St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-07
"SCOTS VIVA Haze"
Picnic of St. Andrews Society at
White Bear Lake.

Picnic of St. Andrews Society at
White Bear Lake.
The members of st. Andrews so
ciety of st. Paul, and of the Caledonian
Society of Minneapolis, to the number
of 1000, attended yesterday the annual
picnic. which was held this year at
White Bear lake. AS early as 10
o'clock the trains were crowd ed
and they kept coming till 5
in the afternoon The day was
perfect one, and the heat of the city
made tue hours spent at the lake par
ticularly refreshing. The crowd divided
itself between Ramaley's park and
gan about noon. The ''Iocal events
were confined chiefly to children, and
afforded much entertainment, though
no official record was kept. At O'Clock
the open competitions began, the judges
being II. Campbell. James Ross, Ed s.
Bean and DIR. Burdett. The following
were the winners:
100 yards, handicap First prize, rug,
Charles Craigie; second, box cigars, Lealman.
High jump-First prize. umbrella, E. b.
Murnane: second, box cigars. Charles Craigie.
Charles Craigiei second. fishing reel, j.
Kehoe.
Sack race-First prize, a ham, A. Hall;
second. butter, A. j. Baton.
220-yard race-First prize, picture, Charles
Craigie: second, pipe. E. B. MuTnane.
Putting shCt-First prize. cake basket, 4.
B. Muruane; second, shoes T. Kehoe. Muir
name sending it 10 feet inches.
Pole vaulting-First prize. gold headed
cane Charles Craigie; second. silk umbrella,
j. kehoe. In this contest Craigie broke the
record, reaching 10 feet q inches without
climbing the pole.
Hurdle race-First prize, cake basket Leal
man; second, umbrella. E. b. Murnane.
Standing high jump-First prize, meal
ticket. Charles Craigie q feet inches); sec
ond, vase, Tom Calvin.
Boat race-First prize. Mayor Wright's
medal, Scott Mcdonald; second fishing rod
Findlay.
The judges of these competitions deserve
great credit for their careful and exact de-
cisions.
The quoting contest for Gov Merriam's
medal was won by T. Rowland, j. P. Adam
son coming second. The officers tankard
was taken by DR.. William Dinwoodie.
The one mile foot race, prize, a suit OF
clothes was won by Scott Mcdonald, as was
the swimming race also.
AS evening approached, the crowd
assembled i'll Ramaley'S pavilion tC
witness the piping and dancing contests
prize, $40, was won by William McLain
the second prize. S., by w. Macarthur.
The chief interest Of the audience
was centered in the dances on the
stage, which were in many features &
repetition of those given at the Metro
pOlitan opera house last May under the
able direction of John E. Smith. The
beautiful dancing of the children and
their pretty costumes delighted every
one. The dances that seemed to please
the most were the peek-abo0 and Span
iSh dances. and the Irish jig drew forth
the greatest applause. The winners
were as follows:
Highland fling-First price, S.. John Smith
second, prize, suit, William Macarthur
Sailors hornpipe-Eirst prize, S., Joh1
Smith, second prize. Lucy Leppin.
Shaun treus-First prize So, Bella Malm
stedt: second prize, lap robe, Margaret Nc
Carron.
Highland fing-First prize, photo. Nora
third prize, Bernadotte Mersen.
Sword dance-flrst prize, photo, Belle
Malmstedt; second, perfume, Bessie Mc
Naughton; third, Beatrice Biggs.
Jack O'Tar-First prize, guitar, Mabe
Runge: second. picture, Ella Galian; third
candy, Mabel Smith.
Irish Patinetta-First prize, portrait, Maut
Beckwith; second, perfume, Minnie Simp-
son: third. hair hin, Edith Morrow.
Scotch reel-First prize, piano cover
Bessie Biggs; second prize, Clara Riesener
third prize, gingham dress, Mabel Runge.
Spanish dance-First prize, parlor lamp
Mamie Ivel; second prize, one dozen photos
Marie Bannochie; third prize, candy, Maud
Beckwith.
Peek-a- boo - First prize, parlor lamp
Hazel Ridge; second prize, candy. Bessie
McNaughton; third prize, shoes, Bretta Mer
sen.
Irish jig-Special prize. Margaret McCar
ron ana Bella Malmstedt.
AT the end of the contests, Kleist's
orchestra took possession of the stage
and dancing was INDUCED in by the
audience until the last train whistled 6
warning that it was time 10 break up
r. Z. Black acted as secretary of games
and dances and extended every courtesy
and help to the reporters who were pres
ent.
Ramaley's new toboggan slide, which
was opened on Friday last, was a great
attraction to the visitors, and kept going
till long after 10 O'Clock.
A long train carried the crowd safely
home. and ended pleasantly most en-
jOyable daV.