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James Weatherby is associated with

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horse racing contracts: written rules and protection wagers

the jockey club

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organizing cricket

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“articles of agreement”
hambledon 1750
M.C.C (Marylebone Cricket Club, 1787)

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Bureaucracies in Golf

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Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers
Royal and Ancient Golf Club
Blackheath Club

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Bureaucracies in Yachting

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Cork Water Club
Royal Cork Yacht Club
“Cumberland Fleet”

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what is “Manly Art”

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boxing, cudgeling, swordplay

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James Figg

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Master of Noble Science of Defence

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Jack Broughton

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Father of Scientific Boxing

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