The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 1, No 14
Articles in this issue
- Editor F. P. Prial rebuts G. Lacy Hillier of the Bicycling News, who called W. A. Rowe's Springfield records fraudulent, and prints the official certificates and sworn statements from timers and judges (G. E. Robinson, E. C. Robinson, C. E. Whipple, Edward F. Pierce, Jason Rogers) attesting to Rowe's 1886 trials at Hampden Park.
- Correspondent 'H. E. B.' previews the East Hartford July 4th races, mostly for local riders, with a Light Champion prize from Gormully & Jeffery and a committee led by H. E. Bidwell.
- Correspondent 'Ragde' reports Robert Gerwing of the Denver Ramblers winning W. L. Van Horn's 25-mile road race from scratch in 1.30.40, claimed as an amateur road record, and the founding of the Rocky Mountain Cycling Club.
- Correspondent 'Psycho' details the District of Columbia Division's plans to entertain L.A.W. members visiting Washington on June 21, plus road-hog incidents (Harry De Forrest run into by a hack driver) and the arrival of the Clark Cycle Company.
- Report of the Decoration Day Irvington-Milburn road race where Kluge, Baggot and Bradley finished in that order, the Hudson County and Kings County Wheelmen tied at 38 points, and Pennell of the Elizabeths broke his jaw in a header.
- Arthur Lumsden won the Chicago-to-Pullman amateur road race on a 51-inch wheel in 54m. 47s. corrected time, while H. R. Winship made the day's best time of 53m. 20s., beating last year's record.
- William A. Rowe beat W. Wood, the North of England champion, by two feet at Jarrow on May 26 in 17m. 49.5s., but broke his collar bone in a fall after the race; includes a Lynn Bee interview with Mrs. Rowe.
- E. J. M. Verheeff of Yale won the New Haven Club's Decoration Day 5-mile road race in 23m. 35.5s., while scratch man H. C. Backus made the best actual time of 19m. 12s.; William M. Frisbie was referee.
- At the Queen's birthday races at Woodstock, Ontario on May 24, William Windle of Lynn beat C. E. Kluge and Fred Foster in the half-mile, mile and 5-mile scratch events, with W. A. Rhodes giving exhibition rides on a Springfield Roadster.
- The Rambler Club's Decoration Day races at Waltham, where Victor Kuhn beat A. H. Hales over 25 miles for a $50-a-side stake, and Bigelow and Porter were thrown and injured in the 12.5-mile event.
- Captain L. A. Clarke of the Mercury Wheel Club details the plan for the 92-mile New York to Philadelphia century run of June 16, listing the participating clubs, captains and the bugle-and-whistle signal code.
- Report that the Pittsburg Cycle and Athletic Club secured its charter and elected W. C. Coffin president, plus hill-climbing of Irwin's Hill by Seward Murray and notes on local trade and clubs.
- Correspondent 'Westfield' covers Philadelphia club doings: Louis Hill's silver cup for the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club, the new Mount Vernon Wheelmen, and members climbing Conshohocken and Ford's Hills.
- Correspondent 'L. B. G.' muses on rainy weather hampering riding and argues Minneapolis should host the next L.A.W. national meet, while reporting fair trade in Victor and Columbia Light Roadsters.
- Correspondent 'Cycle' reports Philadelphia notes including the 1888 annual tour route via Gettysburg, free wheel carriage on the B. & O. Railroad, and George Ralston organizing the first bicycle club in interior Brazil.
- A long news department opening with 'Independent's' account of the Brooklyn Bicycle Club's Decoration Day parade to Orange under Captain Spelman, followed by short race results and trade items from across the country.
- A technical essay by W. H. Wilson, one-mile amateur champion of Scotland, arguing the rear-driving safety is the best road mount and laying out a skeleton design, with a rebuttal contribution signed 'Scottish Cyclist' from Geo. Romanes.
- Howard A. Rich's detailed road guide describing a six-and-a-half-mile bicycle route from Harlem Bridge along the Southern Boulevard, with excursions to Fort Schuyler, West Farms, the rocking stone and the Lorillard woods.
- Gormully & Jeffery Mfg. Co. respond to a Pope (and Spalding) advertisement reviving the 'Pot and Kettle' patent-infringement letter, denying they intimidated dealers and disputing the significance of the Jeffery-Copeland interference ruling.
- Reprints an English expert's letter from The Cyclist (Joseph H. Hope) explaining that rusting nickel-plate on bicycles results from improper deposition, and that a heavy copper undercoat and careful bathing yield a durable finish.
- A reprint from The Cyclist reporting English cycle-makers are working overtime to fill export orders, with Humber & Co. turning out up to ninety machines a week and rear-driving safeties all the rage for home and export.