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RIDING FOR LADIES. 



CHAPTER VI. 





THE lady's dress ON HORSEBACK {continued). 



No amateur manufacture can possibly look well on 

 horseback. The effect is like that which is produced when 



men play cricket or tennis in 

 home-made flannels, or go to 

 fancy balls, or private theatri- 

 cals in costumes manufactured 

 by their wives. Please do not 

 imagine that nobody ever does 

 such things. To think so 

 would be indeed a fallacy — but 

 the effect is not a bit more 

 ludicrous than that of amateur 

 tailoring, especially when a back 

 view of the latter is obtained. 



Riding trousers come next 

 for mention. Many ladies 

 prefer them to breeches, and 

 when worn, they should be 

 made of chamois, with cloth 

 to match the habit extending 

 from the foot to about midway between the knee and the 

 hip. Chamois, if of good quality, is soft, elastic, serviceable, 



AMATEUR MANUFACTURE. 



