sixth prize.
bronze medal, value, So.
Walkerville tankard, value $3.50 pre-
sented by Hiram Walker & Sons, of Walker
vile, Ont, with four gold medals, value
CIV, ny .hS same HFhi IOr tne memOerS 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 SlOO, presented by the Watson Manu-
featuring company, of Winnipeg, to the best
representative rink of any club in afflIiation
with the Manitoba branch OF the r. G. 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 rinks. The Tuckett
trophy and the Walkerville tankard remain
the property of the branch The names of
the winners will be engraved on them from
year to year.