The Bicycling World, Vol 5, No 25
Articles in this issue
- The editors criticize Rule 36, which allows a quorum of just eight L.A.W. officers to amend any rule, arguing that 17 officers at the Boston meeting improperly changed the amateur rule; they also rebut Pope Manufacturing Company's 'The Tariff Question' article in The Wheelman.
- A short poem titled 'The Ring' appears in this number.
- The Star Wheel Club was formed in East Rochester NH, with Parshley as president and Corson as captain; the Wanderers' Bicycle Club of Toronto organized under Lieut.-Col. Otter with 16 members; the Cohannet Wheel Club of Taunton MA elected Whitehead as president and Hardy as captain.
- The L.A.W. Fall Race at Boston on 20 October saw G.M. Hendee of Springfield win the one-mile championship in 2m 57.5s and V.C. Place of Greenville PA win the five-mile in 17m 39s; English professional twenty-mile champion Howell of Leicester and Irish fifty-mile champion Woodside at Phoenix Park Dublin are also noted.
- The L.A.W. fall meeting at Hotel Vendome in Boston elected state consuls for California, DC, Indiana, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Kentucky, and South Carolina; the treasurer reported $1,717.88 in receipts and 1,408 active members; the 3-foot track measurement amendment and revised amateur rules (Rules 25 and 26) were adopted.
- Brief notes report the Boston and Providence bicycle clubs' lively fraternizing that week, and Secretary Tolman of the Worcesters returning from a trip.
- L.A.W. applications are received from the Dunkirk club, Nashua Wheel Club, Cortlandt Wheelmen, and unattached riders; a list of additional Massachusetts consuls is published including Frye, Claflin, and Alwood.
- Personal notes report that G.M. Hendee won the L.A.W. championship at the fall race, while Lew Frye graciously lost the championship medal; it is noted that Prince trained Hendee for the event.
- Thirty-eight riders rode to South Canton where the Massachusetts Division of L.A.W. was organized under Pratt, with Kendall as secretary and Shillaber as treasurer; a committee was appointed to erect road signs, and the Bicycle Touring Club's membership stands at 6,348.
- Julius Wilcox surveys the Facile bicycle, which features a small front wheel (32 to 52 inch), 22-inch back wheel, 3-inch crank, and lever driving mechanism, calling it safer than the ordinary; the only specimen in America is in Wilcox's possession.