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THE HONGKONG Telegraph, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1986:
• More and more people are taking up horse-riding. In Hongkong most people afford it.
This is the first of a short series of articles which
will show what it costs
and how you
Learn to
Ride
SAY, Pam, why don't you come out riding with Jim and me to-morrow?" "Oh, how I'd love to! But, unfortunately. I've never done any riding."
"That's easy enough, we'll he getting horses from the stables, and you can have the okl garden pony, he's as quiet as a mouse.** "But I'd never be able to stop him."
"Stop him?, Much more likely you won't be able to make him
go.
"
"I say, it's so jolly tempting,
I simply must do it.”
W
aterloo !
hat happens to Pan? Something like this.
pearer
"Dead quiet" pony finds itself with strange rider. Starts be- having nohow, Gets on to grass. Gallops off with a squeal of de- light. Trees boom up
...nearer. ... Branch knocks terrified Pam to the ground. Result? Nerve shattered. Pam never rides again.
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I have told this sad but typical story to prove my point: rid- ing, like ballet dancing or fencing, must be learned with a profes sional teacher.
If you think of learning to ride, avoki your friend's
pony.
Learn properly by go- ing to £1 riding school. The horse is nearly as important as the master in the early stages, and all the good schools keep specially trained horses accustomed to carry beginners. Take a course of regular lessons and you will soon be riding with enjoyment and skill.
H
ow much?
This
is the
RIG-OUT
1 Felt hat in fawn, grey, brown or bottle green. Ribbon. of same colour, Plain belm-12/6.
2 Cloth or light-weight tweel
coat in fawn, brown or check pattern (not Too loud). Coinur should contrast but not clash with Jodhpurs. Sightly whisted. Single breasted with two buttons in front, Single slit up back. Length: Should Just touch horse's back when you are in suddle-35/-
3 String or leather gloves-2/0.
4 Short light 20-inch plain or leather-covered stick (on no account carry crop without lash or racing switeli)-0/8.
5 Jodhpurs made of special breeches-cloth (whipcord too thick) Ir fawn or brown. Side seams should curve round to knees and run straight down middle of shin bones. Length: Should reach just below ankle. Have short silts made at bottom of each leg (on Inside) and pinch jodhpurs in with hooks. Makes legs look iyinirler.-03/~.
6 Plain low-heeled walking shoes
with tongues, straps and buck-. les. If stirrup leathers rub you must ret jodhpur boats-25/-,
Total cost £74.6 with boots. £5.10.0 without bouts.
that. is, if you ride in your own ----$1005
Above prices only approximate. The more you pay for each article the longer it will last and the smarter 1 will look. Shirt (see small sketch) can be made at home (two for a start), Very like a man's, with slits gach elde to avoid bulkiness at hips. Two de- tachable collars (saves washing), Rather fon Turn-back cuits (optional): single ones less trouble (fastened with links).
sleeves.
Length: Should bang to inches below waist. Important: Put little ribbons with press buttons inside shoulder seams to secure shoulder straps. Material: 214 yards 38-inch ungrushable coloured linen for enelt shirt. Strong bust bodice essential.
RECIPE HUNTING
'IN BORDEAUX
TT is amusing to find unex- pectedly in a French pro-
HITS
OF THE MONTH.
F6035 (Old Oak Trea. Vagabond Lover.
A Protty Girl Is Like a Melody.
F6040 (Lyin to Myself. F.T.
(Ev'n Tido. F.T. (Crosspatch. F.T.
vincial house a boolt of recipes, hand | F6041 written and transmitted like a heir- loom from generation' to generation.
(Big Chief De Soto. N.F.T.
How telling the handwritings are. F6047 (Empty Saddles. FT. from the careful "anglaise” of our
(I'm An Old Cow Hand. F.T. great-grandmothers Lo the broad
(Sugar Rose. F.T. (Poor Dinah. F.T.
lettera (rather elegant and more F6050
dimeult to decipher) of the 1800 period, followed by the standardized
ypescript of more modern days.
It is all the more interesting if the house belongs to a province which from time immemorin! was under English Influence by which I mean In the Bordeaux district,
Below are some recipes taken from the manuscript cookery book. Pancakes of Game
Tins is made with remnants
F6017 (Would You
(It's a Sin to Tell a Lic.
F6027 (Alono Again.. F.T.
Louis Armstrong & Orch.
Bob Crosby & Orch.
Ambrose & Orchestra.
Foster & His Kings of Swing.
Roy Smeck & Hawaiian Serenaders.
Jack Harris & His Orch.
(Every Time I Look: F.T.
FG055 (It True What they Say about Dixia, F.T.
(You Can't Pull the Wool Over My Eyes. F.T.
Brian Lawrence & His Landsdowne House Sextet. .Ambrose & His Orchestra.
of roast game grouse, F6052 (Wood & Ivory partridge or pheasant. Cut the flesh
in small dice. Cut a little ham in the same way, also a few mush- rooms previously cooked in butter,
Season well with salt and pepper and bind with very little brown sauce made with Sherry or Madeira,
Prepare some thin pancakes. Spread a tablespoonful of the mix- ture on each, roll them and pour the same sauce ull over the pancakes dis pased in a reproof dish; see that It is really hot, and serve,
The sauce is made as follows: melt in butter a little ham, a carrot and one onion finely chopped. When the vegetables are soft, add a pinch of flour and cook for a minute or two, then cup of stock and a table. spoonful of puree of tomatoes. Let It simmer, reduce and thicken.
