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clips, and a body sufficiently braced and stayed and, if 

 so provided, with a neat leather or at least leather quar- 

 ter top. Leather quarter is the name given to tops made 

 with leather sides above the curtains, while the roof is 

 made of the cheaper material, rubber or oil cloth. 



It is very hard to detect quality in a buggy and the re- 

 liability and guarantee of the manufacturer must be de- 

 pended upon to a large extent. As in the construction 

 of wagons and implements, poor quality may be detected 

 by poor workmanship used in the construction. Only 

 the best materials, carefully cured, should be used in the 

 construction. The wheels and other wood parts of the 



FIG. 185 A LONG-DISTANCE BUGGY AXLE. NOTE THE PROVISION MADE TO 

 EXCLUDE DUST AND DIRT 



gear should be made of best hickory. This is especially 

 true of the wheels, which must meet with very hard 

 service. The rims of the wheels should be well clipped 

 and screwed. 



362. The body or box should be made of the very best 

 yellow poplar and should be well screwed and braced. 

 The plain top buggy has two common styles of bodies: 

 the piano box, which is narrow and has the same height 

 of panel all around, and the corning body, which has low 

 panels just back of the dashboard. 



363. Hubs. Two styles of hubs are in general use, 

 the compressed hub with staggard spokes and the Sarven 

 patent hub. The former is perhaps the stronger but 

 more difficult to repair. 



There are many other parts which might be men- 



