The Saint Paul globe., 1898-01-17
This Afternoon Will Witness
the Opening of the
Ronspiel.
Curriers' Of Two Nations
viii Contest in Some of the
Finest Games Seen Here
in Years.
visitors Are Now Arriving.
many Came Yesterday and a
Large Number More Will Be
Here To-Day,

curriers' from the Northwestern country
VINO are to participate in the ANIMAL
bcnspiel of the Northwestern Curling
association, which opens this morning
at Raspberry island, arrived IN large
numbers yesterday. In the neighbor
hood of fifteen crack rinks from Mani
topa, Ontario. and Wisconsin arrived
during the day. The lobby of the
windsor hotel, which seemed to be the
headquarters for most of the guests
presented an animated appearance dur
ing the afternoon and evening.
The outlook for successful bonspiel
Is certainly most f1attering, and the Of
hc1als of the st. Paul Curling club feel
mighty gratified with the assured large
attendance at the opening of the games
thls morning. Among the participants
VIII De number of Kinks which have
contested In every bonspiel for a num-
Der or years back, and there are many
Ianlllar faces among the arrivals YES
leruay. Dr. ). .. Arnold, president Of
the 81. Paul Curling club, accompanied
py delegation Of curriers', met the Wis
ltors yesterday as they arrived. The
llrst r1nks arrived from Manitoba at 7
O'Clock in the morning, and were es
corted to the Windsor. where they will
De guests during the big spiel" The
committee of st. Paul curriers' were
busy all day looking after the comfort
OF the gentlemen who will assist them
In making the Northwestern bonspiel
of '9S the most successful event of the
winter season
During the afternoon quite a number
or the cnGlprS UiSita1
turning in the evening The commit
tee dld: everything in their power to
make the visit of their Canadian oppo-
nents a pleasant one. There were NOT
as many rinks from Winnipeg as was
expected, but many of the country
towns in Manitoba and Ontario are
sendlng rfnks, which more than offsets
the difference. kilograms were re-
celVed yesterday from a half. dozen re-
mote places across the Canadian bor-
| der stating that their representatives
would arrive this morning
| one OF the most noticea BILE and per-
haps most significant, facts connected
with the bonspiel is the number of
prominent men who have come in with
the rinks so far. Among the number
who came in yesterday We're manv
prominent Canadians They comprise
attorneys, professional men of all kinds
and mayor and a newspaper man
visitors are most representative class.
and their stay in the city will be made
! one of pleasure, both by the members
of the local club and the citizens Of st.
Paul, who will tender the Canadians a.
reception in the rooms of the CONNER
cial club on Thursday evening.
Mine Host Monfort readily passed
| off as Scotchman on a number of oc-
cas1ons yesterday, and there was a
crowd in the vicinity of the clerks desk
all day. One of the pleasing incidents
Of the afternoon was the meeting be-
tween Col. Monfort and Mr.. Aldrous,
of Winnipeg. Mr.. Aldrous is an old
time curler and an early settler in the
Northwestern country, settling in the
vicinity of Winnipeg when buffaloes
were almost as plentiful as jack rab-
bits. Col. Monfort also has seen a few
buffaloes in his day. The meeting was
arranged and Mr.. Aldrous was intro
duced as the noted buffalo hunter of
Manitoba. The two gentlemen whose
residence dates back in the '70s, spent
the remainder of the afternoon talking
over old times.
The morning trains will bring in
large number of curriers' from the more
rem ote parts of Manitoba, and the local
committee expects when the first draw
is made all rinks will be present with
the exception of one of the Duluth
Kinks, which will not arrive until Tues
day, to participate in some of the later
events.
Of course the gentlemen of the St
Paul Curling club, who are to do battle
for the honor of the club on the ice
this afternoon, are very modest as to
their ability to put the proper curve
on their "stanes" and their endurance
to play all the games through. They
are, however, none the less confident
of being able to keep up with the pace
c.rf 1rr fIanif Tlira.,
spite of the fact that some of the rinks
entered have almost a national reputa-
tion. 1t will be largely matter of
speculation as to which rink is the
strongest, as many of the rinks attend
ing have been split up, and quite a
number of new rinks have entered who
have never participated in a bonspiel
before. The local club will be repre-
sented by six Kinks, four of which are
considered to be as fast as any in the
Northwest, and will make a gallant
stand to Wrest new laurels from the
Draw Scots who have been the heroes
of many exciting bonspiels in the past.
and if their efforts in this direction are
not successful they will at least be able
to valiantly defend the trophies now in
their possession.
Among the first arrivals yesterday
was the Thistle rink of Winnipeg. They
line up as follows: W. F. Payne skin.
A4eAdHueI bidch, y. L spears ana j.
Campbell. This club is probably one of
the most representative organizations
attending the bonspieI. Mr.. Payne is
editor Of the Free Press of Winnipeg,
and past president of the Manitoba
Curling association. Mr.. Black was a
candidate for mayor of Winnipeg at
the last election and he will extend a
formal invitation to the members of
the st. Paul club o>attend the bonspel
in Winnipeg Feb. 7. This rink is strict
ly a Scotch organization, and will be
a very strong bidder for some of the
big trophies.
The Winnipeg Assinaboines also ar
rived yesterday and are quartered at
the Windsor. This rink is skipped by
Frank Potter, who was practically
champion of the big bonspiel held at
Winnipeg last year. His rink won the
biggest trophy of the spiel valued at