Improvements in Hobbles for Horses and similar Animals, and in Devices for Throwing same.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 27th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 27th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hobbles for Horses and similar Animals, and in
Devices for Throwing same.
I, DUDLEY WILLIAM HENRY JAMES, of 87 Finchley Road, South Hampstead'
in the County of Middlesex, Student at the Royal Veterinary College, London,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
:―
My invention relates to certain improvements in hobbles for horses mules and
similar animals and in devices for throwing same.
In carrying out my invention I form the portion of the hobble which passes
around the leg, of a loop of cord, or of a cord having a loop at each end through
one of which loops the other is passed, the latter preferably being protected by a
metal eyelet. The portion of the cord which passes around the leg I cover with
india rubber or the like with the addition if desired of a wrapping of some soft
material first placed around the cord, the object being to prevent chafing. Such a
hobble may be used alone by attaching a cord to the eyelet and securing or holding
the cord or a pair or more may be employed, one on each leg, connected together
by a suitable length of cord which will allow the animal sufficient freedom to move
about or they may be used in other ways, or where it is desired to throw a horse or
other animal I may employ four, one on each leg, the fourth being somewhat
different as it is provided with a third loop preferably metal eyeletted or a ring or
the like to which one end of a cord is secured. The other end of the cord is run
through the eyelets of the other three and thence through the metal eyeletted loop
of the fourth (other than the loop to which the end of the cord is secured) so that
when the cord is pulled, all the loops will be tightened and the legs drawn together
in such a manner that the animal may easily be thrown.
Dated the 2nd day of January 1894
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent,
For the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hobbles for Horses and similar Animals, and in
Devices for Throwing same.
I, DUDLEY WILLIAM HENRY JAMES of 87 Finchley Road, South Hampstead,
in the County of Middlesex, Student at the Royal Veterinary College, London,
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 relates to certain improvements in hobbles for horses, mules, and
similar animals, and in devices for throwing same.
To clearly explain the invention reference is made to the accompanying drawings
in which :-
Fig. 1 shows a single hobble, and
Fig. 2 a set of four so coupled as to enable the animal to be thrown when
desired.
In carrying out my invention I form the portion of the hobble which passes
around the leg, of a loop of cord a, or of a cord having a loop at each end, through
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page_text: one of which loops the other is passed, the latter preferably being protected by a
metal eyelet b. The portion of the cord which passes around the leg I cover with
india rubber or the like c, with the addition if desired of a wrapping of some soft
material first placed around the cord, the object being to prevent chafing.
Such a
hobble may be used alone by attaching a cord d to the eyelet & and securing or
holding the cord, or a pair or more may be employed, one on each leg connected
together by a suitable length of cord which will allow the animal sufficient freedom
to move about, or they may be used in other ways, or where it is desired to throw
a horse or other animal I may employ four, one on each leg as indicated in Fig. 2,
the fourth being somewhat different as it is provided with a third loop preferably
metal eyeletted or a ring e or the like to which one end of a cord d is secured.
The other end of the cord is run through the eyelets of the other three and thence
through the metal eyeletted loop of the fourth (other than the loop to which the
end of the cord is secured) so that when the cord is pulled all the loops will be
ightened and the legs drawn together in such a manner that the animal may easily
be thrown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The improved hobbles substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The improved construction of hobbles and their arrangement for enabling an
animal to be readily thrown, substantially as described.
Dated the 27th day of September 1894.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent,
For the Applicant.