The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
4 FURIOUS SWORD FIGHT.
Marx6iious skii and sand Displayed Mt tho
Thomeguex-PIni Duel In Paris.

ThomeRuex-Plnl Duel In pnrlS.
On the very same day that the CorbStt-
Fitzsimmons match was fought at Carson
City, English fashion. the Paris'ans enjoyed n
tamons FIGHT. French fashion. in the duel be
tween the great Italian fencing master. tho
Chevalier PM. and NJ. Thomeguex. e re-
nowned Partisan swordsman. A brief men
ton o. the affair was cabled TO the newspapers
here. IN which & was treated. rather lightly'
but, in reality. It WIS desperate fight. In
which marvellous phasea OF fencing were dis
ulaycd. II was q nIne-nout battle and lasted
NOR. than forty minutes. Its semi-interna-
t,onal character gave II considerable additional
interest. II was Witnessed by . host of sight
seers. all gathered near the stand Of tho Saint
Ouen race course. In the crowd were many
photographers taking snapshots. aud ono OF
them had q kinetoscope. which took In tho
combat from start to finish. Just as in the case
OF Corbett and Fitzsimmons. Tho cause of tho
IL was q case OF mistaken identity.
At about 9 p. NJ. tho principals, with their
upon the ground. lie appeared to DO delighted
and warmly shook tho hands Of many friends.
while the photographers opened nro upon him.
tank. immediately aflerwArd Tho1negncx
appeared; He was smiling, and. like PM.
greeted his friends, while til" SnApshooters
The grave respon sibility OF directing tho
SomU upon n. Gcorae. B%reit,mSyer. When tho
swords were crossed and tho nsual, Go.
gentlemenN wa; pronounced; the light began:
weapon well IN line. and. advancing. made soy.
crni Eel nta for en- opening. N. PM remained
chancs FOR a deadly riposte. but fortune did
not favGr him. Ncverthele's, in this bout,
, ns ats" Was rs Hls HsieT nna tho i'S Sa Ttie' Na. T res
ncwed with v!Gor.. Evidently tho mon were
evenly matched. The second bout was with:
-, I.,tlnpt hnrnnd uivtnU an nThtlitinn nf
splendid swordsnanship.
In tho tl.ird bont ThnmeGuex. f~ancyinc that
10 had wounded PM IN the arm, lowered his
weapon, Tho surgeons rushed III and found
thai PM was not touched. ., a.,
ming rapidly PM drove his weapon AT Thorn
eguex's chest. hut u vigorous parry sent II TO
lie ground, Tho poi9t landed on a stone;
worthless. Another sword was handed TO the
Italian professor. and tho NTH bout was with
OUT Incident. The comhatants were winded;
the seconds, who beloved that II: Phi was
wounded TH. iId IL .., tho no STw Faced dc ea %S' oib.p TOR tho
scyonth bout, They bounded at each other,
lunging with wonderful force and carrying
on reachsi the guard OF Thomegeux's. and for
The second time tho formers weapon WAS bent.
eighth bout was begun with furious attacks on
catching for = F'p0 oG +, : Appa n 9 \, o Ihr,,9
at Thomeguex's breast some OF the spectators
shuddercd. and many Of them thought that tho
man had been run through. or AZ, least
BADLY wounded; but n parry, that Is de-
scribed as something marvellous" by the ex-
ports who saw II. saved rim, and when the sec
Onds and surgeons rushed In, they found him
unhurt and smiling.
In the ninth bout VI. ThomeGeux was wound.
ed in the right cheek. He declared that II
was merely a scratch. and Insisted upon going
on. but the surgeons insisted that the inter
nal hemorrhago interfercd with his breathing
TO such n degree that he was In u coalition Of
inferiority. NJ. BTeiv'msyer then stoppe the
combat.
The Chevalior PM advanced toward NJ.
Thomegeux and offered him his hand: The
airy remarks. and the two men left the duelling
ground fast friends.