ii6 RIDING DRESS. 



arrangement of dressing the hair in a coil of plaits at 

 the nape of the neck has quite gone out, but it was 

 a far neater one for riding than the " tea-pot handle " 

 and other curious knobs and buns of the present time. 

 The pulled-out style, in bad imitation of Japanese hair 

 dressing, gives a dirty and untidy appearance, and 

 looks perfectly hideous on horseback, and especially 

 when the place where the back hair ought to be, is 

 adorned with a round brooch ! If ladies who adopt 

 this bad style could only see how much it vulgarises 

 an otherwise nice appearance, they would at once 

 abjure it. A neat way to arrange the hair for hunting 

 is to coil it firmly round the head, and fasten it with 

 plenty of hairpins those bent in the centre and with 

 ball points are, I think, the most reliable and to pin 

 over the hair an " invisible " silken net the same 

 colour as the hair, which will keep it tidy. 



BOOTS. 



I wish to lay particular stress on the necessity of 

 riding boots having thin pliable soles, and being 

 easy over the instep ; because I once saw a lady 

 dragged by her stirrup and only saved from death by 

 her boot coming off and thus releasing her. I do not 

 think that sufficient attention is paid either by ladies 

 or bootmakers to the fact that a loose riding boot may 

 be the means of saving its wearer s life : I never 

 devoted much thought to the subject before witnessing 

 this accident. The use of tight boots in winter has 

 the great disadvantage of keeping the feet very cold, 



