The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-08
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DAY. ana the Psrisians are now enjoying the
excitement and surprises OF the great racing
fortnight which began yesterday with the
Chantily Derby. and which will continue next
Sunday with the Grand Auteuil stseplechase,
and end on the following Sunday with the
Grand prx During this fortnight the
n,atSrRlsm Of French life inaniiests IL.
self In the highest degree. and tho pursuit
Of pleasure seems to DO moro than ever the
unique preoccupation OF the whole popula-
tion. 1t Ia always marvel to the stranger In
Paris to ses 90 many people Of leisure sitting
At the cafes. lounging along the boulsvartls.
summing themselves In tho public promenade
ana gardons. riding and driving In the Bols do
Boulogno. dining sumptuously In gilded res.
tsurants. and apparently leading life Of pure
leisure. exempt from oil duties and all cares.
In oil public resorts the stranger will be
struck By the same aflusnce OF apparently
well-to-do people OF leisure. At THE Melissa.
nier exhibition. ut the Salon. at the flower
show. the visitors daily number many thou.
sands; ut the open.air restaurants In the |
Champs Elysee such 10 the afiuence that ia |
blss are retained week In advance; at the |
summer circus on the two fashionable nights |
almost all the seats are held By subscribers |
for ths season: on Tuesdays and Fridays
the immense Hippodrome often holds it, max
imnm Of 5000 persons. But this Ia nothing
compared with the multitudes that can always
md time to 60 to the races. both on week days
and ON Sundays. Horse racing and its access
sories may truly be said to be.the most popular
amusement Of tho modern Parisians. and to be
vt present the most democratic. aftor having
begun ~ the most aristocratic OF pleasures.
During the spring and autumn hardly day
passes when there are not races somewhere In
the environs OF Paris. at Aoheres. Saint Ouen.
vinosnnss v6sinet. Maisons-Lafitta. &C.; al
Qnn IA thoen
Partisan hippodromes Of Longchamps or Au-
tDuilI tho Chantilly week 10 one OF the great
events OF tho Partisan season; and a. II this
we're not enough. the recently established Rid
Ing and Coaching Club has organized SOL called
private meetings for gentlemen riders at La
Harche. Q beautiful village between Saint Cloud
and Versailles. To describe one OF these race
meetings 10 to describe them ail; the main
features are the same: the elements Of the
crowd ere the same: the only difference 10 In
the vastness Of the multitude. which reaches
the acme on the Sunday Of the Grand Prix.
when the usual Partisan public IL reinforced
by thousands Of provincas and foreigners.
who ind in tho Grand prix pretext for
holiday.
But Let us take an ordinary Sunday meeting
at Longchamps or Auteuil. Soon after ~ the
b0ulevards are invaded by immense breaks.
huge vans covered with tents and drawn by
five etnlwart horses with jingling bells on their
collins. The driver Is dressed like theatrical
position. and wields an immense whip as
he cries out in a hoarse voice: "Toila
the raees.") In these and in other
less we'll appointed vehicles the popu-
lace is conveyed up tho avenue Of
the Champs Elysee. and through the Bots do
Boulogne to tho course unless they choose the
still cheaper route BY river steamer or railway.
People higher up in the social scale go in those
agrsesbls little victorias that servs as cabs In
Paris In hired vehicles OF all kinds.
Or in their private carriages. Arrived
At Longchsmps the public separates.
The plsbsisns pay their twenty cents
and 90 on to the course; some few score car
xtages drive up alongside the cord: the swells
DAy their four dollars. and have the run OF the
weighing paddock. On the day Of the Grand
frtt y the westhsr is fine Y may be- rsck9ns ned
toward Lon chs amps. and that some three to
four s%nd.sd thousand san people St66er on the
q a. ssua 1Ss q sS
S}slds and discovers = horizon Of, wooded hill:
sidS. with. 10 the distance. the delicate spire Of
sSs.s:s M az sa
srs dsIiciously green and fresh. and tho vast
fstsIins 5, shs main gate, We arrive 10 The
Weighing. paddock at the back Of the grand
lif: eo!nsr o 81 : PARK : big lawn intsrssstsd
broad srsvsl pSths and SS
round house for refuge in case Of rain. To the
left i q vast semioirce Of little black square
boards mounted on posts: AT distance YOU
sDpro.sh q ' folmIdsbis sowiins and roaring Ing
and ye!ping oonyincss you that these black
ieai: 70 one. Little Se4 bass nSu%bsE Ana
Ensiish the book makers pursue their
trade: each one mounted on u pedestal i
s:s to Il. lit sR While hfnaRS s.nd s
behind the blackboard. registers the bet and
The nambes Al the other snd q the s paddock
sscDie Isds under he eyes 81 the s%stsurs ana
ga S Or ~ 'b Ssot WAX
s.sBina psadoef 'ns IonseSs asx psed
% s. very select. but nowadays. since gambling
S .ys s.. az o ss
!!e@ s:iset Very isT Iss:l ladies are t. b
GSssss, who are invariably furious CANT lers. i,
e q The ss
en- slioNsd q 81 Up their HIS il The wsiehns
o Sr: aon ns Snr on tn. 0s COURSE
{tssif two or three hundred book makers
the the piebeiSn twenty cent public and
ofler "a cote! q cdte% with : minimum OF
This camp Of cheap book makers. each shelter
cd ~ an enormous blue or e red umbrella
and often 6y ws or sn
agiiated corner. more noisy and bewIlderng
even than the howling book makers !S OF
meetings the book makers are present. and
their numbers and Importance have gone on
talking OF forming syndicate and converting
themselves into formidable corporation.
One thing is certain. that betting on the races
has become In Paris almost a recognized means
OF existence. and the book maker Is really an
institution whose suppression IL now out OF
the question.
There arc. OF course. people who 80 to the
races merely for the amusement. and for the
sake Of the animated and brilliant spectacle.
The tribunes Of the President Of the republic.
Of the Jockey Club. and the ladies tribune are
often brilliantly occupied. and the lawn in