The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 2, No 19
Articles in this issue
- Report on the Maryland Bicycle Club's ten-mile Citizen's Cup road race at Baltimore, October 10, 1888, won by H. L. Kingsland riding a New Rapid Light Roadster over twenty starters.
- George M. Nisbett of the New York Bicycle Club rode 8,231 miles for the year on a Rudge, Light Champion and Demon safety, narrowly beating W. F. Murphy (8,140) and the previous record of A. B. Barkman; full monthly mileage tables given.
- A petition campaign by road men and horse owners to have the Park Commissioners widen and macadamize Jerome and Pelham Avenues into first-class drives.
- The Cyclist reports Whittaker, Oxborrow and Lee rode a mile in 2m. 18 1-5s. on a triplet on the Great North Road, December 18.
- Oxborrow, Lee and Whittaker rode a mile in 2m. 29s. on a Rudge Triplet on the North Road near London, December 14, beating path and road records for any cycle.
- Announcement of the A.A.U. testimonial indoor meeting at Madison Square Garden, January 19, 1889, including a two-mile bicycle handicap; entries close with Otto Ruhl.
- The defunct Massachusetts Bicycle Club's furnishings were sold under the hammer at its 152 Newbury Street, Boston club house on December 27, the Boston Art Club acquiring the property; fixtures fetched low prices.
- Account of the Brooklyn Bicycle Club's Christmas-stocking entertainment, with a card tournament won by F. L. Hebert, prize presentations, and H. E. Raymond's comic 'A Christmas Carol' poem about club members.
- Editorial musing on the unexplained malaise afflicting the strong but listless New York Bicycle Club, urging its officers and Entertainment Committee to act.
- The Harlem Wheelmen's New Year's reception at 124th Street and Sixth Avenue, organized by Mrs. Newcome and Miss Raisbeck, with guests from the Manhattan Bicycle and Acme Bowling clubs.
- George M. Nisbett and M. F. Pendleton rode a Columbia tandem tricycle through the mud to Tarrytown to claim the Franklin House proprietor's bottle of champagne offered to the first wheelman arriving New Year's morning; the framed bottle goes to the New York Club.
- Officers elected at the Long Island Wheelmen's annual meeting January 2, with Geo. W. Mabie chosen President over Chas. H. Luscomb.
- Karl Kron defends New Zealander W. H. Langdown, who sold copies of 'Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle' at Christchurch, against the paper's earlier sneer that he lived 'from hand to mouth.'
- The secret Thanksgiving marriage of Miss Sadie O'Neill of Lake Forest to Enoch M. Fredericks of Waukegan came to light only after Fredericks took a header from a bicycle in Chicago (from the Chicago Inter-Ocean).
- E. F. Rosenberg made fifteen round trips up Sand-Pipe Hill at Sixteenth Street and boundary in forty-one minutes without a dismount on a 46-inch Springfield Roadster, beating P. M. Harris's record.
- The New York B.C. and Harlem Wheelmen teams will meet at Mott Haven on January 4 for the first game of the official Bowling League schedule.
- A bill to be introduced by Senator James L. Miller giving county Boards of Chosen Freeholders power to designate and maintain 'county roads,' with City Attorney Bergen detailing the State's antiquated road laws (from the Elizabeth Daily Journal).
- George W. Burston and Henry R. Stokes of Melbourne set out November 1, 1888 on Australian-made bicycles for a round-the-world tour via Sydney, Calcutta, Egypt, Europe and the United States, reported by George R. Broadbent (from the Brunswick Reformer).
- The Universals of Brooklyn held their first monthly smoker, with zither, banjo, vocal and fancy-bicycle performances by Messrs. Huzer, Finn, Hennessy and others; a Vice-President election follows Mr. Isaacson's departure South.
- Preview of the Bay City Wheelmen's New Year's tournament at the baseball grounds and the club's newly elected officers, headed by President R. M. Thompson.
- Correspondent 'Stamson' of Stamford describes the mild snowless winter, local road-improvement efforts including macadam at Westport, and the slow conversion of ordinary-riding clubs to safeties.
- Fenton's column on Christmas Day riding in the Park, sober tricyclists versus 'scorchers,' Peoli's fancy mounts, Manhattan-New York club friction, and a proposed test for the title of cycling 'Vet.'
- Correspondent 'Vortex' relays Reading, Pa. club doings: the Bicycle Club Drum Corps's debut, pool-room antics, Geo. Eckert Jr.'s Star wrecked by a wheel-barrow, and a go-as-you-please walking match.
- Correspondent 'Kroywen' reports the rapidly growing Bridgeport Wheel Club (eighty-two members) and its lavishly decorated New Year's open house attended by 265 callers.
- The L.A.W. Executive Committee met at the New Marlborough December 27; unable to close the Bicycling World organship contract, it referred the matter to the National Assembly (February 18) and rebuked Chas. H. Luscomb for an unauthorized political circular.
- Detailed trade write-up of the 1889 Columbia line from the new catalogue: Light Roadster, Expert, Volunteer, Semi-Roadster, Light Roadster Safety, Tandem Safety and tricycles, with prices and specifications.
- Preview of the Stanley Show opening January 25, listing the exhibits planned by Rudge, Hillman Hubert & Cooper, Quadrant, Starley Brothers, St. George's, Bayliss Thomas, J. K. Starley and Humber, plus the new Bradford Cycle Co.
- Trade description of the rear-driving Eagle bicycle made by the Eagle Bicycle Mfg. Co. of Stamford, Conn., invented by L. B. Gaylor, emphasizing its hill-climbing, coasting, control and freedom from headers.
- Notes on the Springfield Bicycle Manufacturing Company's new tangent-spoke hollow-rim wheel for 1889 and further particulars of the $115 Volant clutch-driven safety.
- Critical review of the Referee Annual for Christmas 1888, a 32-page red-covered pamphlet judged a poorly arranged photo-gallery of sporting notables, its best cuts those of Col. A. A. Pope and Ed. Oliver.
- Correspondent 'A. B. C.' reports the Avonian Bicycle Club founded at Windsor, N.S. in April 1888, its officers, and captain C. J. Shand's two-year provincial championship.
- Column of brief club and trade items: Bay City Wheelmen's race meet, the New York Club paying members' entrance fees, P. A. Nix's 297-mile road record accepted, rumors of George M. Hendee leaving the Springfield company, and the Kings County Wheelmen's ladies' entertainment.
- Weekly gossip column noting Willie Windle's 35 wins in 37 races on a Columbia, G. C. Pennell taking the Columbia agency at Elizabeth, J. K. Starley's 'Lady's Rover,' the Brooklyn riders' New Year's race for Spencer's champagne bottle, and Louise Armaindo's challenge to Lottie Stanley.