The Bicycling World, Vol 3, No 9
Articles in this issue
- Brief weekly notes mentioning the Chelsea Bicycle Club's 60.5-inch wheel (the largest in the club), Boston Bicycle Club members planning a steamer excursion to Gloucester, and an anonymous Chelsea member riding 29 miles without dismounting on 17 June.
- Letter from 'London W.' proposing L.A.W. voting reform: members should cast postal ballots for officers rather than being required to attend in person, and the individual rather than the club should be the voting unit to prevent mid-year complications when members switch clubs.
- Comic poem by F.W.B. (Worcester) about a cyclist who goes insane trying to choose between the Harvard, Standard, Humber, Timberlake, Pacer, Yale, Shadow, and other bicycle makes, dying in an asylum without ever naming his final choice.
- News from multiple clubs including Arlington (new headquarters at 813 South St., Washington), Michigan University, and newly formed Melrose, New Bedford, Scranton, and Charleston clubs; the Aeolus Wheel Club (Worcester) announces a detailed 33-feat riding-contest for 13 July; the Philadelphia/Germantown/Centaur clubs' Fairmount Park meet draws 3,000 spectators with C.F. Cope winning the fancy-riding gold medal over Daniel Mears.
- Results of the Inter-University bicycle races at the O.U.A.C. grounds, Iffley Road: G.D. Day (St. John's, Cambridge) wins the 2-mile and 25-mile events; also notes that H.L. Cortis (English amateur champion) rides a 59-inch Invincible racer, Monsieur Trouve is testing an electricity-propelled tricycle in France capable of 12-15 mph, and Howell (world one-mile champion) is under 19 years old.
- Brief items: the Central Park (New York) bicycle trial postponed to 15 July; Philadelphia park bicycle paths open at all hours; Densmore (Philadelphia Bicycle Club) touring New Jersey; two Mercury Bicycle Club members riding from Jamaica to Locust Valley on Long Island and noting road conditions from Jamaica to Flushing.
- July 4th races on Boston Common before 20,000 spectators: W.M. Woodside (New York) wins the amateur mile (4:41) and half-mile (1:49.5); Frederick Rollinson wins the 2-mile professional final (8:10) over John M. Wilson; Henry Percival wins the tricycle mile (5:43.5) on a Bayliss Thomas Excelsior. Also: H.M. Schooley wins the mile at the Capital Bi. Club's Washington meet (3:14.5); J. McK. Borden wins the 5-mile (18:42.5); Montreal Bi. Club handicap road race to Lachine (17 miles) won by G.M. Smith in 1:24:35; Hartford Wheel Club and Detroit races also reported.
- L.W. Seeley (Capital Bi. Club) corrects the reported race time of 2:47 for the three-mile event (correctly 10:30 for three miles, 3:17 for the final mile); letter from A.H. Llewellyn-Winter (Hyperion Cycling Club, North Wales) announcing plans to bring a party of English riders to tour America in autumn.
- Brief notes: Rev. O.P. Gifford takes up bicycling on a 50-inch Columbia; W.B. Everett (Boston Club) and Charles P. Shillaber (Massachusetts Club) set out on a wheeling tour through Western New England toward Lake George; Mr. Underwood (Roxbury Bicycle Club) fractures his arm coasting down Old Colony Hill near Nantasket Beach.
- Albert Pierce of New York (care of Wm. M. Wright, 791 Fifth Avenue) challenges any American bicycler to a road race of 100 to 200 miles for any amount.
- Reviews Spaulding's Manual of Boxing by Geo. H. Benedict; introduces the new weekly Tricycling Journal (London, edited by R.C.N. Brittan); reprints a Montreal Daily Witness editorial arguing that banning bicycles from parks while permitting skittish horses is inconsistent policy.
- Standard League of American Wheelmen membership invitation text; admission fees, application procedures, and badge information for prospective members.