The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 3, No 13
Articles in this issue
- Preview of the twenty-five-mile handicap road race on the Irvington-Milburn course on May 30, projected by A. B. Barkman, with the full 53-rider entry list, handicaps, prize schedule and the officials and train timetables for spectators.
- Kings County Wheelmen notes from 'Ram Lal' on enlarged locker accommodation, road-race preparations, the disbanding of the Universal Cycle Club, and the club's June 28-29 race meet at Washington Park.
- Brooklyn correspondence from 'Psyche' on the big 25-mile road race, the railroads' new 25-cent charge for wheels, and an extended tricycle-versus-bicycle exchange with Miss Helen Grey of the Bicycling World.
- Letter from 'Marguerite' of Maplewood, Mass., recommending a full kilt skirt, bloused English-style waist and rubber-soled shoes as the proper costume for ladies riding safety bicycles.
- Report on the Riverside Wheelmen opening their new house at 104th Street West, New York, with a musical programme and a long list of guests from New York and Brooklyn clubs.
- Calendar of forthcoming American and European race meets from late May through July 1889, including Narragansett Park, the Pullman road race, Hagerstown, and the N.C.U. championships at Paddington.
- Correction of a typographical error: the Bailey brothers' tandem safety time at Cambridge on May 11 was 6m. 4-5s., claimed as a record for that type of wheel and distance.
- Full results of the Chicago tournament of May 13-18, climaxing in the 100-mile amateur race won by Spooner of Lincoln C.C. in 5h. 59m. 40s., breaking the amateur record by over thirteen minutes.
- Racing notes from England, Ireland, New Zealand and Germany, including Shute's fast safety mile at Paddington, W. H. Langdown's Cyclists' Alliance title, and German champion Lehr's arm fracture at Frankfurt.
- Events and prize list for the Providence race meet on May 30, covering handicap, safety, tandem, state and national L.A.W. championship races with prizes from Coventry Machinists' Co., Pope Mfg. Co. and others.
- Notice that the Eastern A.A.W. championship will be held June 1 at the Berkeley A.C. grounds on the Harlem River, with a ten-mile handicap also on the card; entries close May 25 with F. W. Janssen.
- Account of Alfred Nightengale's attempt to abscond to London with two bicycles bought on instalment from C. E. Whitten of Lynn, his arrest at Boston, and the subsequent Police Court hearing.
- Letter from Chief Consul Albert Mott of the Maryland Division promoting the Tenth Annual L.A.W. Meet at Hagerstown, describing its limestone roads, mountain scenery and proximity to Civil War battlefields.
- President Luscomb's circular suggesting six discussion meetings during the coming national meet on topics such as wheelmen's rights, road improvement, racing rules and the L.A.W. constitution.
- Editorial endorsement of Albert Mott's Hagerstown letter, urging wheelmen to attend the national meet and dismissing critics who called the city a hamlet or excessively hot.
- Notice directing members competing for the Schwalbach Mileage Medal to report monthly mileage to President M. L. Bridgman, with the full conditions of the touring-mileage contest reprinted.
- Karl Kron asks readers of The Wheel to support the Washington Square Centennial Memorial Arch fund by attending an Amateur Photographers' stereopticon exhibition at Chickering Hall on May 28.
- Correspondent 'Ithuriel' reports on St. Louis riders being shut out of the Pullman road race after a dispute with Chicago scratch men, Stone's training for the Stone-Lumsden match races, and local club and trade news.
- California notes on the death of visiting rider Stephen Terry, a 105-mile Bay City Wheelmen century run to San Jose by Welch, Bliss and Burmester, and Mrs. Mohrig's San Mateo run.
- Detailed narrative of the twenty-mile Washington Territory championship road race, won by Halsted (formerly of New York) in 1h. 26m. over Thompson, McCoy and Kean, signed 'Snohomish'.
- Buffalo notes from 'Zo' on the Ramblers', Zig-Zags' and Buffalos' Decoration Day runs, the Women's Wheel Club, and Chief Consul Bull's circular protesting the new railroad charges for wheels.
