The Wheel, Vol 11, No 8
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
Short notes covering Kennedy-Childe's move to the Pope Mfg. Co., Morgan's record 100-mile time at the Minneapolis six-day race, the promateur controversy, upcoming club socials, and satirical commentary on the American Wheelman's rumoured change of identity.
- p. 2
Stillman G. Whittaker's 50- and 100-mile road records at Crawfordsville are reported again, including the official times and the claim of the American Champion bicycle over all road distances from 25 to 300 miles.
- p. 3
A minister (Rev. A. C. Wheaton) writing in the Homiletic Review recommends the safety bicycle to clergymen, arguing it saves more than half their physical labour and a quarter of their time when making pastoral calls.
- p. 3
A report on the second entertainment and dance of the Boscobel Bicycle Club of Lynn, Massachusetts, featuring invisible-wire walking, an obstacle race, a 200-lb dumbbell exhibition, and a closing challenge race between a skater and a safety-bicycle rider.
- p. 4
W. Methven Brownlee recounts a two-day tricycle tour through the Wye Valley — Bristol to Tintern Abbey via Chepstow — describing the ferry crossing at New Passage, the Forest of Dean roads, and a visit to the Windcliff above the River Wye.
- p. 5
Whittaker rode 20 miles in 59 minutes 35 4/5 seconds on the Potato Creek Road at Crawfordsville on November 3, defeating a strong headwind and being carried from his machine at the finish, exhausted.
- p. 5
A satirical verse by F. F. S., reprinted from the Bicycling News, adopts the voice of a promateur cheerfully denying that his winnings constitute payment while mocking the 'gentleman amateur' who is lapped by his betters.
- p. 5
A letter from F. L. B. of the Harlem Wheelmen invites all cycling clubs in the vicinity of New York to a Stag Party at their rooms on November 26, and announces a December reception dance at West End Hall.
- p. 6
A commentary on former champion John S. Prince, now selling bicycles in Omaha, who challenges Morgan and Higham to a race for any amount after being hissed at fall tournaments where 'everybody ran away from him.'
- p. 7
A round-up of trade and club notes: the CTC reaches 22,285 members, the Stanley Cycle Show is announced for January 1887, Rover Safety stock is booming, and controversy over McCurdy's and Whittaker's road records and ACU acceptance rules.