The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 13, No 9
Articles in this issue
- Editorial analysis of the eligibility dispute surrounding C.E. Kluge of the Hudson County Wheelmen, examining whether his resignation from the L.A.W. and subsequent life membership in the club are reconcilable under the club's constitution.
- Report on the T.R.R.A. Executive Committee's three-to-one vote dismissing the Brooklyn Bicycle Club's protest against Kluge, with Mr. E.W. Johnson presenting proof that the H.C.W. had ceased to be a League club and that Kluge's January 1887 life membership was irrevocable.
- Account of the Manhattan Bicycle Club's housewarming at their new rooms at 320 W. 59th Street, featuring accordion music, a clog-dance, sparring by the Newgass brothers, a Liberty Bill fund subscription of nearly $50, and plans for a Thanksgiving Day run to the Polo Grounds.
- Editorial on the movement to reinstate Percy Stone as an amateur, noting that his Missouri Bicycle Club membership is imperilled by his professionalism and that his reinstatement could complicate the planned money race against Whittaker.
- Report on the formation of the United Wheelmen in Kansas City on November 14, consolidating the Kansas City Wheelmen and Outing Cyclists with forty charter members under President Dr. G.L. Henderson and Captain Nelson T. Haynes.
- Brief noting the Citizens Club's $300 subscription to the Liberty Bill fund and the Manhattan Bicycle Club's $50 pledge, alongside Chief Consul Bidwell's warning that opponents may seek to repeal wheelmen's Central Park access at the next Legislature.
- Humorous poem by 'Clementine' cataloguing the miseries of winter's arrival—frozen trout, icy sidewalks, toboggan couples—and concluding with the sad storage of the bicycle in the back shed.
- Trade note reporting that Pope Manufacturing Co. will introduce an entirely new tricycle design for the next season, weighing 55 to 60 pounds and expected to be popular with ladies on account of its lightness.
- Report on the public auction of the insolvent Lynn Cycle Club Track Association's property, sold to Base Ball Manager Henry Murphy and creditor partners for $1,250, with a half-mile trotting track to be added while the bicycle track is preserved.
- News that the Stanley Show will again be held at the Royal Westminster Aquarium with St. Stephen's Hall added, opening January 28, 1888, for one week, with Mr. J. Bring as secretary and offices taken in Chancery Lane.
- Report on the Harvard Bicycle Club's 15-mile handicap road race of November 18, won by Baily '91 in 1h. 5m. 20s. over a course through Brighton, Newtonville, Waltham and Watertown, with freight trains hampering speeds throughout.
- New York cycling gossip column by 'The Observer' noting pianist and L.A.W. member Henry Holden Huss's praised Rhapsody performance at Chickering Hall, the N.Y.A.C.'s planned move to New Rochelle, L.I.W. Treasurer Joseph Huggins's marriage, and dealer hopes for clear Christmas weather.
- Brooklyn cycling column by 'Alert' covering post-race celebrations by the Kings County Wheelmen after the N.Y. and N.J. Team Road Race, the Ilderan Bicycle Club's annual elections including President H. Greenman and Captain W.J. Savoy, and the Kings County Wheelmen's service stripes despite English ridicule.
- Keystone Club riding-season summary by 'Keystone,' noting R.C. Swartzwelder's century and 109-mile single-day record, H.E. Bidwell's club-leading 1,744 miles over 139 days, and a full mileage table showing a reported club total of over nine thousand miles.
- New Orleans correspondent's column previewing the Thanksgiving Day handicap road race between champions Hill and Guillotte, and reporting on the Shreveport races of November 11-12 where M.O. Sprigg won the 2-mile and 1-mile championship events, with R.G. Betts of New Orleans taking second in both sprint races.
- Short cycling news department covering veteran Jack Keen's new pedal design, the New Rapid's tripled 1887 sales, an English firm's success producing coloured enamels, Alphonse King's water-bicycle exhibitions at a Brooklyn theatre, and the L.A.W. Executive Committee's decision to discontinue printing League renewal lists on grounds of economy.
- First installment of a new series contributed by an expert amateur cycling photographer, surveying the growth of amateur photography since 1879, the advantages of dry-plate over wet-plate processes, and the role of compact modern cameras by makers such as the Scoville Mfg. Co. in making the hobby widely accessible.
- Satirical exchange between Bicycling World and The Wheel's editor on the merits of tactical 'loafing' versus muscular racing, with the editor defending the role of intellect on the racing path and citing Percy Furnivall, A.B. Rich, Crist, Rowe and Woodside as exemplary 'head-riders.'
- Short miscellaneous items including Kimball & Co.'s 'Athletic' cigarettes popular with wheelmen, the Seventh Regiment's December 3 winter games at the armory with two- and five-mile handicaps, and an announcement introducing the forthcoming photography article series.
- Travel piece by 'Free Lance' describing a tandem ride through Kent, visiting Hayes Place (birthplace of William Pitt), Darwin's home at Down, Hever Castle (home of Anne Boleyn), and Penshurst Place (home of the Sidneys), with vivid descriptions of roads, commons and rural encounters.
- Travel reminiscence by 'Art' comparing English rural domestic life with American customs, noting iron-shod boots worn against incessant rain, sanded stone floors, enormous high-backed settles by smoky grates, and the disproportionately large horse-drawn traps used even on smooth English roads.
- Editorial quoting the American Wheelman's closing argument urging Missouri wheelmen to advocate for road improvement without proposing tax increases, followed by a note that Boston Globe cycling reporter Charlie Howard has been promoted to city editor.
- Report on C.C. Hopkins lowering the 10-mile unicycle record by 12 minutes 22 seconds at the Denver Exposition track on November 6, riding a stripped 55-inch Apollo in 47 minutes 14 seconds and covering 12 11/16 miles in one hour.