The Bicycling World, Vol 1, No 22
Articles in this issue
- Short editorial notes, including W. W. Stall's mile in 2.57 3/4 at Chestnut Hill Reservoir with Mr. Sewall a second behind, Dennis Donovan of Natick's 50 miles in 6h 19m at the Park Garden, Providence, and the coming L.A.W. Board of Officers meeting in New York on 18 September.
- A detailed account of the draft rules being developed by the League of American Wheelmen's officers, covering voting procedures at meetings, the amateur definition, and the structure of the consul system.
- News of Frank W. Weston's return from the English bicycle tour, arriving in New York on 29 August after 200 additional miles of riding, to a hearty welcome.
- Dr. G. F. Marsden of Red Bank, New Jersey, summoned to a lady attacked with a hemorrhage, covered the mile to her home on his bicycle in five minutes — faster than his man could harness a horse — and arrived in time to stop the bleeding.
- Mr. S. Conant Foster of the Manhattan Bicycle Club is circulating a petition, numerously signed by New York residents, tax-payers and horse-owners, asking the Board of Park Commissioners to modify the rules so that bicyclers may pass through the city's parks.
- A letter from W. F. Gullen, captain of the Brooklyn Bicycle Club, asking riders in Prospect Park to stop sounding the Park Guards' alarm signal — three consecutive whistle notes — without cause.
- Leaders on securing and preserving good condition for wheelmen, with a detailed diet and training regimen for amateur racing men, followed by a confidential word to readers on the labour of editing the paper and an appeal for subscriptions and advertising support.
- The first detailed dispatch from the American touring party in England, describing their bicycle journey from Liverpool to London with road observations.
- Hugh L. Willoughby lays out a practicable 33-mile bicycle route from Troy to Saratoga via Waterford, Mechanicsville, Stillwater, Bemis Heights and Saratoga Lake, refuting the report that the trip could only be made by rail.
- Club news including the organisation of the Albany Bicycle Club under Col. R. S. Oliver, the Manhattan club's vote to join the League, the Providence Bicycle Club's new quarter-mile cinder track, and meetings of the San Francisco, Waltham and Worcester clubs.
- Travel arrangements for the Boston, Massachusetts and Crescent Bicycle Clubs' visit to the Worcester Bicycle Club on 7 September — by train to Framingham on the 6th, riding to Northboro for the night and on to Worcester in the morning.
- An account of a three-day organised bicycle club run departing from Boston, covering the itinerary, roads, and participants.
- Results and reports from bicycle races held in various cities during August and September 1880.
- Foreign racing notes: J. F. Griffith's record 50-mile handicap in 2.54.35 at Surbiton, J. W. Lamb of Newcastle riding 1,003 miles in six 12-hour days at Carlisle, H. L. Cortis winning the Bicycle Union 50-mile championship, and Thomas Sparrow's 'Amazon' lady's bicycle.
- The Cyclist's report of Charriot vs. Burrup at Calcutta, a suit against a bicycler for Rs. 192 damage to a gharry, dismissed by the judge with Rs. 8 costs to the defendant, affirming the bicycler's equal right to the roadway.
- The North of England Meet at Harrogate on 2 August drew 560 wheelmen from 94 clubs, 231 of them B.T.C. men, with a procession through the streets to the Spa Gardens and a toast to 'Bicycling throughout the world' answered by Frank W. Weston of the Boston Bicycle Club.
- The Bicycle Touring Club's second annual meeting at Harrogate, with reports of the Secretary and Treasurer, a much-discussed new draft of rules for 1880-81, and the election of T. H. Holding as President and Walter D. Welford as Secretary.
- Names proposed for League of American Wheelmen membership, published by Cor. Sec. Albert S. Parsons — the Detroit Bicycle Club, the Capital Bicycle Club of Washington, and English riders including B.T.C. president Stanley J. A. Cotterell, presented through Frank W. Weston.
- Directions for clubs and individuals sending names for League membership, with fees payable to Treasurer Hugh L. Willoughby of Saratoga Springs and the admission fee of $1.00 for individuals or fifty cents each when a club's entire active membership joins.
- Personal notes including C. P. Kemble's 700-mile tour of West Virginia averaging about 65 miles a day, Fred H. Johnson's Brockton to Brant Rock run, and the Cuban riders Delmonte and Alfonso delighting summer visitors at Saratoga Springs.
- Feats of bowmanship at the English Grand National archery meeting at Shrewsbury on 28-30 July, where Mrs. Legh made every shaft count at 50 yards, Mrs. Butt scored 421 at the National round, and Mr. Palairet's single York counted 416.
- Condensed June practice averages of the Private Practice Club at the York round, headed by W. H. Thompson with an average of 402 12/13, with Dr. Weston shooting the most rounds — 23 in 18 shooting days.
- A letter from Dean V. R. Manley of Toledo clearing up misunderstandings, aired at the Buffalo national tournament, of Horace Ford's method of aiming — whether aim is taken on or after the draw — and explaining the archer's point of aim at each range.
- Representatives of eight Allegheny County archery clubs, including the Edgewood, Sherwood and Robin Hood clubs, form the Western Pennsylvania Archery Association, electing O. J. Barker president, with a field meeting set for 1 September at Edgewood.
- A satirical letter from 'Archer (?)' of New York advertising inventions that guarantee good scores — a patent bowholder, elevation discs with a wind-gauge, and a self-pulling hair-trigger bow-string clutch.
- The close of the three-match series between the Waverley and College Hill archery clubs of Cincinnati, with L. E. Aiken's 490 the best American round score and the College Hill Club's 1,742 total beating the Mariettas' championship figure by 103.
- Short notes including the Multnomah Archery Club of Oregon defeating the New York Archery Club 1,647 to 1,547, E.A.A. secretary John Worcester joining the Pequossette Archers of Watertown, and S. E. French's 'Draw and Loose' contrivance.
- The Ohio State Archery Association's annual tournament of 25-27 August at the Zoological Gardens, Cincinnati, with W. H. Thompson the only visiting archer awarding the prizes; publication of the scores is suspended pending corrections telegraphed at press time.
- A description of McKee & Harrington's new 'Union' bicycle, developed from R. H. Hodgson's Velocity No. 2, a light steel roadster with gun-metal hubs, detachable cranks and an 'Ariel' open head, priced from $80 to $100.
- Reviews of Manley's new edition of Horace Ford's work on archery, the bicycling number of St. Nicholas with Charles Barnard's 'A Talk about the Bicycle', Rowell's American Newspaper Directory, and W. Diederich's sheet music 'Bicycle Glide'.
- Notes including William M. Wright of the Mercury Bicycle Club — the first American to own a bicycle — sailing for Europe with his 60-inch Special Columbia, Fred T. Merrill's San Francisco riding school, and H. B. Thompson teaching tyros at Utica.