SELF-FITTING SADDLE. 133 



SELF-FITTING MILITARY SADDLE. 

 The Austrian Officers' Jointed Saddle Tree (Figs. 133, 134, 



Fig. 134. Plan of Austrian Officer's Jointed Saddle Tree on a 

 Broad-backed Horse. 



and 135), is useful for military saddles, because it is to a 

 certain extent self-fitting. It is composed entirely of steel, 

 and the bars are made to revolve on rods which are 



Fig. I 35- Plan of Austrian Officer's Jointed Saddle Tree on a 

 Narrow-backed Horse. 



placed horizontally in a longitudinal direction. Consequently, 

 the bars assume the slope of the back of the horse upon 

 which they rest, as we may see by comparing Figs. 134 



