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There is a Wikipedia article on Sokol, which was the Czech version of the German Turnverein and other such youth athletic organizations which were part of a late 19th century mania for physical culture. The mass gatherings were called Slets, and are still held today. Here you can see one Flickr user's photos tagged with sokol. You can also Google "sokol slet" to find a YouTube video promoting the 2009 Sokol Slet to be held in Fort Worth, Texas.

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From The Czech Sokol Organization website:

VI. festival 1912 was a social event of the Federation "Slavonic Sokol" and lasted five weeks. More than 30 000 Sokols participated and competed and ten times more people came to see it. Sokols from the USA, France and Slavic countries performed there as well. The scene "Marathon" with 1500 participants was dedicated to the ancient Greek culture. It was a great encouragement to our nation.

Fantastic shot!

If this is with the horse show photographs, he was most likely Walter Miller, a jockey.

Walter Miller was the middleweight wrestling champion

"Championship Wrestling Match on Card for Thursday. This wrestling bird, who will light into Walter Miller for the middleweight title at the Los Angeles Athletic Club Thursday night, reached the city at 11:30 ... " Source: Los Angeles Times; May 6, 1919

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Miller_(wrestler)
"Walter Miller is still the middleweight wrestling champion of the world. Last night at the Los Angeles Athletic Club the peerless mat expert and grappling ... " Source: Los Angeles Times; May 9, 1919

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Anything to do with "Walter", and we'd love to have this added to the group!

See this picture in the Bismarck Daily Tribune. November 02, 1915, page 8 when he was a welterweight.
- chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042242/1915-11-02/ed-...