A SLIP BRIDLE FOR STOPPING RUN-AWAY HORSES
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jozé Luis, of the British & Foreign Office for
Patents, No. 1º, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, London, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "A SLIP
BRIDLE FOR STOPPING RUN-AWAY HORSES," A communication from abroad
by Cesar Bourdenet-Bouchot, of Paris, in the Empire of France.
Sealed the 13th March 1860, and dated the 17th September 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jozé Luis at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th
September 1859.
I, Jozé Luis, of the British & Foreign Office for Patents, No. 1º, Welbeck
Street, Cavendish Square, London, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A SLIP BRIDLE FOR
STOPPING RUN-AWAY HORSES," & that it has been communicated to me from abroad
by Cesar Bourdenot-Bouchet, of Paris, in the Empire of France, to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists of a leather band, adjusted to the left of the bridle,
and terminated by a ring of iron in which two others enter; one is attached
to a collar supporting the apparatus, and a round strap or band
passes through
the other. At a little distance from the rings, on the leather band above-
mentioned, a leather strap is strongly sewn; the first part where it is fastened
in a half circle on the neck by a buckle is flat, it then becomes round in the
form of a smooth cord, and bangs down on one side of the neck of the animal,
passing into a sort of block having a small roller, and then ascends and passes
through another ring furnished with a roller to facilitate its sliding. After

page_text: this it is connected with the same arrangement on the right side, in a ring of
leather resting on the horse's shoulders, where it is joined to the reins. Two
rings support the under collar; the strap becomes flat where it joins the leather
ring.
When the horse runs away, by seizing the reins, just mentioned, and draw-
ing them in as with an ordinary bridle, the under collar is raised, and the
animal is seized round the neck, as with a slip knot, with this difference, that
on letting go the reins, the apparatus loosens & gives liberty to the horse.
Thus the rider may by drawing rein quickly & vigorously stop the horse
at its greatest speed by preventing the respiration, which, if continued long
enough, would kill the horse, but by pulling gradually and moderately he
becomes out of breath, and so is necessarily obliged to stop. When thus
conquered, by letting go the rein the apparatus loosens, and the horse becomes
free, as from its lightness and simplicity it in no way annoys him.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Jozé Luis in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 15th
March 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOZE LUIS,
of the British & Foreign Office for Patents, No. 1º, Welbeck Street, Cavendish
Square, London, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Jozé Luis, Her special licence that I, the said
Jozé Luis, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Jozé Luis, 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 "A
SLIP BRIDLE FOR STOPPING RUN-AWAY HORSES," a communication from abroad
by César Bourdenet-Bouchot, of Paris, in the Empire of France, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Jozé Luis, 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

page_text: 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 Jozé Luis, 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 fol-
lowing statement, and accompanying Drawings, that is to say :-
The object of the present Invention is an apparatus for stopping run-away
horses.
It consists of the following parts, represented in the annexed Drawings;
Fig. 1, side view; Fig. 2, as seen from the back of the horse; Fig. 3, view
of the apparatus placed on a horse; M, strap of the ordinary bridle; D, part
passing over the head; F, frontlet; a, part passing under the throat; c, curb,
b, iron bit; S, reins. All these parts form the ordinary bridle, and to it is
adapted the apparatus in question, which is composed of a leather pad adjusted
to the part M, on the left side of the horse, and ending in an iron ring O.
In this ring pass two others O', 0"; the first, O', is attached to the collar
part L, which supports the apparatus; a round strap or band passes through
the other. The end of the leather strap is strongly sewn to the part I ; it is
flat at C, on the neck, where it closes in a half circle at B, by means of a
buckle; the strap then becomes round in form, perfectly smooth, and hangs
down in a vertical position d, passes into a square ring e, Figs. 1 & 2, fur-
nished with a roller, ascends d', and passes through a second ring O" furnished
with a roller, and joins the same arrangement on the right side, in a leather
ring R, placed on the shoulders of the horse, where it is terminated by a hand
rein Z.
The arrangement of the apparatus seen on the right side of the horse is the
same in every respect as that just described. The two rings e, e', support the
collar part L, Fig. 2; n, n', are the flattened parts of the round straps. R is
a leather ring for uniting the two round straps made flat at this part.
When the horse runs away it is only necessary to draw in tightly the rein Z
as an ordinary bridle; on doing this, the collar Lis raised, and the neck of the
animal is seized and pressed as in a knot, with this difference, however, that
on letting go the rein Z, the apparatus loosens of itself, and gives liberty to
the horse.
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With this apparatus any rider can, by drawing rein quickly and strongly,
or again slowly and gradually, obtain two different but inevitable ends. The
first way would cause the most fiery animal to drop at once, by preventing

page_text: respiration, so far as even to kill him, if necessary; or secondly by drawing
the rein Z gently, the horse becomes incapable of breathing, and this neces-
sarily forces him to stop. When thus conquered and stopped, the rein Z
loosens at once of itself, and is no inconvenience to the horse. The easy
working of the apparatus is obtained; first by its simplicity, its lightness, and
.the roundness of the strap, moving as it does on moveable rollers in the rings,
and at the same time it answers as an ordinary bridle.
Having thus described my Invention, and the manner in which the same is
or may be carried into effect, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters
Patent is, the arrangement of straps, denominated a slip bridle, as above-
described and shown in the annexed Drawings for the purpose herein-men-
-tioned.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jozé Luis, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this 15th day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty.
J. LUIS.
(L.S.)