Brooks 1908 Catalog — Saddles, Tool Bags, etc.

Brooks Saddles, Tool Bags, etc., for 1908, from J. B. Brooks and Co. Ld. of Birmingham. Sixty-four printed pages between blue-green printed card covers, with the year on the cover and again on the title page. Printed by Silk and Terry, Birmingham.

This book closes a question the Ebykr archive had been unable to answer, and it opens two others.

The question it closes is where the B 28 goes. The B 28 New Patent Road Saddle is present here on printed page 17, the same page it occupies in the 1906 and 1907 books, and it is described as carrying rubber buffers. It is absent from the 1910 book entirely. So the B 28 leaves the Brooks range between 1908 and 1910, and its disappearance from the 1911 and 1912 ranges, recorded earlier in this project, was the tail of a departure that had already happened.

The first question it opens concerns the military range. The 1905 and 1907 books each print a No. 1 and a No. 2 military saddle on the same page. The 1908 book prints the No. 2 alone, on printed page 39, and the facing page carries running essay text rather than a second saddle. The No. 1 military saddle is therefore dropped between 1907 and 1908, and it does not return in any book this project has read: the 1910 book carries the No. 2 alone, and the 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914 books all head their military page No. 2 and No. 3 Military. There is still no No. 3 in 1908.

The second question it opens concerns the guarantee. Printed page 7 is headed Guarantee and Repairs and opens with the sentence the 1907 book also prints, word for word: Whilst giving no so-called guarantee, we emphasise the fact that Brooks Saddles are made throughout of the best materials to be obtained, which, combined with experience and careful workmanship, and constant testing, is the best and safest guarantee that can be given. Because the same sentence appears in two consecutive books, it is a standing house formula rather than a one-year statement, and the 1910 book rewrites it again in different words. This bears directly on the epigraph in the Ebykr Brooks article, which paraphrases the formula rather than quoting any one printing of it.

Four smaller findings are worth recording.

The index on printed page 3 is a full concordance in the same form as 1905, 1906 and 1907, listing every subject and every model number with its page. It gives thirty-one gentlemen’s models and sixteen ladies’ models. It also shows the motor saddles moving into the cycle index, with the B 100, B 100P, B 105 and B 105P all listed among the gentlemen’s cycle saddles.

The printer changes. The 1900, 1905, 1906 and 1907 books are printed by Cond Bros. of Birmingham; this one carries the imprint SILK AND TERRY, BIRM. at the foot of the title page. Silk and Terry was previously attested in this collection only from 1916, so the change lands between 1907 and 1908.

The rifle clips are described as adopted by His Majesty’s War Office, and supplied to many Volunteer Corps. The 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 books all read Territorial Corps instead. The Territorial Force replaced the Volunteer Force in 1908 under the Haldane reforms, so the wording of this book sits on the near side of that change and the later books on the far side.

Sporting gun clips appear. The 1907 index lists Clips, Rifle at page 52; the 1908 index lists Clips, Rifle and Gun at pages 46 and 47, and printed page 47 carries a full page on carrying a sporting gun on a bicycle.

This copy carries period handwritten annotations in ink on at least six pages, and they are of an unusual kind. On the index page, ? Release is written in red beside the heading Saddles, Cycle, for Ladies. On the title page the printed telephone numbers are struck through and replaced in red with 2273, with a further note reading Metal Dept 5984 Central, and a black-ink note at the foot reading Central 2273, two lines. On printed page 41, beside the B 100, is written distance between rear coils. On printed page 43, beside the B 105, is written distance to clear. On printed page 45, across the motor cycle seat, is written ? could we use inferior material and fit padded top. On printed page 47, beside the gun clips, is written ? could we reduce one shilling. These are working notes about specification, cost and price rather than a customer’s marks, and the telephone correction is demonstrably accurate, because 2273 Central on two lines is exactly the number printed on the 1910, 1911 and 1912 title pages. They have been left as found and are described in the page captions.

No scan defect was found. The printed pages run continuously from 2 to 64 with no gap and no repeat, no two sheets are near-duplicates, and no two embedded images in the file are byte-identical. Five of the Brooks books opened so far have proved defective in one of those ways; this one is sound.

This record reproduces ten leaves: the cover, the title page, the index, the guarantee opening, the B 28, the military saddle, the two anti-vibratory motor saddle openings, the counterfeit warning with the motor cycle seat, and the rifle and gun clips. The remaining pages, covering the path and roadster saddles, the hygienic saddles, the saddle clips and spanners, the saddle leather essay, the tool and carrier bags and the parcel and cape carriers, are held in the Ebykr collection but are not reproduced here.

