Show SOI I HJ rS WITH VITI ITH I TuB THE S Few Fw exhibitions al are more moro popular In EI England than those given glen from time to tn time by ly the army anti and navy y and anti such are tho opportunities for Cor athletic training presented that soldiers soldiers sol sol- sol sol- diers and anti sailors give 11 0 a good account of or themselves In nearly every e cr branch of athletics The Th staff star of Instructors who ar are re responsible nn for this state slate of or affairs include amongst their number numb r some marvellous marvelous men with wih records In Inn n nearly my C every branch of J gymnastic exercise ex ex- and some wio have brought the use of weapons of attack atack and deCel defense de tie- Cel tense to a n science Prominent among English army champions Is la Co Corporal Major Y elton now fencing instructor tor or of or the I Royal Horse lorse Guards In Lendon London Lonon Lon Len don on who can fairly In lay claim calm to be champion swordsman of or th the c British Brish tish arm army and was wa included ll in last years year's group o of the ito various arious army almy cham cham- He lie le Is a man of splendid physique standing C G feet teet 3 1 4 IncItes Inches high with witha wih a chest measurement of 16 G inches and amid turning turning the scale at close on 1 16 G stone and yet ot without heln being bulky In an any I particular So much for the man whose accomplishments and records are arc very remarkable He lIe Joined th tile the army In ill 1890 and has a display of trophies of oC which any anyone one might be proud Including Including no less es than four medals medas for bayonet attack atack and de defense de- de e- e Cene Cease two medals for saber attack and defense and three for expert use of the tile Cols foils par Apart from those these he has hasa ha a gold sold me medal al from remit Sydney given In appreciation of oC his marvellous swordsmanship swordsmanship swords swords- 8 manship In 1901 when th the Imperial and Indian army teams visited Australia Aus Aus- While fencing Instructor to the Royal Horse Hore Guards his display has ha been beon given before beCore the king the prince of Wales Vales prince and princess princes Alexander Alexandor Alexan Alexan- tier der of Teck and other royal and anti noble persona personages es Among Corporal Corpora Eggel tons ton's accomplishments ac nc- ac- ac are arc many astounding sword feats which demand Ileman such stick 1 skill t an and jl judgment ment that it I seems nothing short shOt of or miraculous that he lie has ho never made a slip in tho the performance of his I masterpieces A combination of or strength skill ski judgment and patient patent practice have enabled him to do 10 some sonic seemingly impossible things things In the first place there Is no sham about the weapons use used and the various ba blades les which arc are wielded with wih such confidence confidence conf- conf dence by him him are arc as l keen een as ns a razor Whenever It i Is necessary ary to change the sword which has ha been used It Is placed place carefully anti and tenderly aside e because the Jar of putting It i down heavily would materially interfere with its is line edge Major Maor Eggelton nurses and cares cres for his trusty blades as one would a child for on the quality of their cutting powers many of oC his feats are re re dependent dependent Two comrades In his re regiment arc are his assistants assistants as ns- and one can scarcely admire their steady nerve ncr and pluck less les than the tite Majors Major's unfailing precision of arm armand armand armand and eye They hey display an amount of trust In their chief which Is a good guarantee that ho Is expert In Inthe Inthe inthe the extreme However attractive the Majors Major's feats might be the they would seem less remarkable but for these assistants who stand calmly while th the thu weapons play Ilia around their thela heads and anti necks slicing an apple apIo here hele severing a sheet Rheet of note noto paper there until one Is bound to a admire their sublime faith in human nature On One may bo be excused ex ex- a sigh sight of relief when the cloven apple falls fals from the neck of a guardsman guards guards- man and his head remains I firmly rm I to his bo body y for a false cut would have meant instant death One remarkable able display consists consists' o of placing a f cantis on a stan stands with wih a polished top He lie then cut each and ami e every card in two tho the whole pack er r aT falling Caling to lo the ground In iii a shower ye yet the heavy cuta cutlass he u uses es docs does no not even scratch the polished surface o othe of the stand To cut so 50 strongly am anti and stop the falling blade with such pre cislon is an accomplishment which could never neven be he acquired by most peo- peo plo in a lifetime Another feat which calls cals for fOl a steady nerve nervo and unerring aim Is the cutting of an apple In tw two tWI on the neck o of an nit assistant assistant There I Ino Is no hesitation or 01 doubt about the exe- exe cution cuton of the trick trick With a swift and amI decided stroke the tho blade sweeps sweep downwards and the apple rolls rols aua away assay cleanly cut In In two while the unharmed ed cd assistant rises from the tite ordeal r cal which shows shows shows' considerable faith alth ii in Major Eggelton's control over the dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- weapon he lie uses Probably there Is a great amount of oC knack in another of the astounding displays l plas ii In which an apple alPiO suspended in a fine silk sil handkerchief is cleanly cut In two while the handkerchief Itself Isel is not cut or hurt In any way The champion can equal th tile the feat fat In In- In by Dr showing the won wonderful erCul force of oC concussion 1 by suspending an ordinary broomstick ii in two loops of or paper held on eu razor edges and then with a weeping sleeping stroke of or ofa ofa ora a giant blade he cs es the stick in two pieces without the tile razors so o much muchas as marking the paper loops in which tho the broom han handle le was suspended In Inthe Inthe Inthe the doctors doctor's description of this feat feathe feathe feathe he gys says The rIte stick must be accurately accurate accurate- ly placed and the tile sword must strike e ethe the stick directly In tho tile center being careful not to draw back the sword or orto orto to allow alow the hilt hi or ol ttO point JIt to dl- dl di diverge verge verbe from front the horizon horizontal tal I The rho William Tell Tel business Is merely merely mere mere- ly childs child's play to the army champion who fahl fairly and squarely divides an apple on tho the head hea of an assistant The apple Is cut parallel with tho the ground and one ono trembles to think of the tite consequences of the performer striking a shade too low for Cor with wih the force Corce used tho the unlucky assistant would pay with wih the loss of the top of his ills skull if the aim was not true Another feat scarcely I less les dangerous combines a remarkable display of steadiness by both principal and assistant assistant as as- The natural tendency to draw away tho the hand hanl when a blow Is threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened thereon Is probably a remembrance rance of past interviews with wih severe schoolmasters schoolmaster but hut Major Eggelton's assistant L must hu have havo forgotten or ever ever- come comae his tendency for Cor ho holds an apple In the tile palm of ot his hand while It Is cut In ill two by a rapid down stroke Wore Were he to give way to the usual Instinct which induces one ono cither lher to draw the hand had away or raise ralsa raise It to meet macut the blow blots he would un un- pay the tho penalty for COI once made the tho stroke of tho the sword can cannot canot riot not ot bo be corrected |