122 RIDING DRESS. 



reins quickly destroy. Perspiration from the hands 

 will show through leather gloves, which, on drying, will 

 become as stiff as a board. It should be remembered 

 that rings worn when riding, especially those contain- 

 ing stones, hamper the action of the fingers, and are 

 very destructive to gloves. 



RIDING UNDER-BODICE, HUNTING-TIES, COLLARS, CUFFS 



. AND TIES. 



A garment which I have thought out, and which I 

 believe will fill a want, is a riding under-bodice with 

 long sleeves and wristbands, to w^hich cuffs can be at- 

 tached, and also a stud at the throat for the attachment 

 of a hunting-tie or collar. This bodice is in stockinet, 

 and fits closely, without, as in the case of ordinary shirts, 

 any superfluous material marring the outline of the 

 figure (Figs. 65 and 66). Ladies generally have so 

 much dif^culty in fastening cuffs, that they will doubtless 

 welcome a close-fitting garment of this description, and 

 it will do away with the tiresome habit-shirts and 

 dickeys which have an irritating trick of following- 

 one's neck about, instead of remaining in a fixed 

 position. Besides, collars which cannot be kept firmly 

 In place generally necessitate the use of pins, w^hich 

 . should never be employed with any article of riding- 

 attire. 



A hunting-tie or stock, which is a combination of 

 collar and tie, the collar part being either starched 

 or soft, according to choice, is the warmest and most 

 becoming kind of neck arrangement for hunting. It is 



