BEST SADDLES. 1 2 1 



be the required length. The price of a good London 

 saddle is about six guineas, or perhaps slightly less. 



It is better to purchase a second-hand saddle by 

 a really good maker, if it is in good condition and 

 Jits, than to obtain a new one for possibly the same 

 price from an inferior maker. 



The best London saddlers are these : Messrs. 

 Whippy, Merry, Souter, and Wilkinson and Kidd. 

 I do not think that there is any choice between any 

 of these : all are as good as they can possibly be. 

 There are doubtless numerous others also, but these 

 hold the ' pride of place ' in the trade, and the 

 reader may be perfectly certain of obtaining from 

 either of them the very best cut, workmanship, and 

 material in the whole of the civilized world. They 

 will, moreover, fit him and his horse too. If they 

 cannot, no one can. 



I have observed that white serge is the material 

 most generally used for the lining of saddles, 

 panels, etc., and such is the case. I do not, how- 

 ever, wish to infer that I consider it the best 

 material which can be used for the purpose, inasmuch 

 as they are very frequently covered with linen, and 

 very advantageously so too, especially where horses 

 are very sensitive in their backs ; and I therefore 

 consider the latter better in every case, as if it saves 

 a tender back it must also be more comfortable, 



