2009 DPHS Horseshoe Hunt
Julie Meyers & Family
2009 Clues
CLUE #1
It’s happened again, we’re missing Dan’s shoe.
If we can’t find it we could end up in a big stew.
Choose your line, North/South or East/West .
Fielding this correctly may be your first test.
CLUE #2
A notable event and it happened in “ 04 “.
Defines what we’re to be called evermore.
Irish, Hobos and Mulligan flood the mind.
The definition might vary --- one of a kind.
CLUE #3
The Legions are packing, a’ marching they’ll go.
Check your alignment, both column and row.
Mc’ “this” and O’ “that”, and many without.
The first ones came for the fur trade, no doubt.
CLUE #4
March to the music directly to the park.
Restudy the clues and do like Lewis & Clark.
I think it’s a ringer --- “ so to speak” .
Move a “ little” mulch and take a peek.
It’s happened again, we’re missing Dan’s shoe.
If we can’t find it we could end up in a big stew.
Choose your line, North/South or East/West .
Fielding this correctly may be your first test.
CLUE #2
A notable event and it happened in “ 04 “.
Defines what we’re to be called evermore.
Irish, Hobos and Mulligan flood the mind.
The definition might vary --- one of a kind.
CLUE #3
The Legions are packing, a’ marching they’ll go.
Check your alignment, both column and row.
Mc’ “this” and O’ “that”, and many without.
The first ones came for the fur trade, no doubt.
CLUE #4
March to the music directly to the park.
Restudy the clues and do like Lewis & Clark.
I think it’s a ringer --- “ so to speak” .
Move a “ little” mulch and take a peek.
Explanation of the Clues
Clue #1
The first two lines do not yield much except a vague reference to stew . Boudin is a French word used for a type of sausage, one variety of which, is commonly used in “Cajun Cuisine” of Louisiana. The final two lines become important later when you are asked to revisit all previous clues.
Clue #2
The first two lines refer to 1804 when Pres. Thomas Jefferson, after the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was passed in 1803, sent Lewis & Clark out to explore the land and establish an American presence so there would be no issues with other nations regarding our status as newly minted American citizens. Lines 3&4 are about names of stews, in a sense, eliminating Irish and indicating another variety - maybe a gumbo.
Clue#3
The 3rd clue is all about things French and a reference back to clue one on proper alignment. The French Foreign Legion would roll their equipment in a red blanket and when placed on their back resembled a ‘boudin” –gaining them a nickname as “the sausages”. They would then march off to “Le Boudin“, their very own march music written especially for them. The first Europeans in this area were the French fur traders down from Canada – actually the Credit River here was the location of one of the Larpenteur trading posts which were headquartered in St. Paul. The third line would tend to eliminate spots with Irish sounding names.
Clue#4
Another shot at the march music of the Legion (not American) and a recommendation to look at all the clues to explore like Lewis & Clark. Here is where the alignment hints are useful. If you look up the hill from the play area of Boudins Acres Park your eyes might detect two rows of young trees – one row in roughly a North /South line, the other in an East /West direction. There is a tree at the intersection of the two lines and I tried to ”make a ringer – so to speak“ at the base of this tree. This phrase to me would eliminate an actual ringer and hence the shoe is not in a horseshoe pit. The correct answer to lines 3 & 4 in clue #1 is both of them since this tree is on both lines.
Boudins Acres Park is reached by turning East off of Louisiana Avenue on 146th Street. I hope everyone enjoyed searching and in the process learned something about Savage and visited many of our wonderful Parks. Remember when you are searching, digging is NEVER required to find the shoe and when I say move a “little“ mulch I mean a small amount with your hand - and replace it after.
Can the clues be misleading , ambiguous and equivocal suggesting more than one possibility—ABSOLUTELY! Your task is to figure out the correct scenario. Congratulations to the Meyers family for their participation and persistence.
The first two lines do not yield much except a vague reference to stew . Boudin is a French word used for a type of sausage, one variety of which, is commonly used in “Cajun Cuisine” of Louisiana. The final two lines become important later when you are asked to revisit all previous clues.
Clue #2
The first two lines refer to 1804 when Pres. Thomas Jefferson, after the Louisiana Purchase Treaty was passed in 1803, sent Lewis & Clark out to explore the land and establish an American presence so there would be no issues with other nations regarding our status as newly minted American citizens. Lines 3&4 are about names of stews, in a sense, eliminating Irish and indicating another variety - maybe a gumbo.
Clue#3
The 3rd clue is all about things French and a reference back to clue one on proper alignment. The French Foreign Legion would roll their equipment in a red blanket and when placed on their back resembled a ‘boudin” –gaining them a nickname as “the sausages”. They would then march off to “Le Boudin“, their very own march music written especially for them. The first Europeans in this area were the French fur traders down from Canada – actually the Credit River here was the location of one of the Larpenteur trading posts which were headquartered in St. Paul. The third line would tend to eliminate spots with Irish sounding names.
Clue#4
Another shot at the march music of the Legion (not American) and a recommendation to look at all the clues to explore like Lewis & Clark. Here is where the alignment hints are useful. If you look up the hill from the play area of Boudins Acres Park your eyes might detect two rows of young trees – one row in roughly a North /South line, the other in an East /West direction. There is a tree at the intersection of the two lines and I tried to ”make a ringer – so to speak“ at the base of this tree. This phrase to me would eliminate an actual ringer and hence the shoe is not in a horseshoe pit. The correct answer to lines 3 & 4 in clue #1 is both of them since this tree is on both lines.
Boudins Acres Park is reached by turning East off of Louisiana Avenue on 146th Street. I hope everyone enjoyed searching and in the process learned something about Savage and visited many of our wonderful Parks. Remember when you are searching, digging is NEVER required to find the shoe and when I say move a “little“ mulch I mean a small amount with your hand - and replace it after.
Can the clues be misleading , ambiguous and equivocal suggesting more than one possibility—ABSOLUTELY! Your task is to figure out the correct scenario. Congratulations to the Meyers family for their participation and persistence.
