Improvements in Apparatus for Training Horses and other Animals.
Year: 1895

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Complete Specification Left, 2nd Dec., 1895-Accepted, 8th Feb., 1896
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Training Horses and other
Animals.
1, ALBERT HENRY SIMPSON, of Woodbine Terrace, Headingley, near Leeds,
in the County of York, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to construct apparatus, whereby the action of
horses and other animals (hereafter termed horses) is greatly improved and
they are thus trained to walk and trot with ease and grace; such training being
quickly and efficiently accomplished without unnecessary fatigue to the horse under
training.
It has hitherto been customary when teaching horses to walk or trot, to attach
weights to the hoofs, or to employ shoes of extra weight, in order to induce the
horse to raise his feet when walking or trotting; the animal feeling the relief when
the weights or heavy shoes are removed, and consequently lifting his feet in better
form. This weighting is not only very tiring to the horse, but it gives him
unnecessary work, as when once the hoof is properly lifted, the extra weight is
superfluous and acts detrimentally in the training effect which is desired to be
produced.
According to my invention I construct a track of bars or plates of metal,
preferably placed transversely to the said crack. These bars or plates are
connected together in pairs by electro magnets, which are wound with insulated
or other wire in such a manner that on the passing of an electric current through
the wire, the bars or plates become magnetized. The adjacent bars or plates may
be connected together in pairs as above described, or they may be connected
together so as to form several single magnets which allow of several north or
south magnetic poles being adjacent to each other, and forming a magnetic surface
of equal constant strength. The wires are connected with a battery, dynamo, or
other electric generator, and the current which is transmitted causes the track
above described to become magnetic, the strength of the magnetism corresponding
to the strength of the current passing through the wires.
The horse to be trained is provided with iron or other shoes which may be of
the ordinary kind, and he is led or made to walk or trot on the magnetized bars or
plates. These tend to hold the iron shod hoofs down to their surfaces, and the horse
is compelled to overcome the magnetic power in lifting his feet, but once the hoof
is clear from the metal it is released of the extra weight, and so the tiring effect
of continuously exerted weight is obviated.
The magnetic power may be regulated as required, according to the strength or
step of the horse, and by increasing the current day by day a horse may be
gradually trained with daily increasing weight to the hoofs.
The track may be so constructed that the moving of the horse or attendant
localizes the current to that portion of the track covered by the horse, thus
utilizing the current to the best advantage; and if required permanent magnets
may be employed instead of the electro magnets above described.
It may occasionally be desirable to magnetize the shoes of the horse instead of
magnetizing the track, in which case the shoes may either be permanently
magnetized, or they may be magnetized by electro magnets fitted to or formed on

page_text: the shoes, an electric current being conveyed from a suitable source to the electro
magnets through wires carried on the horse's legs.
Dated this 13th day of March 1895.
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for Applicant.
Improvements in Apparatus for Training Horses and other
Animals.
I, ALBERT HENRY SIMPSON, of Woodbine Terrace, Headingley, near Leeds,
in the County of York, Engineer, 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 :-—
The object of my invention, is to construct apparatus, whereby the action of
horses and other animals (hereafter termed horses) is greatly improved, and
they are thus trained to walk and trot with ease and grace; such training being
quickly and efficiently accomplished without unnecessary fatigue to the horse under
training.
Hitherto it has been customary when training horses for the purpose of
improving their action, to attach weights to their hoofs, or to employ abnormally
heavy shoes. This extra weight compels the horse to raise his feet in walking,
thereby developing the muscles, so that when the weights or heavy shoes are
removed and the horse is shod in the usual manner, he immediately feels the relief
and steps out well and with good action. This weighting is very tiring to the
horse, as it gives him unnecessary work to perform, for when the hoof is properly
lifted from the ground, the extra weight is superfluous and acts detrimentally in
the training effect which is desired to be produced.
According to my invention, I employ a track having a surface composed of
metallic plates which are magnetized by the action of an electric current. The
horse to be trained is made to walk or trot on the said track, and the magnetic
attraction holds the iron shod hoofs down with a certain force, which is only felt
when the shoes are in contact with, or adjacent to, the said track. In this manner
the horse is made to lift a certain weight in lifting the foot, but he is at once
relieved of that weight on the foot being raised, thus giving the necessary training
without causing unnecessary fatigue.
In order that my invention may be better understood I will proceed to describe
same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer
to like parts in all the figures.
Fig. 1, is a plan of a magnetized track constructed according to my invention,
and Fig. 2, is a cross section of same.
Fig. 3, is an enlarged part cross section.
Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7, illustrate a modified form of my invention.
Referring to the drawings, A are beams which are sunk to the required depth in
the ground and run longitudinally with the track, so as to form supports for the
boards B which are placed transversely thereon. To the upper surface of these
boards B, I screw or otherwise attach the plates C which carry on their undersides
magnetizing coils D, the latter passing through holes B', and being attached in
their relative positions on the plates C by means of bolts E. The lower ends of the
bolts E are coupled in rows by the pieces F, which form connections between the
plates C.
As seen at Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the boards B carrying a suitable number of plates C
and magnetizing coils D, are placed on the beams A in sections, the connecting
pieces of each section being fastened together by means of fish plates G. The

