The ''Sporting Chronicle'', known colloquially as ''The Chron'', was a
Manchester
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-based,
daily, national
horse racing
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newspaper
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which operated in
Great Britain
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for 112 years until its closure in 1983 due to unsustainable losses (£5.8 million since 1975). The last edition was published on 23 July of that year.
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It was established in 1871 by Edward "Ned" Hulton, who founded other newspapers including the '']Athletic News
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'' which merged with the ''Sporting Chronicle'' in 1931 and the ''Sunday Chronicle
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The newspaper was founded in Manchester by Edward Hulton in August 1885. He was known for his sporting coverage, already publishing the '' Sporting C ...
'', and whose son Edward Hulton founded the ''Manchester Evening Chronicle
''Manchester Evening Chronicle'' was a newspaper established by Sir Edward Hulton, a Manchester City chairman, a newspaper proprietor and a racehorse owner. It started publication in 1897, was renamed ''Evening Chronicle'' in 1914 but stayed in ...
'' and the ''Daily Dispatch
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The weekend edition is titled ''Daily Dispatch Weekend Edition''.
Founded in 1872 as the ''East London Dispatch and Shipping and Mer ...
''.[ Throughout its existence it had a keenly fought rivalry with the '' Sporting Life'', ''Sporting Life'' being more widely read in the south, the ''Sporting Chronicle'' in the north. The demise of the ''Sporting Chronicle'' left ''Sporting Life'' as the only racing daily, until the advent of the '']Racing Post
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'' a few years later.[ After its closure, many of the staff moved on to ''Sporting Life'' or the ''Racing Post'', including the ''Racing Posts founding editor, Graham Rock.][ Other staff included Tom Kelly, who went on to be head of the Association of British Bookmakers.
The ''Sporting Chronicle'' was a pioneer of tipsters, one of the first being "Kettledrum", a ]pseudonym
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for Hulton himself. The paper also published an annual.
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Defunct newspapers published in the United Kingdom
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Newspapers established in 1871
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1871 establishments in the United Kingdom
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