Events in Sports History in 1860

Feb 22 Organized baseball played in San Francisco for 1st time between the Eagles and the Red Rovers
Mar 7 22nd Grand National: Tommy Pickernell wins aboard Irish horse Anatis at 5/1

Police Halt Boxing Match

Apr 17 Champion of England Tom Sayers and American John Heenan fight out brutal 2 hour, 27 minute draw near Farnborough, England; police stop fight acknowledged as first world title bout

John Heenan, left, squares up to Tom Sayers in their championship bout. Photograph: Hulton Archive

May 17 German football club TSV 1860 München is founded
Jun 27 First running of the Queen's Plate at Toronto's Carleton Track - North America's oldest continuously run horse race [1]
Jul 24 Olympics beat St. George, 25-17 at St. Georges Cricket Grounds, Philadelphia in first baseball game played in enclosed field