The Bicycling World, Vol 13, No 12
Articles in this issue
- The editors announce that the outcome of the dispute over the Massachusetts chief consulship will be revealed in the next issue, following President Beckwith's controversial removal of Mr. Ducker.
- England's National Cyclists' Union has officially endorsed the action of the L.A.W. Racing Board on the amateur question, a development the editors find significant though not without complications.
- With the Racing Board voting to recognize A.C.U. rules, it appears the war between the two cycling organizations is essentially over, and the editors hope wise leadership will capitalize on the peace.
- The practice of making 24-hour records over short, selected circuits of road is growing at an alarming rate, and the editors call for clearer standards to distinguish genuine road records from easier track-like performances.
- A report reveals that Dr. Beckwith and former consul Hill have been arrested on charges of criminal libel by the Renton family, with the full account and background given in another column.
- The editors question whether rank-and-file L.A.W. members actually read the Bulletin, noting the president sends out duplicate circulars carrying the same notices already printed in that publication.
- Whether the A.C.U. or the L.A.W. can properly regulate road racing is debated, and the editors call for a clear mechanism to substantiate claimed road records before either organization accepts them.
- A humorous letter in the style of P.G. Hamerton offers ironic advice to a young man who wishes to become a prominent cyclist, discussing how doubling up on long rides and cultivating the right social connections are keys to prominence.
- A correspondent argues that the L.A.W. cannot abandon its responsibility to regulate racing because cycling racing is the intemperance of cycling — it may be regulated, but the representative body of American wheelmen cannot ignore it.
- Sumner Ely and Harry Slade depart on bicycles for Portland, Maine; the Massachusetts Bicycle Club is building a gallery to accommodate more stored machines; a policeman will serve as president of the new Jamaica Plain Club.
- The Bicycling World reprints a correction from the English cycling press pointing out that an advertisement claiming particular riders finished first in the North Road Club fifty-mile road race is misleading as to the circumstances of the win.