The Bearings, Vol 8, No 18
Articles in this issue
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The Racing Board meeting at Cleveland votes to recommend two amateur classes to the assembly: Class A for pure amateurs with prizes capped at $50, and Class B for riders whose training and travel expenses may be paid by manufacturers, while rejecting all horse-paced records as freaks foreign to cycling.
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The Racing Board officially rejects all horse-paced records made by Johnson and others, declaring them unacceptable for official standing, and adopts a standard schedule of distances for records: quarter, third, half, two-thirds, three-quarters, mile, and upward.
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Rain wrecks the Nashville record attempts for a week, with Dirnberger's unofficial flying third of 36 seconds on a soggy track not counting; the team passes time chasing pigs and painting "Rambler" on them in chalk, while mascot dog Pansy provides companionship.
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An Illinois court rules in favour of a cyclist who collided with a horse-drawn vehicle, deciding that a wheelmen must be given half the road — a case taken up and funded by the Illinois division of the LAW as a matter of principle.
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The seventeenth annual Stanley Show opens at the Agricultural Hall in Islington under Sir Albert Rollit M.P., with 353 firms and 1,400 cycles on display, and F.J. Osmond reported to be approaching marriage after returning from America.