The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 2, No 4
Articles in this issue
- Regional correspondence columns from Brooklyn, Chicago and New Orleans: Brooklyn club mileage rivalries (Murphy of the K.C.W., Nisbett of the N.Y.B.C. at 1,500 miles, Wise of the L.I.W.), the doubtful Election Day road race, and the new Cyclists' Union of Long Island; New Orleans reports Harry W. Fairfax elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Louisiana Division over R. G. Betts.
- "The Stroller" covers the Essex Bicycle Club ("Old Essex") reopening its season with a run to Milburn, the Elizabeth Wheelmen's moonlight runs and lantern parade, and a Boston wheel-trip by Decker, Downer and White.
- California correspondent on Bay City Wheelmen picnic runs to San Mateo, the club's fourth-birthday "smoker," and Los Angeles's bid to host the next California Division meet.
- Report of the San Francisco Bicycle Club's lackluster meet, where Davis declined to start the 5-mile L.A.W. championship and Ireland rode the distance alone, while C. P. Fonda won the safety race.
- Boston-area Sunday runs converging on Sharon, where the Massachusetts, Cambridge and Rhode Island clubs gathered at the Massapoag Lake House for dinner and photographs by Captain Peck.
- Circular letter from the Juniata Wheelmen (W. M. Tehan, President; U. S. Drake, Sec.) proposing a permanent Juniata Valley cycling association with branch clubs and a Huntingdon headquarters.
- C. Hill of the Finchley Harriers' attempt on the English 24-hour record on a 46-inch Geared Facile, abandoned at Buckden after pacemaker Barmore collided with a horse and cart; Hill covered 257 miles in 21 hours.
- Table of August and year-to-date mileage for New York Bicycle Club members, led by G. M. Nisbett with 1,219 miles for the month.
- Annual meeting of the Massachusetts Division L.A.W. Board of Officers at Young's Hotel, Boston, with Chief Consul Hayes presiding; delegates and standing committees appointed for the year.
- Letter from Willie W. Windle correcting a report in The Wheel, denying he struck McCune's wheel during the race in which McCune and Van Sicklen took headers, with an editorial acknowledgment.
- List of upcoming race meets and tournaments, including the New Jersey Division meet at Roseville, the Pittsburg C. and A. meet, and the Kansas City inter-state tournament.
- Thirteen-event bicycle tournament at the State Fair grounds managed by Kirk Brown, with E. I. Halsted dominant and a tandem match between Wells/Crawford and Hill/Fuller.
- "Jonah" on the N.J.A.C. third heats at Bergen Point, where Caldwell beat Baggot in the mile and Bowman took the two miles, and the team named for the Division meet.
- Summary of the three-day quarter-mile track races at the Crawfordsville fair, with Lee of Crawfordsville and Hulman of Terre Haute among the winners.
- English record attempts at Long Eaton where seventeen-year-old H. E. Laurie broke the 5-mile and hour safety records, covering 21 miles 200 yards in the hour with H. Sansom and Herbert Synyer pacing.
- Trade and racing items: Senator Morgan's challenge of Rowe on behalf of Ralph Temple, W. E. Crist's A.A.U. championship win at Detroit, F. P. Wood's English 50-mile championship at Jarrow, and an experimental aluminium cycle in London.
- Rebuttal of The Cyclist's claim that Ralph Temple is "English" as a racing man, defending him and Billy Rowe as American.
- Full text of the constitution of the newly formed Cyclists' Union of Long Island, with articles on membership, dues, management by an Executive Committee, and a membership blank.
- Articles of agreement signed at the Bicycling World office by W. J. Morgan (for Ralph Temple) and F. L. Alley (for William A. Rowe) for three races (one, five and ten miles) for $1,000 and the world championship, first race at Lynn October 6.
- Travel sketch by "Traveler" arguing the ordinary beats the safety for sightseeing over England's hedge-lined roads, recounting debates with Liverpool dealers and a ride near Coventry; concluded next week.
- Miscellany including a Finchley tricyclist's collision with a collie near Willesden, "Papa" Weston's mishap on his first tandem ride at Milton, and a pre-Adamite dandy-horse exhibited at the Glasgow Exhibition.
- Manager George Gideon reports a large entry of fast amateurs (Crist, the Banker brothers, Halsted, Dampman, Merrihew) for the Tioga race meet at Philadelphia on September 29.
- Commentary on the L.A.W.'s reinstatement of G. M. Hendee as an amateur and rumored reinstatement of L. E. Myers, questioning whether Rowe, Temple and Woodside might follow.
- Further trade and League items: the Lincoln Club's new clubhouse on La Salle Avenue, Chicago, N. H. Van Sicklen's slow recovery from his Buffalo header, and exchanges over alleged "secret meetings" and the League "Cabinet"/ring at the Baltimore meet.