The Saint Paul globe., September 05, 1897, Page 11, Image 12

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BRAtfED THE STORJB
WHITE DEAR YACHTS RACED IN
SPITE OF THE WIND AND
RAIN.
AKELA'S VICTORY WAS EASY.
TARPON REINC; BEATEN BY NEAR
LY A FILL, SEVEN MIN
UTES.
AI'HF.LIA BEAT ALL, THE CATS,
While Falcon and "Witch Were Tri
uinitlimit in Tlielr Respective
Companies.
Jupiter Pluvius is, to all outward
appearance not in favor of prolong
ing the yachting season, for he tried
with his might a.nd main yesterday
to put out of the question the con
test ai White Bear for the Island cup
and the other class pennant races.
The doughty sailors were not to be
routed thus easily, so, after the boats
and the land about the pavilion had
been thoroughly drenched, they hoist
ed sail and raced again.
The wind was variable and from the
sruth, blowing fresh and strong and
then dying away to less than five or
six miles an hour.
.There were eleven boats entered,
three in each class, except the big
Bloops-and two of them. Aurelia, the
Dean cat, won her race, and the sec
ond and last leg on the cup. Akela
put it all over Tarpon again, beating
her by nearly seven minutes corrected
time. Fred Bigelow's Witch snatched
the victory from Mojave — changed
hands and named Goblin — when it
looked like a sure thing for the latter
until the run home. In the smaller
sloops Van Vleck's Falcon beat out
the Helmke boat, Jennie R., and cap
tured the class pennant.
The second class sloop and special
jlti^^pljl } @l%\ \j
Cholly — If you love me, why did you not answer me five minutes ago?
Maud — Because, dear, I was eating a caramel.
races were close, the other two being
more decisive, Akela winning by such
a generous margin, and both Aurelia's
rivals in the cat race dropping out of
the struggle.
The small sloops started off first
at a Run fired at 4:20, owing to the
storm which was quite severe for at
least an hour.
Jennie R. got over first, with Falcon
close up, and Siren third. The last
nam id met with some mishap to her
sail poor, after the gun, and pulled off
the course and out of the race. Witch,
Goblin and Croppie, three clever little
[als, made a pretty flying start,
-wi-lV bunched, although the champion
soon cut out the running, while Crop
pie waited In vain for her heavy wind.
Goblin was sailed by Sam Bunn. the
natty little one-rater, having come
into the possession of the Bunn fam
ily. The youngster, with three of his
friends, sailed her prettily, and their
friends hoped, until the last leg of
the race, that she had won.
A small mixup at the start some
what marred the beginning of the cat
race, but Pastime, last over, took the
lead, while Aurelia and Alfrida were
extricating themselves f/jm a rather
close approach to a foul. Both were
close hauled, and they came together.
Alfrida was to windward, and Aure
lia came about, only too soon after
make up the distance to the front, and
ehe led the other cats to the center
buoy, with Alfrida second, Pastime
third.
Akela and Tarpon started off well
together, but Commodore Griggs soor.
Bent the champion sloop to the fore,
where she staid to the finish, her race
uevL>r being in danger. Falcon was
the first to round the center buoy,
with Jennie P.. a minute behind.
Thin came Goblin, the youngsters
having taken the lead from the speedy
Witch with Capt. Bigelow and two
ladies on board. Witch was headed on
the way to the Dellwood buoy, with-
Croppie third.
Alfrida passed the center buoy in
the lead of the cats, with Aurelia close
up. so close in fact, that the homely
black cat pnss.Mi the Herreshof boat to
the leeward with 1:0 difficulty on the
leg to Dellwood. Pastime was Third
gome distance away.
Commodore Griggs sailed merrily
away in hie Akela, widening the dis
tance between himself and Tarpon at
every jump. On the run back from
Pc-llwood Falcon was in the van with
the two one-raters in second place, and
Jennie K. third. Goblin was by this
time well away from the Witch, and
passed the buoy with a good lead, the
HeJmke boat following next in the list.
When the center buoy was reached,
coming back from Dellwood, Aurelia
was in the lead, having secured the
place of honor among the cats in the
run. Tho lead was a comfortable one,
and Alfrida was next in order. Then
came Akela with Tarpon some three
j^riutes behind. Croppie, faltering in
tho light winds, was struggling along
as well as she could.
At this point of the race the wind
freshened somewhat, and Akela. over
took and passed the cat Alfrida on the
rur. up to the home buoy. Hounding
the buoy. Goblin pulled away from
tho twenty-one-foot sloop Falcon, with
(-very sign that "\Viioh was doing all
,11 lier power to cut down the lead of
the Bunn one-rater. Jennie R. was
also in the bunch, making an interest
" Ing quartette.
