10 Apr 2007
Tilting at the Ring
Jousting, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Sir Walter Scott, Virginia
73-year-old Leon Enfield in action
No one knows for sure if the sport of tilting at the ring, a form of jousting emphasizing accurate placement of the lancepoint, survived in Maryland and Virginia from the times of the first settlements as a relic of the Middle Ages, or whether the sport was revived in the 19th century through the influence of the historical novels of Sir Walter Scott.
The sport was significantly revived after WWII. In 1950, a Maryland State Association was organized, and in 1962 the Maryland General Assembly designated jousting as Maryland’s state sport.
Sunday’s Washington Post Magazine published an admiring article.
