St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-15
GREAT ROUND OF SPOKTS.l
Winners Of the Prizes Do
mated by st. Paul Mer- -
chants. SO
M
BALLOON ASCENSION.
Man and Woman Go Up To.
gether and Descend in
PapachuteS.

The first contingent of the st. Pau
| division of the trainmen in the employ
of the Twin City Rapid Transit com
pany held its picnic at Wildwood yes
| terday, about 2. 500 of the men and their
families going cut over the ST. Paul &
| White Bear railroad. The affair was
| success, and every one returned home
| feeling that he had spent delightful
day. A great deal of credit is due the
committee on arrangements, E. j.
Luethge and E. E. Edwards, and the
committee in return feels that the sue
cess of the day was due in a large meas
ure to the provision made by the man
agement for their comfort. and espe-
cially tc j. Ii. HerricK for his kindness
on the grounds. Don Smith, Superin-
tendent Of the St. Paul division. was
largely in evidence. and seemed to en-
JOY himself to some extent while taking
care of the comfort Of his employees.
The balloon ascension and parachute
jump was the event of the evening on
which the attention of the crowd was
conferred. Prof. p. j. Paul, the WE'LL
known balloonist of North st. Paul.
had the matter in charge, and Miss
Lizzie Williams, the daring young
woman who has performed the same
feat on several former occasions, made
the jump. She came down on the
shores of Echo lake. about mile from
Wildwood, and when she arrived OH the
grounds she did not seem to be any the
worse for her experience.
The street railway company again
very generously furnished transporta-
ton for the men and their families, both
on their own lines and on the ST. Paul
& White Bear railroad. The latter
company handled the big crowd in the
best kind of way, running their cars
out double, and towards evening,
when the people began to return, run
ming in sometimes four at q time.
Nothing happened to mar the pleasure
of these Woodworking people and their
families, who had gone out for good
days enjoyment and had it. =
A large number of the merchants of
the city. who were interested in making
the day success. had donated prizes to
be contested tor. amounting to about
not on yesterdays programme, will be
contested for tomorrow. when the re-
mainder of the employees of the street
railway company will go out. The
events. with the winners, including
several extra ones. follow: :
800 Winn ers of Prizes
Base ball game-First prize, case OF
Wine; won by team chosen by Smith
avenue division.
silk umbrella; won by A. II. Lasker.
Second prize, two bottles of port wine
won by MIR. Darling.
Boat race First prize, three-dollar
hat; won by l. Grau. Second prize, box
cigars; Won by A. r. Mathews, both of
Smith avenue station.
Ladies 100 I ard Dash-First prize,
pair kid gloves, won by Mrs. M. w.
Skinkle; second prize, bottle imported
perfume, won by Katie Forrest.
Haif-mile Race for Men-Won by
George Schmidt, Of Smith avenue
Prize to he decided later.
Three-Legged Race - First prize,
wine.colored rain coat. won by a. P
McCuiler. Second prize. won by A. Z.
Pond.
Tug of War-Between Selby avenue
and Rice street men; won by the latter.
Potato Race-UDmarried Lades-First
prize, one dozen cabinet photographs,
won by Anne Dahl. of Sims street
Second prize, ten yards pongee dress
goods, won by Miss Herrin, of GIG Her
min street.
Creased pig. loaned by J. j. O'Leary
81 Sons-Purse IS cash, won by A. II.
LaSker.
Swimming racc-First prize, silk UNI
brella; second prize, pearl-handled
knife; both prizes won by NJ. Bemis, of
Rice street.
Fifty-yard dash. girls under fourteen
First prize, sterling silver buckle /;
won by Olive Graham. Second prize
won by Isabella Sauter.
Heavy mans race, 100 pounds-First
prize. gold cuff buttons; won by liam
mond. of Selby. Second prize, won By
Dahl. and third prize, extra. by Sam
Hackett, of Seventh street station.
Waiting COntest-First day, first
prize, ladies'. $40 hat. won by Mrs. Luet-
ge. Second prize, ladies'. oak center
table, won by Miss Sauter.
First prize, mems, silver cup, won by
E. j. Luetge. Second prize, mems, silk
umbrella, won by w. c. Newbury.
Small children'S race, children under
| ten. first prize won by Walter Demores,,
2Sl9 Third street, Minneapolis. Second
! prize won by Eddie Wray. Smith avenue.
The Smith Avenue quartette, con-
sisting of u. B. Kerfoot,G. r. Douglass,
! G. N. Darling and A. II. Laskef, fur
| nished a number of musical selections
during the afternoon, and comic
speech made by A. H. Lasker elected a
great deal of applause. 70
A. ii. Laskef,of Smith avenue station.
=. won an extra race against professional
runner who wanted to enter theghun-
dred-yard dash, but was barred. "a
The programme of t0mOrroW's events
will appear i'll the GLOBE of tomorrow
morning.
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