The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 1, No 9
Articles in this issue
- Reprints Secretary Isaac B. Potter's circular soliciting members for the new association to improve New York's public roads, followed by editorial paragraphs urging wheelmen to enroll and noting the Bicycling World's pledge to co-operate.
- At Jarrow, England, William A. Rowe lost a 20-mile race for 175 pounds to W. Wood of North Shields before 5,000 spectators, Wood crossing the tape a foot ahead in 1h 6m 40 1-5s.
- About sixty riders gathered at the Elmira Y.M.C.A. rooms for a toast programme led by Rev. A. W. Spooner, with speeches by Thomas K. Beecher, Prof. N. A. Miller and M. F. Mayer.
- Notes a probable Washington-to-Mt. Vernon road, then prints the Committee on Meets circular calling a Massachusetts Division, L.A.W. spring meet at Copley Square on Decoration Day, May 30.
- A column of brief notes including James Purvis Bruce ('Gentleman John') returning to America, the L.A.W. 1888 tour leaving Philadelphia June 11, the New York Club breaking ground for a new clubhouse on West End Avenue, and the Woodstock (Ontario) Amateur Athletic Association's prize list.
- Results of the Bessemer, Ala., Athletic Association meeting of April 12, with George Blum winning the half-mile and one-mile bicycle races and P. Boggin the two-mile.
- At a professional meet at Wolverhampton (April 2-4), W. Wood won the mile championship final with R. H. English second and R. Howell fourth; Howell's claim of being shut out was disallowed.
- A Paris correspondent describes a four-wheeled velocipede built for the Engineer Corps, trialed at Pantin and reaching twenty-five miles an hour on rails.
- Reports the Surrey race fixture where F. J. Osmond won the mile handicap from scratch in 3m 24s and F. P. Wood took the ten-mile scratch event over H. Synyer and E. M. Mayes.
- Chancellor Goschen told Parliament on Budget night that cycles would not come under the new carriage and cart tax, expressing the Government's pleasure at young men getting fresh air; reprinted from Wheeling.
- Correspondent 'Psycho' reports the Capital Bicycle Club's entertainment at the National Rifles Armory, the growing use of rear-driving safeties and the new Ladies' Bicycle in Washington, the Ladies' Cycle Club's growth, and Chief Consul Atwater boosting L.A.W. membership.
- A Troy correspondent recalls the Trojan Wheelmen's rowdy 1885 League meet trip to Buffalo in a special car, naming members such as Captain Torrance, President Betts, Will Gardner and Fred. P. Edmans, and praises the League's value to touring members.
- Correspondent 'Keystone' notes rainy weather, the Cyclers' and Keystones' mileage-medal contests with leaders Taggert, Lenz and A. C. Banker, and Victor C. Place and Seward H. Murray ordering an Ivel tandem safety.
- Prints the Brooklyn Bicycle Club's circular announcing record medals and a season race programme under Captain Howard Spelman, plus notes on the Brooklyn Ladies' Tricycle Club and the K.C.W.'s seventh annual dinner at Dilliard's, with the full menu and speeches.
- The New Haven Bicycle Club moved into new quarters in the Todd Block and planned a 'smoker' for Founder's Day; Yale men Weare and Skelding are training for the intercollegiate championship at Mott Haven.
- A Philadelphia correspondent reports Captain Burt's header near Ardmore, the Pennsylvania Club's run escorting Wilmington wheelmen to Norristown, and Strong & Green securing the Marlborough Tandem and Swift Safety agency.
- Correspondent 'Coaster' reports Hudson County Wheelmen runs, Frank Eveland climbing Columbia Heights Hill on a Springfield Roadster, a bowling challenge to the Harlem Wheelmen, and a planned three-lap track at Bergen Point.
- Correspondent 'Cyclometer' laments William A. Rowe's defeats abroad alongside John L. Sullivan's, urges support for the Massachusetts Division spring meet, decries the mud of Adams Street in Dorchester, and praises combining photography with cycling.
- Correspondent 'L. B. G.' reports the Minneapolis Club becoming an L.A.W. club, the Mercury Club's first meeting, and Mr. Leland's mishap trialing the Victor Safety at his store.
- Notes culled from the Oregon Sittings: Ray Hutchins switching from a Star to a Victor, J. L. Stout offering to build a cycle track at Ilwaco, and Portland cyclists planning a quarter-mile cinder track.
- Correspondent 'Art' describes day runs from Stamford through Port Chester, White Plains and the surrounding towns, lamenting the sandy, hilly roads of New England and the need for road improvement.
- A pair of comic verses (signed 'Pedals,' from the Bicycling World) on the nation's hopes for Billy Rowe before his race with Dick Howell and its disappointed aftermath.
- Reports Arthur H. Mac Owen's illustrated lecture at Association Hall, Philadelphia, on a tour of the Isle of Wight made with H. L. Roberts, describing views of Osborne House, Carisbrooke Castle and The Needles.
- Describes the Achilles ordinary bicycle, whose hinged back fork and handle-bar barrel let the rider instantly give the machine up to six or seven inches of rake for safe descents; reprinted from Invention, with a note on Sterling Elliott's tricycle, quadricycle and safety.
- Announces Manager Ducker's tournament at the Buffalo International Fair grounds, September 4 to 8, with a new half-mile bicycle track to rival Springfield's.
- Reprints a Utica Herald editorial offering points for highway commissioners on properly building and maintaining country roads as a sound investment.
- Correspondent 'Art' recounts the food experiences of an American cycling tourist in England, describing baker's bread, fresh unsalted butter, cheese and coffee houses.
- A letter to the editor urging that New York City Star riders, perhaps in Harlem, organize a club exclusively for Star wheelmen as has been done in other cities.
- Reprints a Boonville, Mo., dispatch on farmers and businessmen co-operating to build rock roads, followed by an editorial from the Knox County Independent urging similar action and good-roads legislation.
- Reprints a Land and Water editorial dismissing English military cycling manoeuvres at Easter, describing Colonel Savile's volunteer cyclists struggling over the Hog's Back and concluding cycles are useless for warfare except carrying despatches in fine weather.
- A Minneapolis sketch of S. F. Heath's bicycle business, his long career as Chief Consul, his move to Nicollet Avenue, and assistants Geo. H. Bartlett and E. J. Hale.
- A letter signed Joshua Reynolds defending nickel-plated finishes over enamel based on eight seasons and thousands of miles of riding Columbia and other wheels away from salt water.
- Trade items including Colonel Pope's visit, demand for the Pedal Cyclometer, Pope Mfg. Co. sales 300 wheels ahead of last year, Von Derlinden & Roberts' new Poughkeepsie depot, and Wappingers Falls wheelmen buying thirteen Columbia Light Roadsters; followed by 'Nickel Plating for Bicycles.'
- Correspondent 'Ragde' describes the parade for the Pan Handle Route opening with about 150 decorated wheels, Rover Safeties fitted with child seats, high cyclometer mileages, and a planned road race on the 29th.