The Cycle, Vol 1, No 21
Articles in this issue
- The column's female correspondent 'Daisie' expresses sympathy for Mrs. Stickney after her husband's fatal tandem accident in Allston, then recommends Plymouth as a destination for wheelwomen (best approached by tandem given sandy South Shore roads), and finally advises against rubber rain-capes, arguing a prompt change of dry clothing is safer than waterproofs.
- A reprinted adventure story (attributed to Wheel World) in which cyclist George Dundas races ten miles on his bicycle to warn a factory owner of approaching strikers, then undertakes a midnight ride through a storm pursued by horsemen to reach a barracks and summon troops — saving the household but being shot in the process.
- Reports that a professional survey by Edward S. Smilie of Newton has now established McCurdy's twenty-four-hour distance at Waltham as 286.559 miles — correcting the initial cyclometer reading — and includes the complete street-by-street measurement tables certified by the surveyor.
- Covers the Orange Wanderers' hill-climbing contest on Eagle Rock Hill, where four of seven entries started; C. H. Chickering on a 42-inch Star won with a time of nine minutes, beating J. A. Wells's twelve-minute ascent, while Myers and Baird failed to complete the climb.
- Reprinted from the Lancet, the article argues against the popular advice to suppress thirst in hot weather, explaining that adequate fluid intake is necessary to dilute tissue waste-products and maintain healthy metabolism, and recommends drinking pure water slowly — with a dash of lemon juice if desired.
- A letter to the editor from Luther H. Porter, President of the Orange Wanderers, correcting the record: the Wanderers did not originate the Orange ordinance requiring lights and bells on bicycles, but merely passed resolutions approving it after learning the authorities already had it in contemplation.
- Racing notes reporting the Pennsylvania Racing Committee's assignment of state championship distances to various clubs, the opening race meeting of the Orange Wanderers on the new Roseville track, English and American track records by Buckingham and Englehart, and other path news from home and abroad.