Amelia was putting distance be-
tween her stern and Alfrida.and it was
clear that the best Pastime could get
was third place. Tarpon was sailing
manfully after Akela, now well down
the course in the direction of Wild
wood, and the Lyon special Croppie
sailed all by herself.
On the run down to Wildwood Alfri
da kept well to the south shore, Crop
pit following her example. During
this leg the wind died down a bit, and
the late start and light wind, promised
a late finish. Alfrida pulled out of the
race on the Wildwood leg, and did not
finish. Akela, by this time with a
commanding lead over everybody,
crossed the line at 6:10:40, Aurelia in
next, being about the same distance
ahead of her rival cats. Aurelia was
registered at 6:14:57. The race between
Goblin and Witch was pretty. Goblin
had made a pretty bid for the race
and Capt. Bigelow thought it would
ill-become him to be beaten this sea
son, so he put on steam and beat out
the youngsters and their Goblin by a
scant twenty-five seconds, the time be
ing. Witch, 6:15:47, Goblin 6:16:12.
Tarpon, a poor second in the big
sloop class, kept her distance on the
run to Wildwood and back, and cross
ed the line at 6:16:59. Falcon had mat
ters pretty much her own way, and
finished under a strong pull with no
competition at 6:20:13. Of those boats
which finished, Jennie R. was last
crossing at 6:23:51. In spite of the
untoward weather quite a number of
interested spectators watched from the
pavilion and the island, while on the
judges' boat were a number of ladies.
R. B. De Lano officiated as judge of
the races. His resume of the different
events is as follows:
Second-class Start. Finish. Elapsed. Cor.
Sloops— time. time. time. time.
Falcon 4:20. 6:20:13 2:00:13 1:4G:52
Jennie R 1:20 6:23:51 2:03:51 1:49:29
Siren did not finish.
Specials —
Witch ...4:25 6:15:47 1:50:4"
Goblin .4:25 6:16:12 1:51:12
Crappie ...4:25 Did not finish.
Cats—
Alfrida 4:30 Did not finish.
Aurelia 4:30 6:14:67 1:44:57 1:35:20
Pastime 4:30 Did not finish.
23-foot sloops—
Akela 4:35 6:10:04 1:35:04 1:26:52
Tarpon 4:33 6:16:59 1:41:59 1:33:34
STILLWATER NEWS.
Warden WoUfer and Members ofthe
Prison Board Return..
Warden Wolfer returned yesterday
from New York, whither* he accom
panied Messrs. Temple and Norrish.
of the board of prison managers, in
the interest of the prison binder twine
factory. The constantly increasing de-
PREVENTED.
mand for prison-made binder twine
made it necessary to increase the ca
pacity of the factory, and at the last
meeting of the board of managers
these gentlemen were appointed to go
East and purchase additional machin
ery. There recent purchase consists of
thirty-six double jennies, three finish
ers, three spreaders, three drawing
frames and a breaker, and when set
up and in operation will increase th^
capacity of the factory to 5.000.000
pounds annually. It will be some time
before the new machinery arrives, and
the factory will not have five million
pounds for next season's demand,
but the output will not be far from
that figure. Some of the machinery
w«l be transferred to the old founderv
bui ding, which has been rebuilt and
v.n soon be ready. The committee
H ?S Warden Lemon went to
Hamline yesterday to arrange the
prison exhibit, prepared for thVstatl
David Tozer recently sold 1,000,000
teet of logs to J. D. Harmer & Co
Burlington. '
cmVh" ;3? V G ° dfre y- w *° has resided In
MHlwater for many years, was found
dead in a barn on Pat Whelan's farm
about six miles north of Stillwater'
Friday night. Coroner Freligh was
summoned and decided that an inquest
was unnecessary, Godfrey having died
lrom natural causes, presumably in
flammation of the bowels. He arrived
at the A\ he an farm Friday afternoon
and complained of intense pains in his
stomach After eating a meal he went
to the barn, where ho expired De
ceased was a well known character
and was a member of the Stillwater
pohce force in early days. A twin
brother, Gus, was also on the force at
William Sauntry and son have returned
rroni a trip to Buffalo and Chicago Mrs
ttT^eTclty^ 88 LelUrßOy are
Miss Daisy McMillan returned Friday from
Gates, Or., where she spent a part of the
Miss Margie Mosier gave a thimble party
Wednesday afternoon at the home of her
parents on West Olive street in honor of
her cousin. Miss Gertrude Mosier, who leaves
for Carleton college on Tuesday. A.bout
fifteen young ladies were present, ar.d the
pleasures of the afternoon were hugely en
joyed. An elegant course supper was served
Fifteen young ladies attended a recipe
party at the home of Mrs. N. A. Nelson
Friday afternoon.
