There’s a local auction that has some hunt stuff in it - hunt-themed china, a leather saddle-bag with a sandwich tin, and a leather flask case with a glass flask (hallmarked silver ferrule!), cups, and more.
If anyone’s interested, here’s the link:
I dig the bagpipes 
I believe the sandwich case and flask are pretty expensive if you buy them new and the hunt folks who like to stick to tradition use them still. Did you see the stirrup cups too? You might be able to pick up the whole set - flask, case, and cups - for a very reasonable price.
When there were appointment classes at the Garden years ago, if there was a tie, they would check what type of sandwich you had in your case.
I have never carried a flask, but most folks I know still do (which is why I don’t have to carry one!). I have a 40 yo sandwich case but haven’t used it in a while, replaced it with another case that has a bit more room for stuff. I also had a leather water bottle holder made to facilitate staying hydrated on a long day in the arid west.
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I dig the bagpipes
I believe the sandwich case and flask are pretty expensive if you buy them new and the hunt folks who like to stick to tradition use them still. Did you see the stirrup cups too? You might be able to pick up the whole set - flask, case, and cups - for a very reasonable price.
When there were appointment classes at the Garden years ago, if there was a tie, they would check what type of sandwich you had in your case.[/QUOTE]
I thought they only checked IF a sandwich was in there, not what kind. Were they checking the flasks too? lol.
The sandwich box and flask are ‘required’ in traditional Corinthian classes at hunter trials. If I recall - the flask is for gentlemen and often broken when these things come for sale, and the ladies have a more discreet one in the sandwich box. Replacement glass flasks (the pointy ones) are available, but may not fit your particular leather holder.
Lovely stuff there - (but nah, I have enough stuff).
A lifetime there. Don’t men have to have a ham salad sandwich in their case for a Corinthian class?
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A lifetime there. Don’t men have to have a ham salad sandwich in their case for a Corinthian class?[/QUOTE]
No. The sandwiches are to be plain white meat on white bread, crusts removed, cut on the diagonal, wrapped in wax paper.
I preferred a couple of solid chunk of Christmas cake in mine, cut to fit, well liquored-up!
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No. The sandwiches are to be plain white meat on white bread, crusts removed, cut on the diagonal, wrapped in wax paper.[/QUOTE]
so if two people are tied in a corinthian class and they both have, let’s say sliced chicken on white bread, then it could all come down to the crust if one person forgot to remove it?
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so if two people are tied in a corinthian class and they both have, let’s say sliced chicken on white bread, then it could all come down to the crust if one person forgot to remove it?[/QUOTE]
Well they can take a bite and see which one is tastier and fresher…
in the early 70s I had to rush a chicken sandwich to the Armory for a friend competing at WIHS. And I did rush, got pulled over in Culpeper VA doing 80 in a 55 zone. It was the best story the nice officer had heard all day, so he let me go, though the stop made us late. Friend got a sandwich elsewhere and we did get there just in time for her winning round.
I just got a sandwich case…need to pick it up! I wasn’t sure what I wanted to carry in it. I considered my cell phone with my Track My Hack app. Ah, times, they are a changin’!
Actually I tend to carry food in my pocket, just in case horse and I get separated and I get hungry! When I first hunted, 6 to 8 hour days were frequent so you really did need something to eat.
6 to 8 hours days?? Where was this??
Virginia, Connecticut, South Carolina. I have more recently had 6-7 hour days in Nevada with Red Rock.
On a similar note, is it true when there is a tie in certain classes, that they count the number of braids and the geldings are to have 27 and mares 26? I used to work for someone who insisted on at least 27 braids on her horses. :rolleyes:
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I just got a sandwich case…need to pick it up! I wasn’t sure what I wanted to carry in it. I considered my cell phone with my Track My Hack app. Ah, times, they are a changin’![/QUOTE]
Keep your cell phone in a deep pocket on something you are wearing. If you get separated from your mare you don’t want your phone running away from you. 
In my sandwich case I always have a long piece of baling twine which can be used to tie a gate closed, repair a piece of tack good enough to ride back to the trailer or use it for whatever. 
Otherwise gloves, maybe a power bar and/or flask is in my sandwich case.
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so if two people are tied in a corinthian class and they both have, let’s say sliced chicken on white bread, then it could all come down to the crust if one person forgot to remove it?[/QUOTE]
If all else was equal, then yes, the person w/o the crust should be placed on top of the person who did have the crusts on their sandwich.
That being said, it is generally judged 75% performance and 25% appointments and overall appearance. The judge calls the horses into the ring after the jumping portion of the Corinthian class in order of preference (1st-10th place), and they line up head-to-tail for the appointments judging. So the two riders in your hypothetical would already be separated by place, but it will depend on how great the point difference is between them to know whether the crusts vs no crust would cause the one to be placed ahead/moved back.
Yes, braids can be used. A mare should be even numbered, and a gelding odd (not counting the forelock). If properly braided as a hunt horse (not a show hunter), then no, they would not have that many braids, more like 10-13 braids. If you do show hunter braids, no judge is going to take the time to count that many (as it would be 30-40 braids)!
Just to ask, has anyone had an inside pocket added to their coat? I REALLY want that for my cell phone. Alas, I have a french saddle with no way to attach my lovely sandwich case. I do have small, vintage leather cartridge cases I attach to my breastplate, but want the cell phone on my body. Tacky to wear my leg (really an arm) band for phone in the formal hunt field?
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Just to ask, has anyone had an inside pocket added to their coat? I REALLY want that for my cell phone. Alas, I have a french saddle with no way to attach my lovely sandwich case. I do have small, vintage leather cartridge cases I attach to my breastplate, but want the cell phone on my body. Tacky to wear my leg (really an arm) band for phone in the formal hunt field?[/QUOTE]
What I did was add velcro to one outer pocket on my hunt coat. The velcro is on the underside of the flap and the lip of the pocket. This has kept my cell phone secure for many seasons.
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Alas, I have a french saddle with no way to attach my lovely sandwich case.[/QUOTE]
Not related to a cell phone, but you can just get back d-rings added to your saddle. I had to do that on a Butet, several PJs, an Antares, and our Tad Coffins over the years. On those I sold, I pointed them out to buyers when they came to see them, and since they all went to show riders, they without fail asked me what they were for. I think it cost me $20/saddle to have it done…
