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Show OUR PARIS LETTER. THK LAT i;ACL--i i. . AND Gu.i- j CKoi:.s &i-t:crA:iJi isti r!N - . e ; niioWs THE l-KKFUv-KLTd AND I TL'liN'JL'I'ii THli LITE CJMTH UE REMTL'.-iAT. j (Kcgular Co.reJiwnJenco of tlm H .h.i.i-.) TAlJi, June 9. Sit.ee hr.se-ni'.-ii.' 1oca;ug nn in-alittiliuii in-alittiliuii in Franco, that U, oiiice lSGii, wliun the yrand pru was edtub-liaued, edtub-liaued, LoiigL'hiiiniJd never prc-senttU prc-senttU rjiich :i crowd as on .SumlAy last. Therewere ut Ivast 150,000 ipcctatorB, not including thouaanda ou!;s.de the rinc, und kept there by the military. The last thought that entered the head of any person was the ohject of the yrand prixoWQQ,-000 prixoWQQ,-000 franca, contributed by the municipality muni-cipality and the railway companies the amelioration of the breed ol French horses. People go to see and to be seen, to show off their toilets and to bet, not a few to bo able to say, "I was there." The French horae "Sal valor" won, as was expected; ex-pected; even .Englishmen deulined to back with a I rune the cracks sent over by their country the animals not being in condition. France lias won the international prizo seven, and England live times. There was a great licla in 18t7, when the exhibition exhi-bition guests, crowned and uncrowned, tilled the imperial stand, but it was very inloior to Sunday's. The stand, at Hie rate it is receiving additions, will sooiLijurround the race course bo ft3 to convert it into an amphitheatre; it was inadequate to accommodate the lair eex alone, and never did it look more beautiful, with tier upon tier ot seat3 rilled with iroiireouslv dressed ladies, tiie prevailing colors ot whorse costumes were rose, wtiite and blue. There were 5,OL10 private carriages alone ordered out in honor of the gala day. Much wealth and ,-urh luxury, and under a republic! How Bismarck must regret his generosity gen-erosity in only lining tiie patricians' live milliards, and which may account lor Luc eager u ess ol the victors to renin, re-nin, and correct their omission. The centre ot sporting, fashionable mid Bohemian lilo is the weighing paddock; the entrance fee is twenty Iratics, but then you are supplied wiUi a round ticket to be suspended irum your coat, which gives you the air of btting Bomebody, only the grooms in undress carry the same-. The ladies display their oval carte in their corsage, framed with flowers. The bacnelor members of tho jockey ciub seize the fete in question lo present pre-sent family tickets oi admission to the grand stand to matrons whose hospi tality Lhey have enjoyed throughout the year. The Pere Bord is famous for hia cry in recommending the public pub-lic to loan his held glasses; many do so, believing it to be the mode to curry one, but forget to use it. Just as others bet, under the impression that it is a thing to be done. The real better is easily recognized; he whispers but never speaks, and looks as mysterious as a jockey or a cabinet minister. II the law has put down sweepstakes as gambling, it seems to have driven money change. s to join the ring. A slip of blackboard, with the names of the horses and the odds chalked thereon, constitute now the legal tender, and brings betting on a par with stock buying. Book-making 1 must pay or so many would not take to it aB a profession; then it gives employment em-ployment to a whole family; seated in a carriage, the father acts as cashier; ; the mother registers the bets, the daughter delivers the receipts, and the grown up children display boards with the state of Lhe odds. Often a ; discarded mistress, with a preity girl . lor clerk and decoy duck, exercises her talents in this new held. Pickpockets are generally caught during the moments of the starling and running of the horses, when eyes, necks and thoughts are given to the race. The average number arrested is about twenty five, and of late they are chiefly French. It is said racing improves the breed of horses, degenerates de-generates jockeys, and developes p.ckpockets. It is curious to observe the habit the French have of mounting mount-ing their arms up and down as tho horses approach the winning post, just its it they were riding the animals. ani-mals. Oiher imiformii: those who lose invariably curse the jockey r, never the horse. It is considered essential whether you wiu or lose. and though you have just perhaps concluded dejeuner, to rush to tho bullet for a drink and something to eat; it is tho railway station scene and the ten minutes allowed for refreshments. re-freshments. We are after ail but the motdons de Paiiurye. The carriages on the field do not belong to the I crone dc la creme of society, although ! they are covered with crests and coats ; of arms. They are vehicles which do j duty but once a year, for every ma-1 chine that can be made to roll for a 1 lew hours is hired. Gentlemen who leave their private carriages in livery are often surprised to find them on the road. These vehicle opposite the grand tUand belong chiefly to the buuryansk and the demi-monde. Correct people order their carriages into the sitlc alleys. Picnics are not patronized, excepting tho filtes de join, the Hoo ping of champagne corks helps, like their loud toilettes, to attract attention. atten-tion. Their coachmen aro perhaps only people who take life easy during the tlireo hours of excitement; alter enjoying their wine, and the corks being no longor required, they play a game of corks by placing a bous on them and endeavoring to knock them over with oilier sous. It is an amusement amuse-ment enjoyed in shire sleeves, ami mo interesting that not a player would turn his head aside to see the winner eomin up to the post, Many persons per-sons think, and with reason, that the best way to enjoy the race, is to hire a chair in the Champa Elyscea and look at all the world descending the avenue; for a iurionsdrivo home- i the obliged postscript of tlio day's doings. Only a four-in-hand is likely to secure a passing glance, no matter whether tho four bo horses, awes, nudes or zebras, and that the two footmen sit up behind as il secured in back boards, with arms folded across breast, and with extra swing trees and traces dangling behind jis if on a voyage toNova Sembla or the Lord knows where. It is said M. Thiers is very much affected by lhe death oi the Com to de Jteniusat. Since over sixty years " they grew together like to a double cherry, seeming parted." Theircaso is an illustration that in France there are men whoso friendship for one anothcrrcsembleslove. M. do Itemu-sat Itemu-sat was " a proper man, as one shall i nee in a bu miner s day." As a politician poli-tician his estimable elm meter did more for him than ability. je did not much care for public life, and may be said to have been dragged in to it by Thiers. He signed the protest pro-test agaiiiBt tho oi d"ni(utcc.v of Charles X, that was to put, as Thiers said, "your head in (dace of your signature." signa-ture." Ho love I retirement, mid 'scholarly ense, and preferred bin study ! to the tribune. His writings are nu-im-ious, anil pe, hups fugitive; his works in Bucou's I'hiluropliy, mid , the Klizahelhian period of English literature, are among his best. He lias seen every form of monarchy tried in France, and h:is died at the age o! 7$, firmly convinced that the ivpul:ic is the only solution for his country. 11- was nuuried lo a grand daughter o; ent eral Lal.iyette, and is buried in that distinguished man's vault. He shared the political fortunes for-tunes of Thiers was never at any lime long in oltice, and like all men when in opposition, w:s intensely liberal, but nuke the contrary when in othce- He had a Japanese cast ot features, wad fond of promenading alone; latterly his chit f delight was to instruct his little grandson, and accompany ac-company him to the Punch and Judy 1 shows. His funeral shows how he was esteemed. The measures for firmly seating the republic progress as fairly as could he wished, and all marches well to tiio general elections in the autumn. Many of the severe clauses in the new laws are objectionable, but they are the price to he paid for securing the republic and abolishing the state of siege; in 1SS0 too lhey can be revised. re-vised. They will give the finishing fin-ishing blow to imperialism. Argexte. I |