in 1867, as lacrosse was growing significantly in popularity, beers created the "canadian national lacrosse foundation". in 1869, beers published a book on lacrosse entitled "lacrosse: the national game of canada". in 1876, beers organized a team of canadian players and indians players to tour england, scotland, and ireland to showcase the sport. during this trip in 1876, queen victoria witnessed an exhibition game and was impressed, saying "the game is very pretty to watch." her endorsement was enough for many english girls' schools to adopt the sport in the 1890s. again in 1883, beers returned to england to showcase lacrosse. this time beers brought two teams to play exhibition game.