A word...

Need a word, for one-upping or one-upmanship that isn't so 20th C. Something that suggests a competition where the standards are being constantly pushed up as the competitors try to out-do each other.

Light Horse re-enactors

Interesting to see in the photos the things the eye missed.

There are three skill tests being demonstrated here: lopping the ball of the poles, skewering the ring hanging from the gallows and getting the wooden stake on the ground (tent pegging). These are done competitively in places.



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