The Canadian Wheelman, Vol 4, No 7
Articles in this issue
- Editorial predicting the 1887 C.W.A. annual meet at Brantford will be the largest ever held, with the Midland District keen to lead the largest division, and praising the new C.W.A. road book edited by Donly and Tisdale.
- Editorial rebuking Boston's Bicycling World for claiming all national cycling bodies are in financial difficulty, noting the C.W.A. will show a treasury surplus of over $200 after paying for its new guide book.
- Editorial urging the C.W.A. to establish a touring division, like the L.A.W., under a superintendent or tourmaster who would organize an annual tour for members, to be discussed before the annual meet.
- Editorial responding to a correspondent's complaint that the paper, though styling itself the C.T.C.'s official organ, carries no C.T.C. news, arguing the British club has little purpose in Canada, with extracts from Karl Kron on the C.T.C.'s finances and the Secretary-Editor's libel-case confession before Mr. Justice Mills.
- Correspondent 'Crank' reports the revived Woodstock bicycle club and W.A.A.A. preparations for the 24th of May sports, including a $75 bicycle cup for the club with the largest parade turnout, and the loss of rider Clarke for the season.
- Extracts from S. M. Baylis of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association in the April Outing describing Prof. C. H. McLeod's electric timing apparatus, used at the C.W.A. championship of July 1st and McGill and M.A.A.A. games.
- Official C.W.A. notice from C.C. W. P. Way of Belleville naming official tailors Brignall & Thompson and repairers J. M. Walker & Co. for Midland District No. 4.
- Lists of new C.W.A. members from unattached Ontario riders and the Napanee, Forest City (London), Colborne, Brantford and Cobourg clubs.
- Consul and hotel appointment lists for Toronto District No. 3 (C.C. Chas. Langley), the revised Midland District No. 4 list (C.C. W. P. Way), and Ottawa District No. 5 (C.C. F. M. S. Jenkins).
- Letter to the editor, signed 'C.T.C.', demanding to know who the Canadian C.T.C. officers and 45 members are and what they do for touring, and urging them to either push the C.T.C. or the C.W.A. at Brantford.
- Report of the C.W.A. Executive Committee meeting at the Kerby House, Brantford, on 15 April, with President Karn, Secretary Donly and W. M. Begg settling the race programme, including a diamond C.W.A. pin if the Canadian record is broken.
- Toronto column on the opening of the cycling season, Saturday runs by the Wanderers and juniors near Clarence Square, Geo. Terry's blood-poisoning, and a visit by E. Winn Farwell of the Sherbrooke Bicycle Club.
- Toronto Wanderers' club notes reporting 185 members and Canada's first incorporated bicycle club, the Good Friday run, Fred Foster winning the Half-way House prize, and the formal opening of the new Wilton Avenue club-house as written up by the World.
- Correspondent 'Carl' on Brantford's preparations for the fifth annual C.W.A. meet, the track being put in shape at a cost near $400, racing men Davies, Foster, Clarke and Ross after the championships, and rumors that Donly of Simcoe eyes the diamond pin.
- Club note on the old Toronto Bicycle Club's revival, election of new members, a proposed athletic meeting for the Queen's Jubilee holiday, and an arranged season of runs and tours.
- Seventh annual meeting on April 19 re-elected A. E. Domville captain and Geo. Ingram secretary, elected Harry Broderick sub-captain, and resolved to join the C.W.A. in a body and attend the Brantford meet.
- Annual meeting of April 6 elected C. W. Tinling president and the season's officers, and reported Dundurn Park could not be secured for a quarter-mile track.
- Meeting of April 14 at the Mansfield Street club-house re-elected J. D. Miller president, H. Joyce captain and the season's officers.
- Meeting of April 13 at the Arlington Hotel elected John Hargraft president and W. G. Bond captain, reported 28 wheels in town, and resolved to enter the C.W.A.
- Meeting of April 13 elected Hon. A. S. Hardy honorary president, D. Glass president and C. R. Fitch captain for an outlook called the best bicycling year Brantford has had.
- The Ramblers of Belleville elected Henry Corby president, H. A. Dean captain and W. P. Way handicapper for 1887, and plan to wheel to the Brantford meet.
- Lists the 1887 officers of the Detroit Bicycle Club, with B. J. Holcombe president and A. F. Peck captain.
- The Victoria Bicycle Club of Montreal has been reorganized with R. Ash as captain and G. B. Ash secretary-treasurer.
- News column of cycling items, including the proposed Worcester tournament, the L.A.W. membership nearing 9,000, the Chicago Club's open road race for $600 in prizes, James McIntosh's legless ride from Dundee to London, and the silver miniature bicycle shown by Vaughton & Sons.
- Anecdote of a Wanderer chasing a cow on the road to Whitby who was then pursued at a racing pace for nearly a quarter-mile by the infuriated animal.
- Article and table of world's records for trotting, bicycling, running, walking and skating, noting Rowe's and others' bicycle marks and including James G. Lathrop's predictions on straightaway times.
- Letter from 'Nemo' proposing an Ontario act declaring bicycles and tricycles to be carriages with equal road rights, noting a similar bill introduced in the New York Legislature.
- Trade column noting A. Lane of Montreal's new 34-page catalogue, a large bicycle auction by Charles Robinson & Co. of Toronto, and the H. B. Smith Machine Co. preparing Star riders McCurdy and Frazier for the American Wheelman's 100-mile road championship.
- Comic poem, reprinted from the L.A.W. Bulletin, about a weary cyclist who rides fifty miles home only to find his supper not ready.