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late years at any rate, have done much after their 

 victories in the Grand Prix, though Tenebreuse was 

 an exception, as she carried off the Cesarewitch with 

 the heavy burden of 8 st. 12 lbs. the year after her 

 success. The Grand Prix is run at Longchamps, 

 which is without doubt to be counted the chief of 

 French racecourses, though at and round about 

 Chantilly the sport is carried on with remarkable 

 vigour, and it is there that the French Derby and 

 Oaks take place. 



In the vicinity of Paris racing is in progress nearly all 

 the year round ; indeed, there are very few days, except 

 during the brief summer holiday, when one cannot 

 attend some race meeting, either by driving a short 

 distance, or by a railway journey which enables one 

 to return in time for dinner. And if the sportsman's 

 tastes are in the direction of jumping races, he is 

 bountifully provided for, as twice or thrice a week 

 there are meetings, with very heavy stakes to be won, 

 at Auteuil during most months. As readers are per- 

 haps aware, Auteuil is within an easy half-hour's drive 

 of the Boulevards, and it is an excellent course, better 

 adapted to show the real capacity of a horse than are 

 the majority of steeplechase courses in England. The 

 water-jump must be cleared, or otherwise horse and 

 rider get something more than the little splashing 

 that results from jumping short over the regulation 

 water here. There is no regulation ditch in France. 

 The flat race season begins at Vincennes in the 



