Ascot [ Games & Sports / Sports & Leisure ]
… pratiques analogues : Among other things a single large stall is erected, wherein the Englishmen place their bets. The King has his own stall at one side. I saw 5 heats on the first day, and despite a heavy rain there were 2000 vehicles, … things puppet-plays, hawkers [...], horror plays [...]which go on during the races; many tents with refreshments, all kinds of wine and beer, and many Io-players [...], a game which is forbidden in London. (Haydn 255, 257) 19 . …
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