The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 1, No 25
Articles in this issue
- Lead editorial arguing that the L.A.W. constitution adopted at Baltimore is a hoax and dangerous instrument, citing dissatisfaction among Brooklyn B.C., Long Island Wheelmen and Kings County Wheelmen against 'ringocracy.'
- Letter from Dr. William H. Emery of Dorchester, Mass., defending the new constitution point by point and accusing The Wheel of misrepresentation in its August 3 attack.
- The editor's lengthy paragraph-by-paragraph rebuttal of Emery, reaffirming eighteen-plus charges that the constitution is impotent, chaotic and disenfranchises members, and recounting the Baltimore vote of 891 to 271.
- Letter signed 'L. A. W. Representative' rebuking the L.A.W. Bulletin's editor for calling the criticisms 'untimely' and arguing fourteen States are disfranchised by the constitution.
- Reprint and commentary alleging the constitution was dashed off in one night by its chairman, and that President Kirkpatrick's 'gang' forced delegates at Baltimore to swallow it whole.
- Letter from A. E. Mergenthaler, L.A.W. Representative of Fostoria, Ohio, describing how the Ohio division replaced the mail vote with a proxy system and timed its annual meet between July 15 and August 15.
- Letter from H. Greenman protesting that New York Division ballots reached Brooklyn men just two days before the voting deadline, leaving Brooklyn B.C., Kings County and Long Island Wheelmen no time to investigate candidates.
- Chicago correspondent 'Verax' reports on the Illinois, Chicago, Fort Dearborn and Lincoln clubs, Charlie Seig's resignation as Fort Dearborn captain to push the Springfield Roadster, and the Lincolns' new La Salle Avenue clubhouse.
- Philadelphia correspondent 'Westfield' on State Fair Grounds races, riders Sam Crawford, Bailey and Crist, the Century and Pennsylvania club tours, and the Germantown Club's impending disbandment.
- Reports the San Francisco Bicycle Club's September 10 field day at Oakland, the Calfornia Division's elaborate Fourth of July race programme, and a joint run of the San Francisco and Outing clubs to Haywards.
- 'The Stroller' on a new Paterson club, D. B. Bassett's recovery after his Eagle Rock injury, Oraton Hall novices under Ed Collins, and a Newark wheelman dumped into a ditch by an express wagon.
- 'Be Be' reports Ed Wallace selling thirty-three Champions in Ypsilanti, Robt. M. Rubson's eighty-mile ride on a nine-year-old Standard Columbia (No. 346), and praise for The Wheel's Detroit circulation.
- 'Coaster' on Hudson County Wheelmen W. E. Eldridge nearing 3,000 miles and J. E. Day, whose comic 'Daisy Cow Faucet Co.' and 'automatic milk shake' inventions are recounted at length.
- William M. Leavitt of Providence, R.I., has had expressman Patrick Collins arrested for running into his bicycle on Broad Street, to be made a test case on the rights of cycles in the public highways.
- Fixtures calendar and the full four-day programme of the Buffalo Grand International Tournament (September 4-8), plus reports of the Hartford and Brownsville meets and Howell winning the 20-mile world championship at Leicester.
- Detailed account of R. G. Betts, captain of the Louisiana Cycling Club of New Orleans, riding 226 1/2 miles in twenty-four hours on an American Champion, paced by Renaud, Graham, the Peales and others.
- Reprinted Boston Herald editorial drawing on Roman roads and New England towns to argue that well-built highways increase a locality's trade and attractiveness.
- Letter from Geo. H. Short of the Hudson County Wheelmen describing a thirty-one-mile ride from Montclair to Greenwood Lake and recommending the Lakeside hotel.
- Paragraph news budget: the new Louisville Cycle Club, W. F. Murphy's K.C.W. mileage, the Hyde Park and Providence-Cambridge runs, criticism of Binghamton's female racing and of L. A. Howell's letter, and the Wells 'bogus telegram' affair.
- Albert Mott, Maryland Chief Consul and entertainment chairman, explains the Baltimore smoker and the Bay Ridge supper, defending President Kirkpatrick and detailing the $50 he docked the caterer.
- Karl Kron reports mailing 250 copies of 'Newspaper Notices of X.M. Miles' at a cost of about $500, and recounts his missed ride with Thomas Stevens toward Tarrytown.
- The Eastern Road Club votes to hold its road race Sunday, September 23, through the Newtons to the reservoir, for a silver cup held by the Chelsea Club, with Pillsbury, Forbes and Perkins arranging the course.
- Trade write-up of the Warwick Cycle Manufacturing Company's spring-bearing frame, said to overcome vibration in the ordinary bicycle, with wheels promised on the market in a few weeks.
- Letter by A. W. Doery reprinted from The Cyclist describing the condition of roads from the Holyhead road through Rhayader, Barmouth, Beddgelert and Llangollen, recommending the White Horse Hotel at Machynlleth.