Cliquot: A Racing Story of Ideal Beauty

by Kate Lee Ferguson

“Cliquot,” by Kate Lee Ferguson, is a very clever and charming novel of the Amélie Rives school, full of interest, beauty and piquancy. It enters into its subject without the slightest delay, maintains continuous action and avoids digressions. Love, of course, is its predominating theme, but much of its interest centres in the racing career of a fleet thoroughbred stallion from which the romance takes its name and which by reason of intractability and a habit of killing jockeys has failed in every race. Neil Emory, the hero of the novel and his owner, however, finds a boy who manages to control and bring him in a winner. The momentous race is described with such spirit and realism that every patron of the turf will be fascinated, while even the general reader who has no particular love for horse-flesh cannot fail to be thrilled, especially as there is a mystery surrounding the youthful jockey which has a direct bearing upon the plot. Emory is married and has not been released from the wife he has put aside, but this does not prevent him from passionately loving Gwendoline Gwinn, the beautiful heroine and an admirable character, by the way, strong in all those points which bring a man to a woman’s feet and keep him there. Spicy incidents abound and are well worked up, particularly those in which Cassandra Clovis and “Kitty Who Laughs,” a couple of actresses, figure conspicuously. Cassandra is a handsome, passionate creature who loves unbidden and suffers bitterly in consequence. “Kitty Who Laughs” is a mysterious personage in whose history there is a decided pathetic element. The other personages introduced are of minor importance, but well-drawn and representative types of Southern character, for the scene of “Cliquot” is laid in the South, the most thrilling developments taking place in New Orleans. The love passages, of which there are quite a number in the delightful volume, are highly wrought and overflowing with ardent passion, but altogether within the bounds of the natural. They will certainly stir a responsive chord in the breast of every youthful reader and not a few of the older ones. “Cliquot” is written in smoothly flowing style and is both breezy and touching. Its plot is very creditable and the denouement is brought about with a fair degree of skill. The novel will be sure to find many readers and of course will be widely talked about, as in parts it ventures upon ground where delicate treatment is imperative. Amélie Rives has published nothing more passionate and her best works have not caused the sensation “Cliquot” is likely to create.

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