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Data re Montreal Sport

Data re Montreal Sport. Don’t get hung up on numbers; rather look at what the data say about clubs, how long they existed and permanence For MAAA info, note growth trends from 1881-1909. MAAA Stated Purpose.

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Data re Montreal Sport

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  1. Data re Montreal Sport • Don’t get hung up on numbers; rather look at what the data say about clubs, how long they existed and permanence • For MAAA info, note growth trends from 1881-1909

  2. MAAA Stated Purpose • “the promotion of physical and mental culture among, and the providing of rational amusements and recreation for its members”

  3. The MSSC “halt” on Mount Royal, circa 1870s

  4. Song of the Montreal Snowshoe ClubPass the bottle and fill your glasses,Now that each has munched his grub,We’ll drink success to the pretty lasses,Whose lovers belong to the Snow Shoe Club.Yes tonight we’ll all unite To success to the Snow Shoe Club At racing, we challenge all creation,Let them be prepared for a very hard rub,If among the picked men of any nation,Some think they can beat the Snow Shoe ClubThen to-night, with all our might,We’ll drink success to the Snow Shoe ClubAll pretty girls take my advice,On some vain fop don’t waste your lub,But if you wish to hug something nice, Why marry a boy of the Snow Shoe ClubThen each night, with wild delight,You’ll sing success to the Snow Shoe Club.

  5. Montreal Snow shoeing • “tramps” taverns, dinners • Races on horserace courses ’43 • “manly virtues” of snowshoeing – the pretty lasses • 1860s and MSSC leader in organizing races: bands, grandstands, precision in organization, prizes: racism • The masculine was white, middle class, public face of honour – became amateur

  6. Snowshoe hurdle races; hurdler in front has caught the toe of his snowshoe

  7. The social aspect of MSSC was retained in its elaborate dinners

  8. Montreal ice “phantasmagoria”, date unknown, likely 1870s, 1880s

  9. Ice Palace of 1883 Winter Carnival

  10. Ice Palace of 1887 (?) Montreal Winter Carnival

  11. MAAA Billiard Room

  12. MAAA Bowling lanes

  13. MAAA Reading Room, legacy of its Montreal Library days

  14. Canadian National Sport Bodies • 1867 - National Lacrosse Association • 1868 - Dominion of Canada Rifle Association • 1880 - National Amateur Lacrosse Assoc. • 1882 - Canadian Wheelman’s Assoc. • 1884 - Amateur Athletic Assoc. of Canada • 1884 - Canadian Lawn Tennis Assoc. • 1884 - Canadian Rugby Football Union • 1887 - Canadian Lacrosse Assoc. • 1888 - Amateur Skating Assoc. of Canada • 1892 - Canadian Cricket Assoc.

  15. Canadian National Sport Bodies • 1895 - Royal Canadian Golf Association • 1895 - Canadian Jockey Club • 1898 - Canadian Amateur Athletic Association • 1899 - Canadian Gymnastics Association • 1899 - Canadian Trotting Association • 1900 - Canadian Canoe Association • 1906 - Alpine Club of Canada • 1907 - Canadian Snowshoe Union • 1909 - Canadian Amateur Swimming Assoc. • 1909 - Amateur Athletic Union of Canada

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