Trick Saddle used by Rodeo Rider Velda Tindall Smith
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1927
name: label: user
content: Smith, Velda Tindall
label: maker
content: Edlebrock, Frank
label: maker
content: Edlebrock, Frank
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Woman's trick rodeo saddle is dark brown leather and finely tooled all over. Seat is of lighter brown leather. The stirrups and pommel are covered in sports tape and there is an unusual handle at the back end of the saddle. This saddle was custom made by saddle maker Frank Edlebrock for Velda Tindall Smith in 1927 and used during her rodeo shows. Velda began her career at age 12 as a trick rider and performed in many rodeos. Velda began a career as a barrel racer when trick riding became less profitable and helped form the Texas Barrel Racing Association. At the age of 54 she won grand champion barrel racer at the 1964 Dallas Fair.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Texas, Fort Worth
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: name of sport
content: Rodeo
label: web subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Velda Tindall Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0386.02
label: accession number
content: 1983.0386
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0386.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: saddle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 44 in x 31 in x 28 in; 111.76 cm x 78.74 cm x 71.12 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 44 in x 33 in x 28 in; 111.76 cm x 83.82 cm x 71.12 cm