The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-30
THE FRENCH TURF.


Sketches Of tho Women who Set the
Fashions-The Demi- Monde. Theatrical and
N0n-Theatricul.
II 10 not more than fifteen years since horse racing
q sport wss fairly introduced from England into
France Up to about 1883 racing the vicinity OF Paris
confined to few "scrub" races upon the rough
ground OF the Champs do Mars where the attendance
was very small and the betting amounted TO about
nothing. Now racing has become . great popular
amusement in France where IL is ENCOURAGED BY prizes
given by the government the city Of Paris and the
Emperor himself who is great patron Of the turf and
rarely fails TO present At the Sunday 1t the
Bots do Boulogue. The Jockey Club Of Paris
under whose auspices the conducted
IL composed Of the very best names in France, and
large amounts annually appropriated for prizes
by this club and the breed Of has much
improved that, well known French horse, Gladia-
tsur, has even beaten England at her game, and
won the Derby.
still, with all the evident popularity and growing
popuarsation OF racing in France is plain that the
sport is exotic, and not satve plant In the Jour-
mails devoted to sporting matters Of which two three
arc now published In Paris ~ well a. a. the Hockey
Club and the all the English sporting terms
such "surf," "jockey." "sport," betting" and
many others have been adopted Stir, with the
rapidly increasing familiarity with these terms. II
is strange to sse what horrible work Frenchmen
mako In adapting these English words To the genius
OF the French language For example, ''stseple" is
always transformed into steeples". chases gentle
men" into s.gentlemens'' s.gentlesmen riders while
the es' lie dropped where It belongs In sportsman"
and he 10 changed into "sportmsn" To this dag the
large majority Of the jockeys Englishmcp who
express the greatest contempt for the French Jockeys
Running in France, As in England. is always done
upon the green turf
The most fAvorite racing ground near Paris is the
Longchamps, beautiful plain At the edge Of the Bots
de Boulogne. Here upon q nne racing day gather an
the beauty ana fashion OF the 0ronds Monde and OF
the dersi-msonde Of Paris, and here. more than at
any other place. . stranger has oppor-
tunity Of seeing every variety Of Partisan life
and character In the grand stand ladies Of the
highest birth and most noble title, and in the grand
stand ladies Of low birth. but who by force OF
beauty talent both combined have succeeded In
placing themselves ia certain the front ranks
Of Pansian society: for 1t IL these prncesses Of the
demonde who set the fashions which, not only French
ladies, but virtuous English and American ladies so
eagerly initiate, and until lately. followed This peculiar
class which exercises such influence upon female life
all over the world exists nowhere with all its pecuari.
ties strongly Marked In Paris and its represen
tatives nowhere seen to such advantage on
race ground.
Iisan exceedingly peculiar race and may for purposes
Of description divided great cIasses-theatri
cal and theatrical In Paris the title "actress" u
lie possessor young and tolsrablv good looking is
synonym for another. which would not be considered
very credable among the theatrical ladies' OF
try. In France the great ambition OF . woman, who
ultimately aims At diamonds and equipases and fast
life generally, Is rst 70 get upon tho stage There
seems to b remarkable attraction TO large class Of
parsons here about who treads the
boards Of theatre, even a. fgsranse Most Of the
actress lrses Of Paris do mot receive money enough
from their managers to pay their carriage hire from
ve hundred francs month being the usual salary OF
these elegant and elegantly dressed women, who drive
the abandonment horses. wear tho riches. jewels and
vrtuous sstsrhood all the cvlixed and Christian
world pattern after How do they do ~ The ruined
and titled youths Who furnish them the means for eli
their grand display afford the answer
AsS xh, SsSo%,s q ss:ss w:mss rns' their s,
approaching arc. rsaIIxedf Like the gra<shopper ID
the fable they sing al summer, and when winter comes
harvest lifts with which a. kss2 she wolf from
the door, They live the butterfly life while youth
worm In winter. Those who are provident enough 10
something settle down into keepers OF boarding
ana lodging houses; many become BOZ openers a.
theatres Some become agpckers street sweepers and
Sunday has. the nrs Of the ssries of,summsr races
out II was ths first warm, sonshinv day have had
In FORTNIGHT and double pleasure witness the
time upon the bsannl green prairie Of Lonscha nps
The 'Chinonieres del Avenir" Partisan gumin de-
nominated these fast ladies, were all on. on Sunday
Here they come; somc OF them driving themselves In
eegant tnrnonta with veried servants and being
driven by their male friends
Let Us take look at = few Of them. and what they
wear Fashion rules the hour, and ladies' who follow
her dictates will certainly be Interested In knowing
something Of those Aspasas and Phrynes-the high
rbofo th~{rv AZ
her altar. Here they are-gorreous. blooming and
beautiful Let pass thcm In review. they sit In
their carriages or tread with queeny air over the green
on tho histronlc branch Of this peculiar race l.
T. undoubtedly the best and most Hastily dressed
dressed woman 10 PARIS Her wardrobe is very cxten.
svc, and the bills 70 which u leads must mako quite
hole annually In the profits OF oven the most wealthy Of
giant young lady. A year ago last summer she visited
Hombug where by bold and dashng play she succeeded
IN winning six hundred thousand francs at ronoe ncr
class she returned 10 Paris invested the larger part OF
her gains real estate and returned 70 Homburv 70 play
coming back Paris disposed Of al her property and
jewels and going again N HomburK scon lost "her all"
ners, excellent sasss and rather more n.siIscs than
usually NJ found among women Of her class Some Of
these qualities or all combined capvatsd soon after
her return financial fnepd, and l. now has ample op
portunes for INDUCING IN her exquisite taste for dress
She 10 said 70 change her costume At least six times
clothing herself ia purple and nns lusn' when she
honors the opera the Theatre Francas with her pres
encs out putting on smpls modest toilette when she
visits the Foliss Drsmstiques or the Disbursements
COmiqusa
ON Sunday shs was richly elegantly dressed in SILK
OF the popular color known the Bismarck malade
Hight chocolate color; full and long train, trimmed
with rouieaus Of sk-paits Of three-edged with silk
fringe Of the same color, forming small tasselA The
body, OF the same material Coseack Jacket with
pepum, trimmed 70 correspond with the skirt; sleeves
very large, open and bell shaped, "a la 0vecg" trim
med the same the skin and lined with white satin
Upon her bead white tuile fanchos, trimmed with
white hliss a the valley, with white tuile veil de-
scendine from the back This rich and elegant dress
which any lady might have worn attracted great deal
Of Otention upon she Rround,
There 10 very elegant also hut little 'ouder"
and presestng some new points and peculisritss IN
modern costume. An upper skirt Of dark blue sk,
sorsd into six, broc.ded with white braid; white SILK
undsnkr trimmed with hue ribbon around the bottom.
The great peculiarly OF this costume that the brsadths
Of each gore entirely separate from each other They
slightly joined about inches below the waist
rest left open the bottom where they are joined again.
thus showing the skirt between them. Each seam u
trimmed with white silk cord The sIdss Of the cores
are also brocaded with white brsid tight hitting body
Of same material and tight slssvea
Upon the heed a fanchon Of maixa coIored crane