The Wheel: Journal of Bicycling, Vol 9, No 7
Articles in this issue
- The Wheel's editor rebuts the L.A.W. Bulletin of Philadelphia, which had claimed in its November 6th issue that The Wheel was not paying expenses and unlikely to continue, defending the paper's five-year record of accurate tournament and record-breaking coverage.
- Department of short news items including Lewis T. Frye's reinstatement as an amateur by the L.A.W. Racing Board, Springfield B.C. reporting over $3,000 tournament profit, the French championship won by F. De Civry in Paris, Percy A. Nix's failed English 24-hour record attempt on a Facile, and W.M. Woodside preparing for the Madison Square Garden six-day race against Anderson.
- Trade write-up of the Buffalo Home Trainer indoor exerciser, now reduced to $30, noting its adjustable resistance scale, bell-ringing cyclometer and American Adjustable Saddle; Geo. R. Bidwell has secured the city agency and the Ixion Club has ordered one for winter trainer races.
- Boston correspondent "C.S.H." reports wet weather spoiling road-record attempts by Munger (130 miles before rain) and Rhodes, McCurdy's postponed 50- and 100-mile tries, and the Massachusetts Club's billiard tournament and planned carnival, with a satirical dialogue on makers' "without change of machine" record advertising.
- P.M. Harris writes to correct the previous issue's account of the Ixion B.C. road race, denying he claimed the race on grounds Robinson had not properly entered, and stating he was beaten fairly by one minute, blaming the cold day and his weak hill-climbing.
- Account of the Citizens B.C.'s Election Day excursion from their West 58th Street clubhouse to the Long Island Wheelmen in Brooklyn, naming members such as Treasurer Frazee, architect Huss and the witty Ford, guided by Capt. A.W. Guy and Lieutenant Donaldson to watch the Kings County Wheelmen's road race.
- Report of the Kings County Wheelmen's eleven-mile team road race on the Coney Island Boulevard between four clubs; the Harlem Wheelmen won with 41 points over the Brooklyn Bi. Club (36), Kings County (33) and Hudson County (26), C.E. Kluge of Hudson County recording the fastest time of 44m. 37s.
- The wheelmen ride on from the race to Coney Island, inspect storm damage along the beach, dine at Dixon's Hotel and the L.I.W. headquarters and return through Prospect Park, with the Long Island Wheelmen registrants listed.
- Report of the October 17th banquet at London's Holborn Restaurant, organised by Major Knox-Holmes, honouring English wheelmen Percy Furnivall and A.P. Engleheart on their American tournament successes, with trick-riding by Dan Canary and speeches by G. Lacy Hillier, Harry Etherington and Joseph Pennell.
- The Elizabeth Wheelmen held a handicap ten-mile road race on the November 4th holiday over the Orange Wanderers' course; H. Caldwell (Columbia, 5m. 30s. start) won easily in 43m. 10s., with G.S. Roorbach on an Otto tricycle second.
- Detailed description of the Ixion Bi. Club's new three-story brick-and-basement house on West 59th Street, with a basement wheel-room for one hundred machines, an elegant parlour and smoking/reading room, and upstairs locker, dressing and rented rooms; signed O.L.M.
- Rebukes G. Lacy Hillier, who told the Bicycling World that the Springfield timekeepers' names were never published, by reprinting from Wheeling the list of timers: Whipple, Ethan Robinson, Fisk, Hendee, Lawton and Etherington.
- Thomas Stevens's letter, forwarded ahead of its Outing publication, describing reaching Tabreez after a 389-mile ride from Erzeroum on his round-the-world journey, passing Mt. Ararat, lodging with Kurds and Khans, and fending off curious villagers with his revolver.
- Editorial column of pointed questions about League affairs, including the Racing Board's reinstatement of Lewis T. Frye, the Bulletin's reported weekly losses, whether E.C. Hodges might be next League president, and whether Aaron will run again for secretary-editor.
- Review of the 1885 English tricycle-handicap season assessing riders including H.G. Priest, R. Cripps, P.T. Letchford, A.J. Wilson, P. Furnivall, G. Gatehouse and Sidney Lee, the leading paths (Crystal Palace, Alexandra Park, Lillie Bridge), and the dominance of Humber and Cripper racing machines.