Vol 2, No 16

Articles in this issue

• Cyclists' Union of Long Island (opens in a new tab)

  Notice of the C. U. of L. I.'s annual meeting and accompanying musical and literary entertainment on December 17 at the Y. M. C. A. Hall, Brooklyn, signed by secretary L. H. Wise.
• Harvard-Tech. Road Race (opens in a new tab)

  Harvard beat Technology 31 to 24 points in a nine-mile college road race from Watertown through the Newtons, with Greenleaf (Harvard) first and Norton (Technology) second.
• The Team Road Racing Association Voted Out (opens in a new tab)

  Report of the meeting at the Harlem Wheelmen's club house that disbanded the New York and New Jersey Team Road Racing Association, awarding the Citizens' cup to Kings County Wheelmen, with a history of its five Irvington-Millburn contests.
• Chicago Tournament, 1889 (opens in a new tab)

  S. A. Miles of The Referee is arranging to rent the Chicago Exposition Building for a six-day race and cycle exhibition the first week of May 1889.
• News From Cycling Centres (opens in a new tab)

  Correspondence columns from Chicago ("Verax" backing George A. Jessup for L.A.W. President), Reading ("Vortex" on club home-trainer racing and a stolen-wheel case), and Memphis on the third ten-mile handicap race won by J. T. Willins.
• San Francisco (opens in a new tab)

  California correspondent reports the Bay City Wheelmen's "Ladies' Night" and the Oakleaf Wheelmen's rained-out Stockton races, with wins by Crocker of Sacramento, Davis and Hodgkins.
• Memphis (opens in a new tab)

  "Scherer" explains the Memphis Road and Track Association's leather-medal series of ten-mile handicap road races and the city's street-paving debate over fire-brick.
• Bridgeport (opens in a new tab)

  "Kroywen" on the Rambling Wheelmen's mileage gold medals, Frank Dudgeon's five-ton steam carriage banned by town authorities, and the newly consolidated Bridgeport Wheel Club of seventy-five members.
• Fixtures (opens in a new tab)

  List of upcoming cycling events and races from December 15 through the A. A. U. games of January 19, 1889, including the Twelfth Regiment and Manhattan Bicycle Club fixtures.
• The Case Decided in Favor of the Cyclist (opens in a new tab)

  Rhode Island court opinion in State (B. H. Child) vs. Patrick H. Collins holds a bicycle to be a carriage or vehicle under the law of the road, benefiting cyclist Leavitt who was run down by Collins.
• World's Record for California (opens in a new tab)

  Humorous "Stamson of Stamford" anecdote about a ruralist mistaking a Star rider coasting backwards down Hubbard's Hill near cycler Jerman's store.
• Stevens' Lecture (opens in a new tab)

  Review of Thomas Stevens' illustrated stereopticon lecture "Around the World on a Bicycle" at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church.
• The Charlestown Rovers (opens in a new tab)

  Profile of the twenty-five-member, safety-riding Rovers of Charlestown under Captain Arthur W. Robinson, listing their season's runs and entertainments.
• Amateur Athletic Union Games (opens in a new tab)

  Programme for the A. A. U.'s first testimonial in-door meeting at Madison Square Garden on January 19, 1889, including a two-mile bicycle handicap, entries with Otto Ruhl.
• Wheelmen's Bowling League Schedule (opens in a new tab)

  Full January-March schedule of the Wheelmen's Bowling League games among Harlem, New York, Kings, Hudson County and Atlanta clubs.
• Jack Lee Makes Some Road Records (opens in a new tab)

  Jack Lee, training on the Great North Road, beat Harry Priest's mile road record at Buckden on a Rudge tricycle (2m. 33s.) and rode five miles in 14m. 9s.
• Cycling on the Pacific Coast (opens in a new tab)

  Illustrated feature on the growth of cycling in California from imported velocipedes of the 1860s, profiling the Bay City Wheelmen and members including Robert M. Welch, Edwin Mohrig, W. M. Meeker, F. D. Elwell and J. J. Bliss.
• George A. Jessup (opens in a new tab)

  Portrait and notice of George A. Jessup, Chief Consul of Pennsylvania, presented as a prominent candidate for the L.A.W. Presidency.
• Exercise for Ladies (opens in a new tab)

  Reprinted Irish Cycling and Athletic News essay advocating cycling and tricycling for women and children as healthful outdoor exercise.
• An Advertisement Crying From the Wilderness (opens in a new tab)

  Reprints Thomas Stevens' passage from "From Teheran to Yokohama" describing a Persian Eliante resembling Karl Kron ("K. K."), publisher of "Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle."
• Wheel Gossip (opens in a new tab)

  Column of brief items including Henry Fol's coming English season, W. F. Murphy's 8,026 miles, the Twelfth Regiment handicap entries, and the Coventry Machinists' ladies' safety.
• Emory's Tribute to Hayes (opens in a new tab)

  William H. Emory's notice assuming the duties of Chief Consul on the resignation of H. W. Hayes, with tribute to Hayes and appointment of Arthur W. Robinson as Vice-Consul.
• An Improved Home Trainer (opens in a new tab)

  Description of J. R. Hamilton's (Hutchins & Hamilton) home-trainer arrangement linking machines to a recording dial for competitive racing, quoted from Wheeling.
• Racing on the Continent (opens in a new tab)

  Notes on the three Dutch race tracks at Nymegen, Amsterdam and The Hague, plus Washington and Baltimore club courtesies and a Capital Bicycle Club minstrel show.
• On French Paths (opens in a new tab)

  La Revue du Sport Velocipedique's tally of French racing men's 1888 winnings, including Cherear, Charles Terront, H. Fol and Cottereau.