New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07

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that Be M M snss sT TSss is
s S.G8 V. York xe club. @ make wit
ths su iOs OF the
cuS jacoOy upon Is Is soNa
msnted with another Importation from Fsancey TX
any case the fencing department OF ine One OF the
Ahs Gae will viii be De ade viii Be cCnan.
tendance OF fencing teacher from ,r ra him present
5 o rertaln davs and at certain hours as now Mr;
OConner is OF opinion that taxes at he can 20 on
| and become a good fencer. II he mas Tie ie'0''''
| nerve and agility, In rev mo"'"''
THE FENCERs CLUB
Tho Foncsrs. Club at No. 81 West Twenty-sec-
ond St Is n suite OF rooms In big ouiiuns' up o"'
flight Of stairs The central feature 49, Oh
| tho middle or fencing room, which is covered VII"
| fencing mats and adorned with pictures anu s'a
nary Among the paintings Is one or the preS'ue"''
| Montgomery Roosevelt who stands, foil IN manu. ~
an attitude at once easy graceful ana a9 Villa M
Blight sSngsas sn en spri.fa
known admirer OF everything that ie ar nantnc
veSp skin and m souaase is Of
de- Kay one Of the founders Of the Feneers HU
the AT ssre o ooH one hand holding his foil
the other resting his belt while across ,h9 maitrs
Gn the Sp pc ing Ts enes who has how to
make himself in short time faVor''e ANU"
Louis vauh the present fencing fosa adGres
the club Is yoans Who - fully
| centabe TO the members as were ever nou as
q Gsna e P Rs had mseI SnS s Psas
the Rue Cambon and his summer anaar.eddS nor
rsv Ills sooa sy sSo Of s"fsns
wish him to hurry them on III ,ii'e With The frb
S"s he said
found %paenee Ss marx in OF letting IH pupil make
assaults too soon He finds that II Is much better
to have him well grounded in the snnras d the
make h Seen a balance before letting him confirm
himself in bad habits by getting 10 tic "'''''
part too soon.
FRENCH DUELS NOT ALL FARCEs.
| ,ror,rs is not here what It is In France. ana
soma persons regret this because much OF 'ns
romo,ress and careless ways Of the American wouiu
| ho dona away with they say, II he knew ne wou''
| have 10 risk his life the field OF hono' u "
branded a coward, II he did not make rePafa nun
ih ~ nnI~ in a court OF law and sometimes hoi
even there There is an itea that ohs long rec.
ord OF fatal encounters in Paris Will SHOW. ~. ne IN,
en,ion Of the French duel Is not 70 ,ahe dsauats
nUnnpIsbmen, for offensive conduct which could not
we'll be punished criminaly and , %a,ch no Tren ,al
duel Is not 20 laughable thing as some , peop,'
Imagine The writer saw sevsTa,. az lie 'T ne Gran !:
g g'u where De Mores killed Captain Meyer ane
where many fatal encounters nae I man think
wbnn the Syn words ID are by the IRE as 1t Is
The famous duel between De Mores and 6ap'aT
Meyer lived asain At the F.ncers Sup FOR "' an CD
ponen, threw himself into position and pssT1 rrs(
the stroke by which Meyer lost ms i,,e p AMI Th
rokr one reF Sa fs:, that NJ
gave lessons In fencing to both Meyer ana Ds Si0'1
made him the more able 70 rsprod1ce 'h ss
BE- rmsmbrci that DE M0 who hS wah pSY 10 XII
him would certainly aim low. and Try 70 get III ;,
disabling wound that %Su see the wo keen duel
lists DE Mores and captan Meyer at the nm IN
island sg nna his IN a shs sf san masei Il
opening moves Of the famous comDa,; IN md yn mn
thier. who showed how De Mores in attempting I,
guard il whipped up the blade OF ms oPPOhs ,r
| hinyng heavily lust "a the well-bult ana athleti
De Mores did over his smaller aniagonist sent s y
be Moress sworl cut into Meyers right shoulder
rs s comriG 1n aa Wound in spite OF
| that medical science could 10
AvRELIAN scHorLs WOUND.
Another famous duel that NJ vauther shove
the decisive stroke OF was the encounter pe,"ee'
the French journalist Aurean schoii ana IN
| Comte Albert de Dion De Dion VINO hau
| habit when dueng OF whirling the point OF NJ
weapon so that the blade described In tire ar sor
81 huge cornucopla merely twisted the journalist
blade aside as Scholl unged low. ana MS rs,ur ,
which caught his opponent IN me risn, a., SUI ne,cts
wounds which kept Scholl from wiring ior 'h'e
The ,h,rd illustration OF the fencing master wa
the coup de temps. or the coup q arfe. VII" WIZ,
would be called In boxing stop ipn,n voS duelIis
Aiyhonso de Albania. who for ten years wa: ~ ~ =
fsas ana Of aweidinx an adversarys attack
sending in 4 sword-thrust In pace OF 49, :,
oiicI bv the impetus OF the attack. This stroll,
IS one ttat demands the greatest cooiness anu -
the other qualities OF fine fencer' Aha II, u ' -
| Ia n
other blow Is the way, or 1t is OF not ne s,se 49,
est use in fact 1t would be worse than useless III
der other circumstances. for It world throw on
open TO another lunge which IT would De a'"oS
s1s VII, Vas is 70 s %s
Who is not an expert now to defend himself froI
an attack with stick or club provide always
armed h, Win tw cane Dark Or an nsh spring at
and attempt TO strike you on inc heaI WIZ" ID, su ~
or e%6 DO n01 ateR. the rann springs
ina, run your stick cane or unbrela INTO u
bs Sow a. that seems about to descend upon 70,
head II you send in a good prompt Gov
d'arret." 1t Will not come down on your "ead
a." MEMBERS or THE FENCERs
Prominent among the fencers OF the Fencer
club are Fl,zhugh Townsend. Charles Co'em'
Nadal W. Scott OConnor \. Van 10 fost al
:, Charles latham. These actually In the hr
o egh, ~ the renc.rs Clubs forces. and can 81
u points TO all other members OF the orTanlza.,o
= Among the members who are good seconds to mo
J., Stephen Is. Collins Frederic r. Couder'; treder
, Il. Coudcrt. jr, Charles Bouis Gavin ne'''ii d.
II Carroll Beckwith. Clarence Clough bucl Les
Grimm CaadXe I%nFdG. ErynE s ranma Fred s,
. {" Hartman J. Humphreys Johnson Charles
% Kay, Howard Doty, ]. Coleman prayton' DR. +.
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