The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 1, No 12
Articles in this issue
- An editorial endorses "Athcliath's" proposal, printed below in a letter from Brooklyn, that an annual 50-mile road championship of Long Island be instituted to test the road-riding claims of the Brooklyn clubs.
- Announces the first annual race meet of the Long Island Wheelmen at the Brooklyn Athletic Association grounds, De Kalb and Classon Avenues, on Saturday June 2, listing events, fees and entries closing May 26 with L. H. Wise.
- "Independent's" Brooklyn notes report the B. B. C.'s 20-mile road race won by J. W. Schoefer ahead of Waters and Borland, the coming inter-club team race, and the K. C. W. meet set for June 23.
- "Keystone's" Pittsburg letter on wheelmen in public office (Mayor J. D. Reynolds of Kittanning), the awarding of championships to the New Castle Bicycle Club, and W. D. Banker's planned attempt on Irwin's Hill.
- "Psycho's" Washington letter describes Bert Owen's birthday run with about 125 wheelmen to Brightwood Driving Park, the gift presented by L. W. Seeley, and the D. C. Division's vote to invite the League to Washington on June 21.
- "Lewis's" letter reports the Atlanta two-day race meet (Chalfont winning the 5-mile State championship despite a header) losing about $350, and the Columbus City Council's ordinance restricting bicycle riding on sidewalks, bridges and parks.
- Trade and racing miscellany: bicycle results at the University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College and Warren A. C. games (Schwartz defeating Halsted), the League invited to Washington June 21, and the proposed Telford road between Philadelphia and Media.
- Reprinted from the Boston Globe, "Guy Clicquot" describes the Kellogg Seamless Tube and Manufacturing Company's plant at Findlay, Ohio, and promotes its seamless-steel-tube patents and stock as an investment.
- Reprinted from The Sportsman, an account of R. Howell of Leicester beating American champion W. A. Rowe in the mile race at Molineux Grounds, Wolverhampton, in 2m. 47s. to take two of their three International Championship matches.
- Reports Llewellyn H. Johnson of Orange, N. J. receiving weekly invoices of the new Special Sparkbrook light roadster made by the Sparkbrook Manufacturing Company, priced at $125 for a 50-inch.
- Captain Freeman writes that the Orange Wanderers will hold a century run from Newark to Philadelphia on June 16 over the Lancaster Pike, run in conjunction with the League meet.
- Reviews "The Cyclists' Road Book of Connecticut," compiled by Charles G. Huntington for the Connecticut Division, L. A. W., praising its chapters on roads and laws, through routes and county maps including Westchester.
- Announces the cycle races under the Maryland Division at Arlington on June 19 in connection with the League meet, listing the L. A. W. championships and handicap events, with entries closing June 11 with H. W. Barrington.
- Albany wheelman Alfred Schimpf is run down in Washington Park by a reckless buggy driver who fled down Hudson Avenue; the Albany Wheelmen offer a fifty-dollar reward and retain counsel to prosecute.
- Detailed instructions for the New York to Philadelphia century run of June 16 starting from Newark, covering the silver mementoes by Pedersen & Buckingham, the route via Trenton, and L. A. Clarke's appointment in place of Captain Freeman.
- Describes the Lynn Cycle Club's lantern parade and dance at Odd Fellows' Hall, with fancy riding by deaf-mute champion Prof. John Stout on a Star and a magic act by Prof. Skinner.
- Announces the second annual spring meet of the Maine Division, L. A. W., at Portland on May 30, with a parade, ferry crossing to Cape Elizabeth and an 8-mile run to the Ocean House.
- Reprinted from Wheeling, reports a new one-wheeled "Unicycle" safety said to stand alone at rest, soon to be placed with leading cycle makers.
- Reprinted from the Philadelphia Press, gives detailed route directions for Philadelphia clubs touring to the Baltimore League meet, via Wilmington and the route written by ex-Chief Consul Palmer.
- "Westfield's" Philadelphia letter covers Kirk Brown's gold medal for a hill-climbing contest among Philadelphia, Wilmington, Reading and Camden riders, John Wells climbing Ford's Hill six times, and the new Telford road to Media.
- "Bi.'s" New Orleans letter on the reform election, wheelman Bernard C. Shields elected to the Legislature, a promised "Liberty Bill," Prof. Alphonse King the water bicyclist crossing the Mississippi, and President Renaud's medal races.
- Troy notes on a Troy Bicycle Club run to Newtonville, treasurer John R. Mulliken's birthday gift, the death and funeral of Trojan Wheelmen member George Lobdell, and a reflection on League membership signed "Ornh Qua."
- Reprinted from the Pittsburg Bulletin, surveys booming cycle trade among Pittsburg dealers J. B. Kaercher (Star, New Mail, Ivel), J. W. Grove (Columbia, Gormully & Jeffery) and W. D. Banker (Overman, Springfield), totaling about $10,000 to May 1.
- "Cycle's" Philadelphia notes on Captain Supplee's collision near Ardmore, John Wells breaking the Ford Hill record with six ascents, Schwartz downing Halsted at Wilmington, and the proposed Telford road to Media.
- "Coaster's" Hudson County Wheelmen notes on a proposed Roseville-track race meet, a squib about John Curran and C. E. Kluge, a first moonlight run, and the corrected name of the club's "dark horse" Gubleman.
- A satirical reply to G. Lacy Hillier's attack in Land and Water, quoting and mocking "Pedal's" Bicycling World poem to Billy Rowe stanza by stanza after Rowe's defeat by Howell.
- Reprinted from the Pall Mall Gazette, recounts a French War Ministry experiment at Tours comparing horsemen, bicyclists and war hounds carrying dispatches, the dogs losing the longer race when they stopped to drink.
- Reports the Brooklyn clubs' committee securing reduced rates for carrying wheels on the Long Island Railroad, with 30-cent rates cut to 15 cents and 40-cent rates to 25 cents.
- The Association's Executive Committee arranges the inter-club road race, with five teams entered: Brooklyn B. C., Kings County Wheelmen, Elizabeth Wheelmen, Hudson County Wheelmen and New York B. C.
- Tabulates the split times at 5, 10, 15 and 20 miles for Schoefer, Waters, Borland, Todd and Spelman in the B. B. C. road race.
- Reports W. A. Rhodes making a quarter mile at the reservoir in 32 seconds on a 52-pound Springfield Roadster, and disputes The Wheel's claim that Berlo bested Rhodes.
- Reprinted from Bicycling News, a correspondent describes the novelty of an American Star bicycle on the Ripley Road, its standing mount and Kaufmann's parapet ride.
- Lists the Brookline Cycle Club's evening runs for the month (Chestnut Hill reservoir, Echo Bridge, the Newtons, Waltham) and its annual outing June 16-18 around Cape Ann via Gloucester.
- Racing and trade snippets: W. E. Crist's English debut at Whitsuntide, Temple and Knapp at Wolverhampton, Lumsden distancing Woodside at Edinburgh, the unrun third Howell-Rowe race, and the Hartford Wheel Club's fall tournament.
- Reprints a patent-infringement demand letter from Offield & Towle, attorneys for Gormully & Jeffery, citing the Smith, Duryea and Lillibridge letters-patent on ball bearings and saddles, contrasting Gormully & Jeffery's own counter-claims.