For the Well Dressed Man

Some Clothes for Riding, for Golf and for Tennis

ROBERT LLOYD TREVOR

Narrow belt of black cowhide with initial buckle in silver; price $2.50 to $6.00

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HE time has come when men turn to the big world of sunshine and of play. They feel the vernal impulse to get away from office and sidewalk, from subway and telephone and to commune, in their own favorite fashion, with the growing things that are performing the annual miracle of new life. To enjoy their particular outdoor hobbies to the full, these men who are feeling the back-to-nature call, must be prepared in the matter of clothes. To this end, I have chosen a number of articles and types of dress for illustration this month that will add to the comfort and pleasure of active life outdoors in several of its aspects.

For a game so strenuous as tennis, freedom of movement is one of the first essentials. It is the greatest mistake to attempt tight garments for the game of the close-cropped turf and the chalked lines. A good costume (1) consists of a white flannel trousers, made of a stout quality of cricket flannel, which are cut rather loosely and will not bind, especially at the knee. Nothing is calculated to increase the fatigue of a hard tennis match more than trousers which are a little too tight. Personally, if I knew that my opponent— about an equally proficient player—were so handicapped, I should feel safe in allowing him fully half fifteen.

THE shirt, for tennis, should not be of too light weight; rather it should not be of too thin a material. A good flannel or wool mixture will be found more useful, under nearly all conditions than thinner and cooler-looking materials. The reason is that the wools are absorbent and keep the skin, during strenuous exercise, in much more comfortable condition than the materials which merely become wet and stick closer than a brother.

We have learned to value woolen clothing for sports from our sport-loving British kinsmen; they previously had learned the lesson from experience. It is well to have in one's tennis kit a light weight but warm overcoat of blanket cloth to throw on between sets or on the way from the court to the shower room. Such a coat should be fairly long, doublebreasted, and may have large buttons, buttoning through.

If you are fond of the horse show and go with any regularity, you will have noticed that while the harness classes present a more and more depleted appearance each year, the saddle classes seem to progress in an inverse ratio.

They are more crowded with each passing season. This is because we, in America, are being fascinated more and more by riding as an exercise and a sport. If you will take a stroll through Central Park on one of these balmy days, you will not fail to notice full bridle paths and have a refreshing reminder of Rotten Row in the good old days before the war. It is a healthy note in modern American life.

The costume for park riding, or hacking, is subject to many variations. There is great latitude for the exercise of individual taste. But whatever type of riding costume you prefer, your choice should be a consistent one and not a patchwork of various types. I show two good kits.