The choir of the Swedish Lutheran church,
assisted by Carl Brenner, gave a concert
at the church Friday evening. An excellent
vocal and instrumental programmo was ren
dered. A short address was made by Rev
Thelander.
A. C. Ho^pes leaves this waek fcr a short
stay in Milwaukee ana Chicago.
Judge K. G. Butts is constantly improving,
and his family and friends expect to see
him around again.
Mrs. L. Sargent has returned from an ex
tended visit with her daughter, Mrs. L. C.
Parkhurst, at Lawrence, Mass.
Mrs. B. G. Merry is at home from a visit
at Chelsea. Mass.
Mi-3. J. 8. B&ssett lias gone to Muscatine
10., on a visit.
Will Porlee has returned from Moline 111
where he spent the summer
on^'vtsit L ' GraC ° hM Soae t0 St - IjoUls
Rev. and Mrs. A. D. Stowe have returned
from a short visit at Waterville Minn
H. S. Smith and family are back from' Fort
Covington, N. V., where they visited friends
A barn party was given by the Misses
Bean Tuesday evening in honor of Uie Misses
Foley, of St. Paui. It was an enjoyable oc
casion.
Miss Margaret McGrath. of Rush City was
a guest of friends In Stillwater during the ■
weei.
THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1897.
BY ITS GYGhE PRTtfS
IS ST. PAUL RISING IN THE ESTI
MATION OF PEOPLE IN OTHER
CITIES.
CHAINLESS WHEEL TO STAY.
IT SEEMS TO BE PERSISTENT AS A
COMPETITOR OF THE OR.
DIARY.
BICYCLE ACCIDENT PUZZLE.
Companies Do No>t Know What to
Do About Bicycle Risks— The
Wheel in Politics.
While the carnival agitation is on, it
may be remarked that the visitors to
the city this fall, a host of them, will
carry away with them most vividly a
recollection of the cycle path system
of the city. The hosts who ride awheel
now are quick to observe the differ
encees in facility of locomotion and the
advantage that St. Paul has, in spite
of topographical inequalities, not only
over the sister city, but other ciiie3 of
simlar size, which will result in their
carrying away an excellent impression
of Minnesota's capital. The Milwaukee
Evening Wisconsin points them out as
a model to the city fathers of the
Cream City. In a recent issue it said:
"Th* land owners who have been con
sulted have given their consent to the
Wauwatosa path being built where the
sidewalk would be, were one put down.
The committee fears, however, that the
path will be used so much by pedes
trians that it will materially interfere
with the rights of the wheelmen and
difficulties may arise as to who has the
prior right. If the path is to be six
or eight feet wide, the trees along the
roadside or an abrupt embankment
will be disagreeable obstacles to over
come, and the committee is busy mak
ing a personal survey of the roadside.
W. G. Birkhaeuser has started the ball
rolling by indorsing a promise of $250
and subscriptions are guaranteed by
the committee to nearly make up the
fund necessary for building the path.
"The St. Paul wheelmen entertain the
same fears relative to the use of cycle
paths by pedestrians that the local cy- j
cle committee labors under, but expe
rience has demonstrated that these
fears were groundless. While the cy
cle paths in St. Paul are extensively
used by pedestrians, there is no com
plaint from the wheelmen. In fact the
paths have served to raise the wheel
men in the estimation of the general
public and there is no place in the
country where bicycle riders are so well
treated and willingly given all that is
due them. It is this treatment that
commands the first attention of the
stranger.
"While the St. Paul city fathers were
little inclined to help the wheelmen
when they first began to build the
paths, it was not long before the coun
cil began to make concessions, and at
the present time, although the St. Paul
cycle ordinance is as strict as that of
Milwaukee and rigidly enforced, there
are many sections of the city where
bicycle riding on sidewalks is permis
sible. This is in making connections
with the cycle paths. In most in
stances the plank walk is built very
wide and wheelmen are required to
pass pedestrians at a low rate of
speed.
"The St. Paul cycle paths are built of
gravel, upon a natural foundation. In
most cases the path is six feet in
width, but in some places it is eight |
feet wide. Way out in the country, i
with the exception of White Bear path, |
the track varies in width and in some |
places narrow r s to two feet. Gravel
makes an excellent path, one that can
be used in all kinds of weather.
