The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 7, No 5
Articles in this issue
- Report of the Harvard Athletic Association's fall meeting at Holmes Field on Oct. 25, where J. A. Bailey ('88) beat F. F. Deane ('88) by two feet in the two-mile bicycle race under referee H. B. Cabot.
- Reprints a London Cyclist correspondent's complaint, endorsed by the editor, that the proliferation of cycling 'records' for every gearing, hill and machine is making the word meaningless, naming Cortis, English, Sutton, Lennox and Webb as riders of real calibre.
- Letter from secretary Benj. G. Sanford announcing the club's third annual 15-mile road race from New York City to Yonkers for the bicycle and tricycle championship on election day, Nov. 4, the record being Roland G. Rood's 1h 4m.
- Report of the Pine Tree Wheel Club's meet at Bangor, Me., Oct. 22, with C. S. Maynard taking the half-mile and F. L. Goodwin the one-mile, all races won by Bangor wheelmen, followed by a club social.
- Letter from H. J. Jenkins of Christchurch to Karl Kron describing two long New Zealand rides (a 170-mile day to Waiau with F. W. Painter and an Easter tour to Akaroa) and the Pioneer and Christchurch bicycle clubs.
- Essay (from Outing) on the bicycle's prominence in art, citing cycling paintings by Henry Sandham and Roger Donaho's 'The Start' shown at the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association fair.
- Department of short news and exchange items on saddles, clubs and racing, including the Eolus Bicycle Club's hare-and-hound chase won by E. N. Camp, M. Rousset's 211-mile tricycle ride from Pau to Aire, gold trophies for Sellers, and the British parcels-post carrier tricycle.
- Editorial apologizing for the previous issue's appearance after managing editor Fred Jenkins dislocated his knee on Oct. 20.
- Editorial comparing amateur champions Sellers and English, arguing Sellers excels at the spurt and English at distance, and praising Hendee's authenticated 2.45 1/4 record over mere 'could-do' claims by Frazier, Brooks, Hamilton and Weber.
- Editorial paragraphs defending The Wheel's independent criticism of the L.A.W. Racing Board's treatment of the National Association, noting new dress-guard inventions including President Bates's of Detroit, and the new Geo. R. Bidwell & Co. partnership with Frank G. Du Bois.
- Report of a Lynn (Mass.) bicycle-club tournament at Franklin Trotting Park on Oct. 25, with wins by Charles Whitten, E. P. Burnham of Newton in the five-mile record race, and William Rowe of Beverly.
- Report of the Cleveland Club's third annual fall races at Athletic Park on Oct. 25, with George Collister, F. P. Root, W. F. Knapp and J. D. Pugh among the winners.
- Letter from Karl Kron detailing the elaborate town, subscriber and club indexes planned for his road-book 'Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle' and the rise in price to $1.50 after publication, with 2,007 of 3,000 pledges secured.
- Extracts from Karl Kron's prospectus describing two planned chapters, 'The Ten-Thousand-Miles Men' and 'Routes of Long-Distance Riders,' soliciting reports from long-distance riders such as Thomas Stevens and W. W. Darnell.