Inventor: Anson Mills
Patent number: 193342
Filing date: Jul 10, 1877
Issue date: Jul 1877

I got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle. This handsome illustration comes from the wild west and is for a patent by lieutenant colonel Anson Mills of the United States Army. Spurs are worn by cowboys to control horses. The rowels are used to dig into the sides of the horse to aid in steering the steed in conjunction with the tack and reins. Generally spurs have rowels that are round and blunt by design, however the more fancy custom made spurs which feature pointed star rowels can hurt the horse.