Fencing . t-weight; the victory in each case being overformidable competitors. The extended existence of these andother amateur competitions, and of the assaults of arms andother displays given by the gymnastic and athletic clubs,has kept alive amongst professionals the study and practice ofan art which would otherwise have almost died out. Thename of Ned Donnelly has been already mentioned as an accom-plished teacher, and it is only fair to mention some of theother professors, such as Abe Daltrey, Bat Mullins, Mr. Blake,Trooper Otterway, and Mr. A. J. White (now retired). At theelder Universi
Fencing . t-weight; the victory in each case being overformidable competitors. The extended existence of these andother amateur competitions, and of the assaults of arms andother displays given by the gymnastic and athletic clubs,has kept alive amongst professionals the study and practice ofan art which would otherwise have almost died out. Thename of Ned Donnelly has been already mentioned as an accom-plished teacher, and it is only fair to mention some of theother professors, such as Abe Daltrey, Bat Mullins, Mr. Blake,Trooper Otterway, and Mr. A. J. White (now retired). At theelder University there was for a long time an excellent school THE ART OF BOXING 171 conducted by Blake, who had been preceded there in oldentimes by the renowned Tom Evans, a light-weight of Birming-ham. Numerous local clubs exist, but it cannot be said thatas yet the style there inculcated is first-rate, or the representa-tives very likely to tarnish the laurels of the London boxers. E. B. M. WRESTLING BY W. ARMSTRONG. The Hank WRESTLING. INTRODUCTION. One is confronted, at the very outset of an inquiry into the artof wrestling, with some difficulty as to an exact definition of theterm. Several of the best modern writers on the subject, thoughsuch writers are few indeed, describe it as the art of forcingthe antagonist to the ground. But inasmuch as the antagonisthas already one or two feet on the ground, it becomes at oncenecessary to go on and explain how much of him besides his feetmust come to the ground before he is considered to be * it sufficient for a hand or an arm to touch the floor ? Ormust a knee also touch it ? Or is even this not enough ? Oneis landed at once amongst a host of different rules and autho-rities, some of which say that both the shoulders must comeflat down before the bout is allowed to be won, while othersrecognise much easier modes of finishing the struggle. Then,again, there is, or at least was, a whole school of wrestlers whichmaintains that it is not
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