CHAPTER VII. 



COSTUME AND EQUIPMENT (continued). 



One might have thought that enough had been 

 written concerning the costume of boys and girls when 

 they commence to hunt ; but inquirers are still 

 numerous, and one wishes to know what sort of hat or 

 cap a boy should wear. If he is a little boy of nine or 

 ten a cloth cap is the best headgear ; but nowadays 

 great care must be exercised in the choice of this article, 

 for nothing in any way approaching the motor cap 

 looks well out hunting, and there are hatters who have 

 no great discrimination between the two types. The 

 proper hunting cap for a boy is rather difficult to 

 describe, though it can be picked from a bunch of caps 

 in a moment. It should have a peak, covered with 

 cloth, all in one piece with the rest of the cap, and not 

 glazed like the motor cap, and it should be fairly ful 

 at the sides in front, and close-fitting behind. The 

 fact is that the popular motor cap is a gross exaggeration 

 of the cap which has been worn, say, with ratcatcher kit 

 on cubhunting days for many years past, and pains 

 must be taken so as to get what may be called the 

 original cap, without the motor exaggerations. A 

 leather band inside is a great advantage, and holes 



