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is usually worn, except on Sundays, when black is substituted ; 

 but at Belvoir, in the late Duke's time, it was worn, even on 

 Sundays. At hunt balls, all the members are supposed to 

 wear it. Some men commit the solecism of appearing in 

 scarlet in the evening, and in black with the hounds. The 

 Master of the Old Berkeley West wears a yellow dress 

 coat in the evening ; and the ordinary members, pink with 

 yellow facings. The members of the Hampshire and Mon- 

 mouthshire wear a dark blue coat in the evening. 



Fig. 230. Single oxer : rail about 3 ft. high. 



The large majority of hunts have distinctive buttons, which 

 the Meynell gives to each subscriber of 25 ; and the 

 Taunton Vale, to any subscriber of seven guineas. With 

 a hunt which does not make a rule of this kind, it is best 

 for a stranger, even though he is a subscriber, not to wear 

 them, until he has been invited to do so by the Master ; 

 for the unauthorised wearing of hunt buttons is a fertile 

 cause of unpleasantness. The same remark applies to collars 

 and other forms of special hunt dress. A man who hunts 



