Word: huntsman
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...expert horseman and huntsman, Edward learned to fly, to surf-and to swing, which in those days was called belonging to the "gay" set. In the whirling world of the '20s, whatever the prince wore became instant fashion: he popularized plus fours, decorative woolen sweaters, midnight blue tailcoats, tartan jackets and oversized knots in neckties. Aged 41 when he became king, he had long been the most eligible British bachelor since King Arthur. A near-worshiping public chanted the popular song: "I know a girl who knows a girl who danced with the Prince of Wales...
...finds himself invited out for dinner and away for weekends. In London, he might be invited in for a drink at most, and that only if he delivered a suit personally. In return, the Englishmen go all out to satisfy their customers. Traveling Partner Frederick Lintott of H. Huntsman & Sons, which specializes in hunting pinks and riding clothes, recalls vividly being awakened at 3 a.m. in his Biltmore suite in Manhattan by a Southern belle who wanted a hacking jacket fitted. Mr. Lintott sleepily obliged. "She was well escorted," he adds primly...
...only problem after an American has received his handmade Savile Row suit is how to care for it. U.S. cleaners, say the British tailors, machine-press suits on a standard form that tends to stamp out whatever shape was tailored in. But Huntsman, for one, has an answer for even that. Once a year or so, its customers send their suits back to London and Huntsman will have them wet-cleaned and pressed by hand, thus returning the suit to its original texture and shape. Huntsman's magic ingredient? Scotch river water...
Though the average chase can cost a huntsman as much as $28, the low-income enthusiast finds ways to economize. The miners chase the fox on Welsh ponies rather than on horses. A complete hunting outfit, including horse and secondhand saddle, can be bought for as little as $300. The hunts raise money for the chases through bingo games and other events. One club even enables its members to pay their annual fees on a time plan...
...change had also taken place inside the ring. In the past, the only people who could compete were those who had grown up to the sound of the huntsman's bugle. No longer. Among the children in the show were the daughters of a Vermont district commissioner and a Pennsylvania farmer...