The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 5, No 5
Articles in this issue
- Editorial notes on Robinson's ten-mile rematch challenge to Hendee at Hampden Park, Springfield; disputes over tracks measured three feet from the pole that void Midgley's Washington records; Woodside's broken arm and mishaps at the Chicago six-day race; and Prince again challenging Keen.
- Results of the Binghamton B.C. races of October 14, run in strong wind on a heavy track, with C. E. Titchener, C. H. Rogers and Scranton's Gus Merrill among the winners and Burt Pressy's fancy riding on a Star.
- The editor's brief replies to readers, including a ruling that League clubs may now hold race meetings without further sanction and need not use League members as officials.
- Cor. Sec. Fred Jenkins's published list of L.A.W. membership applicants (Nos. 2724 onward), grouped by state division for members to review and object to.
- An Elmira Bicycle Club touring letter signed 'Capt. Kid,' recounting a rainy forty-one-mile ride to Towanda, Pa., a Jeweler's header, and a hearty dinner at the Ward House.
- A comic poem signed 'Same Fellah' bewailing the triumphs and dangers of the American Star bicycle, threatening to take the complaint to Mr. Gladstone at Westminster.
- The editor acknowledges photographs exchanged with League members, including ex-Pres. Chas. E. Pratt and Pres. N. M. Beckwith, and asks senders to inscribe their names.
- The Committee on Membership, per chairman S. Terry of Hartford, overrules objections and admits Adolph G. Gruendler of Hartford, Conn., to the L.A.W.
- Correspondence on a bicycler fined $2.50 for sidewalk riding in Rome, Georgia, with a letter from J. G. Pamey questioning the mayor's authority and a reply from L. N. Jesunofsky of Nashville.
- Results of the Ovid Wheel Club races at Ovid, Michigan, October 12, with H. E. Baldwin, F. M. Harner and Chas. Kudner of Detroit among the winners on a wet, soft track.
- An interview (from the Chicago News) with tailor George W. Matthews predicting knee-breeches and knickerbockers will replace trousers and the dress-coat for receptions and street wear.
- The editor reprints the Columbia (S.C.) Bicycle Club's prize program for its November 14-15 races, run under L.A.W. rules, with secretary J. M. Bateman noting entries close November 10.
- A letter from L. L. Atwood, Sec. B.C.W., sympathizing with Fred Jenkins's wheeling accident, reporting his own club's thirty-four members and approving the racing board's stand on amateurism.
- Unsigned notes on the Massachusetts and Citizens' clubs' Boston runs, the growing tricycle 'detachment' on club rides, and Chilian gentlemen buying an Expert and Standard Columbias from the Pope Mfg. Co.
- The official L.A.W. directory: membership application instructions to Cor. Sec. Fred Jenkins, plus the roster of officers, chief consuls, representatives, division secretaries, standing committees and treasurers.
- A model by-law clause enabling a club to join the League as a whole, securing parade position and convention representation by paying members' dues from the club treasury.
- Treasurer W. V. Oilman explains the lithographers' duplicate-numbering error on this year's membership cards, directing members to the true 'D'-prefixed number in the lower centre.
- List of railroads that carry bicycles free in baggage cars for first-class ticket-holders, from the Baltimore & Ohio to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and many western lines.
- Rates charged for carrying bicycles by lines such as the Boston & Albany, Boston & Maine and the New York-to-Boston Sound steamers.
- A signed review ('Hannah C.,' Cadiz, Ohio) judging how Premier, Sanspareil, Yale, Columbia, Star, Harvard and Expert machines stood the Chicago Club's 350-mile Canadian tour, rating the Columbia Expert by far the best roadster.
- Chief Consul H. S. Livingston announces newly appointed consuls for the Northern Division of Ohio, from Richwood to Massilon.
- Standing editorial notice directing League correspondence to Cor. Sec. Fred Jenkins and all business matters to the publishers, Oliver & Jenkins.
- Lead editorial contrasting the amateur L.A.W. annual Meet (last held in New York with some 900 wheelmen) and the business-run Springfield race meet, arguing the two events should be kept separate.
- Editorial describing the official League uniform under Rule 35 (gray homespun Bedford blouse and knee-breeches) and naming A. L. Estabrook of New York and Geo. W. Simmons & Son of Boston as suppliers.
- Pres. N. Malon Beckwith appoints Wm. C. Scribner of the Washington Cycle Club as Chief Consul for the District of Columbia and A. E. Howell for Tennessee.
- Report of the first outdoor 100-mile amateur track race at Athletic Park, in which Midgley of Worcester beat Foster of Baltimore by over twenty miles in 7h 25m 52 1/2s.
- A signed essay ('Mercury') doubting the validity of Lees' 20-mile record (58m 34s) in England, contrasting it with Cortis's accepted performance and calling for stricter timing and measurement.
- Standing C.T.C. matter: the club's description and dues, Chief Consul Frank W. Weston's notices on resolutions Nos. 410-411 and the new 1883 Hand-book, and the postponement of membership applications.