The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 3, No 23
Articles in this issue
- Short editorial notes cover the pending 'Green' bill, Secretary Krag's lobbying circular to Ohio legislators, Secretary Pope's return from a western trip and visit to the Citizens, and anticipation of the Philadelphia races the following Saturday.
- A whimsical verse by C. H. imagines cycling life a century hence, with electric-powered machines, macadamised roads everywhere, and a wheelman serving as a corporal in the National Guard free from all legal harassment.
- The Owl's regular column poses a series of pointed and humorous questions about cycling personalities and club politics, touching on figures including Pitman, Lieut. Joshua Reynolds of the Hudson Club, President Egan, President Ducker, and L.A.W. Treasurer William V. Gilman of Nashua.
- Club fixtures and correspondence include a five-mile handicap race at Industrial Hall, Philadelphia on March 10, at which Woodside and Morgan will ride a twenty-five mile purse race and Miss Maggie Wallace will make her first public appearance in America; also reports from the Cortlandt Wheelmen and Albany Bicycle Club on their annual officer elections.
- Brief editorial replies under the Correspondence department to readers including A. McO., W. Cowles, S. B. H. of Louisville, and H. Gallien of Albany.
- A Philadelphia correspondent signing as 'Nixon Neckar' reports on the winter social season among the city's cyclists, describing the new monthly Tuesday evening gatherings of the Philadelphia Club and the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club's move to new quarters on Forty-first Street near Fairmount Park.
- A. S. Parsons argues against holding the L.A.W. annual meet in Washington, D.C., contending the capital is nearly deserted by late May and has few League members, and urges New York instead, where the Citizens and Ixion clubs have revived genuine enthusiasm for cycling.
- A correspondent signing as 'Chic' gives a vivid account of the Springfield Wheelmen's exhibition and ball at City Hall, describing fancy riding by Hendee, Wilmot, Aldrino, Pressey, and young Nash, as well as the attendance of Colonel Pope, Pitman, and delegations from New Haven, Meriden, and Bridgeport clubs.
- Correspondent 'Percy' reports on the Hub's season opener — the Boston Bicycle Club's first club run of 1883 — along with professional challenges between Young, Wilson, and Prince, Harry Hedger's offer of $100 prize money for a St. Patrick's Day race, and a $150 gold medal presented to Wilmot by the Olympian Skating Club.
- The editors press the case for aligning bicycle race-track measurement with the N.A.A.A.A. athletic standard rather than the three-foot trotting-track rule, arguing that records made at championship events should be comparable across venues and with English standards.
- Secretary W. Cowles of the Hermes Bicycle Club reports on the Washington's Birthday races at the Exposition Building, where riders from Louisville including Chas. H. Jenkins and S. W. Holloway competed against Chicago men; Jenkins and Crawford finished in a dead heat in the featured ten-mile event, with Mayor Harrison presenting prizes.
- Official Bicycle Touring Club organ matter: new membership applications and renewals, consul appointments for Susquehanna, Pa. and Mount Vernon, N. Y., and the Gloucester Hotel's club tariff for members.
- J. S. Dean's resignation as B.T.C. Massachusetts State Consul, to take up Bicycling World duties, with Chief Consul Frank W. Weston's reply calling an April 7 meeting at the Boston Club House to nominate a successor.
- Notice from Corresponding Secretary C. J. Krag that the L.O.W. Executive Committee will meet at the Neil House, Columbus, on March 12 to consider recommending that the L.O.W. become the Ohio Division of the L.A.W.
- Official L.A.W. notices including the Board of Officers, new membership applications via Corresponding Secretary Fred. T. Sholes, outgoing New Hampshire Chief Consul C. A. Hazlett recommending Capt. C. H. Wilkins as his successor, and Dr. N. Malon Beckwith's open letter to New York State consuls urging active organisation.