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Pictorial History of St. Paul's Outdoor Sports Winter Car­

~ nival of Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen showing how "They Made I t A Hotter One." ... ... ...

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The President of the Carnival Association-the Man Who " Made" the Carnival , L. W . Hill- on the Right

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. FOREWORD .f][ For 358 days in the year St. Paul, as typified by t~e cartoonist's pen, is a rather reserved, dignified old gentleman \¥itha pronounced bald head su~mounted by a halo. Durmg the o~her seve!l days, however, by a sor~ of Dr. J eyklI and . Mr. Hy~e transformation, he becomes overl1Ight a gayly blanketed old person, hIS halo slIghtly askew, a radIant smIle of welcome on hIs cherubIc cauntenance and both hands autstretched to. greet the visitor. During this periad, tao., the city itself is magically changed. The spirit of gaadfellawship is in the frosty air. Captains af industry and lawly clerks clad alike in rainbow colared carnival habiliments rub shaulders together, marching in clase ranks to. the stirring rat-tat-tat af the drums arthe blar~ of martial music. Verily theCarnivalisagreatIeveler. 'Ir St. Pau l took her place on the world's amusement map in a most perma- ,r On Monday, J anuary 29th, a nd Tuesday, J anuary 30th, the city was the nent way when witl:in the sh~rt spac~ of .a few weeks' p:-epar~ti?n a nd ~ith sc.ene of the National Ski Tournam ent st~gec~ at th e St. Pa ul Carni,:a l ski a n enthusiasm never equa lled In any CIty In the country III a SImIlar proJect, slIde, Seventh and Alaska streets. The slId e IS constructed of steel, rIses t o she staged her first Outdoor Sports Carnival. ~ h e i~ht of 95 feet, a nd is 118 feet to the "take off". It would be hard to '1 S~ch was the s uc~ess of thi~ fi:-st renewal of th e winter carni:rals.of former Im agme .a more thrillin~ ? igh~ th an the. swift de~cent down the 95 foot slope years that t he CarnIval As~o.clatIOn became a permanerit organIzatIOn, a nd a of the slIde a nd th e thrIllmg Jump through the a Ir. unanimous demand frOl;l clt lze.ns of the great Northwest made t he Outdoor ,r Wednesday, J a nuary 31st, was Minneapolis day, and t hrongs of visitors Sports Carnival an annual affaIr. from the sist er city joined ha nds with the people of St. Paul to help ma ke it '1 The second of th ese brillia nt Carnival fetes was staged this year, openin g a hotter one. on January 27th and closing 'on February 3rd. '1 A special Carnival Bonspiel was held by the St. Paul Curling Club J anu ary ,r The Carnival proper was preceded by a n immense pageant, staged on the ?9th t o February 3rd, a,t th e,ir rink on Selby Avenue, which was participated grounds of the T own and Country Club, for the purpose of securing motion 111 by a large .number of .curllng c!ubs from all . over the Northwest . . H ockey p icture publicity for the city and the Carnival. King Boreas II (Mr. J as. fans h~d ~h e lr fill of thIS great Ice sport durm g t he week, the WhIte Bear Ridler), h is colorful court, and over 15,000 of his gail y uniformed subjects, club ~Tmnll1g the ~orthwestern Hockey Tourn a me!1t from a large field. At took part in this beautiful pageant, and passed in review before the clicking the HIppodrome nnk the ch ampIOn St, P aul ~th l etlc Clu~ t eam defeated the cameras of six of the largest moving picture companies in the country . The crack Amen can Soo ~eam of Saul~ Ste. Man e. On the Ice a wor ld's record pageant might be calIed a so rt of sy nopsis of the Carniva l, since it embraced was broken by MathIesen, ch ampIOn skater from Norway. . in modified form a ll the feature attractions of the Carnival itself. There were ~ Other interesting winter sports were the daily harness races on the ice at t he Carnival Hussars in massed formation, th e Carnival Cossacks (Hook-em- Como~ a nd th e qu eer motor sled races, both of which attracted la rge crowds . Cows) , a nd the Consolidat ed Drum Corps of 1,000 drummers, Then there Splendid ice skating was afforded the crowds by th e many public a nd privat e were pysh ball games.on horseback, crack d:ilI sq uad contest s, skij ~rin g, bla,nket rinks scattered throughout the city. bouncll1 g, tobogganmg,- th e whole fOI:mll1g a c~mJ?lete exposI~I ~ n, of WInter '1 The event which attracted far the greatest attention a nd which took its sports. These pIctures Will be shown 111 every portIOn of the CIVIlIzed globe. place as the great est sports event the Northwest, or, in fact, th e entire country ~r Three hu ge parades featured the 1917 Carnival. The first of these was held has seen, was the Red River-St. Pa ul Carnival Derby, th e great dog-team race on t he opening day, Saturday, February 3rd, and was participat ed in by over from Winnipeg to St. PauI. 30,000 marche~s. Nearly a quarter of a m illion spectators thronged the .lin.e ,r Never before h ave the eyes of the whole country been glued on St. Paul ?f march to wItness the spect acle and t? ch eer t he march,ers, Gre~t cre~:!tt as th ey were during th e ten days the dog-racers cons um ed in th e long journey IS du.eMarshal Goss a nd h IS compet ent aId e~ for th ~ splendId ~anner III wh Ich from the N' orth country. As th e race progressed, interest grew to a fever heat, t he ll~ll11 c n se parade was handled , not a sll1gle hItch occurnng to mar tl; e and when' Albert Ca mpbell, th e little Cree Indian, crossed the finish line at occasIO~ . T I;e parad~ ~as pronounced the l aq~est and longest ever held ,111 Como Fark- winner of the Derby-at noo n, February 3rd, the last day of the con nectIon WIth any s I~11llar event, and unqu~s~IO~ab!y st~mpe? the St. Paul Carnival, thousands of persons were th ere to give him a rousing welcome, Outdoor Sports Ca:-l1Ival as th.e greatest . CIVIC J~llIficatlOn III the world. '1 T he race was a remarkable one owing to the fact th at th e competitors werc The p~rac~ e "'.'as revIewed by: KIn g Boreas Rex, hIS court, the M ayor, and obliged t o buck.against the most severe weather conditions, ma king it much other dlgnItan es, fro l11 the Mlllnesota Club. ' more difficult than even the great Alaska Sweepst akes event. ,r J\nother monster parade was held t.'le evening of Tuesday:, J a nuary 30th. 1r Early in th e ·journey an unkn own fi gure, Fred H artm an, who had picked ThIS was a spectac ul ar torchlIght affa Ir, each marcher carrylllg a flambeau. .uP a t eam of dogs two days before the race started, cropped out as th e hero. To say that this unique procession was a success is putting it mildly. A nUI11- This little America n had entered th e contest hoping to win the $500 offered ber of bea utifully ill u minat ed float s add ed diversity of interest to the scene. for first prize that he might realize the ambition of his life, to est ablish a lab-,r The third big parade was held on the afternoon of Friday, February 2nd . orat ory for scientific research. This was for decorat ed a utos, This parade brought ma ny original ideas in '1 Never has a man displayed such "stick-to-it-ive" qualities as did this same decorat ion, and a number o ~ r:ew and novel productions evoked great appla use Hartman, and his remarkable grit won for him th e ~omir~tion of thousanO:j fro m the t housands of admlrlng spectator. . . .alI along the route.

