The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 2, No 16
Articles in this issue
- A miscellany of short cycling news items covering the Ixion Club's victory at the Manhattan Grounds (F. D. Howard winning the two-mile handicap in 7 min. 27¾ sec.), the upcoming League, B.T.C., and Ohio State League meets, and the N.A.A.A.A.'s resolution to bar L.A.W.-disqualified bicyclists from its championship meetings.
- Report (from the Louisville Commercial) on a twenty-mile team race at Louisville's Exposition Building between the Falls City Club (Orville Anderson and William Francke) and the St. Louis Club (Stone and Young) before an audience of two thousand; Francke won in 1 hour 14 minutes 13 seconds despite early falls, cementing Louisville's supremacy over other Western cities.
- Boston correspondent 'Handy Andy' reports on the upcoming professional race at the Institute Fair building benefiting John S. Prince (with Underwood, Dean, and Ahl competing), the uncertain fate of Beacon Park's cinder track for the 1882 season, and strong trade prospects for Boston dealers including Cunningham & Co. and Percival.
- Account (from the Courier) of the Columbia Bicycle School's exhibition and reception on 29 March in New York, attended by Col. Pope and L.A.W. president Chas. E. Pratt; the evening featured drills by the Lenox and Manhattan Club teams, trick riding by Jenkins, Webber, Bartlett, Campbell, and patron Gus Wells, plus the learning trick by Ford Mason, followed by ten dances.
- Two readers' letters: one reporting that the League of Ohio Wheelmen fixed its second annual state meet for 28–29 August in Columbus, with a new half-mile cement track costing $1,200–$1,500 under construction; a second from N.G.G. in Louisville describing the Kentucky Bi. Club's thirty-five members, plans for an outdoor track, and an anticipated race between Schimpeler and Jenkins.
- Preview of a forthcoming race meeting announced by the Germantown Bicycle Club after three of its members travelled to Boston, where Gideon rode from scratch and beat the American record by 36 seconds despite losing to the handicapped Dean; the Germantown event will feature a five-mile handicap with Dean receiving roughly 100 yards and Underwood about ten yards.
- A short piece reprinted from the Canadian Sportsman noting that the League of American Wheelmen, some 1,800 strong, will hold its annual convention in Chicago on 30 May, with a morning parade likely on Michigan Boulevard, a business meeting, and an evening banquet hosted by the Chicago club.
- Editorial farewell by founding editor Fred Jenkins, who announces his departure to manage The Cunningham Company at 791 Fifth Avenue and hands the paper to the Wheel Publishing Co.; he defends The Wheel's impartiality toward the L.A.W. and its advertisers and hopes correspondents such as 'Action,' 'Handy Andy,' and 'Julius Wilcox' will keep contributing.
- C. A. Jackson, yachting editor of the South Boston Inquirer, recounts a voyage from Salem Neck toward Boston by pedal-powered marine bicycles with Manager Hazlett; after rounding Marblehead Neck and battling a half-gale off Swampscott and Egg Rock, the craft proved their seaworthiness, one boat covering three miles to Lynn wharf in fifteen minutes under sail.
- Corresponding Secretary Kingman N. Putnam urges Eastern clubs to send credentialed delegates to the L.A.W. annual business meeting in Chicago on 30 May, outlining proxy rules, the roughly $40 minimum travel cost from New York, and a request that club secretaries submit attendance estimates to help secure better railroad rates.
- Circular from Burley B. Ayers, Secretary of the Chicago Entertainment Committee, inviting every bicycler in the United States and Canada to the second annual L.A.W. Meet in Chicago on 29–30 May 1882, with a follow-up note on excursion rail rates ($32 round trip from New York); it requests lists of local wheelmen's names and addresses to aid planning.
- Notice by U.S. Chief Consul Frank W. Weston promoting the international B.T.C.'s membership of over four thousand (annual fee 62½ cents plus a silver badge) and announcing the first annual American Branch meet on 27 May 1882, with a run from 791 Fifth Avenue to Yonkers, a luncheon at the Peabody House, and a business meeting before the evening train to Chicago.
- Calendar of forthcoming club events listing Lenox and Manhattan Bi. Club weekly runs, the Germantown Bicycle Club's 6 May race meeting at Stenton near Philadelphia, Boston Bicycle Club April fixtures to Waltham and Quincy, and entry deadlines for one- and two-mile handicap races at the Manhattan Athletic Club and Mott Haven.