The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 8, No 6
Articles in this issue
- Front-page column of short news notes and jokes — new clubs (Dorchester's Hill B.C., Montgomery, Ala.), the Memphis tournament, Grant Bell, Asa Dolph's five-mile debut against a roller-skater and his turn to professionalism, the Surrey B.C. barring makers' amateurs, and W. W. Stall's prizes for Star riders.
- Grant Bell beat Charles Frazier of Smithville, N.J. by half a lap in 17m. 14s. over five miles at the Washington Rink, Minneapolis, after Frazier lost his front tire and took a header near three miles.
- Practical instructions, reprinted from the Sanitary Woollen System Co.'s pamphlet, for washing woollen cycling clothes quickly in warm soapy water with ammonia to remove grease and prevent shrinking.
- Notice of H. S. Wood's forthcoming 140-page road book (compiled with E. M. Aaron and Dr. G. Carleton Brown), covering 8,000 miles of routes and six maps, priced $1.00 or 50c. to Penn. Division L.A.W. members.
- Boston letter on the opening of W. B. Everett & Co.'s Singer agency at 6-8 Berkeley Street, a review of the Singer Safety, Apollo and Challenge machines, the reopened Pope Mfg. Co. riding school, and the Massachusetts Bicycle Club's debate over withdrawing from the L.A.W.
- New York column signed "Pointer" on the Citizens' races — a tandem race, the Hamilton-Bidwell mile safety, a skating race, the club championship won by W. M. V. Hoffman, and the Kings County Wheelmen's "Demon Drill" — plus L. H. Johnson's new Humber agency at Orange, N.J.
- Correspondence from Elizabeth, N.J. (April 27) on the club's growth to 57 members along new macadam roads, medals offered by Captain Martin and Lieut. Brown, and a building-fund drill exhibition by the cadet-gray squad.
- Editorial arguing the distributed national championships should give way to state titles plus one true championship meet, with a tabulated list of each distance's past holders (Hendee, Gideon, Hamilton, Frazier) and the 1885 dates and venues.
- The L.A.W.'s Scotch-homespun uniform, selected by President Beckwith, is at last ready from Browning, King & Co. and Ira Perego at $18.75 for the complete suit.
- Satirical "rules" mocking the affected wheelman — never talk to non-wheelmen, race every light-wagon, write bad cycling poems, and never insult an editor by subscribing.
- Annual officer elections and notes from the Berkshire County Wheelmen and the Ottawa, Simcoe, Belleville (Ramblers) and Minneapolis (Mercury Wheel Club) clubs.
- Calendar of upcoming race meets, tours and runs from May 18 through the September Springfield tournament, including the sixth annual L.A.W. national meet at Buffalo on July 2-3.
- Entry deadlines for the Philadelphia Amateur Athletic Club games (May 11) and the Yale B.C. races, including the 25-mile L.A.W. championship and 20-mile Pope Cup (June 2).