(_Provided for the better sex_)
After taking infinite trouble to secure a dream of a dress, to wait
expectantly to see whether it will rain or keep up.
After arriving on the course to find one's only duchess monopolised by
the Buckingham-Browns, to dismay of all semi-outsiders.
Between the races to notice one's hated rivals in the sacred enclosure,
to which one has no admittance.
At luncheon, to contrast the men of this year who have remained at home
with those of last season who are now at the front.
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And--perhaps safest of all--to leave the doubts and fears, the
heart-burnings and disappointment of the meeting to others, and to learn
all about Ascot by reading the papers.
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[Illustration: "NON EST INVENTUS"
(_A Derby Problem._)
_Ostler_ (_on the Downs, after the races_). "Don't you even remember 'is
colour, guv'nor?"]
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THE PREVAILING PASSION.--_Father_ (_reading newspaper_). I see another
Rugby man has been appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. That's the third
Rugby man in succession.
_Son_ (_a football enthusiast_). Well, I think it is time one of the
Association had a turn.
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