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When it comes to the King Arthur story, a myth is as good as a mile. Just about all anyone knows of the historical Arthur is that he lived in the 6th century. Nine hundred years later, when "Syr Thomas Maleore, knyght" put together Morte d'Arthur, he was already synthesizing a well-encrusted legend, the sources of which he "dyd take oute of certeyn bookes of frensshe and reduced it in to Englysshe." Another 400 years and the parfit gentil knights in the pious allegories of Alfred Lord Tennyson startlingly resembled iron-padded Victorian cricketers, later followed...
King Arthur of Britain lived about 525 -if at all. Legend encrusted his name almost at once. Nine hundred years later the Arthurian Cycle was already decadent when "Syr Thomas Maleore Knyght" wrote his Morte d'Arthur. Another 500 years later, with Tennyson's pious allegories, Mark Twain's farce, John Erskine's sophistications, etc., King Arthur was still going strong...
...yard run.--Won by K. A. Mayer, (Cor); second, L. Terrell, (Pr); third, W. Rice, (R); fourth, J. Stewart, (Y); fifth, L. Souder, (Syr). Time...
...yard run.--Won by K. A. Mayer, (Cor); second, M. R. Gustafson, (Penn); third, C. Shaw, (C); fourth, F. L. Turner, (Syr); fifth, A. J. Coakley, (D). Time...
...Erdman, 416 (Pr); D. A. Uebelacker, 438 (Pr); D. M. King, 437 (Pr); J. N. Armstrong, 441 (Pr); A. L. Fagan, 442 (Pr); P. Kissam, 443 (Pr); F. Pardee, 444 (Pr); J. Summerill, 460 (R); F. Hoffman, 461 (R); C. W. Haldeman, 468 (Sw); G. Pelletier, 484 (Syr); P. B. Cowles, 486 (Y); F. A. Roache, 548 (Y); D. B. Ford, 518 (Y); E. K. Welles, 494 (Y); W. J. Connolly, 519 (Y); S. L. Reinhardt, Jr., 520 (Y); R. W. Landon, 521 (Y); J. E. Neville, 490 (Y); H. S. Thorne...