The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 1, No 21
Articles in this issue
- Editorial celebrating that G. Lacy Hillier, editor of the Bicycling News, has withdrawn his objections and accepted William A. Rowe's American speed records after The Wheel collected officials' affidavits from his Springfield trials.
- Editorial criticising the New York Y.M.C.A. for barring members of its Ninth Avenue wheel annex from riding on Sundays, urging the association to repeal the prohibitive by-law.
- Louis Hill and John Fuller cut the ten-mile Lancaster Pike record to 30m. 44 2-5s. on an Ivel tandem bicycle, while John A. Wells on a racing Quadrant tricycle beat the world's amateur road record at 36m. 33 2-5s.
- A Fort Wayne court fines teamster Louis Schroeder for deliberately running his horses into cyclist A. W. Jaxtheimer, a victory for local wheelmen's road rights.
- The Wheel rebuts the Pittsburg Bulletin's cycling correspondent, who attacked L.A.W. secretary-editor Bassett and alleged dishonesty in the Baltimore meet lottery scheme.
- Reprinted from the Boston Herald, an account of Boston-area club runs to Marblehead, Nantasket and elsewhere by the Hyde Park, Brookline, Charlestown Rovers, Somerville, Cambridge and Roxbury clubs.
- Detailed report of the Pacific Coast Division L.A.W.'s third annual meet at Stockton on July 4, where Frank Elwell of the Bay City Wheelmen beat Davis for the state and national championships and several Coast records fell.
- A second San Francisco correspondent's account of the same Stockton meet, recounting the parade led by Chief Consul R. M. Welch and Elwell's narrow championship wins over Davis and Wing.
- Report of the fifth annual Indiana Division L.A.W. tour from Indianapolis to Louisville, organised by Chief Consul J. Fred Probst and Captain George P. Davis, with notes on the riders, machines and route.
- Full programme for the Massachusetts Division L.A.W. meet at Cottage City, August 2-4, including clambakes, parades, races around Ocean Park and excursions arranged by the Martha's Vineyard Club.
- Geo. W. Nellis, Jr. of Herkimer answers a query from L.A.W. No. 1614, detailing a road route from Chicago via Valparaiso, South Bend and Michigan towns to Detroit, with an alternative tour through Canada.
- Announcement that the Bicycling World's 100-mile road championship will run from Erie, Pa. to Buffalo, N.Y., managed by Mr. Ducker and open to amateurs and professionals alike.
- Tabulated April-June mileage records of fifteen Williamsport Wheel Club members competing for mileage and century-run badges, led by H. C. Wheeler with 1,540 miles.
- J. Harry Shurman of Lynn, Mass. breaks the Corey Hill record by riding the ascent ten consecutive times in 1h. 15m. 16 2-5s., beating his own previous best.
- "Keystone" correspondent's notes on Pittsburg cycling, including the new Athletic Club track, riders on Forbes Avenue, and J. B. Kaercher's diamond medal offer for climbing Murder Lane Hill.
- "Cycle" reports Philadelphia club news, including Century Wheelmen and Pennsylvania Club tours, South End Wheelmen elections, and Mr. Leaman's accident with a horse during the regatta.
- "Verax" surveys Illinois League politics ahead of the chief consul election, with G. & J. litigation and rival tickets backed by Springfield men and the Illinois Cyclers' captain Will Davis.
- "Terrapin" reports the Cape May bicycle races, condemning Lewis A. Howell and Young for repeated cowardly fouling of Harlem's Irving Halsted, who nonetheless won several events.
- Account of the Leavenworth County Wheelmen's third annual Fourth of July entertainment, with a parade of nearly 150 cyclists and races at the Soldiers' Home won by local flyer Ned Jewett and Hatch of St. Joseph.
- Announcement and full two-day programme of the revived Hartford Wheel Club tournament at Charter Oak Park, with $2,500 in purses and a one-mile professional championship of America.
- Weekly column of short cycling items, including the Bicycling News accepting Rowe's records, Manhattan Club anniversary plans, the Cape May fouling, and a Northampton field day.
- Notes that the Springfield Bicycle Club has organised an orchestra under Capt. Eldred and plans inter-club road-riding contests, plus a retraction defending N. H. Van Sicklen's conduct at the Baltimore meet.
- "Cap" reports a Washington Cycle Club steamer outing to Cambridge and Oxford on the Eastern Shore, D.C. Division constitutional changes, and Capital Bicycle Club consideration of lady membership.
- Lists the newly appointed L.A.W. national committees on membership, rights and privileges, rules, highways, racing and transportation, with each member's name and address.
- Illustrated biography of pioneer Brooklyn wheelman Charles Schwalbach, a founder of the Kings County Wheelmen who built up a cycle business at Prospect Park and wrote as "The Tattler" and "Gossiper."
- List of forthcoming meets and races, including the Ohio Division meet at Toledo, races at Pittsburg and Lynn, and the Grand International Tournament at Buffalo in September.
- Description of the diamond-and-gold Pullman Road Race medal designed by Pedersen & Buckingham, with a letter of thanks from Pope Mfg. Co. manager R. D. Garden.
- Trade paragraphs noting Merwin, Hulbert & Co.'s Gormully & Jeffery wheels, the death of Philadelphia cyclist Samuel M. Gideon, and demand for Ivel tandems from Wm. Read & Sons.
- Report of the inter-club tie race run off over the Irvington-Milburn course, won for the individual by Harry Hall's late spurt over Kluge, giving Kings County the team victory 23 to 12.
- Reports the English one-mile amateur tricycle championship at Halifax won by S. F. Edge in 3m. 14s., criticising the N.C.U.'s one-man track, plus a note on Ralph Temple's serious fall at Amsterdam.
- A correspondent's Easter touring letter describing cycle runs from Paris to Versailles, Vincennes and Nogent on a Raleigh safety, with advice on avoiding the unridable pave.
- Reprinted from the Wilkesbarre Evening Leader, an account of the Wilkesbarre Bicycle Club opening its new quarters with a musicale by Oppenheim's orchestra and a banquet attended by some 200 guests.
- Messrs. Elliott and Jefferis of the Wilmington Wheel Club ride a century between Wilmington and Philadelphia via West Chester, both climbing Point Lookout Hill on Victor Light Roadsters.
- Reprinted from The Cyclist, the story of promoter G. Cattell decamping with the gate money from a Grantham race meeting, only to be chased down on bicycles by Fred Bone and three others and handed to police.