"Milwa,ukpe is liable to meet with the
same difficulties that confronted the
St. Paul wheelmen and with problems
that they are still working upon. One
of the greatest troubles that the St.
Paul people have* Is from cows. The
cattle unfailingly take the path in wet
weather and the result is that it is
badly cut up. The farmers also have
a habit of driving on the path when
the roads are bad, and all the efforts
that have been made to stop the prac
tice have failed. The best that the
wheelmen could do was to sink posts
at the points where the farmers were
likely to drive on. An effort was made
to secure the right to enclose the path
with a wire fence, but it failed. These
are two evils that still exist. Tamper
ing with the path is a source of little
trouble, for if it is done and the of
fenders are caught the penalty is se
vere. St. Paul boasts of fifty miles of
path, more than half of which has
been put down this year. Repairmen
are employed who go over the paths
awheel."
• • *
A safety detachable toe clip is among
the latest novelties. Its inventor as
serts that comfort and safety is in
sured by its use. It can be placed on
any pedal simply by pushing it on the
pedal shaft. It is secured to the shaft
by strong springs. No tools are re>
quired in adjusting it, and the inven
tor says it will permanently remain in
proper position until released by one's
foot. He also says there is no possibil-
DETACHABLE TOE CLIP.
ity of the foot being held or caught.
The part over the pedal is covered
with thick rubber.
* * *
The cha'nless wheel will not run.
Mechanical experts are conservative,
and the cycle papers cling faithfully to
the old models, but no amount of argu
ment overcomes the vague sentiment I
! that something is about to happen. It J
is understood that every prominent j
manufacturer is experimenting with ,
some sort of chainless device, and the |
holders of the best patents are con
i &idering a mutual protective associa
i tion, which is already referred to as
j the chainless trust. It is not unlikely
that next year will be somewhat ex
perimental, the chainless wheels sell
ing at a high price, and their use be
ing largely confined to riders who af
fect social standing rather than su
perior skill. Such defects as the chain
less wheel may disclose can then be
overcome and a grand boom be made
in 1899.
* * *
Bicycle casualties are bothering the
accident insurance companies. The
problem is one that has sprung up
only within the last two or three years.
Under the present contracts there is
no clause covering accidents by bi
cycles. A man, be he a rider or not,
can get his accident insurance accord
ing to the kind of occupation that he
is engaged in. The risks are divided
into various classes, with the prem
iums differing according to the hazard
attached to the business of the insured.
Accidents have increased with the ad
vent of the wheel, and there have been
hints dropped from time to time about
a possible rise in the rate of insur
ance because of this new .factor in the
business. Directors of the big acci
dent companies look; at the weekly
losses paid upon these risks and groan,
but they are helpless. A rise cannot
be made until it can-be done equita
bly. The rates on accident insurance
are based upon figures accumulated
through a long course of experience.
Good insurance men say it generally
takes from five to six years to get
these figures into shape. At the pres
ent time these statistics are not com
plete enough for intelligent compila
tion. The rise will not' come until they
are complete.
« • *
The influence of the bicycle in pol
itics is on the increase. .-One of the
candidates for mayor in a Western
city announces in the 'newspapers that
the wheelmen and wheelwomen deserve
consideration from city' authorities,
and their Interests should be looked
after just as are the interests of other
taxpayers. Wheelmen as a rule are
taxpayers and property owners. The
city builds good streets or streets that
are fair for the convenience and ac
commodation of wagons and carriages
and for traffic vehicles. The tremen
dous increase in the number of bi
cycles used for business purposes nat
urally entitles the users of these" bi
cycles to the comfort and conveniences
of streets suited to them. Wheelmen
also deserve consideration from street
sprinklers. There is no sense in pour
ing gallons and gallons of water on
the street surface, turning this surface
into mud and slime, when sprinkling
will answer the purpose just as w-ell.
It is a well known fact that the wet
street or sloppy street is not only dir
ty, but it is dangerous for rubber tired
vehicles. There have been numerous
accidents caused entirely by sloppy
streets. A dry path, say, six feet
wide, through the center or on each
side of the street would have saved
those accidents.
Don't Soak With Oil.
Inexperienced riders who think their wheels
should be oiled every day are about equaled
in numbers by those who go to the other ex
treme and only lubricate once a month or so.
Many persons liberally soak the bearings
with oil before starting out on a short run,
with the idea in view of making the machine
run easily. This Is something of a mistake.
The ball bearings of a bicycle are unlike the
journal bearings of a car wheel, a wagon
wheel or the shafts in a manufacturing place.
