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THE SUNDAY OREGORIAN, PORTLAND, JAif UAKr 'S3, . mm.
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A WINTER TRIP TO MT. HOOD ON SKIIS "- "SJfoSSy-
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BED TIME AT CLOUD CAT INN. Reading from If ft to richtt "Walter B- Honeyman. Bert C Ball. Dr. H. S. Nichols, Rodney Ik Gllsan, J. Wesley Ladd, Harry X. Corbelt, John E. Kollock.
BY RODNEY L. GLISAN.
bT IS difficult to realise that -within a
I few hours' ride of Portland the most
exhilarating of "Winter sports may be
Indulged In. that ordinarily one would ex
pect to see only in climates far more
rigorous than ours.
Last February Mr. J. W. Ladd invited
eeveral friends to go up to Cloud Cap
Inn, on the northern slope of Mount Hood,
and this year the Invitation was ropeated.
Profiting by last year's experience, the
trip was made a month earlier, after
consultation with guides living on the
Mount Hood road.
The paxly, consisting of J. Wesley
Ladd, Herbert S. Nichols, John K. Kol
lock, Harry L. Corbett, Bert C Ball.
Walter B. Honeyman and Rodney L. Gil
san, left Portland Friday evening. Janu
ary 20. From the train we secured fleet
ing glimpses of the Columbia River Gorge
in a Winter evening setting of snow and
Ice. Reaching Hood River at 8:40 wo were
soon at The Oaks, where Summer visit
ors to Cloud Cap Inn stop on their way
to and from the mountain. The even
ing was spent In delving into the mys
teries and Intricacies of snowshoes and
skis, and discussing the various merits
of appropriate footwear, oiled leather
packs, heavy moccasins and Erie boots,
or rubber shoes, each owner declaring his
particular footwear to be the best suited
for the purpose, lack of actual experience
being, no drawback to the argument.
Promptly at 6:30 the next morning we
left in stages for the mountain, the road
.being too soft and cut up for sleighs, al
though 1G inches of snow had fallen at
Hood River only a few days before.
Passing through strawberry and fruit
farms, loaded down with snow instead of
fruit, we soon left the lower levels, se
curing Increasing vistas of scenery al
ways attractive but doubly so in Winter
garb. About eight miles from Hood
River, as we slowly made the top of a
high ridge, we met the sleighs on their
way down to meet us. a welcome change,
as the snow was making hard work for
the stage horses. Another five miles 'and
about 9 o'clock we drew up at the half
way house of Bill Edlck's, one of our
guides, where we ate a hearty meal and
changed horses. We bundled Into the
sleigh again and from there to the top
of China Hill we enjoyed the most bliss
fully delightful sleighing possible to Im
agine. Of course, it is generally conceded
that a cosy cutter, .a fair companion and
a moonlight night is the ideal, but this
came very close to double discounting the
ideal. With four fresh horses to the
sleigh, we fairly flew along the level
stretches over snow Just packed enough
to make the runners glide as through the
air: through fleeting forest scenery of
fir and pine, down to the raging river,
across the bridge and up the other ridge,
through open, half-cleared stretches, cov
ered with chinkapin, rhododendrum and
deciduous trees and bushes, every twig
and branch heavllv nnrnped in clear ice,
ablaze with prismatic hues, and here and
there a cluster of evergreen, with room
to sDread their branches, loaded down
almost to breaking point with new snow,
the time passed all too quickly.
Up the Grade on Snowshoes.
Going up China Hill, the etlff grade and
Increased snow commenced to tell on the
horses and made farther progress bv
sleigh Impracticable. The choice of' Ca
nadian web snowshoes or long-, narrow
Norwegian skis presented Itself, and Bill
settled what promised to be a lengthy
discussion and' time-killing series of ex
periments by ordering all to take to the
snowshoes and carry the skis. We meek
ly submitted to his superior knowledge
and complied with the order, or -rather
spent the remaining portion of the day
endeavoring to do so. Camera, canteen,
coat or extra sweater, pole and pair of
nine-foot skis are sufficient unto them
selves, but take these and start off up
grade on a pair of obstreperous snow-
A PART OF THE TRIP BY SLEIGH.
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MOUNT HOOD'S HERMIT TRAPPER BE IX) RE THE ITREPLACE AT CLOUD CAP INN.
A DREARY TRUDGE ON SNOWSHOES.
shoes, taken unbroken from the wilds of
Canada, and the novice has enough to
keep him busy. After an hour of ups
and downs, we reached the Elk Beds, a
little knoll where an open barn In a
state of Imminent collapse sheltered us
long enough to take a bite, etc., readjust
our packs, tighten the straps and raw
hide thong3 that held, or were supposed
to hold, half of the foot In place on the
snowshoes. The success of snowshoelng
depends on keeping the foot attached to
the shoe and yet leave plenty of leeway
for the free movement of the foot, as the
heel Is raised or lowered. Leaving the
Elk Bed6 about 2 o'clock, we pushed on
up the grade, getting steeper with every
step, until the Inn was reached between
5 and 6 o'clock.
