Killer Sport. Victorian Style
Ever seen a bee race a pigeon? In the name of sport??
Well long before sport was coincided a profession, and long ahead of the of notion that organisations were needed to control and governing it, the variety of activities on offer to entertain the masses was infinite, ill conceived and some times down right dangerous!
Author Jeremy Clay takes us through some of the finest, most unusual and dangerous sports of the Victorian era
PHOTO: Swimming Match Between A Dog And A Man, 1880. CREDIT: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images
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