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Interesting....is there any further information on the Light Dragoon saddle ? The girth to my 1859 dated UP1856 saddle is as described in that cavalry journal article by Major Horton, although my girth is leather rather than stout hemp web. The girth on my UP1856 has a pair of buckles at one end and...

Interesting....early electric cars, racers and trucks. P resumably did not catch on with the public..?

Sorry...!. And, yes it does look like a stretcher.

John M wrote:

Pat Holscher wrote:Nebraska National Guard, pre WWI:

There's room on my horse...I mean bike....for two....

Thanks for putting that up, Dusan. Very interesting.

I purchased a copy last year...a very worthwhile read. Will reread it if I can find time.

Yes..that is an amazing collection.

Yes...excellent of quotes. I especially like...

"Stop dying at once and when you get up, get your bloody hair cut"..(to trooper Cedric Mays, Royal Dragoons, who recovered and lived to the age of 95).

...."standard !...

Surely that's a stand Spahi saddle. Interesting photos, Pat.

Jack.....the wood for the side bars of, at least some, British military saddles in the 19th century was specified as beech. I have assumed that beech continued as the material for side bars during the 20th century. Though the bars on more recent saddles may be of laminated construction as with a Hou...

The drawings of the Dutch saddles have to be taken seriously....relative to the "1805" saddle at the Royal Armouries. Some observations. The front wood arch of the Royal Armouries/RA saddle and Dutch saddle appear identical. Though the Dutch saddle sideboards look longer. The number and po...

Thanks for putting up those photos, Tony. Useful...they show a little more detail than the photos in Major Tylden's book.

No, Rob, I have not. The only ones I have at present access to are those in Major Tylden's book and they are not clear enough to make a definite comparison with the drawings you have posted. I am sure I have seen better photos of the Royal Armouries "1805" saddle on the internet but have h...

Thanks for posting the drawings, Rob. Will study them.

Yes Pat, that was something I especially like about it.

That is a really excellent piece of craftmanship, Tony.

Yes...it is excellent. Thanks for you appreciation of my help, Cesar....which I hope has been 100% accurate!.
John.

The cavalry charge is noted. One thing I'd note there is that I'd think it odd for German infantry to set up in a field and have their covering mg support be in nearby woods, but that can probably be explained away in some fashion. One thing that I keep pondering is the use of the horse early on as...