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...order to keep the Army from killing itself off in times of peace. Since an army is now held to be a menace to the freedom of the proletariat, it was thought wise to provide a safe way for getting rid of it. Hence the adoption of the duel...
...duel a day no insurance to pay" has accordingly become the national motto. A prominent politician, following a speech in the Diet, may expect to receive not less than half a dozen challenges from the leaders of the opposition. As the challenger always pays the expenses, the person challenged usually arranges his acceptances in order of the social standing of his adversary, it being considered a bit ulcer to be killed by a former Viscount than by a mere Captain of Hussars. Rival store-keepers now settle their differences with sword and pistol rather than by cutthroat competition. Most important...
Unhappily for those who had hoped to solve the problem of the old royalist army by this method, the Hungarian duel seldom ends fatally. A scratch on the arm, a blister on the heel, is considered ample satisfaction for the demands of honor. Indeed, to badly injure one's opponent is shocking bad taste, for it prevents his attending the drinking party which usually winds up these affairs. We thus have the example of a nation -- on the brink of economic and social disruption -- playing at Lords and Ladies until tea-time. They seem to have quite forgotten that when...
...Yale track meet Saturday it is now possible to estimate in some degree the relative strength of the two American colleges and Oxford and Cambridge, that will compete July 23 in the Stadium. This estimate can best be made by comparing the times and distances of the Crimson-Blue duel with those made in the Oxford-Cambridge meet this winter. The comparison of the marks set in these two contests gives the English colleges the edge in the running events and the American in the field. The English meet, however, was held under much better weather conditions than the contest...
...dual meet to be held in New York or vicinity or about July 29. Travers Island will probably be the scene of the contest, though no final arrangement has been made as yet. The conditions of the meet will be the same as those of the University-Yale duel with the English colleges July 23 in the Stadium. The American and English teams will enter only two men in each event, first places alone counting in the score...