SHOOTING CART
Body painted black; wheels and gear yellow. Trimmed in tan printed pinwale corduroy, black pattern.
This type of vehicle is also known as a Slat-side Phaeton and is described by Francis C. Underhill (Driving for Pleasure) as a modification of a vehicle used on the other side of the water in a lighter construction. It is intended for private use in the country with a team or a pair and would have been found among the vehicles in the coach barn of a connoisseur of carriages. The body work on the shooting cart is similar to that found on the four-wheel dog cart.
This cart was built in 1894 for Dr. Webb by Brewster and Company of New York.
Gift of the Webb family in memory of Dr. and Mrs. W. Seward Webb