GV
C212 NFIAH
.'^f^ >»^ t^
-ft-^ yO^ '^"^ ^
f> ^^
'V-e, TL >^V! .C2.\
^^
a5-2- ^U
A JOURNAL OF CYCLING.
T/ie Official Gazette of the Canadian Whcehnev^s Association^ and of the Cyclists'' Touring Chtb in Canada.
Vol. III. LONDON, CANADA, NOVEMBER, 1885. No. I.
Victor Bicycles & Tricycles
SHOW THE BEST RESULTS OF ADVANCEMENT IN THE CYCLE BUILDER'S ART.
ir IS TO YOUR INTEREST TO INVESTIGATE BEFORE PURCHASING.
SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY,
179 Tremont St., BOSTON, Mass., U.S.A. ! L E — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. THE RUDGE! THE SEi^SON'S l^ESULTS-oO VICTOI^IES.
Astounding Eecords ! l^hunderbolts of Truth !
—One-mile race, Clarke. 39,—Sept. 25, Howell broke Safety record. Time, 2.43. CANADIAN. 1 MONTREAL, AI'O. 20. 40.— Sept. 'IS, Howell broke workl's one-mile record. yt'KKS'H lUltrilOAV. Time, 2.31 2-5. 10.—-G. S. Low won the half-mile, the one-mile and champion, at Wooilntock, beating Lavcn* —Clarke, the a Rudge. 41.— Sept. 28, Howell broke world's half-mile record. race. the three-mile race on dor in tho ontJ-milu ohnnipioiislnp Time, 1.13 3-5. Ave- AT TORONTO. — Clarke, ftIno at Woodstock, winning the Ontario race. niilo clianipinnship race. —Clarke won two-mile Industrial Exhibitien ENGLISH. by Clarke. -Hicttc, at Woodstock, winning tho thrce-milc record — One-mile open at Toronto, races won 42.— April 4th, fifty miles professional championship o( race. the world, at Leicester, won on a 55-iDcli Rudge AMERICAN. Bicycle, beating F. Wood and all the bett men of — Biotto, winning the four-mile handicap. the day. (j.— Kent, at Newcastle, won the one-mile handicap and 29.— At. St. Louis, Missouri, May 23rd, 1885, sbvkn 43. professional championship tltc hurdle race. out of TEN races were won on the Rudge. —April 8th, one-mile of world, at Wolverhaiupton. The Kudge Bicycle wajt ISth, at Nupanco, one-mile elub championship —At Springfield, Mass., May 30th, on the Rudge —Juno pla^-cd 1st, 2nd and 3rd. race, won by A. R. Boyes on a Rudgo Light Roadster. Safety, a mile was made in 3.00 2-5. 44, — April 8th, two miles " Safety " Bicycle handicap, DO.MINIOS 1>AY MKKT. —At Boston, ill August last, <'orey rode 2u;ii miles in open to the world, at Wolverhampton, The Rudge 24 hours on a Rudge Safety, beating the lecord for —One-mile championship of Canada, won by Clarke, Safety was placed Ist, 2nd and 3rd. Safety machines. tho champion. 45. — April (ith, one mile "Safety " race, won on a Rud^e —Five-mile championship of Canada, won by Clarke, AT HARTFORD, SKI'T. 2, 3. machine, at Liverpool, beating all other from scratch. champion. mile profes^^ional championship. ^the —Howell won five 40.— April 18th, ten mile professionel championship
THE RU DG E holds the World's Records, from 3 to 20 miles, inclusive. CHARLES ROBINSON AND OOMFANY. Canadian A
Photographic Yiews OF THE Bicycles ! Tficfcles Bl© FGUf^TOUI^ISTS. LARGER STOCK THAN EVER. ON THEIR ARRIVAL AT Round Island, U. Lawrence River, July 11, '85. :0:
No. I. —The Big Four Group, " Shady Ledge WATSON & PELTON, Cottage," on Round Island, owned by Frank II. Taylor, Commodore, of New York. Size, 14x17. Retail Importers. Wholesale and Price per copy, $2.00. No. 2. —The Big Four Statif in front of their young: AMERICA, camp at .Shady Ledge, Round Island. Size, PIONEER, 1 4x1 7. Price per copy, $2.00. No. 3. — Group on Rocks in front of " Shady BRITISH, Ledge Cottage," facing river. Size, Sxio. Price BRITISH SPECIAL, per copy, 50 cents. No. 4. — Big Four embarking on steamer yff>5K BRITISH TRICYCLE. Thorn at -Ylexandria Bay to connect with Utica and Bl.ick River R. R. Size, 8x10. Price per Agents for the Coventry Machinists Co.'s copy, $2 00. No. 5. —The Big Four, Michigan Camp. "SPECIAL CLUB," Size, 8xio. Price per copy, 50 cents. TANGENT SPOKES Parties wishing to secure one or more copies -CLUB SAFETY." of the above can do so by sending their orders 52-inch Wheel, weighs llis., .-ill liright parts 35 to my adilress. I will furnish the whole set of plated, B.ill3 all over, for $110.00. RACER." six, mounted, at $5.00 ; unmounted, at $4.00. "CLUB EIGHT STYLES of the Challenge in stock. Securely packed. .\. C. McINTYRE, Laroe Assortment of Sundries. XTRAORDINARY C H/c Id E|«) G the MODEL .S.\FETV BICYCLE of Alexandria Bay, Jefferson Co., the day. New York. Repairs and Plating promptly executed Two Racers, one plated, cheap, or in exchange for good Roadsters. NICKEL-PLATING BICYCLES SAMPLE ROOMS—53 St. Sulpice St it®' Handsome Xew Revised Catalogue-^ just from the press. WAREROOMS—543 Craig St. AVM. PAYNE, RUBENSTEIN BROS., TvIOlSr PINEAL. LONDON, ONT. 537 CRAIG ST., MONTREAL. — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. ^'5 I'XG
With this report, when forwarded to the mem- brantford wants the meet. •She €anjii)ian Hhcclmau bers of the Board, was included a voting paper. A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. We are glatl to see another claimant in the The result of the vote was an acquiescence in field for the meet of '86. The following letter, The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Associa- the proposal of the Committee, and therefore the Brantford, will be read Club claiming the honor for tion and of the Cyclists* Touring present issue of The Wheelman is published boys by the in Canada. with interest. It shows that the by the Canadian Wheelmen's Association, and Grand River are wide awake, and will make a Published bv thk Canadian Wheeumen's Association, furnished to every member of the Association. strong push for the meet. Belleville and Mon- AT London, Canada, and Supplied to all The place of publication will, as heretofore, be treal will also 1 e likely to present their claims,, Members of the Association. London, and communications, of whatsoever na- and there is therefore no probability for the ture, should be addressed to Canadian Subscription Price to Non-Memi)ers $i.oo "The meet going a-liegging : per annum. Wheelman, 420 Talbot street, London." The
date of publication will be the first ol each Brantford, Oct. 20, 1S85. .All communi«ations should be addressed to The Canadian Wheelman, London, Ont. month, and it is requested that all changes of Eflitor CANAniAX WHKELMAN : advertisements, news items and letters be in the Sir, —The Brantford Recreation Park Com- LONDON, NOVEMBER, iSSs- hands of the editor net later than the 25th of the pany have at Inst decided to lay a quarter mile: month. cinder path on their grounds here. It will be THE WHEtLMAN. The Wheelman now, therefore, drops the laid immediately, or at least all but the final semi-private character it has in the past pos- coating of fine cinders. The present intention in last i.ssue of Wheel- As intimated the The sessed, and becom.es the "official gazette," in of the Company is to have the track hollowed paper and the man, the connection between the fact as in name, of an Association numbering out V shape, and filled up with cobble-stones,. existed for a Wheelman Company, which had close upon one thousand members. Going into bricks, etc., then an eight-inch coating of coaise the annual year, ceased with that number. At the hands of these thousand riders and leaders, cinders will be laid down and rolled smooth. meeting of the Association, on i, in Wood- July it ought to become a most valuable instrument It will then be allowed to stand till next spring, appointed to examine stock, a Committee was for advancing the interests and maintaining the when the fnal coat of fine sifted cinders, mixed matter, and to report on the most ad- into the status of the C.W. A. To those isolated riders with clay, will be rolled en. When finished, it visable course to be pursued by the Association who may have sometimes felt that, in joining is expected to furnish the club with the fastest in regard to an official organ. The following is the C.W. A., they have not been receiving a track in Canada. There will be none ol the the report made by the Committee . quid pro quo, the paper will be a very tangible, sharp corners on it that are in some other Cana- trust, valuable and esteemed benefit, all likeli- To the Board of Offucrs of i/w Canadian IVkecl- and, we dian tracks. The track will not, in
incn''s Association : flowing directly from membership in the Asso- hood, be opened until next spring ; but the Gentlemen,—Your Committee appointed to ciation. To club members, racing men, and to opening may even be deferred until the first of prepare and submit to your consideration a scheme tourists, it ought to furnish much information July, if we get the meet of the C.W. A. here. lor the publication of The Canadian Wheel- of interest. To the latter class, especially. The bicycle club here expect a great boon next man for the ensuing year beg leave to report as The Wheelman should prove of great value, if turns out as fast as they follows : year, and the track
W'e met in the town of Simcoe, and went care- if they will only communicate to each other, expect it will, they intend to make a big efibrt fully over the Financial Statement o( the present through its columns, their 'experiences of the to get the Canadian Wheelmen's meet here for Manager for the year now closing. We found that various roads throughout the countrj'. To the the cost of producing the paper had been about 1S86. $600. We fmd that the assets, if fully lealized advertiser, the guarantee that the paper goes into Brantford is, we think, entitled to the meet, on, will aljout cover the liabilities, though there the hands ol every member of the Association not only as il is the lar,£.tst city that has is little hope that any moneys advanced by the should show that The Wheelman is undoubt- not had the C. W. A. meet, e.vcept Hamilton Guarantee Company will be refunded. edly the best medium in Canada whereby he We find that there was taken on subscription (and they have not a track suitable for it), but reach the cycling fraternity. account $100 ; grant from Canadian Wheelmen's may also by its position, being central, and easily
