Events in Sport
- Mar 3 31st Grand National: George Stevens wins his 4th GN aboard 100/7 outsider The Colonel; repeats with back-to-back victories the following year
- Mar 15 Cincinnati Red Stockings become the 1st professional baseball team
Birthdays in Sport
- Mar 7 Bertha Townsend, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1888-89), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1909)