Granted, now you spend all your money on tickets, as so far, that is the only known way to win.
I wish I had the week off..
Don't you make a bicorn hat by taking a circle of material, setting it on a block ( head shaped piece of wood) and fold up the front and the rear? Using starch or something to keep it stiff. Sounds easier, and safer than shaving a bunch of beavers and dunking that in mercury, and forming it on a block.