New-York tribune., 1895-06-23

PREPARE FOR THE NEXT iNrEH"A-
TIoNAL EXHIBITION
Paris. June 49,
r, 10 nrohable that the Flower Corso or rete ue'
Fleurs that took place in the Bois de bou'os"e y"
Saturday and Sunday will be the last entertain
mcnt OF the kind here In Paris Decidedly 'hcsc
festivals are unsuitable everywhere. save III
I,,,,. and along the French Riviera. Somehow or
other the very same people who manage 10 i""ho
OF the Bataille des Fleurs at Nice 50 prii'aht
success and so picturesque spectacle reap nothnB
hut failure from their endeavors TO repeat In the
Ros de Bouosne their popular fete OF the PRONE
made des Angais To begin with. every year
since the Fate des Fleurs was begun al fars II
has rained on the appointed day. Then, too IL Is
absolutely lacking in "chic." the great wo'id al"
the smart people who take leading part IN 'ne
battle at Nice pointedly abstanng from paruci-
pating in the conflict here restricting themseNeS
10 mere criticism and not unmerited sneers. more
over Parlsans have quite enough In the shape o'
festivities during the "Grande Semaine, throush
,vbich we are now passing without the Ftte des
Flcurs the fag end Of which interfered In meas
ure with the great steeplechase Of the year at
Auteuil on Sunday. The stakes are the largest
of any races In France. amounting to some SSo'ooo'
whereas the Grand Prlx at Longchamps on next
Sunday Is worth only 100000 to the winner The
stecpiechase at Auteuil is far and away the more
chic occurrence Of the two. and one sees prettier
dresses and more select attendance than at
Ionrchamps II lacks the bourgeois and half
world clements that predominate to such degree
nj the latter: every shopkecper. every salesman,
every shopgirl saves up money for this one great
popular holiday Of the year when they array
themselves in all the nnery that they can scrape
rbrni m maj before
and afterward on this account. without murfnur
Two - the main features of the steepechase on
last Sunday were the purchase 4 the last moment
before the race Of a horse named Caronlan. which
was one II thc favoritcs. and happened % belong
to a Pru.sian. and Prusslan oincer At that. Just
at the present time the feeling against Germany
is particularly strong. the Chauvnist sentiment
always latent In the French breast having been
famed into n fierce flame by tho campaign IN the
press AMI I'm tho political world against tho par
ticlpatlon ~ the French fleet in the naval festlvi
rlos a, Kicl From many points Of View It would
have been unfortunate II the great prize of the
steeplechase had been carried of by Prussian
officer this year. So young Max Lehaudy. row
serving n simple soldier AZ Fontainebleau.
awaited himself Of his leave ~ absence and Of the
immense fortune which he has inherited from his
suenr-rcnnlng father to purchase Carolman
prize would have fallen a French "bleu." as the
recruits arc called. After all. Carolman did not
win: but this in no way diminished the popularity
achieved by the diminutive Max In connection
with his timely interference IN behalf % patriotic
suscepiib!liiics. Curiously enough Il was another
member ~ the Lebauiy family. Robert by name.
whose horse Won and he stralghtway turned over
the whole u the stakes to he devoted to the vari-
ous public hospitals and charitable institutions of
the metropolis. following In thi. the example set
by Baron IIirsch who invariably turns all
the winnings of his racing stable TO the hospitals
While this act OF generosity on the part OF NJ
Iebaudy has brought him end of praise and
goodwill from the public At large. II has failed to
meet the approval ~ the greater number ~ the
owners u racing studs and stables. who naturally
realize that the people Will expect them to follow
the fashion begun ty Baron Hrsch and NJ. Le-
baudy siignatiz.ng them selfish. avaricous
ana as lacking In public spirit II they fail to DO
Yet II is imIossb Bile 10 deny that horse-rlcng would
he deprived II some OF It's Objectionable elements
were the practice - be adopted generally. Horse
racing is not business. but sport. II II IS not
that. II ought 10 be so since business enterprises
require business methods and entail practices
that are often too sharp 10 accord with the ethics
II honorable horse-rncing. Only rich people who
raise and keep horses FOR purposes of sport alone
should be allowed to race and they. at any rate.
could easily afford to devote the stakes which they
Win to the hospitals and kindred charities thus
enabling the poor and the afflicted 10 participate
in measure In popular amuscments and public
pastimcs.
As at this time last year. so again the allabsorb
ing topic OF discussion In club and salon is whether
the Presidential cortege T. Iongchamps on the
day Of the Grand Prx will be preceded by an out
| ril : m he red vna
NJ Casimir Perier drove IN state to attend the Oc-
tober Grand Prix he was persuaded at the last
minute To abstain from making use Of an outrider.
| Indced. the question WAS discussed by the
| Cabinet. and the opinion was expressed that 1t
would be unwise 10 have an outrider. on the
ground that 1t might offend the masses by dis
| play of pomp savoring of monarchical days. The
| general belief here is that NJ Faure will show a
| perfect indifference to any such considerations
as these. and that he will not permit himself 70
| be swayed ir this matter save by his own sound
| cOmmon-sense and good taste. II is TO be re-
| GREETED that reaction seems - have set In
against the almost universal goodwill which was
| manifested toward the President from the time of
his accession to office until quite recently Even
the foes OF the Republic nnl OF the Government
as now constituted seemed 10 be agreed that as
long there to be President there could be
| no better man for the post than NJ. raure 4 cam
pagn has now been started. however. alike In
the Ultra Radical and the monarchcal press to
show that NJ. Faurc is giving himself airs Of a
personal ruler: and 1t is 10 be feared that by the
| time the Chambers again meet toward the latter
| part OF the year. the genial President will be
assaed In much the same manner as NJ Casimir-
| Perer Fortunately. he is made OF sterncr stuff
than his predecessor. Is more manly. less eireml-
nate In the constitution OF his nervous system. and
may be relied upon to present bold and ener-
gctic front to his enemies 1t is proba Bile that he
| VIII override them ALL unless some catastrophe
| takes place In Madagascar. in which case not
alone the Cabinet. but the entire republican Gov
ernment. as now constituted. may suffer