The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 13, No 6
Articles in this issue
- Editorial urging the Harlem Wheelmen and Morrisania Wheelmen to support Hon. Jacob A. Cantor's bid for the Tenth Senate District, citing his championship of the Liberty Bill as reason wheelmen owe him their political support.
- Editorial arguing that C.E. Kluge's eligibility to ride in the Inter-Club road race for the Hudson County Wheelmen should be settled before the contest rather than under protest, and that his recent clearance by the Racing Board ought to end the dispute.
- Extended editorial endorsing Jacob A. Cantor for the Tenth Senate District, describing the district's boundaries encompassing Central Park, Cantor's three-term Assembly record, and his authorship of the Liberty Bill, with the warning that his defeat would be a defeat for wheelmen.
- Report on a 24-hour road race from Faneuil House, Boston, promoted by the Bicycling World; W.A. Rhodes on a Victor wheel outlasts R.A. Neilson (injured in a header on the third lap) and S.P. Hollingsworth on a Columbia, though cold weather prevents a record performance.
- Over ninety Long Island Wheelmen paraded on bicycles, tricycles, and tandems from Brevoort Place to Prospect Park and then to their new club house on Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, where President Share formally opened the building to sustained cheering; the house-warming is set for November 23.
- Correspondent 'Fossil' describes visiting the Long Island Wheelmen's new Bedford Avenue club house, praising its antique oak woodwork, ornate brass gas fixtures with opalescent globes, wheel runway at the entrance, parlor with tiled fireplace, billiard room, and locker room.
- S.G. Whittaker of the Gormully & Jeffery team, riding a Champion Roadster, breaks A.A. McCurdy's 305-mile road record at Crawfordsville, Indiana, covering 323 miles in 23 hours 58 minutes 35 seconds; Frank Dingley paced him for 280 miles, and official affidavits endorsed by Crawfordsville's mayor are reproduced.
- Preview of the Election Day Inter-Club road race between Irvington and Milburn, N.J., with full rosters for seven clubs—Brooklyn Bicycle Club, Elizabeth Wheelmen, Harlem Wheelmen, Hudson County Wheelmen, Ilderan Bicycle Club, Kings County Wheelmen, and Union County Wheelmen—and analysis of individual contenders Harry Hall, Charley Stenken, and Charley Kluge.
- Report on the Elizabeth, N.J. Wheelmen's illuminated lantern parade through the city's principal streets, drawing 150 cyclists from clubs including the Atlanta Wheelmen, Hudson County Wheelmen, Ilderan Cycling Club, Plainfield Bi-Club, and Roselle Ramblers, ending with a run on the Boulevard and refreshments near midnight.
- F.W. Allard and E. Oxborrow set world tandem records for every distance from 11 to 25 miles at Coventry on October 17, covering 20 miles 715 yards in the first hour; full split times are given.
- A.P. Engleheart lowers the safety bicycle world records from six to twenty miles on October 19, covering 20 miles 874 yards in one hour; full split times with asterisks marking new world records are tabulated.
- The Harrisburg Wheel Club of thirty members held a house-warming reception on October 29 in new rooms above King's hardware store on South Third Street; Mayor Fritchey attended and Professor William P. Chambers entertained about sixty wheelmen and guests with guitar selections.
- Annual 10-mile race of the Nashua Cycle Club at Mount Pleasant Riding Park, Nashua, N.H.; F.A. McMaster surged on the last lap to win in 35 minutes 20 seconds over Blackmar (35:24) and R.V. Larive (30:26).
- Brief notice of champion bicyclist William A. Rowe's marriage to Miss Alice B. Ayers at her home, No. 11 Burchstead Place, in a ceremony by Rev. A.W. Moore; the Pope Manufacturing Company of Boston gave the groom a hand-painted china dinner set.
- Mileage table for New York Club members through November 1, with J.M. McFadden leading at 2,678 miles and the club total reaching 22,432 for 1887—more than double the 9,488 miles of 1886—as the year's total approaches 25,000.
- Correspondent 'Alert' previews the Election Day Inter-Club road race, noting Harry Hall's absence through illness, Valentine's uncertain role as K.C.W. substitute, a new prize for second-place club, and directions for spectators to reach the Irvington–Milburn course by D.L.&W. Railroad or Irvington horse car.
- Baltimore cycling correspondent reports poor attendance at club runs despite good road conditions, the postponement of the M.S.S. Co.'s 25-mile road race until spring, and the Eutaw Cycle Club's inaugural race around David Lake, won by Charles White over President Holloway and Captain Raynor.
- Miscellany column covering Howell's expected return from England with Senator Morgan, R.H. Ehlert's 10-mile win over professional Alfred A. McCurdy in Chicago (32:08), the New York Bicycle Club's new lot on West End Avenue between 71st and 72nd Streets, Calumet Cycling Club elections, and Hugh Callan's new cycling-tour book.
- Touring narrative of a cycle journey from Mountain View through Boonton, Denville, Rockaway, Dover, and Drakesville following the Morris Canal across New Jersey's hills, describing the canal's inclined planes, the varied road surfaces along the Rockaway valley, and the perils of taking local directions over a mountain near Port Oram.
- Connecticut correspondent 'Art' contrasts overpriced, tip-hungry English hotels with affordable and comfortable coffee houses, advising cycling tourists to patronize the latter; local Stamford notes mention 'Clarkie' on a crank-driven Star, Phil Pathenheimer on a Facile, and Jerman organizing a Thanksgiving run.
- Correspondent 'Bi' reports two severe October storms that flooded the shell roads and foiled the Louisiana Cycling Club's century run; a joint run by the N.O. Bi. Club and Cycling Club to a sugar plantation five miles up the river on the 21st offered cane, sugar-house inspection, songs, and foot races.
- Further miscellany: Indianapolis has no cycle club; the Indiana Division L.A.W. debates spending its $100 surplus on a state meet rather than road repairs; Senator Morgan sends a photograph taken at Gosforth Park near Newcastle; the New York Club will hold its annual fifteen-mile road race from Yonkers to Riverside Drive on Election Day.