The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 2, No 18
Articles in this issue
- Department of short New York wheeling notes — the regretted resignation of L. A. W. President Pratt, professional Thomas Harrison's arrival from Europe with a 55-inch Rudge racer, young Frank Howard's injury at a Washington race, and items on the Lenox and Manhattan clubs.
- Announces the Bicycle Touring Club's First Annual U.S. Meet on Saturday, May 27th, with Chief Consul Frank W. Weston's invitation to American wheelmen and the parade from 791 Fifth Avenue to Peabody House, Yonkers, under Capt. Fred G. Bourne.
- A letter from the Pope Manufacturing Co. charging that the Bicycling World published a misleading statement about Columbia bicycle availability after Pope refused to fill a publisher's order out of turn, then charged Pope to print a rebuttal.
- A humorous account of a club race meeting twice rained out before finally being held the following Tuesday, drawing a largely deadhead crowd and leaving the committee to report a financial loss to the club.
- A column of short editorial opinions on the awkward timing of President Pratt's resignation and the plan to reconstruct the L. A. W. constitution to represent the States, Congressional-fashion, through Chief Consuls (concluded on p. 142).
- Editorial urging Chicago meet delegates to focus on reorganization — electing officers from outside the trade, adopting the Smillie constitution, declining a costly separate race meeting, and establishing an official League organ, with Fred G. Bourne proposed for Commander.
- Prints a letter from A. H. Curtis, president of the National Association of Amateur Athletes, to Cor. Sec. Kingman N. Putnam proposing that the bicycle championships be held under the joint auspices of the two associations.
- Putnam lays out the eight-point plan agreed with the N.A.A.A.A. for joint two- and five-mile amateur championships and a one-mile League championship at the Polo Grounds on June 10th, including entry fees, medals, and a six-day entry window.
- Reproduces Charles E. Pratt's letter resigning as president of the League, citing the press of his other affairs, with Putnam's note that no action can be taken until the board meeting at Chicago on 29 May.
- Kingman N. Putnam's instructions for the Annual Meet — special Pullman sleeping cars from Jersey City on May 27th via the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at 20 percent reduced fare, with bicycles carried free in a fitted baggage car.
- Schedule of weekly club runs (Lenox, Manhattan, and Boston Bicycle clubs) and closing dates for race entries, including a one-mile handicap at the Manhattan Athletic Club and the N.A.A.A.A. two- and five-mile championships on June 10th at the Polo Grounds.