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should be perforated round the crown and properly set 

 with " eyes " worked in, which will prevent them 

 closing up. Boys of tender age can wear this cap for 

 all hunting, but when the boy reaches the stage of 

 breeches and boots the " pot " hat, now commonly 

 known as a " bowler " can take the place of the cap, 

 and on no account must the hat string be forgotten, 

 as a bowler is almost as likely to be swept off when 

 going through a covert as a tall hat is. And bright- 

 coloured hat strings look a trifle loud, and are even 

 vulgar. A scarlet or a gold-coloured hat string on dark 

 clothes is an abomination, and though those made of 

 grey or brown are not so bad, black is undoubtedly in the 

 best taste. Gloves should be of leather, and of the best 

 which can be bought. Cheap gloves, Hke cheap boots, 

 are always more or less of a fraud, and a pair of really 

 good ones will last far longer than half a dozen pairs of 

 cheap ones, the latter often splitting the first day they 

 are worn. It should be borne in mind, too, that, for 

 riding, gloves should always be rather loose — so loose, 

 indeed, that there is plenty of room for the hand to 

 move inside, and so that they can be pulled on and ofE 

 in a moment. One day's hunting in tight gloves will 

 alter and correct the idea of any girl who may think 

 it necessary for her to show how small her hand is when 

 out hunting, and girls should also know that if gloves 

 are worn when riding of which the fingers are filled to 

 the end, the ends will most certainly split. The fingers 

 of gloves which are ridden in should always curl over a 

 trifle, if comfort is to be achieved, and girls, like boys, 

 should wear strong leather gloves, and eschew kid 

 altogether. Buckskin gloves are difficult to manage, 



