The New York herald., 1874-07-01

s o. dollar bits gathered in thick
0ehg nothing OF horses for the most
Id chiefly concerned TO lay on the beasts
Would bring In the biggest returns il they
Won. Imagine the sport TO be got by a cute Briton
ont OF these guleless French. Imagine book
maker taxing conhding Frog aside and saying.
"See, Mosoo, this horse Is at 81 TO l. which means
that II you lay on MN and he wins, you pocket
So whereas II you bet on Trent or Saltarelle, who
are at 4 TO and TO respectively, you can only
pocket shaoby sums" BE sure the Frog grasps at
this argument with all the force OF an oyster MP
ping straw LOOK at HIM fishing out his five
franc oits-tour Of them, a whole Napoleon! and
crying triuplphanty as il he had made an astute
discovery, ''But here is a horse at 100 to J. Why
shouldn't take him and win my 100 Louisf"
Well-a-day there have always been 1ne pickings
for those VINO know how TO profit by the stolld
benigntedness OF others, but happily, as ! have
Already SAID M. Leon Renault, the Prelect OF
Police, will soon be called into request 10 brush
away these spoile.s OF the Egyptians with his
broom. hear that Ls00 complaints have already
been lodged at the Prefecture this spring by agi-
tated Frogs who have been deIauded Of five franc
pieces
But to return 20 the race
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC,
as l delight to call bin, much 70 the wrath Of
many toyalists friends who insist on styling aim
the Marshal or the Duke-the President OF the
Republic, then was present with MS wife in
blue Dress all the Cabinet, N. Buffet, the lean
President of the Assembly, M. Nigra, the Ilalian
Ambassador and the our plenipotentares rom
Burmah, each in purple yeivet gown with gold
sun embroidered in his back, and brass thing
that looked like q shaving dish on his well oiled
mead. All these illustrious persons got up
fha rkaf tha win
ming horse iel to one OF the Burmese,
Tob- -Koko-si, who looked passaoly astonisned
and gratifed when Count d'Harcourt the
Marshars Alde-de Camp handed him bun
die OF hve and twenty iraIc notes. The
noble Rirman lifted up his petticoats ami slowed
away his gains In a leather pocket hang
ing along his thigh and assuredy he spent
bis time during the drive home In cOgitatng
VINE her sweeping could not ba made proftabe II
he took to it as profession. The Marshal all the
while, looked in hts usual smileess way at
the seethiug crowds OF well dressed French
women ana dusty men swanng ABOUT
unaer mis- tribune, aud when the course
was cleared for the grand race he held field
glass to his eyes aud scanned tue distant starting
post iong and intently as he may have done the
enemy's positions at Magenta. He takes great
pleasure In horse-raclng and last year when the
French horse beat the Englsn his grim features
relaxed into u smile when his aide.de-camp
hurried up, gestcuIating, "L'Angieterre est an
Io,let Marecaal ~ This year he gave a smile, but
locked rueful throughout the proceedings, every
episode OF which he followed silently through that
field glass O; his. There we're no false starts At
the ian OF the nag the fourteen horses got well
being closely followed by the eleven French steeds,
the two English (1rent and Tomahawkl keeping
behind The pace was hard, and hail way 1t began
to tell on the French horses, who one by one
dropped astern, while Trent and Tomahawk, spen-
dldiy jockeyed by cannon and Archer respectively,
worked their way TO the front. At 800 yards from
the post you might have thrown sheet over the
TWO English horses and over Saltarelle, whom It's
English Jockey tHunter) began at this stage TO
belabor with whlpand spur. But 1t was no use ;
for gathering up his mount with quiet cluck, and
no whip play Cannon shot him clear past the other
two In vain did Saltarele rally for nnal spurt
In vain dld Archer hug TomahawR close on the
rails so as to get the benent Of the Slight benz
hundred Yards rom home, and In vain did the
French mobs howl pravos TO their lavorite in
fever Of huliabaioo. Trent stuck bravely 10 her
work. shook on saltarene and galloped in the win
ner by length and half Satarelle being second
Tomahaw wk good third and the rest nowhere. so
the English present cBeered loudly, the French
shrugged their shoulders, and tue concourse OF
spectators some 10000 strong broke up
for their ride home. OF the rest
or the days dolngs 1t Is needless 10
speak Notwithstanding sunday Mabe is
always IN full on Grand Prize night as Cremorne
on the night of the English Derby which falls on
Wednesday; and when ! say full, mean full OF
English people who are so fond of exclalmng at
French immortality when az home in Their own
land. This year these purists lndulged In such a
riot OF champagne popping, dancing, shouting and
horsepiay, that double supply OF police was
necessary; ana towards midnight these poice-