The Journal bearings are. fiat,.' the points of
contact virtually covers the- whole bearing
and as a result the friction ig great. To pre
vent friction an immense amount of oil is
required, and from this the. general run of
bicycle riders get the impression that It is
necessary to keep the ball bearings deluged
with oil in order to keep .them going easily.
This is a mistake.
Tb.erc is a wide difference between the two
styles of bearings and where balls are used
the points of contact are limited. Frequently
a drop of oil will answer the purpose better
j than if the entire bearings were soaked with
grease. Where the bearings are soaked in oil
tne wheel may revolve easily- for a while.
Only for a while, however. Dust and dirt
will accumulate, the oil will work out of the
cups and the result is a mass of grit, which
prevents the free working of the balls ard
renders the state of affairs hs bad as if
no oil at all had been placed in the cup
It is safe to say that had less oil been used
there would be less need of taking a wheel
to tne repair shop so often to have the bear
ings cleaned of grit and other foreign sub
stances.
There has been more than one instance
w-here the suit of the ridfir was damaged
through this cause. The wheel may have
been perfectly clean at the start, only liberal
ly oiled. As the bicycle covered the ground
the oil oozed from the bearings and dripped
out, only to be wiped by the suit of the
rider and make an ugly stain that could not
be removed. Half the time th S rider imagines
the wheel does not run smoothly it is not
caused by a. lack of oil in the bearings but
from other causes. Nine times out of ten
tne chain ;Js. the cause. I£_ more attention
were paid to the ehaiu instead' of the bearings
the pleasure of Cycle riding would be in
creased wonderfully
■ 1" fljf f *
Tlu. t hainle^ &**£&
"\Viun. will i,« tfifc^^ff*^ of ■•■ p^rtHess
wheels on th* supply. jSTarT^t? 1 " w ftS asked
of a dealer. „.."■
"Well, it will create A 'demand for new
parts, which will increase as thfe . demand
•for certain parts now in use diminish^ If
the chainless wheel comes to stay next year
and the price is pot beyond reach " the
sprocket-wheel men, the chainiuakers and the
I manufacturers of the little , parts which go
I to make up the driving system on a bicy-
I cle may have to enter new fields. Hut it
; will be some years before' the chainless
I wheel takes the place entirely of the pres
ent cycle. The public will watch experiments
for two years at least before there is a stam
pede. Even then, unless the difference is
extremely marked, the chain wheel wT.I be
seen for years after that."
Hints on Tourii«»-.
As this is the great season of touring the
advice of experienced riders will be of use
to the inexperienced who contemplate a tour
The veteran says do not lay down any fixed
and iron-clad rule about the distance' to go
each day. Having selected a! route, make the
distance to be traveled daily so elastic that
you can stop and lay off whenever the oc
castion demands it. Map out the land in ad
vance with careful regard to the roads be
cause a tour planned over poor roads can
never be compensated by grandure of scenery
faelect only such roads as are designated good
or fair by the best road maps. Short dis
tances of from 25 to 35 miles are to be com
mended at first. Thirty-five miles a day is
a good rate for a new rider, 35 to 50 miles
for a seasoned tourist.
Dates of Georgian Ktiy Trip.
September 3rd, 11th, J7th and 25th.
Call at Soo Line Office for full par
ticulars.
WHEELS AND WHEELS.
The scorcher" may be a person of good
judgment when he Is walking or driving, but
when he is on is wheel is ever and always
a fool.— Columbus Bicycle.
All the mechanical parts of the chainless
bicycle of IS9S will be encased and all dan
ger and annoyance from dust and mud will
be done away with.
In a newly-patented handle-bar the shank
is geared to the head of the wheel, so as to
steer by tipping the bar up and down instead
of turning it.
A handy package-holder for bicycles con
sists of a strap to be buckled on the frame
at any place desired with a snap hook to it
to engage the cord of the bundle to bo car
ried.
"I understand their engagement has been
broken." "Yes. She says she was deceived.
He has only' six century runs to his credit
instead of 16, and as she had 14 herself
he was clearly out of her class."— Chicago
Post.
In a new hub for bicycle wheels having
tangent spokes, the spoke holes are connected
in pairs by slots to intermediate . holes of a
larger diameter than the spoke beads, so that
broken spokes may be mnre easily replaced.
The wheel continues its work of civilizing
the world. Last week bicycle races were run
at a Chinese picnic, and when it was all over
the contestants were just as badly bruised up
as though they had been ordinary American
novices.