- Newark notes from 'Spark' on the Atalanta Wheelmen's successful smoker and a fifteen-man club run to Rutherford, hosted by Captain Dean of the Rutherford Field Club.
- Extracts from 'Jack' (J. Purvis-Bruck) in Wheeling comparing American and English cycling, noting the prevalence of safeties in Central Park, Bidwell's ladies' riding school, and the Citizens' Bicycle Club premises.
- Preview of the California L.A.W. Division Meet at Los Angeles on May 30, listing the parade, the Agricultural Park races, a San Gabriel Valley run, a hill-climbing contest and a visit to Santa Monica.
- Coverage of the Elwell European tour of twenty-nine Americans sailing May 18 via Cork through Britain, France, Switzerland and Germany, noting the predominance of 'Quadrant' safeties and Joseph Pennell and A. J. Wilson ('Faed') as guides.
- Circular announcing the Massachusetts Division spring meet on June 17 at Squantum, with a seven-mile run from Copley Square, two medal races, and boating and bathing through the courtesy of the Boston Bicycle Club.
- Maryland notes on the organisation of the Frederick Bicycle Club under President W. Levy Mantz, the Hagerstown Board of Trade's $50 donation toward national meet expenses, and the Washington Park grand-stand fire.
- Plans for a four-day League-members-only tour of Tennessee from June 19, running Nashville-Shelbyville-Lynchburg-Murfreesboro-Nashville at about 50 miles a day.
- Report on the formal opening smoker at the Atalanta Wheelmen's new Clark Street clubhouse in Newark, attended by nearly two hundred guests from the Elizabeth, Bloomfield, Hudson County and Rutherford clubs.
- Reprint of a New York Herald editorial humorously advocating knee breeches over trousers, welcomed by The Wheel as support for dress reform among male cyclists.
- Editorial quoting 'Verex' in the American Athlete on the hollowness of the so-called League hotel, and suggesting L.A.W. Divisions negotiate formal arrangements to guarantee members fair rates and treatment.
- Miscellaneous column including the Flint Wheelmen's lantern parade, the first Stone-Lumsden race (Lumsden winning in 3m. 4s.), Copeland's steam tricycle at Bidwell's, Harvard racing suspensions, and Lincoln Park riding permission in Chicago.
- Notes from Captain E. A. Powers on the Riverside Wheelmen, including the Menge brothers' tandem safety, a Decoration Day run to Fort Schuyler and through the Oranges, and an upcoming election for second lieutenant.
- Official organ notices listing the Division officers and Chief Consul W. S. Bull's appeal urging clubs to protest the new 25-cents-per-100-miles railroad charge for bicycles, plus the award of the 3-mile state championship to the K.C.W. meet.
- Reflective essay signed 'Jack' using long-distance rider G. P. Mills as an example of a champion broken by excessive pedaling, philosophising on record-chasing, youth and the fading of the racing man.
- Three patents dated May 21, 1889, reported for The Wheel by C. A. Snow & Co. of Washington, D.C.: a wrench, a lamp extinguisher and a lubricating device.
- Patent description by Chas. F. Swett of an air-inflated, leather-covered rubber saddle with a longitudinal aperture for ventilation, designed to reduce chafing and back strain on long rides.
- Short notes covering inter-collegiate bicycle races, Willie Windle's plan to compete at the New York A.C. games at Travers Island, and Louis Hill's tandem records with J. G. Fuller of the Pennsylvania Club.
- Late additions to the May 30 entry list, including W. Van Wagoner, G. W. Kuhney, O. C. Boegler and T. W. Beazeley, bringing entries to fifty, with note on a possible withdrawal by L. W. Beazeley, Jr.
- Short items including the Cyclist's new American correspondent 'Senator', the full Hagerstown Meet committee list under Chief Consul Albert Mott, and E. Irving Halsted's new 'adamant' plaster venture at Tacoma.