Tradition Lives On

      The white Arabian on which Paul A. Fleury, 3rd is mounted was named Monarch, and was a former circus/rodeo performer.  Mr. Fleury was Grand Marshall at all of the Tournaments held at Saint Stephens Church, Bradshaw, Maryland  from the early thirties until World War II and then revived for several years after the war. He also marshaled many tournaments at other locations, upon requests. The last one being for the Boumi Temple at Owings Mills, Maryland, when he was 83 year old, on which occasion he stayed in the saddle for eight continuous hours. 

      While the three older Fleury brothers, Paul, Charles and Bill, rode in tournaments infrequently, Alex participated in practically all tournaments held on the western shore of Maryland, and some in Virginia and West Virginia, from 1935 through 1942, with Lewis joining him after 1938. 

      This was, of course, before the formation of the Maryland State Jousting Association, and the informal State Championship went to the highest money winner each year, which position Alex occupied in 1938, 1939 and 1941, and Lewis held in 1940. 

      Paul A. Fleury 3rd, was instrumental in the revival and continuation of Jousting in Maryland and was recognized posthumously by his installation as a charter member in the National Jousting Association Hall Of Fame at Natural Chimneys Virginia.  Alex Fleury was also installed in the Hall Of Fame in 1999.