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.

M

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

Max

horn meas. 11 in. note of. Of these, the well-known Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) has become so scarce as to be now hardly accessible…

Medium Guard (MILLER good old school)

(MILLER.) good old school, whose name is recorded only in these two books. In 1804 a new edition of Roworth came out in which the "medium"…

Medium Guard

(HUTTON.) "Resting Medium" with the sword hand lowered a few inches until the pummel rests on the thigh, which thus supports the whole…

Mafeking

or Kimberley by wagon, from Beira, Chindè, Mombasa, or Lamoo with native carriers, it is best and cheapest to bring out from England…

Messrs (Edgington provide comfortable)

Edgington provide comfortable camp-bedsteads fitted with hair mattresses and mosquito curtains, which pack into a very small compass in…

Messrs (Silver and Co supply very good)

Silver and Co. supply very good folding lanterns with talc sides. Two onegallon filters, axes, saws, hammers, gimlets, knife-sharpeners…

Messrs (Burroughs Wellcome and Co know)

Burroughs Wellcome and Co. know all about the medicines requisite for Africa, and they supply all drugs in tabloid form. These keep better…

Moreover

the American canoes used in paddling races are much larger, i.e., wider and deeper, though shorter than the English " single-streak"…

Middle

Guard that covers the middle stump. Middle and leg.-Guard that covers the middle and leg stumps. "wickets" Off, Off-side. - The opposite…

Miss E (S Ross o Mr G Chapman Mr J H)

S. Ross... .... ... ... o 47 40 5 5 Mr. G. Chapman ... 2 47 8 3 43 5 56 5 9 Mr. J. H. Horton ... ... ... o 58 38 6 I Mr. A. G. Vanderbilt…

Miss E

S. Ross ... ... 2 52 25 3 43 10 9 7 Mr. A. G. Vanderbilt IO IO Miss Brocklebank ... ... ... ... o 46 26 IO 10 Messrs. W. J. Smith ... 2 53…

Moore

driving the "Rockmarge," with Charlie Tuppen for his guard; Mr. Barron, driving the Hampton Court "Venture," with Harry Tagg as…

Metric Equivalents – Man

One metre=3 ft. 3 in. (approx.); one square metre II sq. ft. (approx.); one cubic metre 35 cu. ft. (approx.); one litre 035 cu. ft…

Mashie

An iron club which is shorter in the head than the iron. Match play. The method of playing a game of golf by counting the number of holes…

Meynell

who then hunted the Quorn country, and Mr. Smith Barry, the Master of the Cheshire, shows that in the middle of the last century drag…

Mrs

The server's partner always stands in while the service is being delivered. He should watch his partner serve if he has any variety of…

Miss M

Sutton. 1906. Miss D. K. Douglass. 1907. Miss M. Sutton. *1908. Mrs. Sterry. *1909. Miss D. Boothby. 1910. Mrs. Lambert Chambers. 1895. W…

Miss Steedman and Miss R

Dyas. 1899. Mrs. Durlacher and Miss Steedman. 1900. Mrs. Pickering and Miss Robb. 1901. Mrs. Pickering and Miss Robb. 1902. Mrs. Pickering…

Major Neil Haig

perhaps the strongest hitter of his day, uses a very heavy, large, square head, and the late Mr. John Watson, at his best without a…

Measurement

(Penalty 9.) * Subject to local alterations, except in the United Kingdom. 2.-No pony showing vice or not under proper control shall be…

Measurer

but members of the Polo Committee shall have a right to attend the measurement when their own ponies are not being measured. 9.-The pony…

Minoru

ORBY, 1907. [Photographs by Sport & General. LEMBERG, 1910. a extent a safeguard against disease, as in a public horse-box an animal…

Mason

a well-known naturalist, states that the natives assert that, when taking to the water, the tapir plunges in and walks along the bottom…

Mrs (Gray's Cobus maria i Uganda)

Gray's (Cobus maria), i. 82, 258 Uganda, (Cobus thomasi), i. 82, 258 Vaughan's (Cobus vaughani), i. 82, 258 Western Defassa, i. 82…

Merlin – Macdonald

Falco @salon. The smallest of the hawks, but a true long-winged falcon; has been known to kill a partridge. Chiefly used for larks and…

Macfarland – Macrones

John (Rob Roy canoe cruises) i. 385 Charles, iv. 419, 422 Mackerel (Scomber), iv. 115 Horse, see Scad.

Maher – Marco Polo

H. S., iii. 126 Mahseer (Barbus tor), i. 67, 69 "Maiden Bunker (Sandwich), ii. 327 Mains (Cockfighting), iii. 254 G. E., With Axe and Rope…

Marco Polo Sheep – Marzetti

See Sheep, Pamir Wild Margot (tennis player 1427), iv. 267 the Squire of, ii. 148 Marie (Trotter), iv. 293

Mascall – Maynall

Sir Hiram, i. 8, 132 Maxse (Amateur Whip), ii. 148

Mazzantini – Medinacelli

i. 365, 369 M.C.C. see under Cricket. Dermot, iv. 213 n, Junr., ii. 57, 58 Sir Harry, iv. 213 M.C.C. challenge Prizes (Tennis), iv. 270…

Meillan – Middle Park Plate

Lieut-Col., iv. 36 Memisch (wrestler), iv. 347 M., i. 129 Menopon pollescens, ii. 379

Military Sports

111. 180-186 Artillery Driving, iii. 181 Balaclava Mêlée, iii. 185 Ball and Bucket, iii. 185 Bayonet Fighting, iii. 183 Combats Combats…

Middleman Noose – Minchin

Devereux, iii. 364 - F, iv. 410 Sir Everett, ii. 112 - J. G., ii. 406

Miniature Ranges – Moore

iv. 45 Minnow (Leuciscus phoxinus), i. (motor-boat), iii. 194 Mirgha (Cirrhina mirgala), i. 69 Miss Brown (Trotter), iv. 290

Moore – Motor-Yacht Club

C. Harrington, i. 132 J. Hubert, iv. 27 J. W. H. (of New York), ii. 153, 154. 155 Moose (Alces machlis), iii. 186- 188. See also Elk

Mountaineering

iii. 198-230 Alpine climbing for beginners, 111. 221 Alpine Clubs, iii. 224 Crevasses, iii. 218 Dangers of the Sport, iii. 206 Difficult…

Mouflon – Myers

see Moufflon Mountain (beagle), iii. 34 Mountain (coach coutractor) ii. 145 ii, 229 M. R., see Match Rifle.

Myers – Mischief

iv. 435 Pixie, iv. 439 Puritan, iv. 436 Sappho, iv. 433 Smuggler, iv. 438 Vigilant, iv. 437 Volunteer, iv. 436 Wasp, iv. 437

Rights & ReuseThe complete text of The Encyclopaedia of Sport and Games (1911) is in the public domain in the United States — like all works published before 1928 — and is free to read, download, quote, teach from, and reuse. This digital edition (its transcription, restored images, and site design) is © 2026 PhotoOpAI, and any editorial commentary we add is clearly marked as ours; the underlying public-domain text carries no such restriction.