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“Saint John” - A Sporting Tradition by Brian Flood lists 1,100 sport personalities in the index. Many pictures of individuals as well as teams have been included. * *  Mabel Thomson won her first national championships title in Canadian ladies'  golf in 1901. This was followed by four more wins. She was not only a great golfer but also a champion tennis player. There is a beautiful picture of her in the publication. * * Rifle shooting was encouraged by the British royalty for the purpose of improving the marksmanship of their soldiers. The Prince of Wales of England visited New Brunswick in 1860 and was so impressed that he had a silversmith craft a trophy to be sent to the province. The cup was first shot for on October 6, 1861, at Colonel Beer's farm at Sussex Vale. Private Elston from a Kings County company carried away top honours and was the first to have his name inscribed on the trophy. * *   Wallace Ross was probably the greatest sculler that ever came out of Saint John. He was born in Memramcook on Feb. 20, 1857. * *  Some of the men who figured in harness racing in the mid 1800s were John Walsh, Henry and  James Gilbert, Larry Donovan, John McSweeney, Col. Gierson, Capt. Kemmis and Capt. Holyoke. * *  The stories of Hugh McCormick and William Whelpley with their long-reacher skates shed light on life on the ice frozen river in the 1880 time period. * * * * Genealogists who had Saint John ancestors who liked to bat the ball, shoot the puck or participate in other sports will discover many of them in this publication. This book is also of great interest to sport historians. * * Partial listing of surnames  taken from Index of Sports Personalities: Acheson, Ackerly, Addison, Armstrong, Arundell, Barnes, Barr, Baskin, Bashalani, Bell, Belyea, Biddiscombe, Britt, Brklacich, Bunting, Campbell, Coates, Costello, Colombe, Crilley, Dalton, DeForest, Donovan, Elliot, Estabrooks, Flekenstein, Fulton, Gilbert, Graham, Hagerty, James, Kashetsky, Kimball, Lifford, MacAulay, McCormick, McGowan, Millidge, Mulchy, Nordstrom, O’Brien, Patterson, Quigg, Rice, Robertson, Seeley, Skinner, Smith, Stackhouse, Turnbull, Vail, Walsh, Wilson, Yeomans and Young. * * * Partial listing of Chapter topics: The Beginning 1785-1867 - Saint John’s Early Sporting History. Rowing and Harness - 1870s. Speed Skating and Baseball -1880s. Hockey, Bicycling and Boxing - 1890s. Curling, Golf, Baseball and Bowling 1900-1918.  Speed Skating, Basketball, Baseball, Rowing, and Track & Field - 1920s. Hockey, Baseball Boxing and Baseball - 1930 to 1950. Recent Champions in Saint John Sports - 1950-1985. * * Jeux Canada Games in Saint John in 1985 (14 pages of colour photos) *** Partial listing of photographs: Saint John Rifle Company practise at Sussex on July 1, 1897. * Twining Hart.* Victoria Skating Rink. * Members of World Famous “Paris Crew”. * Wallace Ross - World Sculling Champion in 1881. * * The bay filly “Ida Grey” (born 1876). * Hugh McCormick - World Professional Speed Skating Champion in 1890. * William Whelpley. * Fred Breen - North American Speed Skating Champion 1892. * George White & James McCarthy - members of the 1893 Emerald’s baseball team. * Shamrock Baseball Team 1890 with names of players. * Fred Coombs and Percy Holman riding a tandem bicycle. ** Boxers: Mysterious Billy Smith - World Heavyweight Champion 1890s; Dick O’Brien and Eddie Connolly (1900). *** Old Thistle Curling Rink on Golding Street. * *  Mabel Thomson - Canadian Ladies Golf Champion 1902. * * South End Starlights with names. * * Black’s Alleys Bowling Team - Champion of Maine and Maritime Provinces in 1908 (with names). * Fred Logan. * Sybil Mitchell. *  St Peter’s Baseball Team circa 1920 with names. * Hilton Belyea. * Andrew Beef Malcolm. *** 256 pages 8 ½ x 11. Hard Cover.
 
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