ach heat must be run in a certain
time, consequently, though all the horses may be distanced, the winner
keeps working away. Then what an absence of interest and enthusiasm on
the part of the spectators! Three-fourths of them did not know where the
horses started, scarcely a man knew their names, and the few tenpenny
bets that were made, were sported upon the colour of the jackets. A
Frenchman has no notion of racing, and it is on record that after a heat
in which the winning horse, after making a waiting race, ran in at the
finish, a Parisian observed, that "although 'Annette' had won at the
finish, he thought the greater honour was due to 'Hercule,' he having
kept the lead the greater part of the distance." On someone explaining
to him that the jockey on Annette had purposely made a waiting race, he
was totally incredulous, asserting that he was sure the jockeys had too
much _amour-propre_ to remain in the rear at any part of the race, when
they might be in front.

X. SPORTING IN FRANCE

PROGRAMME DES COURSES DE CHEVAUX

QUI AURONT LIEU AU CHAMP-DE-MARS LE DIMANCHE A UNE HEURE,
EN PRESENCE DE LL. MM. LE ROI ET LA REINE, ET DES PRINCES DE LA FAMILLE ROYALE

DEUX PRIX ROYAUX
+------------+--------------+----------------+------+--------+----------------+
| NOMS | SIGNALEMENS | NOMS |POIDS |NOMS | COSTUMES |
|Des Chevaux | Et Ages | Des |a |Des |Des Jockeys |
| | | Proprietaires |porter|Jockeys | |
+------------+--------------+----------------+------+--------+----------------+
|Prix royal de 5000 fr. pour les chevaux et jumens de deuxieme espece.--En |
| partie liee |
| | | | | | |
|Moina |Bai-clair-4 |Haras de Meudon |102 l.|Tom |Veste rouge |
| | | | | Hall |toque tricolore |
|Corisandre |Bai-brun-5 |M. Bonvie fils |115 |Tom |Veste orange, |
| | | | |Wilson |manches et toque|
| | | | | |noires. |
|Flore |Bai-cerise-4 |M. de Laroque |102 |Tony |Veste noire, |
| | | | |Montel |manches blanches|
| | | | | |t