The bicycle girl can have a genuine bicycle
belt, if she will. The belt is not so different
from any other belt, but the buckle is a
genuine bicycle wheel, with pffeumatie tire
almost large enough to ?ide,' f it looks, al
though it is only three -nr four inches in
diameter.
The selfish and reckless : wheelmen ,who
make the bicycle in city streets a hateful
object to a multitude otqnatjifally amiable
citizens constitutes a nuisance which ought
to be abated, and which wilTb* abated in one
way ot another before lon&— Mqw York Trib
une. •„. :j
A very acceptable gift to a -<young woman
who rides the wheel Is a prettily bound book
let containing maps of the principal cycling
roads in her vicinity. Such a collection would
be useful to anybody wha; rjdss.
Some woman who affect's the bicycle has
discovered that a small pi^ce dt brass chain,
light in weight, tacked to the inside of the
hem cf the bicycle skirt, ■Tbefore it is turned
up and stitched is just this proper thing for
keeping the skirt down. "It dies not wear
holes in the material like le^a and heavy
weights.
The wheels of a bicycle. If the bearings are
properly adjusted, should spin freely and
stap gradually with a rocking movement, yet
have no side play. To test a wheel after ad
justing, spin smartly, letting it run itself out,
when the weight of the valve should stop the
last almost complete revolution and cause the
wheel to swing backward and forward until
it stops with the valve at the bottom. Should
it stop in any other position then there is a
tight place in the bearing which should be
loosened slightly to allow the balls to pass,
otherwise one may jam and break.
Millinery.
For up to date styles go to Mrs. B.
A. Schultz, 412, 414 Wabasha street.
SU We Want to Have |§jL
i^'yHfJr the people of Minnesota know that in our new and yll| ffllfll |
ekgant store we show the largest stock of Iron and
Brass Beds in the State. When buying Iron and Brass Beds you want new and original
styles. All our Beds are exclusive with us. They are different from what others carry, and
prices are always reasonable. See the Beds we show at $3.7?, $4. SO, $<>.00 and $6.00.
We also show all the St. Paul Made Furniture of any Merit.
Dressers and Stands, Complete Bed Room Suites,
Extension Tables, Center Tables and Hall Trees.
Solid Oak Sid«board $7.85 Solid Oak Dining Chairs, C .ne seat 850
Solid Oak Chiffoniers $5,83 and so on through ths stock.
Solid Oak Book Cases, open front $2.95 WE INVITE INSPECTION.
Carpsts, logs end BpSelstag Goods 1 #r^rl^ c . r I FBBHE STORAGE.
Such as will be a real )
are the center pt attraction about this lime. I dpnyenlence to those We can now offer toe best high -ami-dry storage In
We We prepwed for heavy buying, Our prices ' Seeding aecommoda- the city. We have leased the Hallowell Car
are bafea op iTinUary <joal— not what we woulo I tion, We sell $25 worth rlage Building, on Minnesota, near the High
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S^kl-f A/f^tf^ D^r>«« This Fall Will Witness
Oil IVIOrG POpil^ # Increased Activity
•i npi »-* « Amongf Devoeste of the
lar Than EVer. Fascinating Sport.
Special Correspondence of the Globe.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.— Golf is to be
more poular than ever this fall. The
autumn is the ideal time of year for
golfers, and society will devote espe
cial attention to the fascinating sport.
Incidentally it may be remarked that
the golf hero is rapidly coming to the
front, and his niche in the temple of
fame has become the shrine of so
ciety's devotion.
The popular ignorance respecting
the history of golf in America is la
mentable, so, therefore, the following
facts should prove of great interest.
Like the Biblical grain of mustard
seed, so has been the growth of the
"royal and ancient game of golf" in
the United States. Outside of cycling
there has been nothing to compare
with it, and like cycling its spell has
enthralled all kinds and conditions of
men and women, young and old, rich
and poor, athletic and of sedentary
tastes. Golf has leveled all. It is the
old tale on the links how on Dec. 22,
1894, five men, after dinner at the
Calumet club in this city, put their
heads together and formed the United
States Golf association, with a mem
bership of five clubs— the Shinnecock
Hills Golf club, the St. Andrew's Golf
club, of Yonkers; the Country club, of
Brookline; the Newport Golf club, and
the Chicago Golf club. On that day
was sown the grain of mustard a^prl.
Today there are enrolled in the United
States Golf association eighty-nine
clubs, seventeen of which are associate
and seventy-two of which are allied
members. New York leads the van
with thirty-one clubs, Massachusetts
comes next with fifteen, and New Jer
sey is hard on her heels with fourteen.
