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and white, or red and white flannel, and it should, of 

 course, be made large enough to permit of one woolly- 

 being worn underneath. 



The other sketch (see Figs. 3, 4, and 5) is what is 

 called a Pytchley, and is used a great deal by hunting 

 men and women in England. It makes the smartest 

 sort of hunt livery, but, of course, only to be used as 

 a member's coat, and never when acting or represent- 

 ing Master, huntsmen, or whips in a team. 



The Pytchley was first introduced in this country 

 by Mr. Harry Page. Although, strictly speaking, a 

 hunting coat, common usuage in this country has ren- 

 dered it acceptable for hacking and showing as well. 

 It first attracted the attention of the general riding 

 public in 1912 at Madison Square Garden, when Miss 

 Hopeton W. Atterbury (Mrs. William Quaid) and I 

 appeared in them in an appointment class. At that 

 time it was dubbed the Nardi coat, because the well- 

 known habit-maker of that name, copying a model 

 given to him, had made them. Unfortunately, how- 

 ever, the coat has now been copied wholesale and 

 turned out by every Tom, Dick, and the devil of a 

 tailor who hasn't the remotest idea of how it should 

 be cut. If not well fitted and well cut it is an abomi- 

 nation. 



To begin with, it should only be worn by a woman 

 with a slight figure and a long waist; a stout short- 

 waisted woman looks like an apple-dumpling in it. 

 Secondly, it is strictly a dress habit, and should never 

 be worn before 12 a. m., or without a top hat. It should 

 only be made of black or Oxford mixture, Melton 

 cloth, and never in dark brown, blue, or green. It 

 should never be worn with a loud-colored vest, or any 

 other shaped vest than that in the illustration, which 



