The Bicycling World, Vol 11, No 23
Articles in this issue
- The leader column answers the Cyclist on 'makers' amateurs' among the English visitors, rebuts A. Kennedy-Child's attack on the Springfield timing of Hendee's half-mile record by defending timers Whipple and Robinson, and accepts A. A. McCurdy's 24-hour record while laying down stricter evidence rules for future record breakers.
- Letters on road races from Harris and Brutus, 'In Camera' club-dining Latin from A. H. D., Yankeemaniac's doubts about single-watch English records, A. R. Ider on graphite lubricant, a complaint about the poorly attended Massachusetts Division field day at Worcester, Edward J. Shriver against indiscriminate 'saluting' of lady cyclists, and C. H. Veeder's horse-power calculation of record-breaking effort at Springfield.
- McCurdy brings proofs of his 233.5-mile 24-hour Victor ride to the World office: the route from the Lynn Cycle Club through Nahant, Marblehead, Salem, Rowley and Brighton, with pacemakers Charles Abbott, Theodore Rothe, C. R. Overman, F. C. Graves and W. A. Bond.
- An inquest reveals the St. Louis crack Cola E. Stone died by taking arsenic after being rejected by Laura Browning, on the testimony of Dr. J. Martine Kershaw; his funeral drew the Ramblers' and Missouri clubs and visiting racing men including Woodside, Prince and Hendee, with a tribute to his fearless riding.
- Daisie recounts the endless questions put to a lady tricyclist, a harrowing ride through Boston's North End pursued by ragamuffins, and quotes Dr. Richardson's advice that women limit themselves to fifty miles a day at most.
- J. S. Dean tells a Herald reporter about English cycling: cinder tracks, the prevalence of makers' amateurs (only Furnivall above suspicion), touring on good roads with abundant inns, C.T.C. uniform fashion, and the English cycling press led by the independent C.T.C. Gazette.
- J. Parke Street relishes night riding on his tricycle by lamplight until a coast near Brockton ends abruptly on twelve-pound blocks of puddingstone left by a coal-cart man, swearing him off moonlight coasting.
- Short notes: talk of a hill-climbing contest at Corey Hill, Lambert and Furnivall sail home on the 'City of Chicago', St. Louis bids for the 1887 L.A.W. Meet, electric timing at St. Louis, the Coventry Machinists' 'Stop Thief' tricycle locks, a gallant wheelman's carriage rescue, and criticism of F. P. Priall's book of records for crediting Woodside's disputed figures.
- English news: Humber & Co. employees present Thos. Humber with a portrait by A. W. Cox at the Victoria Hotel, Nottingham; T. R. Marriott and Alfred Nixon attempt the John O'Groats record; Harry Etherington and M. V. J. Webber are welcomed at St. Pancras; Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Smith ride ten tandem miles in 38m 18s.
- The Boston Club's third annual hundred-mile road race is won by George Weber on a Star in 6h 57m from F. F. Ives, A. A. McCurdy, W. A. Rhodes and Theodore Rothe, with the full route and checking times; also results from Montreal, Pullman, East Hartford, Albany, the Colorado Wheel Club races at Denver, the Chicago race programme, and record-breaking by Howell, Wood, Rowe and Hendee at Springfield and St. Louis.
- The Massachusetts Club arranges its trip to the Citizens' Club of New York by the Fall River line; the Lynn Cycle Club plans fancy riding and obstacle races for its semiannual entertainment; the Boston Club opens its chop-supper season and will vote on joining the League in a body.
- C. H. Potter of Cleveland, acting chief consul, heads the C.T.C.'s American notices, with the list of State consuls from Connecticut to Wyoming Territory, Canadian division details under Horace S. Tibbs of Montreal, and the application of Dr. George A. Gorgas of Harrisburg.
- Brief answers to readers' queries, including W. S. Clark's 3.08 mile of 1879, the Quadrant's 26-inch front wheel, and for S. F. M. the twenty-mile trotting feats of the horses 'Capt. McGowan' and 'Controller'.
- Coming events: the Omaha Wheel Club tournament on 9-10 October, races at Norristown and the Boston race on 10 October, Illinois division races at Chicago on 16-17 October, and the Wheeling, Va. to Uniontown, Penn. road race on 20 October.