The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1878-07-20

geous. Longchamps is one of the
most beautiful racing fields in the
world. No gravel course disigures
Its surface, the race being run on
the green sward. From the grand
stand the sight was almost dazzling.
There were a number of horses i'm
the start, the riders all in brilliant
costumes. In and around the course
there were not less than two hun
dred and fifty thousand people.
several minor races were run, aud
the concluding race was the Grand
Prix. After several false starts the
horses got off, and after a magnific-
eut run the English horse won by
head his victory, being hailed with
vociferous cheers in which, I am
sorry to say, the Shah did not join,
as it was understood that bis Impe-
rial Hlghness had dropped some
forty francs by betting on the wrong
cheral, and it is currently reported
that he inquired of the President if
he might not be permitted to ham
string the horse and behead one or
two OF the jockies.
On Tuesday, the ex-King of Han
over was borne to his last resting
place attended by all the honors
usually paid to Kings. King
George was the cousin of Queen
Victoria, and is said to be the last
male of the house of Guelph who
occupied throne on the continent.
He has been blind from his youth,
and ever since his kingdom of Han
over was absorbed in the Empire of
Germany, he has resided in Paris.
His body lay in state for FIVE days
and the floral offerings were mag
nificent. His late Majesty occupied
a modest mansion on rue banquet,
close to the Are de Triomphe.
Early in the morning a large body
of troops began to gather in the
vicinity; two thousand cuirassiers
occupied the Avenue du Roi de
Rome, and large body of infantry
stretched from the Arc de Triomphe
along the great Avenue des Champs
Elysees. A little after noon the
mournful procession moved, Prince
Albert and his eldest son following
the hearse on foot as chief mourners.
One of the most startling sights was
to see the two Kings of Spain walk
ing amicably side by side, the ex-
King Amadeus and Don Assisises,
the husband OF Isabella. Isabella her.
self was there sn exile, driven from
her kingdom like the dead monarch
whose body they were bearing to
The tomb, and she; no doubt, asked
herself, after she, too, had paid her
last great debt, they would allow
her dust to mingle with her ances-
tors in the sombre shadows of Old
Castillo. General McMahon; the
Shah of Persia, the Prince of Den
mark, and a large number of Dukes,
Princes, ambassadors and mobiles
followed in a miscellaneous crowd
on foot without any particular or
der. The procession had scarcely
started when a dreadful storm broke
upon them; the rain poured down
in torrents and the royal and noble
mourners were exposed to its pitt
less fury and soaked to their royal
skins, and SO closed the funeral
pageant of Tuesday.
On Thursday was the grand re-
view of forty thousand troops at
Longchamps. and again all Paris
was out. If there is anything dear
to F'renchman's heart it is holi-
day; his motto is the same as that
of the immortal Toodles: pleasure
first and business afterw ards" On
Thursday was another grand page
ant; again the Shah put in an ap-
pearance, and for the benefit of
your readers if asked to describe
him briefly, 1 should simply say:
unintelligent and dirty, with a skin
the color Of Indifferent parchment
and the vulgar manners of clown.
One of the most striking features
of the review was the splendid es-
cort of the Marechal President.
in advance of Gen. Nc
Mahon came a magnificent body of
Bedouins in the wild cos
tune of the desert, led by one OF
their most celebrated ceiefs. BY
his side rode the inevitable Shah,
and following came splendid
cortege of Princes, mobiles and war.