3-082-773 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Advertisement for Vigor's Horse-Action Saddle, 1895. 'HORSE EXERCISE AT HOME. TROT, CANTER, GALLOP. HIGHLY APPROVED OF BY H.I.M. THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. From whom Messrs. VIGOR have received under Royal Seals a most complimentary letter...ADOPTED BY SIR HENRY THOMPSON, F.R.C.S., &c. And by leading Physicians. AND PRONOUNCED BY DR. GEORGE FLEMING, C.B. Late President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons...to be the most efficient substitute for the live horse. EXERCISE ON THIS SADDLE Creates Appetite & Cures Dyspepsia, Quickens the Circulation, Stimulates the Liver, *Mitigates Hysteria & Insomnia, *Relieves Gout & Rheumatism, And Safely Reduces Obesity. *Chiefly caused by Defective Digestion and Weak Circulation. SIDE SADDLES FOR LADIES...The QUEEN: "Either a strong man can indulge in violent exercise, or an invalid, a delicate woman, or a child may derive benefit from the stimulating action of the saddle, without incurring any unnecessary fatigue". The STANDARD: "Undoubtedly the simplest and most economical form for the purpose yet invented." The FIELD: "We have had an opportunity of trying one of the Horse Action Saddles, and found it very like that of riding on a horse: the same muscles are brought into play as when riding". From "Illustrated London News", 1895.