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The Jockey Club de Paris is a traditional gentlemen's club and is regarded as the most prestigious of private clubs in Paris. It is best remembered as a gathering place of the elite of nineteenth-century French society. Today it is decidedly but not exclusively aristocratic. The club seat is at 2, rue Rabelais in Paris, near the Champs-Elysées and it hosts the International Federation of Racing Authorities.

It has no more official links to the horse-racing industry organisations which are separate professional bodies.

Reciprocities with other clubs

Circolo della Caccia (Rome)
Knickerbocker Club (New York)
Metropolitan Club (Washington)
Turf Club (Lisbon)
Cercle Royal du Parc (Brussels)^[1]
Boodle's (London)
Jockey Club für Österreich (Wien)
Turf Club (London)
Nuevo Club (Madrid)
Somerset Club (Boston)
Pacific-Union Club (San Francisco)
Círculo de Armas (Buenos Aires)
Australian Club (Sydney)
Melbourne Club (Melbourne)
New Club (Edinburgh)
Kildare Street & University Club (Dublin)
Società del Whist Accademia Filarmonica (Torino Italy)

History

The Jockey Club was originally organized as the "Society for the Encouragement of the Improvement of Horse Breeding in France", to provide a single authority for horse racing in the nation, beginning at Chantilly in 1834. It swiftly became the center for the most sportifs or "sportsmen" gentlemen of le Tout-Paris. At the same time, when aristocrats and men of the haute bourgeoisie still formed the governing class, its Anglo-Gallic membership could not fail to give it some political colour: Napoleon III, who had passed some early exile in England, asserted that he had learned to govern an empire through "his intercourse with the calm, self-possessed men of the English turf".^[2]

Between 1833 and 1860, the Jockey Club transformed the Champ de Mars into a racecourse, which has since been transferred to Longchamp. One front of the Café de la Paix is in rue Scribe, which ends at the façade of the Opéra Garnier. On the wall is a memorial plaque on the Hotel Scribe, at number 1, which records the former premises of the Jockey Club, which occupied luxurious quarters on the first floor from 1863 to 1913.

During the Second Empire and the Third Republic, the gentlemen of the Jockey Club held numerous boxes at the Opera ("many little suspended salons" in Marcel Proust's phrase), where the required ballet expected in every opera was never in the first act, when the Jockey Club would habitually still be at dinner. One result was the famous fiasco of the "Paris Tannhäuser" of 1861, when Wagner insisted on inserting the requisite ballet into the first act, placing it immediately after the overture to get it out of the way. The second act, when the members of the Jockey Club arrived to view their favourites in the corps de ballet, was all but hissed off the stage. Wagner never permitted another production in Paris. Proust made his fictional character Charles Swann a member of the Jockey Club as a signal honor, given Swann's Jewish background.

On the ground floor beneath the Jockey Club was the fashionable Grand Café. There, on 28 December 1895, a stylish crowd in the Salon Indien attended the public début of the Lumière brothers' invention, the cinematograph.

The Jockey Club is directed by an annually-elected committee of a president, four vice-presidents and twenty-five members. New members are sponsored by two current members and must receive five-sixths of the members' votes present at the ballot. Hence 'No' votes, called black-balls require five 'Yes' votes, or white balls to be countered. Black and white balls are no more in use but for vocabulary.

