612 
the RURA.E NEW-YORKER 
April 15, 1911. 
Guarantee 
of the running gear to be made 
Ot triple A grade Straight / 
\ Grained Split Hickory—the // 
\ same grade exactly as // 
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with every buggy // 
Try 
This 
Buggy 
-30 
Day 
Free 
Road 
P ERHAPS you are afraid there is a chance of being 
dissatisfied? Maybe you. think there maybe some 
mistake—that you wouldn’t get the buggy you want— 
or that it’s a complicated transaction? Perhaps 
the dealer in your town has led you to believe 
you will be cheated, or that you can’t save 
money? Let us tell you something! Buying 
from a factory by mail through this adver¬ 
tisement of Phelps, maker of Split Hickory 
Vehicles, is the safest, most economical, 
easiest and most satisfactory way. You 
get just the Buggy you want, made to order 
—just as you want it. You can’t run the 
slightest risk. First, because Phelps and his 
big factory are behind every claim he 
makes. Second, because every paper, 
in which he advertises, knows him to 
be responsible, knows he fulfills every 
statement he makes and that he protects 
their subscribers, or they wouldn’t run 
his advertisements. 
it Hickory 
Vehi ' 
All trade-marked Vehicles—Phelps is proud of his buggies. He stands back of them. 
You'll be proud to own a Split Hickory Vehicle—the highest grade that’s made. Auto 
Seat Buggies, Runabouts, Surreys, Carriages, Driving Carts, Spring Wagons, etc. 
Phelps puts the best materials into his buggies—triple A grade straight grained Hickory 
in wheels and running gear. Why consider any other buggy? Phelps gives you the most 
for your money in every part—in workmanship as well as material. 
When you get your buggy you get a sample spoke unpainted. Phelps guarantees every 
wheel to be made of the same straight grained second growth Shellbark Hickory as the sample spoke. 
You can’t afford not to know about the buggies Phelps makes—and his big money saving 
proposition. Save $25 to $75 on your buggy according to the style of vehicle you buy. Send for 
the book that tells you about this big saving. 
Manufacturer of Trade-Marked 
Split Hickory Vehicle* 
Phelps Free Buggy I 
Book For 1911 
It’s his only salesman. No dealer or middleman 
of any kind has ever had a cent’s profit on a single one 
of the 125,000 vehicles Phelps has sold on this plan. 
He has taken off the price all of these profits and given 
them to his customers. This buggy book is a big dis¬ 
play room showing 125 styles of vehicles of every kind. 
More than you could find in ten big towns or 25 
dealers’ stores. 
In this Book for 1911 he takes one of his Vehicles 
and tears it all to pieces in a lot of photographs, show¬ 
ing you, together with full descriptions—all about every 
part of a buggy—how it should be made—what it should 
be made of—and Phelps knows. 
Why not get acquainted with this method of doing 
business? Why not get acquainted with Phelps? The 
book doesn’t cost you anything—he sends it free. 
You are under no obligations to buy. All of his Vehi¬ 
cles are sold subject to 30 days’ free road test—with a 
two years’ guarantee. You should have his proposition. 
You need the book as a reference on buggies. Why 
not write a postal for it today? 
H. C. PHELPS, President 
The Ohio Carriage Mfg. Co. 
Station 290, Columbus, Ohio 
Largest Factory in the World Selling Vehicles Direct to Consumer. 
125 Styles of 
Vehicles of Every 
Kind. A Postal Brings 
This Book FREE 
Have You Ever 
Mail? 
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