A Ladies' Race Finish:Rolled Poet Dylan Thomas pictured at

Poet Dylan Thomas pictured at his flat in Chelsea

reviews the progress of his pupils at the end of term

17th May 1976

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Forest's Stuart Pearce

A Ladies' Race Finish:Rolled Poet Dylan Thomas pictured at'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