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skirt at least, on the grounds of comfort as well as 

 appearance. The knickerbockers usually button at 

 the knee, inside the right leg and outside the left, 

 or sometimes tights are worn. A better plan is to 

 have the ordinary " knickers " without buttons at 

 the knee, but with a piece of broad tape passing 

 under the hollow of the foot (inside the boots or 

 leggings). This keeps everything in place, is very 

 simple to make or to repair, and absolutely com- 

 fortable and effective. The derby or sailor hat 

 should fit on the head, not perch above it on the 

 hair, and must be securely fastened ; the hair done 

 up very snugly, and with plenty of pins, so that 

 one may not be traced along the roads by the 

 showers of them that tumble out; high boots or 

 gaiters, buttoning to right and left according to the 

 leg they are worn upon; collar high; tie plain; 

 gloves two sizes too large; not a ribbon, flower, 

 pin, or other gew-gaw visible ; and a good, useful, 

 straight-cutting whip, and not the clumsy and worth- 

 less crop. 



The saddle should be flat-seated, long, and wide, 



