Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
The scope of the live-stock department is not limited to the material
things of rural life. A Universal kennel show is scheduled from November
29 to December 1. Two classes of dogs are provided for in the awards,
sporting and non-sporting. A cat show, of long and short-haired cats, is
set for the same period as the kennel show. Other groups of exhibits in
this line are pet stock, rabbits, hares, rats and mice, and children's
pets.
XIX.
Sports and Games; Automobile Races; Aviation
Exposition contests include nearly every branch of sport--National
Championships of the A. A. U.--Two great automobile races, the
International Grand Prix and the Vanderbilt Cup, already run--Polo and
Golf--Sensational flights of the aviators--The International Yachting
Regatta and other aquatic events--All-star baseball expected in the
fall.
An account of the Exposition, and indeed, American athletic history for
the year 1915, would be incomplete without a description of the sports
programme. This outline of games and exhibitions includes nearly every
branch of sport familiar to the American public, and its wide appeal has
attracted many thousands to the athletic fields and gymnasiums of the
Exposition. Although ten months of sport was originally intended by the
athletic committee, this period has been somewhat abbreviated by
circumstances, though a practically continuous performance has held sway
since February 22.
International competition, at first intended in many branches of the
programme, was generally abandoned on account of the European conflict;
but the want of foreign representation has in no way lessened the
quality of competition, or dampened the attractiveness of the summer
contests. Some of Europe's star track men are entered here, in spite of
conditions on the continent.
Perhaps the most popular attractions of the programme are the national
championships, held every year under the auspices of the Amateur
Athletic Union. At the convention of that body during November, 1913,
prior to the death of its president, James E. Sullivan, it was voted
unanimously to award all of the organization's events, with the
exception of boxing, to the Panama-Pacific Exposition. These
championships are the blue-ribbon events of the amateur world. They
include track and field games, swimming, boxing, wrestling and indoor
gymnastics. Three of these championships were staged in San Francisco
before the opening of June.
In basket ball, the first of the national competitions, premier honors
went to a California organization, the San Francisco Olympic Club. Next
in line came gymnastics, followed by wrestling. Although these sports
are not immensely popular with the athletic enthusiasts, generous
galleries turned out to see the American champions in action.
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