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Application filed April 26,1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Andrew L. Maclachlan, of Melrose, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a 5 new and useful Improvement in Sweat-Pads for Tip-Cart Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, io Figure 1 is an elevation of a tip-cart saddle with my sweat-pads applied .thereto, one of them being shown in elevation and the other in cross-section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of my sweat-pad spread out. Fig. 3 is a view in per15 spective of the same drawn into position for use.

A represents an ordinary tip-cart saddle, provided with the usual pads,B. These pads are ordinarily constructed of hair covered 20 with some fabric, and are intended to rest upon the horse’s back. In practice they soon become hard and lumpy, and irritate the anima], creating sores, especially when he perspires freely. In order to remedy this difficulty I 25 have provided the sweat-pad C, made of felt or other soft fabric and of the shape shown in Fig. 2—that is to say, substantially rectangular—with notches C' cut out of its corners, whereby it may be drawn up into the shape 30 shown in Fig. 3 by means of a strap, D, which passes in and out . through suitable open ings, E, near the edge of the fabric. The shape shown in Fig. 3 is that assumed when the sweat-pad is in position on the pad B_rand by drawing the strap tightly and buckling it 35 it is held firmly in place. This sweat-pad, being soft and drawn taut, cannot irritate the back of the horse nor become lumpy or wrinkled. It can be readily removed and reversed, cleansed, or dried, the desirability of 40 which is evident, especially in warm weather.

In case the pads B have become worn and dilapidated, the application of my sweat-pad will enable the former to be used much longer than could have been the case if the bare pads 45 B were obliged to rest on the horse’s back.