THE BARB AND THE BRIDLE. 14 1 



In beginning regular hunting, one good run in a day for a lady 

 should suffice for some little time. In November the days are very 

 short, and often enough a fox started after three o'clock will be 

 running strong when darkness comes on. For a lady, and a beginner 

 especially, it is best to leave off and trot quietly home while there is 

 yet dayhght. 



As regards "get up" or equipment, I must add to my former 

 suggestions that a lady for the hunting field should be provided 

 always with a waterproof overcoat, which should be rolled up in as 

 small a compass as possible, and is better carried by her pilot or her 

 second horseman (if she has one out) than attached by straps to the 

 off-side flap of her own saddle ; as, in addition to spoiling the 

 symmetry of the saddle on that side, I have seen instances of 

 things so attached hanging up in ragged fences, no matter how care- 

 fully they may have been put on. 



A sandwich case and flask are highly necessary also. Hunting is 

 a wonderful promoter of appetite, and it is not beneficial to a young 

 lady's health to go from early breakfast to late dinner time without 

 refreshment ; while it is quite possible — nay, very probable in a grass 

 country — that she may be a long way from head-quarters when she 

 leaves the hounds, and in a part where refreshment for a lady cannot 

 be had for love or money. 



The Melton people have met this requirement very efficiently. 

 Thus, into a very flat, flexible flask, with a screw-cup top, they put 

 a most succulent liquid, composed of calves' foot jelly and sherry. 

 This flask is accompanied by a very neat little leather case, which 

 contains half a dozen nice biscuits, or, in some instances, a small 

 pasty, composed of meat. These cases, with the flask, are made 

 to fit into the pocket of the saddle on the off-side under the hand- 

 kerchief, and the flap of the pocket is secured by a strap and buckle. 



To roU a waterproof neatly, the following plan is the best : Lay 

 the garment down flat, opened out, on a table, the inside upwards ; 

 turn the collar in first, then turn the sleeves over to the inside, 

 laying them flat ; next turn in both sides of the coat from the collar 

 downwards, about eight or ten inches ; then turn in the bottom of 

 the garment about the same distance, when it will form a pocket. 



