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object of so much solicitude, on occasion, to the 

 wearer. For I think most of my readers will bear 

 me out when I say that a pair of really well-cut 

 breeches is the scarcest article of attire in a man's 

 wardrobe. 



Seldom in these days is it necessary to point 

 out the bad taste of coming out hunting in top- 

 boots and a coloured tie, or in top-boots and a drab 

 shooting-jacket. I have seen a man out hunting 

 in white cords, top-boots, a drab jacket, and a 

 velvet cap, and on my inquiring as to who he was, 

 I was informed that he was the groom of a nouveau 

 ric/ie, who did not subscribe to the hounds. Per- 

 haps the most eccentric get-up I ever saw was that 

 of a young man who was busily engaged in sowing 

 his wild oats, in which occupation he was eminently 

 successful. On one occasion he appeared at the 

 crack fixture of the hunt in which he resided 

 attired in dress trousers, scarlet coat, and the light 

 drab forage cap of a Volunteer officer in the early 

 days of the Volunteer movement. He was a 

 strange and wonderful sight. Is it necessary for 

 me to add that after a fox was found he was not 

 seen long ? 



