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FRENCH JOCKEY CLUB PRESIDENT DEAD. Paris. France, Novenilicr 4. The death of the Duke de Fezensae, head of the great Montesquieu famllv, renderl vacant the important office of president of the French Jockey Club, one of the worlds most exclusive clubs. Founded in 1S33, on the same lines as the Luglish Joofcev Club, by the celebrated Lord Henry Seymour, it numbered among Its fourteen foundation members the Duke of Orleans, the Duke of Ne-luours, Prince of the Moskowa and Count Demidoff. High social position and large fortune have always been indispensable conditions of membership; one black ball in six suffices to exclude. The etiquette of the clul is of the strictest, and a long period of mourning will elapse before the election of the new president takes place. The post is not an easy one to till. , . , First, there are the social qualifications, which are manv; secondlv, the successful candidate must dcvqte much time to his duties. Both the late Duke de Fezensae and his predecessor, the Duke of Doudpauville. were admirable in these respects. The president is usually taken from among the four vice-presidents, .but "f these at present two are considered too elderly and neither or the other two seems to have enough weight for the post. The Joekev eluh had a predilection for members or French noble families and, outside of royalties, admits cbmpAratiYely few foreigners. There are at present one thousand members, but It Is onlv on rare occasions that anything like that number Assembles. The club Is a solemn and digni-tled institution. It never gives entertaliimeuts and wpjucu aru rarely. lf LvtF admitted,
