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3. Stirrups. — Stirrup to be 2-inch wooden stirrup, 5-incli tread, 

 3-inch neck, 1-bolt stirrup, reenforced with galvanized iron or brass 

 binding. 



4 . Leather. — ^To be of hemlock or best oak tan leather, firm and sohd 

 in texture, and capable of withstanding a strain of 100 pounds when 

 a section 6 inches long and one-fourth of an inch wide is cut into on 

 the side, and not tear apart under strain of 100 pounds pressure. 



5. Tan. — To be russet or fair in color and fast in grain, 



6. Skirting. — To be full size and sheepskin wool lined, and to be 

 not less than 30 inches long, 15J inches wide at rear, and 14 inches 

 wide at front end. 



7. Quarter straps. — To extend around cantle and pommel, 3 inches 

 wide for the pommel and 2 inches wide for the cantle, with connecting 

 strap Ih inches wide, and long enough so that when doubled the dis- 

 tance from end to end will be not less than 9 inches long, the double 

 of strap to meet at center of its length and to be secured with lacing, 

 holes of suitable size, two at each end of strap, and securely tied. 



8. Stirrup leather.— To be of good solid leather 3 inches wide and 

 long enough to permit of adjustment for 34-inch leg, as in customary 

 manner. 



9. Stirrup fender. — To be 18 J inches long and lOf inches wide. 

 Fender stays 19 inches long and 3 inches wide. 



10. Girth straps. — To be 19 inches long and If inches wide. 



11. Tie straps. — To be 5 feet 7 inches long and If inches wide. 



12. Seat. — The reenforcings in forming the seat of the saddle when 

 finished to be well rounded and bound on the front edge, and weU 

 glued down to seat with best ''Days" dry paste; the seat and jockeys 

 to be of one piece. 



13. Cantle. — The cantle of saddle on rounded edge to be bound aU 

 around with similar leather in a neat and accurate manner, and pro- 

 vided with small leather pocket in rear of cantle, and provided with 

 beUows 1 inch wide; the upper strings over cantle must pass tlirough 

 the center of quarter strap; care must be taken in passing string 

 through sheepskin wool lining that the string is properly bedded 

 in the wool, the space between holes to be not less than three-fourths 

 of an inch. 



14. Housings. — To be of full size at front and rear, and to receive 

 the strings of saddle as in customary manner, all exposed leather to 

 be creased with two-bar crease on edges, and light, but not elaborate, 

 stamping on exposed leather is permitted. 



15. Nails, tacks, and rivets are not permitted in rigging the saddle, 

 except in the '' gullet" where small round-head brass nails may be 

 employed in the customary manner. 



16. Saddletree. — To be as modified, on the under surface of the bars, 

 as shown in sample saddle now at the general depot of the Quar- 

 termaster's Department, Jeffersonville, Ind., made January 23, 1909. 



17. All work to be done in a first-class and accurate manner. 



SpeciUcations for skeleton-rigged riding saddle. 



(Figs n2, us.) 



(2) This saddle is furnished for teamsters and mounted messengers 

 and for all other persons in the military service requiring riding 



