CAVALRY SADDLE, McCLELLAN PATTERN. 



(Plate I.) 



A complete saddle is composed of — 

 1 saddletree (covered). 

 1 set saddle trimmings. 

 6 coat straps. 



1 quarter strap (adjustable) complete. 



2 stirrup straps. 



2 stirrups (hooded). 

 1 cincha (hair). 



SADDLETREE. 



The parts are — 

 1 pommel. 



1 cantle. 



2 side bars. 



1 pommel iron. 



1 cantle iron. 



2 stirrup-strap loops. 



The pommel consists of two pieces of selected ash (rough size, 1^ by 

 3 by 14| inches) framed together at the top, glued and properly 

 shaped. It is fastened to the side bars with two l^-inch and two 

 If-inch No. 12 wood screws, and has one slot for coat strap. 



The cantle is made of two pieces of selected ash (rough size, 1^ by 

 4f by 14J inches) framed together at the top, glued and properly 

 shaped. It is fastened to side bars with two l|-inch and two If -inch 

 No. 12 wood screws, and has three slots for coat straps. 



Each side bar is made from one piece of selected basswood (rough 

 size, 2^ by 6J by 22^ inches) turned to shape and gained for stirrup- 

 strap loop. 



The pommel iron is made from decarbonized sheet steel 0.065-inch 

 thick, pressed to shape, and secured to pommel with three IJ inch 

 No. 8 iron rivets, and to side bars with four — two in each. 



The cantle iron is made from decarbonized sheet steel 0.065-inch 

 thick, pressed to shape and secured to cantle with four IJ-inch No. 8 

 iron rivets, and to side bars with six — three in each. 



The stirrup-strap loops made from 0.284-inch decarbonized steel 

 wire welded, are attached to the side bars by straps of decarbonized 

 sheet steel 0.049 inch thick, each strap being fastened to the bar by 

 three 1^-inch No. 8 iron rivets. The loops have their lower edges 

 inclined from the horizontal upward and to the front, and swing freely 

 in the straps for the better adjustment of the stirrup straps when the 

 rider is in the saddle. 



