Year: 1894

page_text: LIONEL BERESFORD BETHELL Kingswood Warren Epsom Private Secretary
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A man on a horse represented in the act of jumping over a fence, to be
constructed of some light material either thin wood or iron attached by cross pieces
of wood or iron to a stout leg or post which will be attached to another post; fixed
in the earth; by means of a bolt and a rack and pin by which the horseman can be
represented either as on the point of taking off at a fence, jumping it, or landing on
the other side as desired-the device to be used for the purpose of advertizing.
Dated this 27th day of November 1894.
LIONEL BERESFORD BETHELL.
I, LIONEL BEREsford Bethell of Kingswood Warren, Epsom in the County
of Surrey, Gentleman, 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 :-
My invention consists of improved means for advertising and more particularly
on land at the sides of railways so that the advertisements will be seen by the
passengers; my object is to give the advertisements a novel and attractive
character.
According to my invention I construct of a suitable light material, such as sheet
metal or wood, a representation of a horse and rider (or horses and riders) in the
act of jumping a fence and I fix this representation or figure with the aid of stays,
cross pieces, or the like to a stout post or beam. This post or beam is pivoted or
hinged near its lower end to another stout post so that it can be moved in a vertical
plane. This second post is fixed in the earth preferably in the middle of a fence
and is provided with a rack by means of which and a bolt or similar device the
pivoted beam can be secured either vertically or at any desired inclination so as to
represent the horseman either as jumping the fence or on the point of taking off or
of landing on the other side. The required advertisements can be painted or
otherwise applied to any part of the horse or rider.
The accompanying drawings will enable my invention to be fully understood.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus to which the horse and rider are
fixed;
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same, the thick line a representing the
horse and rider.
Figure 3 is a perspective view.
The figure a representing the horse and rider is fixed to the post or beam 6 by
means of the stays ce and cross piece d; ut any other suitable means of fixing it
to the post may be adopted. The post is pivoted at e to a post f fixed in the
earth. This post is provided with a curved barg having a number of holes hh so

page_text: as to constitute a rack and the post is formed with a corresponding hole at the
same distance from the ground. A bolt is attached to the post f by a chain k and
serves to fix the post b either vertically or at any desired inclination by being
passed through the hole in the post and through the appropriate hole in the
post f. 7 represents a nut for screwing onto the bolt and securing it in
position after having been passed through the holes.
At the side of the horse
not seen by the passengers there may be one or more supporting stays to prevent
the horse being blown down in a strong wind, but these stays should not be fixed to
the horse in any way which will prevent its being moved with the post on the
pivot or hinge e.
The design and position of the horse and rider may obviously be much varied and
instead of a horse some other animal may be represented and instead of the rider
being a person there may be some other figure; for example the design may
represent a monkey riding on a pig.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
As means for advertising, a representation of a horse or other animal and rider
constructed of light material such as sheet metal or wood and fixed to a post or
beam which is itself attached to a fixed post in such manner that the position
of the horse can be adjusted so as to show it either as taking off at a fence,
jumping it, or landing on the other side, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 30th day of August 1895.
J. C. MEWBURN & ELLIS,
55 and 56 Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agents.