SPRING TUGS FOR WORKING HORSES.

Manawatu Herald, 22 October 1889, Page 4

SPRING TUGS FOR WORKING HORSES.

. »- . The hea,\y carting w Y \i, the sudden strain of a dead pull at a heavy Josid, when a hoit-e throws himself into the collar 10 start it, is vM-y injurious snys the ]N*. Z. Farmer), and must" often be very onintnl 10 the draught horse. . It is iV-se sudden jerking- strains wliich .•ie said to be the cause ot the raP'dity with which tram-car horses wear out. Iv the case of inipetaons, fijry animals, the violent effort to overcome the vis inertia of a heavy liad may often cause permanent physical injury to 'lie horse, and it is to the hoise owner's interest, as well ns in accordance with human nstincts, to relieve working horses, if possible, from the c painful and dangerous strains upon their st ength Aden's Patent Tng-Kpringß or Horse protectors, are thus described in Ironmonger : — ' : Th<se spiings, which are constructed on the tensive principle, consist of two sp'ral springs, me inside the cthe •. c il' d i.p in opposite directions, covering sliding 1 nks. i 'l he links, we are informed, .nre tveatftd sit the factory up to » weight of 4 i"5000 lhs: and that the springs are stretched to doub e^l ength bef rebeing iasLened to the links, an ar. rangempnt limiting the stretchin-/ to 8 or 4 inches, and" preveniing breakage by sudden strains or je ks ) Tiies- -prings are intended to be a relief to horses and -to enable more work to be got from them with l.^s exertion b obviui im> tin co cussions and jerl s io wltich the^ ar. j expost d, esp< cial y c n the sbouL ers clv st, and witherj, when puHn? hcavj t .his cm voufih joaus. They are "••idc ot -toel with d< ub p springs tho sprit g] are v-rions pr;-ad(i.< o o asticity in suit any lo;i<i or power of i.oise, and h ye gna. powi y< of el.i-;icity, and the vesisti- .<» power i-; pro] ortion&te'toi' the s'trefthi gbf i o ;'ppnratii3 ; these tut>-- spring ;ie fastened to the ends of tl.m tra.-ps, cr. in leavy urayp, from t.l)ft harness to t ie shafts. "Tijere is no alteration required 1,0 the harness, for they are nindo w.tli all k'nds of hooks and evi|; pn » nch o? which is express d in-f-Ilograins tlie si rting And fiuai tension of the spriifg.*' 'MrJ.'T. I>. ■ Si'den, of JStoc l:o'm, is iho inven or and the : gents fir Austra a-ia, H. F awzen tnd Co.. 19 Macnuarie Place. Sydn#. fi ' ■ " -'>•*■>'■*">"• " " J '