| 111The Traveller's Circular
AND HOROLOGICAL REVIEW.
May 24/93.
Buffalo Bill's Gorgeous Riding
Equipment.
A VERY handsome piece of work has
just gone from Omaha to Chicago,
which deserves mention in THE
CIRCULAR. Hon. W. F. Cody, of
Wild West fame, started a new
Wild West in Chicago, which
opened April 26. Col. Cody, being
a citizen of Nebraska, remembers
his friends there, and among them
the firm of Collins & Morrison, a
large saddlery and harness manufacturing
firm of Omaha. This
Spring he gave them an order for
the handsomest saddle they could
make, and they sent to him in
time for the opening of his show a
saddle and bridle which they claim
is the finest in America. What
makes it interesting to readers of
THE CIRCULAR are the silver mountings,
which were manufactured in
the jewelry establishment of Albert
Edholm, by L. J. Kass, silversmith.
Mr. Kass learned his trade in the
cities of Christiania, Stockholm
and Copenhagen, and although he
has been long in America and is in
advancing years his hand has not
lost its cunning. Some years ago
he manufactured a steam locomotive,
tender and passenger
coach, of sold silver, which was
ordered as a gift to A. E. Touzalin,
who had just been made general
manager of the C., B. & Q. R. R.
Mr.Kass was at this time in the
employ of Max Meyer & Bro. Co.
The saddle is made of russet
saddle skirting, California tanned,
on the sweat leather of which
are pictures of Buffalo Bill stamped from
a photograph he had taken in Europe, in
a standing position, with rifle, sombrero
and full hunting or scout's costume. The
saddle is mounted with solid silver, of which
sixty-fix ounces were used. In the seat inlaid
in the leather is the name Hon. W. F.
Cody, in silver letters one and one-half
inches long; the Harris horn is mounted with a
silver crescent on which is engraved
"World's Fair, Chicago, 1893;" the stirrup
(IMAGE)
BUFFALO BILL'S SILVER MOUNTED RIDING EQUIPMENT.
plates are elaborately engraved and chased;
on each side of the saddle is a buffalo in repousse
work; the Tim of the seat is of silver,
and buttons innumerable stud the handsome
leather, two of them especially large and
handsome having buffalo heads in repoussé.
The bridle is finished with loops so that not
a buckle is required to hold the bits; two
sold silver rosettes are on the sides and a
silver plate is on the brow-band engraved
with the owner's name. A quirt, the
Mexican or cowboy name for whip,
also accompanies the saddle, and
is made like the bridle, of plaited
rawhide mounted with silver.
Buffalo Bill's friends know his
fondness for handsome equipment,
and can imagine him in his
elegant scout's costume, mounted
on his steed caparisoned with these
gorgeous equipments, leading his
Congress of Rough Riders of the
World through daring feats for the
edification of World's Fair visitors.
[IMAGE] BUFFALO BILL'S SILVER MOUNTED RIDING EQUIPMENT. | 111The Traveller's Circular
AND HOROLOGICAL REVIEW.
May 24/93.
Buffalo Bill's Gorgeous Riding Equipment.
A VERY handsome piece of work has
just gone from Omaha to Chicago,
which deserves mention in THE
CIRCULAR. Hon. W. F. Cody, of
Wild West fame, started a new
Wild West in Chicago, which
opened April 26. Col. Cody, being
a citizen of Nebraska, remembers
his friends there, and among them
the firm of Collins & Morrison, a
large saddlery and harness manufacturing
firm of Omaha. This
Spring he gave them an order for
the handsomest saddle they could
make, and they sent to him in
time for the opening of his show a
saddle and bridle which they claim
is the finest in America. What
makes it interesting to readers of
THE CIRCULAR are the silver mountings,
which were manufactured in
the jewelry establishment of Albert
Edholm, by L. J. Kass, silversmith.
Mr. Kass learned his trade in the
cities of Christiania, Stockholm
and Copenhagen, and although he
has been long in America and is in
advancing years his hand has not
lost its cunning. Some years ago
he manufactured a steam locomotive,
tender and passenger
coach, of sold silver, which was
ordered as a gift to A. E. Touzalin,
who had just been made general
manager of the C., B. & Q. R. R.
Mr.Kass was at this time in the
employ of Max Meyer & Bro. Co.
The saddle is made of russet
saddle skirting, California tanned,
on the sweat leather of which
are pictures of Buffalo Bill stamped from
a photograph he had taken in Europe, in
a standing position, with rifle, sombrero
and full hunting or scout's costume. The
saddle is mounted with solid silver, of which
sixty-fix ounces were used. In the seat inlaid
in the leather is the name Hon. W. F.
Cody, in silver letters one and one-half
inches long; the Harris horn is mounted with a
silver crescent on which is engraved
"World's Fair, Chicago, 1893;" the stirrup
(IMAGE)
BUFFALO BILL'S SILVER MOUNTED RIDING EQUIPMENT.
plates are elaborately engraved and chased;
on each side of the saddle is a buffalo in repousse
work; the Tim of the seat is of silver,
and buttons innumerable stud the handsome
leather, two of them especially large and
handsome having buffalo heads in repoussé.
The bridle is finished with loops so that not
a buckle is required to hold the bits; two
sold silver rosettes are on the sides and a
silver plate is on the brow-band engraved
with the owner's name. A quirt, the
Mexican or cowboy name for whip,
also accompanies the saddle, and
is made like the bridle, of plaited
rawhide mounted with silver.
Buffalo Bill's friends know his
fondness for handsome equipment,
and can imagine him in his
elegant scout's costume, mounted
on his steed caparisoned with these
gorgeous equipments, leading his
Congress of Rough Riders of the
World through daring feats for the
edification of World's Fair visitors.
[IMAGE] BUFFALO BILL'S SILVER MOUNTED RIDING EQUIPMENT. |
