The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games

Every sport and game of the Edwardian world in four volumes — from angling and ballooning to yachting — written by the people who did them, Theodore Roosevelt on big game among them.

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34 entries in this part of The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games.

Gordon-Bennett Race

OCT., 1909. the instability due to low speed, and other defects inherent to the particular design. What the ultimate types will be can…

Great Britain

from January, 1897, The Aero (weekly), Flying (weekly); The Aeronautical Annual (Wesley); The Aeronautical World (Glenville, U.S.A.); The…

Guns

ANGLING. - Definition of the Term.- Although there may be considerable doubt as to the exact origin of the term, "Angling" may be defined…

Grand National Medals

and, at subsequent meetings of the G.N.A.S., not wearing one (at least), shall pay a fine of Ios. each day that he appears without wearing…

General Remarks

The batsman's first object should be to defend his wicket; his second, to do what damage he can to the enemy by scoring runs. The two…

Googly Bowling

I have been requested to write on what is becoming almost a threadbare topic and one which I approach with much diffidence, inasmuch as I…

Googly

A ball delivered with a leg-break Not out. One batsman is necessarily "not out" in a double-wicket match. If the match is won by [See…

Gatehouse

F. J. Osmond, W. G. H. Bramson, Scheltema-Beduin, and last, but by no means least, in distance work, F. T. Bidlake, who finished second to…

Greyhound

"Stonehenge" (Longmans), 1875; The Dog in Health and Disease, "Stonehenge" (Longmans), 1887; The Book of the Dog, V. K. Shaw (Cassell)…

Gate-change – Gauntlet

Is that system of change-speed operating gear which is identified with the "Selective" type of gear-box. -The short round pin introduced…

Gentle – Grey

The special title of the peregrine, which could only be possessed by noblemen. Ger-Falcon.-Falco gyrfalco. The Scandinavian variety of the…

Galway

Wexford. none in Scotland, and 41 in Ireland, making a total of 141 for the United Kingdom. In 1895 there were 119 packs in England, 2 in…

Glacier

The accumulation of frozen snow in a valley, down which it is gradually moving. If there is no snow on the surface of the ice it is called…

Grey Plover (Contrary so far)

on the contrary, so far as the writer's experience goes, is seldom seen in flocks; ten or a dozen together is about the usual number. They…

Grey Plover (Peewit each average)

and Peewit each average from POCHARD] 8 oz. to 10 oz., their condition depending upon the mildness or severity of the weather, and their…

George Fordham

who had anything but a graceful seat upon a horse, and was a man of little education and general knowledge, but whose appreciation of the…

Goodwood

It was at Goodwood that St. Simon ran for the first time, though in a THE TATE LIBRARY, BRIXTON, S.W. was founded at the suggestion of Mr…

Guineas

Moreover, it is very probable that Paradox won only because Archer hustled Crafton out of it, and that if the owner of the latter had…

Guns (Punt gun can seldom be fired)

A punt gun can seldom be fired to the best advantage, even by expert gunners, without the aid of a gun-rest. Before attempting to approach…

George Standing

of New York, for £2,000, and in 1898 the champion at tennis was called upon to defend his title by T. Pettitt, and the match for a similar…

Gold Prize

In 1882 Mr. Alfred Lyttelton, who will always be remembered for his correct, graceful, and withal vigorous style of play, displaced Mr…

Gifford's – Gaikwar's Cup

A deeply cut notch in a ridge. A tower of rock on a ridge.

Glidden Trophy – Gabriel

ii. 46, 47 Sunbeam Two-speed Gear, ii. 46

Gade – Ganthier

ii. 157 an Gaff (salmon-fishing), iv. 98 Sir R. Payne, iii. 350 Book of Duck Decoys, ii. 71; iii. 352 The Fowler in Ireland, iii. 350, 351…

Gazelle

ii. 313-315 Addra. necked See Gazelle, Red- - Arabian (Gazella arabica), i. 75, 256; ii. 315 Atlas. See Edmi Clarke's(Ammodorcas clarkei)…

Garth – Gibson

G., ii. 60, 61 Gaur (Bos gaurus), ii. 311-313; ante, i. 246 Gavaine and the Green Knight, Sir, ii. 97 Gayal (Bos frontalis), ii. 313; ante…

Giffard – Goddard

Major Chas., iv. 435 Gilbert (yachtsman), iv. 422. Morgan, iv. 423 Gillman (Coach guard), ii. 154

Godfrey – Goodwood

ii. 325-354 Addressing the Ball, ii. 335 Amateur, Definition of, ii. 343 Approach, ii. 339 Ball, the, ii. 326 Balls in Sand, ii. 338…

Goose

Wild, Bean (Anser segetum), ii 355, 357 Bernicle (Bernicla leucopsis), ii. 356, 357 Brent (Bernicla brenta, B. b. glaucogasta), ii. 356…

Goose-shooting – Grade

ii. 359 Punting, ii. 358, 359 Goral (Urotragus goral, U. bedfordi), ii. 360; ante, i. 75, Sir Ralph, iv. 421, 422 Capt. M. D., i.

Graham – Green

W. O., Handbook to the Game Birds, iii. 381 Lord (1515), iii. 267 J., iv. 4 W., iv. 4 Grayling (Salmo thymallus; Thymallus vulgaris), ii…

Greenhill – Grimble

W. W., iv. 420 Greenshank (Totanus glottis), iv.. 104 Dr., iii. 203 Sir W., MS. by, iii. 263

Grohman – Guest

W. A. Baillie, Sport in the Alps, iv. 11 ii. 373 Moors, ii. 373-6 Natural History, ii. 368 Shooting, ii. 368 Shooting over Dogs, ii. 372…

Guinness – Gymnastics

ii. 391-402 Automatic, ii. 398 Breech-loaders, ii. 393 Buying a Gun, ii. 391 Ejectors, ii. 395 C., ii. 241 Gurnards (Trigla, etc.), iv. 114

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