Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 8, No 12
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
A witty poem updating the Maud Muller story for the automobile age, in which the judge speeds past at forty miles an hour without stopping.
- p. 1
A reflection on February as historically the League's most contentious month, now replaced by peaceable fellowship at the Boston Bicycle Club annual dinner.
- p. 4
An obituary for Hoyland Smith, known in his prime as the 'phantom' or 'riding skeleton' for his extraordinary leanness, who held world bicycle racing records in the 1880s and 1890s.
- p. 5
A report on the gathering of two hundred veteran cycle trade men at Madison Square Garden, including champions, manufacturers, and racing figures from the 1880s and 1890s.
- p. 5
A note on Sterling Elliott's expansion into a larger Cambridge factory for his addressing machine business, which grew from innovations made while he was publishing the L.A.W.'s official organ.
- p. 7
A touching obituary for Al Ochs, president of the Press Bicycle Club and a beloved figure in Boston cycling circles, who died tragically after being struck by a dirt wagon.