On -tlie way up we met Pete Felden
haus, the other guide, who had taken
provisions to the Inn the day before. One
is at a loss for adjectives or superlatives
to describe the attractiveness of the road,
converted into a pure white pathway be
tween high green: walls of closely stand
ing fir and pine. As wo advanced the
snow became deeper, until we were look
ing down at the tops of telephone poles,
emerging like the steeple of Munchausen
fame through the snow. For fear of un
intentional exaggeration It might be stat
ed that the poles arc not as high as their
city brethren. The elements evidently
had it in for the poor telephone wire, as
It was broken, bent and twisted the en
tire length of the line up the mountain,
and in revenge was colled up across the
path to trip or lasso the unwary.
At the Inn we dropped our packs, shook
our webs and gathered around the huge
fireplace, and soon had supper ready, pre
pared by willing though untrained hands.
but served with the best sauce ever made,
hunger resulting from our afternoon
climb. Placing wire mattresses on the
floor in front of the Are, with other mat
tresses and blankets we were soon com
fortable for the night. The wind did not
lull us to sleep; we did not need it; but
It came later, drove the door In several
times and nearly blew us off the floor,
and how It howled and shook the inn!
Heavy cables over the roof and anchored
to the rocky ribs of old Hood were all
that saved us from rivaling the airship's
flight. Sunday we spent In repose, prac
ticing on skis, going down to the spring
and visiting a gray-haired trapper, whose
picturesque cabin we discovered in a
near-by ravine.
Down the Slope on Skis.
Tho, following morning we started on
the downward path. Our troubles with
snowshoes paled into utter Insignificance
when we ventured down the slope on skis.
A pair of Norwegian skis In the hands of
a novice Is about the most animated In
animate object ever known. They are like
the proverbial government mule; you
never know what they will do next. The
Federal Grand Jury would certainly In
dict us. If they followed our tracks and
saw the trees upturned by the roots In our
vain efforts to stay our progress. To
make it all the more aggravating, when
you did come to a stop, your canteen would
come swinging over your head and smite
you in the nose, as If trying to draw a
reserve supply of water from your eyes;
your camera would get In an upper cut on
your cheek, as if desiring to get a snap
shot at your left ear, while the abandoned
snowshoes strapped on your back, under
the mistaken impression that you were
trying to go down hill on your head, would
adjust themselves to the new position. Just
as -we were getting discouraged we com
menced to grasp the situation Instead of
the trees, and then commenced a slide
down the road and around the curve that
will go down in our memory as tho
smoothest thing we ever tried. Sleigh,
snowshoes, skates will all have to take a
very distant back seat. We were down at
the sleigh all too soon and night found us
at Hood River hardly realizing that the
trip,- with so much crowded In. was only
a memory.
BASEBALL AT PACIFIC.
Ray Williams Elected Captain and
Professor Woods Manager.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove,
Or., Jan. 28. The baseball team has
elected Ray Williams captain and Pro
fessor George B. Woods manager for
the coming seaeon. "Williams is one of
the most enthusiastic fans in college,
and Professor Woods was formerly a
member of the team at Northwestern
University, and is much Interested In
tho sport.
It is customary for all sports at Pa
cific to come under the management of
the student-body, but this organiza
tion refused to recognize baseball this
year, as It Interferes with track ath
letics. Therefore the baseball players
have taken the matter up, and will
personally be financially responsible
for the season's expenses.
A PAUSE BEFORE THE CAMERA. Kcadtnr from left to right: B, Zb Gllsan. B. C. Ball. J. W. ladd. J. K. Kollock.
Great Coach in
Mttrphy
Portland Honing Club Has Se
cured' a Lead tut; Onrsmiin for
Instructor.
NEW LONDON, Conn., Jan. 19. Dan J.
Murphy, of New London, ex-amateur
champion sculler of America, has been en
gaged to coach the crews of the Portland
Rowing Club during the coming season.
Murphy will leave New London early in
larch to take up his duties. Besides
being a champion oarsman. Murphy is a
coach with a National reputation. This is
not his first visit to the West, as he has
already coached one crew In Oregon.
Murphy's -ambition in accepting tho po
sition in Portland Is to develop a crew to
compete in tho Henley regatta In England.
