Britain and the Olympic Games (2 august 1912)
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Britain and the Olympic Games is a letter written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Times on 2 august 1912.
Britain and the Olympic Games
Extract of the letter published in The Times :
« I am most keen to do anything which will help to put the flag on top at Berlin... I propose to follow up my first letter in The Times by a second one presently, appealing for funds on a large scale. We want a central fund of £25,000 carefully and economically administered... I think that for the last three months we should have the best professional that money could buy. Then the Colonies should be approached and also the foreign Olympic authorities on the subject of a British Empire team. Finally, a great effort should be made to let nothing go by default. »
See also
- Our Olympic Failure (22 july 1912, Evening Standard)
- The Olympic Games (30 july 1912, The Times)
- Britain and the Olympic Games (8 august 1912, The Times)
- The Olympic Games (22 march 1913, The Saturday Review)
- Olympic Committee (25 march 1913, Sporting Life)
- Olympic Games Lethargy (24 may 1913, Daily Express)
- The Olympic Games (27 august 1913, The Times)
- The Olympic Games Fund (13 september 1913, The Times)
- The Olympic Games Fund (11 october 1913, The Times)
- Some Views on the Olympic Talent Fund (Christmas 1913, Stock Exchange Christmas Annual)
- Preface of The Evolution of the Olympic Games 1829 B.C-1914 A.D., by F.A.M. Webster (may 1914, Heath, Cranton & Ouseley Ltd.)
