The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-19
"TIIE NEED OF vALOR."
The Tournament. Yesterday, n Complete
EuCccss-ThC Knights and Their Deeds
of DRrInR.

The Tournament, Yesterday, n Complete
EuCccss-ThC Knights and Their Deeds
of Daring.
Ever since Scott has made famous by his
inmitable descriptive powers and beautiful
word.paintlng, the knghtly fcats Of Sir
Wilfred Of lvanhoc, in the gentle and Joyous
passage OF arms at Ashby.dela.zOuChc, the
idea Of tournament has, in the modern
mind, been surrounded by halo OF ro-
NANCE and framed In u picture Of wondering
interest. The days of the tourney arc now
gone BY Gle bright eyes and warm smiles
OF ladies no longer inspire the deeds OF
kniglitly valOr. The marble etllgies OF knights
repOsing in the silent Crypts Of the churches
are all that rcmain Of the doughty Crusaders.
But the spirit Of Chlvalry Is with us still,
and the heart Of the youth Of the Nineteenth
century is rs quickly touched to flame by the
kindling glancCs OF beauty, as was ever that
of knight OF the Twelfth. The vanity which
prompts him to shine In the sight fhiS lady
love Is as innate now as then. This, dear
reader, you found apparent, II you visited
the fair ground, yesterday But II YOU went
there with preCOnCevGd ideas, drawn from
the tales Of the crusaders and expected to sec
knights In bright nrinOr charge each other
and fight to the death, while heralds encour.
aged with shouts and ladies with bravos.
clappng Of hands and waving of sCarfs ard
kcrchlefs, your Imagination wns quickly
hurled from It's high pedestal and drowned
In a sea OF laughter. You see, modern nd.
vancenient has done away with the ancient
popular belief that glory must he CORY and
Ian nf
a Ia ONtrdnce, but was merely friendly test
OF skill and address In managing n horse and
welding lance. It consisted In carrying
OH upon n lance, a number Of rings, loosely
suspended, with the horse travelling at fuil
speed. ltseenlet but trivial thing and easy,
but the sequel told different story.
For some time past, about dozen renrc.
sentatlves Of our youthful chivalty lave
been pracucing In secret and IN public, each
determining that upon the evehtful day lie
would parry Off the greatest number Of rings
and win favor IN the eyes OF the lady Of his
love. In tile quiet Of the field they did pas.
sing we'll and through their minds iloated
many vision Of browning blusling queens,
themselves the exposures OF countless eyes
and all tihged with the roseaLe hues Of hope.
And yesterday was the .eyentful day. II
daWnel bright and sparkling, but rs the
/ lVNl lul WY NHHlF Nuli NlGM Ulgllt tllt kWplVN
knights who responded and assembled
at the Capitol, found a threatening and
leadpn sky overhead, However, the music
Of the band added TO the admlfing gaao Of
the curbstone audiences, raised Their hopes
and fired theft aflor and they reigned their
ptancing, eurvetting steeds with proud
consciousness.
The grand stand and quarter stretch were
veil III led with people who gnzed Curiously
O. the ly9nhnes and Cnpr de Lions aS they
filed into the enclosure. Al tile next tour.
namcnt there may be more knights, but there
will not be greater diversity Of costumes
thar. met the cyesot these galefs. The Span.
ISL hihalgO pFanGed side by side with the
COurtier Of Louis XIV, and the sumbre
Hamlet catacolel next the gay Raleigh OF
the bright rnsettel DlOnnt Of the Eliiabethatl
court One dashihg cavalier appeared In his
store clothes, but was marked BY a sash Of
bright blue Another had donned a clean
shirt, In which, minus coat and vest, he ar
reared well. And one shone up IN a ftill
Continental uniform which might have
gtaeed Wellington prior 70 the wear did