Improvements in or relating to Riding Habits and Skirts.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Sept., 1893-Accepted, 4th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Riding Habits and Skirts.
I, CUTHBERT EDWARD BRADLEY, of Elm House, Folkingham, in the County
of Lincoln, Author, Artist, Sportsman, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in safety riding habits and skirts, its
object being to provide a safety habit of perfectly neat appearance that shall be
indistinguishable from an ordinary habit whether the wearer is riding or walking,
and shall sit perfectly without any creases.
According to this invention the skirt is cut away on the inside over the saddle
so that there is nothing to catch on the pommels or ruck under knee or right leg.
This skirt is kept in position by means of a strap sewn inside the same and
which when in use is passed under the right leg of the wearer above the knee
to which it is secured by means of buttons sewn upon the right side of the
breeches.
On dismounting the two flies of the skirt fall together making the habit perfectly
neat and presentable and may be fastened together by means of a loop.
It will be seen that when this invention is used there is no necessity for the
wearer to carry a separate apron.
The skirt may be worn with a short coat or a
long one, and, in the event of an accident and the horse lying on the skirt the
wearer can slip out of the same as it is only buttoned to the breeches.
Dated this 25th day of July 1893.
CASTLE SMITH,
Invention "Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Riding Habits and Skirts.
I, CUTHBERT EDWARD BRADLEY, of Elm House, Folkingham, in the County
of Lincoln, Author, Artist, Sportsman, 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 :--
This invention relates to improvements in safety riding habits and skirts, its
object being to provide a safety habit of perfectly neat appearance that shall be
indistinguishable from an ordinary habit whether the wearer is riding or walking,
and shall sit perfectly without any creases.
According to this invention the skirt is cut away on the inside over the
saddle so that there is nothing to catch on the pommels or ruck under the knee or
right leg.
The skirt is kept in position by means of a strap sewn inside the same and
which when in use is passed under the right leg of the wearer above the knee
to which it is secured by means of buttons sewn upon the right side of the
breeches.
On dismounting the two flies of the skirt fall together making the habit
perfectly neat and presentable and may be fastened together by means of a loop.
It will be seen that when this invention is used there is no necessity for the
wearer to carry a separate apron.
The skirt may be worn with a short coat or a
long one, and, in the event of an accident and the horse lying on the skirt the
wearer can slip out of the same as it is only buttoned to the breeches.

page_text: And in order that my invention may be more fully understood and carried into
practice I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the acccom-
panying three sheets of drawings, of which
Fig. 1 is a view showing the habit on the right hand side as it would be seen if
the horse were removed;
Fig. 2 is a similar view taken from the opposite side-that part of the skirt
where situated behind the legs being shown in dotted lines-and
Fig. 3 is a front view of the skirt showing the knee strap connected to the
top seam inside the habit.
The skirt A is cut away over the saddle on the right side, forming two
wings B, C, which fall together when the rider is dismounted, and fasten neatly
together with a loop of elastic e, on the edge of wing C to a button on the
wing B, hiding the legs of the wearer. The skirt A fasters on to the buttons
sewn on the right side of the breeches g', g², 9³, g', g³, 9º, or in place of
buttons g', 92, 93, eyes can be sewn on the breeches and habit for a lace to run
through. This latter arrangement has the advantage that it is not necessary to
undo so many buttons when the rider dismounts to walk about, because the lace
has play through the eyes. A cloth strap H is sewn inside from the top seam of
the skirt A passing under the right leg and fastening on to the-buttons 9, 98,
make the skirt sit well. The wing C is kept in place from flying about by the two
elastic loops j, k, j, k, through which the right toe of the boot passes.
to
The wing B is also kept in place by an elastic loop m which slips over the heel
of the left boot. n', n², n³, n, are buttons by the pocket of the skirt.
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 :-
A ladies riding habit constructed substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
set forth and described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Doted this 21st day of September 1893.
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CASTLE SMITH,
Invention" Office, 54, Fleet Street, Loudon, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.