The Washington Post, August 9th, 1993
With low humidity and a blue sky, yesterday was a picture-perfect day for hiking, jogging, biking, sailing or . . . jousting. Jousting? The official state sport of Maryland since 1962 attracted a dozen costumed "knights" and "maids of honor" and their steeds - plus 100 or so onlookers - yesterday to Jean Phillips's farm in Germantown. In this now noncombative sport, participants aim their lances not at each other but at tiny rings, ranging from 1 3/4 inches to one- half inch in diameter, the object being to spear them from a moving steed. Yesterday's event, conducted by members of the Marylan...
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