The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-07-01
PARIS LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
PANS. FRANCE. June II. 49,

PARIS, FRANCE, June II, 1917.
Just one year ago, when ] saw for the
first time the races for the Grand Priy,
there was Marshal Mcmahon seated in the
most prominent place on the Grand Stand,
surrounded by Shah Of Persia, who ap-
peared to be dressed in a gentleman's gor-
gcous morning wrapper and smoking cap;
Amedcus, EX.King Of Spain; and other
royal personages. oday President NJ.
Grevey has the place of honor and other
royalties surround him. Frenchmen and
Frenchwomen enjoy the race just the same,
no matter whether Republican or lmperi-
alist president occupies the purple pavilion.
Gay, enthusiastic, art LOVING, excitement
craving, sublime, selfish, grandly contempt
ible French people To see them and 10
know them is to open an entirely new vol
ume of human nature.
1t may be well to remind your readers
that the Grand Prix dates only
from 1868. Before that time foreign
horses could not compete for prizes
in France, or rather they could not carry off
any prize. When the Jockey club was ap-
piled to on the subject they declared that
their statues forbade them TO LET six pence
be diverted from their funds in favor Of
foreign horse. The difficulty was turned
by NJ. de Morny, who contrived that the
grand prize of 100000 Francs should be
given half by the city Of Paris and the
other half by the five principal railway
companies. The idea was just, no less than
ingenious, both gain by the influx of 7isi-
tors. The first grand prize was won by an
English horse-Ranger-and great outcry
was made on the score that the good peo-
pie of Paris were simply was makinga pres
ent of several thousand pounds year to
perfide albion. But the second years prize
was carried Of by NJ. DelamoTres Yer
mouth, and of the sixteen that have been
run for, up to and including today nine
have been won by French animals.
To come to the event Of the day, and to
begin with the weather, which has so i'm
mense an effect on such meetings. 1t look
ed black and threatening all the morning
and at hall past one, just when the ma
jority of visitors were preparing TO start
there came on a sudden and violent storm
The weather then remained iair until somC
time after the grand prize had been run
and it was only those who waited to see
the racing out who were caught
in second down-pour as violent
as the first. The course was unusually
well filled to-day and fancy there were
more drags on the hill than are generally
to be seen. As to the grand stand j,
could not have held more people. Not
only were all the trlbunes densely packed
but the entire space was occupied by
compact throng, and half the numbers il
the weighing-ground can have seen n
more of the great race than if they had re
manned in Paris The presidents tribun
was thoroughly well filled, NJ. Grivy ss
in the middle OF the front row, looking
must be confessed, as if h
did not at all like his prominent position
and as though he did not care the least i
the world about what was going on. Mao
anne and Mdlle. Griy were, of course
there, together with the ladies' of sever,
ministers, and also remarked the pre-
cnce Of Count Benst, Prince OrloG an
several other ambassadors. AS it is cel
tain to be stated that the Prince of Walc
was there, II is well to note that, if b
royal highness was conspicuous at tn
Longchamps race.conrse to-day, it was |!
his absence. II is known, Of course, thi
the prince never attends Sunday race
hut some of the French papers give sue
circumstantial accounts of the disposal I
his time when be Is in Paris, that, if