Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-05-31
saAdling to Perfection.

TyHOMAS G. ~PRETrYMAN has iatei! taee"'eu
and is now Manufacturing, u Spring SAC g u.IN
superior to any that have hitherto peen OIL ~
nubTc. This Improvement consists in the SUSPENSION
of the whole seat by two C springs, similar 10 q Sis
spring. which being screwed on the back part OF inc
cantle ofthe saddle, receives an iron bar, FORMING tue
sweep of the cantle; thus preserving It from receiving
any injury by a horse rolling in the saddle; and making
the saddle tree more firm than it would OTHERWISE DC:
which cannot fail to give ease to bo'h morse WV Vs.
, f.awe cleo enters the back ofthe camille of the saddle,
c,lculated to raise the valice or portmanteau, ana keep
i entirely clear of the horses back. This can De pun
on or removed in a moment.
In order to prove to the publcthe superiority ftnese
Saddles, he viii give a few extracts OF ietters Tom
those who have them in use-among whom Is He ase
President of the United States:
7. G. Prettyman: Sir-I find, on trial ofyour fateh'
Spring Saddle. that it corresponds with the view you
have taken oft 1AhEe Mo'noH'
Oak Hi, July 7h, 1926.
r. G.. Prettyman: Sir-l hndyour Patent Spring Sad
a'e y oe .ARB BUCKNER.
.4ubarn, LoudOun Cy, Va. July l7h' 1870
yRoN THE a. s. AGENT OF THE PATENT OFFICE
TIC. Prettyman: Sir-Thise evening is the first time
that | have mounted my horse, since l have received
this elegant specimen of your ingenuity itis SO easy
that were l to ride afew hours on it, Think 1t probable
! should fall asleep. | admire not only the invention,
but the materials, and particularly the craftsmanship
WILLIiM THORNTON.
Washington City, June 2oh. 1926.
T G Prettymsn: Sir-I have used your fateh'
Spring Saddle for some time past, and can say II Is
the easiest have ever used and can, agreeao'y 70 my
Judgment and experience, in confidence
us DANIEL KENNEDY.
Charles County, Md, July 8fh, 1926
We the subscribers, citizens OF Alexandria, nave
used +. G. p~rettyman's Patent Spring Saddle, and Ind
it easier than any We have tired oop
a c. C1ZENOPE,
L,b, % 1906. H. RUNhELLS
II being now more than twenty years since ! was
first acquainted With the saddlins business, ana IRON
near SIX years trial of my Spring Saddle four ears ne
fore il was patented, in order to prove them, ana neal
two years since on public trial, | can now WIN conn
dence saw, that a saddle made on tins prlnc'Pie' Is oel'
ter in every respect than a saddle made Ia am o".
way. either with or without springs, and | WA give nj
~ dollars TO any man that can prove otherwise, OF
make any rea.o able objection why 1t cannot oe done
and will give one hundred dollars for an improvement
on them
These saddles are made complete at from twelve &c
forty. five dollars The springs are equally as wen a
da,ted to LADIES' saddles as any other; and any one
sending the price of such a saddle as they may want,
it will be finished to order as well as If personal app,li
| cation were made, and when they receive the saddle,
if it is not according to their expectation, they are az
| libert, to return it, and will refund their money and
nav all cXpence OF conveyance W anu VII
son of Richmond, and Frederick ! Knea,s OF reters'
burg, Va. who have rights to manufacture these sad
dies; and any other person having adesire to manu-
facture the same can obtain a right by paying twenty
dollars in hand AID one dollar on each saddle manufac'
,ured, or caused be manufactured forthe remainder
Of fourteen years from the date of the Patent, which
is Thirtieth of September, 1928; and any one sending
the twenty dollars will be furnished with a complete
model so they cannot fail to make the ssddle; this mo.
del can be sent to any part of the United States. Il
any one wishes to purchase arightfor a state, or coun'
", or city, or town. he can have it on accommodating
fterms. These saddles are no more work to makethem
than the common plain saddle, and the springs can be
made by any common blacksmith and a boy that can
do any work can pdathem to the saddle-tree.
Ali orders from any part of the U. States, either tor
saddles or Patent Rights, will meet with prompt atten'
ton by the subscriber, who is now carrying on the sad.
ding in Alexandra, Dc
march THOMAS =. PRETISNAN.
MIR. Jacob Gregg, who is now
travelling in the dlffrren, States, is duly author
iz.d by me- to sell the Pa,ent Rights for the
Spring Saddles in my name, having a Legal
power Of attorney from me TO do so,
may l4..lS27, T &. PRErTYMAN.