The Canadian Wheelman, Vol 1, No 3

Articles in this issue

• From Toronto to Belleville in One Day.

  Account of the Toronto Bicycle Club's 117-mile Thanksgiving Day run east to Belleville, in which Captain McBride (on a Special British Challenge) and Lieutenant Ryrie (on a Standard Columbia) pressed on after losing the rest of the party, escorted over the last stretch from Colborne by Mr. Bowles of Brighton and met at Trenton by Belleville Club members.
• C. W. A.

  Lists applications received by the Secretary-Treasurer for admission to the Canadian Wheelmen's Association, including individual members from Newcastle and Simcoe and the full officer rosters of the newly applied Goderich and Kingston Bicycle Clubs.
• The C. W. A. Guide-Book.

  Editorial on the appointment of Messrs. Eakins of Woodstock, Brierley of St. Thomas and Donly of Simcoe to compile a touring guide-book for Ontario and Quebec, urging every member and the soon-to-be-named consuls to co-operate.
• [Editorial notes]

  Editorial paragraphs questioning the whereabouts of champion W. G. Ross's London tournament medals, welcoming Hal B. Donly of Simcoe as the C. W. A.'s new Secretary in place of the retiring J. S. Brierley, and suggesting wheelmen adopt the bicycle uniform with knee breeches for winter skating.
• Anything and Everything.

  Short news notes reporting the Winnipeg Club's Civic Holiday run to Stonewall, the Montreal Bicycle Club's 35-mile Thanksgiving ride to Pointe Claire, and the well-managed Toronto Club races, plus remarks on the harmony of Canadian cycling journals.
• Winnipeg.

  Correspondence signed W. H. N. describing the Alerts and Winnipegs clubs, the machines they ride (Royal Canadian and Challenge), and the superb level prairie roads around Winnipeg toward Stonewall, Selkirk and Morris.
• Canadian Wheelmen's Association. Report of the Directors Meeting Held at Toronto.

  Report of the first Board meeting at the Walker House, Toronto, at which J. S. Brierley's resignation as Secretary-Treasurer was reluctantly accepted and H. B. Donly elected in his place, a Racing Board and Guide-Book editors appointed, and medals for the London meeting authorized.
• The Longest One-Day Trip in Canada.

  Brief stop-press item reporting that Mr. R. J. McKee of the Wanderers Club of Toronto rode 115 miles from Toronto to Belleville in one day, arriving just before midnight.
• Our Canadian Roads.

  Correspondence signed W. G. E. of Woodstock praising Western Ontario's roads after a Detroit visit, and recounting Messrs. W. J. and H. Williams's 411-mile tour through Tavistock, Berlin, Guelph, Owen Sound, Orillia and the Mono Hills back to Woodstock.
• Important to Bicyclists.

  Report on Mr. J. B. Moore of Stratford, arrested at St. Thomas over a runaway horse frightened by his bicycle near Exeter, whose case before Squire Ferguson was settled when the plaintiff dropped proceedings and paid costs.
• Ottawa.

  Club letter on a four-man western tour from Ottawa via Brockville and Kingston to Toronto, Ottawa wheelmen's success at fall-fair races, their grievance at being barred from the Parliament grounds, and a proposed amalgamation of the cycling and lacrosse clubs.
• Belleville.

  Items and a club letter signed 'Hub' reporting members selling their D. H. G. Premiers, the successful Thanksgiving Day 'meet' to Aylmer, and the new one-seventh-mile track being built in the city through Captain S. G. Retallack's efforts for a club now ninety-three strong.
• The Ariels.

  Letter from the newly organized Ariel club describing its Saturday runs to St. Marys, St. Thomas, Strathroy and Hyde Park, the rain-soaked adventures of riders Keenleyside, Lamb, Lilley and Begg, and the rooms it has secured from the former Liberal Conservative Association.
• Spokes from the Wanderers.

  Letter from a Toronto Wanderers correspondent on the club's growth past seventy-five members, its successful Granite Rink concert featuring drill by Hurst, Fitzgerald, Orr and Brunell, departures of riders Brunell and Gemmel, and the new clubroom at King and James streets.
• London.

  Letter from the Forest City Bicycle Club describing its winter clubrooms on Dundas street fitted up with piano and gymnastics gear, a moonlight ride to Birr, Secretary Maclean's recovery, and pride in the paper run by two of its members.
• Simcoe Spokes.

  Humorous Simcoe club letter signed 'Grit' correcting last month's misprinted names (Lieutenant McKiee and Mr. W. Y. Wallace), noting Secretary H. B. Donly's new C. W. A. post, and recounting Donly and Perry's grueling trip to Norwich and Perry's fast run to Port Dover.
• Personal.

  News notes on individual riders including John Cowan's imported Wolverhampton machine, Ed. Taylor leaving the Forest Citys for England, W. H. Nourse and C. W. Jarvis's 180-mile Manitoba trip, T. H. Robinson's 101-mile Thanksgiving run to Trenton, and the American records held by Hendee, Corey and Burnham.