Old Park Service Saddle ?

[gentlemanfarmer]

Howdy everyone. This is my first post and I hope someone here can help. I have an old endurance saddle that came from a livery stable in or near Cade's Cove in the Great Smokie Mountains National Park. The saddle did not have stirrup leathers on it when I bought it. The rigging hardware for the front girth is a pair of flat brass rings about 4" in diameter and the rear cinch hardwere is a pair of flat brass D rings about 2" across. All the brass hardware is stamped with FPS. Does this stand for Federal Park Service? If not can anyone give me any info about this saddle?

[Luke Hatley]

Howdy everyone. This is my first post and I hope someone here can help. I have an old endurance saddle that came from a livery stable in or near Cade's Cove in the Great Smokie Mountains National Park. The saddle did not have stirrup leathers on it when I bought it. The rigging hardware for the front girth is a pair of flat brass rings about 4" in diameter and the rear cinch hardwere is a pair of flat brass D rings about 2" across. All the brass hardware is stamped with FPS. Does this stand for Federal Park Service? If not can anyone give me any info about this saddle?

YES.........THERE IS A REWARD FOR RETURNING THE SADDLE AND A BOUNTY HAS BEEN PUT ON YOU...

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[gentlemanfarmer]

So would a better description help? I would really love to know what this saddle is. I am planning to do some alterations but wanted to know I wasn;t going to ruin a valuable saddle if I did.

[Denise]

Your best bet would be pictures. If people see it they are more likely to recognize it. Directions for posting pictures can be found here: http://leatherworker...showtopic=15122