The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-26
HATS FOR HORSES
HAVE NOW The CALI,
Equine Millinery Booms
With Increasing Warmth.
Vienna Sets the Pace for Four-Footed
WeaTeEs Of Giddy Headgea1-Why
Canopy Top Style Is Preferred.

The show windows of the harness
shops Of this city begin to look like the
fronts Of the fashionable millinery es-
adjustments where the women 20 10
spend their money many times q year.
Soaps and oils and whips and blankets
have disappeared to make room for dis
plays OF summer hats for the horses.
Paris sets the style in bonnets for the
ladies, and Vienna. II is claimed. origf-
mated the idea OF protecting the heads Of
the trotters and dray-draggers from the
direct rays of the burning sun Oh ex-
tremely hot days in summer by a coy
ering resembling that worn by human
kind This equine millinery is being
manufactured in innumerabIe shapes and
with all sorts Of fancy trimmings In
many sections Of the country.
The regulation bonnet is made Of
straw, and is a regular farmers hat in
appearance Holes are made in the
sides for the ears of the animal and
II is kept on the head by means Of q
string tied around the neck. Il is used
on the theory that 1t saves the animal
much suffering.
These bonnets range in price from %
cents up to $1--and probably the time
IS not far of when some pet steed will
go pTancing doEn Connecticut Avenue
under chapeau that cost tie price Of
real Panama. Then there will be
Jealousy among the mares. Then the
driver OF the fsh-caTt and the taIly-ho
viii be afraid to pass a harness shop.
lest the beast persist in stopping TO buy
a ne'T creation IN the line Of straws.
TodaE. when competition among the
fashionable mliineTs 10 the stables has
not been thoroughly aroused. the herdiC
horse can take a pick fTors dozen OF
more styles Of hats. The crowns OF
some have the appearance of a bit OF
ice cream frozen in a conicaI mold: 9th
eTs are more Ike 4 bowl tipped upside
down All have broad brims with
strings OF felt which tie fast under the
neck, Just as little girl secures her
sun bonnet The Crnamentation runs
/ from simple trimming OF red around
Z the ear holes to ribbons Of many colors
arranged in the shape OF bows and a
bloom OF aristocTatic flowers gracefully
arranged. few hats are on the mar
ket with balls OF various hues attached
at the very top. The straws are yellow.
black. brown, and white. OF al inter
weaving Of red, white, and blue. a ming
ling Of the practical with the patriotic
The harness shops still have on sale
the old-fashioned canopy, held above
the head by steel wires. The awning
for shade was introduced about four
years ago That is why 1t is described
as old fashioned
Local veterinarians question whether
the hat does the good for which it is
intended Their opinion is that the hat
IS woven too closely and fits too close
10 the head. a |ell-known horse doctor
said.
I notice that some Of the drivers
place sponges saturated with water in
the crown OF the hat. and that is a good
thing 4 better style Of hat or bonnet
for the horse is that which you might
call the canopy top. It keeps of the
suns rays and at the same time admits
OF the free circulation Of air The
sponge can also be used with this style.