The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 2, No 24
Articles in this issue
- A roundup of short cycling news notes covering an upcoming 25-mile handicap between champion John S. Prince and Mlle. Louise Armaindo at the Polo Grounds on September 2, the expected arrival of English riders Jack Keen and C. D. Vesey, Fred Jenkins taking the New York agency for the Marine Bicycle, and praise for Cortis's twenty-mile-in-the-hour ride.
- Club news reports on the Springfield Bicycle Club's grand tournament planned for September 20 with $700 in purses and a twenty-mile ride by J. S. Prince, plus the founding of the Boston Ramblers (S. S. McClure, president) and a new Pennsylvania club in Philadelphia.
- Mlle. Louise Armaindo sets new American open-air records at the Sea Beach Palace Hotel, completing fifty miles in 3h. 31m. 14 1/4s. in a race against Miss Elsa von Blumen, who covered 18 miles before retiring after a spill injured her hand.
- A standing notice from Chief Consul Frank W. Weston inviting American wheelmen to join the international B.T.C. at an annual fee of about 62½ cents, with a list of members whose silver badges await delivery, including F. G. Bourne and W. R. Pitman of New York.
- New York correspondent A. G. Rowler comments on the summer lull in city club life, congratulates Pitman on his B.T.C. membership while needling the L.A.W., and notes the Springfield tournament preparations and Chief Consul Weston's safe arrival.
- An opinion column signed 'Chang' addressing the Pope Manufacturing Co.'s reported lobbying to raise import duties on foreign bicycles from 35% to 45%, a Buffalo inventor's claim of a practical gasoline-powered steam tricycle costing about $150, and the need for a strong national wheelmen's organization.
- The editorial analyses the League of American Wheelmen officer elections, presenting a state-by-state table of Chief Consuls and Representatives and lamenting the low turnout of only 361 ballots from a membership of about 2,500, with Massachusetts leading at 136 votes and Illinois trailing with just three.
- A detailed report (from The 'Cyclist) of the South Metropolitan club's Crystal Palace meeting where Cortis rode 20 miles 297 yards in the hour to break records, paced by W. K. Adam, A. Thompson and C. D. Vesey; the Invitation Three Miles was won by W. K. Adam in a record 8m. 41 1/5s.
- A six-day bicycle race at the Sea Beach Palace Hotel pitted Wm. J. Morgan against Mlle. Armaindo and Miss Elsa Von Blumen; Morgan won with 467 miles 8 laps, beating the women's combined total of 466 miles 1 lap, with full half-hourly scoring tables published.
- The Hon. Ion Keith-Falconer of Cambridge University won the Bicycle Union's 50-mile championship at Crystal Palace in 2h. 43m. 55 1/5s., beating Lacy Hillier's previous record by nearly seven minutes, with C. D. Vesey second and W. K. Adams third (from the Bicycling Times).
- A calendar of forthcoming races: the League of Ohio Wheelmen's parade and races at Columbus (August 28–29), the Montreal Bicycle Club annual races (September 2), the Manhattan Athletic Club 50-mile amateur race (September 9), and New England Fair bicycle races at Worcester (September 5).