- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BREAKING HORSES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Newsome, of Greenock, in the County of
Renfrew, North Britain, Riding Master, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
Sealed the 17th January 1865, and dated the 28th July 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Newsome at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
July 1864.
I, JAMES NEWSOME, of Greenock, in the County of Renfrew, North Britain,
Riding Master, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BREAKING HORSES," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention relates essentially to a new and improved apparatus to be
used by horse trainers for breaking colts and horses, and it consists of a
leather girth or belt attached to the saddle and passing under the belly of the
animal in the ordinary manner. To the upper part of the girth there is fixed
on each side of it a spring lever, and into the lower part of these levers there
are inserted a pair of spurs, whilst on the side of the lever opposite to that on

page_text: which the spurs are placed eyes are formed, into which passes the end of a
rope or cord, which also passes through another eye fixed into an iron plate at
the lowest part of the girth underneath the animal's belly; to this rope or cord
is attached another rope or "lunge," which the breaker takes in his hand
when in use.
The mode of operating with this apparatus is as follows:-The apparatus in
combination with the saddle is strapped on to the animal to be broken in ; the
breaker takes hold of the cord or "lunge," which may be of any suitable
length, and stands at any convenient distance from the animal, and by pulling it
the spurs fixed to the ends of the spring levers are caused to impinge upon the
animal's sides in the same manner as is done by the legs of a rider, and in this
way the animal is tamed down much quicker than heretofore, and without
any risk of danger to the breaker.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Newsome in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th January 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
NEWSOME, of Greenock, in the County of Renfrew, North Britain, Riding
Master, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said James Newsome, Her special license that I, the said James
Newsome, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said James Newsome, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BREAKING HORSES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said James Newsome, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, or under the hand and
seal of one of them, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and

page_text: cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that, I the said James Newsome, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say-
My said Invention relates essentially to a new and improved apparatus to
be used by horse trainers for breaking colts and horses, and it consists of a
girth or belt of leather or other suitable material attached to the saddle and
passing under the belly of the animal in the ordinary manner. To the upper
part of the girth there is fixed on each side of it a spring lever, and into the
lower part of these levers there are inserted a pair of spurs, whilst on the side
of the levers opposite to that on which the spurs are placed eyes are formed,
into which passes the end of a rope or cord, which also passes through other
eyes fixed into a metal plate at the lower part of the girth underneath the
animal's belly; to this rope or cord is attached another rope or "lunge," which
the breaker takes in his hand when in use.
of any suitable
The mode of operating with this apparatus is as follows:-The apparatus in
combination with a saddle is strapped on to the animal to be broken in; the
breaker takes hold of the cord or "lunge," which may be
length, and stands at any convenient distance from the animal, and by pulling
this cord or "lunge," the spurs fixed to the ends of the spring levers are caused
to impinge upon the animal's sides in the same manner as is done by the legs
of a rider. If desired a weight may be placed upon the back of the animal to
be broken in or tamed, this being intended to substitute the ordinary rider
during the operation of tamning.
The great practical value of this Invention is that the wildest animals are
subdued and tamed much more quickly than by any other mechanical means
hitherto adopted, at the same time perfect safety is insured to the person who
is employed for taming the animal.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or prac-
tically carried into effect, I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to
be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by
the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,—
First, the general arrangement and construction of apparatus or means
to be employed for the training of colts and horses, as herein-before described,
or any niere modification thereof.

page_text: Second, the mode of actuating levers with spurs fixed to them so as to
substitute the legs of a rider, as herein-before described, or any mere modifica-
tion thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Newsome, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of January, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five.
JAMES NEWSOME. (L.S.)