Improvements in Means or Appliances for Controlling Restive, Vicious, and other Horses.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 25th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 23rd Oct., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFI
ATION.
Improvements in Means or Appliances for Controlling Restive,
Vicious, and other Horses.
I, ELIZA JESSIE STEWART, of 74 Abingdon Road, Kensington, in the County of
London, Gentlewoman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to means or appliances for controlling restive, vicious and
other horses while riding or driving so as to enable the operator to reduce them to
subjection very easily and effectually.
According to my invention I provide in connection with the bridle or head gear
means for encircling and compressing the base of one or both of the ears of the horse
and for this purpose I find a noose placed round one or both of the ears and capable
of being drawn tight at the will of the operator is an efficient and satisfactory
arrangement. I find it convenient to pass the free end of the cord forming such
noose through eyes or the like attached to the bridle or some part of the head gear
or to a halter or watering bridle or otherwise so that the free end thereof may, be
held with the reins.
For riding or driving I prefer to employ a noose or running knot, preferably of
whipcord, or the like, or of leather, or ornamental material, and I prefer to pass the
same through an eye on the upper part of the bridle and support aud control it when
not in active use by rings or loops arranged to retain it round the base of the ear
and so that it will not become displaced or tight; until the end which is in the
driver's or riders hand is pulled.
In this way exceedingly vicious horses may be controlled or driven or ridden with
safety and be eventually more or less completely cured.
Dated the 26th day of October 1896.
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Means or Appliances for Controlling Restive,
Vicious, and other Horses.
I, ELIZA JESSIE STEWART, late of 74 Abingdon Road, Kensington, but now of
27 Eardley Crescent, Earls Court in the County of London, Gentlewoman, 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 relates to means or appliances for controlling restive, vicious and
other horses while riding or driving, so as to enable the operator to reduce them to
subiection very easily and effectually.

page_text: According to my Invention I provide in connection with the bridle or head-gear
means for encircling and compressing the base of one or both, of the ears of the
horse and for this purpose I find a noose placed round one or each of the ears and
capable of being drawn tight at the will of the operator is an efficient and satisfactory
arrangement. I find it convenient to pass. the free end of the cord forming such
noose through eyes or the like attached to the bridle or some part of the head-gear
or to a halter or watering bridle or otherwise so that the free end thereof may be held
with the reins.
For riding or driving I prefer to employ a noose or running knot, preferably of
whipcord or the like, or of leather, or ornamental material; and I prefer to pass the
same through an eye on the upper part of the bridle and support and control it when
not in active use by rings or loops arranged to, retain it round the base of the ear
and so that it will not become displaced, or tight, until the end which is in the
driver's or rider's hand, is pulled.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig. 1, represents my invention applied to
a saddle horse. Fig. 2, represents it applied to a draught horse, and Fig. 3,
represents separately the noose and parts which are additional to the ordinary
bridle.
In all the figures, A is a cord or strap terminating in a noose which may
conveniently be formed with an elongated metal ring such as b, c, c, c, are straps
provided with loops or rings through which the cord. A runs and which are fastened
to convenient parts of the ordinary head-gear as shown in Figs. 1 and 2; but. their
number and position may be varied to suit varying requirements and taste, or any
modified arrangement may be used by which the noose is kept round the base of the
horse's ear and so that it may be drawn tight by the cord A which is arranged to be
operated by the rider or driver as the case may be, and for that purpose is preferably
led through a ring or loop d on the rein and thence to the rider or driver's
hand.
When a horse wearing this arrangement becomes restive the rider or driver pulls
the cord A with sufficient force to cause coinpression of the base of the animal's ear,
and this almost invariably subdues it, and soon reduces it to subjection.
In this manner exceedingly vicious horses may be controlled and driven on
ridden with safety and be eventually more or less perfectly cured.
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
I claim is
1. The improvements in the means or appliances for controlling restive, vicious
and other horses substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. A bridle fitted with a running noose or nooses so attached as to be held securely
round the base of the ear or ears of the animal and so that the rider or driver may
be able to draw the noose or nooses tight at pleasure, substantially as and for the
purpose described.
3. A bridle for use on restive, vicious and other horses, fitted with loops such
as c, c, c, or equivalent devices whereby a noose formed by a cord or strap A is
retained round the base of one or each of the ears of a horse substantially as and
for the purpose hereinbefore described and shown in the drawings.
4. Controlling restive, vicious.and other horses by means of a noose attached to
or forming part of the bridle or of a halter or watering bridle so as to be retained
round the base of the animal's ear and to be operated by the rider, or, driver
substantially as described.
Dated the th day of August 1807