The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 8, No 3
Articles in this issue
- Editorial arguing the League of American Wheelmen should keep supervising racing as the chief "introducing medium" between the wheel and the public while not neglecting tourists, and proposing a retroactive amateur definition to readmit men who turned professional through rink and polo competition; responds to Boston Globe and Bicycling World calls to "elevate the professional."
- Boston-area news column covering the Somerville Bicycle Club's minstrel show, W. B. Everett & Co.'s new Singer-cycle store, H. D. Corey's imported "Cripper" tricycle, and officer elections at the Massachusetts and Dorchester bicycle clubs.
- Describes the opening of A. G. Spalding & Bros.' new sporting-goods house at 241 Broadway, New York, and its bicycle department under F. White featuring the new "Spalding Light Roadster" built by Hillman, Herbert & Cooper.
- Reports the March 28 meet at the Mechanics' Pavilion, San Francisco, run by the Bay City, Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose clubs to raise track funds; Fred R. Cook won the ten-mile in 33m 38s for a new coast record and Miss Annie Sylvester gave fancy-riding exhibitions.
- Letter from Karl Kron agreeing to suppress a political reference from his road book and recounting his farewell to Thomas Stevens at the Inman dock, where Stevens sailed on the "City of Chicago" for Liverpool to resume his round-the-world bicycle ride; Kron reports 2,693 subscriptions enrolled.
- Fixtures calendar (including the L. A. W. sixth annual meet at Buffalo, July 2-3) and closing-entries notices, followed by officer-election reports from clubs in Allston, Brooklyn, Danvers, Elizabeth (N.J.), Kings County, Leominster, New Bedford and Trenton.
- Detailed technical write-up of the Pope Manufacturing Company's Columbia Light Roadster, describing its White-patent hollow steel rims, Wallace-patent "resultant" spokes, weldless tubing and adjustable Columbia ball bearings, said to be ten to twelve pounds lighter than the Expert.
- Column of short news paragraphs covering racing and trade notes, including John S. Prince and W. J. Morgan's match races at Pensacola, Fla. (Morgan beating the horse "King John"), and the dead-heat finish between R. Howell and F. Lees in the 20-mile English professional championship at Leicester.