~ The first mlsfortune H artma n encountered was th e loss of his leader in a fight between hls dogs. Hartman .was in a sad predic~m en~, --:-like a .s l.lip without a r udder,-and doubtless nll1e of every t en men 111 a sImIlar posItIOn would have quit . '1 But not so with H artm a n. H e had set out with a purpose, a nd no trlvial misfortun es were go ing to turn him back, so he plodded on. His four remain­ing dogs,-sma ll ones, a nd far inferior to th e oth er teams,- were not st rong enough t o pull him the rest of the way, so H artm an, In order t o save the animals, made up his mind th at he must "hoo f it" t o St. Paul, then over 400 miles distant. ,; While traveling over the North D akota pra iries a severe blizzard overtook the drivers, and H artman, who was far behind, was engulfed in it, and for nearly four hours his dogs circled on him. Finally, however, he reached Grand Forks and put up for the night, lame and tired . 'IT H artman realized th at he must travel more hours each day tha n his ri va ls if he were to wi n the covet ed prize, and th is he did. Several times he overtook his competitors wh ile they slept, only to be overta ken himself later. '1 The littl e Am erican's last opportunity was frustrated when he was betrayed by a man whom th e others had hired t o watch him . ~a~tman had.plann.ed t o arise at 1 :00 a . m. a nd get away to a long st art over hIs rIvals. ThIs he dId, but the others,- th e two Ca mpbells, Metcalf a nd Grayson,-were inform ed that Hartman had hit the tra il and they were soon on his heels. " All attempts on the part of the other four contesta nts to discourage H art­ma n were futil e. H e heeded them not, decla ring th at he would cross th e fin­ish line, even th ough he kne'w his dogs were a lm ost ex ha usted, and he, himself, was not in the best of physica l trim . ~ I And finish he did, t hough he crossed the lin e five hours behind the winners. H artm an's Yankee pluck had won for him a place in the hearts of true sports­men and he was showered with honors, a nd was proclaimed the great est hero of modern times. ,; This re~arkable dog race proved to be by far th e most attractive feature of th e Carniva l, a nd even b efore it was completed pla ns for the 1918 race were und er way, a nd from all indications thls event will bring out the best drivers a nd dogs in th e country, a nd even the 1917 race will be eclipsed. '1 Rice Park was the hub of Carnival activities. Here was located th e palace of Boreas Rex, a nd his harem of beautiful Queens. The Palace was a large structure constructed of solid blocks of ice, a nd at night was one of the most beautiful sights of the Carnival. Powerful searchlights bathed its glitteri ng sides in rainbow colors, producing a n effect of indescribable beauty. Here, a lso, was th e primeval stockade and India n t epees, which housed the rac in g "huskies." Next t o Rice Park, a nd facing th e E lks' Club, was the Hip Hip Hooray Ice Rin k, made by flooding Was h in gton Street. '1 Th ousands of in vitations were sent out by th e jobbers of St. P a ul to th eir customers throughout the Northwest, res ulting in a large attendance of mer­chants, who combined business with pleas ure during their visit. Two get­t ogether banquets were given in their honor. ',l As "vas the case last year, the t oboggan slid es proved one of th e Carnival's great est attractions for young and old . In addition to the a lways popular Cedar a nd Ramsey street slides, t en others were erected in different parts of th e city through the co-operation of the Carniva l Association and neighbor-

