The Canadian Wheelman, Vol 1, No 5
Articles in this issue
- An extended account of the Forest City Bicycle Club's second annual complimentary dinner at the Grigg House, London, on 17 January 1884, with chairman George C. Davis's speech and toasts to the Queen, the Governor-General, the Army and Navy, and the C.W.A.; continues on page 6.
- Reports the appeal won by Clarence E. Fitch before Judge Jones at Brantford, who ruled the city council could only regulate, not prohibit, bicycles on sidewalks, and argues for wider sidewalk-riding privileges for wheelmen.
- Welcomes the January number of the new magazine formed by the union of Outing of Albany and The Wheelman of Boston, and promotes a combined subscription with The Canadian Wheelman at $2.25 per annum.
- A column of news paragraphs covering Fred Jenkins's disputed $100 referee bill at Springfield (per President Ducker in the Bicycling World), the proposed revival of the Springfield Wheelman's Gazette, the Ariel Bicycle Club of London's Christmas greeting card, and a patented tandem bicycle device from England.
- Lists new C.W.A. membership applications (including Archibald McLean of Hamilton and Toronto club additions) and newly appointed consuls in Districts 2 and 3, urging consuls to send road reports to Secretary-Treasurer H. B. Donly of Simcoe for the Guide-book.
- Outlines the proposed Niagara-to-Boston tour organized by B. B. Ayers of the Chicago Club, with the Canadian leg from Niagara Falls through Toronto, Port Hope, Belleville and Kingston to Montreal, quoted from the Bicycling World.
- Describes the Montreal winter carnival, its ice palace and toboggan slides, and the invitation extended via A. T. Lane's 'Carnival House' near the Windsor Hotel to visiting wheelmen and members of the Montreal Bicycle Club.
- A letter from E. H. Corson, Captain of the Star Wheel Club of East Rochester, N.H., offering a new McDonnell cyclometer as a prize to whoever first guesses the mileage reading on his current cyclometer by 1 February 1884.
- Quotes a correspondent to The Wheel proposing amalgamation of the Canadian Wheelmen's Association with the L.A.W., and praising the C.W.A.'s effort to issue a road guide despite its small membership.
- Club correspondence including Newcastle (membership grown to fifty-five, an outing to Bowmanville under Lieut. W. H. Chandler), Belleville (a new 75-by-40-foot club room and a track built under Captain Retallick), and notes on the Wanderers Club of Toronto's large club picture by photographer Dixon.
- The Ariel Touring Club of London reports its annual meeting and favorable financial and riding records, lists newly elected officers led by President G. D. Cameron, recounts club runs to St. Thomas, Goderich and other towns, and describes skating and a carnival visit to Ingersoll; continues on page 6.
- Personal notes on wheelmen including S. Frank Peters of the Forest City Bicycle Club recovering from typhoid, S. G. Rettalack of Belleville expelled from the L.A.W. as a professional, Fred Westbrook's transfer to the Toronto Wanderers, and B. B. Ayers managing the second Canadian tour.