Mr. Murphy maintains that the speed,
form and endurance manifested by the
oarsmen of the Pacific Coast would sur
prise men in this section of the country
with their watermanship and general style
of rowing. He intends to develop a crew
which can compete for the Stewards cup
at the Henley regatta.
Should Mr. Murphy be successful In his
ambition to take a crew to England, this
will not be his first trip across with an
eight. In 1S97 he coached the Winnipeg
Jour and entered his crew in the Henley
regatta. One of the members of the four
was a meoharJc. Owing to English rul
ingj which provide that all competing. in
amateur regattas must be gentlemen, me
chanics are barred, and Mr. Murphy was
compelled to replace bis star oarsman
with an inferior .substitute. In spite of
this fact, the Winnipeg four held Its own
in the preliminaries, was entered for the
finals and were beaten by a narrow mar
gin. The Ehowing of this crew has con
vinced Mr. Murphy that the idea of taking
a Western eight to England Is feasible,
to say the least.
As an oarsman and a coach. Mr. Mur
phy has had abundant experience. He be
gan his career with the Shawmut Rowing
Club, of Boston. In the Spring of 1SS0.
During that Summer, In a field of seven
Junior scullers, he had no difficulty In
winning the club's championship medal.
The following year, with six competitors
against him. he succeeded in carrying oft
the senior scull honors.
In 1SS2, with 15 others, he severed his
connection with the Shawmuts and built
a clubhouse on the banks of tlie Charles
River, organizing the Crescent Boat
Club. This organization comprising the
cream of the Shawmut?. prospered to
such an extent that within a year its roll
call included more than 100 names. From
the start the charter members, who were
always Imbued with racing spirit, sup
plied the club with speed boats of every
description, singles, doubles, fours and
eights.
Dan. as he was generally called by his
clubmates. took upon himself the task of
defending and upholding the laurels of
the club in all outride single scull events.
His first year in this undertaking brought
him six first prizes, and each year until
1SS3 he added to the number already won.
In 1SS3 the National Rowing Association
of America voted to hold Its regatta, that
Summer on the Charles River in Boston.
The members of the Crescent Club imme
diately took steps to furnish their cham
pion with a new single scull shell, built
by John Elakey. of Cambridge. Mass.
With such encouragement there was noth
ing left for Dan but to condition himself
for the fray, which would bring together
the best men from all over the United
States und Canada. The club also sup
plied him with a partner. James H.
O'Neil. for the double sm!l race
Two weeks prior to the opening of the
National regatta, Dan and his mate. In
order to set the best results, went to
Lake Qulnslgiamond, at Worcester, Mass.,
to prepare themselves for the greatest
races of the year. How well they suc
ceeded was fully demonstrated when they
lined, up for their respective races. The
single sculls contest had an unusually
large field of entries'" that year, compris
ing 13 of the speediest men to be found.
Two days' racing was on the programme,
and each race was pulled off in beats.
The first day Murphy, who was in
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Dsn. K- Marphy. Portland Kowlnc
Clob's New Coach.
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prime physical condition, won against
three opponents in his heat with perfect
ease. There were four heats, ana tho
following day the four winners were out
for the finals to decide which should hold
the title of champion of America. The
race was one mile and a half, straight
away. Each man came to" the line watch
ing the others. In order to seize any op
portunity to take any advantage that
mlgnt be given to him. At the report of
the pistol all four men dug their sculls
Into the water and the battle began. For
over a mile the four contestants raced as
one man. Experts who witnessed the
race from steamers and thousands who
lined the river banks testified that the
men were so close that It was Impossible
to pick a winner.
After passing the mile mark the pace,
which up to this time bad been terrific,
began to tell upon two of the men. and
they gradually dropped to the rear. Tho
real contest now began In earnest, with
Murphy and Mulcahy. of Albany, N. Y.,
who was coached by Ned Hanlon. former
ly of Columbia, fighting for the lead.
Mulcahy gradually forged ahead. At the
end of the next quarter mile he led by
three lengths. Murphy was not uneasy,
however, but applied himself with all his
reserve energy, and not only cut down
the three lengths lead held by Mulcahy,
but beat him In by clear water. The
finish of that race is remembered to this
day by all old-time oarsmen In and
around Boston.
An hour ater winning the single ecull
championship, Dan with his partner rowed
up the river to try their hand at the
double scaill race. They, with three other
teams, were given their positions. From
the start Murphy and O'Neil rowed like
clockwork. They Jumped to the front
and bad no difficulty in showing their ri
vals that they were outclassed, and took
the double tculls championship.
In 1K7 Murphy decided to leave the
amateur ranks and take up professional
coaching. In this line of work be has
been very successful, having coached
soma of the fastest crews in this country.