The scan runs about 1,055 pixels across per two-page spread, roughly 528 pixels per printed page, and the images are presented at twice that, the house ratio for this run. Headings, model numbers, prices and body text read cleanly. The small specification type in the outer column sits at the floor of legibility; its whole numbers and its half fractions are secure, but the eighth and quarter fractions in the height lines should not be treated as exact. Shipped as scanned, with no white point normalization.

— Front cover —

[Front cover. Blue-green printed card, lettered and ruled in a paler blue-green within a double keyline border, with two panels reversed out in near-black.]

BROOKS
(REGISTERED TRADE MARK)

Saddles
Tool Bags
ETC.

1908

COPYRIGHT. ENT. STA. HALL.

— Title page —

[Title page, recto, facing a blue endpaper. Letterpress within a ruled border.]

For over Twenty Years
The Recognised Standard of Perfection.

BROOKS
(REGISTERED TRADE MARK)

SADDLES,
TOOL BAGS, &c.
for 1908.

WARNING.-We have received complaints that Saddles of various other makes, not bearing the name “BROOKS,” have been passed off upon unsuspecting buyers as “Made by Brooks.”

We wish to impress upon all cyclists that every Saddle made by us bears our Name on both Flaps and has at the back the name-plate, “BROOKS,” so well known to all riders.

NO OTHER SADDLE IS MADE BY US.

J. B. BROOKS & Co. Ld.
Birmingham.

ESTABLISHED 1866.

Telephone Nos. 1213 & 5174 (Central). Telegrams: “BROOKS, Birmingham.”
Use either number.

[At the foot, outside the border, the printer’s imprint:] SILK & TERRY, BIRM.

[Period annotations. The printed figures 1213 and 5174 are struck through in red ink and 2273 is written above them in red; the line Use either number is also struck through. Below, in red ink: Metal Dept 5984 Central. At the very foot, in black ink beneath the printer’s imprint: Central 2273 (2 lines). The printed number is therefore the 1907 number carried forward, and the manuscript number is the one Brooks printed from 1910.]

— Printed pages 2 and 3 —

[Printed page 2, verso. A display page within a ruled panel.]

A POOR SADDLE
IS BAD ECONOMY

Brooks Saddles
ARE THE
RECOGNISED STANDARD
OF PERFECTION
IN CYCLE SADDLES

FAMOUS ALL OVER THE WORLD
THEY ARE IN EVERY
COUNTRY ACKNOWLEDGED TO

Stand
Pre-Eminent

No Saddles are like Brooks

Even copies have not the detail improvements which we are continually introducing, and it goes without saying, they have not the

QUALITY, COMFORT, and STYLE

[Printed page 3, recto. The index, within a ruled panel.]

INDEX

Adjustment of the Saddle – 20
Anti-vibratory Motor Cycle Seats – 45
” ” Saddles – 41, 43
” Seats – 24, 26, 45
Army Cycle Tool Bags – 53
Bags, Carrier – 62
” Frame – 61, 62
” Tool – 48 to 60
Cape Carrier – 63
Clips, Rifle and Gun – 46, 47
” Saddle – 30 to 38
Cycle Tool Bags – 48 to 53
Essential Facts – 4, 5
Guarantee and Repairs – 7
Height, Size, and Weight of Saddle – 6
Hints and Suggestions – 8 to 44
Hygienic Saddles – 18
Military Saddles – 39
Motor Cycle Saddles – 41, 43
” ” Tool Bags – 53, 54, 56 to 60
” ” Touring Equipment – 55, 56
Padded Seats – 41
Parcel Carrier Straps – 63
Roadster Spring Saddles – 10 to 18
Saddle Leather – 38 to 44

SADDLES, CYCLE, FOR GENTLEMEN.

2 (Military) 39 . B10 11 . B11 9 . B11 Champion 9 . B16 19 . B17 15 . B17 Champion 15 . B18 21 . B20 21 . B21 15 . B24 17 . B25 (Boys’) 23 . B28 17 . B32 13 . B33 31 . B36 29 . B40 31 . B60 29 . B75 25 . B77 27 . B85 33 . B90 35 . B90M (Motor) 43 . B94 (Boys’) 23 . B95 33 . B100 (Motor) 41 . B100P (Motor) 41 . B105 (Motor) 43 . B105P (Motor) 43 . B120 37 . B302 25

SADDLES, CYCLE, FOR LADIES.

