Text & Photographs Copyright Mike Jackson 1998-2009
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Brown Saddles are come in a variety of styles
and the color of the brown varies a lot. A couple of the brown
saddles are actually molded in brown plastic, but most are moleded
in white and painted brown. |
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800 Series Brown
Saddles |
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  Brown Champ Saddle with Dots
This one would probably go with
the Palomino Champ horses with the brown tack —and since
it has the dots or conchos, it is most often used with the Cowboys
though is is possible for some Cowgirls to also share this saddle.
Brown Champ Cowboy #801
Red and White Champ Cowboy #801 |
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 Brown Champ Saddle with Dashes
This one would probably go with
the Palomino Champ horses with the brown tack and since it has
the dashes, it is most often used with the Cowgirls. When Hartland
switched over to the early Dale Evans with black gloves, this
saddle would have been turned over to her. Some Champ Cowboys
may have also used this saddle.
Early Green Dale Evans #802DE
Cowgirls #802 |
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 Brown Saddle with Silver Stripes
As far as I know, this is the
only saddle Tonto ever had. It resembles the later Lone Ranger
saddles, except for the design of the tapaderos, plus it is brown
instead of black. I believe a few of them have the punch holes
in the fenders probably a result of the Semi-Rearing horse he
rode temporarily.
Tonto: #805 |
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 Brown Western Saddle with Rifle Hole
This is the same as the standard black saddle with
the rifle hole, common to a lot of other riders. This was Hoby
Gilman’s standard saddle, however a few Josh Randall sets
appear to have it. This saddle was also recast by Stevens Plastics
in 1993 and 1994 for use with Dale Evans and Wyatt Earp, but
originals are usually a shade darker in color.
Hoby Gilman #825
Josh Randall #828 |
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 Brown Western Saddle with Rifle Hole
This set was recast by Stevens Plastics in 1993 and
1994 using the same molds as Hartland did earlier. The color
is slightly lighter but it is still a good look alike without
something to compare. Stevens put this saddle with Dale Evans
and Wyatt Earp, historically incorrect saddles for both.
Stevens Plastics Dale Evans
Stevens Plastics Wyatt Earp |
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 Brown Western Saddle
Using the same mold as they
created for the later style Lone Ranger, Hartland changed the
color to a nice russett brown and gave it to the new version
of Dale Evans. It was later used again for Josh Randall.
Green Dale Evans #802 (DE)
Purple Dale Evans #802
Josh Randall #828 |
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 Copper McClellan Saddle
Cheyenne is one of the most common and popular sets
but finding this saddle loose is fairly difficult. The color
of the saddle matches his jacket. Most seem to have the punched
cinch holes. No other set used a similar saddle, with the exception
of Buffalo Bill who has a modified version of the saddle.
Cheyenne #818 |
 Brown and Yellow Plain Saddle
Wyatt was one of Hartland’s first characters
and remained in production almost to the end. This saddle is
fairly common. It is the only figure using this exact style of
saddle and I’ve never seen a factory piece with a different
color scheme. Stevens plastics recast Earp in 1994 but used the
brown rifle holed saddle on the shipping sets. Some of the white
blanks created during production show up on eBay once in a while,
often painted solid black or brown.
Wyatt Earp #809 |
