The Canadian Wheelman, Vol 4, No 1
Articles in this issue
- Editorial column raising where to hold the 1887 C.W.A. meet, approving the decision to delay the Guide Book until spring, commending the letter from "D 322" on the consular year, and noting the Salvation Army band's purchase of three Marlborough Club tandems.
- Letter signed "D 322" arguing the C.W.A. consular and membership year should begin January 1 rather than July 1, citing the Midland District (No. 4) chief consul's wasted effort under the present system.
- Reprints W. E. Tisdale and Hal. B. Donly's letter proposing the C.W.A. Guide Book be held unbound until March 1887, and reports the Board of Officers voting 15 to 3 in favour of Chief Consul Way's delay.
- Full results of the New Jersey Cycling and Athletic Association's three-day tournament at Roseville, with wins by Geo. M. Hendee, W. E. Crist, C. H. Frazier, Fred Wood and Toronto's Fred Foster.
- G. P. Mills of the Anfield Bicycle Club rode a world's 24-hour record of 294½ miles from Biggleswade on a Dan Albone 'Ivel' rear-driving safety, beating Hollingsworth's 281 miles.
- Account of G. P. Mills of the Anfield lowering the 50-mile road record on the Great North Road, paced through Hitchin by Mr. Carling and to the finish by Dan Albone, cutting the record by nearly 19 minutes.
- S. G. Whittaker rode the fastest 100 miles ever done on the road (6h. 01m. 15s.) and covered 300 miles in 23h. 46m. near Lodoga, beating the American record by over 40 miles.
- Reprints the L.A.W. Bulletin's statement that the League has never encroached on Canadian territory, commenting on the A.C.U.'s claim of jurisdiction over Canadian professional racing.
- Official Gazette section listing new membership applications by club, plus consul and hotel appointments for the Huron, Niagara, Toronto, Midland, Ottawa and Montreal districts under President W. A. Karn.
- W. P. Way, Chairman of the Transportation Committee, lists the Canadian railways that will carry members' bicycles free with a first-class ticket, those marked with a star requiring a C.W.A. or L.A.W. membership ticket.
- Toronto correspondent "Pete" reports the Wanderers' and Toronto Clubs hunting for winter quarters and F. Strange winning the Wanderers' five-mile handicap silver cup for the second time.
- Reprint from Turf, Field and Farm musing on the difficulty of racing the watch, illustrated by the trotting mare Maud S.'s 2.08¼ mile at Cleveland.
- The L.A.W. Bulletin clips an anti-bicycle screed from the Adrian (Mich.) Weekly Press demanding bicycles be banned from public highways.
- Trade items on the Coventry Machinist Company's new "Club Tourist" safety, M. F. Johnston of Toronto's prize-winning "New Rapid," and Charles Robinson & Co.'s success selling the Rudge.
- W. A. Rowe of Lynn, Mass., covered 22 miles 150 yards in the hour at Hampden Park on October 25th, taking every record from a quarter-mile to 22 miles plus the hour.
- Wm. A. Rowe of Lynn put the world's mile bicycle record to 2m. 29 4-5s. at Hampden Park on October 23, paced by Woodside, Hendee and Crocker, after riding as a professional.
- Reprint from the Providence Journal warning that the Pope Manufacturing Company's control of Rowe, Hendee, Knapp and Burnham will let it dominate every promateur race.
- Round-up of record attempts: Rowe's timed miles at Springfield, Tom Battensby's professional tricycle records at Coventry on a Rudge Crescent, and Wm. A. Rhodes becoming the first rider to do 21 miles in the hour before Rowe retook it.
- A correspondent reprints his exchange with Toronto Globe writer "Garth Grafton" on whether cyclists should wear knickerbockers, with her witty defence of them on Canadian youths.
- A poem (by F. F. S. in the Cyclist) on the thrill of the last-lap bell in a cycle race, alongside a reprinted Bulletin item where Furnivall speculates a bicyclist could pace behind Maud S. toward trotting times.
- Column of brief news paragraphs: Furnivall's retirement, Rowe and Hendee's last season, the death of Nebraska champion John G. Hitchcock, A. T. Lane of Montreal pulled off his wheel by a dog, and S. G. Whittaker's 100-mile record at Crawfordsville.
- President Bates, writing in Bicycling World, defends the old gentleman-amateur definition and proposes dividing amateurs into Class A (self-funded) and Class B (expenses paid by clubs or promoters).