Just because people are wearing them, including Masters, does not invalidate what I wrote.
And on a really warm day (the kind we’ve been having in Virginia this season - yuck) wearing a lighter glove can make sense. So may not wearing a vest, choosing a lighter weight coat, or even excusing coats, wearing rain jackets, etc.
Sometimes you make adjustments.
But that does not magically transform informal riding gloves into the correct gloves for a formal turnout. And that is what the person was asking about - what types of items to purchase/save up for, for various turnouts.
If someone was to advise her to show up with a mishmash of items glommed together, they’d be doing her a disservice, possibly putting her to more expense than in necessary, probably giving her bad advice, and potentially causing her some embarrassment as well.
Learn the rules first. Then if one needs to bend or break them on occasion, it’s done knowingly and not out of ignorance.
mildot - no one is required to purchase or wear string gloves. I’ve not worn mine in really cold weather - but I have worn them on cool rainy days and I’m not cold at all. And I am a BIG wimp about cold. I figured I’d be wearing them today but hunting just got canceled. Sigh…
Formal turnout is string gloves - traditionally they were kept under the billets, just in case of bad weather. (sidesaddlerider or Beverly can tell you exactly how they are to be kept - I can never remember as I don’t compete in appointments classes). It’s not to keep you warm - it’s to keep your grip on the reins when they and the gloves are wet. Leather on leather is slippery -string on leather isn’t.
The crochet backed gloves aren’t exactly warm. I’ve seen people wearing them on absolutely frigid days because they think they are the same thing as string gloves and they are making an attempt at formal turnout (think high holy day) But they are miserable and there is no need to be. A nice pair of lined tan gloves would be just as nice -and more comfortable. I’m just trying to explain the difference between the two types of gloves - and when they are supposed to be worn.
The Wadsworth booklet is a must have for every foxhunter - just to learn the difference between different types of turnout, the proper names of things, the correct commands for hounds, staff and the field. It’s part of our education. Just like any other horse sport - every sport has rules. So does foxhunting.
Deviating from the traditions or rules can make sense - but doing it out of ignorance makes no sense at all.
