Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1901 — Athletic Women in Days of Old. [ARTICLE]

Athletic Women in Days of Old.

Some searcher after, curious facts has discovered that athletic women are by no means a product of the nineteenth century, as is generally believed. They flourished in the days of sal volatile, hoops, patches and snuff, in * the days when George 11. was King. Ladies of the court took part in races arranged for them at the regular meetings, so that there were lady jockeys as well as gentlemen jockeys, and once a series of foot races for ladles in Hyde Park was organized. The first one was run amid great enthusiasm of the populace, and the betting was high. Then stepped in some cross-grained old fellow who persuaded the government that such races were unseemly, and they came to a sudden end, much to the regret of the people of London.— New York Commercial Advertiser.