1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

Whenever one of the jury thinks that he sees a hit, he must immediately call out‘Halte’. When ‘Halte’ has been called, the President shall loudly ask both the jurors, Nos.1 and 2 on the left and them only if D, on the right has been hit, and then thoseon the right, 3 and 4, and them only, if G, on the left, has been hit, commencingwith the one who has called “Halte”. This double question must always be putby the president, whatever his own opinion regarding a hit may be. In any case,jurors 1 and 2 on the left will not have the right to voluntarily express an opinionif G, the fencer on the left, has been hit, since they have to watch fencer Don the right; but, very exceptionally, in case of doubt, as, for example, a forwardhit, the President may consult them. The same remarks shall apply to jurors 3and 4 on the right, in reference to the fencer D on the right.The jurors on the left must not forget that, generally, one of them can see thewhole of the left side of the fencer D on the right, while the other sees the wholeof the right side, and that only the front portion of the body can be seen by both.They must be very careful not to refuse a hit noticed by one of them which cannotbe seen by both of them at the same time. If they have not seen anything theymust abstain. The same observations apply to jurors 3 and 4 in regard to the fencerG on the left. To the successive questions by the President, Is D hit? (“D est-iltouché?“) “Is G hit?” (“G est-il touché”), the jurors shall reply loudly ‘Yes’ (Oui),‘No’(Non), or ‘I abstain’ (Je m’abstiens) without any explanations, unless the Presidentputs an additional question.If one of the jurors says Yes (Oui), the other No (Non), the President, whoseduty it is principally to watch the course of the combat as a whole and no fencerin particular, in order to judge clearly the simultaneousness of the hits, may, howeverhave seen the hit made; he will in such a case divide the jury, but he will givehis opinion last. If he does not do so, the fencer will have the benefit of the doubt,and be declared as not hit; but in order that his opponent may not suffer from thisdoubt, if the latter be hit at the same time or later, the last named hit will likewise be cancelled and the combat will recommence.If one of the jurors says ‘yes’ while the other, not having seen the hit, says‘I abstain’ (Je m’abstiens), and if the President cannot pronounce an opinion, thefencer is declared hit. As a rule, if there is a doubt, the fencer has the benefitof it without his opponent suffering. If one of the jurors abstains, the opinion ofthe other shall decide.If jurors 1 and 2 on the left declare the fencer D on the right, hit, and jurors3 and 4 on the right declare the fencer G on the left, hit, the President must immediatelyask if there was any remise, and, if so, which hit was first. He thenshall ask jurors 1 and 2, on the left, to point out the exact spot where the fencerD on the right was hit, by putting their fingers on the spot touched, and to indicatethe slope of the body at the precise moment when the hits were made.(Difference of length of line.) The same questions shall be put to jurors 3 and4, on the right, regarding the fencer G on the left. Then the President will communicateto the 4 jurors the results of their replies regarding the time and lengthof line. Since, on the other hand, though the jurors are directed to watch onlyone fencer, they may have been able to form an exact impression regarding thetime of the hits received and given, the only course for the President will be totake the jurors’ votes, beginning with the youngest. He himself will vote last.He will then ask “Is it a coup double?” and, should he receive a negative reply,“Which one is hit”.The Jury will be invested with plenary powers for the observance of these rules-It will have the right, after giving one warning, to disqualify anyone not conformingto these rules.1019