Boots, tops, garter straps, spurs, spur staps

[rosie fronfelen]

I am sure your Cavallo boots are indeed lovely,but incorrect in the hunting field...plain straight tops please.

EK,unless one can afford a fortune, the only alternatives are either the boots mentioned or rubber boots- please do not turn into another JM and understand that new hunting folk do their utmost best to look smart and the part, and proper hunting boots are hundreds of pounds.

 

[EAST KENT]

EK,unless one can afford a fortune, the only alternatives are either the boots mentioned or rubber boots- please do not turn into another JM and understand that new hunting folk do their utmost best to look smart and the part, and proper hunting boots are hundreds of pounds.

Oh ,look elsewhere Rosie..and I do say just neat and tidy till they`ve caught the bug,then get better gear.Think I would rather see synthetic boots with straight tops than dressage ones myself.Synthetics ARE more practical..if it`s a case of dismounting in muddy lanes etc,and some of the better ones are almost indisguishable anyway these days.

God forbid anyone is discouraged by a stuffy attitude, I`m all for the Irish way myself! Just cannot abide those strange boots!

 

[rosie fronfelen]

Ah, EK, are we still friends!!

 

[MissySmythe]

Oh ,look elsewhere Rosie..and I do say just neat and tidy till they`ve caught the bug,then get better gear.Think I would rather see synthetic boots with straight tops than dressage ones myself.Synthetics ARE more practical..if it`s a case of dismounting in muddy lanes etc,and some of the better ones are almost indisguishable anyway these days.

God forbid anyone is discouraged by a stuffy attitude, I`m all for the Irish way myself! Just cannot abide those strange boots!

I can't for the life of me see how dressage boots could possibly be comfortable for hunting anyway! Having forgotten my hunting boots at an event and having to do the whole bally thing in my dressage boots totally convinced me of that fact! Maybe the dressage boot wearers don't jump?

 

[EAST KENT]

I can't for the life of me see how dressage boots could possibly be comfortable for hunting anyway! Having forgotten my hunting boots at an event and having to do the whole bally thing in my dressage boots totally convinced me of that fact! Maybe the dressage boot wearers don't jump?

Actually they do remind me a bit of the boots the poor Household Cavalry boys have to wear..but they certainly neither jump,or even try and walk in those . Quite horrid.

 

[MissySmythe]

Actually they do remind me a bit of the boots the poor Household Cavalry boys have to wear..but they certainly neither jump,or even try and walk in those . Quite horrid.

Seeing those boys TRYING to walk.......oh well, they look fab in ceremonial even if they are more like instruments of torture unmounted!

 

[tootsietoo]

I don't know what sort of boots you are all thinking about but my boots are very simply riding boots with no garter straps, as there is no need for them to hold my breeches in place due to the invention of velcro!!

I do agree that a pair of rubber boots would be much more useful though. I fancy a pair from that www.bestboots.co.uk website. I have trashed my nice leather ones wearing them hunting.

Anyway, I shouldn't really have bumped this thread, as I think the discussion has well and truly run its course after 16 pages!

ETA It sounds as if I work for best boots, I don't, honest, just like the look of them!

 

[oakash]

Ah! Missed this thread at the beginning, but feel an overwhelming urge to have the last(?) say.

Irrespective of what has been said, it is correct to refer to a red coat as 'red'. 'Pink' is left to nouveau riches etc who think it is the correct term. It is not.

Gentlemen can wear top-boots with a black coat, but really should wear a top-hat and white breeches with that rig. Normally, a black coat demands plain black 'butcher boots', a white stock-tie and beige breeches and a hunting cap or bowler. Ladies can get away with bending the rules, but only in proportion to how atractive they may look in the saddle. i.e. the more beautiful you are the more your transgressions will be ignored.

BUT...hunting is dynamic, and constantly changing, just as it always has done.

One final comment, hunt staff wear their stock-pins vertically, well-informed subscribers always wear them horizontally.

 

[Rosie Round The Hills]

Gosh, what an interesting thread - and so much ire! I just wanted to pop in and say that I am hunting this season for the first time in my life, having grown up in a non-horsey, non-hunting part of the world. I'm now the grand age of 40. I started cubbing in the autumn, and we are now hunting-proper.

I have kitted myself out with breeches, shirt, stock, my existing but now polished black long boots with laces on the side, and my navy blue jacket from my side saddle habit. Also, I've bought a blue silk hat (with under chin strap - I like my head ). I don't wear spurs as my horse would not behave if I did.

I plaited for a couple of times and then decided to hog (my plaiting was dreadful, and took too much time). We are, I think, quite smart.

