, 1877-07-01

! Ind, p nbrk behind agatn, istrachipo. ycrneun
| fss Y y. toarth~ ~.nrd the resi- ntwiiere.,
There y ~ W. 10. IN tht: clnnp Of the book-makcrf
oVsr Snatt :Ei.Eitapht's success, as Jou mss
t-nsisye l1s: Een;sralfphb hb||:, however, fel: no
s,t1ast1c dellxhs Wiki h hardly surprising,
:dnr Il ',ad rnt M 81 ila money on Jon2lear and
I e:nt'ii' When eEnason walked the winner IN,
ne WA Kreetea NTH fcy colflness. rather
fancy Count Lagrange's popularity is likely to
| suffer from the victory. Tie noble owner
| OF Saint -Christophc has been suspcctcd,
'asn~ S,s Or 1,te,xt rfSao%t ao' ; Of sharp
on the running of Verneuil showed tlat Tie
vulgar were not at all satisfied that tile ,uuiny
had been 60 ''square - rs it might. Tie victory
o1 saint ChristoDhe was connected, not u1s-
naturally, with certain incident that occurred
last week. Without ycnturiug to slcduce INV
inferences from it, will give you the uajn u:!-
varuislel tale; Count LaEr:u.c Fad two
horses engaged in the Prix dc Deanyille,-a
a rars worth worth 1o,ooo francs One was Braronriier,
had been backing the latter, but, when the
horses approached the winning post, Braconnier
was observed to be ahead. with the race well in
nand. Percctvins this, and, it is said, acting
pulled up sufficiently to allow Saint Clris:ophc
to pass lin aut eventually win. II the story Le
true.-
IT HAS. NOT EEEN cosrRADIcTED YET
y is not calculated to reflect honor upuu the no
Bile Count. Tic uurcasonine public, which
does not concern itsclf greatly with tho betting
book Of II. de- Lagrange, and innocently louks
upon fair field and no favor US tlcsiderata in
hor5e-rae ng, could no: contain itself SO
have wished, and Braconnier's jockey ca1ue in
Tor sundry hisseS expressive OF the most dis
respectful feelings for hmsclf and his employer.
Some slight inquiry into the lights and wrongs
Of the matter by the Jockey Club would be re-
Of the fourteen raccs for the Grand-Prix that
haye come oil since its Institution III 1863,
five have been won by English horses, one {last
year) BY Hungarian, and eight by the French.
francs, ,and, thanks To the tong odds h:ttcd against
saint-Christophe, Count Lagrange is thought
tt have pockctel at least twice Al much more,
OF altogether something like $.U,tO0.
p Tie close o{ the bulniner-nceting in the Dpis
dc Boulognc is usually tho signal for a
GENERAL BREAKUP or THE rARIs SEASON.
Such Society as VIC t'avc, in the narrow sense OF
the word, will soon be starting for the Pyrencrs
and tue seaside. Marshal 3lacMahon, how
some while longer, unless the troplc I
temperature drives him away. lie has u |
particularly warm time: before him. Next |
Saturday is fixed for the reassc1nbling OF Par!ia-
ate will vote the dissolution, Us tic Lcgiti1ni.ts
have decided on throwing tn their lot with tho |
Government. Tncrc will he u t-cmennn,,s !
rush :or seats at Versailles on Saturday. |
from nave H. ereTy nat b pron'!fe ar ef BE- dssn tss.
pointed Apart from the coming dis |
solution, and the recent condemnation of NJ.
BonnctDuvcrdicr to fifteen months imprisn-
mcnt, the chief topic Of conversation in po- !!
ltical circles is h. Gambetta's speech OIL the
situation, at A1niens. 1t is worthy oi. i.rcnlark
that the Republican leader made no mention Of
NJ. Thiers' candidacy for tllepost Of President.
This fact tends to confirm what wrote you iii
my last.
Nothing new in the theatrcs. It is pretty I
certain now that shall tlayc Patti at the ltal-
iens, pe< niatgre ette f,<.7etre, this autumn.
C;ounod is writing an opera in five acts for the
r},catre-L Lyriquc; and with this bit Of news [ !
must really close, or shall melt altogether.
HAIRY 81. MICHEL. !