AN IMPROVED NOSE BAND FOR STOPPING RUN-AWAY HORSES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Stevens, of 31, Charing Cross, in the County
of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED NOSE
BAND FOR STOPPING RUN-AWAY HORSES."-A communication from abroad
by Louis Marque, of 42, Rue Laffitte, Paris, in the Empire of France.
Sealed the 18th December 1861, and dated the 25th June 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Stevens at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th
June 1861.
I, CHARLES STEVENS, of 31, Charing Cross, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Ax
IMPROVED NOSE BAND FOR STOPPING RUN-AWAY HORSES," & that it has been
communicated to me from abroad by Louis Marque, of 42, Rue Laffitte,
Paris, in the Empire of France, to be as follows:-
The improved nose band is made open and is placed at the height and just
over the horse's nostrils; on pulling a strap adapted at the back of the nose band,
two springs placed on each side of the nose band cause it to press over the
nostrils of the horse, this preventing the animal from freely breathing,
causes him to stop. The nose band can be adapted to any bridle.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
-thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Charles Stevens, Her special licence that I, the said Charles Stevens, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such other as I, the said Charles
Stevens, my executors, administrators, and 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 "AN IMPROVED NOSE BAND
FOR STOPPING RUN-AWAY HORSES," a communication to me from abroad by
Louis Marque, of 42, Rue Laffitte, Paris, in the Empire of France, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Charles Stevens, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and 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 Charles Stevens, do, hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawings, that is to say :-
My Invention relates to an improved nose band or musrol for the purpose of
stopping horses when running away. The nose band or musrol consists of an
open steel spring covered with leather and furnished with an oval-shaped piece at
each end, and is fitted just over the commencement of the nostrils of the horse,
a strap is attached to the back of the musrol, the other end of which is secured
to the pummel of the saddle, and on pulling this strap the spring opens and the
oval pieces press and seize the nostrils and so prevent breathing.
The form of the improved nose band, and the manner of fastening it on the
horse, will be easily understood by the following description, reference being
made to the accompanying Drawings.
Fig. 1 represents the spring musrol closed and having a ring at the back to
which the strap is fixed for opening it and so pressing it on the horse's nostrils;
Fig. 2 the musrol open; Fig. 3 the musrol closed and having a strap branching
off into two parts which serves to support it, this strap yields when the musrol
is used, but prevents it going too far back; Fig, 4 round driving reins with

page_text: strap for attaching to the back ring of the musrol, the strap after reaching the
horse's collar enters the right rein, in which it is enclosed, till it reaches the
coachman's hands, when it terminates in a ring by which the strap when
required is pulled; Fig. 5 riding reins; Fig. 6 strap fixed to the ring at the
back of the musrol, and sufficiently long to reach the pummel of the saddle;
Fig. 7 martingal attached to the girth and the ring of the musrol; Fig. 8 strap
partly divided in two and attached to the two rings of the blinkers for drawing
the latter over the eyes of the horse if required; Fig. 9 strap branching off in
two, at one end it is attached to the head stall of the bridle, and also to the
musrol which it maintains in its proper place; Fig. 10 is a front view showing
the musrol closed; Figs. 11 & 12 show the musrol open without and with the
supporting strap; Fig. 13 concave blinkers for drawing over the eyes if
required; Fig. 14 driving bridle complete; Fig. 15 carriage horse having
a closed spring musrol on; Fig. 16 horse having a bridle with concave blinkers
open attached to the rings of which are two straps, the right hand one passing
to the left of the horse's head, and the left one to the right, they are united at
the horse's collar, and form but one strap till in the hands of the driver; Fig. 17
riding horse with musrol and strap attached to its ring and also to the pummel
of the saddle; Fig. 18, carriage horse, with blinkers closed by pulling the strap
in the driver's hands; Fig. 19, riding horse with musrol open, and compressing
the nostrils of the horse.
Having thus described my Invention, what I claim and desire to secure by
Letters Patent is the improved nose band or musrol as above described
together with-the mode of closing the blinkers, both of which arrangements
may be used together or not as herein-before described and shown in the
accompanying Drawings."
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Stevens, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of December, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
CHARLES STEVENS. (LS.)