The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-06
TOURNAMENT NTH
BE RED1IDED3 IN ENGLAND
Immense luerest created ~ the Announcement That Modern
Knights Nay II gain Tilt IL Tie Modern drena

lE b & .tGt
was then worn could be used gain olyn1i- D
pia has been professionally secured for the n
middle OF May. and 1t is proposed that the a
tournament should last for three days ss&S
Some handsome offers OF practical as S
sistance have already been received by
1 Mr.. Nc Leod Forest, secretary to tho re-
moval fund, and the idea meets warm ap-S5
proval from all connected with the hos
! ptal committee. Lord Methuen Is par
tlcularly Interested In the project, though
| his own official connection with the royal
military tournament may hinde his ia rs
I ling any very prominent share In the work X
Of organlzatio M IL rs # S5l ss3lss
| Within the spacious hall of Olympia 4
there should be ample room for the pur-s
| pose, and, what Is equally Important
since the Eglinton1 tournament was great
/ lyf marred by rain--the state Of the
weather will be q matter OF indtff Terence
AT 5Eglinton they formed the tlt-yard on
/ one OF the lawns, KS There was a grand pro-
cesslon from the castle, and whenBit had +
[3moved round the arena the King OF the
lTournament4( the Marquis Of londonderry II
land the Queen&o Beauty Lady Seymour
afterwards Duchess OF Somerset. with
their attendants, took their places on the
/ grand stand, which, with its wings, occu-a
! pied one side OF the enclosure. The
knights and their suites withdrew to their
respective tents, all pitched within the
4 arena @ 6 aRl IS Y M
Then the jousting began. knights in arr
lmor. advancing on horseback, lance In
l.hand. sought, by the conjoint use of inlTSg
4 3petus and Of Individual strength to UNI
seat their opponents. The most noticea-3
1 BILE encounters were between the Earl Of
! Egllrton (Lord of the Tournanent)a and the
4 Marquis Of Waterford (Knight OF the Ora
Il gon) There was also a brondsword en- =
4 counter between Prince Louis Napoleon
q afterwards N poleon II1-nnd Mr.. Lamb. &
4 knight Of the White Rose.
4 & On the second day rain put q st on t the
i tournament but 1t was renewed on the
i following day with great spirit The ms
4 tercst In the ga thering was SO great that
d 1t is recorded that no fewer than 100,0 900
visitors came to "tfe Castle o. Alontgom-s
cry on tho first day of tho specta cle.5 The
railways. which had begun to affect the
1 means Of communicate ton, brought a n ''nll
contiguous Britain"-as, 1t Is hoped. may
i be the case at Olympia-and steamers
were chartered from almost every port Il 81
Described by Beaconsfield.
/ It Is to Lord Beaconsfleld's "EndymIon"
/ that we may turn for a description of the
| great Egllnton tournament. There
came" he says. "the knights of the
Griffin. and the Dragon and the Black
1 Lion, and the Golden lion, and the
Dolphin, and the Stays Head and they
i were oil always scrupulously-5 addressed
by their chivalric names. After a time
duly appeared the knights of the White
Rose -. and this portion of the
company was complete when the Black
/ knight reached the castle. 80 Thera3
was the Judge Of Peace, and the Knight
\ Marshal of the Lists, and the Jester,
who was to ride on a caparisoned mula8
trapped with bells, and himself bearing
4 a sceptre $50 The splendid pavilions
| Of the knights were now completed. and
| the gorgeous throne OF the Queen of.
| Beauty, surrounded by crimson galleries.
tier above tier. for thousands Of favored
guests, We're receiving only their last
] stroke of magnihcence. N II "a AZ.
I Next follows a description of tho pro-
| cesslon. There came q long line OF ~ en-
| alarms and musicians and trumpeters3
| and bnnner-b bearers of the Lord OF the
/ Tournament. and heralds In tabards, and
pursillvants,. and then the herald Of tho
tournament by himself, whom the peopla
at first mistook for. the Lord Mayor. Then
cana the lsnigh marshal on q aparisoncdi
/ steed, himself In q suit OF Gilt armorl
4 and In q Observation-Disclosures surcoat III AZ
band OF halbertiers preceded the King OF
i tho Tournament, also on a, stecd richly
| caparlsoned, and himself clad in robes OF
velvet and erlnlne and wearing a golden;
4 crown. Then, on n barbed Arab, herself
/ lrsssed In cloth of gold,parti-c olored wit b
/ violet and crimson came amidst tremen-
i dous cheering, the Queen OF Beauty her
self, twelve attendants bore aloft q sllken
canopy which did not conceal from the
|enraptured multitude the lustre of her
matchless loneliness. Tho tallesi
/ and the stoutest of the border men bore
i the gonfalon OF the Lord Of the Tourna-
ment. VI. The other knights followed
In order. all attended by their esquires
and their grooms. Each knight was great.
ly applauded. and 1t was really q grand
sight to see them on their barbcd charg-
ers and In their panoply; some IN suits OF
engraved Milnnese armor;4 some In Ger,
man suits OF futed polished steel; some IN
armor engraved and lnlaid with gold. Sss
In the jousting the two knights WHO
i "vanqulshed everyone except themselves
were the Black knight and the knight 81
tho White Rose. and to them 1t was left "a 3
contend forth principal prize--a COLDER
helm placed upon tho yictors brow y!
the Queen OF Beauty.
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