jmbarrie and fencing

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members, i understand that mr. barrie was quite interested in fencing. i believe he was class mates with two other famous writers [e.w. hourning of "raffles" fame and anthony hope of " the prisoner of zenda" fame. my source also indicates that he possibly may have studied with swordmaster hutton at the bartitsu [made famous by conan doyle later as baritsu] club in london. is there any more info on this? is there any photos of mr. barrie holding a sword or fencing ? thanks, tickin [ralph]

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my source also indicates that he possibly may have studied with swordmaster hutton at the bartitsu club-------members, i am trying to get more on this[facts, bibiliographies, statements]---i will keep everyone posted, i am hoping that listmembers have more on this--ralph[ticking]

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Page 206 from Richard Cohen's BY THE SWORD:
  The one sport he (Doyle) had no interest in would seem to be fencing, but his friends did, in particular a group involved with the magazine THE IDLER: Anthony Hope, of THE PRISONER OF ZENDA: James M. Barrie; E. W. Hornung, creator of Raffles, the amateur cracksman; and Jerome K. Jerome, the magazine's editor. The author, who never picked up a sword was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. And Sherlock Holmes did fence.
 

[andrew]

I have to confess that it's the first I've ever heard of Barrie being interested in fencing, but who knows - there's a lot of sword play in Peter Pan.

Maybe Mackail mentions it. If someone were to undertake a labour of love and scan his encyclopaedic 1941 biography, you could just do a quick word search, but at 735 closely typeset pages, it would be a daunting task!  Nico relied on Mackail again and again when it came to checking details - "invariably infallible"...

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there's a lot of sword play in Peter Pan.----andrew, i wonder if this could be the reason he studied fencing---its easier to write about something if you know more about it by research and physical play---ralph [ticking]