Word: quantock
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...waning football season; millions more sat home and placed bets in the football pools. One lucky Londoner won ?55,000, which, as the Daily Graphic pointed out, was almost exactly what the late Lord Passfield (Sidney Webb) left in his will. There was a public outcry because the Quantock Hunt (staghounds) had been allowed petrol rations of 7½ gallons for each deer bagged. But British huntsmen were scheduling more than 100 chases between Easter and the end of April. In Bavaria, the horse-racing season opened; some 100,000 racegoers bet a total of 1½ million marks...