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in my time a winner of probably more shooting prizes than any 

 other Englishman living, including half the grands prix of Europe, 

 and the last " Universal championship " at Monaco, my experi- 

 ence in matters relating to the gun is, at least, tolerably practical. 

 The disposition of this dress in connection with " Jaeger's Combi- 

 nation Under Garment " is such as to facilitate the discharge of the 

 natural functions, in which respect, N.B., it would present great 

 advantages as applied to the campaigning uniform of our soldiers. 

 Exteriorily, no one would notice any difference between the com- 

 bination dress and an ordinary Norfolk Jacket and knicker- 

 bockers. Its general appearance may be seen in the frontis- 

 piece, taken from a photograph. 



Now that the fair sex are taking seriously to sport (I was much 

 interested, by the way, in reading that Her Royal Highness the 

 Princess of Wales is an enthusiastic pike-fisher) it would be very 

 ungallant, to say the least of it, to omit any notice of their especial 

 requirements, of which an appropriate costume forms an im- 

 portant feature. To enjoy completely any kind of open air sport 

 it is a sine qua non that the sportsman, or sports- woman, should be 

 properly equipped for it ; and assuredly of that which is comprised 

 in the term ' equipment,' the clothes one wears are not the least 

 important item. 



All my remarks on wool-clothing apply equally to the 

 shooting and fishing dress of ladies. A fair sportswoman who 

 has had large practical experience both with rod and gun, 

 favoured me with her ideas on ladies' sporting dress, when I 

 published the Fishing Volumes in the Badminton Library of 

 Sport, extracts from which I append : 



" Short skirt of linsey wolsey made as simply as possible in fact, a kind 

 of ' housemaid's dress.' Norfolk jacket made of all wool material. A comfort- 

 able toque (the close-fitting toque does not catch the wind). It is best to have 

 the costume of one colour, say a nice heather mixture or whitish grey. 



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