Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-10-01
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VNHOMAS G. PRETTYMAN has lately Patert,t
l. and is now Manufacturing, a Spring Saddle, mud
superior TO any that have hitherto been off red tO&.
public. This Improvement consists in the suspense
Of the whole seat by two C springs, similar To- III
spring, which being screwed on the back part Of,k
cantie ofthe saddle, receives an iron bar, formDgt tn
sweep of the ~cantlc; thus preserving II from receruHs
any injury by q horse rolling in the saddles; and makHS
the saddle tree more frni than it would otherwise k
which cannot fail to give ease to both horse M rdi
A frame also enters the back ofthe cantle Of the SADDLE
calculatcdso raise the valice or portmanteau, and kcT
it entirely clear of the horses back. This can be put
on orrcmOvcdin a moment.
lnordtcr to prove to the public the superiority ofthec
Saddles, he will give a few extracts of letters fv-
those who have them in use-among whom is the ls,
Presidentof the United States:
=. G. rrettyman: Sir find, on trial ofyour Pate.
Spring Saddle, that it corresponds with the yiey!@
have taken oft JAMES MONROE.
Oak HA, July IN, 1926.
7. G. Prettyman: Sir-I find your Patent Spring Sal
die to be far superiorto any I have ever tried.
.ARY BUrRNER
~.aubuvn, LoudOun Cy, ia. July I'm, 1926
FROM THE U.s.. AGENT OF THE PATENT OFFICE.
7. G. Prettyman: Sir-This evening is the frstnc
that I have mounted my horse, since l have rccci'd
this elegant specimen Of your ingenuity. It's soeasy'
| should fall asleep. l admire not only the Invention,
but the materials, and particularly the workmanship
WILLLaH THORNTUN.
Washington City, June 20M, 1896.
I. &. Prettyman: Sir-I have used your Ps'en'
Spring Saddle for some time past, and can say It's
the easiest | have everused-and can, agrccsbly OF;
Judgment and experience, in confidence ]ree0m%SHa
It. DANIEL KENNEDE
Charles County, Md. July 8Ah, 1926.
We, the subscribers, citizens of Alexandra, haze
usedT. G. Prettyman's Patent Spring Saddle, andbfa
IL easier than any we have tried
JOHN HOOFF,
A. C.. CaZEN0VE.
LIy2 %, 1926. j. H. RUNNELL&.
1t being now more than twenty years since VIZ
first acquainted with the saddling business, and from
near six years trial Of my Spring Saddle four y%ear'Os
fore twas patented, in order to prove them, and nea'
two years since on public trial, I can now with cont
dence say, that 4 saddle made on this principle, 'sbe'
ter III every respect than q saddle made in any ollie:
way, either with or without springs; and | will give fl
ty dollars to any man that can prove otherwise o
make any reasonable objection why it cannot be done'
and ] will give one hundred dollarsfo for an impro'emer'
on them.
These saddles are made complete at from iwelssi'
torty-five dollars. The springs arc equally as well :"
dapted to LADIES' saddles as any other; and any or
sending the price of such a saddle as they may wan
it will be finished to order as well as if personsl aPpD'
cation were made. and when they receive the saddle,
SS"'N"5 =" SHSh SApSSeN'et .
liberty TO return it, and I will refund their moHeysG4
pay all expence of conveyance to and from j; JACK
son of Richmond, and Frederick r. Kneass OF Peter,
burg, Va. who have rights to manufacture these So
dies; and any other person having q desire to NAM
f~acture the same can obtain a right by paying t~eh!
dollars in hand and one dollar on each saddle nan'','
tured, or caused to be manufactured forthe remand
of fourteen years from the date of the Patent, VINO"
is Thirtieih of September, 1895; and any one seDGIt
the twenty dollars will be furnished with a comPt'
model so they cannot fail to make the ssddle; thsnT
del can be sent to any part of the United States, "
any one wishes to purchase arightfor a state, oreoln
~, or city, oRtown, he can have it on accommodate
terms. These saddlesare no NOR work to maketnen
han the common plain saddle, and the springs cam,
made by any common blacksmith, and a boy ths'e"
10 any work can putthem to the saddle-tree.
All ordersfrom any part Of the U. States, eithstN
addles or Patent Rights, viii meet with prompt a"eS'
ION by the subscriber. WHO'S now carrying on the''
Alexandra, u. C..
march THOMAS g. PREFIf"hS