The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 8, No 18
Articles in this issue
- Front-page editorial squibs on Boston, Binghamton and East Hartford track-building, Rudge & Co.'s eighteen-pound racer, W. E. Crist's District of Columbia mile record, Lennox beating the Land's End-John O'Groat's record, and the Berkshire County Wheelmen's third annual Pittsfield tournament (Aug. 13).
- The amateur tricycle championships at Crystal Palace, with P. Furnival taking the one-mile title and English and Gatehouse setting twenty-five-mile records, plus Thomas Stevens's letter on reaching Constantinople, and Surrey, Scottish, Polytechnic and Irish championship results.
- The Ohio division's annual meet at Springfield, Ohio (July 20-21) re-elected T. J. Kirkpatrick president and ran two days of races, with George Weber and S. G. Whittaker protested as makers' amateurs.
- The complete list of events and prizes for the Springfield, Mass. Bicycle Club's three-day tournament (Sept. 8-10), including the Ten-Mile Amateur Bicycle Championship of the United States and many cash and ornate trophy prizes.
- The Dorchester Club's 50-mile road race near Boston, won by W. A. Rowe (3h.47m.37s.) over S. G. Whittaker after Rhodes retired with a header, plus a 15-mile tricycle race won by John Williams in American record time.
- Boston city-letter (signed C.S.H.) previewing the Boston Club's tricycle road races and noting Edward Sells, D. Edgar Hunter, H. S. Whittaker's move to St. Louis, and George Thompson's electric bicycle bell.
- The Pennsylvania division's annual meet at Scranton under Chief Consul E. M. Aaron, with the parade, a business meeting reporting 934 members, and Driving Park races dominated by J. R. Schlager of Scranton.
- John Brooks of Blossburg, Pa. rode twenty-five miles in 1h.20m.59 9-10s. at his training track, beating W. Woodside's record, though The Wheel disputes the timing on the irregular five-lap track.
- The inauguration of the Chicago Bicycle Track Association's new track (July 24-25), with first-day results including W. Woodside's win, a Prince-Dolph match race, and trick riding by Prince Wells.
- Editorial follow-up presenting the genuine amateur tandem tricycle record—Gideon and Powell of the Germantown Club, 3m., from the 1884 Philadelphia tournament—quoted verbatim from the Bicycling World.
- Club department listing race-meet fixtures at Weedsport, Pittsfield, Cleveland, Hartford and Springfield, along with the closing dates for tournament entries.