The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 7, No 22
Articles in this issue
- Front-page paragraphs of wheeling news: Karl Kron's chase for 3,000 subscribers to "X. M. on a Bicycle" (2,474 captured), W. M. Woodside sailing for England with John Brooks of Blossburg to contest the championships, the Crescent Bicycle Club of Boston disbanding March 7, L. A. W. membership tallies for fourteen city headquarters, and Professor Wilmot's trick-riding exhibitions in San Francisco.
- Describes the twelve-color chromolithograph "Columbia Valentine" issued by the Pope Manufacturing Co. of Boston, painted by Copeland and mounted on a panel, with a descriptive poem dated February 14, 1885 printed on the back.
- Detailed technical description of a new light double-driving, central-geared roadster tricycle made by Rudge & Co. of Coventry and imported by Stoddard, Lovering & Co. of Boston, with 46-inch driving wheels, weighing about 85 pounds and delivered at $175.
- State-by-state table of League of American Wheelmen membership totaling 4,737, led by New York (906), Pennsylvania (700), Massachusetts (660) and Ohio (484).
- Boston correspondence column reporting the Crescent Bicycle Club's disbandment dinner at Young's, the Harvard Bicycle Club's annual dinner, W. B. Youngman turning professional fancy rider, the slow completion of the Massachusetts Club house, and John S. Prince's confidence of again lowering the world's record.
- Testimonial in which John S. Prince, professional champion bicyclist of the world, credits the Duryea saddle with helping him cut the world's mile record to 2:39 and win over 200 prizes worth $12,000.
- Full report of the League's spring Board of Officers meeting at the Grand Union Hotel on February 23, 1885: Treasurer Stephen Terry's financial report, Buffalo's accepted invitation to host the sixth annual meet on July 2-3, the Fred. Jenkins reinstatement, a resolution protesting an Indiana anti-bicycle bill, and a sweeping revision of the constitution, by-laws and amateur definition.
- Personal squibs from the Board of Officers meeting: Dr. Beckwith presiding genially, the 190-pound Treasurer Terry, ex-President Egan's outburst over the meet selection, and W. I. Harris's hard work with Secretary Aaron on the rules revision.
- Notice of the six-days' "go-as-you-please" roller-skating carnival opening March 2 at Madison Square Garden, promoted by Wood & Garnett, with assurances that amateurs' interests will be protected and races run under well-known amateur supervision.
- Club reports: the Buffalo Bicycle Club's election of officers (President J. E. Danelson, Captain Geo. Dakin) and unanimous vote to invite the L. A. W. meet, and the Cortland Wheelmen's re-election of officers and nomination of Ed. F. Hill for New York State chief consul.
- Reports the court's February 16 refusal of a new trial in Estep against Hailman and others, affirming the bicycle's right to any part of the roadway not occupied by another vehicle, alongside a pending Pennsylvania bill to fund macadamized roads.
- Detailed description, drawn from the Springfield Republican, of A. H. Overman's new Victor light roadster bicycle from the Overman Wheel Co. of Chicopee, Mass., built of weldless steel tubing with Warwick hollow rims, Bown's Aeolus ball bearings, Harrington's enamel and a new Victor patent suspension saddle.