The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 2, No 3
Articles in this issue
- Completes the rain-delayed report of the Buffalo meet races, with summaries of the Tuesday and Monday events including Crocker, Rowe, Knapp and Windle, plus the full roster of officers (Director Henry E. Ducker, Referee Howard P. Merrill, Starter George M. Hendee).
- The Wheel boasts that its special Buffalo edition was the largest American cycling newspaper ever published and that only its representative counted every wheel in the great parade.
- Describes the cycle exhibition at the Buffalo exposition, detailing the stands of Pope, Overman, Coventry Machinists', Gormully & Jeffery, Springfield Bicycle, Singer, William Read & Sons and Warwick Cycle.
- Disputes the referee's decision in the second heat of the professional championship that Ralph Temple deliberately fouled W. A. Rowe (with $1,000 at stake), arguing the foul was not intentional and a grave injustice was done Temple.
- A humorous narrative of a club run from Buffalo to Niagara Falls featuring the Misses Rumel, the Duckers, the accident-prone 'Colonel,' Captain Smith and 'Charlie' Sheehan's bugle, ending with a near-fatal tumble over the ridge rescued by Dr. Johnson.
- Reports J. H. Adams's attempt on the 100-mile record at the Crystal Palace track on August 22, with H. H. Griffin timing; Adams cut numerous world amateur records up to 63 miles before heavy winds beat him.
- Results of the August 30 Rochester events, with W. E. McCune and J. F. Midgley taking the scratch and handicap wins.
- Signed 'Jonah,' notes on rain-postponed N.J.A.C. heats at Bergen Point, E. Irving Halsted's warming-up spin, and upcoming Plainfield and New Jersey Division fall races.
- A column of short trade and racing items including Frank M. Dampman's 100-mile road race win, Herbert Synyer's Lincoln challenge cup, the North Road Club's all-day ride, and John A. Wells settling the 'bogus telegram' libel.
- Further gossip squibs covering Col. A. A. Pope's return on the Aurania, the A.A.U. Detroit two-mile championship entries, the Brooklyn Bicycle Club striking L.A.W. references from its constitution, and Karl Kron's gift book of records.
- Results of the August 31 Youngstown (O.) Bicycle Club annual meet, with W. I. Wilhelm of Reading and C. W. Davis among the winners.
- By 'The Stroller,' covering Orange and Elizabeth Wheelmen club affairs, the Orange Wanderers' run schedule, W. H. Caldwell's New Jersey Athletic Club championship, and prospects for the Roseville meet.
- Signed 'Keystone,' a Buffalo-datelined report praising the Banker brothers' eleven placings in thirteen races and lamenting that they put trade loyalty above pacing clubmate F. G. Lenz in the century run.
- Signed 'H.H.S.,' an account of the Worcester and Bay State clubs, naming racing men W. W. Windle, J. F. Midgley and W. E. McCune and dealers Hill & Tolman and Lincoln Holland & Co.
- Signed 'Be Be,' Detroit notes on visiting Manhattan Bicycle Club riders and the coming A.A.A. meet, with a jocular editorial reply explaining the mysterious 'P. W. B.' society.
- The Bay City Wheelmen of San Francisco resolve to protest the 'Sparrow' article in the Bicycling World and L.A.W. Bulletin attacking retiring California Chief Consul Robert M. Welch, warning the editor against the correspondent.
- A Boston Herald report on Charlestown Rovers, Cambridge and Chelsea cyclists caught by a heavy storm at Gloucester on September 9 that left the roads mud over the wheel rims.
- List of forthcoming race meets and runs from September into October, including the Rhode Island Division run, New Jersey Division meet at Roseville, Pittsburg C. and A. meet and the Chicago six-day race.
- Account of the first annual meet of the Juniata Valley bicyclists at Huntingdon on August 29, with a five-mile race, exhibition drill by Phillipsburg wheelmen and a lantern parade.
- Announces the Poughkeepsie Bicycle Club tournament of September 21-22 under Henry E. Ducker, listing the full programme and noting Rowe, Temple, Crocker, Knapp and Neilson will compete.
- Detailed report of the rain-postponed Hartford Wheel Club tournament at Charter Oak Park on September 13-14, including the parade order and event summaries with Rowe's narrow championship win over Temple and the Crist-Davis tandem safety record.
- A letter from Franklin W. Loucks of Brooklyn defending the value of the League of American Wheelmen (citing the 1887 'Liberty Bill' and road book) and explaining the new Cyclists' Union of Long Island's complementary local role.
- Signed 'H. G.,' reports the September 8 meeting at H. E. Raymond's house adopting a constitution for the Cyclists' Union of Long Island, plus Brooklyn club gossip on Buffalo, baseball and pool with the Kings County Wheelmen.
- A Boston Herald interview in which E. W. Pope criticises the bad Buffalo track, praises the 1,036-rider parade, and rates Windle the fastest amateur and Crocker now a match for Rowe.
- Reprints incoming California Chief Consul Edwin Mohrig's letter to Division members praising predecessor Robert M. Welch and dismissing the 'Sparrow' criticism in the L.A.W. Bulletin.
- Notes Lieutenant L. H. Wise of the Long Island Wheelmen rode 1,437 miles in August, a Long Island record, with G. M. Nisbett still holding the highest month's record of 1,500 miles.