The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 1, No 26
Articles in this issue
- News notes on the Waverly races of the 21st, the N.A.A.A.A. rule barring riders who competed at Morristown, Waverly or fair meetings from its championship (excluding champion L. H. Johnson and Woodside), and Commander C. K. Munroe's announcement of a rival $50 L.A.W. gold medal for the two-mile amateur championship of America.
- Race results from the first New England wheelmen's meet at Attleboro, Mass. (W. W. Stall, L. T. Frye, L. H. Johnson) plus reports from Baltimore (F. G. Powell), Columbus, Cynthiana, Hudson, Milford, Morristown (Johnson beating Bellman and Woodside), Staten Island (A. J. Eddy) and the Worcester tournament.
- Calendar of upcoming entry closings and races, including the New York Athletic Club championship games, the St. Louis championship of Missouri, the Boston Bicycle Club's twenty-mile race at Beacon Park, and the L.A.W.'s first annual race meeting at the Polo Grounds on October 6 with a $100 diamond medal.
- Death notice for Ben-Israel Butler, aged 28, of Lowell, with an order from Capt. E. C. Hodges that Boston Bicycle Club members wear a crape bow for thirty days.
- Editorial statement of the paper's intentions to cover club meetings, races, tours, runs and the latest inventions, inviting correspondence addressed to the editor at 75 Fulton Street, New York.
- Editorial signed J. W. arguing that wheeling should be promoted for its practical utility as a vehicle rather than merely as a sport, and urging the L.A.W. to compile a road record given the American desert of bad roads.
- Notice reviewing the first numbers of 'Friction,' a story weekly issued by Keppler & Schwarzmann, the publishers of Puck.
- Club reports: the Hamilton Club's new officers (President W. H. Glassco), the Manhattan Bicycle Club's fall meeting (G. R. Bidwell elected, Fred Jenkins made First Lieutenant), and the New York Club's fall meeting under President Munroe.
- Letter from 'N. J. Veritas' of Orange, N.J., accusing the writers signed 'S. S. and L. C. P.' of plagiarising their article 'The Bicycle in Orange' from Schenk's Handbook of the Oranges.
- Boston letter signed 'Handy Andy' complaining of printer's errors, urging more L.A.W. consuls in Massachusetts, proposing colour-coded road guide-boards, and reporting the Parker v. Ames court case decided in the bicyclist's favour.
- Personal items on A. J. Eddy training on a 60-inch Yale at the Polo Grounds, Francis Cragin wheeling from Chicago to Boston, Col. Albert A. Pope's return from Europe, and W. E. Gilman, editor of the Bicycling World.
- Installment VI of the 1,030-mile tour from Lima, Ohio, to Boston, describing riding through Fonda and Amsterdam, a near-miss among three trains on the New York Central in dense fog, and on to Schenectady and Albany via the stone-track Albany turnpike.
- Publication colophon stating The Wheel's $1.00 yearly subscription terms, remittance instructions to Fred. Jenkins at 75 Fulton Street, and the London agency at the Bicycling Times office.