The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pasttimes 1896-01: Vol 2 Iss 6 (1896)
Longman, Green & Co · leaf 62
ten thousand people are eagerly awaiting the beginning of the sport. The presiding official of the fights has just arrived with some friends in the municipal box; a few soldiers stand behind them, to give additional dignity. Several. other soldiers, armed with rifles, may be seen standing guard on… … Seated among the spectators there is also a battalion of soldiers, placed there for the same purpose ; a shot from the guards on the roof would be the signal for the prompt arrival of reinforcements from the neighbouring barracks. There is a sudden turning of bodies and craning of necks among the…
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