Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1913 — A HORSE VELOCIPEDE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A HORSE VELOCIPEDE

Pedals Not Only Operate Wheels, But Fut Life Into Horse. Something decidedly novel in the velocipede line ju been designed by an Ohio man. \ It might be called a horse velocipede, for want of a bet-

ter word, but the horse will stand a great deai of whipping without moving. The vehicle is designed like a road cart but the third wheel, which is some distance in front, supports the' body of a horse, which moves up and down, as if trotting, when the machine is in operation. The rider sits in the seat of the cart and treads the pedals as he would in an ordinary velocipede, the difference being that when the wheels go around they put life into the horse, and when the machine is going at a rapid rate of speed it is difficult at r distance to distinguish it from a real pony cart The reins are of elastic and stretch as the horse’s head move up and down, and the steering gear is the rod that runs back from the upright that ascends from the forwai d wheel. The saddle and the steering gear are maintained at the same distance from each other.