The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-18

are very polite and merely touch their hats 20
Of tho BoIs-
THE RIDE THROUGH rHx Bois.
Whoever designed tho Bots do Boulogne knew tho
value OF q straight line. and our road now 70 over
road which can best be described by the mathematical
phrase, ga straight lina" You look before you
through endless or and tho road loses
itself IN the distance Nothing breaks or interrupts
the view II is simply straight line, embowered
under green trees that twne and bend it until
Il looks almost liKe OF those tunneed roads that
you sec in the Alps and the Navarro mountains. II
was over this road that Napoleon was wont TO post
when he went TO his favorito palace OF ST. Cloud 1t
was over this road that monarchs who lived long be-
fore Napoleon won't to make their progress 10
Versailles, and am afraid, since wc havo ventured
into this Dominion, that over This road that
the mad Parisians tramped that long and dreadful
nigh. when they went 10 bring homo their vagrant
King and Queen, who were having too good time IN
Versailles while thcir loyal subjects were suffering in
Paris take IL that In this gay party arc DIS
turbed by such memories as we go on laughing,
chatting and gossipiug, now and then bending
70 avoid the branches drinking the perfume
that comes from the dowered foiiage-following the
eudlcss carong Of the birds right along this straght
liuo, which seems to have end, but which becomes
Suresnes.
THE LINES THE LAST WAR.
Before como 10 Suresnes we see 81. Cloud, far on
on tho HILL as II were, the sunshine reflected upon
shrinking ages by lis wbe-liled stone roofs We see
the quaint old mill OF Longchamps and the raco course
In the distance where in few days all Paris Will be
assembled witness the famous contest Tor the Grand
Prize, the review OF the troops BY the Marshall
President--both events put down tor the month OF
acsu Valo
roll over the bridge the fishermen the Seine
trailing their lines and catching nothing and
pulling idly along, or resting their oars to
template our coming and going. And so we come
I'm I'll VIC are imprisoned in the narrow streets OF the
town OF st. Cloud We have no time TO 60 TO the
ruined palace but now and thcn as we pass on
some ruin--rcc OF the war. ST. Cloud seems not 10
have had energy enough TO put aside these CHASTITY
memories and then we remember that the town was
a kind OF outpost for both armies; that the French
lines and German lines met here; that this marked
the iurhest surge oil the tide Of invasion, and that
these forlorn chateaux abandoned to the crows with
the holes torn through them, were destroyed
ia the many struggles OF frenchman and German for
the possession OF the town. II Is q slow business
going through the town. You tho streets are
row and billy and tho psopls out in force And Il
will not do to run people, nor do
wo care TO tire our horses, who have al
ready had q long pull In rushing up these narrow,
stony streets; and people smile at from tho bal
comics trudge isisurely along and reach the
summit and quicken our pace over the smoothest Of
roads, which signboards cali the Boulevard Of Ver-
saillss
PARIS At OUR FEET.
We quicken our pace-ior the road IL smooth and
level q littic late, aud here are other
vehicles streaming all direcsisns streaming
For even now we have passed the walls Of chateau
marked with cannon, we have come to the brow Of
hill, and there before Ms beneath u.s. under very
eyes, as though immortal had suddenly unrolled
the scroll, lies magnifceng Paris. There many
points from which Paris be seen-Perc-la Cnaise
Montmartrs, the Arch Of Triumph, the towers
OF Notre Dame-but there IL view
SO noble that from the heights Of St.
Cloud. You see Paris IS panorama. You
al iss BEST for In the foreground Is the Bos de
Bouoene, aud just beyond tho richest and best built
Sections and all the monuments stand out in noble
prominence, aud you Nonymarre on the horizon
background 70 the picture and suggesting, rather
than showing, the vast. restless underworld, II ono
may SO call it, that lies within France like the lava
and IRE In Yesuvius. But II we were to pause and
dwell on this scene revel In II, we'll We might,
there would be end to this narrative. Az Is We
cba.saux and clustering tenemeuts, called villages
past vine shops where workmen SIT over their tipple
ana stare at us with wondering ana hope friendly
eyes; past noids whore and women At work,
and who pause and study us as We thunder along
past mounted gendarmes who now rsappear and
point the way; past rows OF carriages
banked the Notwithstanding many friends are
here before us-and then turning slowly into gate
way, and at gentle pace over country road,
before . range Of benches covered with and
women who wave their Lands In welcome, and we hear
the rising strains from OF NJ. Onenbach's operas
IRON baud hidden from US by grove OF trees. We
arc at our goal the Pare de Ia Marche.
This park very pretty. Il Is really a country
fnrm that has been transformed into private and
very exclusive racing park The track Is plain sodded
turf. There a grand stand which could more
than hold . thousand people II crowded. There
other stand, which is simply terrace, where a hun
dred gentlemen might stand with comfort. There i,
a booth where you buy cakes ana champagne
q paddock for tho horses and ponies, a room
tor weighing jockeys and horsemcn, limo OF mode
stab and here ana there ami every where the sofes
and groencst turf and masses Of trees don't know
that l give you . moro comprehensive descsip
tion OF the Pare OF La Marche. 1t compares with
the great racing parks of tho word-N ewmarxet, 10
romo and Longcham ps--about as tho Paro Monccas
compares with the Bots do Boulognc. IL is verJ
small very beautiful, very comfortable, and car
well how It fully carries out tho OF
crs. that II shall be quiet and exclusive park where
people who are people can meet with lhc,r own
friends and associates, and not BIO hustled In the
weighing room or challenged Al the betting table by
their concierge butler or butcher. In France
this means lar moro than you would imagine it "a
mean in the Upitod States, and in sporting wow Il
10 the meaning of La Marche.
THE AND HOME
Tho first race, you will observe, in the programme
for . course plato between hack horses IL wa,
before tho arrival OF mauy OF tho drags ana wal
won by Tralala easily. Tho second raco was the nrs
Interesting event OF the day. IL was Tor prize given
by the Rue Royac Cub for the best polo pony the
ground. There were nino entries Ia this race
namely ,Darline, Ticnborne, Nudge. small Philippine
Kline. Silly silver and Daisy Tho Ytdara yenar.l /.