The Bicycling World, Vol 13, No 13
Articles in this issue
- The week's full-page supplement cartoon by C.W. Reed depicts the motherly chairman of the L.A.W. Racing Board coquettishly yielding to gay Lothario Ducker as he flirts the A.C.U. insignia, satirizing the courtship between the two racing organizations.
- The editors describe artist C.W. Reed's cartoon of the Racing Board chairman gallivanting with Ducker as a "happy hit," expressing hope that an honorable settlement between the L.A.W. and A.C.U. will be reached soon despite Mr. Aaron's caution against over-optimism.
- Leader paragraphs praise the new A.C.U. racing rules, note the New York Division's solid support for Dr. Beckwith, propose putting Plymouth County convicts to work on the roads, hail G.P. Mills's Land's End to John o'Groats record of 5 days 1 hour 45 minutes, and fault Mr. Ducker for refusing to hand the chief consul's effects over to his successor Mr. Hayes.
- Furnivall is reportedly recovering and plans to race in all autumn events; the Bicycling News backs Chairman Bassett in his crusade against the Maker's Amateur. G.P. Mills writes that the final miles of his Land's End to John o'Groats ride were ridden into a cold half-gale, and he now plans to attempt the same route on a tricycle.
- Titnam surveys the League's quarrels — Ducker demanding an apology over Dr. Beckwith's circular against his 17 July indignation meeting — and reports the Citizens' Club forming a tricycle division under George M. Huss with T.C. Smith elected captain, plus Fred Jenkins leaving journalism to open a cycling agency at 322 W. 59th Street.
- Chicago cyclists debate a quiet boycott of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad for mistreating wheelmen, with the Wisconsin Central offering alternative service to Waukesha as the Western Division's tour heads to Lake Geneva in August. Jack Prince and Tom Eck are in the city, the latter nursing an injured arm.
- Rumor column reporting that the Springfield professional races will all be handicaps, McGarrett has the quarter-mile down to 21¾ on a home trainer, L.D. Munger will retire from the racing path for the year, McCurdy still believes 300 miles in 24 hours is within his capacity, and Chas. E. Lord of the Boston Club was married in Washington on the 22nd.
- The New York State L.A.W. board of officers convened at the Grand Union Hotel to act on proposed constitutional amendments shortly to be voted on by the national board, and unanimously sustained Dr. Beckwith against Mr. Ducker's appeal.
- The Bard reports H.A. Speechly's unofficial 2.34¾ mile at the Crystal Palace, F.W. Allard of Birmingham beating a weakened Furnivall in the five-mile tricycle championship at Glasgow, G.P. Mills's Land's End to John o'Groats record for the Anfield Bicycle Club, and new scratch man F.I. Osmond, "Hillier's Novice," sweeping the Brixton meeting.
- Edward J. Schriver objects to the World's endorsement of the Orange Wanderers' acceptance of a bell-and-whistle ordinance, calling it a "medieval edict" and praising Karl Kron's protest letter to the Bulletin, arguing that petty municipal boards have no legal right to impose distinctive restrictions on bicycles as vehicles.
- A correspondent signing "Newton" argues that E.P. Burnham should be reinstated as an amateur just as Fred Russ Cook was, since Burnham earns his living at his trade most of the year and only accepted makers' expenses because he could not afford to attend race meetings solely for trinkets.
- Correspondent "Jameson" answers Anti-Fashion on tricycle steering, attributing the handle-bar's popularity to poorly made rack-and-pinion side-steering gear, praising the long-tube rack bearings of the Club and Invincible tricycles, and noting the rack and pinion's adoption on the Quadrant racers.
- A column of pointed questions: whether England will accept Speechly's record untimed by Pern Coleman, who started the report that Ducker had called a Massachusetts Division meeting, whether Beckwith will depose Chief Consul Rogers of St. Louis for serving on the A.C.U. executive, and whether the mile record will fall to 2.30 before the snow flies.
- The editors comment on the "Flirting" cartoon, report the first home trainer to reach the Pacific slope with Cook and other California fliers planning record attempts, note the Louisville Commercial's advocacy of knee breeches and ladies' tricycling, announce the Renton v. Beckwith criminal libel trial set for 22 September, and relay Thomas Stevens's letter to Outing from Suez.
- Miscellaneous notes include A.C.U. rules requiring seven days' notice for road record attempts, Chas. Ware of Marblehead winning four first prizes at Montreal and two firsts on Boston Common riding a 53-inch Rudge Racer, rumors of a startling new Victor tricycle, and McCurdy running upstairs easily after 280 miles on the Star.
- Photography column discussing paper negatives, an ingenious peep-hole focusing device from the Referee and Dramatic Critic, a defence of the old oxalate developer, and the Scientific American's pinhole camera made from a tin box and button-card foil that photographed the old armory at Summit Hill, Pa. on Eastman bromide paper.
- Springfield expects English and Irish cracks for the fall tournament; the Scranton Club races 24 August and the Troy Bicycle Club 1 September; Fred Lees set the English one-mile professional record of 2.38 at Leicester; a $25,000 stock company with Woodside and Morgan is said to be building a cycle track in Troy; and the Weedsport Bi. Club's third annual meeting is 19 August.
- Following earlier coverage of the A.C.U.'s amateur classification rules, the editors publish the association's five racing districts (Eastern through Pacific), its full racing and record rules, the class-race time table, and its officers headed by president H.E. Ducker of Springfield with secretary A.O. McGarrett and treasurer George F. Barnard of Lynn.
- Calendar of coming events including the Chicago Bi. Club races 31 July, the Clerical Wheelmen's tour from New York, the Orange Wanderers' Eagle Rock Hill climbing contest 14 August, the Connecticut Bicycle Club meeting at Charter Oak Park 8-9 September, the Springfield tournament from 14 September, and the three-day Lynn tournament from 23 September.
- Department notice for the C.T.C.'s American division under Acting Chief Consul C.H. Potter of 99 Superior Street, Cleveland, Ohio, giving first-year dues of $1.00 in advance.