AN IMPROVED SIDE SADDLETREE
Year: 1884

page_text: We EDWARD BACH Saddler and WALTER BEST BACH Spur Manufacturer both
of Coleshill Street and N° 77 Colmore Row Birmingham in the County of
Warwick do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "AN IMPROVED
SIDE SADDLETREE," to be as follows, that is to say :-
Our Invention has for its object "An Improved side saddletree" which has the
effect of simplifying the construction and manufacture of the saddle with very
materially less skilled labor, and it affords free ventilation and the saddle can be
made up cheaper, besides the general outline and make up are much finer which
gives them an elegant appearance.
Our saddletrees are peculiar in the following respects
1. They are cut back or hollowed out considerably at the edge on the off side
under the off head in combination with the burr or projection.
2. The gullet is considerably cut back so as to allow the saddle to be fixed well
forward and still to leave great freedom for the withers of the horse. There is also
the usual burr on the near side.
3. Each side of the rear of the saddle we form the upper or seat belly with a
hollowed flange rising from the usual or lower frame or belly part and joining to
the cantel on each side and to the off head on one side rising to a considerable
height which enables us to make the upper belly very firm and light. This upper
part of the belly may be made of lighter timber than the lower part for instance
the lower belly may be of oak ash or other hard tough suitable timber and the
upper or new projecting or seat belly pieces of willow or other light timber as they
simply take the place of the usual stiffening or stuffing of such saddle. These
supplemental or upper belly pieces are firmly fixed to the lower belly and bar by
rivets glue or other means.
The general effect of these improvements is to give far more comfort to the rider
in maintaining an erect and yet perfectly free attitude well forward upon the horse
or other animal so as to relieve the strain upon the animals loins. The special
shape of our saddle on the off side produced by the cutting back before mentioned
has the effect of preventing the cutting or chafing of the animals withers which is
a very important feature as experienced riders well know.
Dated thie 3rd day of September 1884
GEORGE BARKER,
Agent for the Applicants,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.

page_text: in and by the following statement and accompanying sheet of drawings, to be as
follows that is to say:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the near side of saddle tree,
Figure 2 is a plan of the saddletree.
Figure 3 is a side elevation of the off side of the saddletree.
Our invention has for its object-An improved side saddletree which has the
effect of simplying the construction and manufacture of the saddle with very
materially less skilled labor, and it affords free ventilation, and the saddle can be
made up cheaper, besides the general outline and make up are much finer which
gives them an elegant appearance.
Our Saddletrees are peculiar in the following respects
1. They are cut back or hollowed out considerably at the edge on the off side
under the off head in combination with the burr or projection.
2. The gullet A is considerably cut back so as to allow the saddle to be fixed
well forward and still to leave great freedom for the withers of the horse.
There is also the usual burr on the near side.
3. Each side of the rear of the saddle we form the upper or seat belly with a
hollowed flange B rising from the usual or lower frame C or belly part and joining
to the cantel on each side and to the off head on one side rising to a considerable
height which enables us to make the upper belly B very firm and light. This
upper part of the belly may be made of lighter timber than the lower part, for
instance the lower belly C may be of oak ash or other hard tough suitable timber
and the upper or near projecting or seat belly pieces of willow or other light timber
as they simply take the place of the usual stiffening or stuffing of such saddle
These supplimental or upper belly pieces are firmly fixed to the lower belly and
bar by rivets glue or other means.
The general effect of these improvements is to give far more comfort to the rider
in maintaining an erect and yet perfectly free attitude well forward upon the horse
or other animal so as to relieve the strain upon the animals loins. The special
shape of our saddle on the off side produced by the cutting back before mentioned
has the effect of preventing the cutting or chafing of the animals withers which is
a very important feature as experienced riders well know.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
The improved side-saddletree having the off-side under the head considerably cut
back as well as the gullet and with the upper or seat belly formed with a flange
substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.
GEORGE BARKER,
Agent for the Applicant,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,