; advertisements, Association, from $250 ; $96 If the individual members of the Association reached by several railroads. It has also good leaving the balance to be made up out of the con- hotel accommodation, and il the meet is fixed tributions of the Company. do their duty towards The Wheelman, it will We also went over the books of the Treasurer do its duty towards them. for here, the bicyclists may look forward to of the As.^ociation, and we find that there would having as good a time as they have had at be on hand about $400 after allowing for all out- any meet yet, if not better. It would be very standing claims. AN UNNECESSARY SNEER. successful in a financial point of view, as this Our proposal, therefore, is briefly this : That the Association assume entire control of The city has not been drained by cycling meets, and Canadian Wheelman, publish it once a month, one gocd race-meet would draw an immense In noticing the proposed change in the mode and send it free to every member of the Associa- crowd. The club have managed to get the of publishing The Wheelman, that excellent tion. At I he last meeting of the Board it was j track down on the expectation of getting the decided to grant the publishers aid to the amount authority on sporting matters, the Mail, goes of $200. But as the present editor wishes to " meet here, and will therefore offer greater in- somewhat out of its way to remark : If this sever his connection with the paper, it would not ducements for the same ihan perhaps any other plan is adopted, the members of the C.W. A. be possible to issue it longer with even this help ; club can afford to do. and we are of the opinion that the Guarantee will be compelled to support a paper they have not likely to continue etc., D. F. P. Company will be the pub- hitherto neglected, ard still lie under the pleas- Yours, H. lication of the paper. By dropping the four extra ing supposition that the)" are receiving it free." issues of midsummer, the expense of publication Tbe manufacturers of licycles are said to be to less than ; and is unjust. If in the past can be brought $500 we think The Mail The ; that fully one-half, if not more, of this amount Wheelman did not receive a very hearty sup- contemplating a large reduction in the price of can be secured from advertising, which would retailers, is falling oft' port from the C. W. A., it was because many machines to as trade per- leave but a small portion more than the present \ members of the latter did not see their way to ce] libly, and the large profits accruing the past grant to come from the Association ; while we be easily cut and yet make hand- think the gain of having an official organ placed subscribing for it in addition to their subscrip- few years can regularly each month in the hands of the mem- stockholders. tion to the Association. Its publication by the some dividends to bers would be of invaluable benefit to us. A. has been determined upon because of Providing that this plan meets with the ap- C. W. proval of )Our honorable body, the paper will be the necessity for some medium of communica- If you love a man very much, and you wouleln't published and printed as heretofore in London tion between members of the Association, not hurt him for worlds, don't you stick a layer of by the "Wheelmen Company for the C.W. A.," one of whom is silly enough, as the Mail would cobbler's wax on the saddle of his bi. in the dark, the editing being assumed eithtr by the President it costs dismounts he won't fall off or Secretary of the Association, or possibly by suggest, to believe that him nothing. because then when he the two conjointly. If our contemi orary has any objections to the or tear his trousers, or—do anything else which
All of which is respectfully submitted. Association publishing an official gazette, let it might befall an unlucky wight. Mem. — Make a
it it if fellow Iames S. Brierley, 1 „ advance them manfully : let cease its sneers, note never to do to a friend, but a ,,r ,. T- \ Com. W. kiNGSLEY LVANS, ) and present its ideas — if it have any. well — Wheeling. — — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN.
gelling there by EDITORIAL NOTES. ' principle of answering a fool according to his the finish, the Woodstock man folly, rise up anil remark that Mr. Smith him- ten yards. The pace was something remarkable, The Woodstock Clarke has too much wind self must be " close to being an a.ss." Now, as proved by the fact that the last lap or quarter I fur the Toronto riders, and the Woodstock track and i that would not be doing Mr. Smith justice. Me of a mile was covered in between 36 37 has loo much wind for Clarke. to 2.28. I is not clo.se to being an ass. lie is the verita- seconds, or al the rate of from 2.24 'I'he small cities -HellevilU-, WooiKiock, Hranl- ble Simon Pure article himself. The time of the race was 3. 1 1. The Cana-
I ford — will soon have a monopoly of the best dian's win was a surprise to alnio,st everyone Mr. S. M. Ualy, a member of the Helleville \ racing tracks in Ihe country. See Woodstock present. He had started in three previous races, Onl., B.C., served as a private in a Canadian smile ! in none of which he had been placed, owing to regiment during the recent uprising of half breeds I being unable to do his best on the large machine. up ! some of you riders an tiok part in the tournament was Herb. Clarke, room, then said : "Well, doctor, I have taken man was re.illy established to fill a long-felt of Woodstock, anuiteur champion of Canada. arsenic." When asked why, he simply shrugged want. So far it has failed in filling it, and R. A. Neilsi,n, formerly resident in Canada, but his shoulders, and said he wanted to " shuffle ofT." the want is larger and more open now than now of Boston, secured first place in all the The doctor at once pioceeded with the u.sual an- tver. 'With that indomitable perseverance char- professional r.ices of both days. Neilson is the tidotes. His pulse was then 168, and he was acteristic of every true wlu-elman, The Wheel- fastest professional ri.ler in America. At Spring- tossing around in great agony. He was asked by man is going, for a twelvemonth longer, to field, last month, he did a mile in 2.36 2-5. \V. the doctor if he wanttd to take any medicine to keep on trying to fill this cavernous want. Will ' F. Knapp secured first place in tl.i one and three cu\ nteract the poisf n, and said : Yes, I am all friends of the C.W.A. do their share in help- mile amateur races on Friday, di.i.g the mile in i!isgusted with the arsenic route." This, the ing it, and thereby help themselves, and become 2.49 ; Weber was second. Clarke started in both doctor thinks, was not meant as a de.sire to the recipients of The Wheelman's most dis- races, 1 idling his 58-inch Rudge. It was too large return to life, but simply as the expression of a tinguished gratituile. for him, and he did not finish in i.iiher, being wish to be relieved of the terrible pain that was Our Woodstock coi respondent, in this issue, unable to make a big spurt owing to the size sapping his life. He was at this time in the makes a very pertinent inquiry when he asks us of the machine. Clarke, Knapp, Weber and greatest agony, vomiting every minute. When why the devotees of the sport in other towns others started in the five mile race in .Saturday. the doclr)r called later, at ten o'clock, Stone was and cities throughout the Dominion do not write Knapp won, Weber 2nd : Clarke dropped out after in an unconscious condition, and never rallied. oftener to The Wheelman, and thus let their doing two or three laps. The last amateur race The cause of ihe suicide is found in bis friend- fellow -cyclers know how runs the wheeling world of the meeiing was the one nu!e open, the starters ship with a young lady nauied Laura Browning, away in their districts. We are like unto the being .Munger, Knajip, Weber and Clarke. A who gained some little notoriety by sitting to the Israelites in that we object to be- compelled to few minutes before Ihe race was calltd, Clarke artist, John H. Fry, for Delilah, in his painting make bricks without straw ; but if our Egypt- obtained the loan of a smaller racer of the Co- called ''Samson." She is a handsome young ian taskmasters will only furnisti us with a bundle lumbia make. This suited him much better than woman, with a Grecian type of beauty, and had of cycle straws from each cycling centre we will his large one. The first three laps of the mile captivated Cola, who continued his addresses guarantee to give them a "brick of a paper." were done in very .slow lime, all being a raid of with ardent persistency that would brook no liiooklyn I'ark Commi-sion, Mr. Smith, of the leading out, jireferring to ride a wailing race, coolness, or take notice of any disfavor that was in discussing the ipiestion of park regulations, said Munger leading slightly, the others riding abreast. shown regarding liis atlention. When at last she he thought any man who was near to years of dis- cretion and rode a bicycle, was close to being an On starting the last