saddle, colonial

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

1885. H. Finch-Hatton, `Advance Australia,' p. 53:

«The colonial saddle is a shapeless, cumbersome fabric,made of rough leather, with a high pommel and cantle, and hugeknee-pads, weighing on an average twenty pounds. The greatestcare is necessary to prevent such a diabolical machine fromgiving a horse a sore back.»

[Mr. Finch-Hatton's epithet is exaggerated. The saddle iswell adapted to its peculiar local purposes. The projectingknee-pads, especially, save the rider from fractured knee-capswhen galloping among closely timbered scrub. The ordinaryEnglish saddle is similarly varied by exaggeration of differentparts to suit special requirements, as e.g. in the militarysaddle, with its enormous pommel; the diminutive racing saddle,to meet handicappers' «bottom-weights,» etc. The mediaevalsaddle had its turret-like cantle for the armoured spearman.]

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