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Black limousines whisked French President Vincent Auriol and his glittering guests from Paris out to the 1,500-acre estate around the presidential chateau at Rambouillet. The party took their places at the butts, waited while beaters waving red & white flags drove 9,000 pheasants into the morning air. Then the firing started. After four sweeps, the shooting party moved on to an artificial lake where white-jacketed gamesmen dragged roped bells across the water, sending about 100 wild ducks aloft. The guns went off again. Some of the high scorers of the day: Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands...
Results of the annual diplomatic pheasant shoot on the summer estate of French President Vincent Auriol were posted again in Rambouillet. Winner: U.S. Ambassador David K. Bruce, with 70 birds. The host's bag: 41 birds...
Auriol is a proficient angler and fancies himself a proficient hunter. At the big official hunt parties given every year on the presidential country estate of Rambouillet, M. and Mme. Auriol attain a high pitch of activity. Michèle Auriol scurries about directing the beaters to drive copious supplies of game in the direction of favored guests. Vincent with his gun swivels wildly to & fro. Those who know his aim and love their lives, duck. He good-naturedly contradicts any suggestion that somebody else brought down the bird at which he thought he aimed...
...succeeding days there was luncheon with President Vincent Auriol at the Château de Rambouillet, dinner with Foreign Minister Bidault, a visit to Versailles. One hot afternoon (95°), Evita slipped into Notre-Dame, listened to a brief sermon, prayed, then drove back to the Ritz for a bath. Always there were rich food and champagne and the tasteless corn-bread that is found cn most French tables. It was a polite way of emphasizing French need for Argentine wheat...
...presidency of Rotary International (1932), and administration of New Mexico's relief (1935). He is a gentleman farmer. Three years ago he bought the 935-acre Lazy V Cross ranch, five miles outside Albuquerque. There he has 450 acres of alfalfa, 135 milch cows, and 300 head of Rambouillet sheep...