The Bicycling World, Vol 10, No 6
Articles in this issue
- Editorial on the sidewalk-riding row in Concord, Mass., where Mr. P. Keyes grabbed Frank E. Cutter's bicycle mid-ride, causing a header, then had Cutter arrested for assault; Judge Keyes, the plaintiff's father, refused to hear the case.
- Editorial applauding the expected Harvard faculty action forbidding students from employing professional coaches, arguing it will help purify amateur athletics; further editorial paragraphs test Fred R. White's new lever-and-clutch 'Cyclone' tricycle and note the Bown v. Humber ball-bearing patent suit.
- Letters from Freeman Lillibridge of Rockford, Ill., on saddle fit and construction; 'L. H. P.' urging the L.A.W. Gazette to publish bi-weekly or monthly instead of weekly; and James S. Dodson, president of the Alpha (Pa.) Wheel Club, praising his Victor tricycle and Special Facile combination.
- Corey compares English tracks (Crystal Palace, Leicester's Belgrave Road, Lillie Bridge, Surbiton) with Springfield and Hartford, surveys makers led by Rudge & Co., Singer and the Coventry Machinists' Company, and recounts a 'scorching' road ride from Ripley to Surbiton with John Keen, Cooper and Webb.
- B. B. Ayers, chairman of the L.A.W. transportation committee, reports that the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad will now carry bicycles free when accompanied by their owners.
- T. J. Kirkpatrick of Springfield, Ohio, describes 'The Perfect Hygienic', a bow-spring saddle modelled on a Mexican burro saddle with a wide central cut to relieve pressure on the perineum, for which a patent is pending.
- Interview from The Ironmonger with Mr. Bale, London manager of the Coventry Machinists' Company, on his American business tour: the Pope Manufacturing Company's patent royalty and the 35 per cent customs duty, Overman Wheel Company's output, and Springfield's Hampden Park track.
- Extract from 'A Family Affair' in the English Illustrated Magazine, in which the tricycling curate Sylvanus scandalises the parish of Oakbury until the bishop himself is won over to the machine.
- Table of American and English amateur records from a quarter-mile to 50 miles and beyond, featuring Geo. M. Hendee, Sanders Sellers, R. H. English, H. L. Cortis, H. F. Wilson and Geo. Lacy Hillier at Springfield, Crystal Palace and Surbiton.
- American and English professional records dominated by Fred Lees, Tom Battensby, John Keen, G. W. Waller and John S. Prince, continuing on the next page with miscellaneous, tandem, ride-without-hands and League championship records.
- News paragraphs: the 'Cycling Times prints a bogus picture of the Howell-Sellers hotel fracas, G. R. Bidwell & Co. lose a hundred machines in a Thanksgiving fire, De Civry claims the championship of France after challenging Medinger, and Mark Twain joins Montreal's Athletic Association ahead of the ice carnival.
- H. D. Corey forwards Richard Howell's Sporting Life letter challenging John S. Prince for $2,500 a side with liberal starts; plus the Woodside-Brooks v. Armaindo-Morgan six-day match arranged in Chicago, the farcical Van Sicklen-Hammill rink race, and results from St. Louis, Reading, Pa., and the American A.C. games in New York.
- The Citizens Club warm their new New York club-house with Col. Albert A. Pope among the guests; the Capital City Club's twenty-mile Thanksgiving run from Marlboro ends in a dead heat between Rex Smith and W. Robertson; notes on the Dearborn, Falls City (Percy Bettison's medals) and Danvers clubs.
- American Division notices from Chief Consul Frank W. Weston of Savin Hill, Boston, with the list of State consuls, provisional membership elections and a Canadian Division notice from Horace S. Tibbs of Montreal.
- Brief editorial replies to readers' queries, including a pointer to the corrected record table in this issue and a note that the Pope Manufacturing Company now owns and applies the spring in question to the Expert.