The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 8, No 5
Articles in this issue
- Editorial reviewing the published opinions of prominent wheelmen (Dr. Geo. E. Blackham of Dunkirk, Edward F. Hill of Peekskill, Treasurer Stephen Terry and Henry E. Ducker) on the L.A.W.'s future policy, arguing for devolving power to the State Divisions to forestall western secession and for a League-owned monthly official organ.
- Department of brief news squibs: Prince ready to meet R. Neilson, the Springfield meet to be timed by electricity, Cola E. Stone's broken arm, Thomas Stevens arriving at Queenstown and delaying his world tour, Asa Dolph turning professional, and Karl Kron's running subscription tally for "Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle."
- Summary and full state-by-state table of the L.A.W. election returns supplied by Editor Aaron, naming the new chief consuls (Henry E. Ducker for Massachusetts, Edward F. Hill for New York) and representatives, with New York leading the ballots and the new board to convene at Buffalo July 2nd-3rd, 1885.
- Report of the Canadian Wheelmen's Association board meeting held April 10th at the Montreal A.A.A. club house, noting secretary H. B. Donly's report of 676 members and a $220 balance, and the award of the 1885 meet to the Woodstock Club.
- Results of April 7th English racing: Howell won the One Mile Professional Championship in 3m. 5 4-5s. over De Civry and Duncan, and De Civry (90 yards) took a two-mile professional handicap for Rudge Safeties in 6m. 24 1-5s.
- Karl Kron's open letter reproducing Victor M. Haldeman's January 1884 subscription note to prove no dollar was ever enclosed, defending his honesty against Haldeman's public demand for a refund of "Ten Thousand Miles on a Bicycle."
- Correspondence column signed "Pointer" reflecting on cycling's growth in New York City over five years (from fifteen wheelmen to 800 in six clubs) and grumbling at the endless amateur-versus-professional debate stirred by the Racing Board's new rules.
- Full text of the L.A.W. Racing Board's official rules for race meetings, issued April 1885 under chairman Abbott Bassett, covering the board's duties and powers, the eleven-clause definition of an amateur, and the detailed track rules; continues onto the next page.
- Club news notes reporting newly elected officers of the Star B.C. (Lynn), the Rockford (Ill.) B.C. and the Wilmington (Del.) Wheel Club, the Harlem Wheel Club's new 124th Street headquarters, and the Danvers B.C.'s May 6th race entertainment.
- Calendar of forthcoming race meets and tours from April 30 through September, including the Sixth Annual L.A.W. Meet at Buffalo (July 2-3) and the Big Four Tour starting from Buffalo July 6.
- Entry-deadline notices for the bicycle races at the Philadelphia Amateur Athletic Club games (closing May 11) and the Yale B.C. races including the 25-mile L.A.W. Championship and Pope Cup (closing June 2).
- Announcement that the Yale B.C. moved its annual meet to June 5th and 6th, listing the program of events and prizes (first-class shot guns, silver cups, silk banners and the Pope Cup).