The Bicycling World, Vol 6, No 26
Articles in this issue
- The unsigned leader responds to a New York contemporary's tips on riding form, blaming stiff or overly-reclined posture, poorly-fitted frames, short handle-bars and mismatched crank-to-wheel ratios for most riders' bad habits, and urging every 'cycler to find their natural stroke.
- The editorial denounces a new Woodstown, N.J. ordinance barring bicycles from its streets and footpaths as illegal and urges a test case; shorter notes chide the League's railroad committee for ignoring Massachusetts, defend the slang terms 'bike' and 'trike,' describe a bizarre eight-foot-wheeled contraption built by a 'Chelsea crank,' warn against buying children ill-fitting machines, and preview the Prince-and-Woodside-vs.-Le Roy endurance match at the Casino.
- Covers the six-day bicycles-vs.-horseman endurance match between John S. Prince and Wm. M. Woodside against Chas. H. Le Roy at the Casino, W. H. Reed's challenge race against Harry Hall in Cincinnati, and R. Howell's win in the Twenty-Mile Professional Championship at Belgrave Grounds, Leicester, England.
- Miscellaneous trade notes: Stoddard, Lovering & Co. named sole U.S. agents for Rudge & Co.'s machines, J. G. Dalton sues H. F. Milliken for $1,000 over a collision, the Pope Manufacturing Company plans a new light roadster called the Veloce, the Overman Wheel Company retains Gov. Butler as counsel, and the Central Park commissioners grant the League its parade route for the New York Meet.
- Reports the first Massachusetts tricycle meet, held by the Boston Tricycle Club at Trinity Square with a photograph in front of Trinity Church and a run to Brighton led by Capt. Everett, and lists the riders present with their machines (Coventry Rotary, Victor Rotary, Royal Salvo, National, Apollo and others).
- Signed 'Ixion,' this letter continues a debate with A. J. Wilson over two-track versus central-steering tricycles, arguing the Cheylesmore's side clutch suits lady riders better than Wilson's recommended tubular Salvo sociable.
- 'Chic' reports rainy April training conditions for the Ixions' racers Rood, Harris and Sanford ahead of the Atlantic games, Sec. Adams's Coventry Convertible tricycle runs, and enthusiasm in New York for the coming League Meet.
- 'Ball Pedal' previews a professional six-day bicycle tournament at Battery D Armory timed to the World's Railway Exhibition, naming referee Frank E. Yates and racers Mlle. Louise Armaindo and Miss Maggie Wallace, and notes Hermes Club riders reduced to streetcars while awaiting new Royal machines.
- Signed 'Triker,' a reader's letter argues that a seat is more comfortable and natural for tricycling than a saddle, disputing the paper's earlier preference for saddles.
- Foreign notes: New Zealand's Premier, Dunedin, Taieri and Auckland bicycle clubs and a Christchurch tradesmen's club forming a 'New Zealand Alliance,' a London club planned exclusively for Facile riders, the Lancet's critique of bicycling as exercise, Alfred Nixon's tricycle century in 9h.22m., and someone's ascent of Muswell Hill on a Coventry Rotary.
- Club notices including a priority dispute between the Hudson County Wheelmen and the Bergen Club over naming, the Chicago Club's move to the Leland House, Cornell's new officers, the founding of the Rocky Mountain Wheelmen of Bozeman, Montana, the Boston Bicycle Club's reception for the cast of 'Pounce & Co.,' and new-club and officer notices from Woodstown N.J., Maryland, Troy, Concord and Mount Vernon N.Y.
- The League department lists the Board of Officers and standing committees, publishes new-member applications and a corresponding-secretary correction, carries Fred T. Sholes's letter declining to seek re-election, reports the Springfield Bicycle Club securing L.A.W. sanction (and the Pope Manufacturing Company's $1,000 cup) for the 20-mile amateur championship, notes western railroads' refusal to carry bicycles free, and gives Sholes's notice of the 28 May annual Meet in New York and C. D. Standish's new Michigan consul appointments.
- C.T.C. business: new applications from E. P. Cutler, W. H. Cutler and Fred A. Fielding, cancellation of Thwing & Co.'s appointment as Boston C.T.C. tailors, and H. J. Smith acting as consul pro tem for Washington, D.C. during Howell Stewart's absence in Europe.
- Editor's replies to reader questions, including machine advice for S. Hathaway, a note on dropped handle-bars for a New York correspondent, confirmation that the Victor Rotary tricycle can be seen at Stall & Burt's, and word that tricycle races will be held at the Springfield Club tournament.
- Lists club runs and race dates through July (Boston Bicycle Club, Tremont Bicycle Club, Boston Ramblers, the Harvard Club's Beacon Park meeting, Staten Island A.C., a Princeton intercollegiate race) and closing dates for entries to championship races including the L.A.W. one-mile and Crescent A.C. handicaps.
- Previews the Springfield Bicycle Club's three-day camp, meet and tournament at Hampden Park, featuring the Pope Manufacturing Company's $1,000 Pope Challenge Cup for the twenty-mile amateur championship, a $500 intercollegiate cup, evening fireworks, and a special eight-page monthly to promote the event.