St. Paul daily globe., 1893-03-05

pageantS they ever saw in st. Paul oc-
cured yesterday. 1t was meeting OF
the fashionable and of the social portion
of the city. Very few who make any
pretense of being "in it" were absent
from the obServauces of the day, and
failed to participate in the pleasures OF
the OCCASION 1t was a grand turnout
of all Of the best rigs in the city in their
most exact form. witnessed by portion
of the pOpulace not exceedingly expect
ant Of results. But the parade proved
one of the most interesting things in the
history of the series OF pleasures with
which the citizens Of ST. Paul have
been SurfCiled, and no one seemed tC
admire the display more than the man
who had predicted that the affair would
be a frost.
About 400 of the members OF the elite
of tie city turned out for the purpose of
exhibiting the SeighS and rigs which
they had provided for the occasion of
the grand pageant. The procession was
one of the finest ever seen in the city,
and the striyerS for the various prizes
suffered IhanY disappOntmentS in not
being awarded the prizes which had
been offered by the committee in charge
OF the entertainment.
As one of the members of the com
mittee said. there were so many excel
lent exhibitions for The prizes that it
was hard to say which one was the best
fitted to Oe the recipient of the Offering
of the committee. There were about
23O teams out during the afternoon, an d
1t was the general Impression
that the most meritoriOus ones
were selected for the prizes. The
parade was formed at the time decided
nm II tar0C 0hnnf 2 n1RlnRl- whom
the line of march was ordered to move
on. Then, with a loud shouting from
the masses of people on the sidewalks,
The Procession Started.
1t slowly moved from Rice park to
Third street, from which it continued
OF the regular line of march marked out
by the committee.
First came a squadron of mounted pO-
lice. They marched we'll, and the horses
would have all taken prizes had it not
been for the fact that they could not
compete. Then followed the band
wagon, or rather sleigh, Nightingale,
drawn by six horses. In the vehicle
were seated about twenty-five members
of Kliests orchestra and band, and the
choicest music at their command was
dispensed.
Next came six omnibuses, drawn by
SIX horses each and loaded with children
of all ages. Next came a unicorn, in
which were seated Crawford Livingston
and Blair Flandreau. The horses which
drew the rig were an elegant black and
two fine bays. They were carefully
governed by the drivers and made an
excellent appearance.
Mrs. l.. X. Stone, accompanied by
lady friend, occupied the next rig of
note. The sleigh was drawn by two
fine rOans, and they made one of the
finest possible appearances.
After the passage Of few more
teams, Mr.. ana Mrs. Lambert followed
in a comfortable sleigh drawn by team
of fine dark bays. Then came l.. Allen
with pair of Arabs, one of them being
gray and the other bay. Alex Ram
sey then excited the enthusiasm of the
crowd by driving past with team of
large and well-fOrmed bays, which
pranced and curvetted with the spirit of
playfulneSs.
Mannheimer's team of bays was the
next prominent one in the procession.
and the people cheered and applauded
as the beautiful animals pranced by.
The enthusiasm of the boys was very
marked as the next prize winner passed
by. 1t was gaily decorated pony driven
to a small sled Around the neck of the
pony was wreath of flowers, and the