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SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF ALL NATIONS
#23 - CANADA
Size: 5" x 3"
Copyrighted: 1893
Lithographer: Kaufmann & Strauss
  
| "COPYRIGHT" Text Variations |
| There are two varieties (that I know of) in the
"COPYRIGHT" text which appears on this
card, as shown below. In both cases, the text
appears in the lower right corner of the card. |
Text reads: "PAINTING COPYRIGHTED 1893 ARBUCKLE BROS."
and appears on a single line. This is the more
common wording that appears on all the cards in
this series. |
Text reads: "COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY ARBUCKLE BROS.N.Y." and is
spread over two lines. This is the variety shown
on the full-size card above. This is a less
common wording that's only known to appear on a
limited number of cards in this series. |
| (For an overview
of the copyright variations in Sports & Pastimes, click
here.) |
| Reverse - Text |
Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section: |
| CANADA. |
| THE
inhabitants of CANADA are a
hearty race, an admixture of
French and English with the
native Indian stock. The climate
of Canada may be termed a cold
temperate one. The winters last
more than half the year, and are
very severe. Ice freezes up all
the rivers and streams, and snow
covers the ground often to more
than a man's depth. To the
Canuck, snow and ice, are as the
breath to his nostrils. All his
sports seek the open air for
their arena. Foremost of these
sports is tobogganing. Toboggans
were originally small sledges to
carry provisions from camp to
camp. Now they are entirely made
and used for the sport, which
consists of sliding on these
vehicles, down immense inclined
planes covered with a surface of
ice. The toboggan is usually made
of two pieces of thin ash board,
fastened with thongs of deer
hide. Steel runners are attached
below, and the boards are turned
up in front. |
| Snowshoeing
is another characteristic
Canadian Sport. This is an
ancient sport, the first record
dating 1180 A.D. Snowshoes are
oval-shaped pieces of strong
hard-wood, bound together by
thongs, making a flat surface of
net-work. They are about 5 feet
long by 2 feet wide. Attached one
each to the foot of an active
snow-shoer, he is enabled to skim
over the softest snow. |
| Ice
Yachting is another favorite with
these northerners. The most
ancient record of the ice yacht
informs us that it was used by
the Hollanders and Finlanders for
transporting merchandise. But
to-day it is far better known as
the vehicle of sport. The
ice-yacht is practically a
sail-boat with a steel keel. When
the wind is favorable, an ice
yacht will readily sail at the
speed of 90 miles in an hour. |
| Canadian
children disport in similar wise
with their elders, skating,
snow-balling and coasting being
their principal pastimes. |
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NOTE: To see non-Arbuckle usage of this
supposedly copyrighted Arbuckle illustration,
click  here.
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