Turn Out
The Horse:
1. Your horse should be clean, no manure spots, nor shavings in the tail and should
have a neatly pulled mane.
2. Above all, he should be ‘hunting fit’.
3. Your tack should be clean and in safe condition
The Rider:
We endeavor to respect the long standing traditions of foxhunting as well as its
traditions in dress and certain formalities.
For Early Cubhunting Season :
1. Rust colored britches
2. Shirt - Sold light blue or sold light yellow or light blue shirt with dark blue pin
striping
3. Neck tie or rat catcher collar with a plain stock pin
4. Brown or black field boots
5. Tweed or tan hunt coat
Formal Season Commences on ‘Opening Day’
1. Black velvet covered hunt cap (‘ribbons up’ unless staff); white or conservative
colored hunt shirt with tan or white stock tie (plain stock pin in horizontal position,
vertical if staff), canary waistcoat, tan, rust colored britches, blue or black hunt coat,
along with cleaned and polished boots.
Holidays/Weekends
For ladies with colors: as above but hunt colors sewn into the color of the Hunter
Green RHF coat with engraved buttons
For gentlemen with colors (and female staff): as above but with red hunt coat with hunt
colors sewn on collar and engraved buttons (three buttons on the front unless staff),
white britches with brown tops on the boots
General:
1. Visitors, may wear colors only by invitation from the Master
2. When visiting another hunt, colors may be worn only by invitation from that Master
3. Evening dress for gentleman, is tails, by tradition scarlet tails, yellow silk facing,
regular hunt colors for the collar and engraved buttons
4. Evening dress for ladies, is to be a full length gown (never red unless worn by a
Master)
Very Cold Weather or Rain:
At the discretion of the Master, any rain gear or heavy winter coat (Carhart or
OutBack Coat) should be of a dark material, never bright colors.
Keep warm and/or dry, but stay as close to traditional dress as possible.
Hunt Breakfast:
1. Instead of flinging off every vestige of you hunting attire to attain a relaxed mode,
keep your clothes on and maintain respect for your hosts.
2. Change into a hacking jacket if you like, wipe off your boots, and above all never
remove your tie, stock tie, vest, nor roll up your shirt sleeves.
3. Attires at Hunt Breakfast should be appropriate to the hunting attire of the
season.
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