The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 11, No 24
Articles in this issue
- The editor explains that a necessary business trip to Boston disrupted this week's issue, and announces plans to open a tennis department beginning with the new volume on April 1st.
- Thomas Stevens writes to announce he has accepted the position of cycling editor at Outing magazine with a financial interest, arguing that cycling literature reaches a broader audience in an illustrated general sports magazine than in a dedicated cycling weekly.
- California correspondent Hogrim reports on the Cal Division L.A.W. annual meeting in San Francisco where R. M. Welch was re-nominated as Chief-Consul, the Oakland Ramblers' rained-out race meeting featuring trick rider Prince Wells, and planned spring tours to Los Angeles, Oregon, and Yosemite with Century club runs under discussion.
- The editor examines the 1887 Victor bicycle on display at Spalding's, praising extensive improvements including a redesigned head, new handle bar with adjustable spade grips, improved brake spring, mud guard, and single-headed laced spokes, while dismissing claims the machine was merely the 1886 model slightly altered.
- Department column covering Fred Wood's $1,000-a-side challenge to race W. A. Rowe and Hendee over one to twenty miles, Rowe beginning gymnasium training in Boston after signing with Pope Mfg. Co., L.A.W. presidential succession commentary, and statistics from the Stanley Show where 633 wheels were exhibited.
- A letter to the editor reporting the election of officers for the Atlanta Wheelmen of Newark, N.J., including President W. S. Gregory, Secretary-Treasurer W. F. Coddington, and Captain A. W. Snow.
- Brooklyn correspondent reports on the Ilderan Bicycle Club's well-attended entertainment with music and magic-lantern views at President H. Greenman's residence, and the proposed Prospect Park regulation that would restrict cyclists to the West Side Drive and Nethermead Circuit.
- Schedule of upcoming cycling events in New York listing the Annual Games of the Twenty-Third Regiment and King's County Wheelmen's Drill on April 2, and Seventh Regiment Games on April 9.
- Southern Department editor N. L. Collamer argues against a movement to unseat Bartlett as Chief-Consul of Maryland, citing his management of the Hagerstown Meet, the Pa./N.J./Md. road book, and his stand at the Board Meeting in New York as evidence he is the right man for the position.
- Washington correspondent reports on a surprise euchre party at N. L. Collamer's home where Mrs. Collamer unexpectedly invited ladies to the planned stag event, and notes the tragic suicide of District Wheelmen member W. S. Clary, who shot himself during a fit of despondency following prolonged catarrhal fever.
- Hagerstown Club correspondent reports that members are impatient for spring riding weather, with spring races including professional events in contemplation, and preparations underway to entertain L.A.W. tourists traveling to St. Louis.
- New Orleans correspondent recounts the history of cycling in the city since its first grown rider appeared eight years ago, describes the New Orleans Bicycle Club's thirty-six L.A.W. members and the largely inactive Crescent Wheelmen, and reports on the bicycle lantern parade on February 23rd that drew packed crowds with costumed riders including Grand Marshal Hodgson as the Mikado.
- Correspondent reports that a Nashville group of eight to twelve wheelmen plan to depart July 4th for a tour to Niagara Falls entirely by wheel, weighing routes through Indiana via Indianapolis or Ohio via Cincinnati, and seeking road information from correspondents along both routes.
- Chicago correspondent reports on the Illinois Division L.A.W. caucus meeting of March 5th where Chief-Consul B. B. Ayres resigned and N. H. Van Sicklen was appointed to succeed him, along with a new plan to district the state into thirteen regions for road book compilation and consul management.
- Albany correspondent surveys the city's two cycling clubs—the Albany Bicycle Club (organized 1880, about 60 members) and the Albany Wheelmen (organized 1886, 45 members)—the Ridgefield Athletic Club's three-lap track where Harry L. Burdick made a competitive mile in 2.49 3-5, and a movement of over 150 men to adopt knickerbockers as everyday business wear.
- Preview of chapter eight of Karl Kron's forthcoming cycling road-book, listing section headings covering Manhattan Island topography, Prospect Park and Coney Island routes, Brooklyn bridges, ferry connections, and club-room directories, comprising 23,000 words originally electrotyped in April 1885.
- Minneapolis correspondent reports on Heath & Co.'s move from Armory Hall to 14 Fourth St. South, Star bicycle agent Grant Ball's return from the Smithville factory with new models and race challenges issued for five to fifty miles, and Spalding & Bro.'s acquisition of the Victor agency for the entire West and Northwest.
- Pittsburgh correspondent describes the city's riding district including a fifteen-mile East End asphalt circuit with a coast down Hiland Avenue, roads to New Castle and thirty-four miles to Butler, and the Keystone Club's new gold medal scheme for greatest season distance and century run achievements.
- Philadelphia correspondent rejects cyclist Chris Wheeler's claims that L.A.W. membership is declining—citing over 8,000 renewals by March 1 with Massachusetts alone over 1,000—and discusses the Pennsylvania Division political dispute over Chief-Consul candidates including C. B. Holly, Aaron, Wells, and Geo. Gideon.
- Notes from the King's County Wheelmen of Brooklyn covering the contested annual election on the 17th, a planned bowling match with the L. I. W., the drill team's reappearance at Twenty-Third and Seventh Regiment armories, and H. J. Hall Jr.'s donation of a Star bicycle to be raffled at 200 chances for $1 each for the new club house furnishing fund.
- Kentucky correspondent reports on a comprehensive state road map in preparation and details a dispute over the Victor bicycle agency for Covington, where 125 riders successfully petitioned the Eastern manufacturer to retain the Covington agent over a Cincinnati firm's cash offer.
- Baltimore correspondent reports on the Maryland Club's annual banquet planned for March 17th, Eisenbrandt & Shaffer's move to 28 Light Street, the Ramblers' growth from 3 to 41 members in ten months, and contested politics around Bartlett's re-election as Maryland Chief-Consul with Kemp, Canfield, and Lockwood mentioned as possible opponents.