hood clubs. Most of the slides were opened before th e Carnlval, a nd kept up as long as the weather permitted. fI The da ily newspapers and other publications of the city cann ot be glven t oo much credlt for the splendid representatlon accord ed the Carnival in th elr pages. The St. P a ul Pioneer Press , th e Da ily News, a nd the Dispatch, we re lav ish in th e space devot ed to Carnival activities. '1 Th e 1917 Carni va l drew a host of out of town marching clubs a nd their fri ends. All th e way from Pendleton, Orego n, came t he Pendlet on Buckaroos, in chaps and gayly colored cowboy costumes, with six shoot ers at t heir hips and lass'oos at t heir pommels. T ogether with th e Havre Cowboy Ba nd and the Montana delegation they added a t ouch of t he picturesque West to the Carnival gayeties. The Montana "Prosperity Special" brought unifor med delegations from Great Falls, K alispell, Lewist own, Havre, Chinook, Fort Benton, Harlem, Hingha m and Glendive. Duluth a nd Superior furnished splendid and enthusiastic marching clubs, as did a lso Ashland, Bra in erd , Hib­bing, Fargo, Grand Forks, Crookston, a nd other t owns. '" Among the ma ny prominent guest s attracted to the Carnival from all over th e country, may be mentioned Mr. Albert Britt, Editor of Outing; Mr. E. F. Allen, N ew York, Editor of Travel M agazine; "King Pip", Mr. Frank T. McCullough, of th e Spokane Apple Show ; Mr. A. Young, of Pittsburgh, a nd many others. Chicago contributed a delegation of Spanish athletes headed by J os. H. Finn a nd Ring Lardn er, the well known humorist. ' I A complete canvass of the hotel a nd room i ng facilities of the city fou nd accomm odations for a ll, alth ough it was found necessary to req uisition extra rooms in ma ny privat e homes, which were cheerfully thrown open to th e v is­itors. Clubs, lodges, and civic organizations kept open house. ~I As was the case last yea r, the credit for th e success of the Carnival was due pr incipally t o th e unselfi sh spirit of co-operation show n by a ll. Without it, the Carnival ma nagement wo uld have been helpless. Big business men of St. Pa ul cheerfu lly pa used frolll their work t o lend t heir valuable tim e and energy t o th e herculean task of mak ing this year's Carnival "a hotter one," a more successful one, a nd , above all, t o keep it a clean one. And to th eir everl asti ng credit let it be said that they succeeded. ,r No st ory of St. Pa ul 's Outdoor Sports Carn ival, however, is complete with­out a tribute to the head of the Carnival Assoc iat ion, M r. L. W. Hill, to whose genius in pla nnin g a nd whose untiring energy St. Pa ul owes the success of the Carn ivaI idea. ~ I Not only St. Pa ul, but t he entire co untry, might be sa id to have join ed in ma king th e 1917 Carnival a "I-Iotter One". From morning un t il late in the night,- from Saturday, J an uary 27th, t o a nd including, Saturd ay, February 3rd,-there was sometb ing going on of interest t o everybody, a nd if th ere was a person who attended th e Carnlval who did not have a good tlme it surely was his own fault. ,; The St. Paul Outd oor Sports Carn lval is now a national institution. It has t a ken rank with th e greatest fetes in the country , such as the Mardi Gras of New Orleans, the Tournament of Roses of Pasadena, Ak Sar Ben of Omaha, the Veiled Proph et of St. Louis, and the great Apple Show of Spoka ne. Th e Carnival has brought fame t o St. Pa ul as one of th e most hospitable cities in the country, a nd never before has the na me of our fa ir city been so widely ad vertised. ,r Yes! There'll be a Carnival next year. So plan now t o "Make it the hot­test one."

