Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 10, No 6
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Seasonal wit for August 1912, with aphorisms about vacations, coal supply anxieties, and the stubborn persistence of the derby hat regardless of the strawhat season.
- p. 3
A full list of riders and the number of times each has participated in the annual Boston Bicycle Club Wheel About the Hub tour, led by Will Pitman with 21 appearances.
- p. 4
An argument that the two-wheeled human-powered vehicle should simply be called 'bicycle' without qualifying adjectives, since other types can be distinguished by their own names such as motor-cycle or tricycle.
- p. 4
A note on the warm welcome given to Charles Reed during his visit to England, where he was made an honorary member of the Pickwick Club and dined at the Savage Club, though he was disconcertingly called 'the old gentleman' at only 71.
- p. 6
A profile of a Wakefield, Massachusetts man who has ridden nearly 32,000 miles by bicycle since the age of 70, including several century rides and a best year of 6,184 miles in 1899.
- p. 9
A comic letter from John Fecitt indignantly correcting a report that he fell off his motor-cycle, insisting he was 'thrown, chucked, catapulted and fired' over the handlebars when his speedometer cable caught in the front wheel.
- p. 5
A brief observation contrasting the poor physical condition of marathon runners after the Stockholm Olympics with cyclists, who could typically enter multiple races in an afternoon without being 'done up' because they were not carrying their own weight.