Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-16
TIPTOP OF TURNOUTS
English and French Aristocrats
Take a Day Of.
HORSES AND COACHES GALORE.
High-Flyers Rolling Down From
Paris to Auteuil
OLD ENGLAND'S HEIR APPARENT.
Young Albert Victor of Wales Has
a Box Seat.
THE HON. wHlTeLAw REID ALONG.
Tho Swells Who Drove and the Nobs
Who Rode-Ladies Add Grace
and Charm to the
Occasion.
Meet OF the Paris Hand.


TCopright 1859 bu James Gordon Bennctt.1
PARIS, June 15-[New York Herald Cable
Special to The BEE. 1.-The Prince of
Wales has often been out to the meets of the
two English driving clubs; sometimes at
those of the four.in- hand clubs, on the drags
of the Duke of Beaufort or Lord Willoughby
Dersley; sometimes at those of the coaching
clubs upon the drags of Lord Darlington or
Lord Charles Beresford, but never until
yesterday had he been in Paris when the
French Societe des Gindes, as it is officially
called, were holding one of their. meets. So
that when it was known that his royal high
ness and son had accepted the proposal of
M Leon Lambert to let him drive them out
tof Auteul, the other members of the club
who have teams in Paris made
point of bringing them out, the
result being that there was
such meet as had never before been wit
messed.
The trysting place was as usual the Place
de la Concorde, and though only eighteen
coaches assembled there were several 9TH
ers who cut in on tho way TO Auteuil and
when they all drew up in line opposite the
stand the total reached twenty-five, this be-
ing nearly as many as were at the coaching
club meet in Hyde Park fortnight ago. In
former years the coaches have not met unit l
2 o clock, but as the Prince de Sagan wa
anxious to have them there before the racin
began the hour was changed to /, and coach
ing men being nothing if not punctuai, the
midday meal was hurried through and
by the time fixed for the meet
five or six coaches drawn up in the Circle de
la Royale. For the next ten or fifteen min
utes coaches continued to arrive, and shortly
before the half hour MIR. Lambert, who was
driving his own horses In Baron de Roths.
childs coach, showed the way to his club
members He had rather responsible task
considering that the heir to the throne OF
England and the latter's eldest son were
among his passengers.
The prince, who was wearing light sum-
mer suit and white hat, had declined box
seat, which was filled by Prince Albert
Victor, and was sitting Immediately behind
the driver with the Duchess De Morny,
and beside him NJ Lambert, who was driv-
ing four handsome bays, which were more
like coach horses than most of those one
sees at the present day. He had several
other passengers, including Mr.. Reuben
Sassoon and Mr.. Wiiloughby, and he kept
his horses going at a regular gallop past the
Champs Elysees and through the Avenue
Dubois to Auteuil, so that there was no
excuse il the others did not keep their dis
tance The parade was a very pretty one
even if the sun was not shining so brightly
as one would have wished Still, with the
recollections CT the many wet Fridays, when
this avenue meet has been spoilt by rain,
one could not be otherwise than thankful for
the fine day.
The scene at Auteuil, too, was as PIC
turesque Us it well could be, for the Prince
de Sagan and his colleagues were waiting to
receive the coaches as, with three out-riders
in scarlet they drove on 70 the park. M.
Lambert, driving his team with much care,
brought his coach upon the extreme end OF
our line to the left The order in which the
teams came was:
General Count De Friant, bay wheelers,
chestnut black leaders; NJ Ferdinand Bis
choffsheim, bays and browns; M. Henri
Ridgeway, bay wheelers, brown leaders I;
Prince Troubetsky, browns; Count Po-
tocki, brown wheelers, bay chestnut
leaders,; Mr.. Robert Winthrop, three
bay and brown; M. De Cacarelle, bay and
grey as wheelers, brown chestnut leaders !;
| NJ De Vignancourt, bays; Viscompte D'Ar
| gincourt brown and chestnut wheelers, bay
| and brown leaders; Count Geydon, grey and
| bay wheelers, bay leaders; Marquis Du
| Bourg, brown wheelers, chestnut grey
| leaders; Prince Murat, three brown greys
NJ Pignatel, chestnut brown wheelers,
| brown leaders Earl Of Shrewsbury, Talbot
| bays; Comte de Grammont D'Aste, three
| bays and chestnut; Comte D'Amilly, three
| chestnuts and grey: M. Henri Schneider,
| three bays and brown; M. GalIce, brown
| grey wheelers, brown chestnut leaders;
M. De Maulde, three bays and
grey; nj. D'Eha, bays; NJ Duissant
| D'Agmont. three greys and bay; Marquis de
| Guilninauson, bays aud browns, crossed, M.
| Orsetti, bay whee!ers, chestnut leaders, and
| M. Chary, grey bay wheelers, grey chestnut
| leaders
Several of these teams Iwere not only ex-
| cellent as regards the quality of the horses,
| but were well put together and well
| turned out, notably that OF Mr..
| Winthrop, who had the pleasure Of showing
| Auteuil under the best auspices to Whitelaw
| Reid, the new minister, and his wife IN @
| dress of French grey.
M. Henri Ridgeway's team was also very
smart one, ana among the many passengers
carried by him were the Duo de Grammont
| Comte aud Comtesse di Brigoh and NJ. de
| Coutant Biron.
But it would carry me too far were 1 to at
tempt anything like a. list of the notable
people out, though must not forget to men
tion Lord Shrewsbury's coach, for not only
had he four very smart horses, but he was
accompanied by his sister, Lady Hemsley
by Countess NJ. Grey and Madame de Pour
tales-in straw colored foulard, who occl-
pied the box seat.
On Prince Murat's coach M. Pignatel had
the pleasure Of driving Mrs. Henry Oppen
helm, who wore black lace costume which
was one Of the most handsome seen in
Auteul.
The occupants Of the coaches did not, with
few exceptions. remain on them while the
racing was on, but went across TO the stand
where everything was done TO make then
feel at home. There was not any great