The Bicycling World, Vol 6, No 25
Articles in this issue
- The editor contrasts Boston's grasp of professional-racing etiquette with Western fans' naivety, citing John S. Prince's race loss to an amateur one evening as a case Western observers misjudge for lack of familiarity with handicapping customs.
- The editor argues American members of the Cyclists' Touring Club (formerly the Bicycle Touring Club) deserve a share of dues and better support, and asks whether the League has investigated Woodstown, New Jersey's ordinance banning bicycles from its streets.
- A. J. Wilson of London replies to "J. I. Veeder" and "Ixion" on tricycle track gauge, recommending the Centaur Convertible for wide Iowa roads and the new tubular Salvo Sociable where an unconvertible machine is wanted.
- Notes on the Boston Bicycle Club's plan to ride partway to the League Meet on a special train from New Haven to New York, joined en route by the Springfield Club and others.
- Announces the Chicago Bicycle Club's projected twelve-day July tour through Canada via Ann Arbor, Detroit, St. Thomas, London, Hamilton and Niagara Falls to Buffalo, with an optional extension to Cleveland.
- A Portland, Maine correspondent reports local wheelmen anticipating the League's June "down east" tour through the city, notes C. H. Lamson's sign-board stencil work for Washington county, and mentions interest in the new Sanspareil bicycle.
- "Ixion" recounts his first ride on a 44-inch Special Facile bicycle up the steep hill by Orange Mountain's Eagle Rock road, praising its hill-climbing, mud-cutting and braking on steep descents.
- A special correspondent describes the Meriden Wheel Club's successful first annual exhibition and ball at the Opera House, with fancy riding by Geo. H. Nash and D. J. Canary and delegations from the Springfield, New Haven, Hartford, Ixion, Boston, Holyoke and Massachusetts clubs.
- Correspondent "R. F. F." contrasts the current well-run race season under Capt. Whiting with the chaotic first meet of the previous January, crediting proper timers, a scorer and referee Livingstone.
- Roundup of club news: moonlight runs by the Elmira and Newton clubs, a new James Knoll-led club forming in New York, the Marshall (Mich.) club joining the L.A.W., and the Pawtucket Bicycle Club's new officers and bottle-green uniform.
- Describes the Centaur Cycle Company's "Four-in-Hand" four-person sociable tricycle, imported by the Cunningham Company of Boston, detailing its wheel sizes, balance gearing and roughly $250 cost.
- Race results from Cincinnati's Power Hall meets of 13 and 19 April, with times for John S. Prince, W. M. Woodside, W. H. Reed and O. G. Brown across two-mile, five-mile and relay-style events.
- Miscellaneous editorial notes: Ohio's State Fair bicycle races are cancelled in favor of a new track at Recreation Park, a Victor Rotary tricycle test ride with Mr. Overman, and Stoddard, Lovering & Co.'s new Rudge light roadster.
- Foreign and miscellaneous notes: French champion F. D. Civry challenges John Keen for the championship and a stake, R. Howell challenges either for $1,000, and items on the London Tricycle Club and W. D. Welford's touring in Devonshire.
- A poem signed "J. D. D." celebrating the American Star bicycle's safety on hills and descents and its all-American, New Jersey origin.
- League of American Wheelmen department listing its Board of Officers (President W. H. Miller, Secretary Fred T. Sholes and others), standing committees, and new-member applications from clubs in Laramie, Massachusetts, Oswego and Troy.
- Notices of new Cyclists' Touring Club applications from New York, Providence and Baltimore, and word that the club's new uniform is obtainable from C. H. Thwing & Co.
- The editor answers reader correspondence, including recommending the Velociman, Bedford, Favorite and Lever hand-propelled machines to a Philadelphia enquirer and answering club-news queries from Marshall, Michigan and others.
- Calendar of club runs and races through September, including the Boston, Massachusetts, Tremont and Marblehead clubs' schedules, the Prince v. Le Roy race, and the Springfield Bicycle Club's planned three-day camp and tournament.