An Improved Device for Controlling Restive or Runaway Horses.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for Controlling Restive or Runaway Horses.
I, GEORGE NOBES, of 23, Somerford Grove, Stoke Newington, London, N.,
Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as.
follows:
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My invention relates to a device for attachment to the bit or other portion
of the bridle by means of which the driver may close the nostrils of the horse
or pony and thus cause the animal to stop breathing, thereby restraining or
checking its progress without unnecessary cruelty.
I employ a pair of levers pivoted together and to an adjustable cross bar
arranged behind the mouth of the animal; the cross bar is pivotally attached
to a pair of arms formed integral with the cheek pieces or otherwise connected
with al suitable part of the bridle.
The levers are provided at their forward ends with conical rubber or other suit-
able plugs which are capable of adjustment to coincide with the position of the
nostrils. The back ends carry rings for attachment to a checking rein and
arranged so that by pulling this rein the plugs are pressed into the nostrils:
Suitable stops and springs are fitted where necessary to effect the proper
working of the various parts.
An Improved Device for Controlling Restive or Runaway Horses.
I, GEORGE NOBES, of 23, Somerford Grove, Stoke Newington, London, N.,
Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:—
My invention relates to a device for attachment to the bit or other portion
of the bridle by means of which the driver may close the nostrils of the horse
or pony and thus cause the animal to stop breathing, thereby restraining or
checking its progress without unnecessary cruelty.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascer-
tained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings in which similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

page_text: Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of my improved device for controlling
restive or runaway horses.
I employ a pair of levers a pivoted together at. b to an adjustable or rocking
cross bar mounted between a pair of arms formed integral with or attached
to the cheek pieces e of the bit, or otherwise attached to a convenient portion of
the bridle; the cross bar is pivotally mounted between the arms so as to
permit of the radial adjustment of the levers a, a nut c or other device being
employed to fix the cross bar rigidly in position to the arms d. The cross bar
is situated behind the mouth or lower lip of the horse.
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The levers are provided with conical plugs f (made of rubber, felt or other
suitable material) which are adjustable in or upon the levers; in the drawing
the ends of the levers is shown slotted at g to receive the bolts g' which are pro-
vided with nuts g whereby the plugs are secured in position after the plugs have
been adjusted to coincide with the position of the nostrils of the animal!
.
The back ends of the levers a carry rings h for attachment to a checking rein.
It will thus be seen that by pulling the checking rein the plugs are inserted
in the nostrils, preventing the horse breathing and thereby restraining or arresting
its progress.
A spring is fitted to the levers a (Fig. 2) in order to withdraw the plugs from
the nostrils when the tension on the checking rein is relieved; also suitable
stops are provided to limit the motion of the moving parts as found desirable:
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
1 claim is
1. In means for controlling restive or runaway horses or ponies, the application
and use of a pair of plugs so arranged that by pulling a checking rein the plugs
are inserted in the nostrils and thus cause the animal to stop breathing, sub-
stantially as set forth.
2. In means for controlling restive or runaway horses or ponies; the application
and use of a pair of levers a pivoted to a rocking cross bar e, the forward ends of
the levers carrying plugs f, adjustably mounted thereon, and the back ends formed
with rings for attachment to the checking rein, arranged and operating sub-
stantially as herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
KO
GEORGE NOBES,
By George Downing & Sons,
Chartered Patent Agents, 8, Quality Court, London, W.C.