The Bicycling World, Vol 3, No 16
Articles in this issue
- News squibs on the Central Park hearing resumption, Atlanta Cotton Exposition bicycle races, Newport 1880 photos, and the Columbia Bicycle Club's North Attleboro' meet; personal items on Boston-area visitors and notable wheelmen; includes the humorous 'Shake-Spokes' parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- Editorial on discretion in bell use near horse vehicles, the Chicago Tribune's coverage of bicycle issues, and the Boston Daily Advertiser's position on cyclists' road rights.
- C.E.P. describes the Royal Salvo tricycle by Starley Brothers of Coventry: 46/50-inch driving wheels, rack-and-pinion steering, differential gear, and the fact that Queen Victoria purchased two for Windsor Castle.
- Kol Kron narrates a 286-mile seven-day spring bicycle tour through New England: Boston to Portsmouth NH, then via Lexington, Framingham, Northboro', and Worcester to Springfield (64.5 miles at night), then up the Connecticut Valley to Brattleboro' VT before his machine's backbone broke at mile 3,013.
- Letters from Louisville KY (Falls City Bicycle Club ride to Simpsonville, moonlight attempt to Shelbyville, horse rescue, military exercises), Salem MA (Beverly Reservoir route to Ipswich), and Portsmouth NH (route to Portland via Chain Bridge and Old Orchard Beach); two readers recommend the American Star bicycle from Moline IL and Brockport NY.
- San Francisco Bicycle Club meeting of August 11 with treasurer's report and uniform change to brown; Oakland CA Bicycle Club first annual meeting (G.H. Strong captain, 36 members); Frankford Bicycle Club of Philadelphia formed August 11 with 14 members and a 16-lap indoor riding rink.
- New League membership applications from cities including Boston, Louisville KY, Gloucester, and Worcester; correction to Missouri Bicycle Club member names.
- Coming Events calendar; Brockport NY tournament — Miss Elsa Von Blumen beats horse Gray Eagle in two straight heats (3:13, 3:15), J.B. Barross wins the amateur race; John Keen vs. F. de Civry 20-mile race at Crystal Palace (De Civry completes alone in 1h 6m 1s after Keen retires); Tours, France road race won by Esperon, De Civry second, Charles Terront third.
- California reader recommends vaseline with graphite for ball bearings; Francis Cragin of Chicago plans to wheel to Boston and seeks road information; Philadelphia Bicycle Club seeks Harper's Ferry to Staunton VA road advice; answers on touring suits and lantern oil; assault case of S.T. Parker in Stoneham MA (offender fined $7); Framingham Bicycle Club membership roster from W.D. Wilmot.
- Humorous fictional letter from 'Noah Count' describing arrival at Liverpool, a police confusion over a Pope cyclometer mistaken for a Fenian bomb, and a visit to Windsor where Queen Victoria demonstrates fancy tricycle riding; accompanied by the satirical poem 'Young Jon A. Than.'
- Fifth annual race meeting at Priory Park, July 21; Lacy Hillier wins the mile handicap final in a record 2m 51s on grass; N. Clayton wins the three-mile club championship after a dead heat with G.H. Fogden.