la)), Weber, who was on the rejected him, his determined spirit could not it serious ass ; but there were such, and was a outside, spurkd and gained an advantage of sev- endure the pain, and, selling his jaws, he went to whethei they would have to be examined qtiestion eral yards, Clarke followed him closely, Knapp his death. He was as firm and decided in his as to their skill before admission to the park. A lying at his wheel. Weber endeavored to turn love-making as he was in everything else he <;orre'pondenl asks us to publish and answer the remark. To our mind no answer is needed, for and gain the inside of ihe course, but doing so undertook, and was constantly in the young an appropriate answer will arise in every man's too sharply fell. Clarke ran on the grass to lady's company, and was worried beyond al! mind as he reails ii. Bieycliiig World. escape a collision, anfl Knapp fv)llowed him. measure when anything was said that led him The \V\'rlJ is not fair to its readers nor just This was at the beginning of the last lap. — to believe his suit was not looked upon with to Mr. Smith. Some of them might, on the Clarke .nnd Knapp then made a .iriving race to favor. — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. to 2 35 2-5. He wtnt two miles in 5.21 3-5, THE MILE RECORD. and three miles in 8.07 2-5. The last two are On Saturday, the loth Oct., at the Grounds the world's record. ORr.ANI7.ED SEPTEMBER, 1S82. of the Woodstock Amateur Athletic Association, Richard Howell, the record smashing profes- Herb, Clarke made a successful attempt to lower sional, now holds the world's records for half-mile President— Mr. JAS. S. Brierley, Journal, St. the mile record fdr Canada made by himself at flying start 1. 11 1-5; half-mile in 1.12 1-5 ; one Thomas, Ont. Toronto last fall. It had been fully expected mile, 2.31 2-5 ; caie mile safety in 2.43. The Vtce-President Mr. Eakins, Mail, To- that he would have broken the record at the — W. G. mile 2-31 2-5 was accomplished on Sept 29, at tournament htld the day before, but the wind ronto, Ont. Hampden Park, Springfield, Mass. He rides a blew such a gale as to make fast riding impos- Secretary- Treasurer— Mr. Hal. B. Donly, Re- 5S-inch Rudge, is six feet in height, and weighs sible, and on the morning o( the loth, when former, Simcoe, Ont. 200 pounds. the last attempt was made, the wind was very Clarke's 50 mile record of 3.07 22, made in strong, which will account for the cut on the Toronto on September 17th, at the time beat the RECORD BREAKING, record being so small, for of course it is well American record, which was then 3.09 45 '4^. known thnt Clarke can get many .'econds under On October 10, howtver, at Sjringfield, F. F The route of the late 100 mile rond race won anything that has yet been credited to him in pub- Ives, of Meriden, cut the recgrd from 26' by the Star man, Weber, has been measured, and lic The officials were : Referee, H, B. Donly, miles up to 100 He registered the 50 miles in Rippon, C. Wilson, found to be two and three-fourths miles short. Sec. C.W.A. ; Judges, J. W. 3h. 3m, 30s., without a dismount, and the 100 Weber, therefore, loses the loo mile record, but H. Beitte : Timers, W. A. Karn, J. Hall, J. H. miles in 6h. 25m. 30s. • ; Scorer, G. H. gets one of 6.57 for 97 miles, which is far better McLeod ; Starter, A. B. Hay Last month, at Springfield, Ives and Rhodes proportionally than the English 100 mile record Nesbitt. The first quarter was made in 42 sees., attempted to make a 25 mile track record. Ives three-quarters in of 7. 1 1. The previous best American record for the half-mile in 1,26, the 2,13, made the distance in ih. I9ra. 6 3-5S. , beating 100 miles was 8h. 28m., made Ijy Cola E. Stone, and the full mile in 2,58 3-5, which is now the the best American record made last August by record for Canada. from Cobourg to Kingston, July 10, 1S85. The V. H. Van Sicklen at Chicago, by 2m. 7 13-2OS.' English 100 mile record is 7h. iim. los. , made and 2m. 2Ss. slower than the English record o WOMEN ON WHEELS. by Geo. Smith, Sept. 27, 1884, on a Kangaroo. H L. Cortis at Surbiton, in September, iSSo. On Oct. 10, Richard Howell made a 2 miles' Rhodes' time was ih. 24m, 303^s. An Englishman — an enthusiastic tricycler world professional record in 6m. 12 2-55. The " In the 24 hour tricycle race between riders of declares that the woman who has never been mile covered in 3m. i 2-55. Both was of these on wheels has not tasted half the innocent joys the Rudge Rotary tricycle, Mr, J. H. Adams times supplant F. Lees' English record of 3m. tricycle is at the door you mount covered 233^ miles, beating the record of life. Your ; 20s. for the mile and 6m. 35s. for the 2 miles, Wm. Wt;odside, in a ten mile ride at Hamp- the saddle and press the pedals with feet which made at Leicester, May 20, 1884, also H. W. den Park, Springfield, October 26, lowered the seem as languid and spiritless as the heart within Higham's American, for the mile, at 3.22 made turns, the quickened circulation world's bicycle records from si.x to ten miles in- you. A few and Washington, August 24, 1S85. Howell's times, sad bright- clusive, making the ten miles in 29.12 2-5. This begins to act upon you. Your eye however, fall way to the rear of the world's the color mounts to your pale cheek you lowers the record by 7 3-5 seconds. Wm. Rowe ens ; ; amateur records of 2.53 4-5 and 6.03 4-5 made also lowered the three-quarter mile record of 1-20 draw a long breath, and settle down, no longer by R. Cripps and P. Furnivall respectively at l^ew minutes, and of a second, his time being 1.55 1-5, languidly, to your work. A .Springfield. At the annual meeting of the Chicago Bicycle the dreary town surroundings are left behind. October 17 was a fine, still day at Springfield, Association the American ten mile record was You ride and ride, till the calm, fair beauty of Mass., and the wheelmen took advantage of it your weary broken by R. A. Neilson, of Boston, in 30,02^. wood and stream sinks deep into to break several records. McGarrett, of that At Boston, October 26th, A. A. McCurdy who heart, and you feel young, and strong, and happy city, rode two miles without hands. His time started to break the 24-hour bicycle record, on again all on a sudden, and you reach home re- was : Quarter, ; half, ; three-quar- 435^ 1.25 3-5 mind, feel- the following night finished 255".^ miles in 23h, freshed and invigorated in body and ters, 2.10 2-5 ; mile, 2.58 4-5 ; two miles, 609 ing as you alight as if you were treading on 59m. 3os. , thus beating Ives and Rhodes' record 3-5. TJiese are all world records. Fred. Brown, ol 241 9.32 miles. air and could scarcely keep from bursting out of Springfield, made a quarter-mile in 2-6 36 ; lark Wm. Rowe, in an attempt, at Springfield, Oct. into singing as blithe as that of the you of Lynn, a mile Rowe, made m 2.36 3-5, break- ago. That night you 27, to lower Hendee's one-quarter mile record of left behind you an hour ing the amateur record for that distance, and also of tired cj'ildhood, and you wake 36 1-5 seconds on the Hampden Park to-day, sleep the sleep on a half-mile trial he made the distance in 1.12 good place, after all, made the distance in e.Nactly the same time. to feel the world a very breaking all world records, 4-5, both professional not irksome by half as you thought Wm. Woodside, in a 50-miIe run at Springfield, and duties so and amateur. He made the quarter in 36 them yesterday." 35 Oct. lowered all 27, American records from 5 to seconds. If these records stand, the American 46 miles, inclusive, except his own of the day amateur records will be as follows ; George M. THE IDEA IN MAINE, previous, and all English records from 6 to 9 Hendee, ; W. A. Rowe, 1.12 Xj 3^ I-S %, 7-5 ; miles, inclu>ive, but failed to break cither Ameri- Tricycling Tourist. — "What's up here, any- mile, 2.36 3-5. can or English 50-mile record. His time for way ?" At Springfield, Mass., on Oct. 19, W. A. miles was 14.33 ! 6 miles, — 5 17,29 1-5 ; 9 miles, Honest Native. "Ain't naathin' up." Rowe, of Lynn, lowered the world's 20 mile 26.23 4-5> ^"d '"' 46 miles, 2.38.48 3-5, The Tourist. — "But the stores are closed, and you bicycle record at Hampden Park. Time, "58 20. best previous American time was 2.39 21. He fellows look as if you were got up for a holiday. The following table shows the times of the in- also established an American record for one Any fun going on ?" termediate miles made and the previous best of hour, covering miles 20 and 285 yards. The Native. — " Wall, d'no 's ye c'd call it jest fun. record. Above two miles all the previous best English distance is 20 miles and 509 yards. Sherifls 's comin' daown f'm Squedunk —thet'a amateur records were held by M. V. Webber, J. aour caounty taown — after a man thet's b'en of England, who scored them on the Springfield It is said that John Wesley was once walking sellin' liquor." track, Sept. 10, 1885: with a brother, who related to him his troubles, Tourist.—"Well?" Present Record. Previous Record. saying he did not know what he should do. Native. —"Wall— we d'no jest who 'tis he MILES. M. S. M. S. They were at that moment passing a stone fence wants, so we've all a sorter got ready for him. z 44 4-S 2 36 1-5 to a meadow over which a cow was looking. Thet's all."— /'«./. 