10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPIDER PHAETON»
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1
Discovering Horse-drawn Vehicles
The spider phaeton An elegant, four-wheeled vehicle of the 1 880s that closely
resembled the high-flyer of the late eighteenth century, the spider phaeton was
said to have a tilbury-type body with a single groom's or rumble seat at the rear.
2
On the Box Seat: A Manual of Driving
... they should wear stable livery ifthe turnout is as described above. A mail
phaeton may also be turned out for park driving in the manner described below
for the demi-mail or spider phaeton. DEW-MAIL, STANHOPE or SPIDER
PHAETON.
3
The Chicago of Fiction: A Resource Guide
A Spider Phaeton and Other Stories. Chicago: Will Ransom, 1924. 163pp.
Several of the short stories in this volume are set in Chicago. In “A Spider
Phaeton," Joseph Eliot, a young reporter, is thrilled to be invited to the Lake
Forest, Illinois ...
4
Wheels: A Pictorial History
Probably the only American carriage that ever had any popularity in England was
the very high, very lightly built spider phaeton. In general the sturdy Briton didn't
care for the "flimsy" construction of American carriages. Karl Bend's gasoline ...
5
Driving for Pleasure: Or, The Harness Stable and Its ...
Or, The Harness Stable and Its Appointments Francis T. Underhill. T-Cart. The T-
cart is in reality only a modification of the Stanhope phaeton, without the hood
and with a few other trifling differences in detail. Spider Phaeton. The spider ...
Francis T. Underhill, 1896
6
American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography
D-678 "Spider phaeton." P-380 Spider phaeton and other stories. P-380 "Spiders.
" S-593 Spider's den. M-103 Spider's web. K-27 Spies. S-782 Spike. C-428 "
Spilled milk." L-474 Spindrift. T-265 Spinner in the sun. R-120 Spinner of webs.
7
Horse: How the Horse Has Shaped Civilizations
... the stanhope gig, the ladies' stanhope, the landau and the landaulette (a kind
of convertible landau), the phaeton (with variations such as the stanhope
phaeton, the ladies' phaeton, and the spider phaeton — a souped-up ladies'
phaeton for ...
J. Edward Chamberlin, 2007
8
The Complete History of Wheeled Transportation: From Cars ...
The mail phaeton, used chiefly to convey passengers with luggage and as a
traveling and posting carriage, was so named because it was constructed with
mail springs originally designed for mail coaches. The spider phaeton, of
American ...
Britannica Educational Publishing, Gregersen, Erik, 2011
A spider phaeton was a lighter version of a phaeton, having narrower, spindly
wheels and two-seat accommodation. This term was subsequently applied to
cars. The first car to be officially called a "spyder" was the Porsche 550 Spyder —
the ...
10
The Lives and Legends of Buffalo Bill
Colonel Cody's spider phaeton went for $3o.oo; a prairie schooner, $2o.oo;
baggage wagons, $15o.oo apiece. Cody's silver-mounted saddle sold for $25.oo;
Lillie's for $5o.oo; McClellan cowboy saddles, $2.5o and $1.oo; Indian pads and
...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPIDER PHAETON»
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spider phaeton is used in the context of the following news items.
Hear tales from the coach house at new Shugborough exhibition
Fictional mechanic Bert Marsh narrates to story of the Spider Phaeton, a lightweight carriage designed for speed. The Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot was a keen ... «Staff Newsletter, Jun 15»
Take a trip back in time at Upper Canada Village
... July 19 and 20, where the public can learn all about terms like brougham or barouche, surrey or spider phaeton. The event will feature a fascinating history of ... «Standard Freeholder, Jul 14»
'Very special' hunter Golden Lancer wins royal recognition
Reserve champion was Yorkshireman Neil Wray, with his black geldings Binkie and Eric, driving a Mills spider phaeton, and he also won the Concours ... «Western Morning News, Jun 14»
Fancy carriages are tucked away in Raymond museum
A Spider Phaeton, a very high carriage of light construction, “was for wealthy young guys to go way too fast!” Perhaps the museum's rarest and most valuable ... «The Seattle Times, Sep 12»
