ODD STUNTS ON THE HERALD 



During the time on the Herald in Paris, besides 

 writing the racing article I did the polo column and 

 many stories on the odd features of Paris, including 

 Sunday stories about the bird market, the dog market. 

 Government tobacco factories and dives into inner 

 Paris, and went on all sorts of stunts in the dull days 

 of winter, during the racing suspension from December 

 to February. At Bagatelle, the polo ground, they 

 were very nice to me, giving me honorary membership 

 which carried the right of taking guests. The French 

 players were very keen. Baron Edouard de Rothschild 

 in particular. He had many real good ponies and rode 

 well. M. Raoul Duval was the best player of all of 

 the born Frenchmen. Many visiting teams came over 

 and those residents in Paris, the Escandons, including 

 the Marquis de Villavieja, had a lot of good mounts, 

 including Mexican ponies, which were readily trained. 

 Taylor had charge of them. I daresay all polo players 

 know him ; he has a son a jockey, who has been 

 riding quite successfully in Belgium. Mr Bennett 

 did a great deal, in the way of financial support, to 

 the polo ground in Paris. 



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