Identifier: invanityfairtale00brai (find matches)
Title: In Vanity Fair; a tale of frocks and femininity
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Brainerd, Eleanor Hoyt, Mrs., 1868-
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Publisher: New York, Moffat
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Vendee, lineal descendants of the dogs ofSt. Hubert, were first favourites in the days of Louis XI,and the dUzes hounds trace their lineage back to tworoyal dogs of that early time, — Greffier, one of thekings most valuable hounds, a white St. Hubert crossedwith mastiff, and Baude, the pet hound of Anne ofFrance, daughter to the king. Since that far-away day,the Vendean strain has been crossed with royal Englishbuckhound to the great advantage of the French hound,say those who should know, but, despite this alien blood,it is the descendant of Grelfier and Baude that yelps inthe kennels at La Celle les Bordes when the dog valetsput the pack in leash on the morning of St. HubertsDay. This third of November is a great day at Bonnelles,for the Duchess is ardent churchwoman and ardentpatron of the chase, and on St. Huberts Day the twoobjects of her devotion fraternize in all pomp andceremony. Out from the lodge gates issues the pack,and with the dogs go the governor of the pack, the two
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HUNTING SEASON AT THE CHATEAUX 179 mounted piqueurs, the two chief foresters, the two chiefdog valets, and the lesser officials — all of whom makeup the equipage dUzes. The huntsmen are in huntingcostume of the dUzes colours, with hunting-horns slunground their necks and hunting-knives in their belts, thedog valets wear the red and blue without the gold lace,and the chief dog sports the colours of his owners. On they go to the little church of Bonnelles where acrowd is awaiting them. Outside the church there isa group of onlookers drawn here by curiosity to see thefamous ceremony, but within the doors one finds agathering of folk whom one remembers seeing at Long-champs, on the Avenue des Acacias, in the Casino atTrouville. The little Duchesse dUzes is there, charmingin her habit and in her three-cornered hunting-hat withits blue and red and gold, but she is very solemn now,this gay little duchess, very solemn indeed; for, as wehave said elsewhere, she is devote, and even at thebles

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