St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-06
SOCIETY ALL AGOG.
Inc Press Club Handicap Will
Crowd the Hamline Race En-

Inc freSS CiuD Handicap Will
Crowd the Hamline Race En-
closure.
with the approach of the great press
club handicap the newspaper fraternity
is becoming the object of jest and spec
uiatlon. The reporters are happy, the
editors recline- in glorious anticipation
OF what is to be OH that eventful next
Monday, and my wife, your wife. our
wire aud sisters and brothers, uncleS,
cousins and our auntS are just too loqua-
eious and too gay for control. Every
DOdy has discussed what will he the
funniest race ever run at Hamline. The
insurers against accident have made
capital OF the contingencies on that day:
merchants have striven TO Guido each
other III one thing or another which
would accentuate the novelty of the
Press Club handicub, and Dame Gossip
has appropriated the subject as her
own. The latest, but by far not the
ieaSt, trophy to incte the utmost
]oekeying by the scribes. are the prize
offered by l.. W. Arnold & Co., of the
Lowry Arcade, to the winner and
second OF the great reporters race. The
nrSt prize is a pair of gOld-bropZe statu-
cites, twenty-four inches high, repre-
senting Psyche and Mercury, the fig
ures supported by beautifully veined
onyx pedestals with gold entablatures.
representing scenes from the ancient
Greek sculpture. The second prize is
solid goId-headed cane, richly wrought
and chased. with handsome polished
ebony stick. The reporter and his
cane are inseparable, and good, stout
walking stick never was put to such
| graceful use as in the hands of journal
Ism. The report0rial jock who wins Mr..
| Arnold'S trophy acquires lifelong
travelling companion. Add to these Or
namental emblems OF successful riding
the handsome purse of $1,000 offered by
the jockey club, together with all the
martyrdOm just now being suffered
with the stanchest fortitude by the
'''1lntlemen jocks" as they have been
humor0usly called, and the winner has
mad time to he proud of. All his en-
deavor though is anything bot a
| courted pleasure. 1t is the eXacted
| performance Of a duty. the penalty
| levied upon any loyal fellow of the
Press club fraternity.
There has been much hustle and
greater hustle III perfecting arrange
ments: An overwhelming obstacle has
been discovered in the size of the aver
| age reportorial foot. Most of the "reps'
have pedal as large as the foot of
tree, while the professional jockey, as
rule, gets along-very fast sometimes
with No. boot. So they soon found
itlneXpedlent to borrow boots of Thorpe,
Williams, Britton, Alien or Henne ssy.
One is inclined to expect. however, that
the variety in the costuming will he so
great as to greet the crowd alright. 1t
seems deplOrable that actual devlitry
should begin on Sunday. but in the ca
reer OF newSpaperdOm the Sunday queS-
to nd fnt,
OF the necessity for a preliminary visit
to the track between 10 and IL O'clock
tomorrow Will not mitigate the sin.
Maj. Frank Luhrs, in his official capac-
lty, has designated that hour as time
when the reporters will be drilled for
the fray. Alr. Murphy will attend
with his femur saw, and DrS. Quinn,
Ancker and WhitcOmb. of the city staff,
Will dispense restOratives and witch
hazel from behind the judges stand.
Each reporter will be thoroughly drilled
in the etiquette of the stable and the
track, and any breach OH his part will
subject him to all impost of ten pounds
extra weight. Most of this extra weight
will be made up of WienerwurSt and
beer. There Is tob he no smoking while
up" and no corSetS are to be cOnSid-
cred legitimate parcel of any mans
riding outfit. All jockeys are hereby
called to appear before the GLOBE
jockey this morning, and receive final
instructions in three languages.
j. o., the horse who was assigned to
the Dispatch mount, has been replaced
by Dyer, great Splinter. but not of the
music firm of Dyer Bros, who very
kindly contributed measure of music
for the giee song. Monday will be the
day!
The Arnold trophies will be on ex-
hibition in the show windows Of l.. W.
Arnold & Co., Lowry arcade, OH Fifth
street.