B10L 11 . B16L 19 . B18L 21 . B20L 21 . B21L 15 . B24L 17 . B25 (Girls’) 23 . B33L 31 . B36L 29 . B40L 31 . B60L 29 . B75L 25 . B77L 27 . B85L 33 . B94 (Girls’) 23 . B302L 25

Spanners – 38
Spring Saddles, Roadster – 10 to 18
” ” Support – 19, 27
Tool Bags – 48 to 60
Warning – 44
Weight, Height, and Size of Saddle – 6

[Period annotation: ? Release is written in red ink immediately beside the heading SADDLES, CYCLE, FOR LADIES.]

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[Printed page 6, verso, within a ruled panel with a boxed heading.]

SIZE, WEIGHT, AND HEIGHT OF SADDLES

IN this catalogue, all saddles have size, weight, and height specified. In reference to the size, it is necessary that some consistent method of measuring be adopted, and we have utilised throughout that method by which the length of the foot is obtained by a bootmaker. The measurements given, therefore, cannot be taken as stating the exact amount of seat-room; but rather enable the rider to more readily compare one saddle with another. As to the weight-whilst this has been given as accurately as possible in all instances, slight variations may occur, due to the varying weights and thicknesses of the leather.

The height has been measured from the centre of the clip-bolt to the under surface of the leather, as being the most convenient method, but this measurement does not indicate the height above the L pillar, as this latter is greater or less, according to the position, turned up or down, in which the rider uses the saddle clip.

[Printed page 7, recto, within a ruled panel with a boxed heading.]

Guarantee & Repairs

WHILST giving no so-called guarantee, we emphasise the fact that Brooks Saddles are made throughout of the best materials to be obtained, which, combined with experience and careful workmanship, and constant testing, is the best and safest guarantee that can be given.

We judge each repair on its individual merits, and always endeavour to act with fairness and liberality. We carry out all repairs in the shortest possible time, returning them to the owner immediately on completion. All repairs should be sent to us CARRIAGE PAID, and, in order to more fully ensure a prompt return, the name and address of the sender should be attached to the saddle itself, and, in addition, a letter should be sent, advising despatch. If the clip is returned with the saddle, it should be securely attached thereto, as we have observed that the clip is very liable to be lost in transit.

When writing for a part for replacement, it is advisable to return the defective part, to avoid delay and confusion.

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[Printed page 16, verso. Running essay text within a ruled panel, with side-headings in the outer margin.]

[Side-heading: Rider’s Weight.]

in selecting their cycles from among the lightest that are made.

In making a choice of saddles, the rider’s weight commonly receives too little consideration. Not only do riders seat themselves upon saddles altogether incapable of carrying them, but it also frequently happens that a saddle intended for a heavy man is ridden by quite a light-weight, who naturally finds it somewhat hard and unyielding, and altogether unsuitable.

[Side-heading: Varying Strains.]

It is impossible to fix a limit to the weight which a given saddle will carry, as some riders place very much less strain on the saddle than do others of similar weight. It is often overlooked that the position of the clip upon the saddle wires or bracket materially affects this strain. The rider’s weight mainly rests upon the rear of the saddle, and whilst the clip is purposely provided with fore and aft adjustment, it should be remembered that the further the clip is placed forward of its central position the more is the load thrown upon the rear part of the framing.

[Side-heading: Specify your Weight.]

All riders, but especially those who are above the average, should mention their weight when ordering a saddle, or when specifying one upon their

[Printed page 17, recto. Two saddles in side elevation within a ruled panel, under the BROOKS BIRMINGHAM banner device, each with its model number and specification in the outer column.]

PATENT LIGHT ROAD SADDLE.

Enamel. 8/6 Nickel, 10/6

A thoroughly well made and superior saddle, with good leather top, well formed to shape, and with our patent stranded wire framing.

[Outer column:]
B 24
For Gentlemen
Size, 10 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.
Weight, 1lb. 13oz.
Height, 2 3/8 in.

B 24 L
For Ladies.
Size, 9 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.
Weight, 1lb. 11oz.
Height, 2 1/2 in.

NEW PATENT ROAD SADDLE.

Size 2 Size 3
Enamel, 11/6 12/6
Nickel, 13/6 14/6

This pattern has been greatly improved for 1908. The loop-coil spring at the front gives additional ease and elasticity, whilst the tension is well removed from the peak and is very accessible. At the rear, our patent system of rubber buffers is fitted. A great favourite with all who ride the hammock pattern saddle.

