Vol 6, No 14

Articles in this issue

• [Editorial notes and gossip] (opens in a new tab)

  Front-page editorial chat noting Wheeling's prize for Frank A. Egan's 'He Kept an Hotel,' Geo. Bidwell taking the Rudge agency, and a vigorous defense of Geo. M. Hendee's and H. D. Corry's amateur standing.
• LEWEE'S LETTER. (opens in a new tab)

  Boston correspondent reports a special meeting of the Massachusetts Division L.A.W. officers at the New Marlboro Hotel and surveys the season's many Boston races and club doings.
• NEW HAVEN CLUB RACES. (opens in a new tab)

  Wm. H. Hale announces that the New Haven club will hold a race meeting on September 23-24 at Hamilton Park.
• I WOULD LIKE TO SEE (opens in a new tab)

  Humorous wish-list of cycling sights (a perfect bicycle, Beckwith on a 64, all the fliers at Springfield), signed 'Dave N. Port.'
• PAID VS. AMATEUR. (opens in a new tab)

  Frank A. Egan marshals facts to clear Geo. M. Hendee and H. D. Corey of charges of professionalism, distinguishing genuine amateurs from the 'pot hunters' miscalled amateurs.
• TO THE WHEELMEN OF MISSOURI. (opens in a new tab)

  Secretary John S. Rogers appeals to Missouri wheelmen to join the newly organized Association of Missouri Wheelmen (President E. M. Senseney), printing the association's constitution.
• PRINCE vs. SCOTLAND. (opens in a new tab)

  Bicyclist J. D. Prince beats Mr. Craven's trotting horse Scotland in a second ten-mile match at Jumbo Park on June 21, winning by over a lap before about 400 spectators.
• CHICAGO GOSSIP. (opens in a new tab)

  H. F. Fuller describes the Chicago Bicycle Club's muddy 36-mile run to Waukegan and back and the club's Fourth of July plans via Aurora and Elgin.
• FROM THE CLUBS. (opens in a new tab)

  Club notes: the Capital Bicycle Club's semi-annual election, with Charles Flint chosen President after Leland O. Howard declined re-election.
• THE BINGHAMTON RACES. (opens in a new tab)

  Report of the Binghamton club's second annual race meeting, June 26 at Whitney Driving Park, where John Brooks of Blossburg took the mile, two-mile and three-mile events; signed A. W. Clark.
• ELIZABETH WHEELMEN. (opens in a new tab)

  Account of the Elizabeth Wheelmen (organized March 5, 1883), its twenty-four members and officers including President W. H. Hastings; signed 'Croesus.'
• INFORMATION WANTED. (opens in a new tab)

  Readers' queries seeking the best road routes from Boston to Amherst, Mass., and between Buffalo and New York City.
• THE OLYMPIAN RINK AT CONEY ISLAND. (opens in a new tab)

  Describes the Olympian Club's new roller skating rink in the converted Sea Beach Palace Hotel at Coney Island, reached via the New York & Sea Beach Railway, with stabling offered to visiting wheelmen.
• PROMINENT BICYCLE CLUBS. I. The Buffalo Bicycle Club. (opens in a new tab)

  First in a series profiling clubs: the history of the Buffalo Bicycle Club from its 1879 founding by George F. Chavel to its present sixty-five members and four annual tournaments.
• THE FRIDAY EVENING MEETS. (opens in a new tab)

  Captain Geo. Dakin's circular urging every Buffalo Bicycle Club member to attend the weekly Friday-evening road meets at the Circle.
• CINCINNATI LETTER. (opens in a new tab)

  Describes the Cincinnati Bicycle Club's new Western avenue clubhouse and its 'Smoke' opening reception attended by some 150 wheelmen; signed 'Bee.'
• SQUIBS. (opens in a new tab)

  Humorous one-line items from the Cincinnati club's 'Smoke,' noting E. F. Landy's broken arm and the pipes distributed to guests; signed 'Bee.'
• WHEEL GOSSIP. (opens in a new tab)

  Editorial news miscellany: the Chicago tour, Percy J. Bernhard and Benj. W. Doughty's record 100-mile run to Greenpoint, W. D. Wilmot's marriage, and assorted club and trade notes.