HOCHST 



40,000 engaged ; the Austrians 

 7,500 out of 80,000-90,000. See 

 Seven Years' War. 



Hochst. Town of Germany. It 

 stands on the Main, where it is 

 joined by the Nidda, in the Prus- 

 sian province of Hesse-Nassau, 6 m. 

 from Frankfort. The chief building 

 is the church of S. Justinus, with a 



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anglicised name hock is now ap- 

 plied generally to all Rhine white 

 wines. Most of these can be had 

 either still or sparkling, among the 

 best of the former being Liebfrau- 

 milch and Marcobrunn ; of the 

 latter, Johannisberg, Liebfrau- 

 milch, and Ehrenbreitstein. Hock 

 has a characteristic flavour and 

 bouquet ; it is a full-bodied, stable 

 wine, containing from 9 p.c. to 12 

 p.c. of alcohol. Similar wines, 

 made in Australia, California, and 

 elsewhere from the hock or Ries- 

 ling vine, are usually sweeter than 

 the Rhine wines. 



Hockey (Eng. hook ; Fr. hoquet, 

 crook). Outdoor game that has 

 been played for centuries in various 

 countries under various names. In 

 Ireland a similar game is known as 

 hurley, in Scotland as shinty, in 

 Wales as bandy. The earliest form 

 of the game is traceable to Ireland, 

 and appears to have been originally 

 played by one individual against 

 another. The Irish game is re- 



HOCKEY 



ferred to in the will of the first 

 Irish king, Cathair Moir (d. 148). 

 Cathair gave Crimthaun fifty hurl- 

 ing balls made of brass, with an 

 equal number of brazen hurlete. 



As now played, hockey became 

 a recognized game about 1883, 

 when a standard set of rules was 

 framed by the Wimbledon Club. 

 In the same year the game was 

 adopted by Cambridge University, 

 and later by Oxford; the first 

 inter-' varsity match being con- 

 tested in 1890. On Jan. 18, 1886, 

 the Hockey Association was 

 founded. Its organization gave a 



freat impetus to the game, and 

 rish, Welsh, Scottish, and English 

 county associations sprang into 

 existence. Although originally a 

 game for men only, hockey was 

 recognized as a suitable pastime 

 for women, and in 1895 the All- 

 England Women's Hockey Asso- 

 ciation was instituted. Irish, Welsh, 

 and Scottish associations for ladies 

 have existed for many years. 



Hockey. Plan of the field as laid 

 out by the Hockey Association 



Gothic choir, and there are remains 

 of a castle of the elector of Mainz. 

 Machinery, tobacco, and beer are 

 among the articles manufactured, 

 and there are large dye works and a 

 trade along the river. It is also a 

 rly. junction. The town was part of 

 the electorate of Mainz until the up- 

 heaval caused by Napoleon, its 

 first charter being given in 1400 by 

 the elector John. Later it was in- 

 cluded in Hesse-Nassau, but was 

 taken in 1866 by Prussia. Here on 

 June 20, 1622, the Protestants 

 under Christian, duke of Bruns- 

 wick, were defeated by the troops 

 of the Catholic League under Tilly, 

 and here on Oct. 11, 1795, the 

 Austrians defeated the French. 

 Pop. 17,240. 



Hochstadt. Town of Germany, 

 in Bavaria. It stands on the 

 Danube, 34 m. by rly. N.E. of Ulm. 

 Here Marlborough and Prince Eu- 

 gene defeated the French, Aug. 13, 

 1704, in the battle of Blenheim 

 (q.v. ). In the previous year (1703) 

 the French and the Bavarians had 

 defeated the imperial troops here. 

 Malting and brewing are carried on. 

 Pop. 2,300. 



Hock. German white wine. 

 Grown in the Rhine district and 

 locally known as Hochheimer, from 

 Hochheim, on the Main, the 



