The Bicycling World, Vol 8, No 9
Articles in this issue
- The editor reviews 1883's cycling progress — American gains against England in racing and touring, the rise of the American Star and Facile machines, and the L.A.W.'s shift of its official organ to the Wheel — then recounts the Racing Board's expulsion of R. F. Foster of Baltimore over secretary Fred Jenkins' disputed unsanctioned-race charge, with chairman Geo. D. Gideon's notice noting Mr. Bassett of Boston dissented.
- Correspondent F. Alcott Pratt seconds an earlier piece on combining photography with cycling, describing carrying his camera and plates by bicycle, and asks the editor to confirm his L.A.W. subscription's expiry date.
- D. W. Biggs complains that as a League member he has repeatedly been denied copies of the official organ, the Wheel, despite requests; the editor's appended note reports similar complaints and suggests club treasurers withhold payment where the paper isn't delivered.
- Henry E. Ducker of Springfield writes that L.A.W. secretary Fred Jenkins has ignored his two-month-old protest over a membership case, and reports that 109 members of the Springfield Bicycle Club have petitioned for Jenkins' impeachment as secretary.
- Springfield Bicycle Club president Henry E. Ducker rebuts secretary Fred Jenkins' published account of a disputed $100 referee fee for the club's September tournament, quoting Jenkins' own letters and an itemized bill to show the club paid exactly what was agreed.
- A satirical column 'By Our Pet Cynic' predicts absurd cycling fashions for the coming year, including an ice-cream training diet and record claims accepted without proof.
- Correspondent 'Ephraim' describes a blizzard-hit run down the Gravois road by four wheelmen of the Eurota, Frisco, and Missouri clubs, one of whom abandons his machine roadside in exhaustion.
- Recent U.S. patents reported for the World by solicitor Henry W. Williams, including velocipede and tricycle patents to Orville T. Gleason and Heinrich Sachs, a bicycle-fork mechanism to Wm. S. Hambly, and a bicycle seat to Benj. F. Peet.
- B. B. Ayers of the Chicago Bicycle Club details the planned 400-mile route for the club's next long tour, from Niagara Falls through Ontario and the Thousand Islands to Lake Champlain and down the Connecticut Valley to Boston.
- Miscellany column including A. S. Hibbard's comic song 'The B.I.Bi.', notice of Harry N. Tufts' upcoming fancy-riding title match against D. J. Canary at Springfield, and word that Master George Nash rode a mile around Hampden Park on one wheel.
- Reports John S. Prince's narrowly-lost race against a trotting horse in Denver and J. W. Wilson's win in a professional two-mile race at Boston's Institute Rink.
- Club notes covering the Salem, Massachusetts, Hamilton (Ont.), and Wakefield bicycle clubs, the Citizens' Bicycle Club of New York's corner-stone laying (address by Rev. Thomas McKee Brown), a Boston Ramblers' chop supper, and the Montreal Bicycle Club's fifth-anniversary concert.
- Lists new C.T.C. applications — including W. H. Caldwell, A. J. Kolp, F. P. Edmans, and A. Eaton — and reminds members that renewals made before mid-January will appear in the Club Gazette's February number.