The Bearings, Vol 9, No 8
Articles in this issue
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Potter outwits the new LAW executive by withdrawing $1,200 in countersigned personal cheques from the Good Roads bank account before they can pay him less, leaving the bureau's account at 87 cents while reducing his outstanding claim to about $1,200 that he will now sue to recover.
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Sterling Elliott admits he came to New York on the day of the executive committee session to try to revoke The Bearings' Bulletin contract and get the editorship himself; failing that, he accepted the Good Roads editorship at $2,000 while saying he expects additional income from his Hickory bicycle secretaryship.
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Florida and Texas LAW officials report the white-only amendment's passage will help grow southern membership, and a southern racing circuit linking Augusta, Savannah, Macon, Columbus, and Birmingham is being planned for April and May with Atlanta expected to join.
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The Associated Cycling Clubs of Chicago vote after more than a dozen ballots to move their Decoration Day road race from the Pullman course to the North Side Sheridan Drive route, starting at the Grant Monument in Lincoln Park over a 20-mile loop.
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In Jacksonville, Florida, two relay cycling teams race two relay racehorses over twenty miles, with the horses finishing in 50:55 and the cyclists in 53:41 after an accident mid-race allowed the horses to gain a half-mile lead they never relinquished.