The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 8, No 21
Articles in this issue
- Opening run of unsigned editorial paragraphs and cycling news: Western clubs talking road-race, Memphis and Kansas City club doings, Philip Furnival expected at Springfield, the Minnesota Division L.A.W. annual meet at Minneapolis (Sept 22), S. G. Whittaker's record attempt, the banquet for Fred Russ Cook at Delmonico's, and N. H. Van Sicklen's letter praising the Columbia Racer.
- Summary of a paper by T. G. Holland of Singer & Co. on the bicycle's introduction to England — Pierre Lallement's crank-and-pedal "Boneshaker" brought over in 1869 and James Starley's all-metal improvements — leading into the 1880s manufacturing boom.
- Boston letter signed "C. S. H." on a fourteen-man Capital Bicycle Club party from Washington touring New England as guests of the Massachusetts Club, H. D. Corey's disputed 203⅛-mile 24-hour road record on a Rudge Safety, James Gilligan's collision with a hearse, and results from the Pittsfield tournament.
- A humorous first-person narrative signed "Secretary" of a Baltimore club's twelve-mile road race from the Pimlico clubhouse, in which the narrator deploys staged cockfights, a concealed trench, and a hidden horse-and-wagon to thwart his rivals.
- Account of Rev. Sylvanus Stall's 621-mile, 21-day clergymen's tour starting from Niagara Falls on Aug 5, with statistics on the riders' home states and machines (nineteen Columbias, plus Stars, Faciles, Rudges and tricycles) and notables such as Dr. Arthur Edwards and D. K. Beecher.
- Report of the Berkshire County Wheelmen's Third Annual Tournament at Pittsfield, Mass. (Aug 13-14), rained out and finished the next day, with wins by E. P. Burnham of Newton, George Weber of Smithville, and W. A. Rowe of Lynn.
- Extract from Dr. W. Gordon Stable's "Health on Wheels" on diet and digestion for cyclists, including an allegorical dialogue between the Stomach and the Man on the perils of overeating, dyspepsia and gout.
- Letter signed "A Wheelman," with an editorial reply, criticizing inaccurate judging and timing at the Springfield races — the Robinson/Frazier foul of 1883 and a disputed two-mile finish in which a Star's wheel was placed behind the leader.
- The Hampden Park track's good condition and the flyers practicing on it (Hendee, Fred R. Cook, Hitchcock, McGarrett and Rowe), with a Boston Herald description of how the $3,000 half-mile clay-and-gravel track was laid out and prepared.
- Closing unheaded editorial paragraphs: a reprinted New York Sun editorial on wheeling's growing popularity, The Wheel's sharp rebuttal of the "Barnum"/"Oracle" (Springfield Wheelmen's Gazette) on the amateur question, and a note disputing that L. D. Munger's 211½-mile record makes him "champion of the world."
- The Vermont Division L.A.W.'s second annual meeting at the Brattleboro 'Cycle Club (July 30), with F. E. DuBois re-elected Sec-Treas. and Bellows Falls recommended for the next meet, plus notes on the Brattleboro club's many riding mishaps.
- Preview signed "B." of the New York State Division meet on Sept 12, engineered by the King's County Wheelmen, with a grand parade, a run through Prospect Park to Coney Island, and championship races at the Williamsburg A.C. grounds.
- Brief club news: the Clerical Tourists' arrival at Kingston and Mr. Holcombe finishing first on the 100-mile run from Cobourg to Kingston.
- Calendar of forthcoming race meets and tournaments (Cleveland, Hartford, Troy, Springfield, Brooklyn, Rochester, Pittsburg, Minneapolis and others) with the closing dates for the Hartford and Troy entries.