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WOMEN'S SADDLES. 



FIG. 92.* 



WOMEN'S SADDLES. 



A woman's saddle in the general construction of the 

 framework is not unlike that for a man. The points of 

 special importance are thus described by Mrs. M. H. Hayes 

 in her book " The Horse-woman," p. 9 et seq. : 



" The saddle should maintain its position by the proper shape of the tree 

 and by the points of the tree fitting closely the horse's sides, just behind the 

 shoulder blades, so as to prevent the ' wobbling ' of the saddle. The fact 

 that the distance between the points of the tree should be equal to the width 

 of that portion of the animal's body which they overlap, is the reason why a 



* From "Hints to Horse-women." 



