Riding men of all nationalities will be Republican demonstration. As soon as interested in a feat which has just- been it was known that the President meant to accomplished by a young Frenchman, MI. attend the Grand Prix on the following Cottu,20 years of age, who rode from Vienna Sunday, the word went forth to all the t9 Paris, a distance of 785 miles, in 12 Radical, Socialist, and other advanced poli- days and 14hours, using the same horse tical associations that the people were to throughout the journey. No doubt more turn out in their thousands to acclaim sensational achievements in the way of their elect and give the aristes a lesson. long-distance riding are on record, but to The President came and went without any keep up an average of 62 miles a day for incident, the masses acclaiming him while thirteen days and finish quite fresh is the classes turned their backs on him; none the less a remarkable performance. but after his departure the police had con- yf. Cottu's stecd—a seven-years' old Irish siderable difficulty in dealing with the mare—standing 144 hands, reached Paris immense crowds which gathered in the with hoofs and fect in perfectly good con-Bois de Boulogne. Some of the constables dition, the eyes being clear, the coat dry lost their heads and used their fists with and lustrous and the action free and excessive vigour on unoffending citizens spirited. A few blisters above the fetlock and even went so far as to trun in" two joint were the only signs of exertion. The or three Socialist Deputies. M. Dupuy's Tide was accomplished on the slow and vigorous methods of Government had made steady principle, the rate of travelling him a grovt many enemies, and the opnever exceeding seven miles an hour, The portunity to attack him was too good to be total weight carried was 188 pounds. neglected. On the very next day he was 16th June. interpellated on "the brutality of the policy." Ho boldly accepted full responry for the police and roundly declared Meeting.
would be impossible to govern without them, An adverse resolution was carried by a large majority and the Gov-
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