Prominent Wheelmen and Bicycle Club Directory of Massachusetts
Contents
- Traces the development of the cycle from the eighteenth-century quadricycle through the draisine, velocipede and ordinary to the modern safety, illustrated with descriptions of contemporary machines.
- Discusses the importance of the club run to cycling club life and offers remedies for declining attendance, such as later starting times and discouraging scorching.
- Gives a year-by-year history of the League of American Wheelmen from its founding at Newport in 1880, covering its officers, membership growth, racing disputes and the fight for road rights.
- Presents the Massachusetts Bicycle Club with biographical sketches of its prominent members and officers.
- Describes the Boston Bicycle Club, the oldest in America, with biographical sketches of leading members including Col. Albert A. Pope.
- Presents the Press Cycling Club with biographical sketches of its members and their racing and athletic achievements.
- Recounts the origin and organization of the Eagle Cycle Club of Boston and gives biographical sketches of its members.
- Presents the Roxbury Bicycle Club with biographical sketches of its officers and prominent members.
- Recounts the founding and early history of the Malden Bicycle Club and lists its officers and members with biographical sketches.
- Recounts the early history and founding of the Springfield Bicycle Club, one of the oldest of its kind, with biographical sketches of its members.
- Presents the Cambridgeport Cycle Club, describing its annual road races and giving biographical sketches of its members.
- Describes the Taunton Cycle Club, including its clubhouse on Winthrop Street, and gives biographical sketches of its members.
- Lists the benefits of belonging to the League of American Wheelmen, including the weekly Bulletin, membership ticket, hotel concessions, legal protection and road information.
- Recounts the founding of the Winnisimmet Cycle Club of Chelsea and gives biographical sketches of its officers and members.
- Recounts the organization and early history of the Newburyport Bicycle Club and lists its officers and members.
- Recounts how the Medford Cycle Club grew out of the original Mystic Club and gives biographical sketches of its members.
- Recounts the founding and growth of the Somerville Cycle Club and gives biographical sketches of its members, including Captain D. R. Harvey.
- Recounts the organization of the Haverhill Cycle Club in 1890 and gives biographical sketches of its officers and members.
- Discusses the fad of the stooping racing position, which the writer discourages as unhealthy and ungainly, and gathers the opinions of several authorities on the subject.
- Recounts the founding of the Hyde Park Cycle Club in 1886 and gives biographical sketches of its officers and members.
- Extols the pleasures of a well-planned cycling tour over the best highways and offers practical advice on planning a touring course.
- Provides an alphabetical statewide directory of Massachusetts bicycle and cycle clubs with their towns and clubhouse addresses.
- President of the Associated Cycling Clubs of Boston and vicinity and of the Malden Bicycle Club, and a member of the Boston Bicycle Club. He was a delegate to the National Assembly of the L. A. W. and a representative to the Massachusetts Division Board of Officers, serving as chairman of its Rules and Regulations committee.
- A fancy trick rider counted among the best known in the country, whose reputation in that line was inferior to none. A prominent figure at the wheelmen's meets, he drew applause for his marvellous feats on the wheel and, unusually, gave his exhibitions free rather than for financial gain.