The Canadian Wheelman, Vol 1, No 7
Articles in this issue
- A comic poem about Wanderers' Club bicyclists riding the frozen Toronto Bay in the winter of 1884, ending when 'S.' is thrown into a passing ice-boat that smashed his machine.
- Reprints a Toronto Mail paragraph (clipped by a New Orleans paper) on a Wanderers' Club run across the Bay to Hanlan's on Feb. 23, where Mr. Stephens was knocked off and his machine smashed by an ice-boat.
- Letters answering the February query on the best oils for hub lamps, with correspondents 'Headlight' of Kingston and 'Squibbs' weighing sperm, seal, olive and kerosene oils and revisiting C.W.A. affiliation with the L.A.W.
- The editors state that the Canadian Wheelman is published independently of the London bicycle clubs and is the sole property of W. Kingsley Evans and J. B. Dignam.
- Editorial praise for Chief Consul H. S. Tibbs and Consul Muirhead's road reports, news of the forthcoming Guide Book and of nominations for representatives and chief consuls under Article XV of the by-laws.
- Notice that articles on 'The Niagara to Boston tour' and Karl Kron's 'X M. on a Bi.', plus club letters from the Toronto, Ottawa and Wanderers clubs, are held over to the April number; with editorial notes on the magazine's move to the Edge Block and a review of Outing and the Wheelman.
- Reprinted from the Montreal Gazette: the Montreal Bicycle Club, chaired by President H. S. Tibbs, presents amateur champion W. G. Ross with a Rudge racing machine.
- Secretary-Treasurer Hal. B. Donly publishes the list of applications for C.W.A. membership (clubs at Ingersoll, Brantford, Hamilton, Toronto, St. Catharines, Montreal and others), transfers, and new consul appointments by chief consuls Eakins, Tibbs and Robinson.
- Column of personal news on wheelmen including the C.T.C.'s new Canadian chief consulship under H. S. Tibbs, the reinstatement of Ducker and Fennessy to the L.A.W., and A. T. Lane importing the Rudge racer presented to W. G. Ross.
- An editorial note asking correspondents to keep letters brief introduces the club-correspondence column, leading into the Belleville, Montreal and Ariel club letters.
- A correspondent ('Hub') reports the Belleville Bicycle Club's grand bicycle meet and concert at the new Opera House on March 6, including a silver cup presentation and Prof. S. T. Greene's sign-language recitation 'The Amateur Bicyclist.'
- H. S. Tibbs writes against amalgamating the C.W.A. with the L.A.W., reports new machines ordered by the Montreal Club (a 'Centaur' four-in-hand tricycle, Rucker tandem, Premier sociable) and the presentation of a Rudge racer to 'Billy' Ross.
- A humorous Ariel Touring Club letter signed 'Mickie' on the club's planned August tour to Montreal, the arrival of their bugle from C. W. Hutchinson of Springfield, and members' antics including a Limburger-cheese prank.