Pennsylvania has nine; Connecticut,
four; Illinois, five; "Little Rhody,"
three; Ohio, two, and several of the
Western states one apiece. The seven
teen associate clubs which control the
workings of the United States Golf
association are; The Chicago Golf
club, the Country club, of Brookline,
Mass.; Newport Golf club, St. Andrew's
Golf club, of Yonkers, N. V. ; Shinne
cock Hills Golf club, Southampton, L.
1.; Essex County club, Manchester,
Mass.; Philadelphia Country club;
Lakewood Golf club; Morris County
Golf club, Morristown, N. J.; Meadow
brook club, Hempstead, L. I.; Tuxedo
Golf club. Tuxedo Park, N. V.; Myopia
Hunt club, Hamilton, Mass.; Wash
ington Golf club; Philadelphia Cricket
club; Ardsley club, Irvington-on-Hud
son; Onwentsia club, Lake Forest, 111.;
Knollwood Country club, Elmsford,
Westchester county, N. Y.
But, in considering the proportions
that golf has attained, it is to be re
membered that hardly ten per cent of
golf clubs at present flourishing in the
United States are under the control of
the U. S. G. A., though the influence
of that body is in certain respects par
amount. The association is represent
ed in the West only by Illinois and
Colorado. Yet the game flourishes
near every city on the Pacific coast
and in every section boardering on the
eastern slopes of the Rockies. Pri
vate links are fast cumTng to be con
sidered an indispensible accessory to
the grounds of every fashionable house
along the Pacific slope and the wild
and woolly West, generally speaking,
has fallen a willing victim to the
blandishments of . v the game that
charms the effete East.
Just now the tendency in the growth
of the game is not towards the form
ing of new clubs, but towards improve-
Their intentions are honest as they wheel along, But cupid calls a halt and a farmer's boy attendr to the
cyclometer.
ment and enlargement of the old
clubs. Only the other day the St.
Andrew's club relinqished its nine
hole course at Yonkers, almost histor
ic grounds in the eyes of the Amer
ican golfer, for a new eighteen hole
course at Mount Hope. The million
aire golfers, who make up the Ards
ley club, following suit, have enlarged
their links and have now an eighteen
hole course which, like the Mount
Hope one, is about 6,000 yards long.
Both the St. Andrew's club and the
Ardsley club are out after the champ
ionship of 1898.
The open tournaments scheduled
for the Metropolitan Golf associa
tion, which covers a radius of sixty
miles around New York, are with one
or two events outside the radius, as
follows:
Sept. 9, 10, 11— Westbrook Golf club. Islip,
L. I.
Sept. 21— Lenox Golf club.
Sept. 22, 23, 24, 25— Tuxedo Golf club.
Sept. SO, Oct. 1, 2— Mcadowbrook Golf ciub,
Westbury.
Oct. G. 7, 8, 9— St. Andrew's Golf club, Mount
Hope, X. V.
Oct. 1, 12, 13— Oakland Golf club, Baysida,
L. I.
Oct. 20, 21, 22, 23— Morris County G"lf ciub,
Morristown. X. J.
Oct. 27, 28, 29, 30— Essex County Country
club, Orange, X. J.
Nov. 1, 2, 3— Knollwood Country club.
Nov. 10, 11. 12. IS— Westchester Country
Nov. 24, 23, 26, 27— Lakewood Golf club,
club.
Xov. 17, 18, 19, 20— Baltusral Golf club.
On the same date as Saratoga's
tournament takes place the women's
tournment for the championship of
the United States — a clash in dates
that will militate sadly against the
success of the games on the links at
the Spa. This is to be regretted as
the Saratoga Golf club, with its com
modious club rooms and fine links, is
eminently well fitted to conduct as
successful an event as is to be found
on th*} golfing calendar. But then,
everything must yield to the ladies.
This year the women's championship
will be played on the links of the Es
sex County club, Manchesier-by-the
sea, Mass. Not a few of the promis
ing candidates for the coveted honor
will come from the home club as, with
the Shinnecock Hills and Morris
County clubs, it ranks among the first
in the number and prominence of its
women players. Miss N. C. Sargent,
who was second in the championship
of 1895, is undoubtedly the best of the
Essex golfers and her record this sea
son makes it evident that she is in fine
trim for the final struggle.
Miss Beatrix Hoyt, the present
champion, has been spending the sum
mer at Shinneoock Hills, where her
long list of victories in the weekly
handicaps proves her in 'great form.