page_text: magnetizing wires are wound alternately to the right and left in rows, the wires on.
one row of coils being wound to the right and the wires on the next row of coils.
being wound to the left, thus causing the alternate plates to become north and
south magnetic poles. The ends of the wires on each row of coils are attached to
trunk wires H and J which are situated at the sides of the track, as seen at Fig. 1..
These trunk wires H and J are connected to a battery, dynamo, or other suitable
electric generator K, and the current passed through the coils causes the plates C
to become magnetized. The strength of the current passing through the wires
corresponds with the strength of magnetism imparted to the track, so the magnetic
power may be regulated as required to suit the strength or step of the horse, whilst
by increasing the current day by day, a horse may be gradually trained with daily
increasing resistance to the feet.
As seen at Figs. 4, 5, 6, and 7, the horse shoe, or parts connected therewith, is
or are magnetized by means of magnetizing coils. In Figs. 4 and 5, L is a horse
shoe constructed of a non-magnetic metal such as brass, and M is an electro
magnet which is provided with screws N for connecting and disconnecting it to the
shoe L. Terminals P are provided for connecting wires from a suitable source of
electricity, and the said wires may be attached to the horses' legs to prevent the
latter becoming entangled with the wires. In Figs. 6 and 7, the horse shoe Lis
constructed of magnetic metal, and is provided with magnetizing coils R, which
cause the shoe L to become magnetized on a current being passed through the
wires of the said coils R. In this manner an ordinary iron track may be employed
with a similar result to that before described, the shoes clinging to the iron in the
same manner.
The magnetized track may be so constructed that the movement of the horse or
attendant localizes the current to the portion of the track covered by the horse,
thus utilizing the current to the best advantage; and if desired permanent magnets
may be employed instead of the electro magnets above described.
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. An apparatus for training horses, composed of a magnetized metallic track,.
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
2. In an apparatus for training horses, the plates which are provided with
magnetizing coils, in combination with a current of electricity supplied to the wires
on the said coils, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. In apparatus for training horses, the plates carrying magnetizing coils which
are connected in such a manner as to form alternately north and south magnetic
poles, in combination with a suitable supply of electricity, substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
4. A horse shoe, having electro or permanent magnets attached to same, sub-
stantially as described and with particular reference to Figs. 4, and 5, of the
accompanying drawings.
5. A horse shoe, having magnetizing coils connected with same, substantially as
described with reference to Figs. 6 and 7, of the accompanying drawings.
. 6. The magnetizing of horse shoes, substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
7. The general arrangement, construction, and combination of the various parts
forming my invention for improvements in apparatus for training horses and
other animals, substantially as set forth, together with any mere modification or
modifications thereof.
Dated this 2nd day of December 1895
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for the Applicant..