CH. XVII HANDLE OF THE WHIP 393 



and its cap. To make the handle, the stick is cut 

 down to a cylindrical form about four-tenths of an 

 inch in diameter from the butt to the point where 

 the collar is to be, and an iron tube eight and a 

 half inches long-, fitting- this cylindrical part tightly, 

 is pushed on, and cemented to it. This tube is 

 of such thickness as to weigh about one ounce. 

 Tow is evenly wound round the tube until it has 

 assumed the shape, and nearly the size, that the 

 finished handle is to have, larger at the butt than 

 at the collar ; over the tow, paper is pasted, and 

 over this the final covering of the handle is put on. 

 The ferule, or collar, which has been slipped on the 

 stick before wrapping, is pulled backward to its 

 place on the covering and cemented, and the cap 

 at the butt is cemented on. 



The large end of a well-proportioned handle is 

 nine-tenths of an inch in diameter, the small end 

 six and a half tenths. The cap will be as much 

 larger as the thickness of the metal makes it, and 

 the same is true of the collar, which tapers enough 

 to fit over the leather of six and a half tenths and 

 the stick of six-tenths of an inch diameter. 



For a four-in-hand whip the handle should be 

 covered with pig-skin. It may be put on plain 

 with a neat seam down its length, the usual way 

 for a drag whip, or it may be wound helically 

 round, which is right for a public-coach whip, and 

 is somewhat less slippery when wet. 



The butt-cap and the collar should be perfectly 



