The Bicycling World, Vol 3, No 10
Articles in this issue
- Brief weekly column of cycling notes and squibs; appears at the foot of the cover page (printed p.109) rather than the usual inside position.
- Obituary for Charles Lockyer of Shepherd's Bush (Minerva Bicycle Club), aged 23, who died after riding 52 miles to Brighton and returning on the same day; death attributed to congestion of the lungs; he had contributed tour descriptions to the cycling press and was buried at Brompton Cemetery.
- Compilation of responses to nine questions posed by L.A.W. President Charles E. Pratt to city officials on bicycle rights; mayors and park superintendents of New Haven, Newport, Detroit, Newton, Buffalo, Boston, Providence, Portsmouth, and Worcester all report no restrictions on bicycle use on public driveways and general support for cyclists.
- Essay by L.A.W. President Bates arguing that bicycle clubs are essential for companionship, skill improvement, road advocacy, and social solidarity; also proposes the L.A.W. establish a race bureau to prescribe uniform rules, tabulate records, and regulate amateur racing with a 10-cent entry assessment.
- Report of the Germantown Bi. Club's three-day meet at Atlantic City (2-4 July) with 22 members; Theo. Reath wins the slow race and F.W. Corse wins the fast race; report by Arthur L. Woodman of a 13-member Boston Bicycle Club run from Gloucester by steamer and 29-mile return through Beverly Farms, Salem, and Lynn; Montreal Bi. Club Dominion Day tour of 50 miles to Lachine and back (6h29m net riding time).
- Weekly compilation of horse accidents (July 4-15) in Boston and surrounding areas: Matthew Nolan suffers concussion on Beacon Street, Miss Dora Chase is hurt in Westfield, George B. Wheaton breaks his leg; also includes a note about a horse frightened by a moving bicycle on the Cambridge-Longwood bridge.
- League of American Wheelmen membership applications from the Brantford, Omaha, Crescent, Essex, Montreal, Framingham, Providence, Hartford, and Fremont bicycle clubs; consuls appointed for Ohio and New Jersey; individual applicants from across North America.
- Arlington Bi. Club races at Iowa Circle, Washington D.C. (30 June): Stewart wins the mile (3:37) and quarter-mile (44 sec.); Borden wins the two-mile (6:52.5). Lockport, N.Y. (4 July): Forbush wins in 3:17 after four heats. Kansas City (4 July): Dr. G.L. Henderson wins three events including a bicycle vs. horse race, the bicycle making 1 mile in 4:25 on a wet track; New England Fair bicycle races at Worcester announced for 7 September.
- New bicycle club formed at Santa Cruz; San Francisco Bicycle Club exhibition at the Olympic Athletic Club tournament; Worcester Bi. Club semi-annual election results (Dr. John F. Adams, president; Fred S. Pratt, captain; Waldo Lincoln, sub-captain; Edward F. Tolman, secretary).
- Editor requests a description of the Overman tricycle tested in Hartford; letter from H.B. Hart disputing who first rode on one wheel in America (C.F. Cope, Germantown Club, rode 459 feet on one wheel on 26 March); humorous letter from C.G.H. (Providence) objecting to the rhyming of 'bicycle' with 'icicle.'
- Sutton Bicycle Club annual meet at Crystal Palace: John Horn (Pickwick Bi. Club) wins the handicap in 2:50.5 from 50+ starters. Notes on the German Bicycle Union formed in Frankfurt and a Birmingham bicycle show. Obituary for Mr. Starley (senior) of Starley Brothers, Coventry. Over 200 bicycle clubs now in England; the Pickwick Bi. Club is the oldest, formed June 1860; H.L. Cortis is a member of the Wanderers club.
- Col. Albert A. Pope sails for England on 23 July; J.H. Taylor (captain, Harvard Bicycle Club) and Secretary Thorndike plan a 1,300-mile bicycle tour through France, Switzerland, Germany, and Belgium; Mr. C.N. Barnard's wife improving her health through daily tricycling; Browning and Johnson ride Orange, N.J. to Long Branch (55 miles) on 3 July, totalling 95 miles in two days.
- Detroit Club items: Gil. Osmun on holiday, Howard and Standish riding Detroit to Chatham via Leamington, M. and E. Richards riding Toledo to Detroit. Notes on the Michigan Bicyclers' Association planning a race meet. London: over 200 bicycle clubs in England; close upon 2,506 riders from 141 clubs in a recent London bicycle meet.