The Buggy whip reference article from the English Wikipedia on 24-Apr-2004 (provided by Fixed Reference: snapshots of Wikipedia from wikipedia.org)

Buggy whip

A buggy whip is a whip used for driving on horses harnessed to a buggy, or small open carriage. The buggy whip industry ceased to exist with the introduction of the automobile, and is a classic example in marketing of an industry ceasing to exist because its market niche, and the need for its product, disappears.

Buggy whips are not entirely gone. A resurgance of interest in carriage driving among aging baby-boomers now too old to ride their horses has allowed a few die-hard buggy whip manufacturers to stay in business. Foremost among these is a company in Westfield, Massachusetts. See http://www.chronofhorse.com/features/99/whip_city.html

See also:

• Frederic Bastiat's satirical Candle-makers' petition against the Sun.

This is the "Buggy whip" reference article from the English Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. See also our Disclaimer.