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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 397

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way recognised. In the position of guard, the body is held upright; the head backward;the leg straight; the right arm advanced andnearly straight; the hand opposite the left … The Guard.(From Walkers Defensive Exercises.), shoulder. The left hand grasps a handkerchief,which is tied loosely round the left thigh, andthe left elbow is elevated and thrown forward soas to protect the head. JNLasks, it is clear, werenot in general use; but occasionally a sort ofdemi-mask was…

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