Hofmarschall Fürst Khevenhüller-Metsch in einem Tagebucheintrag über das "Damenkarussell" am 2. Januar 1743:

Everyone was amazed that everything proceeded in such an orderly fashion and without any untoward occurrences, as the women and ladies of the Court, taking part on horseback and driving birocci [a type of carriage], had had scant time to practise, and in particular the women on horseback had been supplied with very poor mounts which had not even been trained to promenade, let alone perform exercises such as these.