2 5 33 1-5 342-5 5 ** Do yuu know," asked Wesley, " why the cow 5 '4 07 2-5 14 0S4-5 lo 28 37 4-5 28 44 2-5 looks over that wall?" "No," replied the one We have heard it said by " one who knows,' '5 43 26 1-5 43 36 in trouble. "I will tell you," said Wesley; that a bicycle can be made on the lever principle, 20 58 20 58 1-5 56 "because she can't look through it; and that which would cover a mile in 2.0S. But if the At Springfield, on Oct. 23, W. A. Rowe, of is what you must do with your troubles, look rider ever fell off ! The detachable handle-bar Lynn, lowered the mile amateur bicycle record over and above them." would be useful, if the man was a good acrobat. " THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN the high opinion o( bim which we have here (i;.iiriHi'-''"'^ciu'i:. ^Joctvy. is nol misplaced. 1 need not give you any lengthy account of the race, as all your readers WHISPERS FROM WOODSTOCK. have no doubt seen of il, anil reports your paper A SUNDAY MORNING RIOE- will contain one. V.'\ltOt I AN'ADtAN Wlll'.l'J.MAN. club runs were fairly atlemled Our this year, When fields are free from snowy rolxjs. SiK, When I sent you my last letter, which — and everything points lo bicycling mailer slill When sjjring's warm breath the flower unfoldK, you rectiveil too late for pulilication, I //ireii/ei/c'if flourishing here. We are looking forward lo a The (Cyclers who by winter's reign you Willi another, which, hickily for you, has jileasant winter .season, ihrougl) the of medium Have bani.shed Ijeen from hill and plain been avcrlcil till now. our .Association rooms, lohoggan slide, etc. Bring out their wheels once more to try ThinkiEii;, however, thai you miyht like a few Several inlcresling occnriences have taken place A pleasant ride 'neath sunny sky. items from the bicycling " Hub," will try and among our members, and for the future, perhap.s, Though in the air there lingers still give )0U some. By the way, am sorry to .see our portly captain and wiry lieutenant will not be Faint traces of the winter's chill. thai a mailer, of which I spoke in my last, has able to respond to cluli calls, they have as done The bloofl lea])s lightly thrr)ugh their vein*^. nut a-i yel improved, and it is, that letters to in the has married a wife, and ihe i)ast. One As Which no one but the rider knows ; Wake up, boys ! As you cannot now indulge The bursting buds on forest trees in 'giddy flights" on the wheel, straddle your The programme for the last meet of the W.A. Faintly perfume the pas.sing breeze ; good i|uill pens, and ride abroad in the columns A A., although a very attractive one, drew the Or later on, in summer's prime, of our .Association's paper. smallest crowd that ever appeared at a meet on When bees go humming through the thyme, I have slr.\yed somewhat from my original the grounds. There was a high wind nearly all The fragrant smell of new-mown hay sulijecl, but trust you will excuse it, as the ob- day, which no doubt kept a good many away, Regales us as we wheel our way ject is, I tliink, a good one. and made the races very slow. H. 13. Donly, Past lowland meadows, where the stream Much of interest has occurred during this of .Simcoe, and Fred. J. Campbell, of Toronto, Dances beneath the morning beam ; season in wheeling maiters, .and 1 only regret officiated as referee and timekeeper. Where blackbirds whistle and the thrush time will nol permit going into them fully. For The following is a condensed report of the Makes music through the Sabbath hush. instance, we h.id the visit of the clerical wheel- bicycle races : The lowing kine in farm-yards seen. men, and if the lirclhrcn can give their flocks The one mile green handicap brought out Or roaming pensive on the green, as good a lead through the rough places of life Revell, liarr, Chesnut and Codville, who finished .Seem almost conscious of the day. as they gave our good captain and myself, over in the order named. Time, 3.37 1-5. Chesnut The steeds, released from toil, may play some tough road lielwecii here and Princeton, gave the others ten seconds slart. And gambol at their heart's delight they will cany thim along in fine style. One mile ojien. — Clarke slnitd from the From early morn till dewy night. Touring generally seemed to be very popular. scratch; Johnson, of Toronto, ai.-. McKay were .-VU nature rests. Our Maker knows We had visits from many tourists, both native each given 40 yards. In the tl.ini lap McK.ay The peace (rom which the Saboath flows. and foreign. dro]!] eii t.ut, and Johnson and Clarke made a Nor carking Caic may close her wings. Then, we harl llie opening of ihe .Seaforth beautilul race for ihe firsi place, but Clarke, on Nor mar the joy which this day brings, racing tr.xek, and the b lys there are certainly making a spurt up the hill, won easily in 3. 06 While sweet-toned bells through Ijalmy air lo be congralulaleil or, ihe success attending 3-5- Call grateful hearts lo praise and prayer. their eft'orls Our boys siill heave a sigh occa- Five miles. —Clarke .and Johnson started. In The churchward people whom we pass sionally, when they think of how we had to this race Clarke endeavored to break the record, (Each stalwart man and l;looming lass) huiry away from the elegant lunch and kind but the wind being so strong it was found im- Look on us wiih a womlering eye. attentions provi led by ihe ladies of that live possible. He, however, rode the race out in As we, all noiseless, pass them by. little town. Owing to un'ortunate circumstances, 16.30 4-5. 'I'hey think, perchance, we're Johnson, sinners bold. the lime in the r.-ices w.is not good, and in fact One mile bicycle ride and run. — Whose fearful doom has oft been lold the meetings through the year have been a disap- Hurst and Stone started. Johnson won e.asily, By preachers' voice from pulpii desk. pointment, in .so far as placing the Canadian with Stone second. Whose Words may oft pervert ihe leM : Boyd an exhi- record where it should be goes. We have the During the afternoon, Wm.. ran But He who on a Sablxalh morn tracks and the men. but the "clerk of the bition 150 yard race, covering the distance in In Jewish field plucked ears of corn weather " has nol done liis duty. Our late 1431' seconds, breaking all previous records by Proclaimeii tlie da)' was made for man. eflort here lo have the records lowered by Clarke }( second. This is our Father's K ving plan : failed for the same reason, for, although the mile The wind having gone down a liule, Clarke The pure in heart through fields may stray. was brought down a noich, had the altempt was again brought out 10 try to break the mile Nor desecrate the holy day : been made earlier in the season, under favor- record, but after riding two laps, he found the -May rest beside the murinuring rill. able condiiions, more ci uld have been done. wind too much for him and retired. And feel their heart's responsive thrill As you are aware, Clarke 'took in" the recent :o: With nature's heart, or on a bike mceiing in Chicago, and landed winner of the Cob Albert A. Pope has, after a four weeks' May wheel along the lengthening pike ; mile race on the last day. The time was slow confinement to the house, sufficiently recovered And he who in the chancel kneels Ijusiness. for ihe mile, all ihe racers holding back for a from his accident to be able lo attend to May feel no more than they on wheels ! slill support in l)ig effori in ihe last lap, ihe lime for which was He is, however, forced to his arm J.^s. D. DowLi.si;, in Cyc/hio very Last. Claike got there nicely, proving that a sling. — Record, — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. The 100 mile road race for Kangaroo bicycles, eElicel Iviicks. inserted and nutted on the outside. Both the which took place in England, Saturday, Oct. 17, web and the rim and the double flange can be was won in 6h. 39m. 5s. This is a world's rec- fitted to any machine. No doubt go-ahead ma- St. Louis asks for the L.A.W. meet of 1887. ! ord, and displaces that of 7h. sm. lOs, made by kers will be glad to have Mr. Howell's plans Geo. Smith in the Rover Safety Race, Sept. 26. '*I pride myself on my descent," said the cy- explained to them. The Cyclist. | clist, as he took a header. Already Canary is being worked in the Eng- \ The start in the too mile road race of the lish papers, and no doubt he will receive a cor- ' Lynn boasts of a lady tricycler who has cycled Boston Bicycle Club was made -on October 5th j dial reception and reap abundant shekels from by five riders, whose time on the completion of upwartls of 500 miles this season. \ j his trip. It is said that Kauffman, of Roches' 50 miles was as follows : George Weber, New M. V. Webber attributes the success of the ' J. ter, will also visit England next spring. Jersey, 3h. lom. 30s. ; F. T. Ives, Meriden, Englishmen while in America to the atmosphere. 3h. iim. 15s. Rowe now certainly deserves to be acknowl- ; D. A. McCurdy, Lynn, 3h. iSm.; A. Dorchester, T, Karl Kron is looking for the birthdays of the edgetl as the amateur champion of America. If W. Rhodes, 3h. 36m. ; Rothe, writers, for inser- 1 Cambridge, 3h. 41m. The race was won by G. cycling editors and prominent Hendee thinks that he has a better right to that in beating world's record tion in his book that is to be. ! Weber 6h. 57m., the — title, a race can easily be arranged betweenthe by 24m., and the best American record by ih, two men. It would be a fine contest, and one It is possible to do one mile on a wheel in ! 29m. Ives in in 7h. jm. losec. worth going a long to see. came second 2.26, and that is where it will be next year. We i way McCurdy was third, 5s. later. have seen a half-mile done in 1. 