A Ladies' Race Finish:Rolled Forest's Stuart Pearce

Forest's Stuart Pearce

reviews the progress of his pupils at the end of term

the FA Cup and the Charity Shield

'Hudibras in the Stocks'

Poet Dylan Thomas pictured at his flat in Chelsea

A Ladies' Race Finish:Rolled Forest's Stuart Pearce'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