THE "DERBY SHOOTER."

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1910, 19 November 1913, Page 6

THE "DERBY SHOOTER."

- ■»-.— —.— IS IT THE NEW ZEALAND PATTERN? In yesterday's Dominion an article was published: entitled: "Boot Invasibik ot America," .dealing chiefly, with tlio recent shoo and-leather fair held l s't tlie Royal Agricultural Il'itjl, London. In the- course of the autidb- appeared -the tallowing paragraph sh* ■'The flower of British bootmakiug was shown at the- fair iu a specimen of tho. iiow Army boot. This has been, designed by tlio Array Clothing Jjoparthient and 1 approved by the Chief Inspector of Boots. Muldful , of tho fact tliat, in sp'fto .of. epigrams to tlio contrary, -an army' marches- iipon its 'foot, the aiithori-: ties 1 have -Created a' .boot which, represents th e aeme , & f comfort and durability. Tlio old .stylo of Army boot xa of tho Bluchor type, while the now boot is a 'Derby shooter,* said ra. claimed to be, -tlie "finest boot of its kind in the world."

Toe above a.rticlo was brought untki tl'O liptiQO <if Major O'Sulliyan, Dhoetor of Defence Stores, yesterday, "Well., that is funny r said tho Major. "(Jut Army boot is a Dor'by shooter—look, hero it js.| ,! With tiiii't he showed oiio of tho regulation Territorial boots in half seirtiou, unmistakably a Derby shooterHflsojct maehineseWn projecting sole (■threo-q'uaiier.s qf m inch thick), soft chrome leather .tipper, with a. lining of undressed comf-oriaWo anpl scrvice.ablo. a boot for sough Woa;r as one could wish to see. Price to Territorials, ife lid. per pair! "Do jott .know* I believe that the hoot adopted for the British Army 'is tJiat boot, and wo'v.o had' tliom on' safe for nearly two years sinbb the Territorial, systeni "was initiated. Quite .a council of ■experts sat dVer that boot, before the style'was decided upon, The ehromo Tipper is not so impervious to wet as ■othej''leathers, but it is Wonderfully light, and it' .'never gets, stiff and hflrd, "What nialkos mo think that our pattern might have been adopted bf' the British 'Army authorities,''' said. .Major o'Sulliviui, in conclusion, "is. that ahout a year ago/Colonel A; W. Robin (now attached, to the. Colonial ■■Section of the British War Office) ■sent out for a. pair of our boots., which we did. I flxijide'f I"