Improvements in Harness for Breaking-in Horses and other Animals.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 13th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 15th Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Harness for Breaking-in Horses and other
Animals.
A communication from JULIUS STEPHAN, of Jordanstrasse No. 5, Dresden,
Saxony, Gentleman, and AUGUST KRETZSCHMAR, of Hetzdorf, near Freiberg,
Saxony, Engine-fitter, both in the Empire of Germany.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The present invention consists in a simple sure and effective device for breaking
in or taming horses and other animals and for preventing them from shying or running
away. For this purpose the head of the animal just above the nostrils is surrounded
by a muzzle or nose-strap consisting preferably of several parts joined linkwise,
which at the moment of danger can be drawn together by the driver or rider by
means of a strap. By drawing the muzzle together the animal is made to suffer
considerable pain which cannot however effect any permanent injury, but only
serves to bring him back to subjection and obedience besides by drawing the muzzle
tight the breathing organs of the animal are compressed.
The muzzle may consist of two three or more parts, joined linkwise. In one
form the muzzle is secured in such a manner to the head-harness, by means of small
straps and buckles that it is situated as close above the nostrils as possible, without
however preventing the animal from breathing or opening its mouth. By means of
a strap the driver or rider can draw the parts of the muzzle or nose-strap towards
each other thus causing the latter to contract and bringing about the above
described effect.
In order to augment this effect the muzzle or nose-strap which ordinarily could
be covered with leather may be constructed without a covering and be provided
with sharp edges or projections which would not usually inconvenience the animal,
but which when the muzzle is drawn tight would penetrate into the skin and inflict a
sharp pain.
Dated this 14th day of November 1893.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Harness for Breaking-in Horses and other
Animals.
A communication from JULIUS STEPHAN, of Jordanstrasse 5, Dresden, Saxony,
Gentleman, and AUGUST KRETZSCHMAR, of Hetzdorf, near Freiberg, Saxony,
Engine-fitter, both in the Empire of Germany.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex
Chartered Patent Agent, 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:-
The present invention consists in a simple, sure and effective device for breaking
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page_text: in or taming horses and other animals and for preventing them from shying or
running away. For this purpose the head of the animal just above the nostrils
is surrounded by a muzzle or nose-strap consisting preferably of several parts
joined linkwise, which at the moment of danger can be drawn together by the
driver or rider by means of a strap. By drawing the muzzle together the animal
is made to suffer considerable pain which cannot however effect any permanent
injury but only serves to bring him back to subjection and obedience, besides, by
drawing the muzzle tight, the breathing organs of the animal are compressed.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a general view of the breaking-in device when in use
Figure 2 is a plan of the muzzle or nose-strap shown in Figure 1 and
Figure 3 is a plan of a modified form of nose-strap.
In Figures and 2 the muzzle is shown to consist of three, and in Figure 3 of
two parts, joined linkwise. As shown in Figure 1 the muzzle is secured in such a
manner to the head harness by means of small straps and buckles that it is
situated as close above the nostrils as possible without however preventing the
animal from breathing or opening its mouth. By means of the strap c the driver or
rider can draw the parts of the muzzle or nose-strap towards each other thus
causing the latter to contract and bringing about the above described effect.
In order to augment this effect, the muzzle or nose-strap, which in Figures 2
and 3 is shown covered with leather, may as shown in Figure 1 be constructed
without a covering and be provided with sharp edges or projections which would
not usually inconvenience the animal but which when the muzzle is drawn tight
would-penetrate into the skin and inflict sharp pain.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondents, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is ;—
A device for restraining or breaking-in shying horses and other draught-animals
and preventing their running away consisting of a muzzle or nose-strap such as a
encircling the head of the animal just above the nostrils and comprising two or
more parts hinged or pivotted together which can be drawn tight by means of one
or more straps c in order to compress the animal's head and hinder its breathing
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of August 1894.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.