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one has given thought and attention to the matter 

 in hand, and has an individual opinion ; but 

 slavish and unreasoning imitation is less than 

 nothing, especially the imitation of methods and 

 customs which have no reason for existence ; 

 and in no detail of appointment matters does this 

 imitation reach such dangerous and ridiculous 

 lengths as in that connected with the harness, its 

 cc trappings and its strappings." Thus, once up- 

 on a time, the punctilious pundits who adjudicate 

 upon such matters, proclaimed that no harness 

 was properly arranged for use with a carriage 

 owned or driven by a lady, unless it included lace 

 housings, fronts, rosettes, and loin straps ; sub- 

 sequently it was determined that such trappings 

 were en regie only when a servant drove, and 

 were a part of the full dress equipment imperative 

 only where he was to take active part. At the 

 Garden, 1901, not a single carriage was thus 

 " turned out " (in the brougham class for pairs), 

 and the only housings were those borne by a pair 

 which got fourth, these being of brass curb-chain 

 pattern ! In view of these absurdities for really 

 they are nothing else why pay any attention to 

 details ? One cannot change frequently enough 

 to be correct. Judges endorse at one show the 