[Outer column:]
B 28
In Gentlemen’s Model only.

Size 2.
Size, 10 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in.
Weight, 2lb. 9 1/2 oz.
Height, 2 3/8 in.

Size 3.
Size, 12 in. x 9 1/2 in.
Weight, 2lb. 14oz.
Height, 2 3/4 in.

[Note on this page. The phrase greatly improved for 1908 is the same formula the 1907 book uses of the same model, where it reads greatly improved for 1907. It is a recurring house phrase and should not be read as evidence of a particular change in either year. The Size 3 dimension, 12 in. by 9 1/2 in., agrees with the 1905, 1907, 1913 and 1914 books and is the fifth consecutive book to print it; the 1916 book prints 11 1/2 in. by 9 1/4 in. instead.]

— Printed pages 38 and 39 —

[Printed page 38, verso. Running essay text within a ruled panel, with side-headings in the outer margin.]

[Side-heading: Use a Strong Spanner.]

equally on the two ends of the bolt, which otherwise is apt to be drawn through on one side too much, leaving the nut upon the other side only secured by a few threads of the screw, which are thus liable to strip off and render the bolt quite useless. To ensure the proper fixing of the clip, a good strong spanner should be used, and it should be a close-fitting one. Many riders use weak and inferior spanners, and, having screwed up the nuts till the spanner shows signs of giving, believe the clip to be then sufficiently secure, but find after riding a few miles that the saddle is inclined to move.

[Side-heading: Injury to the Clip.]

This movement is likely to injure the gripping surfaces of the clip, and to render the future tightening thereof a matter of much screwing. Experienced riders, once having arranged their saddle to their satisfaction, seldom interfere with its position.

[Side-heading: The Importance of the Leather Top.]

A very important part of a saddle is the leather top. Upon its shape and quality depends very largely the rider’s comfort.

Leather intended for saddles calls for considerable care and judgment in selection. Whilst firm enough to support the weight of

[Printed page 39, recto. One saddle in side elevation within a ruled panel, with a single specification block in the outer column.]

PATENT MILITARY SADDLE.

As adopted by His Majesty’s War Office.

Price, 11/6

All metal parts gun-browned.

A large, firm seat of finest selected stout leather, perfectly shaped to form. The framing is of our well-known four-wire construction, giving strength with lightness and elasticity. The patent clip is particularly strong, and capable of fine adjustment. The whole saddle is thoroughly well and strongly made to stand military work.

[Outer column:]
No. 2 Military.
Size, 11 1/2 in. x 9 in.
Weight, 1lb 13oz.
Height, 2 in.

[Note on this page. Only one military saddle is printed here, and the facing page carries running essay text on the saddle clip and the leather top, not a second model. The 1905 and 1907 books both print a No. 1 and a No. 2 on their military page. The index confirms the reading, listing the single entry 2 (Military) 39 among the gentlemen’s saddles and Military Saddles 39 in the subject list. The No. 1 military saddle is therefore absent from the 1908 range, and there is no No. 3.]

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[Printed page 40, verso. Running essay text within a ruled panel, with side-headings in the outer margin.]

[Side-heading: Improvement in use.]

the rider, and to retain the shape, it must be supple and pliable for comfort, and be of such a quality that it will resist, as far as possible, the damaging effects of rain and perspiration, and remain still in its supple condition. The leather used in the making of Brooks saddles is thoroughly adapted to its purpose, and is absolutely the very finest quality obtainable. Special care is always given, alike to its selection, dressing, and manipulation, to ensure that the top will keep its good shape, and even improve after a few months’ use. This improvement in use is the crucial test of a saddle top, and in no small degree contributes to the undoubted pre-eminence of the Brooks saddles.

[Side-heading: Preservation of the Leather.]

Although the leather generally receives little or no attention, we do not hesitate to say that the small amount of time or trouble which need be expended upon it would be amply repaid by the increased durability, better retention of shape, and consequent extra comfort that would ensue.

[Side-heading: To Tension the Leather.]

Should the leather from some cause become too loose for comfort, it can easily be tightened by means of the tensioning device

[Printed page 41, recto. Two motor saddles in side elevation within a ruled panel, under the BROOKS BIRMINGHAM banner device, with specifications in the outer column.]

PATENT ANTI-VIBRATORY MOTOR CYCLE SADDLE.

