Competition Collection (page 9)

Two Standard Flying Twelves and a Flying Nine at the Standard Car Owners Club Gymkhana, 8 May 1938
Standard Flying Twelve 1937 1608 cc. Reg. No. GMX95. Entry No: 29. Left of centre: Standard Flying Nine 1936 1131 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. EMT925. Entry No: 25

Standard Flying Twelve and Flying Nine at the Standard Car Owners Club Gymkhana, 8 May 1938
Standard Flying Twelve 1937 1608 cc. Reg. No. DXN726. Event Entry No: 26. Right: Standard Flying Nine 1936 1131 cc.Reg. No. EMT925. Event Entry No: 25. Standard C.O.C. Gymkhana. Date: 8.5.38

Standard SS II and Standard Flying Twelve at the Standard Car Owners Club Gymkhana, 8 May 1938
Right: SS II 1935 1608 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. DPC678. Event Entry No: 16. Left: Standard Flying Twelve 1936 1608 cc. Event Entry No: 14. Place: Standard C.O.C. Gymkhana. Date: 8.5.38

Two Standard Twelves and a Standard Nine at the Standard Car Owners Club Gymkhana, 8 May 1938
Standard Twelve dhc 1938 1608 cc. Reg. No. EXA85. Entry No: 2. Centre: Standard Nine 1934 1052 cc. Vehicle Reg. No. BGK436. Event Entry No: 1. Right: Standard Twelve 1936 1608 cc. REG. No. BUR972

Ice-Boat Race on the Hudson, pub. C. 1855, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

Stella and Alice Grey - Lantern and Whalebone, Passing the Stand, June 5th 1855
Stella and Alice Grey - Lantern and Whalebone, Passing the Stand (In their great match for $2000 in Double Harness over the Union Course L.I. June 5th 1855), pub

Contestants in a dance marathon, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1930. The girl has fallen asleep. Dance marathons were popular competitions organised in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s

The Sleigh Race, pub. 1859, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

Miss Hardware contestants, Stanley Tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1967. Artist
Miss Hardware contestants, Stanley Tools, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1967. Girls line up on the stairs of the Sheffield head office of Stanley Tools for their Miss Hardware competition

First aid competition, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist: Michael Walters
First aid competition, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1961. A volunteer is lifted onto a stretcher during a first aid competition which was held by the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB)

Apprentice butcher showing his work to competition judges, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1963. Scene at the Meat Trades semi-finals

Caravan winners, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1972. Artist: Michael Walters
Caravan winners, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1972. Mr and Mrs Claxton won this brand new Sprite Caravan in October of 1972

TV and recording star Wee Willie Harris visits South Yorkshire, 1958. Artist
TV and recording star Wee Willie Harris visits South Yorkshire, 1958. For a promotion for Morphy Richards, who were based in Swinton, South Yorkshire

New Club House and Grand Stand, Agua Caliente Jockey Club, c1939. From Souvenir of Tijuana, Mexico. [Western Publishing & Novelty Co. Los Angeles, Calif.]

How Table Mountain got its Cloud, 1909. Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
How Table Mountain got its Cloud, 1909. Myth has it that Table Mountains tablecloth was caused by a smoking contest between the devil and a legendary local pirate Van Hunks

A Game of Chess, 1948. Artist: George Cruikshank
A Game of Chess, 1948. From British Chess, by Kenneth Matthews. [Collins, London, 1948]. (Colorised black and white print)

Jury for the Lehigh Portland Cement Home Competition, 1926. From The Architectural Forum Volume XLIV [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1926]

Atalantas Race, 1922, (1923). Artist: John Dickson Batten
Atalantas Race, 1922, (1923). From The Studio Volume 84. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1923]

An Exciting Finish at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky, c1940. Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a Thoroughbred racetrack that hosts the Kentucky Derby annually

Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe (New Series) No. 8: Ye Derbye Daye 1849. Artist: Richard Doyle
Manners and Customs of ye Englyshe (New Series) No. 8: Ye Derbye Daye 1849

The Shamrock and the Columbia racing for the Americas Cup, 1899 (1906). The New York Yacht Clubs Columbia, backed by J P Morgan, defeated the Royal Ulster Yacht Clubs challenger Shamrock

Racing, c19th century. Artist: John Clarke
Racing, c19th century. After Henry Alken (1785-1851). From Connoisseur Extra No. 5 - Old Sporting Prints by Ralph Nevill [The Connoisseur Magazine, London, 1908]

