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Le Sport Universel Illustré. "Paris-Berlin à cheval" ("Paris-Berlin on horseback") by [H]enry [T]hetard, December 2, 1927, p. 864. National Library of France (via Gallica).

Le Grand Écho de l'Aisne. "La belle chevauchée... 2,600 kilomètres en Amazone" ("The beautiful ride... 2,600 kilometres sidesaddle") by Raymond Vagner, November 23, 1927, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica).

Rachel's return: Press coverage

  • Excelsior. "Mlle Rachel Dorange, la plus belle amazone revenant de Berlin est arrivée hier à Paris" (Mlle Rachel Dorange, the most beautiful amazon arrived im Paris yesterday returning from Berlin"), November 22, 1927, p. 1. National Library of France (via Gallica).

  • Le Matin. "Mlle Dorange a terminé son raid hippique Paris-Berlin et retour," Le Quotidien, November 22, 1927, p. 2. National Library of France (via Gallica).

  • Paris-Soir. "La plus belle amazone a terminé son raid Paris-Berlin-Paris" ("The most beautiful amazon has ended her Paris-Berlin-Paris ride"), November 22, 1927, p.1. National Library of France (via Gallica).

  • Le Quotidien. "Comment Rachel Dorange et son cheval 'Le Huppé' ont réussi le beau voyage" ("How Rachel Dorange and her horse ΓÇÿLe HuppéΓÇÖ made the beautiful journey") by Hugette Godin, November 23, 1928, p. 2. National Library of France (via Gallica).

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    Ouest-Éclair. "Un défi intéressant" ("An interesting challenge"), January 19, 1928, p. 7 (via Gallica). Reports Marie Féraud's challenge to Rachel: "It is to be hoped that Mlle Dorange will pick up the glove that has been so gallantly thrown down."

    Christine Morer. "Marie Féraud," Soci├⌐t├⌐ d'├⌐mulation du Bourbonnais. Marie and her horse Stuart both published memoirs: Une Femme de Cheval (A Horsewoman, 1933), and Stuart Cheval Raconte (Stuart the Horse Recounts, 1935). In 1936 when Marie could no longer afford to keep horses she opened a small bar in Avermes. During the occupation she was jailed for a month for selling drinks after hours, which in normal times would have cost her a fine at worst.

    Armand Massard. Faits et Méfaits Divers: Confession d'un Vieil Enfant du Siècle (Various Deeds and Misdeeds: Confession of an Old Child of the Century). Paris, Pierre Charron, 1970. The excerpt quoted was posted by Hervé Ménager on the Amazones discussion forum under Rachel DORANGE et les Paris-Cannes féminins on October 11, 2018. Massard also wrote the preface to Ernest Molier's book Le Cirque, l'Équitation et l'Athlétisme (Editions Baudiniere, 1925).

    Jean Hallaure

  • Lisette Matano. "Letters from Mata Hari," Georgetown University Library June 24, 2016. Description and links to images of four letters from Mata Hari to Jean Hallaure.

  • National Library of France. This search retrieves Agence Roi photos of Jean Hallaure performing as a clown at Cirque Molier in 1921 (via Gallica).

  • La Presse (Montréal). "Écrivains de France: L'activité débordante de M. Jean Hallaure, gastronome-journaliste" ("Writers of France: The boundless energy of Mr. Jean Hallaure, gastronome-journalist"), September 27, 1947, p. 57 (Via BANQ). Profile of Jean Hallaure. In the 1940s and 1950s he became a well-known culinary expert and writer on food topics.

  • Yousuf Karsh. Sittings, Karsh.org. Lists Jean Hallaure's two portrait sittings with Karsh, August 26, 1946 and July 14, 1954.
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    Martha Gaiatry

  • L'Écho d'Alger, "Le raid hippique Paris-Cannes: Les Cinq amazones ont quitté Paris hier matin" (The Paris-Cannes horse race: The five amazons left Paris yesterday morning"), February 24, 1928, p. 3 (via Gallica). "From the time she was four..."

  • L'Intransigeant. "M. Pierre Foucret vient d'engager une jeune danseuse hindoue...." ("Mr. Pierre Foucret has just hired a young Hindu dancer...."), February 2, 1928, p. 4 (via Gallica).

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    Jane Cody

  • New York Times. "5 women quit Paris on horses for Cannes; Two suffering From grip as 600-mile journey of fifteen days is started," February 24, 1928, p. 5. Jane Cody wears "cowboy costume."

  • L'Écho d'Alger, "Le raid hippique Paris-Cannes: Les cinq amazones ont quitté Paris hier matin" (The Paris-Cannes horse race: The five amazons left Paris yesterday morning"), February 24, 1928, p. 3 (via Gallica). Jane Cody's husband re Jane.

  • Wyoming State Tribune, Cheyenne State Leader. "Jane Cody to be statue unveiler," April 22, 1924, p. 1 (via Wyoming Newspapers). Jane Cody Garlow, aged 14 to unveil statue of her grandfather Buffalo Bill.

  • Wyoming Eagle. "Cody's granddaughter not a 'Western girl'," May 30, 1926, p. 1 (via Wyoming Newspapers). Interviewed on a visit to Omaha, Nebraska, Jane Cody Garlow described herself as "just a normal girl, with no special tendencies toward westernism." On the subject of dressing up in cowboy garb she said "It amuses us when people from the east come to Cody expecting to see Indians and 'movie' cowboys. The girls especially come all togged out in split leather riding breeches, and chaps, sombreros and red kerchiefs around their necks. We can't help laughing at them — even on dude ranches."

  • Jane Irma Cody Garlow Keane. Find a Grave. Photos and obituary.

    Martha Gaiatry.

  • La Liberté. "La cinquième étape des amazones: Mlle Gaiatry augment son avance" ("The fifth stage of the amazons: Mlle Gaiatry increases her lead") by Armand Massard, February 28, 1928, p. 1 (via Gallica). "At each checkpoint she first glares fiercely...."

  • L'Avenir. "Miss Gaiatry arrive première à Cannes" ("Miss Gaiatry arrives first at Cannes"), March 9, 1928, p. 1 (via Gallica).

  • New York Times. "Hindu dancer wins 700-mile Cannes ride: Mlle. Gaiatry waits nine hours near goal for Rachel Grossi, her nearest rival, to catch up," March 9, 1928, p. 5.
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