The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 8, No 17
Articles in this issue
- A front-page editorial tribute to the death of General Ulysses S. Grant, America's most celebrated Civil War commander, reflecting on his military career, two presidential terms, business reverses, and heroic effort to complete his wartime memoirs while gravely ill.
- A column of short cycling notes covering Mrs. Allen of Birmingham's 200-mile 24-hour tricycle ride on a Humber, Mr. Lenox's new Land's End to John o'Groats record of 6 days 19 minutes, Mon. P. Rousset's 265¾-mile 24-hour tricycle ride for the Veloce Club Bordelais, upcoming races at Toronto and Chicago, and a correction crediting Cola Stone's Big Four road-race win to a Victor and J. S. Rogers of St. Louis to a Rudge.
- Boston cycling news reporting the upcoming Dorchester Bicycle Club 50-mile road race under Dr. Kendall, the returned Big Four tourists, Herbert Gaskell's departure for the Chicago races, and F. W. Heymer of the Massachusetts Bicycle Club's tour through Maine to Quebec.
- Race reports from the Stanley B.C. meeting at Lillie Bridge, London (July 4), where M. Webber was beaten by H. J. Ebbsworth; the Birchfield Harriers meet at Aston Lower Grounds where W. F. Ball won the five miles in 15.08; the Dublin vs. Cambridge Inter-University race swept by R. J. Mecredy of Dublin over Cambridge's George Gatehouse; and C. H. R. Gossett's 231¾-mile 24-hour tricycle record.
- Detailed account of M. Webber's new one-mile bicycle record of 2m 39 3-5s set at the Pickwick Bicycle Club handicap at Crystal Palace, London, July 9th, with heat-by-heat times and a comparative table against American amateurs Hendee and Sellers and the professional records; the eighteen-year-old Webber rides a 56½-inch Marriott and Cooper Genuine Humber racer.
- Report on the annual New Jersey Division L.A.W. meet at Orange, where Dr. G. Carleton Brown was re-elected president, W. J. Morrison re-elected secretary-treasurer with a $200 treasury balance, and seventy wheelmen paraded before dining at the Mansion House and running to Montclair.
- Book review of 'A Canterbury Pilgrimage' by Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell (Seeley & Co., London, one shilling), describing their tandem-tricycle tour from London to Canterbury; the reviewer praises Pennell's narrative and illustrations and notes Scribners' Sons of New York will issue an American edition.
- A first-person narrative (signed C.S.H., Boston, July 21, 1885) of the final days of the Big Four cycling tour from Albany through the Hudson Valley—dinner at the Rhinebeck ladies' seminary and a reception at Stockport by L.A.W. representative Joshua Reynolds—praising manager Burley B. Ayers, criticizing the Canadian roads, and listing the 37 Experts, 20 Rudges, 9 Victors and other machines used, with editor Fred Jenkins dislocating his knee in a header.
- Account of the Big Four party's arrival at the Citizens' Club House in New York City and an informal evening entertainment of a piano solo by A. H. Greenhaul, songs by George Martin Huss and W. G. E. Peirce, recitations by Jim Burdette and boxing, with later days spent at Coney Island before the tourists dispersed.
- Summary observations on the Big Four Tour: rain spoiled three days' riding, baggage handled by horse wagon was the chief weakness and should have gone by railroad and steamboat express, accidents were few despite numerous headers, and the Canadian roads disappointed compared with New York State.
- Notice that photographer A. C. McIntyre of Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, New York has six photographic views from the Big Four Tour at the Thousand Islands for sale, from 8×10 prints at 50 cents to 14×17 group shots at $2.00, with a full mounted set of six for $5.
- Editorial rebutting the Bicycling World's claim that W. C. Palmer's tandem-tricycle record (3m 12s, set with A. Thomson at the Yale meet) was voided when Palmer turned professional; The Wheel argues an amateur record stands until beaten by an amateur and cites prior Kings County Wheelmen records by H. J. Hall Jr. and A. C. D. Loucks the World had itself reported.
- A run of short editorial notes and comment: Wood's defeat of Howell at Aylestone in the ten-mile championship, a suggestion to present Miss Cleveland with a tricycle, W. C. Herring's partnership with Richard Garvey at Garvey's Bicycle Shop, the Peoria B.C. northern tour extended into Wisconsin, Wakefield Bicycle Club officer elections, and a Rudge testimonial signed by Big Four tourists including Fred Jenkins.
- Report on the third annual meeting of the Canadian Wheelmen's Association at Woodstock, Ontario (July 1, 1885), attended by about 300 riders (50 from the Toronto B.C.); J. S. Brierly of Simcoe was elected President, W. G. Eakins Vice-President, H. B. Donly re-elected Secretary-Treasurer, and 905 members were reported.
- Club department listing forthcoming fixtures—race meets at San Francisco, Dorchester, Chicago, Cleveland, Hartford and Troy and the Springfield tournament—together with the closing dates for entries to the Dorchester and Hartford meets.