A Ladies' Race Finish:Rolled Chinese scene

Chinese scene

17th May 1976

the FA Cup and the Charity Shield

reviews the progress of his pupils at the end of term

an allusion to the inconvenient design of women's clothes at the time

A Ladies' Race Finish:Rolled Chinese scene'A Ladies' Race', 1872. A ladies' race fails to get under way as the female riders cannot stop gossiping. Punch regularly poked fun at women trying their poor best to participate in the sport of men. Here, the journal sends up the standard of female horsemanship, women attempting to step out of the private sphere of life deemed appropriate to their nature, and the enjoyable habit of gossiping. What is noteworthy about this cartoon, though, is that it