Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-11-19
EXPENSIVE WHIPS.
SCNE COSTLY ARTICLES OWNED
BY WEALTHY DRIVERS.

rnaments Than n Instruments of Use
fitness for Urging Slow or Fractions
: snimals-A Vandei 5ilt Possession.
he Vanderbilt ia; lily owns valua-
bic whip. 1t was ! esented to the late
W. II. Vanderbilt IL the jackson &
Wooden Car colnpai '. of Berwick, Pa.
The design was maze by Fritz Kalden-
burg, the sculptor, At cost of s, 900.
The whip and ivory stock, before any
carving was done. cost 5000. 1t was seven
feet long. Above the stock the whip
was made of solid whalebone, then worth
three dollars per pound, now scarce at
ten dollars. Over this solid whalebone
was the finest braiding of split tapered
whalebone ever attempted
The braiding of the whip and making
of the snapper occupied one whole
month. The case for the whip cost 800
The handle of the whip was of the purest
ivory, 81 inches long and Il inches thicl;
at the butt end. which is an ornamental
capitol, from which floral pattern ema-
mates, emblamatic of power, truth and
perpetuity, which encircles four panels.
In each panel is a wonderful piece of
carving-on one side locomotive and a
train of cars; on the other steamboat,
symbolizing the foundations of Cornelius
Vanderbilt's great achievements.
On the third and fourth panels are the
achievements of W. II. Vanderbilt's
genius, the Grand Central railroad de-
pot on one and on the other himself in
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 ". Il. Vanderbilt, father
and son. This whip is sacredly kept in
glass case among the art treasures of
the Vanderbilt gallery, and in future
generations will be treasured as work
of art, even though it is simply whip.
Jim Fisk had 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 5000. W. K. Vanderbilt
has fine whip, costing $3.50.
SOME FAMOUS WHIPS
Jay Gould has whip, made for him
twenty years ago, at a cost of 800. He
has had it repaired only once.
Mr.. Hammond, of the Murray Hill
hotel, New York, had whip worth S775,
and Harry Hill, the famous New Yorker,
had one worth $50.
Hon. Arthur Siedler, CT Morristowu
N. j., has an ivory handled whip, beauti-
fully mounted with silver. On the ivory
is carved his monogram. The whip cost
several hundred dollars.
The late Theodore Stewart, of New
York, had whip tn; cost him $500.
Pierre Lorillard, e New York, has &
fine whip, with Il har lie of ivory, richly
carved and encircled by twining leaves
of tobacco, into whic his monogram is
def5ly carved. 1t was presented to Mr..
Loiillard by friends, and is valued at
500.
Il is quite fad wi ladies who ride
to have couple o. fine gold mounted
whips, tied with thei favorite color of
rib Jon and laid in the form of an X on
the beds.
Many thousands of dollars is expended
every year in fine dri- ing whips, costing
fro n $25 to 500, as presents to proni
nert men in clubs, societies, railroad
and steamship com lanies, etc. Fine
whips share with the gold headed canes
in their use as gift. As nearly every
gentleman keeps a iine horse, he must
needs have fine whip.
Fa,,,oIo ,;Iars n l,r,a ,,
made.
As the country grows more densely
populated, and richer and finer goods
become larger part of regular trade,
new and novel designs are continually
brought out by manufacturers.
THREE KINDS OF WHIPS.
There are three kinds of whips-the
straight or buggy whip, the lash whip,
and, for riding, the English crop. The
crop is handsomely mounted, short,
straight stick, with fat leather thong
at the end, into which may or may not
be fastened lash.
America leads the world in whips, and
the Englishmen have found this out long
ago. A year ago a number of nobleinen
sent 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 lash whips.
A New York la;ly has driving whip
which she values at s. ,000 In the stock
of the whip are forty-seven diamonds.
One of the costliest whips ever made
in this country was made in Connecticut
for Frenchman. 1t was paid for by an
American and cost 81 500. The stock
WAS carved ivory, gold and jewels. The
whip itself was whalebone, braided
with tapering whalebone thread. II
took two weeks to braid the whip.
A farmer living near New York has
whip over 100 years old. He bought it
at country auction for thirty-six dol
lars. He has been offered 500 for it as
a curiosity. He refused it. 1t is very
thick. heavy ivory, clumsily turned stock.
The ivory alone is worth twenty five dol
lars. and is beautiful piece.
y whip dealer in New York has very /
old whip stock that has carried off prizes
in London and Paris, and will be on ex-
hibition at the Worlds fair in Chicago
1t was made in 1892.
Bismarck and the German emperor
have their whips mac in this country.
Many costly whips re made here fer
English and French actors, who take |
them home to preser to friends. Most !
of the swell guardsn; n in England who
drive tandem send re for their whips. |
Harness I view.
A Swell Bostor Shoemaker.
Or several years ere has been col
orel shoemaker on school street. He
has owned his little ahop, which is big
enc ugh for about fou people to stand in
~. ,,.,,t no,ioaabla I: oo,,,fort na ;S :.