The Most Modern of Modern Sports
by Jennifer Lee Noonan from Damn Interesting on (#4D6E0)
The Most Modern of Modern Sports:
When the Admiral Van Heenshirt docked in England in 1936, she held more than one surprise for the men who unloaded her cargo. Exotic produce and spices were common aboard the merchant ship, which had traded between East Africa and England for close to a hundred years, but live animals were considerably rarer. What's more, [...]