Modern Ascot 



the Army and Navy are represented, anxious parents with 



their daughters, the young debutante, and the stately duchess. 



lliere are grave faces, too, as well as Q^ay, showino- that 



profit, no 



less than 



pleasure, 



has brought 



its followers 



to the 



Heath. 



THE LAWN AT THE BACK OF 

 THE GRAND STAND 



Special after 

 special sets down 

 its burden of easer 

 beings, and guards 

 and porters are here, 

 there, and every- 

 where. Needless 

 to say. Ascot week Is a harvest for them, as it is also for 

 many not well blessed with this world's Q-oods, for, if one 

 were to moralise, your racing man on a bright, cheery 



THE BAND STAND 



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