Vol 7, No 8

Articles in this issue

• THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. (opens in a new tab)

  Abbot Bassett's report of the L.A.W. National Assembly held at Hendrie's on Talbot Avenue, Boston, where President Meserole presided over fifteen members; the Secretary reported a membership of 1,301, the loss of 127 members (15 by death) and six life members including Col. Albert A. Pope, and constitutional amendments were adopted.
• [Nominating committee's slate of L.A.W. officers and memorial resolution for Col. Albert A. Pope] (opens in a new tab)

  The nominating committee's recommended candidates for a mail vote, Walter M. Meserole (President), Fred Atwater, Quincy Kilby, Abbot Bassett (Secretary-Treasurer) and George W. Nash, followed by a resolution mourning Col. Albert A. Pope as a founder and liberal supporter of the League.
• [The annual Wheel About the Hub run of the Boston Bicycle Club] (opens in a new tab)

  An account of the Boston Bicycle Club's annual three-day Wheel About the Hub of September 4–6, listing the riders and the automobile party, the lunch at the Grove of Pleasant Memories, the climb of Blue Hill, and a memorial service at Cedar Lodge.
• [Editorial notes: deaths of Hugh MacLean and the retirement of Elliott Mason] (opens in a new tab)

  Bassett notes the death of motor-paced champion Hugh MacLean, killed September 3 (the sixth rider killed following motors), and the retirement of L.A.W. founder Elliott Mason of the Pope Manufacturing Co., among other League jottings.
• [Century Road Club of America pleasure run to Rye Beach] (opens in a new tab)

  On September 12 the Century Road Club of America ran a pleasure run to Rye Beach, N.Y., with four hundred riders from forty-one organizations; the Courier Cycle Club won the cup for neatest uniform appearance and the Columbia Road Club of Jersey City took the out-of-town prize.
• COUNSELLOR. (opens in a new tab)

  President Walter M. Meserole's notice, dated Brooklyn, September 13, 1909, appointing John C. Gulick of New York City as Counsellor of the League of American Wheelmen for the remainder of his term.
• JOINED IN 1892. (opens in a new tab)

  A numbered roster of those who joined the League of American Wheelmen in 1892 and remain in good standing, giving each member's name, city and date of joining.
• PERIODICAL LIST. (opens in a new tab)

  Bassett's tabulated list of periodicals offering discounts to subscribers, with instructions for forming clubs and both list and discounted prices for magazines such as the American Magazine, Atlantic, Century and Bicycling World.