The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-08-09
soclErys NEWEST FAD.

Paris-rhc odics, and mos, original q
3 r'cen; society entertainments was ,h
. ImenIg2r.c race conducted BY fashion
able ladies, near CompIcgnc
The contestants Included maay wom5,
/ bearing the most famous ales II
1 France. ard wives of weU-kuown mil
, llonaires,
M on' could help laughing a, n,
spectacle ot one noble lady driving q
beetle, another lion. and another 4
turkey, who wanted TO stop the rae,
while he ate the beetle, An he animal,
{ were OF The most iacongruous kind
Those who could be handed easily we're
expressly excluded
The scene ~ the race was the club OF
the Sporting Society. near Complegne.
This Is now the mos, Nopular coua,ry
club pa;roaiEed by Partisan society,
which is taking to outdoor life with a
Vengeance. Golf Is the latest spor; at
the club,
1t was on the golf links ,ha, the great
meoagerie race was held. The two con-
d!;Ioas OF the race were ,hs; horses,
mules, dookeys, dogs and cats were bar
lred cut, ana that each e0mGep;or should
be conducted by a lady. who was In nj
easa 20 90 In iron, % her charge she
could tease. or urge from behind. hut
40 colNing forward, and especially. 20
oulbag. These conditions lett the br,ld-
es, la;,,uie FOR originality. Paris rosc
10 the opportunity by turning The race
into an even, as brilliant. socially as
9; was unique. IN the annals ~ sport
| When the charming Princess Sc Luc-
nge stepped forward On the turf with a
young ion ;lel TO her wais, by two yards
u wide red ribbon. which wer, hoped
around her neck the cheers Of the
spectators standing near the magic cir
Gle indicated tha; the prize t,r orIgiaal-
| rs was awarded TO her u advance.
Startled by the uprhlr. ,h' hon showed
his teeth. until soothed oby a word from
his mistress he faw1el upon h"r AM
then rolled over On the sod In 50 doing
he pulled the helpless princess after him
and nearl7 br0ush, lhou, collision
with the BirJH,Ss de Ia MJtje. who had
Just eu;s,'i wI;L a tlltk goat. From
the violence with which sha catered ,ha
field It woulI he rore 1cu-l;a TO say
that the goa, entered with the baroness.
.or ne was charging an invisible enemy
frIskly.
When the goat found himself within
a few inches OF the Hons claws he
seemed to recall something hurrieily a
previous engagement elsewhere. His
retreat would have been even more
startling than his entrance bu, for the
closing OF the gate at that moment.
Then came Nine. de Yiurbe with
South American monkey the Countess
de Beauregard with a prize IA. goose.
ana the Countess De Bourbon with a
Guinea hen.
The Princess de- Broglie followed with
a sheen The Baroness de- BerckheIm.
,eliously followed a tortoise. appeared
next upon the field Nile. Barton ac-
compinei her ror,y-p1unl turkey. and
Nine. Outrey catered with bannm
rooster Last OF all Nine. Fournlsr-Sar-
loyeze presented herself with no visible
animal, trailing from her finger a silk
thread, whose other end was los, 10 the
s0f, grass Close examination revealed
the fact thl; she was escortlng tha crea-
ture % her choice, a scarabaeus. or
Egyptian beetle
In the order Of their arrival the entries .
werr iiJel up ana the signal was given
f0r the start a cry stopped the race. .
The scarabaeus had los, Itself in the
grass, ami, when found, hls sllken string
vas so entingeled 10 roots and Debris
:ha, 1t took some moments 90 S.: him .
free Then the bantam made a false
start In chase OF a fly. A diversion was
caused by violent attack Of the Guinea
hen of the Countess de Bourgon upon
the sheep Of the Princess de Broglle.
This caused the sheep to step on the tor
ioise, who promptly retired within It's
shell. obstInately refusing to yield 20 any
to show his face again
The fy which the bantam had failed 10
snap finally proved an irresistible seduc-
ton to tortoise tastes At this propid-
ous momen, the Judges seized the op-
portunity Tor a fresh signal This time
the motley mob got successfully under
way.
The lion was the irs. to dart forward,
urged by his mistress Delighted by his
the princess prodded him with
the wand allowed the escorts Of the
beasts. But baby lion, king Of the anil
nal dominion, knew that rods were not
a,eaded for monarchs.
With a grun;. rather than a roar. the
infant reared and turned He thus faced Z
he advancing phalanx following In his
wake. on behollng the menace Of the
awny figure goat sheep goose, turkey
md bantam halted abruptly In lUdicr-
Iu5 CONSERVATION.
Owing 10 this interruption the frs,
NO yards u the race were a close thing !
between the tortoise and the scarlba-
us The tortoise -aemel % think. when
le had left his dlmlnu,ive opponent ou;
i sight, tha, 20 FAR as he was concerned
he race was -nda1 Thus he scorned
0 pay any attention to tha goat, which
minute later. making a wide detour to s