I have been made so welcome and was encouraged every time we turned out at the cubbing meets (looking pale and nervous a few times, and lacking brakes at others). All members of the hunt have been nothing other than welcoming and encouraging. No-one has made any disparaging remarks about my 'incorrect' boots, or my slightly unusually-cut jacket. Nor were my rubbish plaits laughed at, or any other turn-out misdemeanour I may have committed.

So - to anyone who has been put off from giving hunting a go by reading some remarks on this thread - don't! I'm sure your local hunt will make you most welcome, and if you have any questions, the secretary is the one to ask.

 

[EAST KENT]

Hmmm...in today`s Country Man`s Weekly is an article by Nimrod about correct dress out hunting.......now his Missus is apparently an MFH,and HE hunted with the Chid@Lec.......Wondering???? Heavens,I thought HE lived in Darkest Manchester

 

[RunToEarth]

This post has entertained me, generally I make sure I'm dressed and don't take too much notice of everyone else, although I do pick up on hairnets and spurs.

 

[Jenni_]

Lonnng thread!

im pretty wary of sticking my novice foot in this obviously boiling water - but here goes!

first of all - what are garter straps?

it is the master plan of my friend to get me out hunting sometime to 'get me riding more forward and to learn to deal with whatever terrain i come across' in a bit to strenghthen my XC.

Iv been nosing this part of the forum for some time and have got the jist of the sport somewhat.... but still watching and learning untill i pluck up the courage to go!

 

[arizonahoney]

The strap thingy you see at the top there...

 

[MissySmythe]

Lonnng thread!

im pretty wary of sticking my novice foot in this obviously boiling water - but here goes!

first of all - what are garter straps?

it is the master plan of my friend to get me out hunting sometime to 'get me riding more forward and to learn to deal with whatever terrain i come across' in a bit to strenghthen my XC.

Iv been nosing this part of the forum for some time and have got the jist of the sport somewhat.... but still watching and learning untill i pluck up the courage to go!

Have courage! While it may seem at some times as if we are discussing the intricacies, we're all hunting mad so you're in the right place. Welcome! And hunting WILL stengthen your XC as Lucinda G always says.....

 

[oakash]

ArizonaHoney, I was so..o..o.. disappointed to see that the boot was not graced with a female leg! How could you?

 

[Orangehorse]

I haven't waded through all the threads, but I hoped it was all slightly tongue-in-cheek.
I never wore spurs when I went hunting, I would have gone into orbit if I had tried spurs on that horse!

On the other hand, nothing annoys me more than people wearing dressage boots in a hunter showing class, but even some of the pictures in Horse and Hound show winning riders in dressage boots. The old-timers would spin!

 

[Judgemental]

When I started this thread as long ago as 10 October, I certainly did not think that the subject would generate much interest, indeed I felt it was a fairly dry subject.

Some very firmly held views have been expressed on just about every combination of acceptable kit that should or should not be worn, has been aired.

Hopefully, bearing in mind the intention was to help those new to hunting, they have gathered useful tips and opinions, also possibly by those not so new to hunting as well.

 

[Alec Swan]

Jenni_,

what are garter straps? Quite obviously, not what you thought, or oakash hoped for!!

An interesting thread, JM.

Alec.

 

[Simsar]

LOL JM is that you on page 20??

 

[Alec Swan]

LOL JM is that you on page 20??

Simsar dear, we are currently on page 17, you may have to wait a day or two, for page 20!!

Alec.

 

[Simsar]

No H&H!

 

[shirleyno2]

I sent 4 showjumpers out hunting this week, we did leave the white saddle cloths at home, but 3 of the riders wore their normal show jackets etc, they looked super smart, but like smart showjumpers!!
And no garter straps but all wore spurs!

 

[Alec Swan]

No H&H!

OH!!

Alec.

 

[EAST KENT]

No H&H!

Yep..I thought that..but I`ll stick with my original theory for now.

 

[Simsar]

I sent 4 showjumpers out hunting this week, we did leave the white saddle cloths at home, but 3 of the riders wore their normal show jackets etc, they looked super smart, but like smart showjumpers!!
And no garter straps but all wore spurs!

LOL, S who did you go with? I can see it now like a cotton wool cloud of SJing fluff. xxx

 

[MissySmythe]

LOL, S who did you go with? I can see it now like a cotton wool cloud of SJing fluff. xxx

Brrrrrr I hope they wore plenty of thermals under those SJ jackets LOL!

 

[shirleyno2]

LOL, S who did you go with? I can see it now like a cotton wool cloud of SJing fluff. xxx

Hiya, Southdown & Eridge, pics are on our facebook page.
Yes to the thermals, but we were mighty lucky with weather.
One even wore a stock!

 

[Judgemental]

LOL JM is that you on page 20??

If you mean 2 Dec - no most definitely not!

 

[Simsar]

What about one of the thrusters that have been in the later H&H's.x

 

[EAST KENT]

I`m sticking to my theory here!