The Bicycling World, Vol 6, No 10
Articles in this issue
- An editorial clarifies L.A.W. Racing Rules 1 and 14: competing in a race not sanctioned by the League forfeits only future League-race eligibility, not amateur status or League membership, provided the amateur definition in Rule 25 is otherwise met; League members are likewise not barred from meeting non-League racers in properly conducted amateur events.
- An editorial rebukes the English journal the Cyclist for misnaming Lewis T. Frye as "F. R. Fry" in its report on the Prince-Frye race, contrasting the blunder with celebrated English amateurs C. R. Keen, John Garrard, George Lacy Cortis and Ion Keith-Hillier; it further disputes the Cyclist's claim that "young Hendee's" League of American Wheelmen membership would bar him from racing Bicycle Union members in England, noting Hendee has not yet beaten Moore's mile record.
- A collection of reader letters: an Ohio sidewalk-riding ordinance fails by two votes in city council; "Geesee" of Marblehead, Mass. debates saddle and wheel sizing with correspondent Pitman; a New York Letter recounts the Ixion wheelmen's Christmas and moonlit New Year's Eve rides and a call on Consul Bourne; further letters debate class racing versus handicapping, defend Prince and Frye's integrity against "Pro Bono Publico," and "To Town" closes with an evocative prose sketch of an early-morning bicycle commute.
- F. Howard Warner, writing for the Bicycling News, compiles accounts of eight bicycle and tricycle journeys between London or Land's End and John O'Groat's from 1873 to 1882; highlights include the Hon. Ion Keith Falconer's 1882 Land's End to John O'Groat's ride and James Lennox's 974¾-mile John O'Groat's to Land's End marathon completed in twelve days against head winds throughout, plus Alfred Nixon's record tricycle run over the same route.
- Report of a Bicycle Union meeting at Anderton's Hotel, Fleet Street, chaired by W. B. Tanner, on proposals to suspend riders who race for advertisement purposes; after debate by Benningfield, W. A. Smith and Sturmey the resolution was narrowed to suspending only those proved to have competed for money or value, and a foul-riding disqualification clause proposed by Mr. Reynolds of the Oxford University Bicycle Club, operable by the judge without a formal protest, was adopted.
- Christmas indoor races at the Chicago Exposition Building: Sturgis wins the mile in 3m. 16s. after a runoff with Crawford, and Valentine takes the three-mile and two-mile handicaps; further notes cover Rollinson's planned six-day race at Madison Square Garden, W. R. Crawford's five-mile run in 16m. 7½s., Louise Armaindo's challenge to race any man for the long-distance championship, and W. M. Woodside's challenge to John S. Prince for a $200-a-side 25-mile match fixed for 27 January.
- A London despatch announces a new process for cheap aluminum production, prompting discussion of its potential in bicycle manufacture given the metal's lightness and resistance to oxidation; a Boston Advertiser note appended below reports that S. H. Ineson, treasurer of the Bicycle Touring Club, has absconded with about £300 of the club's funds.
- New League applications from the Worcester Aeolus Wheelmen (Wm. A. Pickett) and unattached riders Arthur K. Brewer of Tucson, Arizona Territory, and Benj. M. Norman of Philadelphia, submitted by Corresponding Secretary Fred. T. Sholes as required by the Constitution.
- B.T.C. applications received from Boston, Newton and New York; Alfred Ely Jr. is appointed consul for Cleveland; members wishing to join the club's excursion to England, sailing 21 July 1883, are asked to contact Chief Consul Weston as early as convenient.
- Answers to correspondents on back volumes of Cycling, pricing for the L.A.W. special number, and equipment suppliers, including a recommendation of the Brooklyn Bicycle Company as a good place to learn to ride and hire machines.
- The Boston Ramblers gave their first public exhibition bicycle drill at the Olympian Skating Rink, performing about twenty movements largely designed by Captain C. S. Howard to continuous applause from a large audience, followed by a complimentary supper from the rink's management.
- Boston Bicycle Club's annual elections (Edward C. Hodges president, J. S. Dean first lieutenant); Newbury, Massachusetts organizes a new cycle club with lady tricyclists; brief items on the Eurota (St. Louis), Albany, Pennsylvania and Missouri clubs and the Boston Ramblers; Kings County Wheelmen sociable planned and the Bay State Wheel Club race announced for 20 January.
- "Paterfamilias" questions the amateur rule: Harry won a $10 race prize and was blacklisted by his club, while John bets heavily at races yet remains a member in good standing; editor London W. responds that accepting prize money defines professional status regardless of personal character, and that a prize disguised as a trophy still makes the racer a professional.
- A. Dolph of New London, Ohio visiting Boston; the Massachusetts Bicycle Club's 20 January entertainment advertised; Dr. Harwood's bicycle mounting step going to market; humorous doubt cast on reports of Denver ladies cycling daily in Mexican trousers; V. C. Place of Greenville, Pa. wishes to race Prince without forfeiting his amateur standing, and Horace Beddo of Louisville proposes a $30 medal for an American Star versus regulation-machine road contest.