Simmer it slowly for twenty min- utes, Add a small glass of Sherry
or Madelen, cook n few minutes more and pass through a fine strainer.
Baked Pears,
Blackberry Sauce
LEAVE the pears
whole.
Prick them with a forit, Add a small glass of water, sprinkle with sugar and bake slowly til soft in fireproof dish.
For the sauce, cook some black- berries with a litle water and sugar to taste: put in half a vanilla pod. bring to the boil and let it simmer till the Trult is quite soft.
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OUR BRITISH
CROSSWORDS
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Mash it well, so that it is like a puree, and pour all round the pears
The
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in the dish.
This sweet can be made with pears which are not quite ripe, and can be served hot of cold.
English Bagatelle
190
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TAKE half a pound of maca- roons, crush and pound them well and moisten them with a ittle rum or brandy. Put them in a deep serving dish and cover them with a layer of creme.
This creme, which corresponds to the English custard, is made as fol- lows: put a vanilla pod in a pint of mlik, which you sweeten and bring to the boil. Brenk in a bowl the yolks of four eggs, stir them and pour over them the boiling milk (save the vanilla pod for another ilme).
Sur, strain and heal slowly, stir- ring it thickens., Have It fairly thick.
Pour it all over the crushed maca- roons, and cover with whipped cream. Keep in a cool place, and serve very cold.
This is evidently a French version of the English trifle, as. Indeed, its French name implies.
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1 Here they recover quickly, and broken ribs give no trouble. (Two words, 8, 4.) Considerably shorter.
10 Is the judge in love? He is
certainly not,heart-whole..
11 The end of the treat.
famous
Are riding clothes expensive? 12 Thrashes in hooligan style. Well, you can get a complete out- 13 One less
ordinal.
than Eton's
fit for $25 to $50 and if you are 14 One might imagine that I give sensible you will spend the higher notice to the patriarch. Jamount. Good, strong jodhpurs 10 Truly a peculiar state for
duster
ster to be discovered in, made to measure cost $30, but they won't rub you and they will last for years)
ad economy
Ba
ride.
uy a cheap pair if Val gentle riding by yourself in a for occasional lessons. In this brow-sweating kind your used to like, but do not blame me if you ow many lessons will you month's time.
way any bad habits which you have in bookkeeping, and short cannot sit down after your first need? How much will it cost? Before arranging for your les- may form when riding alone will hand. They are in themselves a Of all sports, I know of none Will the clothes be expensive? sons, alm at saving enough to be corrected before they become source of pleasure and excitement; more delightful than the riding How long will it be before you enable you to have twelve lessons chronic.
learning to control a live and tour. If you begin lessons at are skilled enough to go on a rid- without a break, and to buy good,
sensitive animal is something once, and progress normally well, ing holiday? These are the strong riding clothes. The clothes
which will be new and thrilling to there is no reason why you should questions you are sure to ask. will last for years and save a great
(with easy The cost of riding lessons varies deal of time and trouble eventu from 20 to 50 dollars a dozen, ally.
But if you plan such a tour you must go with a friend who is an experienced horseman' (or horse-
Bore?" Non riding for yet I can safely prophesy that not go on a short four (o
ut
To this I reply that you will get
you.
pleasure and recreation," you may boredom or drudgery. Separate lessons may be taken. When the first course of lessons say. "Why should I have to have
My advice is to begin with a is over, save as much as you can so many lessons?"
ndoors too 'dozen lessons before you attempt spare for hacking on summer to go out alone or with friends, evenings or at week-ends. $10 precious little pleasure out ofn Hongkong there are won-woman): some one who is used to riding across country, and who Try to have the lessons regularly, a month will give you a ride a riding until you have been to derful facilities for learning to understands the care and feeding
school. say three a week, and you should, week.
ride. The roomy schools, of
jaf horses. given natural aptitude and a good
Riding lessons, moreover, are which there are many, provide During the first year I strongly instructor, be fit to do a little advise you to return to the school different from the concentrated ideal conditions for lessons.
Muriel King
18 Characterises modern music,
20 You can warm up most things
but this. See!
22 inside.
24 A fiddling necessity? No, sir,
it could be, though.
27 Do you want to fly? Well, take
to these,
29 What the rye obtained after a little hesitation-unluckily for the farmer.
30 A simple-hearted rascal.
31 Attribute of a writer.
32 Form of speech used when the
chauffeur is told, "Home.”
33 Likely to hear little good of
-No. 1.
DOWN
2 Game studled by
rather than by zoologists.
geologists
the
3 If they're a danger to
ynchtsman why does he take them in his sails?
4 What eggs are, very appro-
priately, usually packed in. "At a fan" works this makes pale butter a better colour. (One spelling.) (Anng.).
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8 The custom is for a woman to
go hunting.
7 A country-lover with an equal
affection for lawns,
Takes the lead, as spare men do it.
It may be quicker to go "in by
rail than through" such wiiys"
by car. (Anag.).
14 Dilettante.
15 The zenith of human stature.
Sull
17 Three in combination.
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21 Isn't perfectly sweet!
23 Take ye gin; he, too, as an ald
to health.
25 Is Rose in the willows?
but not difficult to find.
Yes,
26 Give 30 room to breathe and
get the spoil.
28 They used to cover women'a
faces with spots. (Rev.).
29 Father in the army. (Rev.).
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