San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-01-05
EXPENSIVE WHIPS.
SOME COSTLY ARTICLES OWNED
BY WEALTHY DRIVERS.

Whips That Must BE Regarded More as
fulness for Urging Slow or Fractions
Animals-A Vanderbilt Possession.
The Vanderbilt family owns valua-
BILE whip. 1t was presented to the late
w. H. Vanderbilt by the jackson q
Wooden Car company, of Berwick, Pa.
The design was made by Fritz Kalden-
burg, the sculptor, at a cost of $4,000.
The whip and ivory stock, before any
carving was done, cost $780, 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 500
The de of the whip was of the purest
ivory, 81 inches long and II inches thick
at the butt end, which is an ornamental
capitol, from which a 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 a locomotive and a
train of cars; on the other a 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-
rot on one 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. Ii. 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 will be treasured as a 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
Ids a. hhO " APP, SOotiu5 VcoV
SOME FAMOUS WHIPS.
Jay Gould has "a 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 a whip worth So,
and Harry Hill, the famous New Yorker,
had one worth $50.
Hon. Arthur Siedler, of 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 Eew
York, had whip that cost him $500.
Pierre Lorillard, of New York, has
fine whip, with handle of ivory, richly
carved and encircled by twining leaves
of tobacco, into which his monogram is
deftly carved. 1t was presented to Mr..
Lorillard by friends, and is valued at
$500.
1t is quite fad with ladies who ride
to have a couple of fine gold mounted
whips, tied with their favorite color Of
ribbon and laid in the form of an X on
their beds.
Many thousands of dollars is expended
every year in fine driving whips, costing
from $25 to 500, as presents to proml-
nent men in clubs, societies, railroad
and steamship companies, etc. Fine
whips share with the gold 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 large variety is
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 a handsomely mounted, short,
straight stick, with fat leather thong
at the end, into which may or may not
be fastened lash.