The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 5, No 18
Articles in this issue
- B. B. Ayres details the revised plan for the Chicago Bicycle Club's Niagara-to-Boston tour, with a new start from Chicago on July 13 and stages through Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, Saratoga and Boston.
- A letter from Edw'd A. Caner giving block-by-block directions for the ridable streets from the Brooklyn Bridge and the ferries out to the park, and noting Capt. W. A. Carl's departure for a cattle ranch in Texas.
- A humorous club sketch signed 'Secretary' recounting member Joe's romantic dream of coasting into an enchanted garden and a cursed princess whose lips melt at every kiss.
- Philadelphia correspondence (W. C. W.) on new club headquarters, the new 'Penn City Wheelmen,' Mr. Hart's new bicycle rink, and growing tricycling among the city's ladies.
- 'The Arab' reports Essex Bi. Club members' winter spins over packed snow around Newark, a ten-mile ride on a Coventry Convertible Sociable, and the club's amalgamation with the Roseville Club.
- Account of the Troy Bicycle Club's reception at Harmony Hall, with floor manager A. P. Dunn, music by Prof. Maschke's orchestra, and a large delegation from the Albany Bicycle Club.
- C. D. Standish reports the growth of the Detroit Club (boosted by the disbanded Meteor Club) and the Michigan Division, and Michigan enthusiasm for the coming Chicago tour.
- An untitled editorial gossip column replying to 'Parker' and the Turf, Field and Farm bicycling editor, noting the Olympian Club's planned rink, Pitman pining in Philadelphia, and 'Faed's' English record of 6,023 miles in a year.
- New York gossip by 'Parker' on club entertainments, the K. C. W. reception, the Ixions and Citizens, and his preference for a two-day League meet at Washington.
- A reprint from Turf, Field, and Farm defending L. A. W. President N. Malon Beckwith against L. H. Johnson of Orange's charge of furious riding, on behalf of the Citizens' Bicycle Club.
- The New Haven Bicycle Club's annual meeting in the Masonic Temple, electing President H. G. Lewis and other officers and voting a portrait of late Captain S. Arthur Marsden, with road riding rules adopted.
- The twenty-one road-riding rules adopted by the New Haven Bicycle Club, covering keeping to the right, overtaking and passing, warning frightened horses, and a six-mile coasting limit in East Rock Park.
- Club election and organization notes from the Kentucky Club, the Columbia Bicycle Club of North Attleboro, the Northampton Bi. Club, and the newly formed Salem (N. J.) Bicycle Club.
- A 'Harlemite' urges, through the Official Organ, that Karl Kron furnish maps alongside the route descriptions in his contemplated road-book.
- Short news items on the Chicago tour, Connecticut's new division, Karl Kron's subscriber list for 'Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle,' the Washington Cycle Club's bid to host the League meet, and the Acme road maps.
- Brief editorial replies to Will I. Bryce, H. W. Knight, H. K. Whitner, Paul Heffleman, and Karl Kron, including a note that the League contract with The Wheel expires May 30, 1884.
- Cor. Sec'y Fred Jenkins submits proposed amendments to the L. A. W. constitution and rules—a Secretary-Treasurer office, membership-fee provisions and a $500 salary—to be offered at the February 22 Board of Officers meeting.
- Fred Jenkins's letter to President Beckwith withdrawing from the L. A. W. Membership Committee pending investigation of the protest signed by H. E. Ducker and others against him.
- President N. Malon Beckwith's reply accepting Jenkins's resignation and appointing Geo. D. Gideon of Philadelphia to fill the Membership Committee vacancy pro tem.
- A resolution unanimously adopted by the New Haven Bicycle Club endorsing Fred Jenkins's statement that the Springfield Bicycle Club does not pay its just debts, to be forwarded to The Wheel.
- 'Lewee' describes the formal 'ladies' night' opening of the Boston Bicycle Club's elegant new club house, plus notes on S. T. Clark as Coventry Machinists' American agent, the Wakefield entertainment, and Pope Mfg. Co. activity.
- A convention at the New Haven Bicycle Club's rooms forms the Connecticut Division of the L. A. W., with Chief Consul Stephen Terry of Hartford presiding and Wm. H. Thomas and George H. Burt elected, representing 275 riders.
- 'Ariel' describes the Kings County Wheelmen's third annual reception at Knickerbocker Hall, Brooklyn, with a fancy bicycle drill (Captain Pettus breaking a pedal in a fall) and Mr. Bloodgood's fancy riding.