2011 - Battle Creek Park

chestnut gentle a horse, years of yore

ice horse racing use to be part of the Winter Carnival

I feel there's an anagram here.... working och with other words...

I think it is pronounced more like acchhhh with a guttural sound in the throat.

It does seem like there might be.

chestnut is a brownish red

A glen is a valley, typically one that is long, deep, and often glacially U-shaped; or one with a watercourse running through such a valley. The word is Goidelic: gleann in Scottish and Irish Gaelic, glion in Manx.

This sounds a bit Highland.

Could chestnut be a refrence to what its hidden in, as in a chest again?

Ever since I realized that this is the 125th Winter Carnival before this hunt, I had a hunch that something will either revolve around the 1st winter carnival or the first treasure hunt; thus history may repeat it self.

me thinx highland

och and glen

parks with a horse statue? Perhaps of Bronze? i.e. chestnut color?

The carousel or the pony rides at Como.

I was thinking the same thing... chestnut is a color breed of quarterhorse = gentle horse

Same here-google "gentle chestnut" keep coming upo with horse references

MD, are you giving the crazy board the clue before they get it themselves? Can't we at least get a tiny lead on them?

Do they do anything with horses at Highland? Circus Jerviticus?

It's almost like the first 2 lines say "when I look at horses it reminds me of back when..."

I think the last line is nothing... red herring knowing everyone is going noodle the hell out of och and prodigious bore.

"chestnut" is an old frequently repeated story

Wasn't that horse carosel in the old town square? I say we go back there!

chestnut + sentimental = old chestnut

Old Chestnut Street (intersects with Shepard Road, is a block east of Irvine park).

Chestnut Street

Zoom in to see Old Chestnut Street on the map.

It certainly *does* sound very Highland/Gaelic like -- But reading it to me, -- it just sounds like the CW is yearning for "the good old days" back when "men were men", and the hunt was a HUNT....and it sounds like "a chestnut gentle" I dunno, sounds like SOMEWHERE in this or one of the first two clues there is a "gentle" hint (chestnut/treasure/nugget)....that if one could decipher, then you'd KNOW the park.

Just the first impression I got.

Just noticed that a segment of Old Chestnut Street also runs from Shepard Road to the river banks.

I'll be more specific: If Tim goes to the PP, I'll ask him to send the clue to me so I can post here. However, I am not going to post it if we are going to leak it to the crazy board before they get it themselves.

I'm also thinking "chestnut" is a story.

Or could glen refer to Swede Hollow?

Allison, I was just thinking the same thing.

And my daughter-in-law and my son were down there on Sunday morning scouting around.

like chestnut refers to a story? Cause I read it like the chestnut reminds the CW of stories vs it being a story.

They called Swede Hollow a "Dell" ... cause I was thinking the same thing

Chestnut, 7 corners, McGovern's,

That's it. It's at McGovern's.

Of course, he could be speaking of an old tree.

There is horse breed called a highland chestnut

Sometimes I'll hear someone introduce a song like "here's an old chestnut for you..." So I'm thinking the chestnut is an old story which would make sense with the rest of the narrative in the clue.

I think I'm heading for the sheets to dream of gentle chestnuts and beautiful glens.

Goodnight and SCDs!

from merriam-webster online dictionary:

a : an old joke or story : something (as a musical piece or a saying) repeated to the point of staleness

Just doing some past research re:highland and in 61 they referenced the Crows that use to hang out there due to the cornfields near by (vultures?) also referenced that highland was the Vulcans Domain.

in 68 They referenced teh Cathdral you can see near by (heaven or hell come) and also made Horse reference.

The Scotish Och being used makes me think it just might be Highland even though I don't care for it being there because it's not a park I know all that well since it's on the wrong side of town from me.

I'm trying to think of horse stuff in St Paul. There's the carousel at Como. Horse shows at the Fair. Anywhere specific they train the horse cops?

I'm right behind ya, Terry....'cept I'm waiting to see what nightmare starter the clue video version might hold :smile:

Leelabell - does it really matter for the first week of clues how many extra seconds happen before it gets posted over there? Someone posted the Clue attached to a Word document less than three minutes after I did. I don't have the time to update that thread in the morning at all, and I have to get to sleep like now. Besides, when the Clues come out NEXT week I'll be in line and/or in the woods.

Does anyone know if the press is handing out those chocolate medallions the finders are seen pictured with?

prodigious bore = huge drill

...CoNo...

Along the thinking of "seeing brown horses reminds me of the tough guys way back when", in Celtic/Gaelic terms, see if this jogs anything for anybody.
http://www.ancientmilitary.com/celtic-warriors.htm

I'm trying to think of horse stuff in St Paul.

The golden horses on the State Capitol building.

Yes it matters.

People repeatedly ask CC members not to post things from here over to there.

Plus, why is it your responsibility to maintain an updated thread over there at all? You can always edit it the next day.

So far things point to highland for me ( but that could be wishful thinking).

Had to look at one more thing.

I want to be in bed before the next video is posted. I can watch that in the morning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen

Nice

Goodnight and SCDs x 2.

Chestnut, prodiguos bore.... big hole in a tree. Not overthinking this, this year,,,

In a park...outside St. Paul... in a big hole in a tree....

horses = Crosby FARM

days in glen= river valley

men were men= soldiers at ft. snelling across the river

This is neat too...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Irish_in_Saint_Paul

references include Edward Phelan, John Hays (the first person murdered in St Paul, Doncha Know), Swede Hollow and much, much more.