The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 6, No 9
Articles in this issue
- A lively unsigned leader column of notes from the L.A.W. annual meet at Washington: the new birth-certificate and club-membership rules for applicants, the Ixions riding up Stand Pipe Hill, and sketches of attendees including "Pit" with his medals, C. C. Philbrick of Chicago, and new Recording Secretary Eugene M. Aaron.
- The Missouri Division of the L.A.W. votes to dissolve after a League official's letter denied State Divisions any right to financial aid, and immediately reorganizes as the independent "Association of Missouri Wheelmen"; reported by meeting secretary L. J. Berger of St. Louis.
- "Faloyegan" reports the first annual meet of the American division of the C.T.C. at Poughkeepsie on May 21-22, hosted by the Ariel Wheel Club under Chief Consul Frank W. Weston, with Dr. A. G. Coleman elected State Consul, a banquet at the Morgan House, and a run to Vassar College.
- Wm. H. Hale of the Amateur Cyclists' Racing Association defends the New Haven Hamilton Park track against charges it was short after the record races of Hendee, Palmer, and Burnham, citing engineer D. C. Sanford's survey of 2,640.79 ft and custodian Levi Miller's affidavit.
- "Lewee" calls the L.A.W. meeting timid and inconclusive (faulting the officers' choice of the Amateur Athlete as Official Gazette and Treasurer Gilman), previews the Yale, Boston Ramblers, and Harvard races, and praises Boston's country resorts at Salem, Cobb's Tavern, South Natick, and Lexington; closes with a "Cycle Points" roundup.
- A letter signed "L. A. W. 2212" argues that League dues should be raised to $1.50 a year and urges that The Wheel keep its weekly schedule, calling it alone worth the whole cost of League membership.
- P. N. Myers of the Kenton Wheel Club of Covington reports that the Kentucky bill banning bicycles on the highways of twelve counties was defeated on reconsideration on May 12 through Senator Hallam's maneuvering, who distracted the bill's chief champion at the crucial moment.
- An account of a winter holiday run by the Citizens' Wheel Club of Minneapolis to the Lyndale Hotel on Lake Calhoun with the thermometer at zero, demonstrating that wheeling continues year-round in Minnesota; signed "Am I not Wright."
- "Bee" reports that the Cincinnati Bicycle Club has accepted the Union Baseball Club's offer to build a quarter-mile cinder track and clubhouse in Union Athletic Park, notes the incorporation of the Cincinnati Wanderers, and recaps the club's March indoor race series at Power Hall with riders Brady, Hodge, Kitchell, and Jennings.
- Club news roundup: the Kings County Wheelmen incorporate with forty active members and set their race meeting for June 21 at the Williamsburgh Athletic Club grounds, plus officer and headquarters notes from the Winged Wheel Club (Elkhart, Ind.), the Harrisburg Cycling Club, and the Rockford (Ill.) Bicycle Club.
- Editorial marking The Wheel's relinquishing of its status as official L.A.W. organ to continue as an independent dollar-a-year cycling weekly, citing a strong subscription list and a pledge of full, fair, but free coverage of cycling news.
- Department of short items: the last copy mailed to League members, the office move to 21 Park Row, the New York and Manhattan Athletic Club races, the Missouri Division's withdrawal, Ira Perego's new catalogue, and Dr. Tyler's diamond medal.
- The weekly list of L.A.W. membership applicants by division (Unattached, Kentucky, Connecticut, Minnesota, Ohio), published under Article III for member objection and compiled by Corresponding Secretary W. V. Gilman of Nashua, N.H.