Talk:Equestrian statue of William Henry Harrison

"Stirrups but no saddle"???
The claim that there's no saddle seems to be based on a misunderstanding: in the old days it was quite common to put an elegant saddle cloth/saddle cover over the saddle, instead of putting a saddle blanket under it, with the stirrup leather on each side passing through a hole in the cover, which helped keep the cover in place. And you can still buy saddle covers that you put over the saddle, with the stirrup leathers passing through holes in the fabric, though the ones you can buy today are less elegant than the ones they used in the old days... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 21:41, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
 * The comment about the "quaint chapeau with a feather" also shows an amazing lack of knowledge about history (not on the part of the article creator, though, but the person who made the comment) since it's a cocked hat, a "fore-and-aft" variation of the bicorne that was all the vogue in higher military circles in the western world during Harrison's time, and is still worn to this day in certain ceremonial contexts... - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 22:56, 5 March 2021 (UTC)