Presidents

Lord Henry Seymour (1805–1859):^[3] 1834–1835
M. Anne-Édouard de Normandie : 1835–1836
Napoléon Joseph Ney, prince de la Moskova (1803–1857):^[4] 1836–1849
Comte Achille Joseph Delamare: 1849–1853
Armand de Gontaut-Biron, marquis de Saint Blancard (1839–1884) : 1853–1884
Sosthènes de La Rochefoucauld, duc de Doudeauville (1825–1908) : 1884–1908
Aymeri, duc de Montesquiou-Fezensac (1843–1913) : 1908–1913
Comte Elie d'Avaray : 1913–1919
Armand de la Rochefoucauld, duc de Doudeauville:^[5] 1919–1962
Philippe, duc de Luynes : 1962–1977
Pierre de Cossé, duc de Brissac : 1977–1985
Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, duc d'Estissac : 1985–1997
François de Cossé, duc de Brissac : 1997–2014
Roland du Luart, marquis du Luart : 2014–present

Prix du Jockey Club

Under the patronage of the Jockey Club, the Prix du Jockey Club (1,500,000 euros) has been run at the Chantilly Racecourse (at the foot of the Château de Chantilly) on the first Sunday in June since 1836. The race at the Hippodrome de Chantilly is the proving-ground of the best of the three-year-olds, the French equivalent of The Derby at Epsom Downs or the Kentucky Derby in the USA.

Until 2004, the course was 2400 meters; since then, it has been run at 2100 meters. In France, only the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe has a richer purse (5,000,000 euros); that race was inaugurated by the Jockey Club in 1863 as the Grand Prix de Paris, and run at the Hippodrome de Longchamp. The racecourse was painted by Édouard Manet, Edgar Degas, and Pablo Picasso, among others.

Notes

^ "Cercle Royal du Parc Reciprocities".
^ A. F. Kinglake, The Invasion of the Crimea, 1863, ch. xiv, quoted in Gordon N. Ray, "Thackeray's 'Book of Snobs'", Nineteenth-Century Fiction 10.1 (June 1955:22-33) p. 22.
^ Son of the 3rd Marquess of Hertford.
^ Son of Napoleon's marshal Ney.
^ Son of Sosthènes de La Rochefoucauld.

References

Les célébrités de la rue, (1868): "Isabelle, la bouquetière du Jockey-Club"

