Word: foil
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Considering the length of time which it has taken to prepare these rules, we had a right to expect a perfect set; yet several small points indicate a lack of care in adapting them to our uses. Thus in fencing a 34-inch flat-bladed foil is required, though it is stated on good authority that there is hardly a foil of that description in the State. Rule 4 for vaulting refers to vaulting from a mat, a custom which is never practised here...
...think, for instance, that the following would wholly satisfy the captious Edwin: "Any member who is guilty of any misconduct or gross violation of any rule, or for non-payment of dues may be expelled." Or the following, where the sense is slightly obscured by a misplaced comma: "The foil must be thirty-four inches long, .... and be unattached to the hand or wrist by cord or string, to prevent "being disarmed." These, however, are mere minor points and scarcely worthy of mention...
Sparring, Feather, Light, Middle, and Heavy Weights; Wrestling, Collar and Elbow, and Graeco-Roman; Fencing, Foil, Single Stick, and Broad Sword...
...proportion of the contestants are amateurs and the object is a deserving one. The programme is as follows: Heavy dumbbells; picking up heavy weights; putting the shot; three-legged race; one-mile walk; pulling up, one and two arms; half-mile run; hitch-and-kick; sack-race; horizontal bar; foil and broadsword fencing; tumbling; rowing eight oars; single and double somersaults; hurdle-racing; potato-race; tug of war; three-mile walk; standing and running high jump, etc. Further particulars can be obtained from General Lister, who has been requested to act as referee...
...Bryant showing great skill in his cross-counters. This round and bout were decided in Mr. Bryant's favor. Then followed the second fencing-bout between Messrs. Cushing, '78, and Churchill, '79. The contestants being smaller men, and nearer of a size than the preceding pair, handled the foil more gracefully. The bout was given to Mr. Cushing...