The Bearings, Vol 6, No 13
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Perceptive essay distinguishing racing men who compete for love of victory from those driven by prize greed alone, noting that audiences sometimes hiss the winner and cheer the loser.
- p. 4
Update on Chief Consul Perkins's shifting position on the color line in the LAW constitution, noting he has discontinued efforts for a convention call without explanation.
- p. 1
Satirical dismissal of an editor trying to raise a calamity alarm against the current LAW administration, calling his performance an amusing exhibition.
- p. 1
Challenges the claim allegedly made by Editor Crowther and President Burdett that rival cycling papers have circulations of about one thousand each, calling it whistling through their mizzen top-sails.
- p. 1
Praise for 'Margery' and Chief Consul Mott upon their marriage, noting that her able pen combined with his position should soon make Maryland's voice heard throughout cycling.
- p. 1
Statistics comparing the force needed to haul a ton over granite blocks versus macadam, arguing strongly for macadamized roads as superior for cycling.
- p. 1
Wry note that racing men nowadays value the eight-hundred-to-thousand-dollar pianos offered as prizes at about a hundred and fifty dollars.
- p. 1
Satirical observation that the Racing Board failed to discuss the flying start at its latest meeting, carrying no more moss than the nation that has persistently refused to build good roads.