1 1. H. W. Van Baden, a student of the Hague A young son of Wm. Hawthorne, residing in Boston wheelmen are wondering why .Munger University, Netherlands, spending his vacation Maiden, Mass., was run over by a bicycler one in England, recently rode from Broadgate, Cov- does not come on from Detroit and smash the 1 day last month, and died an hour after from in- entry, to London and back on a Safety bicycle, 24-hour record, as he claimed he would. 1 ternal injuries. The rider was an empl'iye of in 18 hours 47 minutes. The distance covered Hendee has finally decided to give up bicy- the Boston on his was 180 minutes. Machine ridden, 38-inch Har- Rubber Works, and was way cling. He should have done so at the end of to dinner, he little fellow vard Safety. home when saw the 1884. This season has given him no glory. ahead of him. He steered to the right, sup- F. F. Ives, of Meriden, Conn., and W. A. posing that the lad would turn in the opposite Prof. N. E. Kaufman is travelling with a com- Rhodes, of Dorchester, ^lass. , in an attempt to direction, but the boy also turned to the right, bination, consisting of Kaufman, bicyclist ; Hig- lower the twenty-five mile amateur bicycle record and was struck in the back by the wheel, ami gins, skater ; and Lintner Bros., contortionists. at Springfield, Mass., Friday, 9th Oct., made was knocked down. The accident is to be re- :' There are five bicycles in Exeter, and the the following records Ives, ih. i6m. 6 3-5S. ; gretted, as it but adds another to the long list Reflector observes that the bicycle fever is raging Rhodes, ih. 24m. 30^^s. Ives thus lowers the oi similar ones that have preceded it. high there. It is proposed to organize a club American record by 2m. 7 13-2OS. The second series of articles describing the shortly. novel railway bicycle has recently been in- A journey of Mr. Thomas Stevens westward from Another fancy rider has developed- -Will Mor- vented in England. It has four seats with springs, New York, in his remarkable tour around the ton, of Chicago. He is represented as a daring etc., like an ordinary tricycle, so as to allow four world, opens with a striking paper in Otititi^ rider, and fully the equal of all the others on drivers to work with their feet the two large driv- for October, entitled " From America to the one wheel. ing wheels. It is estimated to attain a speed of German Frontier." It is illustrated with an ex- twenty miles an hour, and being fitted with a Barley B. Ayers is already at work on a num- cellent portrait of Mr. Stevens, engraved on handy brake is kept under easy control. ber of " Chicago" tours, which are designed to wood, and five drawings by W. A. Rogers. take in choice bits of country at the least pos- The Amateur Bicycle Association of North At last accounts Stevens had just left Angora, -sible expense. Shields, England, intends to offer exceedingly Asia Minor, where the crowds that flocked to handsome prizes at a tournament next year, with see him were so great that the proprietor of the Mr. and Mrs. J. S. .Smith, of the South Lon- the special object of inducing American amateurs house was obliged to charge an audience fee, bj' don (Eng. ) T.C., recently rode ten miles on their to meet the great rider, English, at his home. which considerable money was taken in. " Invincible Tandem" in 38m. i8s. — an average The sporting press across the water already as- of 3.31,'^ for each mile. Mr. T. K. Marriott, captain of the Nutting- sures visitors from this country of a hearty wel- ham Tricycle Club, has just completed an ex- Mr. Dean says that the club uniform is Joe come. ride his tricycle. now con.sidered bad form on the other side. traordinary on Humber He remarkably good road rides have recently Hotel, Cornwall, on the English gentlemen have adopted the wise cus- .Some left the Land's End in Mr. P. A. Nix rode O'Groat's House, tom of wearing very quiet costumes. been made England. 231 20th Sept., and reached John miles in 24 hours on a Facile ; Mr. R. Tingley rode Caithness, Scotland, in six days, 15 hours, 25 The Chicago B. C. is in a sad f.x. The mem- 231 miles on the same style of machine in the same minutes, after being delayed no less than ten bers have failed to pay iheir dues or aid the club time ; Mr. H. R. Goodwin, also on a Facile, hours by a snowstorm in the Highlands. The financially, and the secretary announces that he finished rode 212 miles ; and finally, Messrs. Renouf and distance was 950 miles, and the rider has lost all zest for footing the bil's. Barmore rode 200 miles on a tandem tricycle in sound health and condition, and none the George Bates and F. Trussell, who ran down within the day. worse for his tremendous exertions. The per- a tricyclist named Robinson, in England, some formance (says the Daily Telcgrafh) entirely A Kansas city wheelman, passing through To- time since, were fined £•] and costs, on the eclipses all previous rides taken on either tricy- peka, Kansas, had occasion to wheel over the matter being brought up at the Hampton petty cles or bicycles between these two points. bridge at that place, and was promptly arrested sessions. by an over-zealous officer on attempting to do Mr. H. M. Farr, of the F'arr Alpaca Co., An English writer suggests that it would not so. The Topeka Latuc, in commenting on the Holyoke, Mass., formerly of Randall, Farr & Co., " be a bad idea for tandem ritlers, when they are case, says : The bridge is a public thorough- Hespeler, accompanied by a friend of his, was in touring, to pin a map on the back of the lead- fare, and the wheelmen have a right to use it. Hespeler on Thursday, says the Ncus of iha* ing rider. The rear man would then have some- The action of the officers is little short of black- town of Oct. I. Mr. Farr and comjianion left thing to look at. mail. Holyoke some two weeks ago on bicycles, and Price Howell, an engineer, of Barrow- wheeled all the way to Rochester, N.V., and C. H. Veeder, in the World, calculates that Mr. in-Furness, has just patented two cycle rims then rode their two-wheeled perambulators the in making a mile in 2.35, the power exerted by into which spokes can be inserted without inter- entire distance from there to London, Ont., and the rider is 32,640 fool-power per minute, or fering with the india-rubber tyres. To lacililate thence to Berlin, often making as much as 75 almost a horse-power, and that Hendee, in mak- " the removal of spokes at both ends, Mr. Howell miles a day on good roads. They left on ing the quarter in 32 seconds, as credited to him by also arranges for a small beveled flange to be bicycle back" for Toronto, going to Holyoke by Mr. Furnivall, exerted something like li^ Bay, and ii>- horse- power. fitted around the huh, into which spokes can be way of Kingston and Alexandra — " 8 THE CANADIAN WHEKLMAN. tending to wheel it all the wny home, making FIFTEEN HUNDRED MILES ON A BICYCLE. MILITARY BICYCLES. a journey of over lioo miles by means of their AlKIl' MiOM ST. LOUIS TO llOSI ON— NINKTKEN •wn motive power. Toronto, Sept. 28, 1885. AND ONE-HALF OAVS ON THE ROAD. liditor Wlll'.lil.MAN Races under the auspices of the Kingston Club CANADIAN : Mr. Geo. Baker, of St. Louis, SiK, Old friend Punch does occasionally get on Oct. I : yi mile, in heats — 1st heat, J. Minnes W. who has — (l); M. F. Johnston (2). 2nd heat, Minnes (l); been stopping with relatives in Boston for a few ofi something pood, such as the enclosed clip- Skinner (2). 3rd heat, Minnes (i); Johnston (2). days, is the only amateur who has ridden from ping, which I 1; Ke the liberty of sending you. St. Louis ^'ours truly, I mile— M. T. Johnston (i); L. IS. Cooper (2); to Boston on a bicycle. lie gave an to Frank Veioh. W. Skinner (3). 2 mile— L. B. Cooper (l); M. account of his trip the Posl. The distance F. Johnston \V. Skinner ridden was 1,500 miles. His actual time on (2); (3). " HOOP-LA !" the road was nineteen and one-half days— nearly How little clothing a biped without feathers In con.sequence of the possibility of bicycles 79 miles a day. How does this compare with may wear while publicly riding on a bicycle is being used for scouting purposes in warfare, the the early settlers' tedious weeks of travel from now a matter of inquiry before the Pennsylvania following .set of questions has already been drawn New England to the Ohio? Or how would it courts. K.\-Scnalor Roscoe Conkling has been up by the military authorities, for u.se at the next compare if only Karl Kron were here to write it ? retained to defend a Pittsburg editor who wrote Sandhurst Examination : Mr. Baker started from St. Louis at 9 o'clock that a certain rider came on a track indecently 1. What course would you be inclined to on the morning of July I with a brand-new nude. The bicycle associations themselves should recommend for practical adoption, if, when the Victor made by the Overman Co., of Chicopee, regulate this matter. They know just how far enemy's* cavair)' is charging down on you, you find Mass., to which he had attached ten pounds of clothing may handicap a wheelman. There is no yourself suddenly and violently precipitated over baggage. He went bowling along the national use in going lieyond that limit, and, furthermore, the handle of your machine, owing to the front road to Columbus and thence to Cleveland and such laxity would surely destroy the growing in- wheel coming off? Buffalo. Then he struck across New York State terest of the best classes in bicycle meetings and 2. State your method of tightening your cranks to Albany, and from Albany went by the most races. under a hot fire. direct route he could find to Boston, where he 3. Do you consider yourself qualified to guide At a business meeting of the Chicago Bicycle arrived on the afternoon of July 28. All these a machine with a revolver in one hand and a Club, held at their club-house, Tuesday even- roads he selected upon the advice of wheelmen sword in the other? Mention hew, under such ing, Oct. 13th, the reorganization scheme, which of the various localities. They were excellent circumstances, you propose making practical use had been agitated by several of the members up to Bufi'alo, but from there on were very of )-our field-glass ? for two weeks past, was carried into efTect. Be- heavy and rough. He kept ploughing along, 4. What's your way of treating an enemy that lieving it would further the best interests of the rain or shine, stopping for his meals and sleep- " ! shouts ! back-wheel's going round club, all the officers Yah your present handed in their ing nights at the best hotels. He suffered resignations, and their 5. On arriving at the summit of a steep hill, successors were immedi- neither in his table nor bed, for he was on a and finding the enemy in full possession of the ately elected as follows : O. Blake, president J. ; route along which at convenient distances were ditch half-way sort of patent brake M. 