IMPROVEMENTS IN SADDLES. SADD
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Thomas Hughes, of the firm of Hughes and
Son, Patent Agents, 123, Chancery Lane, London, for the Invention of
IMPROVEMENTS IN SADDLES.-A Communication from abroad by John
Bloodgood Peck of Yonkers in the County of Westchester and State of
LETTERS PATENT to Edward Thomas Hughes, of the firm of Hughes and
Son, Patent Agents, 123, Chancery Lane, London, for the Invention of
IMPROVEMENTS IN SADDLES.-A Communication from abroad by John
Bloodgood Peck of Yonkers in the County of Westchester, and State of
New York, and Thomas Bloodgood Peck, of New York, United States
ROVEMENTS IN SADDLES.
Bloodgood Peck of Yonkers in the County of Westchester, and State of
New York, and Thomas Bloodgood Peck, of New York, United States
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Thomas Hughes at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
31st December 1861.
I, EDWARD THOMAS HUGHES, of the firm of Hughes and Son, Patent Agents,
123, Chancery Lane, London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SADDLES," a communication to me from abroad by
John Bloodgood Peck, of Yonkers, in the County of Westchester, and State of
New York, and Thomas Bloodgood Peck, of New York, United States of
America, to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the arrangement of stops, placed in an angular
position upon the side of the saddle, in such a manner as to gather over the
leg of the rider, and aid him in keeping down upon his seat in resistance
to either a sudden lateral movement of the horse, or to an abrupt check in his
career, and also furnish a very available support for the holsters of a military
saddle and secure them certainty of position. The said stops are secured to

page_text: the seat of the saddle near its foremost end upon each side of the pummel;
they are inclined to fit the inclination of the legs as the rider is properly seated
upon the saddle, and are so arranged as to give the best possible support against
being thrown forward, but at the same time are placed sufficiently far apart
to prevent the genital organs from coming in contact with them under any
circumstances.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edward Thomas Hughes in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 28th June 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
THOMAS HUGHES, of the firm of Hughes and Son, Patent Agents, 123,
Chancery Lane, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirty-first day of December, 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 Edward Thomas Hughes, Her special licence that I, the said Edward
Thomas Hughes, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said Edward Thomas Hughes, 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
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SADDLES," a communication to me from abroad by John
Bloodgood Peck, of Yonkers, in the County of Westchester, and State of New,
York, and Thomas Bloodgood Peck, of New York, United States of America,
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Edward Thomas Hugbes,
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 Edward Thomas Hughes, do hereby.
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to

page_text: be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say) :-
This Invention consists in the arrangement of stops placed in an angular
position upon the side of the saddle, in such a manner as to gather over the
leg of the rider and aid him in keeping down upon his seat, in resistance to
either a sudden lateral movement of the horse, or to an abrupt check in his
career, and also furnish a very available support for the holsters of a military
saddle, and secure them certainty of position. The said stops are secured to
the seat of the saddle, near its foremost end upon each side of the pummel;
they are inclined to fit the inclination of the legs as the rider is properly
seated upon the saddle, and are so arranged as to give the best possible
support against being thrown forward, but at the same time are placed
sufficiently far apart to prevent the genital organs from coming in contact
with them under any circumstances.
The stops are cushioned, and thus made easy to the person in case of contact.
This Invention will be clearly understood by referring to the figures and
letters on the accompanying two Sheets of Drawings, in which Fig. 1 is an
elevation partly in perspective of a saddle, with the improved angular stops
attached to it; Fig. 2, a plan; and Fig. 3, a side elevation of the framework
of the same.
In Figs. 2 and S, a represents the ordinary wooden frame commonly used
in the construction of riding saddles; 6 the saddle tree constructed in the usual
manner, with the exception that it must be brought down as low as safety to
the back of the horse will permit; c the iron to which the crupper is attached;
and d the iron attached to the saddle frame for hanging the stirrup.
In Fig. 1, e is the seat of the saddle, at the forward end of which at
each side are attached the stops f, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, which are secured to the
frame of the saddle by the metal straps g, h, as shewn in Fig. 2. The stops fare
inclined so as to fit the inclination of the legs when the rider is properly seated
upon the saddle, and whilst so arranged as to give the best possible support
against being thrown forward, are yet placed sufficiently far apart to prevent
the genital organs from coming in contact with them under ordinary circum-
stances. The stops f are cushioned, and thus made easy to the person in case
of contact. They also furnish a strong preventive against the rider being
unseated by a side lurch, for as the leg is brought partly under the stop, the
rider will be prevented from rolling out of his seat. The said stops also
furnish a very available support for the holsters of a military saddle and secure
them certainty of position.
Having now described the nature and particulars of the said Invention, and

page_text: the manner in which the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondents, I desire it to be understood that I claim the
arrangement and application to riding saddles of stops placed at a suitable
angle of inclination to overhang and support the leg of the rider, as all such
improvements are herein described and illustrated in the accompanying two
Sheets of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Thomas Hughes, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
E. T. HUGHES. (L.S.)