The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-05

registered IS degrees above zero Be
tween $4,000 and 10000 people turned out
From early morning and till about -
o'clock continuous stream Of humanity
could be seen moving from the city up to
''Holmenkolbakken" tabout 100 feet
above the sea leveD. All sorts of means
of transportation were pressed into serv-
ice. About $4,000 were accommodated by
the electric railway. the balance drove in
sleighs, or simply walked with or without
skis on 81.
The crown prince ard Prince Adolph
were there. They have been taking in
! everything in the sporting lire since their
arrival a few days ago. 1.-The number of
foreign visitors was greater this year than
ever before. Nearly every European
country, and still better the United States,
were represented. I know there We're
Americans there from atgleast half a dozen
different states. A well-known Mime
sofa man. Captain Bjornstad of the
Twenty-eight regiment. y. S. A.. also DR..
H. Fjelde, who sent the cable about the
! Aalesund fire to # he J ourn L., was
there. A wealthy couple from Maine, who
have been spending the last, four years
travelling in the old world. told me they
enjoyed the sight immensely, and the pic
/ ture one beheld.. looking down the hill
side from the starting point, at o'clock
was certainly a unique one. The crowd
of people forming a black horseshos
frame around the battlefield ard the snow
covered pine forest surrounding the whole
scene was bound to impress on the mind
that the affair was we'll worth attending
The number of competitors was some
i what smaller this year than usual, but the
| quality OF the performance was much
better The percentage of falls was less
than in previous years, and the carriage
of body and skihandling were in severa
cases not far from perfection.
The first man "f1ew thru the air. at
o'clock sharp, and at 2:40 the 100 ani
a few more competitors had all had
chance twice to show what they coult
\ do. The longest jump yesterday was 2!
meters. made by Left Berg. 1t should bt
remembered, however, that the. longes
leaps on ski can not, as a rule, be seer
lin the Homenkol race, as it counts (
great deal more toward getting prize how
the. leap is performed and how the mar
carries himself ard his skis than thu
length of the jump. The committee dis
courages everything that merely is don,
for setting record. What it aims a
is to have the men train themselves t,
become practical ski-runners, SO the.
know how to take care of themseIve
under all conditions of practical travel OF
skis including the ability to be able t.
| perform fine jump when occasion re
quires it.
After the regular competition was owe
. some Of the oldtimers gave a parade ex
hibition by standing in pairs out owe
the hop The Tandberg brothers o
Christiania made a specially fine showing
here. 'Holmenkol bakken'' can never b
used for practice, and the new compel
itor knows nothing about what he has be
fore him when the trumpet signal i
given for his flight down the hillside
AS soon as the contest is over the hop
is demo lished.
The last race of the combination is
so -kiloneter cross country run. In orde
. to be eligible to prizes a man must tax
, part in the first two races.
After the battle the crowd repaired t
the dining-rooms and cafes at Holmen