Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-06-20
INTERESTING
Events viii TransDlre at the Fair
N Ground Thursday, the 22d.

The Leader takes pleasure in pub
fishing the rules in full of the mount
ed sword contest, also the Indian tent
pegglng, which lis entirely new here,
It originated in the Dast Indies and
was a sad lesson to the British army
during the mutiny at Cawnpore, Ala
habad and Lucknow. A tribe in Mid
die India, known as the Sikahs, are q
very powerful race, seldom under six
feet in height. They are expert horse
men, but feared to give battle 10 the
British on fair terms and waited until
the soldiers had retired for the night
under canvass OF course all soldiers
know there is rops to all tents called
the "guy" rope, made fast with a guy
peg. The Indians conceived the idea
that they were expert enough with the
lance to charge the sleeping camp pick
these pegs out of the ground and
thereby letting the tents fall on the
sleeping and helpless soldiers. The
charge was more successful than anti
cipated The tents of the whole camp
fell to the ground like one and before
the men could extrlcate themselves
they were literally slaughtered by a
second charge of Sikahs. The British
today are as expert as the Indians
The people at the fair ground Thurs
day will be treated to demonstration
of this by three of the worlds greatest
exponents.
RULES FOR MISUNDERSTANDING
1. The contestants for an Indian
tent-pegglng contest shall be mounted
in military style, with an S-foot lance
or spear.
2. On the order to charge, the con-
testant whose turn it is must gallop
his horse and cover 100 yards inside Of
ten seconds; he must keep his lance
horizontal and no lower than his head
until within 80 feet of the peg.
8. Once a horse crosses the starting
line with or without command, such
crossing shall count as one of the
trials allowed; and no contestant is
allowed to touch another horse or
make any noise at the starting point.
The number of trials shall be mutual
ly agreed, but must be z, IA or 81.
4. Pegs must be inches in length,
2 inches in width and 2 inches in
thickness and must be driven into the
ground inches.
8. Points shall count as follows:
Hitting peg g.; splitting, 6; Carrying
80 feet, 8, and returning to judges, 12
Judges can allow three points for
horsemanship and neatness of rider
and equipment.
RULES FOR BROADSWoRD CON-
TEST.
Contestants shall be required to fur
nish their own horses, weapons and
equipment, as no allowance will be
made for failure to continue the con-
test for want of either.
All contests must be fought with
regulation swords. The contestants
Shall toss for choice of corners and be
in their respective positions.
When the trumpet shall sound the
attack, the contestants shall gallop
their horses over the center line and
meet, right hand to right hand, and
continue to attack until either gains
clear cut.
Should both contestants strike at che
same time, the referee Shall award the
cut to the contestant who in his esti-
mate has delivered the most danger
GUS cut.
Both contestants shall show fair and
equal play.
Should either keep out of reach of
the other for more than two seconds
then the umpire shall draw four lines
each four feet apart, and on the com
mand attack" each horseman shall be
required to bring his horse inside the
line within thirty seconds, of his op-
ponent or forfeit a point
Should either contestant willfully
strike his opponents horse he shall
forfeit point, and for repetition lose
the contest. Two minutes shall be al
lowed to expire between each attack.
Should contestant be disabled he will
be allowed five minutes to renew the
attack.
Points shall count only on the armor
no cut on the head or arms shall count,
although 1t is fair to strike an oppon-
ent anywhere above the lower part of
his armor. Any cut delivered below
the lower part of the armor shall be
reckoned a foul.
All movements must be made from
the gallop, and should either fail to
gallop his horse a point shall be
awarded against him.
Should the horseman be unhorsed
during the attack, he shall be allowed
to continue on foot until point is de-
cided, chen he shall remount and con
anue until the contest is decided.
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