Contestant Collection (page 2)

The City Race, 1771. Nash, on crutches inscribed Treasury leads a race to the Mansion House, followed by Sawbridge, Crosby (who has fallen down), Hallifax, Townsend and Bankes

The Rival Candidates, 1784. Artist: Isaac Cruikshank
The Rival Candidates, 1784. The three candidates for the Westminster constituency at the 1784 general election. Charles James Fox in the centre, in the pose of orator

Westminster Races... 1784. Artist: Isaac Cruikshank
Westminster Races... 1784. Showing the three candidates for the Westminster constituency in the 1784 general election, Samuel Hood, Charles James Fox and Cecil Wray

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

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

Goalmouth action at Clapton Orient, London, 1926-1927. Clapton Orient changd their name to Leyton Orient in 1946. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock

Fancy dress competition, c1900

Judgement of Paris (1645-1646). Artist: Claude Lorrain
Judgement of Paris (1645-1646). Paris of Troy is called on to judge the most beautiful of three godesses. Minerva offers him victory in battle, Juno offers a great empire

Tournament in a Court of the Vatican, Rome, 1565. The tournament was held on the occasion of the marriage of the Count Annibale Altemps, nephew of Pope Pius IV, to Ortenzia Borrome in 1565

Bashkirs kuresh wrestling, Russia, 1913. The Bashkirs are a people of central Asia, conquered by the Russians in 1735-1740. Kuresh is the Tatar style of wrestling

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