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high resolution print file (alamy.com)1387.—Leaping through a Hoop. (Ancient MS. engraved in Strutt’s Sports) more
A boy, barefoot, stands with arms outstretched; perhaps he has been running. He is about to jump or leap through a ring or hoop held by his two smiling play-mates.
...and if the boys leap through their hoops (Fig. 1387), as before—to them war itself has been but a new subject for sport—their parents look on with a fresh feeling of satisfaction. (p, 384)
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