The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 3, No 14
Articles in this issue
- Unsigned leaders on the Eastern Trunk Line Association rescinding its wheel-transportation tariff (aided by F. P. Prial and Chief Consul Bull), Chief Consul Albert Mott's promotion of the Hagerstown League meet, the Davis-Clark collision at the intercollegiate games, and a rebuttal to Bicycling World on whether road racing has 'seen its best days.'
- Final schedule for the century run from Mountain Station (D. L. & W. R. R.) to Philadelphia, routed via Newark, Plainfield, Princeton and Trenton, with a ladies' party under Mrs. L. A. Newcomb and arrangements by Chairman L. A. Clarke.
- Official notices nominating W. S. Bull (Chief Consul), M. L. Bridgman (Vice-Consul) and Geo. M. Nisbett (Secretary-Treasurer), with the Chief Consul's appointment of district committees across the six New York election districts.
- Reports the collapse of the City Bank of Scranton, of which Pennsylvania Chief Consul Col. George A. Jessup of the Scranton Bicycle Club was cashier and a large stockholder, with discussion of his use of bank funds in coal and mining ventures.
- Six Griffin, Georgia cyclists, including R. L. Brantly and Whitely Kincaid, were set upon by hounds and fired at five times by a crowd while returning from Orchard Hill, possibly as a 'rough joke.'
- The Massachusetts Division L.A.W. is notified that the League will fight the suit brought by J. A. Beauvais against J. B. Bradford, whose bicycle header frightened Beauvais's horse; the jury had earlier disagreed.
- Representatives of five Massachusetts clubs voted to disband the Eastern Road Club, organized in 1887, following the fatal racing accident to Robert S. McCombie; the club's silver cup was given to the Dorchester Club.
- Psyche's column on wheelwomen's dress, recommending a gored corduroy skirt and toque while criticising blouse waists, shot-weighted skirts, white costumes and divided skirts for cycling.
- Praises a Providence Journal feature on 'The Season of Cycling,' noting John W. Arnold (who began cycling at seventy-five), a Chinese laundryman who rides an ordinary, and the city's many teacher, minister and lady riders.
- Chief Consul Albert Mott's long sketch of Hagerstown and the Cumberland/Shenandoah Valley as a cyclers' paradise, describing its limestone pikes, scenery (Blue Mountain House, Pen-Mar, High Rock, Antietam) and characters like Scotty Bombarger and Geo. Updegraff; concludes on page 4 with a defence of the meet's finances and a letter to President Luscomb.
- Brief club notes: the Hartford Wheel Club's new rooms, a ladies' club forming at Boston Highlands, Rochester's young ladies' tricycle club, the theft of H. C. Stratton's New Mail, and Chief Consul Emery's planned lecture at the Hagerstown meet.
- C. Newbourg was elected Captain (vice H. Newman) and R. Wulff Secretary of the Prospect Wheelmen at their May 23 meeting.
- The Milwaukee Wheelmen's handicap road race will be held June 29 over the Wauwatosa course, with a valuable medal for best time and entries closing June 24.
- A Brooklyn Press compliment to Editor Prial of The Wheel, followed by trade and club notes including Gething's Buffalo street map, President Luscomb's parade staff for the L.A.W. meet, and a new W. D. Allen & Co. rubber-goods catalogue.
- Narrative report of the first twenty-five-mile handicap road race on the Irvington-Milburn course, won on handicap by W. F. Murphy of the Kings County Wheelmen with John Bensinger (K. C. W.) taking the time cup, including a full table of net times for the thirty-four starters; signed Putnam.
- Telegram reporting the Pullman handicap near Chicago, run in mud and rain with 68 of 123 entries starting; L. Bodach of the Illinois C. C. won and A. E. Lumsden (scratch) took the time medal in 56m. 48s.
- Calendar of forthcoming American race meets and runs (including the Hagerstown League meet, July 2-4) followed by European and National Cyclists' Union championship fixtures.
- Queen's Birthday races at Woodstock, Ontario, dominated by E. O. Rassicoe, who won the one-mile open, half-mile, one-mile and five-mile handicaps; McCune of Boston took the one-mile safety, and the writer rates Rassicoe the best man in Canada barring Foster.
- British and European notes: the new Ashton track, rain-spoiled races at Leyton where Osmond beat Dutch champion Scheltema Bevrin, a Humber tandem safety ridden by Fred Lees and Harry Roberts, the sale of Harrington & Co. to W. Middlemore, and Scottish results from Glasgow and Perth.
- Two thousand spectators at the Metropolitan Athletic grounds, Ottawa, May 24, with J. H. Robertson and W. H. C. Mussen of Montreal prominent, plus shorter race notes from Indianapolis, Staten Island and the New York intercollegiate games.
