Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 11, No 4
Articles in this issue
- p. 6
A report on the Rovers' Cycle Club dinner at the B.A.A. Club House in May 1913, featuring fine singing, humorous stories, toasts to the Boston Bicycle Club, and poetry about an imaginary aeroplane trip recited by Bassett.
- p. 8
A note on the Essex Bicycle Club of Newark, New Jersey, organised in March 1879, which held its annual dinner with forty old riders and elected new officers.
- p. 3
A humorous etymological meditation on whether a robber who uses a motor car should be called a 'highwayman' (mounted) or 'footpad' (unmounted), concluding that neither historical term quite applies.
- p. 8
An account of the Keystone Bicycle Club of Pittsburgh's annual reunion of old members, one of the few clubs organised before 1880 still keeping its organisation, with more than a hundred present.
- p. 5
L.A.W. member James M. McGinley's letter to the New York Tribune praising the health and social benefits of bicycle travel, drawing on twenty-five years' experience riding across the United States, Canada, and Europe.
- p. 8
A brief note that famous cyclist and race promoter Nat Butler has been working to improve cycle racing in the Boston area and has built a new track at Revere Beach.
- p. 2
A practical notice explaining how L.A.W. members can obtain C.T.C. tickets entitling them to hotel discounts and member rates on publications during tours in Britain, and how to secure free bicycle entry through customs.