'Durell, vice-president down, what Wm. ; Wm. C. Thorne, big towns where the sheets were well aired and would you prefer to have attached to your bicycle ? secretary and treasurer ; N. H. Van Sicklen, cap- the cuisine very inviting. Which would be best — to shoot the hill, or shoot tain ; W. G. E. Peirce, lieutenant, south ; T. S. Although he never look a header of moment the ? Miller, lieutenant, west. enemy on level ground, he experienced six falls on Ash- 6. At what precise moment in the decisive The bicyclists are rapidly closing up the gap tabula (Ohio) hill while coasting down it. The Battle of Coventry did the British Commander between themselves and trotting horses in point only other machine that has made the descent flash the thrilling signal (by heliograph) to all of speed. Last year the best mile record was is a Star, which has, the general public may parts of the field— " England expects every man 2.39 for a bicycle, with a standing start, and not know, the small wheel in front. The hill " to oil his machine ? 2.09^4" for a troiter, with a fl\ing start. This is rough and steep and the path very winding. 7. Supposing that fifty howling savages are year the trotting record has come down only The ruts and water-bars are numerous. Mr. hanging on to your coat-tails, and jabbing you half a second to 2..Ci%fl, while the bicycle rec- Baker laid over eight and a half days for pur- with spears, would you feel a glow of pleasure at ord is now 2.31 2-5, a gain of 7 2-5 seconds. poses of visiting. remembering that an economical goveinment had It begins to look very much as if the man on "I, broke the record between Terre Plaute failed to supply your machine with one of the his wheel was to catch the trotting horse before and Indianapolis," said Mr. Baker, " a distance Patent Galvanic Death-dealing Backbones ? long, for a quarter mile has already been covered of eighty miles. I made it in eight hours. I 8. Do you think the new Torpedo Tricycle on a bicycle, with a flying start such as horses also made ninety miles in twelve hours — that likely to be most perilous to the enemy or to its have [he benefit of, in 31J4 seconds, a rate equal was my next best. Forty miles of the Terre rider? to 2.06 for a mile, and it is probalily only a ques- Haute road were very bad, too. As to my 9. In riding through a dangerous country, tion of time when there will be athletes capable general practice, I found my best hours for run- where there's every reason to fear ambushes, of holding such a pace for a mile. ning to be from 4 A.M. to 12. In the afternoon which do you think the safest seat on a "Tan- I generally took my ease running as the In the Chicago races, on Friday, i6th Oct., — whim " dem — in front or behind ? Which would you seized me. I managed to get meals the first event was the 20 mile race for the Co- my regu- offer to your commander-in-chief if he requested lumbia cup. This was won by larly, for if I were not at the proper hosteliy Van Sicklen, a mount ? just on the dot, a run of who had a walk over in ih. 4m. ten to fifteen miles g^s- The 10. In those numerous cases where good mac- to one consumed comparatively next race was the 2 mile professional race, which little time. I adamised roads would require to be made through never ran after dark proved the most exciting event of except from Batavia to the day. dense jungle and over perpendicular mountains Lcroy, N.Y , a distance of ten miles. I Woodside and Brooks alternated as leadi rs until was before cycling scouts could begin to operate, what sick but one day, from the change the last lap was reached, when Neilson, spurt- of water, I particular advantage do you think would result presume soon after starting out. Notwithstand- ing, came to the front at a terrific pace, and from their employment in preference to a few ing that in the morning I couldn't won by a wheel, Woodside being 2nd and Prince stand, I made light-mounted skirmishers on horseback ? twenty miles that day. Rain did not deter 3rd. Time, 5.54?.;. In the 4 mile pro essinnal me friiui running, and I race, Woodside, Neilson, Prince and Brooks were never caught cold. The Prince Wells, the fancy rider, was born in scenery inmi Cleveland to- Bufialo, and contestants. When the last half of the last lap from Louisville, in January, 1866. He stands five thence to Boston, was grand the was reached Neilson and Prince had the ; land rich and field feet and nine inches, weighs one hundred and rolling, and the vistas of trees to themselves, the Bostonian winning by a wheel and hills unpre- cedented. thirty-six pounds, and is a thorough athlete. At in 14.48J4. The time at the end of each mile ;o: Columbus, Indiana, on July 4th, he made world's was as follows: mile, One 2.53X : two miles. To all well-wishers of the L.A.W. it will be record for one wheel, doing a mile from pistol ttif^e miles, S-SoX ; 8.50"^ ; four miles, H.50X; welcome news to learn that the Boston Bicycle shot in 6.45;<, which is the first record of the five miles, 14.48^- Club h.as decided to return to the League. kind ever made. — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. TRAINING. the trigger, and waft my soul to realms of eternal bliss, where they race not, neither do they spin, Training is a splendid thing for the muscles : Photography, and where they have plenty of water, no tea, no one denies that. In a month of correct and and a square meal three times a day. — NoRB, proper training a man can develop himself from in The Wheel. a dissolute and unhealthy society Hend to a ro- bust, muscular, nervy, fighting man, or a tough, THt COMING KNICKERBOCKER. wiry, lean and enduring racing man. I have read much literature in regard to the proper In the manner of costume innovation, knee course to pursue when training, and after trying breeches will come next. Oh, I have studied many different ways upon myself, with varying the signs, consulted the authorities, and am not results, have selected the best points from each mistaken ! P^ive years ago the Prince of Wales, system, and, putting them together, have a course who sets the masculine fashions even for Paris, that will make a Hercules of a man {or kill him could have brought about such a revolution ; but in the endeavor) inside of two months. Here the now nothing more than the example of a dozen For Cyclists, with our it is : New Yorkers is necessary to effect it. Already First. —Take a currycomb, curry all the hide short trousers are so common at the watering- off your body, and then rub alcohol and harts- places that they attract no especial attention. horn liniment on it. Bicycling, pedestrianism and field-sporting have TOURING CSMERH. Note. —Some trainers prefer a coarse towel and hitherto been the excuses for them, but this year a pint of blue vitriol, but I prefer the currycomb. many equestrians wear them, and they are not Second. —Don't eat anything that is nice or is taken off when no longer required for these pur- good. If you do, it will work irreparable in- poses, but are lounged in for hours before and jury. Especially do not eat any sugar, potatoes, after. The iellow whose dandyism is bigger than bacon, or the common necessaries of life. Do his purse suddenly finds a value in articles which, not smoke or drink, or sit up late, or eat ice he now thanks his stars, were not disdainfully The largest stock aod varietf of Cameras cream, or do anything you were wont to do in tossed to the second-hand dealer. The bicyclists happier times. Water is prohibited. If you started the movement, and made their stocking- in the Wodd, must drink, drink tea, and if you don't like tea legs familiar throughout the country. The ad- don't drink at all. vantages ol the costume are apparent. They are Third. —Get up in the morning (before break- ALL PKICES*. just the thmg for dusty walking, for boating, for fast) and trot out in the country for a couple of all sorts of field sports, and for undress wear all miles. When you come back get hold of your day long in the country. That is as far as the trainer and give him the all-firedest thrashing fashion has gone to-day, but it is bound to come he ever had. Then make him rub you down into town from the seashore and the mountains, with "ellikcholl." When this is over you will for only a fear of being guyed keeps