The Referee, Vol 9, No 22
Articles in this issue
- The week's leaders: 'The Flying Start Fallacy' rejecting a flying start in scratch races against G. Minturn Worden, 'A Time-Limit Disturbance' defending Zimmerman, Lumsden and others for refusing a 2:40 limit at Baltimore, 'Will Johnson's Record Stand?' disputing W. C. Thorne on the horse-paced Independence records, and '"Bums Us—No More!"' praising Cycling's handling of the amateur question.
- La Cote Mal Taile argues the bicycle trade is overcrowded and unprofitable for makers, that selling costs nearly equal building costs, and that dealers profit far more than manufacturers, with England's trade worse still.
- Detailed account of John S. Johnson of Minneapolis riding a horse-paced mile in 1:56 3-5 on the Independence, Iowa, kite track behind Uncle Henry and Ned Gordon, with full timer and judge lists, theories on the feat, and New York and Springfield (Morgan) reaction.
- Jack Royal reports the racing board's 60-day suspension of eight Milwaukee riders, Casper M. Sanger's paralytic stroke, and the Sercombe-Bolte Telegram Cycling Club's first road race won by Charles Mortimer.
- Department of Referee items including the Worcester vs. Springfield entertainment-fund dispute, a New York museum's planned wax gallery of famous cyclists, recent bicycle patents (via W. E. Aughinbaugh), Windle's three-, four- and five-mile records at Springfield, and George S. McDonald's grudge against Stillman Whittaker.
- Senator Morgan's New York letter, running through several heads: he investigates a Baltimore Sun report that A. G. Spalding and baseball magnates would build cash-prize professional bicycle tracks (denied by John W. Spalding, attributed to W. B. Troy), revisits the bookmaking dispute with G. L. Hillier quoting C. P. Sisley's Cycling editorial in full, criticizes Egan's attack on Crowther, accuses the New York Recorder's L. M. Boardman of cribbing, and profiles London editor George W. Atkinson.
- Willie Dunn reports the Press Cycle Club's successful annual century run from Erie to Buffalo and the century-bar contest between F. A. Foell and Captain Klipfel of the Ramblers.
- Columbus tournament officials K. D. Wood and Dr. A. A. Thomen defend referee Schultz's disputed disqualification of Walter Sanger in the half-mile open, arguing track rule 16 reads 'may' not 'must'; Sanger then ends the trouble by declining to contest, so Berlo takes first and Lumsden second.
- London correspondent covers the North Road Club's 24-hour road race won by Shorland with a record 367 miles over Holbein's mark, A. W. Harris's wins at the Surrey B.C. meet, English makers (Starley, Hadden) sailing for America, the National and Stanley cycle shows, and Osmond's failed 50-mile record attempt at Herne Hill.
- Report of the disappointing Peoria state-fair meet, where eastern men were absent, Johnson fell in his first event, and Munger, Lumsden, Bliss and Stringer took the principal races; full summaries follow.
- The Park Avenue Wheelmen's third annual Philadelphia meet drew nearly 4,000, with Zimmerman taking every event he entered and Fred Cope giving a trick-riding exhibition; full summaries follow.
- Run of shorter meeting reports: the Morgan & Wright and Aeolus C.C. (Bodach from scratch) west-side road races, Reitzner's clean sweep for Milwaukee at Racine, Zimmerman's wins at Reading, the Akron B.C. meet, and Taylor and Wells's wins at the Wanderers' Toronto meet.
- St. Louis correspondent reports club members preparing for the Jacksonville tournament and a Cycling Club cross-country military run from Jefferson Barracks covering 106 miles, praised by Colonel Young.
- Department rounding up upcoming and recent meets at Lancaster, Leavenworth, Elgin, Bay City, Helena, Denver, Owosso, Buffalo (the Rose team race), Hudson and elsewhere, plus the Ravenswood Cycling Club's winter entertainment programme.
- The Winton Bicycle Company of Cleveland reorganized with $100,000 capital under F. L. Alcott and others, with Mr. Winton retaining mechanical charge and Edwin Oliver representing the house; describes the double-frame Winton wheel.
- Chicago trade department on Louis Jordan's plans, Arthur A. Taylor sailing to Europe to contract for Psychos, the Taylor company's auction of cushion and solid-tire wheels, Frank Douglas of the Kenwood company on 1893 styles and Dunlop tires, and Stephen Golder's arrival with the New Howe.
- London correspondent 'Stanley' reports on the sixteenth Stanley show and the rival Manufacturers' Association exhibition, the front-driving safeties of Humber, Rudge, New Howe and Morris, Wilson & Co., and his road trial of the Crypto light roadster F.D. safety.
- New York trade department on the Bidwell exhibit at Syracuse, A. H. Overman's return from abroad, Elliott Mason's sale of a lady's Hartford to Costa Rica commissioner Cecil Charles, and the Raleigh company's new agency territories for John T. Bailey, Hersey and Poorman.
- Report of the largest saddle deal ever, the Garford Manufacturing Company contracting Parkhurst & Wilkinson to handle its output west of Elyria, with Warwick & Sons goods now made by C. J. Smith & Sons of Milwaukee.
- Secretary Bridgeman explains to the Referee that a Westboro saddle maker's lawsuit and attachment nearly forced the firm to the wall, but creditors extended time; assets are stated at $125,000 against $75,000 liabilities.
- Eastern trade notes on the Centaur Cycle Company's King and Queen of Scorchers (Mr. Mushing's visit), praise for the R. F. Hall chains, A. E. McKinnon's Boston-to-Washington Columbia ride, Samuel Snell's planned U.S. lamp factory, the new treasury duty on imported bicycles, and the Winton company's American-made triplet.
- The three special telegrams from Independence, Iowa, reporting Johnson's horse-paced half-mile in :55 1-2, his standing-start mile in 2:04 3-5 beating Zimmerman's 2:08 4-5, and his flying-start mile in 1:56 3-5, the first man to wheel a mile under two minutes.