The cowboy was very careful in the selection of his gloves.

They were made of the finest buckskin, which could not be injured by wetting.

Generally they were tanned white and cut with a deep cuff or gauntlet from which hung a little fringe to flutter in the wind when he rode at full speed on horseback.
The cowboy's hat was one of the typical and striking features of his costumes.

It was a heavy, wide, white felt hat with a heavy leather band buckled about it.

There has been no other head covering devised so suitable as the Stetson for the uses of the Plains, although high and heavy black hats have in part supplanted it today among stockmen.