St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-26
Yacht Club Meeting.

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club was held at the Holmes hotel, Min
neapolis, last evening, to consider sew
eral minor changes in the racing rules
of the club and to discuss the proposed
plans for the new club house. Charles
Gibson presented the club with Light
house Island'' as a site for the clubs
new headquarters and subscribed $4,000
towards its erection. The other sub
| railway, 81, $50; l.. T. Moore, $1,000, and
S. c. Gale $1,000. This leaves about
81, 800 to be raised among the members
| of the club. After the meeting there
was banquet.
Tom Vinten received the prize for the
| greatest proficiency in the afternoon
gymnastic class. The prize is a gold
badge with crossed clubs.
| e. Allen Maule was awarded the prize
| for the most proficient in the boys
hand drill. There were twenty-fouI
contestants In this class.
| There were fencing bouts of two
| rounds each, in which Gordon was pit
ted against BufOrd and Mason against
Henneberg. The honors were divided
between the contestants.
Mrs. S. NJ. Preece read 'sThe Chariot
Race" in good elocutionary style. Mabin,
Painter and MaXfield were aDplauded
in their Roman ladder pyramid per-
fOrmances. James Harbert exhibited
feats in heavy lifting. The tumbling
and contortion work of McLaren, Mason,
MaXfield, Maule and Carlsreceived mer-
tied applause. The boys hand drill,
participated in by twenty-four lads,
showed care in drilling and aptitude in
learning.
Prof. P. T. Gleason, the blind cornet-
ist, woman encore.
Mrs. Deacon's class in the flag drill
was participated in by score of girls
and boys.
The flying trick rings acting was well
executed, Coley deserving special men,
ton for blind-fold acting. Harbert,
Painter, Renfield, Buford, Maxfeld,
and the ''kid' Maule. with Carrie as
clown, made 1t an interesting feature,
and showed proficiency in the art.
The fancy squad drill by Sergeants
Barnacle, Spear and Damon, of Com
pany E. showed great precision and eX-
pertness in the manual of arms, and
won frequent hearty applause.
The tug of war was watched with in
tereSt that amounted to enthusiasm and
excitement. In the first bout team
from the Y. M. c. A. was pitted against
team from Battery A. the Electrics
pany C's team against that of Company
E. The maximum weight of each
team was 675 pounds. James Denegree
acted as referee. and Brown. Arm
strong and Wall as judges.
In the first bout the Y. NJ. G. A. team
defeated that of Battery A by two feet (;
the Eiectrics defeated the Company ID
team by two feet, and the Company E
team defeated that of company G by
two and half inches. In the second
bout the Electrics defeated the Ham,
Inns by six inches; and the Y. NJ. G. A.
defeated the men of Company E after a
close contest that did not vary an inch
until within the last half minute, but
advantage for the Y. M. G. A.
When the tn ird and last bout was an
| nounced controversy arose as to the
preference in belts, one of them being
conceded to be the best. The Electrics
had possession of it, but when the ref
fierce decided that it belonged to the
Y. M. G. A. and they were entitled to it,
| the contest proceeded under protest.
At the drop in this final contest there
was no advantage gained by either
| team, but an advantage of one-fOurth of
an inch at the end of one minute was
announced in favor of the 7. NJ. G. A.
! team but in another minute this de-
creased to one-eighth of an inch; at the
end of three minutes this was increased
to four inches, and at the end of the
five-minute limit the Y. NJ. e. A. team
had won the contest by one and half
feet, and they were declared the victors
of the evening amidst great excitement
1t was II 80 when the people dispersed
| feeling greatly eXhilerated by the Ell.
| tertainment and exciting contests OF
the evening.