men from /eel like the furnace of a steamboat under high appearing in them here. Let ten valorous young The reputation which we have gained in three pressure. Then you get your Indian clubs, and dandies step out in knee-breeches and stockings, years tells of itself the completeness of our club yourself for three-quarters of an hour, after manu- and the thing is done. Already the sight is com- which you may club the trainer at discretion for factory, which is the largest devoted to the manu- mon at Long Branch, and that is next door to the rest of the day. New York. Moreover, the tightly-encased legs facture of Light Weight Cameras in America, Only eat once a day, and confine yourself to have been there concerned in the revolutions of the following delicacies : Roast beef, one-quarter the waltz as well as the wheel. Long Branch pound, cooked rare ; stale bread, steen ounces ; Letter. tea, without sugar, half-pint. About once a week you can have a fricassee of board nails A STEAM BICYCLE. A Special Discount to Importers and and barb- wire fence to make you tough and Exporters. wiry. Every evening your trainer must turn A steam bicycle is the latest novelty, invented the hose on you, and when you get tired of by L. D. Copeland, of Arizona. It is of the this, make a rush and turn it on him. The star pattern, with a .small wheel in front, and harder the time your trainer has, the better attached to the front bar is a vertical brass boiler condition you will be in. Il yuu leel weak in heated with gasoline A dainty engine mounted Send 4 cts. for 3rd Edition Illustrated the morning it is on account of having had too on the bar above the boiler has a stroke of three Catalogue. much to eat. Discontinue eating for a few days, inches, with a cylinder i 1-16 inches in diameter. and kill your trainer. He will be found to have Below the engine is a spherical reservoir holding been partly the cause of your weakness, and you a quart of water, and above it a cylinder holding will immediately feel stronger. as much gasoline. A round belt communicates The best and most approved system of harden- the power of the engine to a 30-inch wheel at- ing the muscles is to bathe them in a decoction tached to the wheel of the bicycle. The engine, of jimson weed juice and ammonia, though I in an exhibition at Newark on Friday, made 180 generally go down to the drug store and get a revolutions of the l)4-inch crank in a minute, little of every liquid in the shop, with the Latin and nine of these revolutions turned the large BLAia TOUeOGRAPH I W PLATE CO., names thrown in, and after mixing them rub wheel once. A little steam-gauge showed 60 the result on my muscles. The Latin names pounds pressure a few minutes a ter the fire had are so hard that they will make you as tough been started, and, leaping into the saddle, Mr. Factory—471, 475, 477 Tremont .St., as gristle. Copeland rode swiftly around the rink lor twenty These points are known to very few of the minutes. The inventor said the engine would profession, and have been kept a profound se- run for an hour without renewal of water or Boston, Mass. cret. 1 believe I will have this recipe copy- gasoline, and that engine, boiler and fuel did righted, but take this opportunity of saying that not add more than 20 lbs. to the weight of the BRANCHES : when next I start to train, I will first take a bicycle. He has retained the pedals on the ma- double-action 3S-cahbre revolver, press it to my chine, and he used them as an auxiliary to the New York, Cincinnati, and San ievered brow, gently agitate the mechanism called engine when he pleased. Francisco lO THE CANADIAN WEELMAN. A. T. LANE, - Montreal. ROYAL CANADIAN No. 2. THE KANGAROO. A FFW BARGAINS! Premier Sociable Balls to all wheels, king of road lamps, . new tires. COST $igo, Jor $iio. in good order. Rudge Racer 51 inch. Balls at both wheels and pedals. Only used a few times. COST $115, for $75. This machine has been greatly improved since last season, but price remains the same. Popular Premier THE PERFECT SAFETY. Specification :— Hillman's new pattern " " ball-bearings to front wheel and adjustable Editor of C. T. C. Gazette says it is the 51 inch. All nickel-plated but felloes. " cones to back, direct spokes, Hollow Forks, best of the whole bunch." It is the original Bent Handle Bars and Long-Distance Ball bearings to front wheel. ./Eolus machine, and the vital parts are patented, and all Saddle. Finished in Harrington's black copies of it are wanting in one important particu. ball pedals. King of road lamp, Nickel- namel. Price, $6j.oo. lar. Price, $ioj.oo ; Ball Pedals, ^J.oo extra. plated. Hill & Tolman Automatic Gong. In very good order. FOR $70. ^Subscriptions re- Send J-Cent Stamp ceived for all Cycling Special M%\^ Challenge for largest and most 52 inch.'' Balls to both wheels. Half Publications. plated. Too high for late owner. Not run TOO miles. elaborate Bicycle Cata- — $75- — logue ever published in 50 SHCOND-HAND Ca7iada. MACHINES I For Sale Cheap ! 42 Pages-B2 [npvings. A. T. LANE, MONTREAL. ! THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. ii STILL THEY COME I At the Toronto Bicycle Club Sports, September 19th, 1885, six out of seven of the events were won on the including the five miles open. 1. Foster . - . . Invincible. 2. Davies - . . . Invincible. 3. Clarke - . - . AT THE INTERNATIONAL INVENTIONS EXHIBITION, London, England, August, 1885, the Surrey Machinists Company HAVE BEEN AWARDED A GOLD MEDAL Highest award for the INVINCIBLE MACHINES. Also at the Industrial Exhibition, Toronto. The Coventry Machinists Company was awarded a Gold Medal at the above London Exhibition, the Highest award for a Sole Agents for Canada, T. FANE & CO.. 36 ADELAIDE ST. WEST, - TORONTO, ONTARIO^ THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. ADDITIOlSrAL I^ECOT^DR OINT COLIJMBTAS. The Greatest Distance Ever Made Inside the Hour. 2oy, MILHS 3i.)6 FEET, BY WM. A. ROWE, AT SPRINGFIELD, OCTOBER ig. SPRINGFIELD, OCTOBER 17. WORLD'S KECORn Mile E. R. r.ROWN, .36 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD -' ]A Mile A. 1. 12 I WM. ROWE, 4-5 SPRINGFIELD, OCTOBER 19. WOKLD'S RECORD I Mile WM. A. ROWE, 2.36 2-5 Anintcur. Amateur. AMERICAN RECORD 2 Miles WM. A. ROWE, S-33 1-5 WORLD'S RECORD 12 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 34.32 3-5 WORLD'S RECORD 4 Miles WM. A. ROWE, II. II 4-5 WORLD'S RECORD 13 Miles - W.M. A. KOWi:, 37.243-5 - WOKLD'S RECORD 5 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 14.07 2-s WORLD'S RECORD 14 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 40.25 WORLD'S RECORD 6 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 16.5s 3-S WORLD'S RECORD 15 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 43.26 1-5 WORLD'S RECORD 7 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 19.47 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD 16 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 46.292-5 WORLD'S RECORD 8 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 22.41 4-5 WORLD'S RECORD 17 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 49.25 WORLD'S RECORD 9 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 25.41 4-5 WORLD'S RECORD 18 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 52.25 1-5 WORLD'S RECORD 10 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 28.37 4-5 WORLD'S RECORD 19 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 55.222-5 - WORLD'S RECORD 1 1 M iles A. ROWE, 31.37 1-5 WORLD'S RECORD 20 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 58.20 CHICAGO, OCTOBER 16, 17- TEN MILE ARERICAN PROFESSIONAL, BICYCLE, 30.2 1-2 i;v XEILSON. 19 out of 22 First Prizes. 30 out of the entire 40 Prizes taken on COLUMBIAS. Notwithstanding the above excellent result of " Good Men upon Good Bicycles," of more practical value to the 90 and 9 wheelmen is the fact tha' the majority of the American Wheelmen purchase Columbia Bicycles and Tricycles, because they are pre-eminently road machines, with an ease of running and durability which have faithfully stood the test of eight years upon every grade of road, and under all supposable conditions. C.^TJLXjOC3-,TJE1 IFiaiEIE]. THE fOPE JVIANUFAeTURIJMG CO'Y. 597 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. Branch Houses: 12 'Warren Street, New York; 115 Wabash Ave., Chicago. FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. GREAT CLEARING SALE OF JBici|cr^s and TVicijcfes at Gost! SEND FOR NEW LIST. GOOLD& KNOWLES BK..A.DsrT:Fo:EiiD. A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Association, and of the Cyclists'' Touring Club in Canada. Vol. III. LONDON, CANADA, DECEMBER, 1885. No. 2. Victor Bicycles & Tricycles SHOW THE BEST RESULTS OF ADVANCEMENT IN THE CYCLE BUILDER'S ART. ^.