The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 5, No 3
Articles in this issue
- Front-page run of editorial paragraphs and gossip — the Ixions electing "Campanini" Newman treasurer and adopting the C.T.C. uniform, the forged-order theft and anonymous return of Mr. Pearson's wheel, praise for New Haven's hospitality at the recent meet, and a rebuttal to the "Kickers' Own" over its attempt to deny The Wheel second-class mailing privileges.
- Reports the organization of an Indiana Division of the L.A.W. at the Brunswick House on September 26th, electing L. M. Wainwright of Noblesville President, G. W. Fay of Pittsboro Vice-President, and M. F. Robinson of Indianapolis Secretary and Treasurer.
- Letter from "Cyclist" of Ovid, Michigan questioning Dr. Charles A. Kinch's definition of a bicycle (the rider sitting erect just behind a vertical line through the axis) printed in the August Wheelman.
- Official directory and membership instructions of the League — board of officers, standing committees, chief consuls, representatives, division secretaries and treasurers — together with Treasurer W. V. Gilman's notice on the misnumbered membership tickets.
- Standing list of railroads that carry bicycles free at owners' risk in baggage cars on presentation of first-class tickets, with the reduced charges of lines such as the Boston & Albany, Boston & Maine and Eastern Railroads.
- Weekly published roster of forty new L.A.W. membership applicants (total 109), listed by division and club across New York, Connecticut, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
- Club department of fixtures and reports, including a Washington 100-mile scratch race fixture, officer elections at the Plainfield Bi. Club (Harold Serrell, President), the founding of the Roseville Wheelmen of Newark, and annual meetings of the Cleveland and Lancaster clubs.
- Account of the evening exhibition at the New Haven Skating Rink after the races — club drill under Capt. F. H. Benton, fancy riding by Tom Ackrill, George Nash and Daniel J. Canary, double riding by Wilmot and Sewell, and a prize presentation by Mayor Henry G. Lewis.
- C.T.C. department carrying Chief Consul Frank W. Weston's notices on the new club uniform, the 1883 hand-book, sterling-silver badges, and the 1884 Harrogate meet, following his return from England.
- Letter from George Sanderson, Jr. of Scranton answering "Ninon Neckar" and arguing that all L.A.W. meets and parades should be confined to League men, excluding non-League unattached riders for the sake of uniformity and discipline.
- Patriotic song to the League of American Wheelmen by F. C. Dunn, set to the tune of "My Country 'tis of Thee," recalling its 1881 founding and urging members to stand firm.
- Membership Committee report, signed Chairman S. Terry, finding Geo. S. Hart of Philadelphia a professional under clause "H" of Rule 25 (a paid teacher of bicycling) and therefore inadmissible to the L.A.W.
- Letter from George D. Gideon conveying the Germantown 'Cycling Club's unanimous resolution endorsing the Pa. Division committee's exclusion of non-League unattached riders from its First Annual Meet and parade.
- Reports the Massillon Bicycle Club's visit as guests of the Cleveland Bicycle Club on September 27th and the club's annual fall races at Cleveland Driving Park, with Root, A. O. Janes and the Collisters among the winners.
- Letter prompted by "Selah's" Hempstead-to-Greenport report, championing true straightaway century rides and recounting the Amherst–Boston feats of Paul Blatchford and Dr. George F. Fiske, and urging riders' records be sent to C. A. Hazlett of Portsmouth.
- Notes that editor Fred. Jenkins dislocated his knee in a fall while returning from Yonkers with the Citizens' Bi. Club, leaving him bedridden for weeks, and appeals to contributors for editorial help during Mr. Oliver's absence in Florida.
- Editorial reviewing the season's record-breaking — the mile cut to 2m. 50s. at New Haven — and proposing to handicap Hendee, Frazier, Corey, Burnham and Palmer together in one race to drive the figure below 2:50.
- Editorial correction about the machine Geo. M. Hendee rode in the 1883 one-mile League championship, citing the Springfield Wheelmen's Gazette's report of his 55-inch "Sanspareil Racer" built by Wm. Andrews of Birmingham.
- Editorial reprinted from the Springfield Wheelmen's Gazette urging every wheelman and club to join the L.A.W., crediting League co-operation for wheeling rights in Central Park and defeat of the Clark Bill, and holding up the Springfield Bicycle Club as the model.
- Letter from W. C. Harris, Jr. proposing a League bureau of information on roads and routes for touring wheelmen, with the editor's note that chief consuls already hold route slips available on application.
- Tabulated American records for amateur bicycle, amateur tricycle and professional bicycle distances, led by Hendee, Burnham, Midgley and Prince and drawn largely from the Springfield and New Haven meets.
- News-and-notes department — Corey's eclipse since New Haven, Burnham beating tricycle champion Frazier, moonlight runs of the Citizens' Club, the Maryland Club races at Oriole Park, the detention of The Wheel, and Capt. Pitman's machines offered for sale.
- Reports a ten-man Citizens' Bicycle Club delegation under Acting Captain Fred. G. Bourne and Secretary Knight L. Clapp visiting Boston as guests of the Massachusetts Bicycle Club, with a thirty-eight-mile run to South Natick.