Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-18

tolls are employed 30 that they WIN not
carry sufficiently far TO do any harm.
double charges of powder are used 10
destroy the aim Of good shots; and
other ruses-knOwn ony 10 the seconds
and agreed upon without knowledge OF
rrinclpals-have hitherto made the duel
more er less OF "a pasdme- Ia sword
practise. antagonists who ry 10 inJure
their opponents seriously are not en-
couraged: though Of course, OCCASION
ally "accldenis' happen.and one or 9th
or OF the principals has died. But this
IS a most unusual thing.
SOME MEAN BUSINESS"
some duellsts. however. recently
have shown "a tendency 90 mean bust
ness" and 70 Is on this account that an
outcry has been raised in France,
One Of the most mugumlry encoun-
tefs recently was the duel between VI.
sarraut. under-secretary OF the interior,
and NJ Pugliesi-Conu the Nationalist
deputy. N. Sarr7ut severely boxed the
cars OF the deputy during a sitting Of
The chamber over the recent Dreyfus
revision. OF course. a duel followed.
swords were used, and after a furious
battle VI. Sarraut was severely wound
ed under the arm.
OTHER SERIOUS DUELs.
Other serious dueis recently have been
fought BY De Roydays. editor of the
Figaro: ~ Labardesque. Max Regis
the Marquis de Dion. Gerault- Richard
and Bonl De Casteliane. Count Boni,'
by the way. Is considered the finest pis-
tol duelist IN France. lie has fought
innumerable duels. often severely
Wounding his antagonist. though not
fatally. His fayorite hitting points
are the right lung. well above the liver:
or CSC IN the leg. Il always avoid the
mead or the region Of the heart" he
said lu a recent Interview with the
writer. Persons who encounter VI. Cas- |
te.lane may feel remarkably sure OF |
escaping with their life. His expert |
craftsmanship makes him very popular
among those who favor dueiiug.
A GREAT SWORDSMAN,
Another great duelst IS NJ. Labard-
ef1re, one Of the hest swordsmen In |
Europe. He always draws blood" FROM |
tie arm or leg Of HE antagonist n
in the ARRAY. Duels with LabardbS , |
are soon over. owing TO his wonde, .si
sword play. During bis last fight with
N. D. Vellette. the duel lasted Just two
minutes. during which l.abardesque
succeeded On inhicting a severe arm
wound which quite satisfied his antag-
onist. The seconds hastily called the
duel Of and the usual elaborate re
concilation breakfast was enjoyed by
the party. Most French duels take
place IN the early morning, az some
quiet suburb Of Paris; and afterwards
there is generally a spread
HAS HAD MANY ENCOUNTERS.
Max Regis. known to fame for his
anh-Jewish crusades has had to fight
many a duel within the last few years
Out Of all these encounters he has come
untouched, often INJECTING grieylus
Wounds on his enemy. Regis Is equally
AZ home with sword or pistol. He al.
ways wears a large soft felt SLOUGH hat
AZ these encounters lie has met often
est in battle VI. LabardosQue. both
these men being deadly antagonists. AZ
each Is a wonderful swordsman. the
meetings are usually regarded IN Paris
a. extremely entertaining. Not infre-
quontly, ladies are invited to witness
tie proceedings. Duels between these
two men are never permitted by the
seconds 10 be fought 10 a finish for
Regis and Iabardesque hate each ether
80 thoroughly that II Is believed a fin
ish fight would end in the death OF one
or The Other Therefore, the slightest
scratch drawing a drop Of blood brings
the meeting 90 a close.
ANOTHER NOTED DUELIsT.
Grau't-Rlchard Is another famous
duest who, however, has done much
q suppress dueling by making it
rule never 10 send a challenge. though |
NJ never refuses one. One Of his most
Isilous Gghts was with the Marquis DC
Dion, who slapped NJ. Gemult-R Richard
I'm the face during q meeting OF the
chaGber. The marquis considering
that he VAS the offending party, an
nounce1 tina; he would await NJ Ger
ault-Rjchards seconds. As the latter
never sent a challenge. the public was
Interested 90 know how he would meet