The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 2, No 15
Articles in this issue
- Department of brief cycling news: Ex-Commander Munroe's escape from the Seminole country of Florida, the Manhattan and Lenox clubs' weekly run days, John S. Prince's offer to cover Keen's deposit for a ten-mile race at the Polo Grounds, and R. P. Ahl and A. D. Claflin lowering amateur records at the Massachusetts Bicycle Club's first race meeting.
- Notice from the office that gold L. A. W. badges with garnet and sapphire centres are on hand at $5 each.
- Race report of the Boston Bicycle Club's third meeting at the Institute Fair Building on Huntington Avenue, April 6, where Ahl, Gideon and Underwood lowered amateur records before a crowd of over 5,000, John S. Prince failed to beat Keen's professional ten-mile mark, and the makers and dealers (notably Chas. R. Percival) held a trade exhibition.
- Editorial reproducing a large Coventry maker's list of fourteen popular delusions about machines and arguing against the craze for lightness, big wheels and racing-man testimonials as proof of a bicycle's merit.
- Account of the Supreme Court argument in Wright and others against the Park Commissioners over wheelmen's right to ride in the park, with Mr. Wetmore for the wheelmen (citing Queen Victoria's tricycle) and Mr. Dean for the Board before Judge Lawrence, who reserved his decision pending likely appeal.
- Correspondence signed 'Handy Andy' on the opening of the 1882 season, the new 'Expert' Columbia, Hazlett's Marine Bicycles at the Boston exhibition, and a call to reorganise the League of American Wheelmen into sub-leagues and districts ahead of the Chicago Meet.
- Four orders from Commander S. Arthur Marsden of New Haven to League club captains, unattached members, non-member clubs and unattached wheelmen, inviting attendance and parade participation at the L. A. W. Meet in Chicago on May 30th and requesting reports by May 20th.
- Calendar of the weekly Lenox (Wednesday) and Manhattan (Saturday, 4 P.M.) club runs and the entry-closing dates for a one-mile handicap and a two-mile race at the Manhattan Athletic Club grounds and Mott Haven.