Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-10
Sa0dling to Perfection.

YNHOMAS G. PRETTYMAN has lately Patented
Il and is now Manufacturing, aspiring Saddle muct
superior TO any that have hitherto been offered to III.
public. This Improvement consists in the suspensOn
of the whole seat by two C springs, similar TO zig
spring, which being screwed on the back part oftlt
cant!e ofthe saddle, receives an iron BAR fomngl,
sweep of the cante; 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 andr rider
frame also enters the back ofthe csntle of the saddle
calculated to raise the valice portmaneau keep
it entirely clear of the horses back. This be put
on orremoved in moment.
norer to prove to the public the superiority oflhee
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 Of your Patent
Spring Saddle, that it corresponds with the yies!oa
have taken oft JlHES MONROE
Oak Hill, July 7lh, 1926.
r. G. Prettyman: sir-I find your Patent Spring SAL
die to be far superiorio any have ever tried:
.qRLS BUrRNER
.aubnrn, LoudOun C'y, IA. July I'm, 1926
FROM THE U. s. AGENT THE PATENT OFFICE.
7. G. Prettyman: Sir-This evening is the frstime
that have mounted my horse, since have received
this elegant specimen OF your ingenuity It's soeay,
that were to ride few hours it, think probable
should fall asleep. admire not only the invention,
WILLLIH TWORNIOh
Washington city, June 0h, 1926.
L. G. Prettyman: Sr-l have used your Patcrt
Spring Saddle for some time past, and can say II
the easiest have everused-andcan, sgreeably my
Judgment and experience, in confidence Recommend
it. D.7NLEL KENhEDE,
Charles County, Nd Juiy8th 1926.
We, the subscribers, citizens of Alexandra, ha'c
usedT. G. Prettymans Patent Spring Saddle, and hn'
It easier than any we have tried
JOHN HOOFF,
H. Z. C.1ZENJPE,
July28, 1926. j. H. RUNNELLS
1t being now more than twenty years since I va
first acquainted with the sad,lling business, and from
near SIX years trial of my Spring Saddle four be-
fore twas patented in order to prove them and neA
two years since on public trial. can now with cont
dence say, that saddle made on this principle, sbe
ter III every respect than saddle made in any otht
way either with or without springs; and willgyehi
~ dollars to any man that prove otherwise, 4"
make any reasonable objection why it cannot be done
and Twill give one hundred dollarsf for improvement
on them.
These saddles are made complete at from twevetc
forty-hve dollars. The springs equally as well a.
dapted to LADIES saddles as any other; and any on:
sending the price of such saddle they may want
it will be finished to order well if personal app'
cation were made, and when they receive the saddle
y 1t IS not according to their expectation, they are
Defty TO return 1t, and will refund their money avn
pay all expence Of conveyance to and from ID. JACK
son of Richmond, and Frederick F. Kneass Of PeteFs'
burg, Va. who have rights to manufacture these Sac
lies; and any other person having desire to manu-
acture the same can obtain right by paying twen,'
dollars in hand aad dollar each saddle manufsS
ured or caused to be manufactured forthe remainder
If fourteen years from the date Of the Patent, WHICH
$ Thirteth Of September, 1925; and any sending
he twenty dollars will be furnished with complete
model they cannot fail to make the ssdde; thismo
one wishes coun
y, orcity, ortown, he can have it on accommodating
erms. These saddlesare no more work to makethenl
han the common plain saddle, and the springs can
made by any common blacksmith, and boy that e'h .
% any work can put them to the ssddle.tree.
All ordersfrom any part of the u States, either I"
adde's or Patent Rights, will meet with prompt after
on BY tlesubscriber, who is carrying on the s'a
ling in Alexandria, DC.
march THOMAS =. PFETTYHAN