Fencing . und, and as he is lifting his re-ceding foot, to strike it very smartly, which, if properly executed,will land him on his knee. The left outside stroke is the best,because if you fail you are still able to keep a good hold, buta miss with the right outside stroke is fraught with AVhitehead, of Workington, used the right foot withdaring shrewdness, and Walter Palmer, of Bewcastle, inCumberland, was generally successful with it, but as a promi-nent chip it is now thoroughly extinct. An old-ilishionedmethod, also entirely abolished, Avas for the assailant to thrusthis kn
Fencing . und, and as he is lifting his re-ceding foot, to strike it very smartly, which, if properly executed,will land him on his knee. The left outside stroke is the best,because if you fail you are still able to keep a good hold, buta miss with the right outside stroke is fraught with AVhitehead, of Workington, used the right foot withdaring shrewdness, and Walter Palmer, of Bewcastle, inCumberland, was generally successful with it, but as a promi-nent chip it is now thoroughly extinct. An old-ilishionedmethod, also entirely abolished, Avas for the assailant to thrusthis knee outside of his opponents, and the foot inside theankle or small of the leg, thus placing a kind of lock upon theknee and leg. Sixty years ago this was a very common prac-tice, when strength alone often set science at defiance. Toattempt such a move in the present day with even a moderatewrestler would simply insure the downfall of the Steadman, the Cumbrian champion, throws most of liis. ,^^^_ :v-4g«^t IVttDM JjOOK on CUECTK, COB3PW^X£. ASIfD DSTOM CHIPS 201 men with the left outside stroke, in conjunction with a particu-larly vigorous twist, which latter is frequently enough for themajority of his opponents. THE INSIDE CLICK. requires to be dexterously performed. To click an opponentsleft leg with your right on the inside, or his right with your left,seems easy on paper, but is very difficult in practice. Ifproperly carried out, however, by an expert wTestler it is aclincher and gives the adversary scarcely any chance whatever,as he usually falls on the back of his head. Thomas Roper, ofLamonby (the famous leaper who beat the Scotch championDees at Edinburgh in 1849), was the first to introduce this chip,and since his day it has been brought to greater perfection byJohn Graham, of Carlisle, John Robinson, of Cockermouth,and Tom Kennedy, of Egremont. THE CROSS CLICK. This is a near relation to the inside one, with this difference,that you click your antago
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