Harper's Young People, February 15, 1881 / An Illustrated Weekly

PERILOUS COASTING.—See next Page.

It's nothing on earth but a pair of bobs. We've rigged that kind of thing lots of times over on our hill. All you need is a couple of sleds and a plank.
Yes, Rod, and when you've done it, they won't steer worth a cent.
Yes, they do. Dig your heels in.
Stop your sled just so much every time you dig. A rudder's just as bad. We've tried 'em.
So've we, Court Hoffman. I guess there wasn't ever anything much started on your hill till after we'd showed you how, over on ours.
You never showed anybody how to make a ripper like this.
Ripper? We'll see about that.
There they stood looking at Courtland Hoffman's new coasting machine. He was the undoubted leader of the West Hill coasters, as Rodney Sanderson was of the East Hill boys.