The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 2, No 10
Articles in this issue
- A letter from Chief Consul George S. Atwater of the D.C. Division, L.A.W., describing a thief calling himself Crocker (alias Mackie) who stole W. G. Kent's Psycho safety and other valuables from the Washington Cycle Club, with a physical description for wheelmen to watch for.
- Correspondence and reports from cycling centres, opening with a San Francisco letter on the California Inter-Club Road Racing Association's final ten-mile race won by W. C. Hammer of the Bay City Wheelmen, plus an Elizabeth Wheelmen letter crediting the Hudson County Wheelmen with the theatre-party idea and English fifty-mile tandem and tricycle road records by Albone, Tingey and Glover on Ivel machines.
- Chicago correspondent 'Verax' reports the merger of the Fort Dearborns (formerly the Owls) and the Chicagos into the new Chicago Cycling Club, the AEolus Cycling Club's reception, and 24-hour records by Frank Riggs (241 miles) and Johnny Mason (277 miles) of the Illinois Cyclers.
- Correspondent 'H. G.' covers a fraternal visit between the Long Island Wheelmen and the Brooklyns, and debates whether the Inter-Club road-racing Association should disband, postpone, or reorganise given the Kings County Wheelmen's repeated cup wins.
- Report of a New Orleans L.A.W. Division meeting where a 'peppery' member sparred over reports and a fifteen-dollar contribution to the parent League, with Chief Consul Hodgson praising the Racing Board and a planned Mardi Gras lantern parade.
- Notes on the Universals' first annual ten-mile club handicap road race on the Milburn course on Election Day, room renovations for a planned 'smoker,' and items on Vice-President 'Pop,' Captain Finn and Lieutenant Fred.
- Philadelphia correspondent 'Westfield' describes a muddy ten-mile road race between W. Chas. Furnelton (Victor safety) and Harry Mayer (Veloce), won by Furnelton in 39m. 20s., plus South End Wheelmen's new badge and road race won by E. G. Kolb.
- Reprints an editorial from the Crosby County News of Estacado, Texas, arguing that Texas cow ranches could save money by replacing fence-riding horses with bicycles, plus a note rejecting 'Senator' Morgan's offer to publish damaging private letters from Mr. Ducker.
- Race department listing fixtures (including the Berkeley Athletic Club tournament at Morris Dock on Election Day) and detailing entries for the Berkeley tournament, naming riders such as W. W. Windle, R. H. Davis and E. I. Halsted.
- Two-day race summary from the Southern Exposition at Richmond, Va. (Oct. 29-30), with wins by H. G. Crocker (professional), A. A. O'Neill of Norfolk and W. G. Long of Richmond, plus Albone and Glover's Ivel tandem safety twenty-mile track records.
- S. G. Whittaker covers 20 miles 1,450 yards in the hour at Coventry on October 15, taking safety records at 26, 27 and 28 miles before stopping at 30 miles with cramp; includes a note that Mr. Ducker has assured a Buffalo tournament for 1889.
- Weekly miscellany: Rowe and Temple quitting professional racing, W. F. Murphy's record 1,725 October miles for the Kings County Wheelmen, the Manhattan and Kings County Wheelmen's Election Day plans, and Karl Kron's promotion of 'Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle.'
- A touring narrative by 'Traveler' recommending the ride from Liverpool into the Welsh Mountains as far as Llangollen, passing Chester, Gladstone's home at Hawarden and the Duke of Westminster's Eaton Hall.
- The editor publishes and rebuts a hostile letter from referee Howard P. Merrill of the Springfield Union over Merrill's Rowe-versus-Temple fouling decision and his conduct toward the press at the Buffalo tournament.
- A correspondent signing 'A. B. K.' in Bicycling News argues the ordinary is the safest and most pleasurable machine, criticising the rational bicycle and condemning riders who ride at night without a light.
- An essay from Wheeling dismissing the question 'Are Safeties a Failure?' as absurd, conceding the safety suits older and nervous riders while maintaining many young men would be better mounted on the ordinary; accompanied by Dick Howell's racing song 'Aura.'
- A sketch and portrait (from Bicycling News) of seventeen-year-old English record-breaker Herbert Laurie, who beat world's safety records from two to twenty-one miles on a Beeston Humber safety and aims to lower the mile safety record to 2m. 30s.