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

Loder

measure 39 in. over the curve. 5 16 The Bushbucks (Tragelaphus), Steinbuck (Nanotragus campestris), Oribi (N. scoparia), Grysbuck (N…

Lonnergan

by a professional this time, and certainly the most accomplished master of the gladiator period, for whose precepts Miller's beautiful…

Lay Shaft – Lobs

The short shaft in the gearbox, which lies parallel to the "through" main shafts. Metric measure of capacity. One litre= a little more than…

Lock

Of the wheels; to jam, either accidentally in turning, or intentionally by a skid (q.v.) or hook and chain attached to the felly. A vehicle…

Long-leg – Like

A fieldsman deep on the on-side, behind the batsman. A fieldsman deep on the off-side, in front of the batsman.

Lewes's

DRAG.-Lowest, perhaps, in the scale of hunting comes the drag, though lowest only in the sense of not needing a wild or semiwild animal for…

Lieut

W. F. Fife POLO] "At the end of the prescribed time the Hussars had gained three goals, to two gained by the Lancers, and though the…

Lillie Bridge

This gave a certain impetus to the game, and some rules and regulations were framed. The club was then under the management of soldier…

Links – Lloyd No

The ground on which the game is played. To raise a ball into the air.

Leger

As a four-year-old, this daughter of Persimmon and Ornament was out seven times, and won five, failing again in the Lincolnshire Handicap…

Liverpool

In walking round, and coming to the great black fences, some of which a man of medium height cannot see over, it appears wonderful that…

London

in 1890, when Scotland easily. Ireland first began to play International Matches in 1895, and Wales the following year. Inter-Varsity…

Lancaster – Lapwing

S. R. ii. 154 Sir William, ii. 153 Joseph, ii. 393 Lang Single-trigger (Guns), ii. 394 Thumb-lockplate (Guns), ii. 393

Lascelles – Laws of

Hubert, i. 5, 10, 14, 15, 16 Peter, iv. 4, 268, 269 - Symon, Falcons Lure and Cure, ii. 184 New and Seconde Booke on Falconry, ii. 184 iii…

Lawn Tennis Association – Ladenburg

F., iv. 410 Laws of the Leash or Coursing in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, The, i. 420

Ladies' Kennel Association – Lee

ii. 93 Lady Rose (Trotter), iv. 291 Comte de, i. 9, 10 - Daniel, ii. IOI George, iv. 268 July Stakes, Newmarket, iii. 407 Jump, the…

Leeds – Low Country

i. 247; iv. 452 Lefaucheux (gunsmith), ii. 393 Robert Dudley, Earl of (1566), iii. 259 Armour of, iii. 260

Leopards and Panthers – Light Hunter

iii. 136-146; see also under Leopard and Panther Leopold I., i. 409 Lepus brasiliensis, ii. 402 timidus, ii. 402 variabilis, ii. 402, 405…

Light Tackle Club – Lipton

Sir Lindsay, ii. 152 Lion (Fel leo), iii. 148-160; ante, 1. 240, 241 in Somaliland, iii. 158 in S. Africa, iii. 148 photos of, iii. 155…

Local Sports

iii. 161-174 Arrow-Throwing, iii. 162 Billets, iii. 163 *Bowling, iii. 163 Caber, Tossing the, iii. 164 Cumberland Wrestling. Fell Racing…

Listers – Logan

St. George, i. 248, 249 Little Star (Trotter). iv. 291 Little Tobe (Trotter), iv. 292 iii. 443 Livingst ne, Dr., ii. 167; iii. 277 Ljunberg…

Lomer – Lord

i. IOI Bear Garden, iii. 247 General Omnibus Sickness and Accident Club, ii. 152 Van Horse Parade Society, ii. 152 Dr. T. G., iii. 205…

Lord's Cricket Ground – Lurgan

See under Cricket; also referred to iii. R., iv. 266 Fauna of Norfolk, ii. 182

Luze – Lytton

R., i. 244, 266 Hoofs and Horns, iv. 10 Royal Natural History, i. 241 Lymer (of Gaston), The, ii. 96 F., iii. 392 Lynx (Felis lynx), iii…

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