The Canadian Wheelman, Vol 2, No 4
Articles in this issue
- Defends Geo. H. Orr, acting captain of the Toronto Wanderers, against The Bicycling World's implication that the club endorsed Fred Westbrook racing as an amateur 'Patterson' at the Omaha tournament, and reproduces Orr's explanation that Westbrook used a real Wanderer's name as a blind.
- Short paragraphs on the Belleville Ramblers' ball, the new sale-and-exchange department, the new 'Our Racing Men' series, the testimonial gold chain and locket voted to C.W.A. Secretary-Treasurer Hal. B. Donly, and a London visit by R. H. Lea of Singer & Co., Coventry.
- Biographical sketch of W. G. Ross of Montreal, amateur five-mile champion bicyclist of Canada, with a detailed list of the races he won from 1882 to 1884, including the Canadian championships at London and against F. Westbrook of Brantford.
- Reports the Hermes Bicycle Club meeting of Dec. 25th where John S. Prince of Washington beat W. M. Woodside of New York by six feet over fifteen miles for the professional championship of the United States, $100 a-side, in 53m. 9 1/2s.
- Reviews the Christmas and New Year numbers of cycling and sporting journals including The Cyclist's 'Our Camp,' Wheeling's annual, Outing, the Sporting and Theatrical Journal and Turf, Field and Farm.
- Official C.W.A. notice from Sec.-Treas. Hal. B. Donly, Simcoe, listing membership applications from the Montreal Club (9 names) and the Wanderers Club of Toronto (35 names) for objection under Article III of the Constitution.
- John S. Prince talks to a Washington newspaperman about riding a mile in 2.39 at Springfield, beating Richard Howell's record, and details his training, diet and breathing methods.
- A correspondent signing 'Wanderer' contradicts a report that members of the Toronto Wanderers intend joining the new Rota Bicycle Club, saying only two long-expelled riders mean to do so.
- Describes the Ramblers of Belleville and their successful ball at the Oddfellows' Hall on Dec. 23rd, decorated with bicycles and flags, with visiting wheelmen Hope of Trenton, O'Flynn of Madoc and Vidal of Sarnia among those present.
- Reports the annual meeting of the Ariel Touring Club of London at Albion Block, with mileage statistics (Geo. E. Forsythe leading at 709 miles) and the election of officers including Forsythe as president.
- Tabulates the forty-six prizes won by the Torontos on the race track during 1884 across meets from Newcastle to Ottawa, naming top winners C. F. Lavender, P. E. Doolittle and others.
- A Bicycling World review of the year's touring, covering Stevens's transcontinental ride, the Woodside-Morgan failure, the Bermuda party opened by Elwell and 'Karl Kron,' and the C.T.C.'s 'Wheel Around the Hub' run.
- A comic poem reprinted from the Southern Cycler on the misfortunes of a rider who takes a header and his tumbles.
- A Bicycling World review of the past year's racing, covering the new Racing Board rules, Dolph and Sellers, the Springfield, Hartford and New Haven tournaments, the visiting English riders, and the League championships at Washington won largely by Geo. M. Hendee.
- H. D. Corey of the Massachusetts Bicycle Club relates his six-weeks' English tour, including a 'scorching' ride from Surbiton to Ripley with Keene, Cooper and Webb on a Humber tandem.
- Detailed account of the six-days' Safety bicycle race at the Westminster Aquarium, with ten starters mostly on Rudges; Birt of Northampton led throughout, finishing well ahead of Weston and Vale.
- A humorous first-person sketch narrated by a troublesome bicycle lamp recounting the ways it torments and embarrasses its owner.
- Announces the organization of the Big Four Tour under manager Burley B. Ayers, with officers including F. G. Bourne, Frank H. Taylor and division captains, meeting at the Genesee House, Buffalo, on Jan. 19th.
- A Scottish Umpire reprint on the good that 'socials' do for clubs and the peculiar shop-talk of wheelmen, followed by a Chicago Current appreciation of the bicycle as the poetry of motion.
- A column of brief news items: Westbrook's fancy riding in Nebraska, Prince and Woodside racing at New Orleans, the Pope Mfg. Co. decree against J. M. Fairfield, T. W. Eck's troupe (incl. Louise Armaindo) bound for the World's Fair, and the Phil Hammel pacemaking question involving Abbot Bassett and J. O. Blake.