The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 5, No 14
Articles in this issue
- Editorial musings on the meaning of "M. I. P.", League members expelled for unpaid dues, the L. A. W. administration's faulty construction, and the old American Institute reopened as the Olympian Club's Skating Rink.
- A humorous account by "Secretary," relayed by the measles-stricken Parson, of Maryland Bicycle Club members bringing absurd gifts (sugar tongs, a horn of red pepper, a box of live cats) to dress the club's Christmas tree.
- Frank A. Elwell of Portland invites wheelmen to a leisurely August 1884 tour up Maine's Kennebec valley, from Gardiner through Augusta, Waterville, Skowhegan and Bingham to The Forks, in company with the Chicago Bicycle Club's eastern party.
- A letter from "J. H. C." of Lebanon, Pa., arguing that establishing country agencies will overcome prejudice and yield good roads, and reporting 1,130 business miles ridden since August 1, 1883.
- Stimson's humorous Stamford notes on snow riding, a balky brake, and local riders nicknamed "46 full nickel" and "50 inches."
- "2660" describes two Maryland Bi. Club members' 76-mile straightaway winter ride from Baltimore toward Philadelphia, via Belair, Churchville, Havre de Grace and Elkton to Wilmington, racing a runaway mule team en route.
- Messrs. Leve & Alden announce their third annual mid-winter excursion to Cuba and Nassau, leaving New York January 26 aboard the Ward Line steamers Niagara and Santiago under Dr. F. W. Hutchinson.
- C. T. C. standing notices: U. S. renewal instructions from Chief Consul Frank W. Weston, the appointment of Percy C. Winter as consul for New Brighton, and new applications for membership.
- Secretary Victor M. Haldeman announces the unanimous 268-vote mail adoption of the Pennsylvania Division's new Constitution and Rules, drafted on the New Hampshire model and printed here in full.
- "W. C. H., Jr." reports the new twelve-member, all-"star" Quaker City Bicycle Club and a cinder race track, riding school and skating rink nearing completion on North Broad Street, Philadelphia.
- Notes the New York World's column-and-a-half on bicycling, quoting "Pete's" character sketches of L. A. W. president Dr. N. Malon Beckwith, ex-secretary Fred Scholes and Willie Newman of the Ixion Club.
- Editorial news notes including a New Year's greeting, Consul Bourne's Swedish-tankard gathering, the Springfield Club's disputed finances, and the publication of the Pennsylvania Division constitution.
- An editorial reviewing the brilliant 1883 racing season (Hendee versus Frazier at New Haven, Burnham, Fiske and Hamilton), lamenting poor American tracks, and urging a $100 cap on first prizes and standardized championship medals.
- Galveston club notes: Chief Consul E. L. Beckwith reports ten wheelmen have organized the Galveston Bicycle Club, riding Columbias on the island's thirty-mile beach in snow-free Texas winters.
- Stimson's reflective zigzag ride to North Mianus and the "Dumpling Pond" region, musing on crumbling Revolutionary-era houses, the Mianus river glen, and the vanished Indian life at "Cogenawaugh."
- "E. K. B." suggests the League raise a subscription for a statue of George Washington—mounted on a wheel—to present to New York and so win the run of Central Park.
- Dr. J. H. Boger, Consul for Findlay, Ohio, proposes adding spaces for the appointing consul's and the proprietor's signatures to League hotel certificates so they bind the hotel to the agreed rates.
- Official L. A. W. standing matter: membership-application instructions to Cor. Sec. Fred Jenkins, and the directory of the Board of Officers, standing committees and division secretaries.
- The Pope M'f'g Co. rebuts an anonymous Jerseyman's recent Wheel attack on the Expert Columbia's backbone, brake and weight, and invites owners of 1883 Expert bent handle-bars to send them in for improved set-nuts free of charge.