A short time ago she covered the dif
ficult Shinnecock course in 85, which
means that if her title is to be wrested
from her, some extraordinary good
golf must be played. Another fine play
er is Mrs. Arthur Turnure, the runner
up last year to Miss Hoyt. It is pos
sible, too, that Mrs. Hobart Chatfield-
Tayior will come on from Chicago to
uphold the honor of the Onwentsia club
in the tourney. The entry list, how
ever, has not yet been made public.
Three years ago, when the first wom
en's championship was held at the
Mc-adowbrook links, there were but a
dozen competitors; this year there will,
it is said, be all of fifty, while con
testants will come from such com
paratively distant points as Baltimore,
Boston, Washington, Philadelphia and
Albany.
The amateur and open champion
ship of the United States, held under
tho special rules of the United States
Golf association and for prizes given
by that body, begins on the links of
the Onwentsia Golf club, Lake Forrest,
Chicago, 111., Sept. 14. The present
holder is an Onwentsian man, H. J.
Whigham, a Scotchman by birth. The
HOW CERTAIN C YCXISTS MAKE CENTIRY RITXS.
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New Yorkers who will doubtless take
part in the championship tournament l
are: James A. Tyng, Morris County
Golf club; Foxhall Keene, Rockaway
Hunt, H. P. Toler, Baltusrol Golf club;
S. D. Bowers, Otsego Golf club; L. B.
Bayard Jr., the intercollegiate cham
pion, Baltusrol Golf club; W. J. Travis,
Oakland Golf club; John Reid Jr., New
Haven Golf club; Roderick Terry,
Ardsley club; W. G. Stewart— the great
English player— Seabright Golf club;
Findlay Douglas, Fairfield Golf club;
W. H. Sands, Westchester Country
club; H. M. Harriman, Knollwood
Country club.
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Does Advertising Pnyf
It is generally admitted that the
modern merchant must advertise. If
one were to ask the average reader of
the Globe to name the principal re
tail establishments of St. Paul, who
doubts but that he would immediately
call off the names of our large adver
tisers, and yet perhaps we ought not
to use the word large, but frequent —
no, "constant" is better still. Probably
the greatest virtue resident in the
policy of advertising lies in the fact
that the steady, regular advertiser is
in continuous touch with the public^
that the public is as eager to receive
his advertising news as he to impart
it. This explains why it is a matter
of only a few hours, and sometimes
only a few minutes after the appear
ance of a meritorious advertisement by
a regular advertiser, bofore he gets his
response in the way of eager and ap
preciative purchasers.
The chance, occasional advertiser 13
constantly at a disadvantage in that
he but just gets a grip on the public
when his heart fails him, or he gets
scared at his advertising bill, and he
stops his ad. The result is that he
has to be constantly building anew. It's
like putting in a new foundation every
month, whereas the regular, persistent
advertiser uses the same foundation
constantly. He demolishes his super
structure every day, perhaps, but tho
i foundation is there constantly, and
needs no rebuilding.
The New England Furniture & Car
pet Company is recognized as a per
sistent, continuous advertiser. Mr.
Harris, president of the company, who
writes all its advertisements, says that
the papers were hardly on the streets
announcing its discontinuance of
business sale before customers were in
the store seeking the bargains adver
tised; and, although the sale has been
running some three weeks, the inter
est has been sustained, through two ;
causes. One, because the New England
has in the most frank and colloquial ,
fashion explained the progress and ,
prospects of the sale in each day's
edition of the Globe since the sale
commenced; while the public, the alert ,
housekeepers of St. Paul, have been ,
in a most receptive mood, and have
been as eager to follow the develop
ments of the sale as the New England
has been frank in announcing them.
The lease of the beautiful building
which the New England has occupied
for the last five years is for sale, ajid
j it would certainly seem as if some
! bright, alert business man would be
wise enough to purchase it. It is
certainly one of the, best opportunities •
for an enterprising merchant that we
know of. The management of the New
England is exceedingly anxious to close
the store by Sept. 15, and hopes to dis
pose of its lease before that date; but,
| whether it does or not, Sept. 15 will
probably see the end of the New Eng
land's direct connection with the
housekeepers of St. Paul.
New Consul General.
WASHIXGTOX, Sept. 4.— United States Con
sul General Churobill. at Apia, Samoa, re
ports to the department of state that his col- ,
league on the consular board, Consul Rose,
has been promoted to the rank 'Of consul
general, and that as such the German war
vessel Buzzard, iv harbor, saluted the newly
made consul general. For the first time in
the history of the munkipolity of Apia two
Americana have been elected to membership
in the municipal council.
Goods are advertised in this newspaper be
cause they are for sale in this town. You can
get them easily, if you make it clear that you
will accept no substitute.