The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 1, No 11
Articles in this issue
- Report of the 20-mile match at Jarrow-on-Tyne in which Willie Wood of North Shields beat W. A. Rowe of Lynn, Mass. by little more than a foot before 3,000 spectators, with editorial defence of Rowe's standing despite his English defeats.
- Letters signed 'Safety' from Manager Eck's team at Long Eaton describing the Lee vs. Allard 10-mile race, training routines, and Crist and Barber visiting the Humber Works; plus Crist's letter accepting Chas. E. Kluge's challenge.
- F. W. Weaver of the Universal C.C. of Brooklyn sketches his road tour from New York through Newark, Plainfield, Trenton and Bristol to Philadelphia, then by train to Baltimore.
- Short news items: the latest American team riding Rudge wheels, the Colorado Springs Wheelmen's race meet, the death of John Cornforth of the St. George's Engineering Company, and quotations praising the paper from the Bicycling News and Sporting South.
- Mr. Ducker and the Park Committee lay out a half-mile level track at the Buffalo fair grounds, expected open for practice June 10 ahead of the Grand International Tournament.
- The C.W.A. annual meet at Belleville, Ont., July 1-3, listing the race events to be decided and entry details via W. K. Foster of Brantford.
- Bicycling News editorial arguing Rowe was beaten by Howell and Wood through tactics and headwork as a 'green hand,' likening his progress to that of Ralph Temple.
- Philadelphia correspondent 'Westfield' on H. B. Hart's safety sales to the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club, Captain Fleming and the Century Wheelmen, President Elwell's resignation, the death of member Chas. E. Gohl, and the South End Wheelmen's new quarters.
- Correspondent 'Psycho' on a tricycle run to Great Falls by the Smiths and Miss Tegeler, the Capital Bicycle Club entertainment, the movement led by L. W. Seeley to repeal the obnoxious 'Lamp Law,' and Bert Owen's birthday run.
- Correspondent 'Cyclometer' on Rowe's defeats casting gloom over Boston, the growth of tandems and lady riders, a proposed down-town cycle stable at Pemberton Square, Lon Peck's 17,000-mile record, and the Decoration Day Division meet.
- Atalanta and Harlem bowling scores (44 pins in Harlem's favour) and a lament that the Harlem Wheelmen have fallen to last among the four clubs; plus the Eagle bicycle makers' disavowal of the 'Crank Star' label.
- Correspondent 'Independent' on the Brooklyn Bicycle Club bowling disputes with the K.C.W. over alley choice, Lieut. Meeter's April mileage report, and touring runs over the Irvington-Milburn course by Barkman, Spelman and others.
- Correspondent 'W. H. Eel.' on the New Haven Bicycle Club's Memorial Day 5-mile handicap road race over East Haven roads, the Bennett & Hale firm change, and Weare of Yale winning the Freshman 2-mile race.
- Correspondent 'Verax' on the Pope Mfg. Co.'s defeat in all five patent suits against Gormully & Jeffery, the Pullman road race entries, the new paper the Chicago Referee, and the growth of the Owl, Lincoln and Illinois clubs.
- Sunday touring runs to Pikesville, Reisterstown and Washington by the Baltimore, Rambler and Centaur clubs; lady cyclist Mrs. Coleman (nee Mott) on a safety; a new northwest-side club; and the route of the annual League tour ending in Baltimore June 17.
- Correspondent 'Coaster' on the Hudson County Wheelmen's invitation to Philadelphia, new members, W. E. Eldridge leading the mileage race, Kluge's training, and a suggestion to run stages to the Irvington-Milburn Decoration Day race finish.
- Correspondent 'Keystone' on the formation of the Pittsburg Cycle and Athletic Club with a quarter-mile track, the Cyclers' first-month mileage figures led by Taggart, improved dealer sales, and C. F. Seidell's hill-climbing on Federal Street Hill.
- The Wanderers Bicycle Club of Toronto, largest in Canada with over 400 members, owning its club and road houses, and sending a party including Fred Foster to the Woodstock races and the Baltimore L.A.W. meet.
- Detailed description of the club's new clubhouse on West End Avenue between 71st and 72nd Streets, with a wheel room for 150 wheels, bowling alleys, and a billiard room and restaurant overlooking the Hudson; initiation fee $10.
- Calendar of forthcoming race meets and contests from May 12 (Rowe vs. Howell at Wolverhampton) through the September Grand International Tournament at Buffalo.
- Humorous Lynn Item tale of a would-be rider nicknamed 'Mousey' whose courage is tested by a sheeted 'ghost' staged by his shopmates near Floating Bridge during an evening ride through Glenmere.
- W. H. Rhodes of Hartford recounts a seven-rider tour from Birmingham through Wellington, Corwen, Conway, the Llanberris Pass and Carnarvon Castle, then on alone to Chester and Liverpool.
- Republished article by Miss F. K. Erskine (from The Queen) on dress and deportment for lady tricyclists, covering saddle height, ankle-action pedalling and mounting the Cripper pattern machine gracefully.
- Trade notes: large supplementary New Mail orders for Wm. Read & Sons, the B. F. Goodrich Company's rubber-handle price list, the Sterling Cycle Company's quadricycles, and The Bulletin of Pittsburg devoting two pages to wheeling.
- Officers elected at the New York Club annual meeting May 7 (President E. J. Shriver, captain J. M. MacFadden), plus trade notes including Isaac Elwell resigning the Pennsylvania Club presidency and the Hudson County Wheelmen vs. Harlem bowling match.
- Notice of the death of Maggie B. Phillips of Indianapolis, the only lady member of the Indiana Division of the L.A.W., after a lingering illness at age eighteen.
- 'Anglo-American' writes to the Bicycling News explaining that the American flag over the British-owned Howe Machine Works was founder Elias Howe's, said to be the flag that covered President Lincoln's coffin.
- Racing and trade items: R. H. Davis winning the Harvard 2-mile race, Woodside badly cut up when collided with by Robb at Leicester, club run calendars, and the Brooklyn Park Commissioners barring bicycles from Prospect Park paths after 9 a.m.