CHAPTER YI. 



COSTUME AND EQUIPMENT (continued.) 



With regard to what was written in the previous 

 chapter in connection with hats and hair I have heard 

 several opinions expressed. Among other things, I 

 should, I learn, have used the word " frame " instead of 

 frisette when I wrote of an untidy head. I may, how- 

 ever once again urge that hair should be worn close 

 and neat on hunting days, and that there should be no 

 fluffy arrangements above the ears. Neatness, combined 

 with a sporting appearance, is what a girl should strive 

 to attain, and the hat should come as far down in front 

 as possible. Not so long ago a lady made her appear- 

 ance in a certain hunt to which she was a stranger. 

 Her reputation as a fine rider to hounds had preceded 

 her, and at the meet she was pointed out to the Master. 

 That individual was a man of few words, and little 

 given to taking note of his field ; but he looked her over 

 with a critical eye and observed, " She's neat, by Jove ! 

 Looks just like a smart hunt servant." It was a some- 

 what rough way of expressing approval, but the lady — 

 who, of course, was told of the incident — took it as a 

 compUment ; and, as a matter of fact, it was very true. 

 But this matter of sporting appearance is to some extent 



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