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SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF ALL NATIONS
#45 - EGYPT
Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1893
Lithographer: Kaufmann & Strauss
  
| "COPYRIGHT" Text Variations |
| There are three varieties (that I know of) in the "COPYRIGHT" text which
appears on this card, as shown below. In all three cases, the text
appears in the lower right corner of the card. |
Text reads: "PAINTING COPYRIGHTED 1893 ARBUCKLE BROS."
and is 27mm long. This is the more common wording that appears on the
cards in this series (and is shown on the full-size card above). |
Text reads: "PAINTING COPYRIGHTED 1893 ARBUCKLE BROS." and is 28mm long. |
Text reads: "COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY ARBUCKLE BROS.N.Y."
This is a less common wording that's only known to appear on a limited
number of cards in this series. |
| (For an overview
of the copyright variations in Sports & Pastimes, click
here.) |
| Reverse - Text |
Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section: |
| EGYPT. |
| AMONG
the earliest of civilizations was that of the Egyptians. We are told
that they played many games of skill, such as chess and draughts, a
pretty fair index of their mental culture. They were a very religious
and war-like people, and in their celebrations and triumphs, given to
most gorgeous splendor and pomp. They were luxurious by nature, and
though very indolent when they chose to be, could develop great energy
when occasion demanded. |
| Archery was universal
in Egypt. The bow and the arrow and the quiver were part of the
equipment of all males. So great was the proficiency of some Egyptian
archers, that these could mount their chariots, and while driving at
full speed, could drop the reins, take up the bow and arrow, and hit a
fair mark at considerable distance. |
| A primitive game of
billiards was in vogue on the banks of the Nile as early as the days of
Cleopatra, for Shakspeare makes her say "Let us to billiards." It was
probably played by driving a ball through a ring which turned on a pin
fastened in a table or on the floor. It was only later that a mace was
used to push the balls, and the cue is but a century old. |
| Games with balls
existed from the earliest times, and the Egyptians had a peculiar game,
in which two of the players sat on the backs of other two. Thence they
were ousted, it is probable, when they failed to catch the ball, making
place for the players whom they had ridden. |
| The Egyptians were
great hunters too. They actually tamed lions and trained them for the
chase. Then they would mount their chariots, and using the lions to
stalk the game, would shoot them with their arrows, as their prey would
pass, trying to escape. |
| The lyre was a
favorite musical instrument, and deftly played was most charming to hear. |
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NOTE: To see non-Arbuckle usage of this
supposedly copyrighted Arbuckle illustration,
click  here.
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