The Canadian Wheelman, Vol 1, No 9
Articles in this issue
- The lead editorial reviews the first C.W.A. Guide Book compiled by Messrs. Donly of Simcoe, Eakins of Woodstock and Brierly of St. Thomas, praising its road reports, recommended-hotel lists and Karl Kron's touring contributions, and also runs a column of editorial notes warning against cheap iron bicycles, announcing a forthcoming touring map, and noting the Queen's Birthday tournaments at London, Brantford, Newcastle and Woodstock.
- Two letters from Hal B. Donly, Sec.-Treas. of the C.W.A.: 'C.W.A. Fees' reminding club secretaries that dues of fifty cents per member fall due 1st July, and 'Attention' quoting Article III of the constitution on membership fees.
- A biographical sketch of C. H. Smith of Detroit, champion fancy rider, ahead of his exhibition at the Forest City Bicycle Club tournament in London on May 26th, recounting his rapid rise, mileage records and thirteen first prizes on his 53-inch D.H.F. Premier.
- Reprinted from the Boston Herald, the story of the paralysed city weigher of Salem who, despite useless legs, rides his Columbia tricycle to and from his office daily.
- Report of the Toronto Wanderers' annual meeting under vice-president Davies, listing the newly elected officers (Pres. Major D. H. Allen) and noting membership had grown to 101 active members.
- A calendar of forthcoming events including the May 26 Newcastle and Forest City (London) tournaments, the C.W.A. second annual meet at Toronto on July 1, the Detroit Club and Niagara-to-Boston tours, and the Springfield, Mass. meet in September.
- Secretary Hal B. Donly publishes the list of C.W.A. membership applications by club (Winnipeg, Woodstock, Carleton Place, Seaforth, Montreal, Guelph Royal City and others) for objection under Article III, with notes on the Montreal Club's 103 members and the new Consul for Paris.
- The list of officers forming the C.W.A. board for 1884-85 by district, with J. A. Muirhead of the Ariel Touring Club elected Chief Consul for London after a contest against John G. Hay, Geo. Burns and W. J. Knowles.
- The official C.T.C. column for Canada lists membership applications (including Mrs. Horace S. Tibbs and Miss Teny Darling of Montreal) and provisional consul appointments under Chief Consul Horace S. Tibbs and Provincial Consuls Muirhead and W. G. Ross.
- A column of personal notes on wheelmen, including the Toronto Bicycle Club's new officers, Perry Doolittle's Aylmer-to-London ride, Holden and Low's new Rudge racers, and a sharp reply to W. Kingsley Evans over a Free Press item.
- A romantic serial written for the Canadian Wheelman by Mrs. W. Y. Brunton, in which Herbert Morton courts Clarice de Barri by bicycle and, after her brother Julian is wrongly condemned for murder, races his wheel to Ancaster with a reprieve (concluded on pages 11-12).
- From the 'Chicago Tourist' supplement, the Chicago Bicycle Club announces its second extended tour from Niagara Falls to Boston via Toronto, the Thousand Islands, Montreal and Lake Champlain, detailing the route, preparation and estimated $75 round-trip cost.
- A historical and scenic essay in the Chicago Tourist supplement describing Lakes Champlain and George, from Samuel Champlain's 1609 voyage through the Revolutionary battles at Ticonderoga, Saratoga and the Battle of Plattsburgh.
- The day-by-day schedule and mileage table for the Chicago-to-Boston tour, listing stops, hotels and steamer connections from Chicago and Detroit through Ontario, the St. Lawrence, Lake Champlain and George to Boston, July 13-26.
- The clubs-correspondence department, opening with a letter from Hamilton reporting that the Hamilton Bicycle Club came through the winter with indoor drill, that A. H. Ridout rode sixty miles, and looking forward to the C.W.A. meet at Toronto on July 1.
- An account of the Toronto Wanderers' opening road run of the season to Whitby on April 26th, with Messrs. Davies, Despard, Foster, McKee, Orr and the Ariels' H. M. Kipp, including a side trip to Oshawa and a return ride to Toronto.
- Report of the formation of a bicycle club at Berlin and Waterloo with officers including President D. Forsyth and Captain O. Shantz.
- Report of a Winnipeg meeting on April 27th that organised for the season, elected R. J. Whitla president and W. A. Capon as wheel sergeant-major, and resolved to join the C.W.A.
- The Montreal Bicycle Club's spring schedule, including the annual road race to Valois, the M.A.A.A. and Argyle games, and a ten-event June race meeting at the Montreal Driving Park, ahead of the C.W.A. championships at Toronto.
- Brief notice that the Stratford Bicycle Club organised with Thos. Ballantyne, M.P.P. as president and adopted a dark-gray uniform, deciding to join the C.W.A.
- News that the Ariel Touring Club of London secured the Grand Opera House and the Holman Opera Company's extravaganza 'Bubbles' for the evening of May 26th, and have re-furnished their club room.
- A column of short news notes on the London races, including entries by six Toronto flyers, the $400 in prizes, fancy riding by Miss Ida Hammond and C. H. Smith, and the newly elected officers of the Napanee Bicycle Club.