New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-19
DIEPPE IN AUGUST.
LIFE DURING RACING WEEK.

FRENCH SPORTING FRATERyITY-HINrs On ihH
ART OF DOING GRACEFULLY NOTHING shh'oo
FROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE I''n's.,'
DIFPpr. Aug. 25.-1t was under Napoleon H. |
that Dieppe became fashionable. The Eihpio'
bathed here in 1853 turning landscape gardehei "s
before noted and In her tram came the sp"hs''u
troop of male and female adventures VINO s"ai"eu
In those days in the Tuileries The place mas n',oi
lost the vogue it then acquired; nor, unhappiiY'
quite lost the ignoble stamp of the Third hihpiio'
With all its meanness of artificial exterior II mas al
air of successful efirontery.. Count de Morny pau
ronizedTrouvie and made one of his dozen spec"-
lative fortunes hard by in Deauville, where he
drove a thriving trade in lots. anu WHICH
was his creation But DIeppe has remained ono VI
the summer headquarters Of the lnlperhliS'''
Prince jerome with his boys was here not iohe
since The Princess Mathilde still occupies the hiS'
floor of one of the hotels. At every turn may po
met one or another of the who under tne LII
pre were put INTO good things always Ter services
rendered and very queer eervices some Oh 'noi"
were. Women of the same sort, and who drove
bargains OF still more equIvocal Sort ana NOT ieS'
profitable to tnem are also to he seen. An eA-ihs-
tress of the late Emperor is OF them, ana hc'
taste for trade has not expired with her mas'ci.
Her daughter Is in the market; girl not out OF
her feens: pretty enough, though her beauty Is Il"
diable; but extremely high priced. But Dieppe
is far too attractive place to be abandoned 10 the
adhercnts of a single lost cause The Lcgitimlsts
and Orleaniss dispute the ground with them. Ihe
La Rochefoucaulds have three or four representa-
tives and the Prince and Princess de Joinville are
among the habitues of the Hotel Royal Finance.
which Is of no regime and of all, disputes with the
Urleanist chief the first floor Of the same house,
where one of the Rothschilds is lodged. Dukes
and Marquses and Counts of every degree of an
tiquity: of the Third Empire; of what is called
the First Empire, that which the great Napoleon
created: and of the Empire which greater than
he founded, elbow each other on the same STAR
case. Some Of these titles really date back to
Charlemagne; or if not the title. the family which
bears ii.
Brilliant this world made up of so many different
worlds certainly is. and at this moment we are IN
the height and centre of The most brilliant week OF
the Dicppe season, with which minglcs a great
deal that is not brilliant at ALL except in pIsmage
The races are going on. They began Friday, aud
last till next Tuesday. There had neen silll more
important races at Trouyillc-orrather at Dcau-
VILE hard blythe week before, and upon the con-
cnsion Of these there migrated to Dicppe in body
those strange multitudes of humanity tor whom
the racing of horses is the central fact of life 1t
was on Tuesday that the scouts o. this coming force
made their appeaTance-the Uhlans of the turn On
Wednesday there reconnaissance In force,
which meeting with no opposition. remained and
was followed on Thursday an1 Friday by the main
body An army Of horse jockeys, bOokmakers.
plungers betting men of every degree. from the
most plebeian to the most aristOcratc. l. IS
peculiarity of this army that the camp followers
are at least as the soldiers; and are OF
The other SEX The bauc cocoticre of Paris is here;
aud n good deal mole which is not high; except
in the sense in which that word is applied 10
romc Thee uncomfortable persons must. never-
thcless be mentioned 10y the least faithful chron
cler They are as much feature OF Dicppc life
during this week as the casino itself. or Oh" beach.
over both of which they swarm like new plague
out of Egypt. 1 mention them ana pass on. ANY
body who knows what the racing world Is. the world
of what the Frenchman. borrowing the English
word delights now to call sport, krows that the
sporsmen and the cocottes hunt in couples; natur-
ally, as they seek the same prey. ! speak OF
France In America have no Doubt that racing
and all other forms of speculative industry are
conducted upon principles Of tile sricteSt morality
and that a marriage certificate is required of every
woman who presents herself at the gates of what
is the name of your racc-couIsc l-crome Park, or
some such title.
The French sportsman is himself a very
curious variation upon his English congcner;
from whom he sprang by collateral descent,
and whom it is the pride of his life to believe he
initiates It is certain he reproduces some Of the
most offensive pecuarities of his friend across the
Channel. Others, not less offensive. he may claim
TO have invented. His costume differs from the
mode in vogue EPSON or DoncaStcr. but has the
equine stamp last plainly. hat shaped ike
the half OF an egg cut in two lengthwise; a coat
COMPOSED of the other half and showing the whole
of a doublcbreasted waistcoat generally white or
buff "a collar broader and lower. and less clean
than that expanse of linen known the Byron
with broad cravat of flowing ends. scarlet or light
blue; big checked trousers, or If not checked, en-
livcnCd with military stripe at the seam. This Is
the booknaker type: one of his types. for they
are many. If ! had time to sketch portraits-l
say time because one never has so little rs when
one is idle-I should try to draw one or two of in
dividuas-that loud-voiced man, for example who
is the most prominent figure in the betting-ring at
the tir arr pigeons. Everything about him is big;
his belly biggest of all his face which rivals the
other member in rotund grossneSs. set in a thicket
of coarse whisker. and all afame with a redncss to
which beer and exposure to the sun appear to have
contributed ia equal degree. His French proves
him English. but he is of any country where money
is to be got by practising the credulIty OF
dimes He is a celebrity on the turf and not far
of is another more famous still, and unlike his
comrade in everything except the brlck-rcd OF his
complexion. He is quiet as the other is noisy.
He is vulgar, but does not brawl; cunning, but
PLAYS the game according to its laws; robs by
rule: and will take advantage not sanctioned by
custom; himself and the generation which pre-
coded him having settled what the custom should
be- suppose the foxes also have a code among
themselves for appropriatng poultry; as. again,
the fox-huntcr has for pursuing the fox. He is
quick enough at figures to have taken IA wrangler-
Ship at Cambridge: which would have profted him
Cor lacs than his present profession. None, how
ever of the really great men of the ring are here;
there is not enough business to be done to tempt
the leviathans. may pass on to the gommeUr,
the young swell or to give him his latest Partisan
title the qrdtn, who has little in common. so far
as appearance goes with the professional VINO lives