Epsom Races, 19th century. Artist: Smart & Hunt
Epsom Races, 19th century. After James Pollard (1792-1867). From Connoisseur Extra No. 5 - Old Sporting Prints by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur Magazine, London, 1908]

Race for the Great St. Leger Stakes, 1836, 1837. Artist: John Harris
Race for the Great St. Leger Stakes, 1836, 1837. After James Pollard (1792-1867). From Connoisseur Extra No. 5 - Old Sporting Prints by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur Magazine, London, 1908]

Habana. Rina de Gallos. Cock-fight, c. 1900s
Habana. Rina de Gallos. Cock-fight, 1900s

A Steeplechase: The Winner, 1827. Artist: Henry Thomas Alken
A Steeplechase: Plate VI - The Winner. And to such wonderous doing brought his horse. - Hamlet. After an original work by Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851)

A Steeplechase: Covering a strong bullock fence. Down for a hundred!, 1927. Artist: Henry Thomas Alken
A Steeplechase: Plate V - Covering a strong bullock fence. Down for a hundred!..Any odds on white, 1827. After an original work by Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851)

Straining Every Nerve and Muscle to Win for Him the Honour of First Spear, late 19th century(?). Two men on horseback hunting a wild boar

Strand front of design for new law courts, 1867. Artist: E Wimbridge
Strand front of design for new law courts, London, 1867. Design by Sir Thomas Newenham Deane. 11 architects entered the competition to design the Royal Courts of Justice

Fight and tournament of the boatmen, River Seine, Paris, 1751 (1882-1884). Artist: Cosson
Fight and tournament of the boatmen, River Seine, Paris, 1751 (1882-1884). A print from La France et les Francais a Travers les Siecles, Volume III, F Roy editor, A Challamel, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884

Approach to Christmas, 19th century (1927). Artist: George Hunt
Approach to Christmas, 19th century (1927). Plate taken from Famous Sporting Prints IV: Coaching, published by The Studio Limited (London, 1927)

The Royal Mails starting from the General Post Office, London, 1830 (1927). Artist: R Reeves
The Royal Mails starting from the General Post Office, London, 1830 (1927). Plate taken from Famous Sporting Prints IV: Coaching, published by The Studio Limited (London, 1927)

North Country Mails at the Peacock, Islington, 1823 (1927). Artist: Thomas Sutherland
North Country Mails at the Peacock, Islington, 1823 (1927). Plate taken from Famous Sporting Prints IV: Coaching, published by The Studio Limited (London, 1927)

The Opposition Coaches, 1837 (1927). Artist: Charles Cooper Henderson
The Opposition Coaches, 1837 (1927). Plate taken from Famous Sporting Prints IV: Coaching, published by The Studio Limited (London, 1927)

Half Way (Leeds Coach), 1837 (1927). Artist: Charles Cooper Henderson
Half Way (Leeds Coach), 1837 (1927). Plate taken from Famous Sporting Prints IV: Coaching, published by The Studio Limited (London, 1927)

Under Weigh Without a Pilot, 1836 (1927). Artist: J Harris
Under Weigh Without a Pilot, 1836 (1927). Plate taken from Famous Sporting Prints IV: Coaching, published by The Studio Limited (London, 1927)

Men at a rifle range, 20th century

A cricket match, 18th century (1912). Artist: George Morland
A cricket match, 18th century (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

A cricket match in progress at Kennington Oval, London, 1848 (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

A ladies cricket match, Newington Green, Islington, London, 1811 (1912). From Imperial Cricket, edited by P F Warner and published by The London and Counties Press Association Ltd (London, 1912)

Suzanne Lenglen playing Miss McKane, Wimbledon, London, 1926-1927
A tennis match between Suzanne Lenglen and Kathleen McKane, Wimbledon, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London)

Running the half mile at the Civil Service Sports day, Stamford Bridge, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London)

Ten miles amateur cycling championship, Herne Hill cycle track, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

The annual Kew to Putney ladies swimming race, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Sumo wrestlers, 1897

Fancy dress competition, c1900

Ascot Heath Races, 19th century. Artist: James Pollard
Ascot Heath Races, 19th century. After James Pollard (1792-1867). From Connoisseur Extra No. 5 - Old Sporting Prints by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur Magazine, London, 1908]

Tournament scenes, 1515-1516, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Tournament scenes, 1515-1516, (1936). Freydal series. Emperor Maximilian I of Germany (1459-1519) unseats an opponent in a joust, from an unpublished book glorifying the Emperors chivalric deeds

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