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2 Rue Rabelais
Paris, France
Type: Other
Status: Open
Open: 1834
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| The Cercle is the place of appointment of the aristocracy and high finance members.To be admitted the candidate had to be proposed by a member and balloted for- almost the cercles were very restrictive to new members. The Cercles were conducted on similar principles to the clubs in London.The members subscribing supported usualy a magnificent apartment in which the members join for the purpose of conversation, reading papers, diner and playing cards and billiard. In some of them the gambling reaches high matches. Some cercles organized theatrical representations, musical evenings, art exhibitions and great dinners, and had accommodation for members
The Jockey Club was established in June 1834 by the Société d'encouragement pour l'amélioration des races de chevaux, and then bore the name of Cercle d'Encouragement before taking its current name. The club had several Address: 2 rue du Helder, 2 rue Drouot, 30 rue de Gramont, 1 Rue Scribe from 1863 before moving in 1925 to its current address. Among its 1,200 current members include many members of the old French nobility but also industrial. Sponsors the Prix du Jockey Club. English-style club. It is the Cercle most closed in the world with very restricted access.
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CG165106
Added: 2016-06-23
Last Update: 2016-06-23
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
From "Almanach Illustré du Sport, 1859".Source www.gallica.bnf.fr.
"Here is the reason: the Jockey Club founded solely for equestrian purposes, felt obliged to admit a large number of members, not only foreign but also unsympathetic to the horse. These intruders are divided into two classes, gastronomes and Whist gamblers ... Let us not forget to say that the Jockey Club, founded specially for the improvement of horses in France, does not employ and never bought than English horses."
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