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hunting-tie are as follows : " The centre of the stock 

 is placed on the front of the neck, the ends are 

 passed in opposite directions round the back of the 

 neck, brought in front, tied in a reef knot, crossed in 

 front of this knot, and finally secured, as a rule, by 

 means of a pin or brooch of the safety or horse-shoe 

 or fox pattern. A gold safety pin is often used. A 

 brooch pin is naturally safer than an ordinary pin. 

 Nowadays, hunting ties are nearly always made of 

 white cotton material " (Riding and Hunting]. 



If a collar is preferred to a hunting-tie, it should not 

 be too high, for nothing is more uncomfortable in riding 

 than a collar which compels its wearer to preserve a 

 stiff neck and runs into her whenever she tries to turn 

 her head. The best kind of cuffs are those which have 

 button holes for links or solitaires in the centre, as 

 they allow room for thick gloves to be passed under 

 them. The necktie to be worn is a matter of choice, 

 but white and black ties are always becoming, the 

 former for preference, as they brighten up a dark habit. 

 It is always well to abjure startling colours ; for the 

 dress, saddlery and gear of a horsewoman should be 

 characterised by simplicity and neatness. On this point 

 I can offer no sounder advice than that given to 

 Laertes by his father, who said : 



" Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, 

 But not express'd in fancy ; rich not gaudy ; 

 For the apparel oft proclaims the man ; " 



and also the woman. 



