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work to invent an arrangement which would come 

 up to my idea of what was required, and T 

 succeeded in designing a saddle-rack which I con- 

 sider has done so. This design I handed over to 

 Messrs. Musgrave, of Belfast, Bond Street, etc., 

 the well-known manufacturers of stable fittings, and 

 they have recently patented it, and carried it out 

 most admirably, and I trust it may meet with 

 success. Its description is as follows, viz. : The 

 saddle-rack itself consists of an open framework of 

 wood, and this is made sufficiently long to take 

 some three or four saddles, one behind the other. 

 It is made of two frames, which are hinged 

 together on their upper sides. Crossbars are 

 screwed on, by means of brass pins, to the ends of 

 the frame, and at each end of these bars there is 

 a brass ring. There are folding legs at each end of 

 the rack, which are made to fold up or open, as 

 may be desired. The whole is strung up to the 

 ceiling of the saddle-room, and moves up and 

 down at will by means of pulleys and cords, which 

 are furnished with hooks to attach to the rings on 

 the crossbars. Thus, when lowered to the ground, 

 it stands firmly on four legs, and can then be used, 

 either as a saddle-stand or a harness-cleaning 

 horse ; and when slung up to the ceiling it becomes 

 also a strong, serviceable saddle-rack. I claim for 



