Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 11, No 1
Articles in this issue
- p. 4
Bassett responds to an English critic's accusation of ignorance about American cycling history, reaffirming that velocipede races in rinks should not be counted as bicycle races and that the bicycle was essentially unknown in America before 1876.
- p. 7
A detailed statement from veteran cyclist Will Pitman asserting he was among the first ten bicycle riders in America and that the bicycle was truly unknown before the Centennial of 1876, based on his personal experience exhibiting a Pope bicycle in New York in 1878.
- p. 6
A correction to newspaper reports attributing the design of the pneumatic-tired racing sulky to Martin Halfpenny, crediting instead Sterling Elliott of Newton, Massachusetts, who designed, patented, and introduced it.
- p. 12
A note that work on the memorial drinking fountain to Colonel Albert Pope in Hartford, Connecticut, is being pushed forward and is expected to be ready for dedication on Memorial Day.
- p. 13
An account of the three bicycles exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition: one traced to J. G. Dalton of the Boston Bi Club who first rode it in September 1877, another to T. J. F. Lovejoy of Titusville, with the third still unaccounted for.
- p. 4
The March 1913 editorial welcome to Volume 11, offering cycling aphorisms, a note that cycle racing debates have resumed, and cheerful observations on the coming season.