The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 9, No 14
Articles in this issue
- Short news squibs covering American cycling affairs, including L.A.W. membership figures, Mlle. Armaindo's challenge to Bob Neilson, Harry Hersey's racing record, the six-day professional race planned for Minneapolis in January, and miscellaneous notes from clubs across the country.
- Boston correspondent reports candid conversations with leaders of the Massachusetts Bicycle Club and the Boston Bicycle Club over competing claims to manage the upcoming L.A.W. League meet, with Massachusetts insisting on proportional control and Boston seeking equal representation in exchange for equal financial and labour contributions.
- President Bates, in a spirited editorial reprinted from the S.W. Gazette, argues that L.A.W. time-trial records should be classified separately from genuine race records, contending that true champions must beat competitors in open contest rather than clocks in private trials, and warns that conflating the two will kill public interest in bicycle racing.
- A historical retrospective on the short-lived cycling clubs of New York City in 1880–82—the Manhattan, Mercury, Columbia College, and Lenox clubs—tracing how their collapse cleared the way for the Citizens Bicycle Club, founded by pupils of Colonel Pope's Columbia Riding School on East 34th Street.
- Secretary John L. Warner of the Roselle Ramblers corrects the previous issue's error, noting that Horace Benedict was elected president and Thos. Burnette first lieutenant, not Thomas R. White Jr. as reported.
- Officer elections reported from the Portland (Oregon) B.C., Genesee B.C. of Rochester N.Y., Pennsylvania B.C. of Philadelphia, Norristown Pa. B.C., and Cleveland Ohio B.C., followed by miscellaneous news including the English Otto Machine Co.'s failure, a Camden N.J. road dispute in which Bicycle Club members forced a milk-wagon to yield the right of way and then defended wheelmen's road rights in the press.
- Reports Dr. Wm. G. Budington's recent Bermuda cycling trip with Dr. A. G. Coleman of Canandaigua—exploring the island on a Kangaroo and Columbia two-track tricycle—and notes that F. A. Elwell's March 2nd party tour is drawing growing interest, with several ladies expected to join following the example of Misses Coleman and Wilson.
- Race report of the 50-mile rink race at Minneapolis on December 24, in which Thomas W. Eck (given a three-lap start) defeated William M. Woodside by two miles and a lap in 2:56:34 1-5, with full mile splits; the two subsequently signed articles for a 26-hour race commencing December 29.