The economics of transporting something very heavy and highly perishable meant that ice long remained an unattainable luxury for all but the most wealthy.
Saying, it is clear that a patchwork of different laws from different states will make unattainable the goal of providing a fair and level playing field.
And built up with a slight batter or incline, which forms no slight defense where hedges will not grow because of the wind and the wilderness, and where wall materials are unattainable.
To adapt the queen's one-liner: for all that the spectacle and unattainable glamour of royalty still fascinates (and helps sell books), for Britain's jubilee monarch the show is a means to an end.