3-083-073 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Advertisement for Vigor's Horse-Action Saddle, 1895. 'HORSE EXERCISE AT HOME. By Royal Letters Patent. 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... PERSONALLY ORDERED BY H.R.H, the PRINCESS of WALES. ADOPTED BY SIR HENRY THOMPSON...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. FOR LADIES & GENTLEMEN...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 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". Full Particulars with Illustrations, Post Free...' From "Illustrated London News", 1895.