The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-28
Trouville a Paris BY
the Sea.
RACES AT DEAUVILLE
Newport Superior to Any Euro
pean Seaside Resort.
LIFE ON TROUVILLE BEACH.

Where 10 Trouvillef l hear moro than one American
ask. Get your atlas good reader put your finger
on Havrs then look the Seine and there seven
miles away you will SEQ one OF the most fashionable
seasde resorts OF Europe Like most fashionable
shings it is parvenu. Though older than Biarrltz,
which owes ITS existence TO the Empress Eugenie
rrouviilc is American in years and progress In the
days OF William the Conquoror IL under the
Later 1t gradually emerged, and fishermen built their
huts upon the new made land. Forty years ago the
French artists Charles Mozn and Isabey discovered the
beauty Of the neghboring and painted pictures
that excited curiosity. Alexandra Dumas. pe,e, laid
several scenes here and straightway Paris
this bantling of She came she saw. she
quercd. She built villas. casino, a theatre and
hotels, and ~ Cordier, architect, became the
presiding genius OF the new Trouvllc In ad-
dition to his own beautiful villa, occupied
this by j. W. Mackey. OF Big Bonanza celebrity
NJ Cordier made roads. erected the fine hotel Les
Roches Nores, and turned fishing village into a
Paris by the sea. few years ago camo the Duke de
Morny who crossing tho river Tcuques transformed
The fiat sands OF Deauvillc into garden of villas What
Begrsva IS London the Faubourg ST. German is to
Paris Deanvile Trouvllc, from which 1t is sepa
rated by briogc Dcauville has Its separate
,nd theatre aud hotel, and only be attained by
those whose purses longer than their pcdrrees,
however, long the latter may be; but now that the
Empire and De Morny arc no moro Deauvillc has gone
Into mourning Many villas are TO let, and as the
Town itself HAT and undressing tho great public
prefers its less arstocratc but infinitely amusing
nsighbor, where prices high but not absolutely
ruInouk
RACING DEAUviLLE.
Deauve lays claim to tac course prettily sit.
ualod at the foot hills, and refreshing to
ran that has gone through the agony oil trying to
follow a at EPSON or Ascot II is refreshing be-
cause, instead OF being English and Irregular. up hill
and down dale, and generally out Of sight, the Deau.
Vile resembles in all but the substitution
Of turf which is great improvement Here feeble
racing takes place every year in August, and the
grand stand with the lawn its foot is filled with
we'll dressed and women OF all natonalites.
None the we'll dressed afford to be present. the
prices Of admission being tweuty1ve francs for man
and five francs for woman. The absence Of cheaper
stands shows that Trouvle harbors few poor peo-
pie as beggars and oil the at:er there are none. AS
he lawn preferred to the stand the beau monde sits
In chairs upon it, stands the chairs during race
and promeDades when there nothing to watch. The
male dressing is rule, exceedingly bad, the
greatly in favor of the Nor the of
the be compared with the dressing Ascot,
where silks and vevcts startle eye Ascot
however, Is overdrcssed. DeauvIle much more sen.
sioe, but whoever goes there expecting to be
founded saving by few bizarre totees invent ted by
the demmonde to set tongues waggng, had better stay
away.
CHEATING ON
Almost all the jockeys, horses and bookmakcrs are
Uiieh H.yiu div had tha dou io
sport OF season and wondered how people could
to find excitement in it, walked up by
s eeplcchase in which horse was so Enthusiastically
"pucd that the crowd very nearly killed the Jockey
when he dismounted His master, French Count,
had had his horse run not to win, but the miserable
cheat too transparent, and the condemn of
the Jockey Club has since been made known to the
world. Counts, real and spurious, seem to tho
bottom of most OF the dshonorablo deeds in France
rne very last scunda! comes to me from Ereat and,
rs II involves America is worth telling.
yEwroRT2
You naturally wish to know how Trouve compares
with Newport. 1t doesn't compare. Contrast
rrouve with other European watering places
especially those of England, which combine moro
northeast winds with more iormality and stupidity
than 1t Is possible for the average intellect to con-
cevc, and 1t Is the gem OF the But Newport
stands alone Its souherly exposure, Its contiguty
to tho Cult Stream render its climate charming all the
year round Trouville Is only habitabe from Juno
until October. Newport Is unique In its delightful
cottage life ana social intercourse. Its beaches
are finer and its natural facilities for bathing
greater, though the provisions made for bathing are
moro civilized here. There pretty drives here in
the interior, but never by any chance does road
skirt the sea, and anything like the avenue at
Newport is mpossibility. There Is parallel to
the Newport Cliff walk, or TO the beautiful rocks OF
Pa.adise" or to the charming harbor with It's pic
turesque fort and still picturesque Conanicut In
tho distaEce In water-iife Trouvillc is utterly
deficient AS 1t is exposed 10 the open
there rowboats, no saiboats
DO yachts only fishing smacks and the steamer that
plies to Havre and back twice day. The Prince OF
Wales, who Is here, obliged leave his yacht
Havre and take tue usual passenger boat owing to
the state Of the tide 1t is only at high tide that
Trouvle accessible any vessel Think OF Newport
barbor, gay with the white pumage OF the Now York
Yacht Club with great ships anchored OF the shore,
with great steamers passing into the Sound, with
myriad boats fitting aud fro. No who has
passed season Newport will dream OF finding its
peer--at least no one In his senses. When Newport
has fine Casino and proper bathing houses she viii
satisfy every rational requirement.
LIFE THE BEACH
Life at Trouvle Is passed the beach, which is
tort OF Boulevard dcs Itaens Here the Ioto dcs
Rochos Nolrcs and the Casino Here is of course the
bahng-machnes, drawn by horses, taxing bathers
down to the and bringing them back Hero Is the
promcnadinc hero the display of toilets and here the
gossip Much said abou, the dressing people
como here rather money than to spend it,
French people, / mean Americans aad Russians
the geese that lay golden eggs for tho hotel aud shop
Keepers raising their prices beyond those Of
Paris. Trouvillc means IL PLACE, the beach, Take
hat away and nothing remains Living on the beach
means living in popuous street, whero nobody has
,nything to do but TO mind other peoples business
To be observed
When observation means not sympathy,
Is just being tortured
Mrs Browning has written and truly. II Is amusing
10 watch others make fools OF themselves 1t is not
amusing to have ones own folly put constant cx-
hibltion, consequently Trouvic is place to visit for