lieu of another term.

A good rider should never mount from a horse block or a fence. The
English mode of riding is fashionable. The smart pace is a short canter.
In trotting, a man may rise to the trot. Squaring the elbows is a trifle
vulgar and obsolete. In meeting acquaintances, a man should bow. A man
accompanying a lady should always keep pace with her, and never either
go ahead or let his horse fall behind. A man riding alone should never
pass or catch up with a woman unattended.

When one rides in New York it is only in the morning. Afternoon riding
in the Park is not the vogue it was. The New Yorker dislikes to dress up
in any special costume, so that for years the fashionable afternoon
riding costume was a black cutaway or morning coat, ordinary trousers
strapped under the ordinary walking boot, top hat, and gloves, but the
present riding costume for the morning in New York and the country
consists of whipcord or corduroy riding breeches and jacket, brown
leather waistcoat, brown Derby hat, boots or leggings, and dark gloves.
You can wear this in the afternoon, but the ordinary costume is
considered smarter and more convenient. Men in New York only ride in the
Park, and many of them do not belong to riding academies or have
lockers. A complete change of costume is not convenient, and you never
see a New York clubman on the streets in riding togs. The evening
classes always end with a supper and a dance. The woman's habit is
easily changed, but to appear at night in riding costume or with boots
in a drawing room is certainly absurd. To wear evening dress on
horseback, even a Tuxedo coat, is also outlandish, and thus the
compromise has been effected, and the old black diagonal cutaway brought
into use.

_Riding to hounds_ requires special knowledge as to the rules and the
etiquette of the different hunts. These vary. The meet is generally at
some farm or country house, and you are expected to appear in the
regulation hunt colors. The orthodox costume is morning coat, white or
fancy waistcoat, riding breeches, top boots, crop, top hat, and hunting
scarf. The master of the hounds should wear a red or scarlet frock coat
and hunting cap. After the hunt there is a breakfast, and several times
during the year a ball. At the latter festivity, members of the club
should wear their scarlet evening coats.

_Coaching_ is yet another of the intricate arts. I will give a few
points to the novice. The place of honor is the