i8 PINK AND SCARLET 



The captious critic sums up by asking three 

 questions — 



(i) Is this gentleman comfortably and safely 

 dressed ? 



(2) Does he look well ? 



(3) Is he a credit to any hunt he may go out 

 with ? 



About the second picture the critic says — 

 " The gentleman has a good hard felt hat to 

 protect his head, and it is secured by a double 

 guard. His neat stock will not catch in the fences. 

 He shows no white cuffs, but wears a flannel shirt. 

 The long and forward cut coat sits neatly over his 

 thighs and his horse's back, and not in his saddle, 

 and while its tails will hide the least-honoured part 

 of his person, they will also prevent his followers 

 seeing daylight between him and the saddle at a 

 chance ' peck,' etc. 



"His strong, useful crop, with a thong and a 

 scarlet lash, is held near the upper end, and the 

 hand holding it rests in an easy and business-like 

 attitude on his thigh. His breeches are loose in 

 the thigh, so as to give the necessary freedom there, 

 while the buttons rest in the bed made for them by 

 nature in the front of his knee. His spurs rest 

 comfortably above the swell of his heel, and lie 

 horizontally; they can thus reach the right place, i.e. 

 a hand's-breadth behind the girths, when necessary." 

 The captious critic sums up by saying — 

 " This gentleman is safely and comfortably 

 dressed; he looks well, and he is properly turned out 



