U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri December 28, 1891 (Haughey v. Meyer)

Thayer, J.,

(orally.) This is a suit to restrain the infringement of a patent covering a device to prevent horses from interfering. The device consists of a strap, or, rather, a boot, so made as to be buckled around the limb of a horse, just over or above the pastern joint, and to this boot is attached a short pendant consisting of a leather string, on which are strung several small rubber balls.