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+{{other uses|Jockey Club (disambiguation)}}
-The '''Jockey Club de Paris''' is best remembered as a gathering of the elite of nineteenth-century French society. The club still exists at 2 rue Rabelais, and hosts the [[International Federation of Racing Authorities]]. __NOTOC__
+The '''Jockey Club de Paris''' is a traditional [[gentlemen's club]] and is regarded as the most prestigious of private clubs in [[Paris]]. It is best remembered as a gathering place of the elite of nineteenth-century French society. Today it is decidedly but not exclusively aristocratic. The club seat is at 2, rue Rabelais in Paris, near the Champs-Elysées and it hosts the International Federation of Racing Authorities.
-== History ==
+It has no more official links to the horse-racing industry organisations which are separate professional bodies.
-The Jockey Club was originally organized as the "Society for the Encouragement of the Improvement of Horse Breeding in France," to provide a single authority for [[horse racing]] in the nation, beginning at [[Chantilly, Oise|Chantilly]] in 1834. It swiftly became the center for the most ''sportifs'' gentlemen of ''tout-Paris.'' At the same time, when aristocrats and men of the ''[[Bourgeoisie|haute bourgeoisie]]'' still formed the governing class, its Anglo-Gallic membership could not fail to give it some political colour: [[Napoleon III]], who had passed some early exile in England, asserted that he had learned to govern an [[French Second Empire|empire]] through "his intercourse with the calm, self-possessed men of the English turf".<ref>A.F. Kinglake, ''The Invasion of the Crimea'', 1863, ch. xiv, quoted in Gordon N. Ray, "Thackeray's 'Book of Snobs'", ''Nineteenth-Century Fiction'' '''10'''.1 (June 1955:22-33) p. 22.</ref>
+== Reciprocities with other clubs ==
-Between 1833 and 1860 the Jockey Club transformed the [[Champ de Mars]] into a racecourse, which has since been transferred to [[Longchamp Racecourse|Longchamp]]. One front of the [[Café de la Paix]] is in rue Scribe, which ends at the façade of the [[Opéra Garnier]]. On the wall a memorial plaque on the Hotel Scribe, at number 1, records the former premises of the Jockey Club, which occupied luxurious quarters on the first floor from 1863 to 1913.
+* [[:it:Circolo della caccia (Roma)|Circolo della Caccia]] (Rome)
+* [[Knickerbocker Club]] (New York)
+* [[Metropolitan Club (Washington, D.C.)|Metropolitan Club]] (Washington)
+* Turf Club (Lisbon)
+* [[Cercle Royal du Parc]] (Brussels)<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.cercleduparc.be/reciprocites/|title=Cercle Royal du Parc Reciprocities}}</ref>
+* [[Boodle's]] (London)
+* Jockey Club für Österreich (Wien)
+* [[Turf Club (London)|Turf Club]] (London)
+* Nuevo Club (Madrid)
+* [[Somerset Club]] (Boston)
+* [[Pacific-Union Club]] (San Francisco)
+* [[:es:Círculo de Armas|Círculo de Armas]] (Buenos Aires)
+* [[Australian Club]] (Sydney)
+* Melbourne Club (Melbourne)
+* New Club (Edinburgh)
+* [[Kildare Street Club|Kildare Street & University Club]] (Dublin)
+* Società del Whist Accademia Filarmonica (Torino Italy)
+==History==
-During the [[Second French Empire|Second Empire]] and the [[French Third Republic|Third Republic]], the gentlemen of the Jockey Club held numerous boxes at the Opera, "many little suspended [[Salon (gathering)|salons]]" in [[Marcel Proust]]'s phrase, where the required ballet expected in every opera was never in the first act, when the Jockey Club would habitually still be at dinner. One result was the famous fiasco of the "Paris ''[[Tannhäuser (opera)|Tannhäuser]]''" of 1861, when [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] insisted on inserting the requisite ballet into the first act, and the second act, with the members of the Jockey Club arriving to view their favourites in the [[corps de ballet]], was all but hissed off the stage: Wagner never permitted another production in Paris. Proust made his fictional character [[In Search of Lost Time|Charles Swann]] a member of the Jockey Club as a signal honor, given Swann's Jewish background.