Plain Leather Top.
Standard Size. Size 4.
Enamel … 19/6 23/-
Nickel … 23/6 27/-

A most luxurious saddle, with great smoothness and sensitiveness of action. The patented compound springs, the one in tension, the other in compression, have a compensating action, absorbing all vibration within themselves, and removing any tendency to bounce or rebound over rough places. The leather is of an extra stout superfine quality, perfectly shaped. For long rides, when room and ease are necessary, we recommend the larger size.

[Outer column:]
B 100
Standard Size.
Size, 12in. x 9 5/8 in.
Weight, 4lb. 13oz.
Height, 3 3/8 in.

Size 4.
Size, 13 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in.
Weight, 5lb. 4oz.
Height, 4in.

Padded Top.
Standard Size.
Enamel … 22/-
Nickel … 26/-

Size 4.
Enamel … 26/6
Nickel … 30/-

As both sizes are made in several strengths, rider’s weight should be mentioned.

The padded patterns in conjunction with the wonderful ease of our patent compound springs effect a remarkable elimination of fatigue in long distance rides.

[Outer column:]
B 100 P
Padded pattern
Standard size.
Size, 12in. x 9 5/8 in.
Weight, 5lb.
Height, including padding, 3 3/4 in.

Size 4.
Size, 13 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in.
Weight, 5lb. 7oz.
Height, 4 3/4 in.

[Period annotation: distance between rear coils is written in red ink beside the upper illustration, with a red rule underscoring it.]

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[Printed page 42, verso. Running essay text within a ruled panel, with side-headings in the outer margin.]

[Side-heading: Result of Exposure.]

provided; it should not, however, be tensioned over tightly, as it will then become too hard for comfort.

The continual exposure to moisture, either from rain or perspiration, combined with the strong tension under which it is always placed, naturally tends to take from the leather its life or nature, and eventually, if no care is given to it, it will perish.

[Side-heading: Use a Leather Preservative.]

All harness, or other leather subject to strains and exposure, receives a certain amount of dressing to keep it in good condition, and a saddle should be no exception if good service is required of it. A small quantity of dubbin, or even a little cream, commonly used for brown boots, may be occasionally applied on both sides of the leather, or, at all events, on the underside. This will materially assist in preserving the saddle, and its application after the leather has been exposed to rain or perspiration to any extent will be very beneficial. The leather should first be dry, care being taken, however, that it be allowed to dry gradually, in order to prevent cracking.

A saddle should not be ridden with the leather wet if it can be avoided, as nothing is

[Printed page 43, recto. Two motor saddles in side elevation within a ruled panel, under the BROOKS BIRMINGHAM banner device, with specifications in the outer column.]

PATENT ANTI-VIBRATORY MOTOR CYCLE SADDLE.

With Patent Compound Springs.
One spring in tension; the other in compression.

This saddle has a specially shaped bracket to enable the rider to get low down on the machine. In other respects it is identical with B 100. Finest selected leather of extra substance and strength.

Standard size. Size 4.
Plain Leather Top. Padded Top. Plain Leather Top. Padded Top.
Enamel, 19/6 22/- 23/- 26/6
Nickel, 23/6 26/- 27/- 30/-

[Outer column:]
B 105
Standard size.
Size, 12in. x 9 1/2 in.
Weight, 4lb. 12oz.
Height, 3 3/4 in.

Size 4.
Size, 13 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in.
Weight, 5lb. 1/2 oz.
Height, 3 1/2 in.

B 105/P
Padded pattern.
Standard Size.
Size, 12in. x 9 1/2 in.
Weight, 5lb.
Height (including padding), 3 3/4 in.

Size 4.
Size, 13 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in.
Weight, 5lb. 5oz.
Height (including padding), 3 3/4 in.

PATENT MOTOR CYCLE SADDLE.

Enamel, 14/- Nickel, 16/6

A most easy and resilient saddle, with plenty of spring, giving perfect ease and comfort. The seat yields along its entire length, and does not merely sag in the middle. Finest selected leather, of extra substance and strength.

[Outer column:]
B 90 M
Size, 12in. x 9 1/2 in.
Weight, 3lb. 11oz.
Height, 4in.

[Period annotation: distance to clear is written diagonally in red ink across the lower right of the upper illustration.]

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[Printed page 44, verso. Running essay text within a ruled panel, with side-headings in the outer margin.]

[Side-heading: Correspondence Invited.]

so likely to completely spoil its shape and detract from the rider’s comfort.

