Spring for Riding Saddles. (open access)

Spring for Riding Saddles.

Patent for a new and improved saddle spring. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a riding-saddle, of the series of transverse bridge-springs extending over the saddle-opening and having spiral ends bearing on the tree, and the longitudinal springs at the sides of said traverse springs" (lines 52-57).
Date: September 2, 1884
Creator: Reason, Thomas & Crenshaw, Marcus L.
System: The Portal to Texas History