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Monday.

Question for Monday. I'll be checking back in the early evening.

This is an adult activity, using mostly wood and steel devices. The most famous makers in support of same were based in England, later France, and then Belgium --- but other countries have their own masters. You can find highly skilled but occasionally socially ostracized makers today for the devices. They use all sorts of common and exotic materials but wood can and is used. Both sexes used these items which often feature wood as a part of 'participation'. In Europe, in private, women found it convenient to strip to the waist when doing this. One event featuring less private United States women was in Colorado in the 1800's and ended in a surprising finish. George Washington gave orders for men not to participate. The British respected the private lifestyles in these affairs. Surprisingly this was once an Olympic sport but dropped owing to social standards of the time. The teams (in the loosest sense) were two to five, with one person supported by others. This activity is very, very old but 'standards' were acceptably refined in the late 1700's in the 'civilized' world, but practically every nation worldwide has developed rules governing the occurrence--the military being particularly particular about participation. What's the activity.

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I must admit to doing research..

Would this be a club type activity? I'm not sure how "one person supported by others" fits in though.

glc

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Hard to answer. It is not a club in the

way that most associate with that term. But I'm sure that occurances took place within clubs. The activity was singular to the person(s) selected. The devices were varied but similar. the "team" might negotiate for their person, but seeing it through to the finish was essential for everyone participating.

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Re: Hard to answer. It is not a club in the

I was thinking of a "club" someone used, not Joined

glc

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addendum

I may be way off base here, becuase I only searched for former Olympic events. does subcontinent help any?

glc

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Monday answer

The answer is dueling. Gary gets a star but today just a small one for his club thoughts. Truth is any object/weapon could be selected but most often it was a cutting or piercing device. Lincoln, before he was President once (it was told) selected broadswords. As there were none in Kentucky at the time he then volunteered cow dung at ten paces. That matter was resolved by humor. My effort was aimed with reference mostly to dueling pistols. The finest makers of the matched pistols were in England, France and Belgium. The best makers used micro rifling for the barrels which wasn't permitted. Dueling pistols were supposed to be smooth bore. Dueling was codified by the Code Duello in 1777, but obviously duels were held much earlier. If you check any browser and call up dueling and name a country, something generally appears. In India, for example, they dueled with war elephants. Women fought duels over matters as frivolous as how flowers were to be arranged at an event. In private duels women stripped because of sepsis from the clothing that got into the wound. Which goes to show that women were generally smarter than men--except that they chose to duel in the first place. The Colorado women in the trivia fought over what would today be called a gigolo. Both women fired, both missed each other but one of the bullets lodged in the gigolo, a Cort Thompson. The woman, Mattie Silks, a high class dove, was a pretty good shot so the result was always in question as to who she aimed for. The 1906 and 1912 Olympics had dueling as an event--twenty paces into a manikin with a frock coat. It was dropped as a sport. The 'team' referred to was at least a second for each side who could negotiate the conflict. Many lives were saved by a good second--whose job also it was to shoot a duelist who cheated and killed the other duelist before it was time. Others were present depending on the situation. Each side also had a Doctor present. If a wound was to the gut, it was rare to do anything as it was nearly always fatal. George Washington didn't want his small number of officers killing one another so he strongly discouraged a duel. The British however thought a duel was just fine, and a successful duel was good on the record for a promotion--honor and all that. For more information 'dueling', 'duel', 'dueling pistols' will deliver as much as you want to know. It's an expensive pursuit if you want the real items.

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Not even a small star for me

I wasn't even close, well thats not quite true. the site I looked at for former Olympic Sports had Duelling next to Indian Clubs, could have been made of metal or wood, done in groups, etc. for a moment I even had a mental picture of European women in priv.. well never mind.

glc

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