St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-23
THE REAL SPORT is ON.
variety of Winter Pleasures to BE
Found at Fort KarniyaI.

The sports at Fort Karnival were in
augurated yesterday afternoon with a
| Vim and enthusiasm which promises a
| season of rare fun and joyous amuse-
ment to the thousands of people who
| see in the carnival the ideal winter en-
| tertainment. Hundreds Of pleasure
seekers, young and old, visited the
! grounds during the afternoon, and
though the skating races scheduled to
take place had to be postponed on ac-
count of the mild weather, the first ex-
uberance of the carnival season so
fully possessed those in attendance that
the omission was scarcely noticed The
| management of Aurora rink was busy
all night Tuesday endeavoring 20 get
. the race track in condition, and sue
| ceeded admirably with the exception
of the southeast corner, where the pc
culiar lay of the ground and the mild
weather defied their efforts to secure a
good sheet ice. In every other par
| ticular the rink is adequate to every
demand for pleasurable skating, as was
evidenced by the gay crowds which
glfded over it's smooth surface.
The feature of the afternoon among
the skaters was the exhibition of fancy
and trick skating given by w. J.
Dougherty, member Of the Summit
Skating club, and the long distance
jumping contest on skates, open to the
Il
Torrance Of Mr.. Dougherty, who exc
cuted the Philadelphia twist, ST.
Georges cross, grapeVines, the anvil
and a particularly difficult figure called
the cork screw, took place in the re-
serve ring, in front of the grand stand,
at 2:30, and was witnessed by a large
number Of spectators. The Carnival
band was in attendance, and to it's in
spring strains Mr.. Dougerty completed
his exhibition with an intricate ice
waltz, which elected a hearty round Of
applause. Mr.. Dougherty will give eX-
hibitions Of fancy skating every day
and evening during the carnival.
In the jumping contest there were
but two entries, E. G.. Andrews, of
Saltwater, and j. Clarence Taylor, of
Barron, Wis, but the seeming lack of
entries was entirely lost sight of when
Andrews, at his first trial, shot through
the air distance of seventeen feet eight
inches, beating the previous American
record for this style Of jump by two
feet six inches. Taylor, who has not
been in active training for some time,
made a very creditable showing, how
ever, clearing fourteen feet three inch
eS, only eleven inches short of the for
mer American record of fifteen feet
three inches, made by Sam De See, at
| Van Cortland Lake, N. Y, in 1885. At
| the conclusion of the three official trials
given each contestant under the anna
| teur athletic rules, both Andrews and
Taylor gave several exhibition jumps,
during which Andrews scored nineteen
feet four inches and Taylor fourteen
feet eleven inches The judges of the
event were: DR.. Kelly, A. D. Smith,
H. Hardick. J. j. O'Leary act
ed in his official capacity as
clerk of the course. Within the
immediate walls Fort Karnival the
gay scene of the skating rink was
repeated, differing only in the nat
ure of the sport INDUCED in. The to-
boggan slides were the attraction of
the Enclosure. Every toboggan at the
disposal of the carnival association,
some fifty in number, was continuously
! in use during the afternoon. In addi-
ton to those thus supplied, many Of
the carnivaliers had their own tobog-
CANS, adding to the number Of coasters
and enlivening the scene. Director
George Allen looked after the slides
yesterday, supplying visitors with to-
boggans and keeping the ever-prevalent
small boy from monopolizing the sport.
The carnival association will have a
large supply of toboggans in a day or
! two, but in the meantime 1t has feen
suggested that all who have tobogs0nS
| should take them to the grounds With
them, as the demand is greater than
| can at present be accommodated. The
slides are in excellent condition and
perfectly arranged. The new plan Of
having two slides, one at each extrem-
ity of the grounds, is very popular as
it does away with the long walk con-
nected with tobogganing of previous
carnivals. All that is necessary now,
after enjoying a swift ride extending
clear across the grounds. is to climb a
short flight of stairs and reach the
starting point by the same speedy
route. A special attraction for the
small boy is a sled chute connected
with the toboggan slides. where he may
enjoy his coasting and bob sliding to
his hearts content.
The Hockey rink was occupied during
portion of yesterday afternoon by
several members of the Summit Polo
club, who engaged in q little practice
work, preliminary to the beginning of
the polo tournament this afternoon.
Chairman Nicely of the carnival
hockey and polo committee, wishes to
meet the captains of all hockey and
polo teams at carnival headquarters
today at 1915 for the purpose of ar
ranging the schedule of games to be
played during the carnival season.
| McColIoch Winner.