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Conference noted::equitation

Title:	Equine Notes Conference
Notice:	Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151
Moderator:	MTADMS::COBURNIO

Created:	Tue Feb 11 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2080
Total number of notes:	22383

1583.0. "Trying to identify/locate a saddle" by CIMNET::SHAMEL (Marsha Shamel) Wed Jan 22 1992 15:48

Hi!  I have an interesting situation and I thought the worldwide noters could 
help.  I am trying to locate/identify a saddle.  A third party has brought
this saddle into the US and put his name on it.  Nothing wrong with that - only
he just upped the price $300!  So I decided to try and find the original.

I have the following clues:
	All purpose
	deep seat
	very modified knee roll
		AND
	the tiny 'button' located near the 'D' rings, near the pommel has the
	initials S.T.A. on it with "Made in England"

How is that for not a lot of information!

If anyone has a clue about either someone who puts their label on this or 
where the original comes from, I would appreciate it.


Thanks!

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1583.1 Some pointers... A1VAX::GUNN I couldn't possibly comment Wed Jan 22 1992 21:49 19

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1583.1	Some pointers...	A1VAX::GUNN	I couldn't possibly comment	`Wed Jan 22 1992 21:49`	19
	There are still a number of country saddlemakers in the U.K. who will make a saddle to an individual order. While the volume manufacturers produce hundreds of saddles a year and all seem to be located in Walsall in the Midlands for some historical reason these local saddlers produce only a few saddles and may be located anywhere. There are several trade organizations in the U.K. you might contact if you are really serious about tracing the origin of this particular saddle. One is "The Society of Master Saddlers" but I don't have an address for them. The initials in your note don't match any of the members of the Society of Master Saddlers listed in their magazine advertisements. Another organization is the "British Equestrian Trade Association" whose address is: Wothersome Grange, Bramham, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS23 6LY, England; Telephone (0)532-892267. BETA sells a directory (13.50 pounds sterling) which lists more than 16,000 suppliers of equestrian services of one kind or another. This information I extracted from one of the riding magazines I brought back from England on my just completed trip.

    There are still a number of country saddlemakers in the U.K. who will
    make a saddle to an individual order. While the volume manufacturers
    produce hundreds of saddles a year and all seem to be located in
    Walsall in the Midlands for some historical reason these local
    saddlers produce only a few saddles and may be located anywhere. 
    
    There are several trade organizations in the U.K. you might contact if
    you are really serious about tracing the origin of this particular
    saddle. One is "The Society of Master Saddlers" but I don't have an
    address for them. The initials in your note don't match any of the
    members of the Society of Master Saddlers listed in their magazine
    advertisements. Another organization is the "British Equestrian Trade
    Association" whose address is: Wothersome Grange, Bramham, Wetherby,
    West Yorkshire, LS23 6LY, England; Telephone (0)532-892267. BETA sells
    a directory (13.50 pounds sterling) which lists more than 16,000
    suppliers of equestrian services of one kind or another.
    
    This information I extracted from one of the riding magazines I brought
    back from England on my just completed trip.