New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-25
RACING IN FRANCE.
WHAT JOHN KELLY SAW AT 1oyGcHAMPs.
EErrIyG on TIE .pEIyG uAXpIcArs.

EETTlNG or TIE SPRING HANDICArS
At Dc!monlco's morning and nigh, John Kelly i en-
tertainus parties Of friends and acquantances with o
story OF hi, travels abroad. Being u remarkably 'i"so
observer d, much IN Europe that other men "o'
pass by. Nothing escaped him. lie looked on inc
bright and the scamy side Of life in the great cap'
from the point Of view Of one who had an intimate
acquaintance with both sides they appear III u''
city, and his conclusions. comments and comparisons
are entertaining In the highest degree and very IN
structivc The writer cannot pretend TO give the
hnndrcdth part of what he said, but appcnds here
few remarks made in the course Of general talk On
the subject Of racing he said
"Longchamp. Is in the Bots de Boulognc, which IS
to Paris what Central Park Is to York. Not
bit OF trouble In the world TO get there In twenty
minutes from the very heart Of the city. Everybody
goes 10 the races. was there sunday In crowd
Of about 1900 people. Wei. sir, you never saw any
thing like It. The French people are all for blood
they are easily wrought up; they live on excitement
and are always ready ~ go wild on the slightest
provocaon. They just go crazy over good race.
The women didnS dress well as thought they
would at Longchamps but the reason was soon made
plain They get tITmpled and knocked about as
ii they were n lot OF sheep They don't sit In the
grand stand they do In this country, but PRONE
made all the time up and down the lawn, looking like
fashion plates exhibition They wear trains ana
you couldn't TO save your life persuade one OF them
To lift her dress 50 much inch from the ground
The result IS that their clothes torn all to pieces
by the restless rushing back and forth of the crazy
mob. We'd think 1t strange II The ladies over here
should mngle on the lawn with the men, bnt us
the proper thing at Longchamps and the other French
tracks.
The racing was pretty good. but couldn't sec
much Of II. That's the principal complaint have
TO make against foreign racing; you sec 50 little OF
It. Everybody bets. put down n bet or TWO my
self. but the prices didn't suit me and lost THINK
Of betting at odds Of to , If IT had been = to
on IL would have been all right and should nave
felt that was getting run for my money But, oh.
| my lis astonishing how the favoritc gets beaten
And nothing IS thought Of It either. / saw 4 Ia >
| favoric beaten half urone. and didn't hear kck
| when a horse Is beaten the jockey pulls mp ana
cantcrs In. We wouldn't stand much Of that over
| here. owner. trainer and Jockey would be call d
up for IN investigation and there probably would b" Il
| ruling or OF somebody In France and England they
| take such things n matter Of course.
"Thcrc isn't much bookmaklng and what there Is
IS done quietly. The people don't seem to care
about the books ut all. They prefer the mut'ialS.
| All over the grounds you find booths where you can
bet as much you please, and they are graded TO
suit every pocket. that OF tho peasant rs well as inc
| millionaire. At place YOU can buy mutEl
ticket for five francs ut another for ten, at third Tor
| twenty and they range up TO fifty, 100 and o"o.
| The mutlials are not Ike those We have In TINS
| country You don't any machines Ike Ours
| that "A man has 10 ring mp whenever a ticket IS SOLD.
There's lust a row OF books. one for each horse IN
| the rnce beginning with NO and running on mp.
| ON each book Is lot OF oval pieces OF thin paper
about the size Of your hat. the first marked with II
| ldc round o. and the others numbered cons"chllVeH
from, | to 100 or 800 900 according Ia The
volume OF business expected. You - up and buy
s,v ten tickets The cipher and the
| numbers from Ia Inclusive hfe
taken of and handed 10 you. leaving NO. ~
hanging exposed on the hook. II shows the next p'T
chaser al a glance that ten tickets have been SOFA u"
that particular horse. You fDh the pieces OF paper
shove them In Your pocket and keep them I'LL tho race
IS run The mutuals more expensive than ours
ovc her, per cent IS taken out Of the pool for com
| Missions At Iongchamps the commission j. : per
cont OF which the takes and III" jockey
| cIub 3 per cent You get into the grounds NJ al
| most any price, fOm franc 10 % ihncS' hocoru'hi
| To where you CO.
There shonld he a lively competition between raclnH
| mon for the very handsome set OF American u''l
cnidcs which Krlk7 and the Goodwin Brothers have
mazda m together and presented to the Actors funo
Fair There arc in all fifteen volumes. seven Z"
Kinks Guide g. the Turf" from l717 to l77"' ana
| eight Of Goodwin's OGcm Guide from l-7' Il
Ion mailing a complete rccrd Of racing In America
during the last fifteen years They have been UNI
| f,rmly bound In Russia leather and are eNc'"nhSH
valuable a. several Of the volumcs are out of PRINT
The fair should get at least 500 for the set IL j.
doubtful II any turman in the city has one 80 s'yIsi
and 50 complete.
La To,ca Fairvicw and Tristan wcN IN demand
last week for the Metropolitan Handicap. The pressure
| ON the Rnncocas candidate was such that the on
| ycr, cut down to q Ia |. Matt Mlrn Is pu'mh'
rairyicw at Morrl, Park Louis stuart IS pn'hhi
Tristan at Monmouth Cooper /, pushing T'uriam'h
for the suburban with hopes that the white JACKIE
and blnc spots7 will De ia front at the nish lhc'
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