Millar girls riding their show horses, Calgary, Alberta, 1912. Courtesy of Glenbow Museum Archives, Calgary, Alberta
This month, my post on the Heroes, Heroines and History blog is all about Riding Side Saddles, so be ready for lots of photos.
Most of them are ranch photos, but there are some horse show pics, and I've gone into the side saddle's history as it pertains to the use of the leaping horn and leaping head.
After showing the difference between a regular western saddle and a side saddle, I show this image:
Most of them are ranch photos, but there are some horse show pics, and I've gone into the side saddle's history as it pertains to the use of the leaping horn and leaping head.
After showing the difference between a regular western saddle and a side saddle, I show this image:
Isabelle M. Lawson and saddle horse, Springbank area, Alberta. 1907. Courtesy of Glenbow Museum Archives, Calgary, Alberta
And I end the post by asking if you can tell what type of saddle this horse is wearing. There's some nice horse pics in the post, too. :)
