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THE RURAb NEW-YORKER 
June 3, 1911. 
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of the running gcT!.’«» 5 be made 
of triple A grade Straight 
Grained Split Hickory—the . 
same grade exactly as / 
this spoke which I send yffijr 
\ unpainted as a sample Mr 
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with every Buggy AIM 
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Manufacturer of Trade-Marked 
Split.Hickory Vehicles 
s Has a Big Book 
Waiting For You 
r T’S ALL wrapped and ready 
waiting for your name and 
address. Don’t you want to 
write a postal and get it? It’s the 
biggest book of buggy information 
ever published. Phelps, the practical 
buggy maker, wrote the book himself. 
It shows you with big photographs a 
buggy torn to pieces to show all 
the important points—just how a 
buggy should be made—what it 
should be made of—and Phelps 
knows. 
Let Phelps show you the real 
Split Hickory under the paint and 
varnish. He sends an unpainted 
sample spoke with every buggy 
he sells—and he guarantees every 
wheel to be made of the same 
straight grained second growth Shellbark 
Hickory as the sample spoke. 
He also guarantees to use the same 
grade of material in the construction of all 
running gears and other woodwork on his 
celebrated Split Hickory Vehicles. 
Split Hickory 
V ehicles 
30 Days' Free Road Test— 
2 Years' Guarantee 
FREE 
He Pays the Postage 
Just Send Your Name 
* 
on a Postal Now 
Or No 
Sale 
Prices $25 to $75 Saved 
Don’t get Split Hickory Vehicles mixed up with any other buggies made—They’re entirely different. Higher grade, better 
style, better trimmed, better painted, longer lived, easier running—that’s because they’re made to order, just as you want them, 
when you want them. Why buy a common buggy and pay more money for it? 
Phelps has the confidence of 140,000 farmer customers. He will 
get your confidence if you’ll give him a chance. This big buggy book 
for 1911 shows 125 styles to choose from. More buggies than you 
could see in ten big towns, or 25 dealers stores. Why not send for this 
free book? Take a walk with Phelps through the biggest buggy fac- v 
tories of its kind in the world—let him tell you all about his buggies, 
and show you how, by his direct method, he can save you big money, 
and give you a better vehicle. Many styles—Auto seat buggies, Phae¬ 
tons," Surreys, Runabouts and a full line of harness are fully illustrated 
and described. To get tne book, just address a postal: “Phelps, I want 
the book” to H. C. Phelps, President. 
The Ohio Carriage Manufacturing Co. 
Station 290, 
Largest Factory in the World Selling Vehicles Direct to Consumer. 
COLUMBUS, OHIO 
Here’s a picture of Phelps and sev¬ 
eral workmen testing one of the wheels 
that go on a Split Hickory Vehicle. 
Phelps puts the strongest guarantee on 
his wheels that was ever placed on the 
wheels of any buggy made. That’s be¬ 
cause he uses the right material and the 
right kind of workmen make them up. 
Here’s a picture of Phelps testing the 
shafts. This picture doesn’t need any 
explanation as you know how often the 
shafts break on ordinary buggies, and 
this proves the strength of the ones used 
on Split Hickory Vehicles. Be sure that 
the shafts of your buggyare good.because 
more accidents are caused by broken 
shafts than by most anything else. 
Here’s a picture of Phelps and a 
friend of his in a Split Hickory Auto Seat 
Buggy. This simply shows how much 
leg room and seat room there is. Here 
are two big men comfortably seated and 
plenty of leg room you can easily see. 
That counts a lot on a long drive, you 
know that. Read all about this in Phelps 
own book of 1911, sent free, to you if you 
write postal now. 
Phelps is pointing here to the full rear 
circle front wheel which he guarantees for 
life. He tells all about this, too, in 1911 
Buggy Book, and it is worthwhile for you 
to read this. Don’t overlook this point 
in buying any buggy. Fifth wheel is a 
mighty important part and Phelps makes 
it mighty strong in his Split Hickory 
Vehicle. The Book tells you all about it. 
