Judge — October 2, 1909 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "An All-Around Sport" — Judge Magazine, October 2, 1909 This surrealist political cartoon depicts a grotesque face assembled from sporting equipment. The features include: - **Eyes**: Eyeglasses with what appear to be fishing flies - **Nose**: A riding crop or whip - **Mustache**: Labeled text (partially legible) suggesting different sports - **Mouth**: A baseball - **Ears/sides**: Appears to show riding equipment and athletic gear - **Top**: A saddle - **Chin**: A polo mallet The title "An All-Around Sport" suggests satire about wealthy Americans' participation in multiple leisure pursuits—fishing, horseback riding, baseball, golf, and polo. This likely mocks the elite's obsession with various sporting activities as markers of social status. The grotesque composite face emphasizes how thoroughly sports dominated the identity and leisure time of the upper classes in the early 1900s.