The Canadian Wheelman, Vol 2, No 15
Articles in this issue
- Farewell editorial as the year of publication by the Canadian Wheelman Company ends, blaming members' apathy and scant subscriptions for the paper falling short, while noting The Wheelman will continue under new auspices.
- Editorial laments that Canadian racing records are 'away up' after Ross withdrew from the track and Clarke went unpressed, contrasting them with the English-driven record-smashing at Springfield and suggesting a closing meet at Woodstock.
- Quotes Wheeling's representative (presumably Harry Etherington) deriding American roads as unridable and dismissing 'bunkum' about the world's fastest riders, noting Hendee's lost world title.
- Brief notes on the death of St. Louis champion Cora Stone, increased Western Ontario touring, Richard Howell's half-mile record at Springfield, a review of Outing for September, and a review of Joseph and Elizabeth Pennell's 'A Canterbury Pilgrimage,' plus an account of John S. Prince's shoulder abscess that hampered him at Springfield.
- Report of the fifty-mile bicycle race for the Invincible trophy offered by T. Fane & Co. at Rosedale Grounds, Toronto, Sept. 16, won by H. W. Clarke of Woodstock in 3h. 7m. 22s. ahead of Davies and Johnson.
- News notes including the Royal City Bicycle Club of Guelph's planned Western Ontario tour, an Ottawa Bicycle Club run to Riviere du Loup, a new Newmarket Bicycle Club, Howell's mile record trial at Springfield, the L.A.W. fall board meeting, and Hendee's amateur records at St. Louis.
- Editorial reflecting on mutual ignorance and rivalry between U.S. and British cyclists, using the 400-rider 'Big Four Tour' to argue that American class-blind 'freemasonry of the wheel' would be impossible in class-bound England.
- Report of the Toronto Bicycle Club's fourth annual sports at Rosedale Grounds, Sept. 19, with fancy riding by Fred Westbrook and C. E. Hacker, and wins by Clarke, Davies, Foster, Anderson, Campbell and Strange in the various events.
- Report of the Montreal Bicycle Club's poorly attended games on the Shamrock Lacrosse Grounds, Aug. 29, with wins by Scales, Low, Ramsay, Lusher and Angus and a procession-like character to most events.
- Describes the Veloce Club Bordelais's evening fete velocipedique by electric light on the Place des Quinconces, June 4, drawing 20,000 spectators in aid of soldiers wounded at Tonkin.
- Short note that S. M. Daly of the Belleville Bicycle Club, carrying an arm wounded at Batoche, has spent the past month in London.
- Full summary of the Hartford Club's two-day tournament at Charter Oak Park, Sept. 2-3, where English visitors (Howell, Wood, Furnival, Cripps, Chambers, English) captured nearly every race, with Burnham upholding the American end.
- Three-day summary of the Springfield Bicycle Club's fourth annual tournament, Sept. 8-10, noting Cola Stone's foul of Hendee in the ten-mile race and many record-breaking rides by Wood, Howell, Furnival, Burnham, Webber and Chambers.
- Reports H. D. Corey of the Massachusetts Bicycle Club riding a 36-inch Rudge Safety 203 miles in 24 hours, with W. H. Huntley covering 191 miles on a Rudge Cripper tricycle, at the instance of Abbott Bassett of the Bicycling World.