Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-05-02
SaAdAing 10 Perfection.

FI\HOMAS g. PRETTfMAN has lately Patented
l. and is now Manufacturing, Spring Saddle, much
public. This improvement consists in the suspension
of the whole seat by two springs, similar to gig
spring, which being screwed the back part of the
cante othe saddle, receives an iron bar forming the
sweep of the cantle thus preserving from receiving
any injury by horse rolling in the saddle; and making
the saddle tree more firm than it would otherwise be;
which cannot fail to give ease to both horse and rider
frame also enters the back Of the cante of the saddle,
calculated raise the vace portmanteau, and keep
it entirely clear of the horses back. This can be put
on orremoved in moment.
Inorder to prove to the public the superiority ohese
Saddles he will give few extracts Of letters from
those who have them in use-among whom is the late
President of the United States:
T. G. Prettyman: Sir fnd on trial of your Patent
Spring Saddle, that it corresponds with the view you
have taken oft JaMES MONROE.
Oak HFA July 7th, 1926.
T. G. Prettyman. Sir find your Patent Spring Sad
die to be far superior to any have ever tried
.Aubarn, Loudoun Cy, Pa. July 17th, 1926
FROM TIVE u s. AGENT OF THE PATENT OFFICE
r. G. Prettyman: Sir-rhis evening is the first time
that have mounted my horse, since have received
this elegant specimen of your ingenuity tits easy,
that to ride few hours on it, think it probable
should fall asleep, admire not only the invention,
but the materials, and particularly the workmanship
WILLIAM THORNTON.
Warrington City, June 10Th, 1926.
T. G. Prettyman: Sir-I have used your Patent
Spring Saddle for some time past, and say it Is
the easiest have used-and can, agreeaby to my
judgment and experience, in confidence recommend
it. DANLEL KENNEDY
Charles County, Nd. July sth, 1926.
We, the subscribers. citizens of Alexandria, have
used T. G. Prettyman's Patent Spring Saddle, and find
it easier than any We have tried
A. c. CAZENOVE,
July28 1926. j. H. RUhNELLS
1t being now more than twenty years since l was
first acquainted with the saddng business, and from
near six years trial of my Spring Saddle four years be-
fore it was patented in order to prove them and
two years since public trial, can now with conf
dence say, that saddle made this principle is bet
ter in every respect than saddle made in any other
way, either with or without springs; and will give M
ty dollars to any man that prose otherwise, or
make any reasonable objection why it cannot be done
and will give hundred dollars for an improvement
on them
These saddles are made complete at from twelve to
forty-hve dollars The springs equally as we'll
daPted to LADIES' saddles any other; and any one
sending the price of such saddle they may want,
will be fnshed to order welas if personal app
cation were made, and when they receive the saddle,
Il IS not according to their expectation they are at
liberty to return it, and will refund their money and
pay ai eNpence OF conveyance to and from d. Jack.
son OF Richmond, and Frederick Kneass of Peters
burg, Va who have rights to manufacture these sad.
dies; and any other person having desire to manu-
facture the same can obtain right by paying twenty
dollars in hand and one dollar each saddle manufac.
tured, or caused be manufactured forthe remainder
of fourteen years from the date of the Patent which
is Thrieth of September, 1925; and any one sending
the twenty dollars will be furnished with complete
model so they cannot fail to make the ssdde; this mo-
del can be sent to any part of the United States If
any one wishes to purchase arghtfor state or coun-
ty, or city, town. he can have it on accommodating
terms. These saddles no more work to make them
than the common plain saddle and the springs can be
made by any common blacksmith, and boy that can
do any work can put them to the saddle-tree.
All orders from amy part of the u States either for
saddles or Patent Rights, will meet with prompt atten
ton BY The subscriber, who is carrying the sad
ding in Alexandra, D..
march, THOMAS .. PRHTTYMAN