For 10 points, name these events that often involved two men standing ten paces apart firing pistols at each other.
An event of this type resulted in the death of Crofts on horseback and in the removal of the dwarf Jeffrey Hudson from the court. A manual by "A Traveler" about "The Art of" this practice advises walking around beforehand "coolly puffing" a cigar, and Joseph Hamilton wrote "The Only Approved Guide" for it. James Gillray's "The Explanation" depicts an event of this type that involved Pitt the Younger. A claim about "the introduction of popery into every department of the state" by the Earl of Winchilsea led to an event of this type on the Battersea Fields with the Duke of Wellington. These events were assisted by men acting as seconds and took place on fields of honor. For 10 points, name these events that often involved two men standing ten paces apart firing pistols at each other.
An event of this type resulted in the death of Crofts on horseback and in the removal of the dwarf Jeffrey Hudson from the court.
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