The Allison Wonderland

I was also thinking Falconry, when someone else mentioned the strapping on the glove for birding. Then I saw this noodle and went HMMMM
Space needle as the perch? Fair Rides, Como Town close ... Falcon Heights ...hmmmm

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Falcon Heights Community Park, very small, isn't far from the MN Raptor Center, on UM campus, near Fairgrounds.

This might help: The word Ukraine has a meaning. It means "borderland" or "outskirts". 

If we go with the bird idea, then ripe for the catch means ripe as in dead rodent used to feed the bird. That's wicked

I'm thinking the line strap on a glove speaks more towards baseball or for letting large birds land on you. It doesn't say gloves plural like needed for boxing or winter gloves for being outside. That's my lunchtime noodling contribution. 

Falcon Heights Community Park, very small, isn't far from the MN Raptor Center, on UM campus, near Fairgrounds.

"Find the chain": Could it be the Grand Round? It was called, " The Grand Round was seen as unbroken chain of “parked” ways that connected these larger park spaces that encircled the city". https://www.stpaul.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/design-construction/current-projects/saint-paul-grand-round

Strap on a glove and look up above for ripe to catch. Blah blah.
First thought is for eagles/hawks any of those type of birds of prey. To strap on the big leather glove and your looking up for them to come land...flying eagle ride at como or maybe means bald eagle(park?)
Any parks with a raptor center near by?

Phalen Park has a chain of lakes (find the chain) and one of them is Round Lake . . there are 'rounds' in boxing . . maybe a stretch, but just a thought. Down the road there is Gustavus Adolphus church (glory) and Johnson High School (cap and gown). Going north from there is an archery range ("mark", also "match" and even "glove" I suppose). There is a statue titled "Meditation" . . (follow your muse). 

Dutch Oven

What do you think of Cherokee park? There was a cyclone that took out the high bridge in 1904.
No cap and gown in sight though for that area.I mean a high school or college 

Waltz in the park speaks Como to me and the Pavilion, or could be another park that participates in the Music in the Park series.

Definitely seems to be another boxing reference. I thought of the boxing club near Phalen also, but it is kind of a ways from the park. A search on Minnesota famous boxers will bring up Tommy Gibbons and the Flanagan brothers, but I can't seem to make them fit to any park.

What to do when "knees buckle"? Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation = RICE.
Rice Street runs North and South from Vadnais Heights in the North to the Capitol grounds in downtown St. Paul.
I hope that helps narrow down the hunting grounds for some of us. 
I'm a nurse, so I saw that one fairly quickly...

Waltz in the park:  It's not uncommon to hear this type of music being played in the pavilion on Como Lake.
Meet your match:  could be referencing a sporting event or perhaps marriage. There are several spots in Como Park where ceremonies or photographing of wedding parties take place.

An idea, you used to strap on baseball gloves, and it was a very formal event to attend, caps and gowns, ripe for the catch could be a baseball,
And maybe chain in earlier clue could be a fence.

Just a though or many

https://publishing.rchs.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/RCHS_22-02_1987_Wright.pdf
For what it's worth, here is an article about the "Fighting Flanagans". I haven't read all of it and it may not even relate to this hunt, but it's about boxing in the 1950's and one of the Flanagan brothers was slated to fight during the Winter Carnival. It's from the Ramsey County Historical Society's website.

I’m thinking SIR boxing club near - PHALEN

Just noodlin'
The Boxing idea - Boxing "MATCH" hits also however, Tennis, Cricket and Golf are all Matches as wellStrap on your glove... hits with Boxing too, no other sport literally STRAPS on a glove but it could be figurative rather than literal
object ripe for the catch?
You catch Fish, but they aren't ripe...unless rotten? lol
The oldest boxing matches were at silks grove down the river, So St Paul area. Out of countyunless from there you can see above, to ? https://www.minnesotaboxing.com/where-the-red-ferns-growthe-story-of-silks-grove/
And what are some specific walts names?Play on Governor?
Mark...on your Mark? Race? Track?
..................................................................... Here is the new clue

If treasure's your mark, take a waltz in the park
Be ready to meet your match
Strap on your glove, look up above
For an object ripe for the catch

And the previous clues:

Clue #3
A bomb cyclone hit our wintry zone On the chin, buckling our knees Get up at your leisure to seek our fine treasure Find fortune and live life of ease

Clue #2
Descend from your perch, set out to search
East Side, west side, all around the town
Glory will reign when you find the chain
To go with your cap and gown

Clue #1
The viral pandemic is now endemic And the battle’s on for Ukraine Take a break from the news to follow your muse
And tackle these rhymes with your brain

Here is the new clue

If treasure's your mark, take a waltz in the park
Be ready to meet your match
Strap on your glove, look up above
For an object ripe for the catch

And the previous clues:

Clue #3
A bomb cyclone hit our wintry zone On the chin, buckling our knees Get up at your leisure to seek our fine treasure Find fortune and live life of ease

Clue #2
Descend from your perch, set out to search
East Side, west side, all around the town
Glory will reign when you find the chain
To go with your cap and gown

Clue #1
The viral pandemic is now endemic And the battle’s on for Ukraine Take a break from the news to follow your muse
And tackle these rhymes with your brain

Quick look into boxing. Here are some links to articles, I haven't made any connections but love how the hunt makes one go down so many rabbit holes. 

Patrick Killen, nicknamed the Cyclone of the Northwest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Killen

Dick Moore, nicknamed the wizard: https://www.minnesotaboxing.com/off-to-see-the-wizard-dick-moore/ 

High Schools that have grads with Cap and Gownswhere there is also a Park with the same name Chain "to go with your cap and gown"Im thinking same nameComo Sr High - Como Park &Highland Park Sr High for examples, I am sure more Sr High schools have parks

Clue #3
A bomb cyclone hit our wintry zone On the chin, buckling our knees Get up at your leisure to seek our fine treasure
Find fortune and live life of ease
And the previous clues:

Clue #2
Descend from your perch, set out to search
East Side, west side, all around the town
Glory will reign when you find the chain
To go with your cap and gown

Clue #1
The viral pandemic is now endemic And the battle’s on for Ukraine Take a break from the news to follow your muse
And tackle these rhymes with your brain