36 Accoutrements for the Horse. 



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Every accoutrement for the horse, however 

 ornamental and pictorial, beyond the mere saddle 

 and bridle, is to be rejected, as being in bad taste. 

 The crupper and breast-band are now almost obso- 

 lete ; the saddle-cloth has nearly disappeared ; 

 nettings are, generally speaking, abandoned ; and 

 the martingale itself, valuable as it may be for 

 horses of a certain character, is rarely to be seen. 



Simplicity, indeed, as regards female equestrian- 

 ism, is now imperatively (and, strange to say, most 



