The Canadian Wheelman, Vol 3, No 10
Articles in this issue
- Editorial exposing American rider D. Edgar Hunter, twice winner of the Pope cup, who entered the C.W.A. Montreal championships as a Canadian citizen, and endorsing the Board's new rule that contestants be "domiciled" in Canada.
- Notes on the Montreal meet, the re-election of Secretary-Treasurer Hal B. Donly, President Karn and Vice-President Miller, the lapsed Forest City and Ariel clubs of London, and Prof. McLeod of McGill timing races electrically.
- Reports the "Invincible" and "New Rapid" winning eight of nine open events at the championship meeting and R. P. Gormully of Gormully & Jeffery sailing for Europe on the Etruria.
- Letter from W. A. Karn of Woodstock thanking the C.W.A. for electing him President and congratulating the Montreal Bicycle Club on the meet.
- Club notes on the Toronto Bicycle Club's fifth annual race meeting at Rosedale on 21st August and the Belleville (Ramblers' Wheel Park) club's entertainment with Trenton wheelmen.
- Race results led by the Montreal Bicycle Club's 15-mile handicap road race to Valois won by W. D. Bohm in record time, plus American (Rowe, Hendee, Hollingsworth) and English (Speechly, Howell, Lennox's John-O'-Groats record) performances.
- Advertorial-style write-up endorsing Foote's invention to prevent headers, sold by the Overman Wheel Co. of Boston at $1.50, and the Potter v. Lynn Cycle Track Association suit over A.C.U. rules.
- Official department listing new membership applications and the Secretary's proposed redistribution of Ontario into the Huron, Niagara, Toronto, Midland and Ottawa districts, plus Donly's and Karn's appointment letters.
- Letter from round-the-world cyclist Thomas Stevens, Outing's correspondent, written from Constantinople describing his expulsion from Herat after being checked while penetrating Afghanistan.
- Lengthy report of the C.W.A.'s fourth annual meet at Montreal, covering the wheelmen's arrival ("Getting There"), the 165-man parade from Dominion Square, the attendance and hospitality at the Windsor Hotel.
- Report of the Association's annual meeting at the Montreal Club House, including Secretary-Treasurer Donly's report and balance sheet ($319.79 on hand) and the election of W. A. Karn as President and J. D. Miller as Vice-President.
- Minutes of the Board of Officers meeting of 3rd July at the Montreal Club House, setting Donly's salary at $200, ordering the Ontario district redistribution and amending Racing Rule E to require riders be "domiciled in" Canada.
- Detailed results of the Thursday 1st July races before about 4,000 people, including Charles Ware of Marblehead winning the fourth-class mile and H. W. Clarke of Woodstock taking the one-mile championship of Canada.
- Friday's road race to Lachine over about ten miles, won by F. Foster of Toronto, with five medals to the first five men.
- Saturday's track events including the half-mile dash final won by H. W. Clarke and the closing three-mile open won by F. Foster, finishing with a game of polo on the Star machine.
- Club correspondence from Toronto ("Pete") on the eastern tour to Montreal and the Toronto Club's revival, and from Simcoe ("Barney O'Toole") on the club's four representatives at the meet and A. R. Dobson's Kangaroo ride from Cobourg to Kingston.
- Letter from "One of Them" describing the Toronto and Montreal wheelmen's tour through Wales, France and Germany, including Harry Ryrie's accident near Vitry and the party's dispersal at Cologne.
- Column of brief cycling news including the Pope-Overman litigation being settled, the Connecticut and Springfield clubs seceding from the L.A.W. to the A.C.U., and Hendee and Rowe's confidence in beating the 2.30 mile.
- Poem by Chris. Wheeler evoking a seaside ride on the wheel.
- Comparative table of speeds in miles per hour, ranking the bicycle (20.5) and tricycle (18) against swimmers, horses, locomotives, sound, light and electricity.