. Montreal province of Quebec Canada . nge from that dayto a Montreal has much to offer in the way of recreation, Sporting Centre. being the sporting centre of the Dominion and atall seasons of the year appropriate contests may be seen. InMontreal will be found pastimes peculiar to Canada, and inno other city on the continent are these particular gamesplayed with such a degree of skill. The Minto Cup, emble-matic of the championship of the world in lacrosse, is held by 38 MONTR EAL a Montreal club; and the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Clubholds the Seawanhaka International Challeng
. Montreal province of Quebec Canada . nge from that dayto a Montreal has much to offer in the way of recreation, Sporting Centre. being the sporting centre of the Dominion and atall seasons of the year appropriate contests may be seen. InMontreal will be found pastimes peculiar to Canada, and inno other city on the continent are these particular gamesplayed with such a degree of skill. The Minto Cup, emble-matic of the championship of the world in lacrosse, is held by 38 MONTR EAL a Montreal club; and the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Clubholds the Seawanhaka International Challenge Cup, which isto twenty-five footers what the Americas Cup is to the gigan-tic ninety-footers. Lacrosse is the national game of the country, and its sea-son extends from May until October. Hockey is the nationalwinter gam:, and is played on ice from December untilMarch. In addition to these distinctly Canadian games,football (both Rugby and Association,) cricket, golf, polo,yachting, rowing and canoeing flourish, and all field sports. General Offices of the Grand Trunk Railway System. are well patronized. Ice racing is a feature of winter sports ;while for tobogganing and skating no city in the universefurnishes such opportunities for three months in the year. Montreal is the home of three athletic associations—theMontreal Amateur Athletic Association, the ShamrockAmateur Athletic Association, and National Amateur Athe-letic Association ? the latter being the foremost French-Canadian club of the country. Each possesses well equippedgrounds. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association hasan excellent cinder-track, where on alternate years, the Cana-dian amateur championships are contested. In the winterthis immense athletic oval is turned into an open-air skating CANADA 39 rink, with a quarter-mile track. By an arrangement with theNational Amateur Skating Association of America, the speed-skating championships of the continent take place on thistrack every second year. In small
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