TIGHT-FITTING COATS. 



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Twenty years ago tailors were much more particular 

 over their work than they appear to be at the present 

 time. Creed always insisted on a lady bringing her 

 own saddle, before he would fit a habit, and, if the 



Fig. 59. — Front view of good riding coat. 



garment did not please him, it would be discarded 

 and another cut out ready for her when she next came 

 to be fitted. This generous method of dealing was 



