The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #90950   Message #1728346
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
26-Apr-06 - 07:16 PM
Thread Name: BS: Origins of the term, 'Hat Trick'
Subject: RE: BS: Origins of the term, 'Hat Trick'
"...was presented with a gold-laced hat for a fine spell of bowling."

This kind of award didn't just happen in ball games either:

'Twas in Ashwater town, the bells they did sound
They rang for a hat and a belt laced with gold

From The Bell Ringing.