PARK AND ROAD RIDING. 51 



country, will complete your necessary out- 

 fit. 



I shall now give you a few hints as to the 

 best method of putting on your riding gear, 

 and of preserving the same after rain or hard 

 weather. Your habit-maker will, of course, 

 put large hooks around the waist of your 

 bodice, and eyes of corresponding size attached 

 to the skirt, so that both may be kept in their 

 place, but if you have been obKged to entrust 

 your cloth to a country practitioner, who has 

 neglected these minor necessaries, be sure you 

 look to them yourself, or you will some day 

 find that the opening of your skirt is right at 

 your back, and that the place shaped out for 

 jour knee has twisted round until it hangs in 

 unsightly crookedness in front of the buttons 

 of your bodice. 



Let it be a rule with you to avoid using any 

 pins. Put two or three neat stitches in the 

 back of your collar, so as to affix it to your 

 jacket, having first measured to see that the 

 ends shall meet exactly evenly in front, where 

 you will fasten them neatly with a stud. The 

 ordinary system of placing one pin at the 



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