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sets, while the sombre black and grey that are de rigueur 

 for a gentleman's costume act as a foil to the brilliance of 

 the ladies' elaborate toilettes. 



Near the rails, on the opposite side of the Course, are 

 rows of elegantly appointed coaches, on the boxes of which 

 are seated fair ladies and gallant gentlemen, noted whips 

 and keen sportsmen ; the white canvas tents and waving 

 pennons of the Club Enclosures and booths forming a 

 strange and appropriate background to the picture. For an 

 enthusiast, where horse racing is concerned, even minor 

 details are inexpressibly interesting. One dwells, as it were, 

 over every note of the overture, and finds in each detail' 

 a depth of enjoyment very nearly equal to that produced 

 by the regular business itself. Quite apart from the delights 

 of a desperately contested struggle — a brilliant bit of horse- 

 manship or a triumph of judgment brought off by a bare 

 head, through So and So's fine riding — there are a hundred 

 and one attractions that a race meeting possesses that can 

 be enjoyed by the enthusiast : the visit to the stables, the 

 early morning gallops, the familiar faces one meets, the few 

 minutes' conversation with this famous trainer and that 

 masterly jockey, the rush to see the horses, and all the 

 humours and character studies of the crowd. 



Since King Edward came to his throne a fresh chapter 

 has been opened in the history of Ascot. Great changes 

 have taken place during the past year in the appearance 

 of the Course as well as in the manaofement. The abolition 

 of the Royal Buckhounds has resulted in fresh arrangements 

 with regard to entry into the Royal Enclosure, and the 

 demolition of some of the stands and the erection of new 

 and extensive buildings in their place has. considerably 



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