The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 2, No 11
Articles in this issue
- Editorial comment on Chairman Charles H. Luscomb's circular urging wheelmen to re-elect Governor Hill for signing the New York 'Liberty Bill,' plus a note relaying H. O. Duncan's Paris communication to the Cyclist arguing the Stanley show harms the trade.
- Full text of the circular from Charles H. Luscomb, Chairman of the L.A.W. National Committee of Rights and Privileges, calling on New York wheelmen to re-elect Governor Hill in recognition of his signing the Liberty Bill.
- Report of the Dallas Wheel Club's third annual tournament at the Texas State Fair, October 11-12, where A. C. Eidlebach of Flatonia won several events and took the State championship, with fancy riding honors to H. J. Blakeney.
- The Leavitt vs. Collins collision case is being appealed to the Rhode Island Supreme Court, with Chief Consul Davol and City Solicitor Van Slyck pressing for a formal ruling that a cycle is a vehicle.
- Club notes on the Riverside Wheelmen's run to Mount Vernon and White Plains accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Cossett and a planned West End Hall reception; followed by New York Bicycle Club notes including Nisbett's 25-pound 'Demon' wheel.
- An open letter from Henry E. Ducker of Buffalo challenging Senator W. J. Morgan to publish his alleged incriminating letters and defending the honesty of the Buffalo meet officials.
- List of velocipede and bicycle patents reported by C. A. Snow & Co., including Geo. J. Chapman, E. G. Latta and Gideon Haynes Jr.; followed by news that H. D. Corey has resigned from the Pope Manufacturing Company.
- Race fixtures column listing upcoming events including the Harvard College road race, tournaments at Columbus and Opelika, and receptions of the Wakefield and New Haven Bicycle Clubs.
- Report of the Berkeley Athletic Club's bicycle tournament at Berkeley Oval on Election Day, with W. Windle winning scratch events, a pile-up of twelve riders in the one-mile handicap, and the racing board territory assignments by Chairman Davol.
- J. V. L. Pierson of the Bloomfield (N.J.) Cyclers climbed Eagle Rock Hill twice in succession without dismounting on a 52-inch Light Champion ordinary, witnessed by Kings Co. and Manhattan wheelmen.
- The Sporting Life's 100-mile road race in Philadelphia on Election Day, won by Frank M. Dampman of Honeybrook over B. F. McDaniel of Wilmington by one second, both riding Victor light roadsters.
- W. F. Murphy of the Kings County Wheelmen set a Long Island month's road mileage record of 1,700 miles in October on a New Mail, overshadowing G. M. Nisbett's New York City record; the Banker brothers also lowered their tandem mile road record to 2m. 38s. at Pittsburg.
- The Kings County Wheelmen's 25-mile club handicap on the Irvington-Milburn course on Election Day, won on handicap by C. F. Murphy with fastest time by T. J. Hall Jr., followed by an evening theatre party at the Amphion.
- The Elizabeth Wheelmen's 10-mile road handicap on the Irvington-Milburn course on Election Day, won by F. C. Gilbert ahead of H. McNiece and L. B. Bonnett.
- Column of trade and club squibs: Alexander E. Hicks of Humber & Co. died of apoplexy, the Long Island Wheelmen voted to drop the League-membership clause, G. P. Mills set a 100-mile tricycle road record, and continued comment on the Rowe-Temple-Morgan swindle.
- English rider P. A. Nix covered 298 1/4 miles in twenty-four hours on a Geared Facile, beating Mills' record by three miles, with other riders Langridge, Tingey, Mitchell, Ilsley and Hunter.
- A retrospective review of the past English cycling season, covering the rise of the ladies' safety bicycle, lighter tricycles, the 'rational' ordinary, N.C.U. amateurism suspensions, and champion riders Mills, Holbein, Synyer and Osmond.
- A travel sketch ('At Stratford-on-Avon') by 'Traveler' describing cycling around Shakespeare's Stratford, Anne Hathaway's cottage at Shottery and out to Charlecote, including a comic episode outpacing a snobbish American millionaire's carriage team.