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[REAL GYMNASIO CLUB PORTUGUEZ]. SARAU Gymnastico e Sportivo no Colyseu dos Recreios. Lisboa. 1910. - [REAL GYMNASIO CLUB PORTUGUEZ] SARAU Gymnastico e Sportivo no Colyseu dos Recreios . Real Gymnasio Club Portuguez. Quarta-feira, 25 de Maio de 1910. Programma. Lisboa: Abel d'Oliveira, Papelaria e Artes Graphicas, 1910. 1 ff. impresso sobre seda: il.; 275×165 mm. Printed program on silk for the gymnastic and sporting gala promoted by the Real Gymnasio Club Portuguez at the Coliseu dos Recreios, in Lisbon, on May 25, 1910, a few months before the establishment of the Republic, after which the club would abandon the qualifier ”Real” (Royal). Headed by an ornamental composition with the crown and emblem of the club, surrounded by sporting instruments. The two-part program is a telling testament to the diversity of sporting practice in Lisbon at the end of the Monarchy: trapeze, stick fighting, exercises from the children's gymnastics class under the guidance of Professor César de Mello, an early demonstration of ju-jutsu, sword and saber bouts with the participation of Spanish champion D. Pedro Rui-Díaz, acrobatic strength, leotard flights, boxing, athletics, rings, pole vaulting, and a Greco-Roman wrestling match between Domingos António Ribeiro, champion of Porto, and César de Mello, champion of Portugal in the amateur category. Other participants included Levy Jenochio, Guilherme Salgado, D. Eugénio de Noronha, James Hext, and José Pedro Dias Júnior. The silk prints were intended as gifts and souvenirs, which makes their survival very scarce. An ephemeral document of great interest to the history of sport and gymnastics in Portugal. Rare. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate