Show I 1 EXPENSIVE WHIPS SOME COSTLY ARTICLES BY WEALTHY DRIVERS whips that mint blust he ile regarded flora as a 0 erts ali as a of afu ofu use fuli fur for slaw slow or animal A V irs sessi the vanderbilt family owns a valuable whip it was presented to the late irate IV IL vanderbilt by the jackson wooden ori OW company of B berwick erwick pa the design was made by fritz kaldenburg the sculptor at a cost of the whip and ivory stock before any silly carving was dene done coet cost COO it u as seven feet long above the stock the whip was made of solid whalebone then worth three dollars per aund now slow scarce at ten dollar over this solid whalebone was the finest braiding of split tapered whalebone ever attempted the braiding of the whip and making aking of the snapper occupied one whole month the case for the whip cost floo the handle of the whip was of the purest ivory 21 inches long and I 1 11 J inches thick at the butt end ond which n inch is 13 an ornamental capitol from which a floral pattern emanates emblematic embla matio of power truth and perpetuity which encircles four li panels anels in each panel is a wonderful piece of carving on one side a locomotive and a train of cars on the other a steamboat symbolizing the foundations of corn cornelius di us Vander bilts tB great achievements on the third and fourth panels are the of W 11 II Vander bilts genius the irand central railroad depot on one onie and on the other himself in a buggy driving his celebrated fast horses on the road on the end of the handle are two portrait busts in high relief of cornelius and W 11 vanderbilt father and son this whip is sacredly kept in a glass case among the art treasures of the vanderbilt gallery and in future generations lull will be treasured as a work of art even though it is simply a whip jim F fisk isk bad had a driving whip covered with silk thread heavy carved ivory handle handsomely engraved gold mountings with the owners name in diamonds the whip with its velvet lined case cost W K M vanderbilt has a fine whip costing MO BOMB FAMOUS WHY WHITS jay gould has a whip made for him twenty years ears ago at a cost of floo he lie has bas had it repaired only once mr hammond of the murray hill hotel new york bad had a whip worth 7 75 5 a and n d harry hill the famous new yorker 40 b had ad one worth SO 50 hon ron arthur of morristown N X J has an ivory handled whip fully mounted with silver on the ivory is carved his monogram the whip cost several hundred dollars the late theodore stewart of yew new york had a whip that cost him pierre lorillard of new york has a fine whip with a handle of ivory richly carved and encircled by twining leaves of tobacco into which his monogram is deftly carved it waa was presented to mr lorillard Lon Lor llari illari by friends and is valued at goo it is quite a fad with ladies who nde ride to have a couple of fino fine gold mounted whips tied with their favorite color of ribbon and laid hudin in tho the form of an X on their beds many thousands of dollars is expended every year ear in in fine driving whips costing from SO to as presents to aromi nent ulen wen in clubs societies railroad and steamship companies etc elm pine fine whips ft hips share with the gold beaded headed canes in their use as gifts As nearly every gentleman keeps a fine horse he must needs have a fine whip for female riders a largo large variety la is made As the country grows more densely populated and richer and finer goods become a larger part of regular trade new and novel designs are continually brought out by manufacturers TUREE THREE RINDS OF WHIPS there are three kinds of whips the straight or buggy whip the lash whip and tor for riding the english crop the crop is a handsomely mounted monn ted short straight stick with a flat leather thong at the end into which may or may not q be fastened a lash america leads the world in IvIll whips ps and the englishmen have found this out long ago A year 3 ear ago a number of noblemen sent a man over here to pick out some whips now the american whip is a straight whip while the english french and german whips are all basli whips A new york lady has a driving whip which she values at 5 5 in the stock of the whip are forty seven diamonds one of the costliest cost liest whips ever made in this country was made in connecticut for a frenchman it was paid for by an american and cost 1600 1000 the stock was carved ivory gold and jewels the w whip wp itself was whalebone braided with tapering whalebone thread it took two weeks to braid the whip A farmer living near new york has a whip over years 5 eara old he bought it at a cout country stry auction for thirty six ix dol lars he has been offered 1003 for or it as a curio curiosity tilty be ile refused it it is a very thick baity ivory clumsily clu meily turned stock the evoly alone abone is worth twenty five ave dollars and iset to a beautiful piece A whip dealer in new york haa has a very old whip that has carried oft off prizes in london and chris and will be on exhibition hibi tion at sit the wields fair in chicago it wa in ani il in 1792 ilisie Ili igi sir nil A the german emperor 1 imide n ide in this country 1 are made here for I 1 it actors who take I 1 i nt it to friends most wu fi in england who ie for their whips rhew I 1 mould would hold bold a negro N 1 I these stars since it 11 v its ig ignorance morance of her jr i tinka her services for ii 2 11 i i t n for nothing would ista i i I 1 pi ii gi M of bread from tho the plit IW i i i blind i i at ara ar dumb yet vi t thu man ns ju been found vir iii i we are asi assumed amed to tell where mall it man lives 1 I 1 1 I 1 11 i ti tho knights of f labor bi bave e madd minds by resolution 0 that hereafter the affairs of their order in that thit state be In trusted only to em who have proved their loyalty lo 10 ally to tale order and their ability to keep sockets ee so crets good idea especially the last clarse I 1 |