+The Jockey Club was originally organized as the "Society for the Encouragement of the Improvement of Horse Breeding in France", to provide a single authority for [[horse racing]] in the nation, beginning at [[Chantilly, Oise|Chantilly]] in 1834. It swiftly became the center for the most ''sportifs'' or "sportsmen" gentlemen of ''le Tout-Paris.'' At the same time, when aristocrats and men of the ''[[Bourgeoisie|haute bourgeoisie]]'' still formed the governing class, its Anglo-Gallic membership could not fail to give it some political colour: [[Napoleon III]], who had passed some early exile in England, asserted that he had learned to govern an [[French Second Empire|empire]] through "his intercourse with the calm, self-possessed men of the English turf".<ref>A. F. Kinglake, ''The Invasion of the Crimea'', 1863, ch. xiv, quoted in Gordon N. Ray, "Thackeray's 'Book of Snobs'", ''Nineteenth-Century Fiction'' '''10'''.1 (June 1955:22-33) p. 22.</ref>
-On the ground floor beneath the Jockey Club was the fashionable Grand Café.  There, on 28 December 1895, a stylish crowd in the ''Salon Indien'' attended the public début of the [[Lumière brothers]]' invention, the [[Cinematograph]].
+Between 1833 and 1860, the Jockey Club transformed the [[Champ de Mars]] into a racecourse, which has since been transferred to [[Longchamp Racecourse|Longchamp]]. One front of the [[Café de la Paix]] is in rue Scribe, which ends at the façade of the [[Opéra Garnier]]. On the wall is a memorial plaque on the Hotel Scribe, at number 1, which records the former premises of the Jockey Club, which occupied luxurious quarters on the first floor from 1863 to 1913.
-The Jockey-Club is directed by an annually-elected committee of a president, four vice-presidents and twenty-five members. New members are sponsored by two current members and must receive five-sixths of the members' votes, unfavourable votes annulling five favourable ones.
+During the [[Second French Empire|Second Empire]] and the [[French Third Republic|Third Republic]], the gentlemen of the Jockey Club held numerous boxes at the Opera ("many little suspended [[Salon (gathering)|salons]]" in [[Marcel Proust]]'s phrase), where the required ballet expected in every opera was never in the first act, when the Jockey Club would habitually still be at dinner. One result was the famous fiasco of the "Paris ''[[Tannhäuser (opera)|Tannhäuser]]''" of 1861, when [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] insisted on inserting the requisite ballet into the first act, placing it immediately after the overture to get it out of the way. The second act, when the members of the Jockey Club arrived to view their favourites in the [[corps de ballet]], was all but hissed off the stage. Wagner never permitted another production in Paris. Proust made his fictional character [[In Search of Lost Time|Charles Swann]] a member of the Jockey Club as a signal honor, given Swann's Jewish background.
-== Presidents ==
-* Lord Henry Seymour-Conway (1805–1859)<ref>Son of the [[Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford|marquess of Hertford]].</ref> : 1834-1835
-* M. Anne-Édouard de Normandie : 1835-1836
-* Napoléon-Joseph Ney, prince de la Moskova (1803-1857)<ref>Son of Napoleon's [[marshal Ney]].</ref> : 1836-1849
-* Comte Achille Delamarre  : 1849-1853
-* Armand de Gontaut-Biron, marquis de Saint Blancard (1839-1884): 1853-1884
-* Sosthènes de La Rochefoucauld, duc de Doudeauville (1825-1908) : 1884-1908
-* Aymeri, duc de Montesquiou-Fezensac (1843-1912) : 1908-1914
-* Comte Elie d’Avaray : 1914-1919
-* Armand de la Rochefoucauld, duc de Doudeauville, son of Sosthènes de La Rochefoucauld : 1919-1962
-* Philippe, duc de Luynes : 1962-1977
-* Charles de Cossé, duc de Brissac : 1977-1985
-* Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, duc d'Estissac : 1985-1997
-* François de Cossé, duc de Brissac : 1997
+On the ground floor beneath the Jockey Club was the fashionable Grand Café. There, on 28 December 1895, a stylish crowd in the ''Salon Indien'' attended the public début of the [[Lumière brothers]]' invention, the [[cinematograph]].
-== Prix du Jockey Club ==
+The Jockey Club is directed by an annually-elected committee of a president, four vice-presidents and twenty-five members. New members are sponsored by two current members and must receive five-sixths of the members' votes present at the ballot. Hence 'No' votes, called black-balls require five 'Yes' votes, or white balls to be countered. Black and white balls are no more in use but for vocabulary.