- Notes the three L.A.W. national championships located at the fast elliptical Hagerstown track, the availability of trainer W. J. Corcoran (lately with the Yale men), and the likely suspension of intercollegiate riders Davis, Clark and others.
- A Chicago Mail man-about-town's musing on the safety-bicycle craze drawing women into cycling and forcing young men to follow, and on the manufacturers' pricing pool that raised machine prices by $40.
- The Penn Wheelmen's house warming in the Hagenman building, Court St., Philadelphia, with the Germania Orchestra, Reading Bicycle Club guests, and a list of the club's officers.
- A Spirit of the South correspondent reports the Waco Cyclers (the State's largest club) ordering fifteen wheels, with notes on local riders including Chas. R. Turner and W. Parker, a pupil of Prince Wells.
- Chicago Letter signed 'The Judge' on the city's safety-bicycle boom, the forthcoming Pullman road race arranged by R. D. Garden, the failure of the Western Arms and Cartridge Company, and officer changes at the Chicago Club (Will Thorn, Van Sicklen).
- Correspondent 'Snohomish' reports the Tacoma contingent (including Prince Wells) visiting Victoria, B. C. for the Queen's Birthday races, lady riders learning the safety, and debate over the recent Karl Thompson / Halsted road race.
- St. Louis correspondent on the rain-postponed Stone-Lumsden match (rescheduled to June 5), the races won by Frank Mehlig, and the Missouri Division's annual meeting set for Sedalia, July 3-4.
- Correspondent 'Atol' on the K. C. W. beating the Brooklyn Bicycle Club 15-13 at baseball, the proposed repair of Cobblestone (Bedford Avenue) Hill, the Thirteenth Regiment's bicycle-scout experiment, and the Brooklyn Club's June run list.
- Correspondent 'Dorson' on the early 1889 riding season, the Minneapolis Bicycle Club's membership drive and new rooms, a windy attempted ride to Mankato, and a planned three-day district meet with Wisconsin and Iowa.
- Correspondent 'Argus' on the Camden Wheelmen's five-mile road race won by Buzby in 19m. 35s., lieutenant W. G. Spiers' tumble while showing off Star riding before a lady, and the Pennsylvania Division's run of misfortune with its officials.
- Correspondent 'Zo' on the newly organized Wanderers' Bicycle Club (Buffalo's fifth), club membership figures, the Women's Wheel Club's first out-of-town run, and the Ramblers' crayon portrait of their former mascot dog 'Rambler.'
- Correspondent 'Ithuriel' on the first Stone-Lumsden race won by Lumsden in 3m. 4s., Lumsden's wish to abolish medals for useful prizes, a planned Garden-Oliver five-mile match, and rain postponing the track races to Monday.
- Correspondent 'Bi' on the New Orleans Bi. Club's 'stag sociable,' the Louisiana Cycling Club's Batson-trophy race with sealed handicaps, Miss Belle Fairchild as the city's first lady rider, and Hodgson's idea of a Carnival-time '91 meet.
- Correspondent 'Ram Lal' notes the death of club-mate Eugene D. Skidmore, anticipates the great road race result, and lists the full programme for the Kings County Wheelmen's June 28-29 race meet at Washington Park (F. P. Prial handicapper).
- Notes on poor weather, the Cycle Club hosting Capt. Hilderbrand of the St. Louis Mo. Bi. Club, a club run to Cabin John's Bridge, and the Cycle Club's annual election with Geo. S. Atwater as President.
- Correspondent 'Bay Ridge' describes the opening of the Chesapeake Club's $6,000 new club-house at Fulton and Lafayette Avenues, Baltimore, attended by Mayor Latrobe, with sixty active members.
- Correspondent 'Spark' reports the New Jersey Team Road Racing Association meeting failing for lack of delegates, the proposed road-racing scheme finding little favor, and the Atalanta Wheelmen's century entries and May club runs.
- Review of the Hart Cycle Company's 1889 catalogue (811 Arch Street), describing its Columbia-led line of safeties, low-priced juveniles, riding school near Fairmount Park, and storage and rental facilities.
- Announces H. D. Corey, formerly of Stoddard, Lovering & Co. and the Pope Mfg. Co., joining the Springfield Bicycle Mfg. Co. as Secretary, with his letter on the firm's new Highlandville factory employing 125 men.
- List of patents reported by C. A. Snow & Co., including a velocipede by G. J. Taylor of Salt Lake City and a lamp by E. O. Brunne of Meriden, all dated May 28, 1889.
- Describes Thomas R. Weston of Bristol, England's patented steel tire intended to supersede india rubber, claiming smoother running, durability and lighter weight, though the writer doubts it suits rough roads.
- Reflective essay signed 'Jack?' arguing the mind's control over the cycling body, illustrated by a rider tired by an imagined squeaky bearing, and warning high-strung men against over-straining in racing.