DESCRIPTION OF A SADDLE. 



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from the leathers ; a breast-plate, which is attached to the 

 saddle, and which helps, if necessary, to prevent it from work- 

 ing backwards ; a surcingle, which goes round the saddle and 



Fig. 121. Buckjumping Saddle. 



the horse, and which aids the girth or girths in keeping 

 the saddle in its place ; and, on rare occasions, a crupper, 



Fig. 122. Tree of Hunting Saddle. 



which is intended to prevent the saddle from shifting for- 

 ward. 



The tree (Figs. 122 and 123) consists of two bars, a 



