Re: RC: saddles

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

At 02:30 PM 5/30/00 -0700, Jeff wrote:
> This might sound crazy,,but has anyone
> ridden/competed in a McClellen saddle,,the old cavalry saddle? its My
> fave. saddle for just riding hills etc. 

Paul & I did - and after a *lot* of miles we discovered padded saddle
seats.  Wow - what an improvement!  The McClellans are great
saddles for certain horses (the originals aren't so great for wide body
models though)  but I'm not so sure I feel the same about them for
human butts.  Lif

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