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selection from other kinds and shapes, too numerous 

 to mention. Suffice it, therefore, for me to hint to 

 the novice that white tops ^o well with brown cord 

 breeches, and that the exposure of two inches of the 

 calf of the leg, encased in coarse blue stocking, or 

 what not, between breech and boot, is both neat 

 and becoming; and also that his spurs should be so 

 loosely buckled on as to shake freely up and down 

 on the heels in accompaniment to the varying paces 

 of his horse. Spurs are equally serviceable whether 

 worn this or that way uppermost, and equally secure 

 whether buckled on the out or inside of the foot ; 

 these are matters of taste, but the longer the neck 

 of your spur is, so much, as a rule, is it the better for 

 your bootmaker, and worse for the Accidental Insur- 

 ance Company you honour by your patronage, unless 

 you put them on after you come down stairs ; or, 

 better still, have them adjusted by your groom when 

 you are yourself safely located in the saddle. 



Whips of various kinds may be, and are, used in 

 the chase, and the selection of this or that pattern 

 your own fancy may dictate, but the *' correct car- 

 riage " of this article b}- the aspiring horseman 

 cannot be too carefully studied. The "Fishing Rod " 

 and "Fiddlestick" modes are perhaps at the present 

 time most popular, and the art of posing yours as 

 either may easily be acquired by watching the juvenile 