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The President of the Queens' Club, Miss Marie Looby, Glacier Park Marching Club-the Carnival Girl

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Schmidt Brewing Company Marching Club

Thompson Shoe Company Marching Club

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A -Page of Queenly Beauties

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King Boreas Rex and His Court Bestowing Knighthood on One of His Faithful Subjects

Kenney Shoe Company Marching Club Minnesota Boat Club

Sorensen Shoe Stores Marching Club Noyes Bros. & Cutler Marching Club and Queen

America.n Natio~al Bank Marching Club Marching Club of the St. Paul Roo~ng Company

McGill Warner Co. Marching Club

Boston Clothing -Ca;- Marching -Club - _. - Women's Civic League

Banquet at Carling's for the Pendleton Buckaroos

The Dayton's Bluff Commercial Club Marching Club

Rexall Marching Club Yoerg Brewing Co. Marching Club

Foley Bros. & Quinlan Marching Club

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More of the King's Harem-Another Page of Queens

Stronge & Warner Marching Club

The "Bl,lrlington RQl,lte" On-Time Cll,lb

The St. Paul Dispatch Marching Club

Ryan Hotel Marching Club The Peoples Bank Club

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Chas. Weinhagen & Co. Marching Club

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Knights of Columbus Marching Club

A Page of 0 utdoor Sports. Tobogga . nmg

Oldham Marching Club Gotzian Shoe Co. Club

American Linen Supply Marching Club Brooks Bros. Marching Club

Bazille & Partridge Marching Club Degree of Honor Marching Club

The Golden Rule Drum Corps Minnehaha Dry Cleaning Co. Marching Club and Queen

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City and County Marching Club

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Another Group of Beauties from the King's Harem

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Field-Schlick Marching Club

Top-A. Young of Pittsburg King Boreas Delivering a Speech

Commissioner Goss John Philip Sousa

W . R . Mills and Geo. Dawson "Going Into Action"

Mr. L. Newman of Great Falls, Mont. Mr. E . F. Allen of Travel

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