Their humor in the main, manifested itself in coarse and vulgar jests.
For athletics they had their turn vereins in which men went through hard, laborious exercises which made them muscle-bound.

Their favorite sports were hunting and fencing--the desire to kill or wound.

They rowed some but they knew nothing of baseball, boxing, tennis, golf or the usual sports so popular with young men in England, France and America.
Aside from fencing, they had not a sport calculated to produce agility or nimbleness of foot and brain.
Their emotions expanded and their sentiments thrilled at the spectacle of war.

Uniforms, helmets and gold lace delighted their eyes.

The parade, the guard mount, the review were the finest things they knew.