Excerpt from The Tribune Book of Open-Air Sports: Prepared by the New York Tribune, With the Aid of Acknowledged Experts During the Summer of 1886 the tribune was compelled to devote more than 500 columns of 1ts valuable space to the open-air Sports of the United States, assigning to the collection and presentation of this class of news many of the best observers and writers in its service. Nothing can indicate more clearly than this the place which athletic amusements have taken in this country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.