2. Watched in almost every nation of the world, horse racing, is a sport that has its origins
in Central Asia. These Asians were the first to domesticate horses in about 4500 BC, and there for
these nomadic tribesmen invented one of the most ancient sports in human kind.
During the first years of the American nation horse racing died out, but in was revived
during the 1920’s because track operators convinced legislators that horse racing could supply a
substantial amount of profit to individual states. Also one of the most influential men of the horse
racing movement was Colonel Matt J. Winn, president of Churchill Downs, who managed to end
an anti-gambling movement that had been established in Kentucky and neighboring states. The
first to legalize horse racing and gambling was Kentucky in 1906, and in 1920 Maryland also
legalized horse racing and gambling. Later the depression also increased the amount of states that
legalized horse racing and gambling because of the revenue that each state government was
receiving. California for instance received 3 million in revenue.
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5. Tennis is believed to have invented in 1873 by Major Walter Clopton
Wingfield, a british officer. At first Walter said he just modeled the game after
the game Sphairistike, a greek game that means playing the ball, but many
asserted that he just adapted the game of court tennis, joining it with squash
rackets. Tennis first called lawn tennis varied much in rules until it reached the
British colonies and America to establish the famous tournaments of
Wimbledon and the US championships. Norwegian Molla Mallory won the US
championships eight times from 1915 through 1926 and American Bill Tilden
won Wimbledon three times 1920, 1921, and 1930.