-Under the patronage of the Jockey Club, the ''Prix du Jockey Club'' (1,500,000 euros) has been run at the racecourse of Chantilly at the foot of the [[Château de Chantilly]], the first Sunday in June, since 1836. The race at the ''Hippodrome de Chantilly'' is the proving-ground of the best of the three-year-olds, the French equivalent of the [[Epsom Derby]] run at [[Epsom Downs Racecourse|Epsom Downs]] or in the U.S. of the [[Kentucky Derby]].
+==Presidents==
-Until 2004 the course was 2400 meters; since then it has been run at 2100 meters. In France, only the Prix de l'Arc du Triomphe has a richer purse (1,600,000 euros); that race was inaugurated by the Jockey Club in 1863 as the Grand Prix de Paris, and run at the [[Hippodrome de Longchamp]]. The racecourse was painted by [[Édouard Manet]], [[Edgar Degas]], and [[Pablo Picasso]], among others.
+* [[Lord Henry Seymour (1805–1859)|Lord Henry Seymour]] (1805–1859):<ref>Son of the [[Francis Seymour-Conway, 3rd Marquess of Hertford|3rd Marquess of Hertford]].</ref> 1834–1835
-== See also ==
+* M. Anne-Édouard de Normandie : 1835–1836
-*[[Jockey Club]], the British authority
+* [[Napoléon Joseph Ney]], prince de la Moskova (1803–1857):<ref>Son of Napoleon's [[marshal Ney]].</ref> 1836–1849
-*[[The Jockey Club]], the American authority.
+* Comte [[Achille Joseph Delamare]]: 1849–1853
+* Armand de Gontaut-Biron, marquis de Saint Blancard (1839–1884) : 1853–1884
+* [[Sosthène II de La Rochefoucauld|Sosthènes de La Rochefoucauld]], [[duc de Doudeauville]] (1825–1908) : 1884–1908
+* Aymeri, duc de Montesquiou-Fezensac (1843–1913) : 1908–1913
+* Comte Elie d'Avaray : 1913–1919
+* Armand de la Rochefoucauld, duc de Doudeauville:<ref>Son of Sosthènes de La Rochefoucauld.</ref> 1919–1962
+* Philippe, duc de Luynes : 1962–1977
+* [[Pierre de Cossé Brissac|Pierre de Cossé]], duc de Brissac : 1977–1985
+* Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld, duc d'Estissac : 1985–1997
+* [[François de Cossé-Brissac|François de Cossé]], duc de Brissac : 1997–2014
+* [[Roland du Luart]], marquis du Luart : 2014–present
-== Notes ==
+==Prix du Jockey Club==
-<references/>
+Under the patronage of the Jockey Club, the ''[[Prix du Jockey Club]]'' (1,500,000 euros) has been run at the [[Chantilly Racecourse]] (at the foot of the [[Château de Chantilly]]) on the first Sunday in June since 1836. The race at the ''Hippodrome de Chantilly'' is the proving-ground of the best of the three-year-olds, the French equivalent of [[Epsom Derby|The Derby]] at [[Epsom Downs Racecourse|Epsom Downs]] or the [[Kentucky Derby]] in the USA.
-== References ==
+Until 2004, the course was 2400 meters; since then, it has been run at 2100 meters. In France, only the ''[[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]]'' has a richer purse (5,000,000 euros); that race was inaugurated by the Jockey Club in 1863 as the Grand Prix de Paris, and run at the [[Hippodrome de Longchamp]]. The racecourse was painted by [[Édouard Manet]], [[Edgar Degas]], and [[Pablo Picasso]], among others.
-*[http://www.paris-pittoresque.com/perso/32b.htm ''Les célébrités de la rue,'' (1868): "Isabelle, la bouquetière du Jockey-Club"]
-== Further reading ==
+==See also==
+*[[Jockey Club]], the British authority
+*[[The Jockey Club]], the American authority
+*[[Suzanne Lagier]]
+==Notes==
+{{Reflist}}
+==References==
+*[http://www.paris-pittoresque.com/perso/32b.htm ''Les célébrités de la rue'', (1868): "Isabelle, la bouquetière du Jockey-Club"]
+==Further reading==
 *Victor Fell Yellin, ''Jacques Offenbach and the Paris of His Time''
 *Steven Kale, ''French Salons: High Society and Political Sociability from the Old Regime to the Revolution of 1848''
 *Joseph-Antoine Roy, ''Histoire du Jockey Club de Paris'', Paris, 1958
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:Clubs and societies in France]]
-[[Category:Traditional gentlemen's clubs]]
+[[Category:Gentlemen's clubs in France]]
-[[Category:Horse racing organisations]]
+[[Category:Horse racing organizations]]
 [[Category:Organizations established in 1834]]
 [[Category:1834 establishments in France]]
+[[Category:Upper class culture in Europe]]
-[[es:Jockey Club de París]]
-[[fr:Jockey Club de Paris]]