It has been our endeavour in the foregoing pages to assist the cyclist in all matters arising on the saddle question. To those, however, who do not find their particular doubt or difficulty referred to, we may say that we are always ready to correspond with them on any question in which we can be of service, and anyone writing to us can be assured of receiving what advice and assistance lie in our power.

[Side-heading: Warning.]

We have received complaints that saddles of various other makes, not bearing the name “Brooks,” have been passed off upon unsuspecting buyers as “Made by Brooks.”

We wish to impress upon all cyclists that every saddle made by us bears our name on both flaps, and has at the back the name-plate, “Brooks,” so well known to all riders.

No other saddle is made by us.

[Printed page 45, recto. One motor cycle seat seen from above and behind, within a ruled panel, under the BROOKS BIRMINGHAM banner device.]

PATENT ANTI-VIBRATORY MOTOR CYCLE SEAT.

With Compound Springs.
One spring in tension; the other in compression.

Price:
Enamel, 39/- Nickel, 45/-

Leather of finest selected quality, extra stout substance.

This seat is designed for motor cycles, especially of the non-pedalling type. It is low built, and has a leather top beautifully moulded to shape and of extremely comfortable proportions. The rider sits quite clear of the cantle plate, whilst the peak is very small and is supported by a most easy spring. The under-framing has our patent compound springs, which yield such ample elasticity with complete freedom from bouncing action. The comfort of the large, yielding leather top combined with the compound springs makes a most luxurious seat.

[Outer column:]
Motor Cycle Seat.
Size, 15in. wide.
11 5/8 in. back to front.
Weight, 6lb. 12oz.
Height, 3 1/2 in.

[Period annotation: written in red ink across the head of the illustration, ? could we use inferior material and fit padded top, with an arrow drawn from the note toward the seat. The phrase cantle plate in the printed text is worth noting on its own account, as this project has been tracking that term as Brooks vocabulary.]

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[Printed page 46, verso. Rifle clip components photographed within a ruled panel, under the BROOKS BIRMINGHAM banner device, with the set numbers in the outer margin.]

REGISTERED SERVICE PATTERN RIFLE CLIPS.

Adopted by His Majesty’s War Office, and supplied to many Volunteer Corps.

[Outer margin: No. 1 Rifle Clip.]

11/- per set complete.
Butt Socket only, 5/9
Head Clip only, 5/3

[Captions under the two photographs: Butt Socket. Head Clip.]

A thoroughly well made and reliable set.

The butt socket is of solid leather, extra stout, with leather covered clips. The head clip is of pressed steel, strongly covered with leather, and is complete with lamp bracket.

[Outer margin: No. 2 Rifle Clip.]

14/6 per set complete.
Butt Socket only, 7/-
Head Clip only, 7/6

[Captions under the two photographs: Butt Socket. Head Clip.]

The patent butt socket is of pressed steel, covered stout leather. It firmly grips the heel of the rifle, checking all play or rattle. The clips are adjustable to suit the varying angles of machine frames. The head clip is of pressed spring steel, covered stout leather, and is complete with lamp bracket.

[Printed page 47, recto. Gun clip components photographed above a bicycle in side elevation carrying a sporting gun, within a ruled panel, under the BROOKS BIRMINGHAM banner device. The catalogue number 9475 stands in the outer margin.]

SPORTING-GUN CLIPS.

The clips are made of pressed steel, strongly covered solid leather, with stout leather adjustable straps. They are readily fixed to the machine by means of bolts and butterfly nuts.

14/6 per set complete.

Butt clip only, 7/- Head clip only, 7/6

These clips will be found very useful to all users of guns. The gun is carried with the stock pointing upwards, this position giving greatest freedom to the legs whilst carrying the barrels well above the front wheel.

This view shows the position of the clips on the machine, and also the manner of fixing the gun, which is carried from the left hand rear to the right-hand front of the cycle.

[Period annotation: ? could we reduce one shilling is written in red ink to the right of the price block, with a red rule beneath it.]

[Note on this opening. The 1907 index lists Clips, Rifle at printed page 52 and names no gun clips; the 1908 index lists Clips, Rifle and Gun at printed pages 46 and 47. The rifle clips are described here as supplied to many Volunteer Corps, where the 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913 books read Territorial Corps. The Territorial Force succeeded the Volunteer Force in 1908, so the two wordings sit either side of that reorganisation. Note also that the two rifle clip sets are numbered No. 1 and No. 2; they are clip sets, not saddles, and should not be confused with the numbered military saddles on printed page 39.]