MEXICAN CHARRO AND HIS HAT 



Photo from H. Ravell 



What leather breeches and "chaps" with their elaborate fringes mean to the American cowboy of 

 the old school, the big sombrero means to the "man on horseback" in Mexico. His hat may cost half 

 as much as his horse, and his sarape may match the rainbow for colors. When the elder Diaz attired his 

 "rurales" in such a uniform there was always a waiting list. 



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