Kinesiology 2263F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Montreal Aaa, Snowshoe Running
12 Mar 2014
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Snowshoe sport ushered competitive sport into an era of organized sport: the elite of the elite were in the snowshoe club. Masculine, white middle class english speaking athlete is the face of the amateur. Snowshoeing was the most popular winter sport. Montreal lacrosse club was made in 1856: montreal is surrounded by native reserves, george beers spent his entire life promoting the game of lacrosse, he tried to make parliament to declare lacrosse as canada"s national game. Much more than a sporting club, its still a social club, library, meeting space, swimming pool. The rapid growth shows the peoples interests in sports. Most of the new members are coming from the working class who want to be involved also. The maaa was now a business controlled by the elite: they also host a lot of events and make money on tickets. Wasn"t cheap to join (10$ or 100$ for a lifetime membership)
