The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1902-01-11
ENGLISH swELLs IN rAcs.
Sports when Cunning Wear Clothes
Bads to Apnsar Old.

Bade to Appear Old.
It's such badformto be in anything
but shabby when rugged out in shoot
ing kit-that is, if you are a smart
person-that only the most ignorant
Of n~ewly-rich people are 50. If you
see a man in Norfolk jacket and gait
ers that look anything less than three
years old. you can put him down as a
poor imitation Of a sportsman, says
London Answers.
When the tailor shows his customer
the uff-if is the rightman-itsl-
ready looks limp and rough as posi-
bic, with hairs and ends sticking out
here and there, for it has been careful
ly manufactured for that end, and
fetches a big price. But that isn't
enough, When you've got the suit
home, your man-who must be about
your own size, or he is no good-must
wear them for at least a week. and,
after taking them off, hang them
about-in a hayloft for choice. It
looks drea1fully bad to wear new
shooting things, as though you
weren't used to it, and had Just
bought your first outfit for sport.
Some gilded youths hand their new
Norfolk" over to their grooms and
stable boys, to "take the edge off, a
bit. A true swell" will only wear a
Norfolk jacket that, though beauti-
fully cut, and fitting well, is thorough
" shabby, and preferably frayed on
the shoulders and at the sleeves.
Your top-hat, for hunting, must
be Of perfect design and quality; but
it must have at least one or two
"crackles" in it, as though you had
fallen on it. Some Of the Midland
hatters-who often cut the London
matters out for hunting ~''toppers'-
are even asked to break the hats
slightly, and block them out again. A
good hunting topper costs e. 2 shil-
lings; hut only old men, or @outsid-
ers," wear hats that look as though
got up" for Piccadilly. Again, a
bowler in the country should have
an ugly scar on the brim, as though
a riding-cord button had been there,
and been torn away. Any good valet
will make the right mark on a hat of
this kind.
Caters and leggins are worse than
useless as the maker turns them out;
they must be well stained and dark
ened, and almost worn thin on the
inner sides. AT the same time, they
have to be Of the current fashionable
cut, last years seldom being up to
date. And, as only a few men ride so
much as to @%color" their CATERS well
and early every season, a trained sery-
ant has to stain the CATERS well, and
rub them with a leatherod iron in the
places where the friction against the
saddle is most apt ID wearfhcm.
Again, many @svelF riders require
their grooms and stable boys to give
the gaiter a thorough good wearing
before thewinter season begins. Top
boots for the @shires," too, must be
well worn on the inner sides Of the
tops, though Of the current years
make, and this is generally managed
by a vigorous pounding with q leath
cred hammer, followed by a darkening
with harness composition,
As for ties, white stocks, which are
the fayorite erayats, ought to be well
Hattened out, and ironed thin, if the
wearer is a careful dresser, and to OBJ
tain h isthey must be sent to a rather
second-rate laundry several times be-
fore they are worn at all. Then a
French dresser will give them the
right degree Of whiteness, and they
will have the appearance Of having
been country Washed after being,
ostensibly worn many times at the
coverts and in the hunting field.
Waistcoats should be spotless and
mat, as they are kept covered up;
but the third buttoRhole and its but
ton should be pulled about and badly
frsyed, as it is from this buttonhole
that the cartridge extractor hangs.
Snipe shooting is mostly carried on in
wild districts; and in rainy weather.
over vet ground, the best Of cartridges
viii stick, and the extractor for pull
trA 4I.- 80 N . ~ ..E