2. 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

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

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

19. Song of the Montreal Snowshoe Club Pass 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 Club Then to-night, with all our might, We’ll drink success to the Snow Shoe Club All 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 Club Then each night, with wild delight, You’ll sing success to the Snow Shoe Club.

20. 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

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

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

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

24. Ice Palace of 1883 Winter Carnival

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

26. MAAA Billiard Room

27. MAAA Bowling lanes

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

29. 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.

30. 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