The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 1, No 18
Articles in this issue
- Editor F. P. Prial comments on Louisiana's Liberty Bill (sourced from The Wheel), the Inter-club R.R.A.'s 'nonsensical' tie run-off ruling for the Hudson County and Kings County Wheelmen, the L.A.W. executive's failure to introduce President Cleveland at Washington, and a growing parade craze.
- From New Orleans, the Liberty Bill (modeled on New York's) is calendared as House Bill No. 283 and referred to Judiciary; Chief Consul Hodgson plans to present Governor Nicholls a gold penpoint at the signing.
- Henry E. Ducker, the Buffalo Bicycle Club and the New York State Division will run a grand September 4-8 tournament at Buffalo; the thirty-race programme (professional and amateur) is printed in full.
- At Coventry on June 13 A. P. Engleheart on a Brookes safety set new safety records for the half, three-quarter and mile, E. Oxborrow on a Rudge bicyclette took six-to-ten-mile figures, and J. H. King made a tricycle hour record of 20 miles 480 yards; S. F. Edge added 21-25 mile tricycle records on June 18.
- About 2,000 watched the K.C.W.'s seventh annual meet at the Brooklyn Athletic Association grounds on June 23, the 3-mile L.A.W. State championship won by G. W. Kreger over Schoefer and Wilson, with wins also by Wise, R. L. Jones, F. F. Storm and the Long Island Wheelmen relay team.
- The Rhode Island Wheelmen's annual races at Roger Williams Park on June 21 saw O. H. Weld take the half-mile tricycle, E. R. Phillips the half-mile Rover, and George Hutchins the club championship cup over B. T. Bruce.
- Racing notes on the New Jersey Athletic Club's July 4 opening at Bergen Point, July 4 race programmes at Chelsea and on Lynn Common, Osmond's handicap riding at Crystal Palace, Fred Wood's 25-mile championship win at Leicester, and P. J. Kilkelly's six firsts at the Dublin University meet.
- The paper boasts that comparing the June 15 issues, The Wheel printed 28 pages and 33,467 words against the Bicycling World's 20 pages and 14,861 words, claiming nearly 150 per cent more reading matter.
- A described day's run from East Stroudsburg, Pa., via Dingman's Ferry to Port Jervis, N.Y., along the Delaware River and through the Water Gap, with hotel and fare details totaling $7.53; recently ridden by Barkman and Mead of the Brooklyn Club.
- A visit to the Smith Cycle Company's Washington factory (run by inventor Mr. Smith and two brothers), describing their rear-driving Rover-type ladies' bicycle, combination machine, tandem safety and tricycle.
- Captain F. A. Eldred's illuminated parade of the Springfield Bicycle Club drew about 230-249 wheels Friday night, including 26 Overman Wheel Club riders from Chicopee Falls, ending with refreshments and entertainment at the club rooms.
- A letter from wheelman Herb D. Gilkey of Alamo, Ind., describing his climb of Bluff Mills Hill on a 48-inch Special Star and the Sugar Creek hills of Montgomery County.
- Washington correspondence (signed 'Psycho') on the D.C. division entertaining League visitors before and after the Baltimore meet, including the Thursday tour of the Treasury, Capitol and a reception by President Cleveland in the White House East Room.
- Philadelphia correspondence (signed 'Pennsy' and 'Westfield') on the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club's 34-man turnout at the Baltimore meet, Ford's Hill climbs, club happenings, and a dispute over President Kirkpatrick's reserved table.
- 'The Stroller's' New Jersey column on Newark road and pavement improvements, the Orange Athletic Club's first meet at Roseville won by H. A. Wolcot, Eagle Rock record-making, and speculation on the next chief consul (Dr. Cooley).
- Brooklyn notes on the Brooklyn Bicycle Club's June 30 day parade, the successful K.C.W. parade and race meet, and L. A. Clarke's account (Mercury Wheel Club) of the New York-to-Philadelphia century run with Fuller, Warner and Douglass among the finishers.
- Gossip column with Pittsburg ('Keystone') and Minneapolis correspondence (the Youmans-Willson cycling marriage) plus short items on Whittaker, Rowe at Buffalo, Dr. N. P. Tyler's resignation as handicapper, and the N.J.A.C. Fourth of July races.
- A detailed description (via the Springfield Union) of the new Warwick Cycle Company machine introduced by George T. Warwick of Thomas Warwick & Son, covering its angled handle grips, plunger brake, sprung saddle, Perfection backbone, non-slip cord-molded tire, and dust-proof bearings.
- From The Cyclist, correspondent Charles Silcock argues that pure aluminium, though two-thirds lighter than steel but only a third as strong and costing 48s. per lb., is impractical for cycle construction, with a comparative table of aluminium and steel properties.
- A reflective 'Art' essay on the pleasures of riding through apple-blossom-lined Connecticut highways amid birdsong and early summer scenery.
- An essay (quoting poet John Armstrong and citing Dr. Richardson's Good Words articles) advising beginners and ladies to ride at a steady pace and avoid spurts, since cycling is the best all-around exercise for health.
- A review (quoting a New York Tribune critic) of the Pennells' London-to-Rome cycling travel book, judging its broad margins and Stevenson-influenced narrative tiresome but its illustrations abundant.
- S. G. Whittaker on a Premier safety attempted a five-mile record at the Bordeaux Veloce Club track on June 3 (finishing in 14m. 29s. after a fall) and on June 4 won the international safety race, defeating Lost, Beconand and others.
- On the Rev. Robert Sinker's memorial volume of racer and Cambridge Arabic professor Hon. Ion Keith-Falconer, with extracts from his letters on training, his victory over Keen, the value of cycle racing, and his Land's End to John o'Groat's ride.
- The New Jersey Athletic Club at Bergen Point plans a July 4 carnival (regatta, bicycle races, and a ball match against the Highland A.C.) with monthly race tournaments to follow if successful.
- English amateur mile champion H. Synyer advises racing men to sit still in the saddle, guide the machine with the body rather than the handles, and perfect their style in practice.