The Wheel Cycling Trade Review, Vol 3, No 2
Articles in this issue
- Leading editorial paragraphs on the quiet retirement of N.Y. Chief Consul Bidwell, President Luscomb's incoming administration, Vice-Consul Bull, a proposed cycling division in the April 30 Washington Centennial parade, the Rudge & Co. mile triplet record dispute, the Missouri anti-liberty bill requiring riders to dismount before horses, and Bidwell's views on teaching men to ride.
- Letter from J. White, C.T.C. Chief Consul in Dublin, proposing that metropolitan club captains and secretaries organise a hearty Irish reception for F. A. Elwell's party of about twenty-five American cyclists touring from Queenstown to Dublin via Cork, Youghal and the Vale of Ovoca.
- Recent cycling patents dated March 5, 1889, reported by patent attorneys C. A. Snow & Co.: a luggage carrier by Henry S. Credlebough of New Carlisle, Ohio, a tricycle by Foster and Merritt of Somerville, and a velocipede by Charles E. Bentley of New York.
- Schedule and results of the inter-club bowling league among Hudson County, Atalanta, New York, Harlem and Kings County, with a full box score of the March 1 game won by the Hudson County Wheelmen over New York, 1,494 to 1,355.
- Report of the Massachusetts Division L.A.W. Board of Officers meeting at the Colonade Hotel, Boston, on March 2 under Chief Consul W. H. Emery, covering the Secretary's report and division finances showing $16.07 remaining on hand.
- The paper rebuts the Bicycling World's claim that a Philadelphia six-day female bicycle race was cancelled, reporting it concluded successfully at the Columbia Rink on March 2 with Woods leading at 377 miles and Louise Armaindo riding an exhibition five miles in 18m 45s.
- Letter signed 'Marguerite' of Maplewood, Mass., responding to the editor's invitation and arguing women should adopt the two-wheeled safety over the tricycle for its lighter weight, single-track riding, easier storage and the independence it gives lady riders.
- Reprinted advice from 'Wildflower' in Wheeling urging lady cyclists to study their machine's mechanism, carry tools, inspect every nut and bolt before riding, and choose a safety with ample frame clearance and a 26-inch driving wheel for graceful mounting and dismounting.
- Letter signed 'Blue and Gold' from Chicago dismissing the feud between the Chicago and Illinois clubs over the Pauline Hall theatre party as a private affair gotten up and paid for by Tom Roe, who accepts all blame.
- Account of the Northampton Bicycle Club's fifth annual ball, featuring fancy wheel riding by Mrs. Elliott of Newton and W. S. Maltby and a grand march of sixty-six couples led by President Campbell.
- Editorial reprinted from The Cyclist weighing driving- and steering-wheel sizes on rear-driving safeties, concluding that little is gained by departing from the 30-inch driving wheel and that a 32-inch steerer gives satisfactory results.
- Review of the Overman Wheel Co.'s 1889 Victor catalogue, praising its cover design and describing the Victor Light Roadster ($125), the Victor safety with anti-vibration spring fork ($135), the Victor tricycle and the Victor Junior boys' wheel.
- Correspondent 'L. B. G.' reports the arrival of '89 sample wheels (Star, Columbia Light Roadster and the Eagle) in Northampton, the forthcoming Wheel Club ball, new club members, and Minneapolis news including Colie Bell riding the Eagle for 1889.
- Jersey City correspondent 'Fenton' twits his critics 'Nemo' and others, mocks League presidential politics, and reports the New York Bicycle Club's bowling win over Harlem effectively settling the championship for the Hudson County Wheelmen.
- Correspondent 'Ornh Qba' reports the Troy Bicycle Club bowling team's 2,056-to-1,392 win over the Railroad Y.M.C.A., the club's move into baseball, and notes on members including Chas. H. Wilson's Humber tandem for sale and the very tall Spicer brothers.
- Correspondent 'Bay Ridge' on long-standing warfare between Baltimore wheelmen and horsemen, the Centaur Club's search for new quarters, the Maryland Club's coming officer election and banquet, and a silver dinner set presented to Secretary J. M. Cummings on his wedding.
- Correspondent 'Hustler' describes the Universal Cycling Club's well-attended second annual reception at the Brooklyn Institute and reports the club's decision to award mileage prizes for 1889.
- Correspondent 'Ithuriel' reports Missouri wheelmen's alarm at the anti-cyclist Warner Bill, now reported favorably to the House, and details the Stone-Lumsden race series of three contests at Chicago, St. Louis and Crawfordsville in May.
- Correspondent 'To.' covers the Buffalo Bicycle Club's tenth-anniversary banquet at the Genesee, the new sporting paper The Whip, the Ramblers losing members, and the mix-up over rival Buffalo and Rambler theatre parties for Pauline Hall and Marie Jansen.
- Philadelphia correspondent reports Robert L. Shaffer's defeat for School Director, the South End Wheelmen's planned grand ball, and a proposal for a mammoth inter-club picnic in Fairmount Park on Decoration Day.
- Notice of the Harlem Wheelmen's March 13 entertainment and reception at West End Hall with music by Professor Julius Luster, plus a report of the successful progressive euchre party given by the club's lady members.
- Letter from a San Francisco correspondent telling editor Prial that California wheelmen rate The Wheel far above the L.A.W. Bulletin, calling the Bulletin the poorest apology for a cyclists' paper they have seen.