The Wheel, Vol 11, No 6
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
A column of short cycling news items covering LAW diplomacy appointments, the touring department's forthcoming route book, English professional suspensions, the death of Arthur Cunningham (first bicycle importer), and gossip about prominent wheelmen on both sides of the Atlantic.
- p. 2
Stillman G. Whittaker rode 50 miles in 2h 55m 46.5s and 100 miles in 6h 43m 59s on a 51-inch American Champion at Crawfordsville, Indiana, setting new American and world road records without a pacemaker.
- p. 3
A letter from Edward J. Shriver, Secretary of the New York Bicycle Club, describes efforts to secure Central Park access for cyclists by circulating endorsement cards to LAW members for presentation to the Park Commissioners.
- p. 3
A report on the private concert given by the Ixion Club inaugurating the metropolitan cycling social season, attended by about forty people, with a full musical programme performed in the club's decorated rooms.
- p. 3
George B. Thayer of Hartford recounts his 4,224-mile solo bicycle journey from Connecticut to California and back, including visits to Yosemite, Yellowstone, and the lava beds near Shoshone Falls, completed at a cost of only $275.
- p. 3
A Washington correspondent reports that an unidentified lady — rumored to be Mrs. Cleveland — has been quietly learning to ride a tricycle on the White House grounds in the evenings.
- p. 5
A short verse by Arthur Dudley Vinton tracing the romance between a cycling couple from their first meeting on wheels to marriage and a shared life riding side by side.
- p. 5
A humorous anecdote reprinted from Wheeling about an overconfident novice whose hired tricycle breaks down miles from town, leading to a chaotic downhill rope-tow behind a horse trap that ends in a crash.
- p. 7
A comic verse contrasting the warm welcome a well-dressed young cyclist receives at a farmhouse with the contempt shown to a barefoot tramp who asks for the same bread and milk.
- p. 7
Thomas Stevens writes from Calcutta describing his bicycle journey of 1,400 miles through India during the monsoon season, his single bout of fever at Benares, and his plan to press on through China and Japan to be home by Christmas.
- p. 7
A report on the sixth annual dinner of the Mount Vernon Bicycle Club at Mansion House, Yonkers, attended by representatives from several New York-area clubs, with toasts to the LAW and lively speeches about road rights and 'load hogs.'
- p. 6
Brief club and racing notes including the Kings County Wheelmen's minstrel show plans, the second Inter-Club road race won by Kings County at Irvington-Milburn, and the return of Indian Summer weather making for ideal road riding.
- p. 5
A miscellany of racing and club items: W. McCandlish's critique of the NCU suspension policy at a recent meeting, a dispute over fines imposed on English professionals Wood and James at Springfield, and the Owl Club of Chicago's hop at the Lakeside Rink.