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Article: LANCES POISED IN NEW GLARUS WILHELM TELL FESTIVAL STARTS FRIDAY.(METRO)
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- The Capital Times
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- September 1, 2005
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Byline: Cliff Miller Correspondent for The Capital Times\The writer retains the copyright for this article
NEW GLARUS -- Just before 5 p.m. Sunday, Lloyd Clark of Beaver Dam and Cassandra Adams of Ontario, Canada, will strap on pads and armor, mount their horses, hoist their lances and prepare to go at each other full tilt.
Adams and Clark are champion jousters, members of The King's Champions, whose sport is galloping at high speed toward each other and trying to unhorse the opposing knight with a swipe of a long pole, without getting knocked off their own horse.
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