The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 7, No 21
Articles in this issue
- The masthead notice to subscribers and correspondents, followed by the paper's run of editorial news paragraphs: W. Prince Wells resigns from the L.A.W., the Kings County Wheelmen's tandem-tricycle and slow races, A. G. Spaulding & Bro. leasing 241 Broadway, a rumored Pope Mfg. Co. tricycle atop the Bartholdi statue's torch, and Karl Kron's delayed road book.
- Boston-area jottings noting the Cambridge Bicycle Club netting $300 from a minstrel show, the Thorndike club's Beverly exhibition, the De Corma brothers' tightrope cycling, and trick rider Wm. Maltby's switch to the unicycle.
- A satirical award of the paper's five-cent-stamp prize to an unknown writer 'Kay Kay,' whose letter parodies Karl Kron's subscription scheme for 'Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle' and reports the Bermuda touring party's stormy return via Messrs. Elwell, Joy and Miller.
- Election results and notes from the Brockton City Bicycle Club, Fort Schuyler Wheelmen, Greenfield Wheel Club, the Lynn 'Cycle Club carnival, Long Island Wheelmen, New Haven, Pilot Wheel Club, Salem (N.J.), the Springfield Bicycle Club's finances, Stamford, the Trojan Wheelmen and Washington Cycle Club.
- A light verse, adapted by '4763,' on the pleasures of riding a sociable tandem with a 'sweet, bewitching girl.'
- A comic tale, signed 'Secretary,' in which William flees on his bicycle from the pursuing Evangeline while his profanity drives a thermometer ever higher as a tin can, a slipped pedal and a stripped saddle-bolt repeatedly stall him.
- Report of the Citizens Club's first annual dinner at the Grand Union Hotel on St. Valentine's Eve, with the full French menu and the toasts presided over by toastmaster Dr. Beckwith, arranged by Fred. G. Bourne, Simeon Ford and Knight L. Clapp.
- A comic ballad by 'Georgius' of Toronto about O'Reilly's buck goat that died butting learner Jones's big wheel, pierced by a spoke.
- Account of the death of bicyclist Chittenden Rogers, a leading Binghamton amateur, after a head-on collision with player John Dimmick during a roller-polo match between the Pioneer and Orient clubs at the Pioneer Roller Rink.
- Report, signed 'One Who Was There,' of the Greenfield (Mass.) Wheel Club's Third Annual Concert and Ball on February 10th, attended by the Springfield, Northampton, Holyoke, Brattleboro and Fitchburg clubs and led off by Pres. Edgerton, with Russell's orchestra and 72 couples in the Grand March.
- A correspondent, 'E. 1167 L.A.W.,' gives the 'inner history' of the Chicago Christmas race in which Van Sicklen beat Geo. Weber, arguing Weber's makeshift broom-wire tire repair and two falls, not inferior form, cost him the win.
- A short letter signed 'H.' rebutting 'Pedibus,' insisting the Star bicycle can be mounted in far less than twelve feet and that properly taught Washington boys of 13 mount a 54-inch wheel gracefully.
- Second installment of road notes reported to Karl Kron by J. D. Talbot of the Rock City Bicycle Club, describing turnpikes around Nashville including Harding Pike to Bell Meade, Nashville to Murfreesboro, Murfreesboro to Shelbyville and Woodbury, and Nashville to Lebanon.
- Preview of the six-day go-as-you-please roller-skating tournament opening March 2 at Madison Square Garden, managed by Wood and Garnett, with hourly polo, amateur races and fancy bicycle riding.
- New York theatre notes covering 'The Romany Rye' at the People's Theatre, the Florences in 'Our Governor' at the Star, Edwin Thorne in 'The Black Flag,' the close of 'Apajune' at the Casino, and Maggie Mitchell in 'The Cricket' at the Grand Opera House.