Pitching at the Palace; The men have theirs. The women have theirs. And everybody's happy when the horseshoes fly.(VARIETY) From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: August 8, 2004| Author: Brown, Curt | COPYRIGHT 2004 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Curt Brown; Staff Writer

The mosquitoes' whine and thunder's boom aren't the only sounds of summer. Not if you're at the Palace playground on St. Paul's West End and it's Wednesday or Thursday night.

The plinking, iron-on-iron sound of horseshoes striking stakes has punctuated summer nights in this neighborhood since 1920.

Minnesota boasts more than 1,000 members of 30 officially sanctioned horseshoe pitching clubs from Hibbing to Fridley. T...

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