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Show explnsivi: WIIIl'S. SOME COSTLY ARTICLES OWNED BY WEALTHY DRIVERS. tthlpi That Mi. I It lUaanUJ Morn S Ornament limn h Ii.ttruiut.nt of tn ri!ii ir trtn Bl'iir r 1 rr(loil Anhnnln-A Winlffrnllt r...Uu. Tti VauiVfUlt faint 1 owns n valnv W) wlup Jt was prtMiutwl In the lato Y II VnD.Urlllt by the Jackson A Wootlr ti Cur coi irany, of Hrrwlclc, pn, TUoOcpfgn i maila l.y Trltz KnMrn-Imrtt KnMrn-Imrtt thn ftuiljit ir, nt n cost of s)2V) Th whip and lwyato'lf, Ik for u nny canlogwasUone.LiHt 0X ItWMnotr-n feet long. AU.vo Hi- lock tin) wliln aa ina of ulM wlialflninc, tin n worth? tliha tlollara jxr xunl, iiqW scarce nt tn dollar Otrr litis aoIMwInlebono wnHtlioUnpftbralJInft of trlit tairtil Vrhnluborifl tver nttctnpteU TliobraMtngof thu whip nml making of the enupjr uccuplel cno wholfl nontli. Iho cii for the whip cent flW ?bj hnndloof Ut(tvhfpjiMof the pnr.-it hurty.!! Ibchf 1 nif nnd It Inches thick t the Iratt end? hlch I an ornamental cfpftol, from which a flora pattc in ciua-naks, ciua-naks, cmblamatlc of luvrer, truth and trrimuu, Trincu cnarcirs lour (miiei. In each juincl Is m wun.Urful jleco of carving on one M a locumotUo nnd a Irnln of cant en the other a steamboat, ftjuiholizlnK the foundation of Cornelias atiderbllt crt at ncWovunenta. On tlio third Mid fourth I ancls aro tho nrhlfVcmeutf of V. II. VnmlcrMU's g nlus, tli Clraud Central rillroal d- iot on no and on tho other himself In a iiirdriTlUif liisulcbratrdrut horfos (iiithoroaL On tho en 1 of the haiiJU art two portrait butts In high relief of Cornelius and II. Vandubilt, father nod ton. Hit whip It rncridly kept In t glaas caw amoaff tho art tuaiurw of the VanderUU ifnllery, find lu futuro generations will bo treisurcdiisn work of art. cvin though It U simply u whip. Jim i'llk had n driving Nt hit) covered with fJlk thread, heavy carved Uory liaudl, liandaomely engraved, gold mournings, with lha owner's uamo lu diamonds. The whip, with Us civet lined caac, cost COO. W. K. Vaudctbllt has a fine whip, costlo? (.130, FOMS lUlOlS lsMM, Jay Gould has a whip, made for Mm Iw euty ) rars ofo, at a cost of f 1W. Jin liasbai It rrjialred only once, Mr. Maamiimd, of the Murray 11111 hold. Now York. hy n whip w ortli $73, and Harry Hill, the famous New Yorker had one vrorth f& lion. Arthur bledler, cf Morrlitown, N.J ,hiuiau Ivory luindled whip, beautl fnlljrmountMwItliallrcr. On thohory is carved hU monofrram. The whip cost iuT rol hundred dollars, Th late Ihcodore fttsvrart, of ITevr York, had n whip that cot hliu $300. Ticrre LorllUrJ, of Now York, has n fino whip, with a handle of f rory, richly cirrcd and encircled by (wining leavM of tobacco. Into width his uionoraciU def Uy cArvid. lwas rrientvl to Mr. LuUlliri by fricnu. auS U a&lued nt t00, ' 1 1 is quite n fad w ith ladles w ho rid to have a couple nf rlna gold mounted whlt4, tttl with tluir fatorito color of ribbon and Uld la the form of au X on Many thousands of dollars U cipen led etery ) esr In fiuu-drtTlnir. whipe, costint; fr&ui 3 to t0), an prMcnt to promt-tirnt promt-tirnt men In club, societies', railroad and lUamshlp cotnjwnli, cto. ltnu whips share with tho t'ol 1 lieaJod cauee in their uo us tffu. -i nearly every gentleman keeps n fine horso, ho mut needs hae fine whip. Tor female tillers, a brjo variety is marie. M the country prows more densely u i nUted, nml richer and flucr Roods Ucutne h larger lrt of rirular trade, now and norl designs are uintiuiully brwu;ht out by manufacturers. IHKCfi LIMKi CV WUIIK. Tliere are three It In J s of whips the straight or huiigy whip, tho laMi whip, and, for riding the luglih crop. Tho en Is a Itjndsoimly tuountetl, short, truiKht stick, with flatleuthur thong U tho cud. Into which, mayor tuay not Iw fasU)iud a laili, Ainertf n InuIs tho world In wMa, and tht EnslUhmen haw found this out bntf biro, A ywir apj a number of noblemen lent nuaanoier hero to pick out soma whip. Now, the Amcrlcin whip Is a ttr iin'ht hip, while the KorIIiIi, iVnch lu 1 lennan whlju nro alt huh whtpt. ANtfwYorklady ham drilnif whip widen feiio mines ui f.uw. iiuaoriocu of the whip are forty.suvcadlamonil. OnorftlKJcoitinpat whin oer made In this co unto w a' luado In Counetlcut for a frenchman. It was paid for by an AruerUau and cost 41,500. The stock was can ed U ory, gold and jowela. Tim whip lUrlt was uhalebono, brildcd with taifrinif uhalebono thread. It took two wot lis to braid tho whip. A fanner 1U lutf near Now York has a whip over 100 jrars old. He bought it htAconutry auction for thirty ilx dol lari He has ben oHend $U) for It as h curiosity. He refuted it. U Is n ery thick, heavy 1 ory, clu msily tnruod stock, Tho Ivory alone is worth t wout) fl u dollars, dol-lars, nn 1 la a boautlful plvco. A whip deiler in New York has n cry t Id whip stock that lias c wicd off prlxtt-i In IjonJon nn 1 1'nrls, and will lw on exhibition ex-hibition At the World's fair in Chicago, It was made In HI'.. lllainarck and tho German emiwror liavtf tlnir whljniiid'ln lu (bis country. Many coitly whips nro made here fur KnglUh and Trench actors, who take thorn home topreNnt to friends. Most c f tho swell Kuardiineu lu Kn,liind who drlvu tanJim stud hero for tlitlr whips, National Hitmess He v low, |