The Bearings, Vol 6, No 15
Articles in this issue
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Even-handed reminder that after everyone has taken a shot at the Racing Board, its members probably know nearly as much as the rest of us.
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Congratulates the American Cyclist on its scoop publishing Henry Sturmey's proposed international racing association outline, while questioning how it obtained a document that President Burdett should have shared with the full cycling press.
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Ironic comparison of ancient Peruvian roads — shaded by trees and fragrant shrubs — with the unshaded misery inflicted on the modern American cyclist by neglected highways.
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Blunt assessment of A. Kennedy-Child of the Warwick Cycle Co., who writes asking to be made treasurer and offering political connections as collateral — described as having 'cast iron gall.'
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Musing on the unanswerable question of whether the destiny of the farcical LAW applicants' list falls within or outside the diameter of human understanding.
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Report that Lenz the globe-girdling cyclist got considerably out of focus in San Francisco after a banquet, produced a weak negative in court the next morning, and just caught his ship for Japan.
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Argues that the next National Assembly should run three days, as the roads issue and several other matters including salaries for the second vice-president and Racing Board chairman all require proper debate.
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Satirical comparison of bees, who travel miles at seven miles an hour seeking honey, with shamateurs who travel much farther seeking oil but find seven miles an hour a frightful speed in unlimited races.
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Endorsement of Colonel Pope's petition to Congress for a national road department, road engineering institute, and comprehensive road exhibit at the World's Fair.