The Bearings, Vol 12, No 22
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
A New York correspondent surveys the city's end-of-year cycling scene, touching on Century Road Club matters, Chief Consul Potter's racing control proposal, and the mild winter weather keeping riders on the boulevards well into Christmas week.
- p. 1
The National Trotting Association is considering building third-of-a-mile board tracks for bicycle racing and forming its own circuit independent of L.A.W. oversight, a move that The Bearings predicts would quickly lose public support given the horse-racing fraternity's history of crooked dealing.
- p. 1
Promoters William Madden and Dave Holland announce a women's bicycle race at Madison Square Garden for the week of January 6, modeled on a recent London aquarium event with contestants divided into two groups riding alternating two-hour stints.
- p. 1
Charlie Murphy is seeking signatures on a petition asking the National Assembly to reopen his suspension case and grant a public trial, publicly blaming Titus for the trouble while expressing sympathy for Cabanne and hoping to be exonerated alongside him.
- p. 2
The London Center of the N.C.U. debates sweeping changes to pacemaking rules, recommending that only licensed riders be eligible to pace and that machine types be limited by race distance, with the proposals heading to a full council vote at Hull.
- Jaap Eden to Turn Professional
Dutch champion Jaap Eden, celebrated as both a cyclist and speed skater, announces he will ride his first professional race in Paris in March, finally yielding to sustained commercial pressure despite having long refused to leave the amateur ranks.
- Road Records Accepted by Century Road Club
The Century Road Club lists recently certified road records including tandem marks for Butler and the Krietenstein-Hamilton pair, solo records for Walleston across multiple distances in Massachusetts, and Kreutz's Denver-Evans century course time.