Duchesne Courier | 1927-09-09 | Page 5 | Sport That Requires Nerve and Quickness

Sport That Requires Nerve and Quickness Though you may have never heard of this sport under its proper name the you ou may have seen the apparatus described especially In connection connection connection con con- with stories of ot medieval and later sports In England The is an apparatus used in military sport or as exercise by I I men on horseback It Is simply an upright post with a crossbar at the fhe top that turns on a pivot One end of this crossbar is flat to the other end Is attached a n bag of sand and The horseman rides at the post en en- ilea oring g to strike the flat end of the tha crossbar with a lance ance and pass on before the bag of sand can swing around and strike him on the back To engage In this sport requires moie more than an ordinary amount of ot horsemanship as well as a quick eye and a steady hand