Improvements in connection with Bearing and other such Reins.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Mar., 1896-Accepted, 25th Apr., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Bearing and other such Reins.
I JAMES PETER ROBERTSON of Bishops Tachbrook Leamington in the County
of Warwick Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
:-
My invention has for its object improvements in connection with bearing and
other such reins being particularly applicable to reins such as used for breaking in
young horses to the bit as also for stallions or in any case where it is desired to
improve the arch of the neck and also to prevent & cure boring horses.. By means
of my invention the horse is enabled to turn his head to the right or left without
the bit coming partly out of his mouth thus preventing the consequent sawing
and irritation which has hitherto been one of the great objections to fixed reins of
all kinds.
I will describe my invention as applied to the mouthing pad for breaking in
horses to the bit and from which its application to other uses will be readily
understood.
In carrying the same into effect I mount upon each side of the saddle sursingle
or belly band as the case may be, a pulley which may be adjustably attached to
the same so that their position may be altered to suit the various circumstances to
be inet with. I also mount a third pully upon the top or crest of the saddle
sursingle or belly band and the reins which have their ends attached to the bit pass
around the side pullies and over the crest pully by which means upon the turning
of the horses head the rein or rope runs upon the pullies thus causing the length
of one side of the rein to compensate for the other and consequently the bit remains
perfectly central in the horses mouth without in any way affecting the tension
upon the bit which always remains the same. The side pullies may be adjustably
mounted in various ways and the adjustment of the length of rein may be made at
each side where attached to the bit or a special buckle may be provided in any
convenient position. In the case of bearing reins where appearance is a con-
sideration the reins may be formed round in section and pass up under the outer
casing of the harness saddle which would also be made to cover the pullies.
Dated this 30th May 1895.
JAMES PETER ROBERTSON.
improvements in connection with Bearing and other such Reins.
I JAMES PETER ROBERTSON of Bishops Tachbrook Leamington in the County
of Warwick Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object improvements in connection with bearing and
other such reins being particularly applicable to reins such as used for breaking in

page_text: young horses to the bit as also for stallions or in any case where it is desired to
improve the arch of the neck. By means of my invention the horse is enabled to
turn his head to the right or left without the bit coming partly out of his mouth
thus preventing the consequent sawing and irritation which has hitherto been one
of the great objections to fixed reins of all kinds..
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
fully illustrated the nature of my said invention.
Figure 1 is a view of a horse with one of my reins in use.
Figure 2 is a view of the saddle or surcingle.
Figures 3 and 4 are views illustrating details in the arrangement of pullies in
connection with Figure 1.
Figure is a view of a saddle shewing a modification.
Figure 6 is a view shewing the arrangement of pullies in connection with
Figure 5.
Figure 7 shews another modification of pully.
I will describe my invention as applied to the mouthing pad for breaking in
horses to the bit and from which its application to other uses will be readily
understood.
In carrying the same into effect I mount upon each side of the saddle surcingle
or belly band A as the case may be a pully a¹ which may be adjustably attached
to the same so that their position may be altered to suit the various circumstances
to be met with. I also mount a third pully a³ upon the top or crest of the saddle
surcingle or belly band A and the reins B which have their ends attached to the
bit C pass around the side pullies a¹ and over the crest pully a², by which means
upon the turning of the horses head the rein or rope B runs upon the pullies thus
causing the length of one side of the rein to compensate for the other and
consequently the bit C remains perfectly central in the horses mouth without in
anyway affecting the tension upon the bit which always remains the same. The
side pullies a¹ may be adjustably mounted as shewn by Figures 2 and 3 where a
metal strip E is riveted to the saddle with an intermediate thickness of leather D
so that the pully support F may slide along being secured after adjustment in the
required position by the thumb screw G. Territs J may be slid on to the metal
strip E in a similar manner to the pully a¹ the end e¹ of the strip E being so
arranged that the territs and pullies a¹ can be slid off and detached. In the
modification shewn by Figure 5 a series of rollers K are provided such rollers
being mounted in the metal supports K' which is fixed to the saddle A³ being
threaded through the supports the adjustment of the position of the rein being
effected by passing it round one or the other of the rollers a band of leather M
passes through loops in the roller supports and over the top pully which is similar
to that shewn by Figure 4.
The rein may be made to pass round a pully such as shewn at Figure 7 the
pully in this case having a buckle attached to it with a series of straps on the
saddle by which its position may be adjusted. The adjustment of the length of rein
may be made at each side where attached to the bit or a special buckle may be
provided in any convenient position. In the case of bearing reins where appear-
ance is a consideration the reins may be formed round in section and pass up under
the outer casing of the harness saddle which would also be made to cover the
pullies.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed..I declare that what I
claim is
1. The improvements in connection with bearing and other such reins consisting
of the arrangement of pullies or their equivalents whereby the rein B is automatically
adjusted in accordance with the movements of the horses head substantially as
herein set forth and shewn.

page_text: 2. In improvements in bearing and other such reins the pullies a¹ adjustably
attached to the saddle or surcingle substantially as and for the purpose herein set
forth and shewn.
Dated this 18th day of September 1895
J. P. ROBERTSON.