New-York tribune., 1884-11-16

WHERE THE GALLANT MEMBERS OF THE HUNT
CLUES GET THEIR sADDLFRY.


CLUBS GET THEIR sADDLERY.
The growth in the last dozen years of racing.
following the hounds. coaching and kindred outdoor
sports and pastimes that popular In Europe has
been so great in this country that several New-Iork
firms find It profitable business to Import from the
mother country the equipments to make COM
pete outfits for such sports Aside desire to have
everything English there Is n why tley he
bctteTLupped from the Dther side OF the Atlantic The
English had $50 years Of experience in the manuac uie
Of these articles before there sufficient call for them
here to make IL OF advantage for our manufacturers To
into competition with their British cousins Tho
first requisite in making the majority Of these goods
leather and In the tanning OF certain kinds OF leather
the Old World is much further advanced than the Sew
Then in racing here Jockeys ride at extremely hight
weights and every tes the saddle is weighed
with the Jockey n-hness in the stldle is An important
consideration. English racing saddles are made ~ light
and quarter pounds with snrcingles ana every
thing complete. The siirrup, OF these saddles weigh
only two ounces each. Notwithstanding the apparent
fraity OF saddles Of this weight they strong and
scryiccable The pgn used in making them Is tanned
Scotland. They soil In this market at from 50 To
so. racing sal e Of American make sells tor from
Si2 10 SO. aud the -htc>t weight Is two and a hat
ouud-. They lack the finish of English saddles. and
even with the additional weight are not 50 strong ~
that imported aud Jockeys are a;crse to their
SO each. They rgscl Will all the modern appli-
ancc, for reducing q minimum the results Of accidents
the of patent safety bar trrup, etc Ladies' I'M
ported saddles range price from - - SID according
the them Those o home make sell ~ Iloln
-lO 500 Everything appcrtaiung 10 the huut liDh
a horn upWdri IL Imported, thf demtn 80 lhf
having been Of luu'tcl extent tha no -rol' nome
coupeiiii has been cncOnpterci. Many coach mar
o,,e..re imported Notwithstanding tna there - dhy
~ 80 per Imposed npon AL harness aud sdlcry
brought oyct J., SAID by the importers thcmrrlEe, t"t
II 4. not sufficient To protect the hnmc manin'iuir'
In Ilg
skill tlry have attained 10y long cNIcrrnco Most "i W"
thicr -e1ns harnesses both a. hpmn AMI h'i"hl =
done by eiri, and siri'- wages IN In tihd arc nor
neatly cma 90 those demanded aud obtained here. Ih-
difference bcwern $500 Iu ported harness ana ono ~
Ike cost holre make l. that the Que That ~ Imported
h. ~ least much stitching on it In ~lllns m
mppre harness large per cont Il alloi because {" w.
having come from ahgOid AMI on ti- ncconn alone u
nnd- ready sale. there being prrulic" III iaNof 81
foreign goods. The ligt rOh harness i pu oy Amer
can aud many OF these are sent 10 In-lAil IN l%
Manufacture England cannot compete. In the manudc-
tue al horse blankets Americans have made great
prnc. aud most racing stables b0sc made at home
IA N has been demonstrated that blankets ~ gpol ~
those OF the English makers can be produced mere
and can be bought for less money ~ the racing ana
snnrtng interests grow comp"tition VIII grow ana
nnufarturrr. will take Interest In turning out the
best goods uf ali classes