SLED # 1 IS RETAILED THRU HAMMACHER SCHEMMLER CIRCA 1915. THIS SLED IS BUILT FOR THE WEALTHY FAMILY,S WINTER FUN.  FATHER MOTHER AND THREE CHILDREN CAN MOUNT AND FLY DOWN THE MOUNTAIN. TILLER STEERED WITH BRAKES. ORIGINAL AND VERY HANDSOM. ALL VARNISH AND PIN STRIPING ORIGINAL, UN-RETOUCHED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. SHOWS VERY LITTLE USE AND WILL FIT ANY DECORATIVE THEME IN HOME OR RESTAURANT.

SLED # 2 WAS BUILT FOR BOB SLED RACES HELD AT OYSTER BAY AND HUNTINGTON  LONG ISLAND 1900- 1925. THIS EVENT WAS ATTENDED BY HUNDREDS OF SPECTATORS. EACH TEAM HAD THEIR OWN UNIFORMS AND RODE SLEDS WHICH WERE CUSTOM MADE FOR COMPETITION. A VERY FEW OF THE MOST FAMOUS HAVE SURVIVED AND ARE IN STORAGE COLLECTION. MOST SLEDS HAD NAMES SUCH AS THE "ZERO" THE "TIPPERARY" THE "1911" AND "1912" , THE "TARANTULA" AND ON. THIS SLED WAS BUILT BY KETCH WEEKS OF OYSTER BAY AND  WAS UNAMED. IT IS SMALLER THAN THE COMPETITION AND WAS USED BY THE "LADIES". THIS IS A RUGGED RIG AND IS PART OF A FASCINATING COMPETITTIVE LONG ISLAND WINTER SPORT.