The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-28
FOUL IN THE HUBBARD-DEROULEDE DUEL.

The practice of photographing French
duels has now become 50 general that
these pictures of peril 20 longer attract
attention hung up in shop windows. The
best photograph of the duel between
Charles Bernard and Gerault-Richard,
writes Sterling Heilig from Paris, was
taken actually after the fight was over.
The photographer was not sure that all
his plates were good. Several friends,
who naturally wished to appear, had not
been included in the snap shots. Not to
ball1 the public interest, therefore, the w
enemies stood up again obligingly.
Tho fight had been exciting. The differ
emit play Of the two men was apparent
from the first. Bernard fenced in the
Italian way-his arm straight before him,
never bending from the elbow, making all
the play with his wrist, his knees bent SO
much that he seemed net more than half
his height. His point advanced and re-
treated in a straight line, and in parry
ing it described the smallest circle posi-
BILE. Gerault-Richard did not bend SO
low. His arm doubled a little before each
lunge, end his foil often made a wide cir
Gle in the air.
They had been fencing for more than
two minutes without result when Gerault-
Richard changed his tactics. He lowered
his point a little and, keeping it straight
before him, began to press his antagonist.
Bernard kept his arm at full length u
broke ground for q yard OF two, making
clever feints in carte at Gerault-Rlchard, s
body, with the object of stopping his adj
vance. But Ger&ult-Richard pressed him.
"Hal5r, cried Demands second, yet
neither of the principals was touched.
My mans shoestring is united, +" was
the calm answer. HE might easily trip
and fall"
"Gerault," said his second, with emo
ton, "if you are not careful he will do
you a mischief. Run him through and
be lone with it
II was just about to do it," replied
Gerault-Richard complacently.
Again the two men advanced, and again
the foils crossed and recrossed and rang
loudly in the cool fall air. Once more
Gerault-Richard pressed upon Bernard,
and Bernard broke ground. In answer to
II quick feint Bernard made a round parry
and a sharp lunge III tierce.
HALT yelled Gerault-Richard' S second
in his turn. MY principal must turn up
his trousers, or he will slip
BERNARD, 2 said his second, "he means
mischief. Run him through and get 1T
over"
II was just about to do so" answered
Bernard nonchalantly. When they got to
it again, the action was so that
the foils were clashing constantly. All at
once a drop of blood was seen on GerauIt-
Richards cheek. "Halt!'' was the cry.
The wound was insignificant, but the doc
tors, in spite of the desire of Gerault-Rich-
ard to go on, decided that the duel should
end.
1t was thus the parties could stand up
against each other for a final Photographic
experience. They divided the expense,
and each now has a souvenir OF the affair
to leave to his descendants.
Paul Deroulede is now the most con-
| spicuous of duelists. He is a tall, gatnt,
loosely jointed individual, keen, wild eyed,
feverish. As he walks he waves his arms.
He cries, "Down with the fratricides!'
The fratricides are the Dreyfus sympathi-
zers. They are conspirators with Germany
and England against the unity of France.
"This disunion must be stopped says
Paul Deroulede. His method OF stopping
disunion is to gather up 500 men and
march upon a Dreyfus-Pjcquart meeting
He is a typical French fighter, and his two
latest duels show it.
He provoked his pistol duel with Antide
Boyer, a brother deputy, by calling out to
him in a debate: Shut up, Panamist
You are nothing but q quashed Indictment.
You were acquitted against reason! Kun
away again to Thessalyp'
Such words mean blood.
Now, before going further, it must be
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