Vol 1, No 28
Articles in this issue
- M. D. Rucker, Jun. sets admission to the Kennington Oval meeting of October 19th at one shilling (two to the enclosure, or one in advance), urges clubmen to sell tickets, and records that Wm. Waddell has postponed the London Athletic Club's one-mile handicap at Stamford Bridge so as not to clash.
- Announces that Saturday afternoon social runs will be maintained through the winter, each District arranging its own; where the destination is not fixed in advance, word will be left at the rendezvous for late-comers, and the popular S.E. winter runs are to be revived.
- Rejects the members' proposal to print the names of election candidates in the Gazette beforehand, on legal advice that it would risk an action for libel and would be hard on a black-balled man; a substitute measure guaranteeing a candidate's status is to be put to the next general meeting.
- The Committee confirms it has no intention of interfering with "A. L. O. B."'s proposal, and asks members to support the scheme and get their relations to subscribe through W. T. Thorn, Jun. of 11, Ladbroke Square.
- Fifty-six entries but only twenty-eight starters in the open two-mile handicap, the best riders having gone to the clashing Surrey B.C. races; heat-by-heat results with the Carr brothers both winning, and a mock-serious account of the scratch ball-room band of cornet, piccolo, harp and tambourine hired at the last moment.
- Francis Godlee fears the N.E. runs are at an end after four men rode Snaresbrook, Chigwell and Passingford Bridge; J. W. Alison records the last fixed N.W. run, Essendon again, 32 miles, lamps lit for the ride home, and promises informal October meets; W. Johns notes the S.E. run to Godstone was much enjoyed by its one attender.
- "Panns" rides from Staines through Andover, Salisbury, Piddletown, Axminster (the "Old Bell") and over Haldon Hill to Torquay's "Union Hotel," then home by Taunton, Wells Cathedral, Bath and Devizes; includes route advice on the two roads from Bath to Bristol and Clifton and a 105-mile last day.
- A full report of the Surrey's meeting on a perfect grass course: J. F. Griffith takes the five-mile "Wareham" Challenge Cup handicap in 17 mins. 12 1/2 secs., Kyle wins the two-mile open final, and the ten-mile scratch race ends with F. T. East holding off Derkinderen by a foot in 35 min. 34 4/5 sec., the quickest on record for grass.
- Thorn waits two days at Doncaster for Humber's to return his repaired machine, trains to York, then rides via Thirsk to Durham, Newcastle and Alnwick to Haddington and Edinburgh, condemning the roads as shockingly stony; a table totals 41 hours in the saddle for 357 1/2 miles.
- W. J. Mozzen concludes the Breton tour: a bumpy run into St. Nazaire for the regatta and fair, a three-mile "cow hunt" driving a stray beast down the hill into Derval, and Wilson's toothache, extracted unscientifically by an old man in a Rennes back slum, forcing them onto the train back to St. Malo and the "Guernsey" home.
- "A Wicklow Boy" rates the "Old Bell" at Axminster and the "Ship" at Crediton A1 for charge and accommodation, recommends the "King's Arms" at Piddletown and the "Union" at Torquay, and cautions members against the "George" at Andover despite an earlier recommendation in the Gazette.
- The twenty-light acrostic solves to "The London Bicycle Club Ladies' Challenge Prize"; correct answers to the previous week's first acrostic came from "A. S. Ister" and "E. P. C."
- Fixtures for October: the Lillie Bridge one-mile handicap with a new bicycle as first prize, the Brighton Athletic Club and Clapham B.C. handicaps on the 12th, the Abercarne benefit meeting at Kennington Oval on the 19th, and the C.U.Bi.C. v. L.B.C. inter-club races at Cambridge on the 26th.
- Only the Western District's fixture stands: W. A. Smith's full-moon ride of 12th October to Petersfield and Stonor Hill by the direct Portsmouth road over Hind Head, returning the following day.
- Machines for sale at 1s. for two three-line insertions, including a 52-inch "Norwood" at £12, Gilbert F. Beck's 57-inch racing and 56-inch semi-racing "Humbers," H. V. Cleaver's 54-inch "Stassen" at £11, and A. Ogier Ward's 46 lb. 56-inch Norwood.
- The editors tell "A Wicklow Boy" his remarks on the "George" came near libel and have been modified, decline "M."'s verses as scarcely appropriate, and refer H. O'N.'s query to the next Committee meeting.
- Contributions must go to the Editors at 35, Eastcheap, E.C., bear the author's name, be written on one side of the paper only, and reach the office by Tuesday morning for immediate insertion.