'Tent Pegging May Good Fortune crown all your endeavours this Christmas', 1890 (c)

Chromolithographic Christmas greetings card, after R Simkin, unknown publisher, 1890 (c).

Tent pegging can take a variety of forms, but usually involves a galloping horse and rider using a sword or lance to strike and pick up a target from the ground. This method of cavalry training has developed over the centuries into an established military sport.