Vol 6, No 3

Articles in this issue

• THE CITIZENS' NEW HOUSE (opens in a new tab)

  Detailed description of the new brick-and-terra-cotta clubhouse of the Citizens Bicycle Club of New York on West Fifty-eighth Street, designed by member George Martin Huss, with its 20x60-ft wheel room, lockers and convertible maple floor; signed by secretary Knight L. Clapp, the seventy-five-member club expects to occupy it by May 1 and to debut its grey Norfolk-jacket uniform at its April 25 race meeting.
• [Personal notes and comment] (opens in a new tab)

  A signed personal column blending comic sketches, the Citizens' 'Mack,' the 'club philosopher,' and a tall tale of a sail-rigged Rucker Tandem racing 183 miles to Kansas City, with the writer's defense of the 'L. A. W. for L. A. W. only' membership policy and his opposition to courting Washington's Capital Club.
• A RESOLUTION TO APPROPRIATE $100 FROM THE STATE DIVISION TREASURY TO HELP MAKE UP THE DEFICIENCY IN THE NATIONAL TREASURY (opens in a new tab)

  New York State Division representatives, led by Frank A. Egan and signed by N. Malon Beckwith and a dozen others, authorize forwarding $100 from the state treasury to the national L.A.W. treasury, which held only $78.44 on April 1, 1884, to help fund the May 20 Washington championship races, urging other divisions to give in proportion to their membership.
• SPRINGFIELD RECORDS ACCEPTED (opens in a new tab)

  Racing Board chairman George D. Gideon notifies The Wheel that the records made at the Springfield meet of September 18-20, 1883, have been voted valid by the board.
• SANCTION GRANTED (opens in a new tab)

  The Racing Board grants professionals Woodside and Morgan a special sanction to hold amateur races under League rules, revocable on any infringement; signed G. D. Gideon, chairman.
• APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP L. A. W. (opens in a new tab)

  Acting Corresponding Secretary W. V. Gilman publishes the latest list of L.A.W. membership applicants (numbers 837 to 1033) by state and club, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio and others, with the usual two-week window for objections.
• A NEW STAR RIDER (opens in a new tab)

  Zacharias & Smith of Oraton Hall, Newark, announce an April 21 exhibition by Master Finley of the Smithville works, who performs fancy Star feats, including balancing and riding side-saddle on one wheel, alongside fancy roller skating by Professor Jones of Newark.
• GUARANTEE SUBSCRIPTION TO RAISE $500 FOR THE L. A. W. (opens in a new tab)

  The Wheel reports the guarantee fund for the League's Washington championship expenses has grown from $80 to $212, with pledges from Frank A. Egan, Fred Jenkins, N. Malon Beckwith and the New York State Division ($100), and appeals for further contributions of any size before May 1, 1884.
• WE CANCEL THE CONTRACT (opens in a new tab)

  The Cycling Publishing Company reprints its 1883 contract to supply The Wheel to L.A.W. members at fifty cents each, then announces it is voluntarily canceling further charges on new applications, citing the League's tight finances and an earlier bad-faith Post Office complaint by the Bicycling World, and will bill only two cents per week per new member until June 1.
• ELECTION RETURNS FOR 1884-5 (opens in a new tab)

  The Committee on Rights and Privileges, chaired by Albert S. Parsons, reports the L.A.W.'s annual mail election of 1,755 votes cast nationwide, electing Chief Consuls including N. M. Beckwith (New York, 254), M. D. Currier (Massachusetts, 196) and T. J. Kirkpatrick (Ohio, 148), with full state-by-state tallies and an accounting of the 45 rejected ballots.