Notable among his winning crews have
been the Wlnnlpegs, of Manitoba. He has
also coached crews In St. Paul, Minn.,
and Portland. Last Summer he was
coach of the West Philadelphia Boat Club,
which won the Junior eight-oared race at
the People's regatta in Philadelphia on
July 4.
In going to Portland this Spring, Mur
phy has two objects In view. One is to
take up s. permanent residence there, and
the other is to pick and coach a crew
AMERICA'S CHAMPIONS TOR 1904.
Athletics T. F. Klely
Atxtomoblllng Barney Oldfleld
Bowline ....Martin Kern
Billiards J. Ferdinand Poggenberg
Chess Frank Marshall
Cycling (professional).. Frank L. Kramer
Cycling (amateur) Marcus Hurley
Golf (professional) -Willi Anderson
Golf (amateur) H. Chandler Egan
Golf (women'a).. Miss Georgiana Bishop
Jockey .Eugeno Hlldebrand
Skat Richard Ber-iu
Skating (professional) John Nllssea
SXatlag (amateur) Maurice Wood
Tennis Holconbe Ward
Tennis (women's) Mlas Mjy Sutton
Trap shooting. ..... ..... Fred aitutrrt
to win the Stewards' cup at the Henley
regatta In England. His Portland crew
of 1S34 defeated the crew of the Seattle
club, composed of Yale and Cornell Uni
versity men, who were taught and coached
by Bob Cook and Courtney, respectively.
If Murphy succeeds In his latest ambi
tion to coach a crew to win in England
be' will then be willing to retire on his
laurels. Murphy's total valuation of
prizes, including medals, watches, opera
glasses, cups, etc.. amounts to over J700.
Lacrosse Is to Be
Revived
Indian Game Is to Be Fostered
With Vigor by a Band of Local
Enthusiasts.
THE old Indian game of lacrosse Is to
bo revived this Spring by the Port
land lacrosse Club with all the vigor that
band of enthusiasts can muster. At the
meeting held last Wednesday evening at
the Multnomah Club financial matters
were fully discussed so that the sport
can be begun on a fair basis. If a league
Is to be formed between Portland, Ta
coma, Everett and one or two local clubs
In this section. It will be necessary to
raise something like $2000, and It Is now
proposed that a stock company be form
ed with 20CO shares at $1 each to finance
the proposition. Others think that a less
sum will be required if two rival clubs
can be recruited In this dry.
Anyway, Portland Is sure of a strong,
winning lacrosse team, as applications
are pouring in from trained players re
siding in British Columbia, who wish to
live In this city at least during the con
tinuance of the Lewis and Clark Expo
sition, and the local players are now
hardened artists at the stlck-and-net
game. In Dr. Baden, Charles A. and
Robert Stewart and other local players,
as good all-round lacrosse men are found
aa any city possesses. It is not always
the smashing goal-rusher, and with nothing-
else to back him, that wins In the
end. There is enough material here now
to form two good lacrosse clubs, and It
Is suggested that a club be organized on
the East Side, where many of the players
live, and another club on this side of the
river. An encouraging eign is that many
boys are talking about the game and have
expressed a desire to learn It. Any game
that boys play is sure to succeed and
blossom Into a popular sport. About April,
lacrosse practice will likely begin for the
season and there will be several great ex
hibitions of this fighting game on the
Exposition grounds during the Fair.
Astoria people have expressed a desire
to play lacrosse, but lacrosse costs money
and this Is where the Astorlan3 have
fallen down. Laet Summer, when the
Portlands beat the famous Victoria, B. C,
club to a standstill at Astoria, the crowd
went wild with excitement, and the opin
ion was freely expressed that lacrosse
gave the regatta the toest possible attrac
tion. But it seems that everything Is oft
for the present with a probable Astoria
team. Seattle is likely to Join the new
league with British Columbia clubs, Van
couver, Victoria and New Westminster.
It is an error to suppose that lacrosse
was invented and first taught to the
world by Canadians. They are only the
people who have perfected the game. La
crosse was first played by the American
Indians, at prehistoric times when the
geographical titles of United States and
Canada were not thought of. The game
was often played between the warriors
of two rival tribes, with goals two miles
aparta and a death or two among the
players only added a fierceness to the
contest. But the white man came, made
a new sport of the old game, adopted
combination tactics Instead of a running
fight and beat the Indians at their own
pastime. An effort will probably be made
before long to see If the Indian boys at
Chemawa will care to learn their ances
tors favorite amusement.
The teacher of a, colored echool'here In Wash
ington recently asked a pupil to go' to the
blackboard and write a sentence containing
the word "delight." Young Plnckney Jackson
went pompously to the front blackboard, and
wrote in large, sprawling, uphill hand thesa
words: "Be win blowed so- hard It But out d
Uxatt"-WMfelntton Lift.