The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 6, No 5
Articles in this issue
- A poem by Nixon Necker summoning Pennsylvania wheelmen to gather at Fairmount Park along the Schuylkill for the Pennsylvania Bicycle Club's 1884 reception.
- Satirical correspondence chiding Washington's Capital Bicycle Club for staying out of the League, with squibs on a bankrupt dealer, Edwin Oliver's European tricycling tour, and a new ruling admitting used bicycles duty-free.
- L.A.W. President N. Malon Beckwith appoints Frank Read of Philadelphia chairman of the Pa. R.R. Committee and Frank H. Pelouze of Washington as D.C. Representative, replacing the resigned C. E. Hawley.
- Open letter from W. J. Morgan and Wm. M. Woodside outlining their proposed New-York-to-San-Francisco road ride, route, and $1,000 wager (Yates and Lakeman backing) to cover the distance in seventy days.
- Karl Kron reports 1,150 pledged subscriptions for his road book "Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle," thanking canvassers such as Zacharias & Smith of Newark and W. A. Stadelman of Ardmore.
- Announcement of the Quaker City Bicycle Club's June 17-19 wheelmen's tournament and bicycle exposition in Philadelphia, with a $750 silver service for the twenty-five-mile amateur race and night racing under fifty electric lights.
- B. B. Ayers on Chicago's booming trade, the new Cornell and Rudge machines, tandem-coupling experiments by Capt. Brown and Mr. Conkling, and the planned Niagara-to-Boston tour.
- St. Louis notes on muddy night rides to Manchester, headers taken by a Harvard and a Star rider, and a surge of new riders entering the sport.
- A whimsical comic poem on cycling by Pius Rotator, ranking bicycle and tricycle above the horse.
- Results of the Cincinnati Bicycle Club's second spring race series (March 13), with wins by J. T. Hodge, P. N. Meyers, and J. G. Kitchell, reported by Sec'y C. M. Galway.
- News department noting the Citizens' race meeting, Woodside and Morgan's start for Philadelphia, the Pope Mfg. Co.'s new Columbia catalogue, a rumored Springfield Club bid for League offices, and Brown & Co.'s detachable handlebar.
- Boston trade booming; the Boston Ramblers to run a May 30 race meeting at the new Dartmouth Street grounds, plus Woodside and Morgan's benefit and the Boston Bicycle Club's $300 minstrel entertainment.
- Report on the Citizens Bicycle Club's first annual race meeting at the Olympian Club Roller Skating Rink, where Chas. Frazier won the two- and five-mile scratch races and W. M. V. Hoffman the club championship before nearly 2,300 spectators.
- Announcement of the League's Championship Races at Athletic Park, Washington, on May 20, with 25-, 10-, 3-, and 1-mile bicycle and 1-mile tricycle events; entries close May 15 with Abbott Bassett.
- Official list of new L.A.W. membership applicants arranged by state division and club (Pawtucket, Kings County, Buffalo, Essex of Newark, and others), published by Cor. Secretary W. V. Gilman per Article III.
- Notice from Cor. Secretary W. V. Gilman that the League's annual business meeting will be held under Rule 9 at Ford's Opera House, Washington, on May 19.
- Subscription list (totalling $386) toward a $500 fund for the League's Championship Race Meeting, headed by the New York State Division's $100 and Col. A. A. Pope's $50.
- Editorial on Morgan and Woodside leaving New York for their seventy-day transcontinental attempt, describing Woodside's 58-inch British Challenge and Morgan's 52-inch Rudge roadster, both on Duryea saddles.
- Editorial explaining Rule 9's delegate-voting and credential requirements for clubs attending the League's Washington annual meeting, citing the Massachusetts Club's recent influx of members.
- Notice that the L.A.W. Board of Officers will meet at Ford's Opera House, Washington, on May 19 to elect a new Executive Board.
- Account (signed Nage Knarf) of the Citizens Club's press reception, with songs by F. G. Bourne, fancy riding by janitor "Prince Slam Slam," and a boxing bout between Bourne and trainer Prof. Watson.