How Fox hunters dressed?

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How Fox hunters dressed?

The foxhunting uniform is usually a scarlet (“pink”) coat with a white stock (cravat) and black velvet cap for the master, huntsman, and whippers-in. Followers of sufficient prestige are invited to wear scarlet, with the individual buttons of the hunt, and a top hat (the velvet cap being strictly the prerogative of those actively engaged in the control of hounds, though by modern usage women may also wear it). Other followers wear black coats, with top hats or bowlers.

In the case of some ancestral hunts run by noble families, the uniform may be green, yellow, or gray instead of scarlet. The entourage of a hunt also includes grooms; second horsemen, who ride relief horses for the master, the master’s staff, and leading followers; and earth stoppers, who are supposed to close up all earths, or fox dens.

The letter is in reverse of the postcard:

"Arrived safely.

All serene.

Much love

From Eshel".

Founder

Raphael Tuck & Sons, London.

Date

1904.

Culture

United Kingdom.

Classification

Postcard.

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