Chariots, what!

"Aha" says Pickle to Pearl, "now we are getting somewhere". "Where is that then" says Pearl to Pickle. "Don't you see, we have discovered chariot racing here in Switzerland" says Pickle to Pearl, "At last, evidence of military activity". "Are you sure?" asks Pearl of Pickle, "this isn't 'Ben Hur' you know". "Well what is it, 'Ben Him'?". Says Pearl to Pickle, "I think if you look at the caption under the picture you will find we have come across carriage races at a national horse fair at the Marche Concours in Saignelegier (and I'm sorry I don't have any 'e' acutes to put in). "Ah well", says Pickle "as they say in France, c'est la vie!