Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-08-14
Private Entertainment.
SaAAling to Perfection.


4 aud is now Manufacturing, Spring Saddle, much
superior to any that have hitherto been oer to the
public This improvement consists in the suspensioE
cf the whole seat by two springs, similar to a~g
spring, which being screwed on the back part OF the
cante ofthe saddle, receives iron bar, forming the
sweep OF the cantle thus preserving it 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 to both horse and rider
frame also enters the back Ofthe camille of the saddle
calculated to raise the vace portmantesu and keep
il entirely clear of the horses back. This can be put
on or removed in moment.
Inorer to prove the public the superiority ofthess
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-I find. on trial ofyour Patent
Spring Saddle, that it corresponds with the view you
have taken oft JAMES MONROE.
Oak Hill, July 7th, 1926.
I. G. Prettyman: Sir find your Patent Spring Sad.
die to be far superiort to any have ever tried
.aRLS BUrKNER
.7uburn, Loadoun C'y, IA. July I'm, 1926
FROM THE U. s. AGENT OF THE PATENT OFFICE.
T. G. Prettyman: Sr-1hs evening is the first time
that have mounted my horse. since have received
this elegant specimen of your ingenuity It's so easy
that to ride few hours on it, think il probable
should fall asleep. admire not only the invention
but the materials, and particularly the workmanship.
WZLLLsN THORNTON
Washington City, June Goth, 1926.
T. G. Prettyman: Sir-I have used your Patent
Spring Saddle for some time past, and can say rs
the easiest have eyerused-and can, agreeably to my
judgment and experience, in confidence recommend
it. DANIEL KENNEDY
CAo,lss County, Did. July 9Th, 1926.
We, the subscribers citizens of Alexandria, have
usedT. G. Pretty mans Patent Spring Saddle and find
it easier than any we have tried
JOHN HoOFE
A. C. CaZENOVE,
July %, 1926. j. Fl. RUhNELLS
II being now more than twenty years since I was
first acquainted with the saddlng business and from
neersx years trial of my Spring Saddle four ears be-
fore was patented in order to prove them, and
two years since on public trial. can now with conf.
dence say, that saddle ade this principle bet,
ter in every respect than saddle made in any other
way, either with without springs and will give e.
ty dollars to any man that prove otherwise, or
make any reasonable objection why it cannot be done;
and Twill give one hundred dollarsfo An improvement
on them.
These saddles are made complete at from twelyeto
forty-hve dollars. The springs are equally we'll a.
dapted to LADIES' saddles any other; and any
sending the price of such saddle as they may want
it will be finished to order well if personal appl
cation were made and when they receive the saddle,
it it is not according to their expectation, they
liberty to return it, and will refund their money and
pay all expence of conveyance to and from ID. Jack
son of Richmond, and Frederick F. Kneass of Peters.
burg, Va. who have rights to manufacture these sad
dies; and any other person having desire to manu-
facture the same obtain right by paying twenty
dollars in hand and one dollar each saddle manufae'
tured caused t. be manufactured forthe remainder
of fourteen years from the date Of the Patent which
is Thrtieth Of September, 1885, and any one sending
the twenty dollars will be furnished with complete
modelso they cannot fail to make the saddle; this mo
del can be sent to any part Of the United States
any one wishes to purchase rghtfor state, eoun
ty, city, town, he have it on accommodating
terms. These saddles are no more work to make then
than the common plain saddle and the springs can be
made by any common blacksmith, and boy that car
do any work can put them to the saddle.tree.
All ordersfrom any part Of the u States, either tot
saddles Patent Rights will meet with prompt alter
hon by hesubscriber, WHO'S carrying the nd'
ding in Alexandra, ID. C.. q
msrch7 THOMAS G. PRETTYHAN.