Back in the day, there were FARBS, Mainstreamers & hardcore .... may still be called that
I was very good mainstreamer... Kit wise ....
Horse & rider .... course both the horse & rider were... um.... not famished as it were !
Of course, if we had weeded out all the plus size combatants, you had maybe doz. show up !
The 125th, 130, and 150th national events had many thousands ! near 10,000 @ the 150th Gettysburg !