ii6 RIDING DRESS. 



arrangement of dressing the hair In a coll of plaits at 

 the nape of the neck has quite gone out, but It was 

 a far neater one for riding than the " tea-pot handle" 

 and other curious knobs and buns of the present time. 

 The pulled-out style, In bad Imitation of Japanese hair 

 dressing, gives a dirty and untidy appearance, and 

 looks perfectly hideous on horseback, and especially 

 when the place where the back hair ought to be, is 

 adorned with a round brooch ! If ladies who adopt 

 this bad style could only see how much It vulgarises 

 an otherwise nice appearance, they would at once 

 abjure It. A neat way to arrange the hair for hunting 

 Is to coil it firmly round the head, and fasten It with 

 plenty of hairpins — those bent In the centre and with 

 ball points are, I think, the most reliable — and to pin 

 over the hair an ''Invisible" silken net the same 

 colour as the hair, which will keep it tidy. 



BOOTS. 



I wish to lay particular stress on the necessity of 

 riding boots having thin pliable soles, and being 

 easy over the instep ; because I once saw a lady 

 dragged by her stirrup and only saved from death by 

 her boot coming off and thus releasing her. I do not 

 think that sufficient attention Is paid either by ladles 

 or bootmakers to the fact that a loose riding boot may 

 be the means of saving Its wearer s life : I never 

 devoted much thought to the subject before witnessing 

 this accident. The use of tight boots In winter has 

 the great disadvantage of keeping the feet very cold. 



