There were numerous booths and tents in all directions, and swings and roundabouts, targets for archery, courses marked off for running races, arrangements for the old game of Quintain, for Sir Ralph was somewhat of an antiquarian, and wished to re-introduce it.
"Won from the Waves"
W.H.G. Kingston
"Why, he's practising at the Quintain;-ah!
"By What Authority?"
Robert Hugh Benson
Thus it was that, with a sketch of John Bright tilting at a Quintain under the title of "Pros and Cons," Mr. Sambourne found himself, at the age of twenty-two, a regular contributor to Punch-though he had still to wait until 1871 before he was rewarded with a seat at the Table.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann