Official Bulletin and Scrap Book of the League of American Wheelmen, Vol 18, No 3
Articles in this issue
- Abbot Bassett's lead editorial column, noting National Bicycle Week set for May 1-8 and recording Leon Georget's ninth straight win of the twenty-four-hour tandem-paced race at the Velodrome d'Hiver, Paris, covering 574 miles ahead of Marcel Godivier and Edward Leonard.
- Report of the Boston Bicycle Club's forty-second annual dinner at the Harvard Club on Feb. 14, presided over by new president Charles C. Ryder with toastmaster Frank P. Sibley, attended by some thirty veterans including Elmer G. Whitney; Abbot Bassett was absent through ill-health.
- Account of the New Haven Bicycle Club veterans' annual reunion dinner at Ceriani's on Jan. 24, marking the club's fortieth anniversary, with lantern slides shown by W. M. Frisbie and Wm. H. Hale and thirty old-timers present including ex-L.A.W. presidents Fred Atwater and W. H. Hale.
- A dated chronicle of cycling events from Sept. 1882 through March 1883, covering English champion Frank Moore's racing visit, record club runs, formation of the Canadian Wheelmen's Association and various wheelmen's leagues, the Prince-Frye races, and the first issue of The Wheelman edited by Charles E. Pratt.