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Sportul Popular. "Acum o jum─âtate de secol Bucure┼ƒti Paris càlare" ("Half a century ago Bucharest Paris on horseback"), October 27, 1962, p. 95 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text. Colonel Păun's ride to Paris.
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant. "Koene ruitersport" ("Brave equestrian sports"), October 2, 1928, p. 6 (KB National Library of the Netherlands via Delpher). Colonel Păun a mixed blessing; Escorted to Bucharest; Sleeping under the open sky.
This was a popular interview. It was reprinted in whole or in part by at least nine other Dutch newspapers.
La Presse. "Rachel Dorange qui tenta de se suicider par désespoir d'amour nous parle de L'Histoire de Monte-Carlo" ("Rachel Dorange, who attempted suicide out of heartbreak, tells us about The Story of Monte Carlo") by Paule Corday, November 13, 1945, p. 6. National Library of France (via Gallica). Men are generally not very smart.
Bácsmegyei Naplo. "Ve┬¡likibecskerekről jelentik Louise D Oran┬¡┬¡ge kisasszony...." ("They report from Velikibecskerek that Miss Louise [sic] D'Orange...."), June 16, 1928, p. 216 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text. "The party left Belgrade at three o'clock on Thursday afternoon and continued their journey to Bucharest via Alibunar."
Universul. "D ra Dorange a intrat eri in tara" ("Mrs. Dorange entered the country"), June 18, 1928, p. 161 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text. Colonel Păun's report of Rachel's itinerary. It includes Oraviţa, which is not on the route and is probably a mistake for Moraviţa.
Le Petit Journal. "Bucarest-Paris à cheval; Le capitaine Balacesco nous fait à son arrivée le récit de son raid" ("Bucharest-Paris on horseback; Captain Belacesco tells us the story of his ride"), December 18, 1928, p. 4 (National Library of France via Gallica). The photo at left on page 21 is a page 1 teaser referring to the article on page 4.
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1. Belgrade
Bácsmegyei Napló. "Ve┬¡likibecskerekről jelentik Louise D'Oran┬¡┬¡ge kisasszony...." ("They report from Velikibecskerek that Miss Louise [sic] D'Orange....") June 16, 1928, p. 216 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text.
2. Alibunar
Perelli Professionals, "How Far Can a Horse Travel in a Day?" Perelli Natural Horsemanship, September 25, 2024.
"Horse Gait," Wikipedia.
3. Moraviţa.
L'indépendance Roumaine. "Le raid hippique Paris Bucharest" ("The Paris Bucharest horseback ride"). June 18, 1928, p. 240 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text.
6. Lugoj
Krassó-Szörényi Lapok. "Dorange Rachel a Párizs Bukaresti lovaglótúra" ("Dorange Rachel on Paris Bucharest Horseback Riding Tour") by Jenő Deutsch, June 21, 1928, p. 98 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text.
7. Deva
Napi Hirek. "Rachel D'Orange... során junius 19-én érkezett meg Dév├íra" ("Rachel D'Orange... arrived in Deva on June 19th"), June 23, 1928, p. 1 (Hungary. Library of Parliament via Hungaricana).
L'Indépendance Romaine. "De Paris à Bucarest" ("From Paris to Bucarest"), June 21, 1928, p. 250 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text.
Universul. "D ra Dorange a sosit azi la ora 5" ("Miss Dorange arrived today at 5 o'clock"), June 21, 1928, p. 250 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text.
9. Sibiu
Ellenzék, "D'Orange kisasszony Páris Bukaresti távlovagló túráj├ín Nagyszebenbe érkezett" ("Miss D'Orange arrived in Sibiu on her long-distance riding tour to Bucharest"), June 25, 1928, p. 210 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text. This article calls Le Huppé "La Poule" (the Chicken).
11. Făgăra&scedil
Diminea┼úa. "D ra D Orange la Făgăraş" ("Miss D Orange in Făgăraş"), June 25, 1928, p. 243 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text.
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12. Braşov.
Aradi Közlöny, "D D┬¡ange kisasszony Brassóba ├⌐rke┬¡zett" ("Miss D Dange [sic] arrived in Braşov"), June 23, 1928, p. 197 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text.
Brassói Lapok, "D'Orange kisasszony lóháton Párisból Brassóba érkezett" ("Miss D'Orange arrived on horseback from Paris to Brasov"), June 27, 1928, p. 221 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text.
13. Predeal.
Aradi Közlöny, "D'Orange kisasszony Bucurestibe ├⌐rkezett" ("Miss D'Orange arrived in Bucharest"), June 27, 1928, p. 226 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text.
For sunrise in Braşov in late June, see timeanddate.com.
As with Rachel's pronouncements, newspaper reports of her doings have to be treated with a certain amount of skepticism in order to separate fact from fiction, or from mere supposition or guesswork.
For example, the Aradi Közlöny article states that Rachel and Colonel Păun crossed the Romanian border at Jimbolia (Hungarian: Zsombolya), about 110 kilometres north of Moraviţa where they actually crossed, and that they crossed the border on Saturday, June 23 instead of Friday, June 15 as Colonel Păun stated in his telegram from Moraviţa.
With respect to Rachel's father, he would probably be surprised to learn that he had been elevated to both a knighthood and a baronage, but the idea has a grain of plausibility. For centuries successive Popes have granted titles of rank (e.g., knight, baron, count) to men, and more recently to women, who have performed meritorious service to the Church. Even as a commoner and a layperson Rachel's father, in theory at least, would have been eligible for the title of papal knight and/or papal baron. See, for example, "Procedure of Admission," Association of Papal Orders in Great Britain.
However, the romantic tale of Rachel's supposed ancestor Philippe D'Orange, whether a family tradition or newly minted by Rachel herself, is pure fiction.
17. Ploieşti.
Cuvăntul, "D ra Dorange la Ploieşti" ("Miss Dorange in Ploieşti"), June 27, 1928, p. 106 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text. The title is indexed in Arcanum Newspapers as "Cuventul" but the title is actually Cuvăntul.
Operaton Title Wave Wikipedia.
18. Tâncăbeşti.
Lupta, "D ra Dorange a sosit la la Bucureşti" ("Miss Dorange arrived in Bucharest"), June 27, 1928, p. 92 (via Arcanum Newspapers). Subscription required for full text. Same article in Rampa, June 28, 1928, p. 102. Captive balloon launched.
Adevărul, "Sosirea d-rei D'Orange in Capitala: De vorba cu tanara amzoana" ("Miss D'Orange's arrival in the Capital: Talking to the young amazon"), June 27, 1928, p. 4 (via Bucharest Digital Library). Guest of Mr. Mr. Bàiecoanu.
19. Bucharest.
Adevărul, "Sosirea d-rei D'Orange in Capitala: De vorba cu tanara amazoana" ("Miss D'Orange's arrival in the Capital: Talking to the young amazon"), June 27, 1928, p. 4 (via Bucharest Digital Library). Rachel abandons her hosts.
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