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colored real buck gloves are very smart. Real buck 

 is, however, very difficult to obtain, and if it cannot 

 be procured no attempt should be made to wear light- 

 colored gloves, for imitation buck and chamois gloves 

 are sloppy-looking things. It goes without saying, 

 that gauntlets, swedes, or gloves in different shades 

 of gray or yellow, are tabooed. For winter wear fur 

 or fleece-lined doeskin gloves may be worn, with wrist- 

 lets if necessary. 



Except for knocking about in the country, a woman 

 should never ride, hunt, or show without gloves. It 

 is all twaddle to say that they hamper the fingers, 

 for if made of a soft skin, properly fitted, one can al- 

 most play the piano in them, and in protecting the 

 fingers they are far more apt to be an advantage than 

 a disadvantage. 



For regular hacking or hunting, nothing is smarter 

 than a plain hunting stock of white unfigured linen. 

 The collar proper should be starched stiff but not 

 glazed, and the broad ends of the stock should be left 

 soft. Most of the " ready-made" stocks are untidy 

 affairs, that look like a sore-throat bandage around 

 one's neck. A stiff stock may possibly feel a bit un- 

 comfortable at first, but one soon becomes used to it, 

 and then rejoices at the luxury of wearing something 

 that remains tidy and presentable under all circum- 

 stances. 



As a change from the white stock, a stiff standing 

 (not turn-over) collar is permissible for hacking or for 

 showing, but it is not correct for hunting. It is worn 

 with an old-fashioned dotted foulard "stock tie," 

 similar to those affected by our grandfathers, as seen 

 in old daguerreotypes. These stocks may be either 

 simple little ties, which go once completely around 



