The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-11

might have phrased il much more forcibly.
Not only here in New York. but all over
the country, the number of those who find
pleasure and health in the saddle Is in
creasing enormously This fall will be re-
markable in this respect, or all signs fail.
Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Providence
have recently been mentioned to me by
persons we'll informed, as cities where the
interest in riding shows an especially not
able advance New clubs have been
formed or -chools opened, and the de-
lehtful indian summer days will be en-
;ovel TO the full.
Here in New York the riding season is
auspiciously opened. Fashionable people
are permitted to be back in town by 0cto-
Der |. and very good per centage of them
may be seen in the bride paths of the
park any fine day. The styles show little
variation, the only changes being due to
the notifications of street wear. Watch q
member of the riding club and learn the
proper thing In the morning he will APP
pear In brown sack coat, waistcoat and
aseches with box cloth leggings, or jack
boots if the weather be muggy. The coat
will be made of whipcord, velvet cord or
Khartoum. Jenkins. who is the princi-
pal architect of riding cloths for the male
part of the Four Hundred, says that
this last material will come into favor this
fall. IL is a cloth that gets its name from
the first use that was made of it seven
years ago or so, when the English army
went to the Soudan. They were clad in n
brown that was supposed TO match the
desert lands, and save them from the OBJ
servation of their enemies.
The sack coat is cut little shorter than
would be correct for street wear. The
breeches may be reinforced with chamois
or buckskin. They are knee strapped,
with leather combinations and strings A
Derby hat and a colored scarf go with this
dress, as do also the jack spurs. The
whip. crop or cane may be carried. The
thing most in favor ROW is short cane.
Variations in taste find expression prin-
cipally in shades. Sometimes these varia-
tons occur very often in the man with a
long pocket; and some of our swell riders
have as many outfits as would start fair
sized club. Riding outfits come high.
One may pay $50 or $40 for a pair of
hreeches and not be cheated very much.
When it comes to afternoon dress there
is less variety The correct thing is blue
or black three-button cutaway coat. made
y
cept that the tails are shorter; a waiscoat
OF the same material, and blue trowsers
with military mohair braid at the sides,
and footstraps. A silk hat, white scarf,
tan-colored gloves, patent-leather shoes
and box spurs complete the outfit. This
costume is worn in class riding
For magniticence there is nothing like
the hunting costume. Here the swell
1nas his best opportunity, tor though the
coat and breeches are prescribed, the waist
coat permits almost any eccentricity The
only real necessity in this matter is that
the cloth should come from England But
this is the same with all riding goods. 4
we'll bred horse will shy If domestic cloth
gets on his back. Fancy waistcoats are in
checks and stripes of all descriptions. In
looking over a vast line of such goods
could see no common principle, except
that all produced light effect of color.
The scarlet coat makes the hunt more
gaudy. When the Rockaway Hunt Club
goes out to scare two or three poor little
ioxes out of their wits-scare them so
oadly that they won't run on any provoca-
uon. but sit on their hind legs and weep
way IN that case We can get the scarlet
coat, the gaudy waistcoat, the white
trousers of Bedford cord. deerskin or buck
SKIN ana all the rest of it to perfection.
for the hunt ball. which bears importa-
aon II the hunting doesn't, the gentlemen
nus wear a coat cut Just like that for or
s'naLs evening dress. but of scarlet cloth,
aliIte embroidered waistcoat, and the
Sus'othary black pantaloons.
nosetts IN color was introduced last
ssgpang oy the Richmond County Hunt
60 90, oiiposed OF Staten islanders THIS
<asloh voted in favor of pink cos