 In France, early organised sport was a matter for rich people.Racing Club became the epitome of the exclusive athletics club, located in the heart of the Bois de Boulogne in the affluent western district of Paris.As the club's name, Racing, indicates, it was modelled after fashionable English sports organisations, whose ideal of "mens sana in corpore sano" ("a healthy mind in a healthy body") appealed very much to its members.