Official Announcement: Eleventh Annual Race Meet, Toronto Bicycle Club

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Contents

• Introductory (opens in a new tab)

  The Toronto Bicycle Club's greeting and invitation to all wheelmen to attend its Eleventh Annual Meeting, held as a two-day affair (with Sunday between) on August 13th and 15th, 1892, with the clubhouse open at all hours for refreshments.
• Historical (opens in a new tab)

  The club's history since its founding in spring 1881 by ten riders (four, H. and W. Goulding, E. H. Macklin and R. H. McBride, still members), its first complimentary Race Meet at the Exhibition Grounds, its 1891 incorporation as a Joint Stock Company, its move from the L.A.W. to the C.W.A., and its riders' 1892-season successes including two C.A.W. track championships and the road team championship.
• Track, Races, and Prizes (opens in a new tab)

  Describes the new 1,546-foot clay-and-brick-dust track built under civil engineer H. Crewe with banked ends, the completeness of the race programme with novice and class events for young riders, and prizes worth over $1,000 including three first-class pneumatic bicycles.
• Officers (opens in a new tab)

  Lists the Toronto Bicycle Club, Ltd.'s directors and officers, including Vice-President W. H. Chandler, Secretary E. B. Ryckman, Treasurer J. F. Lawson, Captain James Milne, the Racing Board chaired by A. F. Webster, and the House Committee chaired by H. Pease.
• Officers of the Day (opens in a new tab)

  Names the meet's Referee J. P. Edwards, Judges Chas. E. Lailey, W. G. Meredith and J. Laidlaw, Clerks of the Course, Timekeepers, Starter A. F. Webster, Scorers, Handicapper C. F. Lavender, and the full Race Committee.
• Programme. (opens in a new tab)

  First day's ten-event programme on safety wheels under C.W.A. rules, including a 2-mile Novice race, quarter-mile flying-start heats, a 1-mile 3-minute class race, a 1.5-mile Handicap, a Club Handicap Special, a Military Race, and a 3-mile Team Lap Race; entries close Tuesday, August 9th.
• Programme. (opens in a new tab)

  Second day's eleven-event programme including a 1-mile Novice race, a quarter-mile Boys' Race for riders under 15, a 5-mile Open, a 2-mile Team Lap Race among Canadian clubs (with named champions Palmer, Wells, Hyslop and others barred), a 1-mile 2.50 class race, a 3-mile Provincial Championship and a 2-mile Club Championship.
• Prizes (opens in a new tab)

  Itemized prize list for the meet: Whitworth, Comet and Rapid pneumatic bicycles, a sterling silver ice cream set, a diamond and sapphire scarf pin by Ryrie Brothers, a French bronze group, a camera, a French clock, silver trophies and tea service, gold medals, a made-to-order bicycle uniform, a revolver, and military brushes.
• Principal Hotels in Toronto (opens in a new tab)

  Rates for visiting wheelmen at Toronto hotels, headed by the Walker House at $2.00 as headquarters for wheelmen, plus the Queen's Hotel, Rossin House, Arlington, Palmer House, Kensington, Avondale, Elliott House, Thomas' Hotel, Metropole and Albion Hotel.
• How to Reach the Grounds (opens in a new tab)

  Streetcar directions to the Rosedale race grounds via the Church Street Electric Cars, the Sherbourne Street Belt Line, and the Yonge Street line, with free transfers between all routes.
• Cab Tariff (opens in a new tab)

  Three-tier cab fare schedule (50 cents, 75 cents and $1.00 for one or two persons, plus 25 cents per additional person) and hourly rates for two-horse and single-horse cabs.
• Island Ferries (opens in a new tab)

  Ferry timetables from Yonge Street and Brock Street to Hanlan's Point and Island Park, with forenoon, afternoon and evening service frequencies and last-boat times.
• Reception and Entertainment (opens in a new tab)

  Visitors will be met at trains and boats and taken on morning sightseeing tours; an informal reception is held at the clubhouse Saturday evening, and a Monday evening band concert by the 10th Royal Grenadiers band is held in Queen's Park.
• Customs (opens in a new tab)

  Advises United States wheelmen to have their wheels entered at Toronto, or sent there in bond, as customs entry arrangements have been made at that port.
• Parks (opens in a new tab)

  Lists Toronto's public parks and their locations for visitors, including Bellwoods, High Park (300 acres), Horticultural Gardens, Island Park, Kew Gardens, Queen's Park, Riverdale, Stanley Park and the Toronto Cricket Grounds.
• Racing and Driving Parks (opens in a new tab)

  Names Toronto's racing and driving parks: Woodbine on King Street east, Dufferin on Dufferin Street, and Glen Grove on Yonge Street, Eglinton.
• Band Concert (opens in a new tab)

  Notice of the Monday evening, August 15th band concert in Queen's Park by the band of the 10th Royal Grenadiers.
• Places of Interest (opens in a new tab)

  A visitor's list of Toronto landmarks including the Lieutenant-Governor's Residence, the Parliament Buildings, Osgoode Hall, the University Buildings, several monuments and colleges, the Toronto Bicycle Club House at 346 Jarvis Street, and the new grounds of the T.L. & A.A. at Rosedale.