The Bicycling World, Vol 5, No 17
Articles in this issue
- Race results from Rochester include Kondolf winning the one-mile in 3m 33s and C.A. Smith winning the 3-mile club championship in 10m 52s; Haverhill 2-mile straightaway won by A.T. White; Salt Lake City Jennings wins the mile in 3m 20s; Prince and Armaindo are scheduled for a 25-mile match at the Polo Grounds, and W.J. Morgan challenges all comers except Prince to 50 or 100 miles for $200.
- Xenia Ohio Bicycle Club elects officers including Dean as president and Kingsbury as captain; the Boston Bicycle Club accepts the Worcester Club's invitation and plans to ride via Northboro' to attend the Worcester meet on 5 September.
- An Open Letter to Charles E. Pratt accuses the Pope Manufacturing Company of manipulating the L.A.W. election through the Massachusetts Club delegation; Fourdrinier requests an explanation of why Marblehead and Worcester votes were rejected; a 'L.A.W. Wants' list calls for nomination reform, a membership directory, League hotels, and route maps.
- The New York correspondent shares a poem about an evening bicycle ride to Harlem and reports that Beckwith is on vacation, Campbell going to Europe, Fullerton and Sanford entering the Springfield races, and Pitman wishing to race at Worcester; Morgan has issued a broad racing challenge.
- League of American Wheelmen membership applications from clubs in Brooklyn, Boston Ramblers, Rutland, Champion City Springfield Ohio, and Detroit, plus individual unattached riders.
- Personal notes include the upcoming Worcester meet, new Yale bicycles at Cunningham Co., Frank Weston in England, the Chelsea club moonlight run, Claflin's sprained wrist, Boston-Albany special tickets for Worcester on 5 September, and William Everett's rescue of a drowning woman at Wells Beach.
- The editorial urges L.A.W. authorities to announce the annual race meeting time and place early, recommending New England as the location; a second note corrects the misconception that Conkling's 5-mile run is the national championship; a highways editorial reports the Reading PA city council arrested for poor road conditions.
- Reviews The Wheelman magazine (editors S.S. McClure and J.S. Phillips, featuring C.E. Pratt's 'A Wheel around the Hub') and previews the St. Nicholas September issue, including stories such as 'The Doll that couldn't spell her Name' and 'Jiro a Japanese Boy.'
- Reports on the Essex County Wheelmen run to Nahant on 24 August with 45 riders from Haverhill, Beverly, Marblehead, Lawrence, Ipswich, and Salem; a business meeting is planned for the September Marblehead meet, with the club reporting 88 members and $29.50 in the treasury.
- Advertisement for the Springfield Bicycle Club's annual bicycle tournament, featuring a 20-mile professional race by J.S. Prince for a $500 purse and various amateur events open to all.