The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 11, No 2
Articles in this issue
- Weekly news department covering international and domestic cycling items, including A.J. Wilson and G.P. Mills's tandem tricycle records (50 miles in 2h 46m and 100 miles in 6h 47m on September 13), Con Dwyer's world-record 25-mile ride in Australia, and Furnivall's Surrey Cup ten-mile victory in 33m 40.6s.
- Stillman G. Whittaker rode a surveyed 50-mile road at Crawfordsville, Indiana on September 24, covering 50 miles in 2h 55m 46.5s—beating Geo. Weber's American record by nine minutes and Golding's English record by eleven—then completing 100 miles in 6h 43m 59s, eclipsing McCurdy's record by over an hour, on a 51-inch American Champion bicycle without a pacemaker.
- Reports that a Richmond County grand jury has indicted T.J. Kirkpatrick, N.M. Beckwith, G. Carleton Brown, and E.F. Hill for criminal libel arising from the Renton League suspension affair, urging a mail vote to reinstate Renton's son; separately criticises the national handicapper for unjust assignments at Roseville, noting that veterans Gaskell and Kavanaugh were placed on the same 50-yard mark as novice S.H. Rich.
- Prints a subscriber letter from Chas. S. Cook of Worcester, Massachusetts, who pays his overdue subscription and writes that he 'could not get along without my Wheel,' offered as a testimonial to reader loyalty.
- Cycling correspondent covers Brooklyn-area news including Joseph J. Whitson's 2-mile win at the Queen's County Fair in Mineola (6m 47s), a dispute over bicycle charges on the Long Island Railroad, an unprovoked assault on three Independent wheelmen in Union Street by a half-drunk rough, and the imminent disbanding of the Long Island Wheelmen club.
- Full three-day report on the inaugural meet of the New Jersey Cycling and Athletic Association at Roseville, September 30–October 2, covering twelve events for amateurs, promateurs, and professionals: G.M. Hendee dominated the promateur classes, A.B. Rich won the 1-mile amateur handicap in 2m 40.6s, Charles Frazier took the 1-mile professional final in 2m 53.4s, and Samuel Gideon won both 2-mile tricycle events.
- Results from the Wyoming wheelmen's six-event meet at the Luzerne County Fair on September 21, including P.R. Tracy's 1-mile novice win (3m 4s), a dead-heat 2-mile club handicap between Schlager and Tichener (6m 10s), and J.R. Schlager's 1-mile open win (3m 7s) and tandem win (3m 48s) with Arthur Monies.
- Reports that artist and wheelman J.O. Roorbach has brought suit against ex-Freeholder Adolph Bauer in District Court, alleging that Bauer deliberately swung his wagon to strike Roorbach's tricycle on Bayview Avenue rather than yield, badly breaking the machine; Roorbach's son corroborated the testimony.
- Covers the two-day Kansas wheelmen's meet at the State Fair in Junction City, September 22–23, with J.H. Everest of Lyons winning the 1-mile L.A.W. State Championship (3m 27.5s) and H.S. Hale taking the half-mile state title (1m 53.5s); the subsequent business meeting elected Everest as Chief Consul and divided the state into eight touring districts.
- Reports that only W.S. Doane of nine starters completed the Boston Bicycle Club's 100-mile road race in 7h 14m, as the 140-turn course caused most riders to go astray; W.A. Rhodes led the promateurs through 17 miles in 57 minutes before the field scattered.
- Records an interview with English champion Furnivall, who rates Sanders Sellers as the fastest rider of all time, considers Gatehouse capable of 22 miles in the hour on a bicycle, and argues that windage—not mechanical friction—is the decisive factor in record breaking, suggesting a cyclist drafted behind trotting horse Maud S. could approach 2m 20s for the mile.
- Reproduces and corrects English press accounts of the Springfield meet—actual attendance about 18,000, not Wheeling magazine's claimed 30,000—noting that W.A. Rowe beat Fred Wood in a special A.C.U.-permit 1-mile race and won the promateur championship, with Columbia bicycles taking the majority of prizes.
- Personal column of humorous anecdotes and community observations, including a satirical analogy likening the promateur/professional distinction to a gold coin thinly rimmed with silver, an account of a reporter duped into describing two ordinary bicycles as 'Turkish tricycles' sent by Minister Pendleton, an update on Brooklyn Club veteran Frank D. Willard, and a proposal by 'The Owl' for a New York Division League summer encampment at an upstate lake.
- Calendar notice listing two upcoming events: the Ixion Bicycle Club's Grand One Day's Meet at Roseville, N.J. on October 16 (entries close October 11 with W.C. Herring), and the Inter-Club Road Racing Association's 25-mile road race at Roseville on November 2.