The Bicycling World, Vol 7, No 25
Articles in this issue
- The editor argues record rides like H. D. Corey's should be credited to the individual rather than treated loosely as a 'club record,' presses the Lawrence Bicycle Club's Webb, Tacy and Finn to substantiate their disputed 212-mile-in-24-hours claim, and traces how bicycle finishes evolved from half-bright (1877-78) through full nickel-plating to painted enamel.
- Miscellaneous squibs: the Boston Bicycle Club's new lawn-tennis court at Cobb's, a riding school opened in Albany, N.Y. by Messrs. Burch and Paddock, new Cyclists' Touring Club badges, and day-one standings in the Chicago six-day race (Prince 172, Higham 172, Morgan 169, Woodside 160).
- Three reader letters: E. A. Griffith clarifies the League's protest against Mr. Foster over the 'Can Such Things Be?' article; Karl Kron recounts a straightaway century-plus ride from London, Ontario to Mitchell; and A. D. Claflin, H. D. Corey and J. J. Gilligan thank Messrs. Dean, Norton, F. W. Weston and B. D. Harrington for assisting their record ride.
- Corrects an earlier report on the Facile 24-hour race, crediting Adams rather than Brown with the June win and comparing his 221 3/8 miles to Brown's 255 5/8-mile August record, then relays and disputes the Lawrence Bicycle Club's claim that Webb, Tacy and Finn covered 212 miles in 24 hours, publishing measured leg distances (Maiden-So. Natick-Rowley-Salem-West Newton) that fall well short of the claim.
- H. D. Corey and A. D. Claflin of the Massachusetts Bicycle Club rode from Harvard Square through Newton, Wellesley, Framingham and Natick and back on light Rudge roadsters, checked en route by Mr. Dean, Mr. Weston and Mr. Harrington, with Corey's cyclometer reading 190 9-10 miles at the finish.
- A phonetically-spelled turn-by-turn route from Framingham via Southborough, Northborough, Clinton and the Lancasters to Leominster and on toward Fitchburg, signed 'Wheel-er.'
- Fifth installment, by 'Geesee,' of the touring party's ride from Campobello to Machias and on to Portland by boat, covering Chief Consul Hill's command of the line, breakdowns to Adams's and Elwell's machines, the reception at Machias, and the riders' occupations and machines (including several American Star bicycles).
- Lists three new U.S. patents reported by solicitor Henry W. Williams: Montraville Cooper's front-steering, lever-driven tricycle (Columbia, S.C.), Jesse J. Deputy's band-and-cone-pulley velocipede (Philadelphia), and Jas. Lewis's hinged steering-handle bicycle (Chicago).
- Announces the Massachusetts Division, L.A.W. fall meet and run on Saturday 27 October, rendezvousing at Trinity Square before riding to South Natick for dinner at Bailey's Hotel.
- Race results and notes from around the country: a Valley City Wheel Club meet at the Shelby County fair in Sidney, Ohio, a Williams College mile race, Joel Goldthwait's repeat win at the Hampshire County fair, Robert James's open challenge to race Prince in England, an Olympic A.C. meet at Stenton, Pa., the Ixion Club's New York road race and Louisville's forty-mile road race, Keen's win over Prince and Higham in a 15-mile Washington race, and the Prince-Keen match called off after losing its D.C. track.
- Reports the Citizens' Club of New York's second visit to the Massachusetts Bicycle Club (rides to South Natick, Salem and Lexington), the Troy Bicycle Club's long-distance run to Boston and back, and new officers at the Tremont, Crescent, Kenyon (Covington, Ky.), Rockford, Montrose (Pa.), Plainfield (N.J.), Roseville (N.J.) and Cincinnati clubs.
- CTC department: chief consul Frank W. Weston's notices on the new C.T.C. uniform, handbook and sterling-silver badges, the 1884 Harrogate meet, and new membership applications from New Haven, St. Louis, Fairfax (Vt.), Oswego and Buffalo.
- Reader Q&A column: advice to 'A Bicycler' on patenting an invention, a ruling that a mayor has no legal right to bar wheelmen from public streets (to J. C. Parmenter), and a tip to use coca and beef extract on long rides (to J. M. G.).
- Upcoming events: a 26 October hundred-mile race in Washington, D.C., the Massachusetts Division's 27 October fall meet run to Natick, a 14 November meet and races at the South Carolina State Fair in Columbia, and the Cambridge Club's 23 November annual reception.