^ V ^ ^ ^ r IT IS TO YOUR INTEREST TO INVESTIGATE BEFORE PURCHASING. SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY, 179 Tremont St., BOSTON, Mass., U.S.A. 14 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. Latent bi} Telephoqe. CANADA'S Extraordinary Sporting Goods Depot. STIRRING NEWS FROM TORONTO. a " d Hello, Central ! Swilcli Charles Robinson & CHARLES ROBINSON & CO., m u Co., 22 Cluireh Slrect, Toronto, on to their cus- 22 Church Street, Toronto, tomers." S3 " DKAI.KHS IN "All right. Go ahead ! " " How goes the world, boys ? Snow Shoes & Snow Shoe Blanket Soils, " Prosperously jolly. Had dyspepsia, lumbago, IHE KING Toboggans and Toboggan Blanket Suits, OF SAFETIES. rheumatism, sore head, and a dozen other playful complaints, until we mounted one of your MOCASSINS, MITTENS, Ruclges y'sce they run so doocid easy ; that a This Bicycle has stood the test of over eight Tugues, Stockings, Belts, Roller Ice fellow straddles it whenever he gets a chance. and Skates, years' experience, and still stands Result : lots of exercise. Enter fresh air and POLO GOOD.S, LACROSSE, unrivalled for ozone. Exit all the ills to which flesh is heir. " ? ABSOLUTE SAFETY, SPEED, How's business with you Base Ball, Cricket & Football Goods " Booming with a booming boom that extends AND DUMB BELLS AND INDIAN CLUBS. from the most exalted peak of the Rockies to the Ksissy r>i*opiilsioii. cities by the sea down east ! Want to hear the Everything particidars? The demand for the Rudge has far in the Sporting Goods Line. exceeded our expectations (and the latter were by Two-third Crank. No Dead CENTRES. no means humble), and every eiistomer is satisfied. Send tor Oatsilogue. And so are we. Napanee, Stratford, Toronto, St. Catherines, Woodstock, Seaforth, Guelph, Ottawa, Testimonials from Medical Practitioners in GEO. IT. HILL, Canada using and other cities and towns have patronized us ex- the XTRA. the past four years, do cheerfully recommend this tensively. We are more and more convinced Fancy Bicycle and Tricycle Rider style to be used more amongst the that in the Rudge we have the best wheel in the profession. Mounted on beautiful wheels. as a few of its rivals are. market, good The (These testimonials will appear in my Cata- Has a fine reportoire of startling and difificult American Rudge at $85 hat also taken well and feats. Now open for engagements in Roller logue for 1 886.) j^iven full satisfaction. We intend adding some Rinks and elsewhere. For dates apply to improvements to it next season without increasing CHARLES ROBINSON & CO., T\^ M. FAY N E, the price." 22 Church .St., Toronto, Managers. " How about the Rudge Safety ? Has it taken LONDON, ONT. " well ? " So much so that we can pronounce it a suc- ANTHONY'S x BICYCLE x first CAMERA. cess in every way. This year was its year in Canada, and of the number we sold all are giving satisfaction. We can foresee its future as the The lightest, neatest, and attachment with uni- machine for the around-town business and pro- and best Camera in mar- versal joint for fastening fessional man. Dr. Macdonald, of Simcoe Street, ket for the price. Makes Camera to Bicycle. The Toronto, uses one in his profession, and he is pictures 3X-^4/4' inches. whole apparatus in a simply enthusiastic over its practical efficiency. Consists of a fine mahog- handsome sole leather Dr. Goodman, of St. Catherines, ditto. We asked any Camera with rising carrying case with shoul- Dr. Ahrens, of Stratford: 'Are you satisfied with front and folding bed, sin- der strap. Weight of your Rudge Safety?' ' More than satisfied,' he gle achromatic lens, one complete outfit, exactly at once answered. Mr. Boles, Mr. Brown and double dry plate holder, iwo pounds. Mr. Bosworth, all of Stratford, speak in similar terms. It's a fine little machine. We anticipate a big run on them next spring ; indeed, rumors of I'ltlCJH C;03IPI..ET.li:, iglO.OO. orders are already in the air." " " Hello, Robinson & Co., still there ? Amateiir Equipments in Great Variety, from $9 upward- " Ves." of Detective " We merely wanted to give you warning to Sole Proprietors the Celebrated Novel and Fairy Cameras. lay in a big stock for the spring. Any number of the Ijoys will swoop down on you next April, and E. & s:_ T. ..A^:brTs:oisr"^r cSc go.. they won't be satisfied with anything less than a Send for Illustrated Catalogue. Rudge Light Roadster." 591 Bioadwaf, New IforL US' Forty years experience in this line of business. " All right. Come along. We'll be ready for you and " The numlier o English cycling papers has been — " Central "Are you thro-o-u-u-g-h ? NICKl'L-PL.VriNG BICYCLES reduced by the union of thiee in one. Wheel Life, "Just another word. Come early and avoid the Tricyelist and the Ne'Ms have been consoli- " the rush.'" dated under the tit'e, The Bieycling Ne-a>s and Trieyiliiig Gazette." George Lacy Hillier, F. " Good-bye." RUBENSTEIN BROS., Percy Low, H. H. Griffin, and W. .McCand- " Good-bye." 537 CRAIG ST., MONTREAL. lish will be on the staff of editorial writers. — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 15 and it is regret that it to to art of Orientals while ever and 'She ^aiutMitii Mhcelman with has acknowledge known the the ; anon colored fires, looming from the handle-bars that its brethren across the Atlantic have low- A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. of the cycles, suddenly illuminate with dazzling ered themselves in the eyes of the cycling fra- brilliancy the surrounding space. A bicycle would ternity of this continent by their cavilling, pic- seem a machine capable of but slight ornamenta- The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Associa- aninny and puerile conduct in this matter tion in the way of fragile lanterns, yet many bore tion and of the Cyclists' Touring Club of a score of the twinkling lights, and one had forty- in Canada. the records. three. The latter was a feature of the parade. It was an ordinary bicycle, about which was rigged Published by thk Canadian Wiiekljien's Association, the outline of a yacht, the lines, spars and yards, THIS SETTLES IT. AT London, Canada, and Suim'Lied to all formed by strings of lanterns, and at the mast Members oe tme Association. top floated a pennant bearing the word ' Puritan,' Should a male cycler bow to a female cycler The tricycles afforded unlimited opportunity for decoration, and the riders fairly excelled them- Subscription Price to Non- Members $1.00 when they meet ? Aye, that's the rub, and so selves in the artistic arrangement of the colored per annum. diverse are the opinions on this all-important light. Some were wholly enclosed in a bower of question that the columns of the Bicycling World colored light, while hoops and cros.ses and um- All communications should be addressed to The brella innumerable de- are not wide enough for the disputants. A dis- frames formed bases for Canadian Wheelman, London, Ont. signs. A unique effect was produced by arranging cussion somewhat similar once waged between an arch of the colored lanterns behind the rider, those who claimed that a horse, in running, casting about his head a halo ol Japanese glory." 1885. LONDON, DECEMBER, raised the off front foot and the right hind one together, and those who denied this assertion. THE RECORD WAR. It was settled, at last, by some brainey fellow EDITORIAL NOTES, coming along and suggesting that the debaters An unseemly and rancorous war of words over look at a horse running and see how he lifted Lost, strayed, stolen or hybernating— the Mon the records made at the Springfield tournament his feet. Similarly, the man with brain gigantic treal Bicycle Club. has been a much-to-be-regretted feature of the who writes this paragraph would suggest that A movement is on foot to establish a club in last two months' cycling events. Several of the the gentleman in doubt as to whether he .should Ilagersville. May it succeed ! leading English papers declined to accept the rec- bow to a sister cycler should first look at the ords without further evidence of their authen- aforesaid sister. If she bows, then he may lift Winnipeg wheelmen, waken ! Write The ticity than was at first furnished, and this refusal his cap, if he's not a boor, and can ride well Wheelman while winter wages war 'gainst naturally excited the ire of the American papers, enough. And if he doesn't bow, let him, like wheels. felt good faith of American wheel- the Levite of old, pass by who that the on the other side. Mr. Harry Etherington indignaiitly denies that had been impugned. Recriminations fol- men he got a free passage across the ocean. That lowed, and a far from edifying spectacle of bitter THE WHEELMAN. settles it. taunts and mean insinuations flying across the At- The English papers are arguing in favor of lantic has been presented. To the unbiassed From all parts of the Dominion we are glad longer cranks. Wonder if they know ihe captain view of an outsider, it would appear that the to be able to record the receipt of expressions of the Brantford B.C. ? Englishmen are altogether in the wrong, and of approval of the new mode of issuing The are deserving of all they have received in the Mr. W. G. Ross, of Montreal, first C.W.A. Wheelman. In this number will be found way of tongue-lashing from the American pa- champion, is spending a couple of months in communications from four or five of the prin- pers. As representatives of the gentlemen wheel- Florida and Central America. cipal cycling centres of Ontario, and although men of England, the English papers would have it will be difficult to find much news of interest Wheelmen will be glad to know that the A. •displayed greater courtesy, less jealousy, and far to record during the winter months, we trust L. Pilkie, lately arrested for forgei")' in Wood- more brotherly feeling, had they said nothing that the work so well begun will be continued stock, is not Alf. Pilkie, who won the green against the American records, but quietly ac- until the spring-time, when of course there will race in the first C. W. A. meet in London. cepted them as necessarily genuine when endors- be no excuse for lack of items. We would ask ed by the gentlemen wheelmen of America until What one friend of The Wheelman has to that the secretaries of clubs make it a point to such time as evidence might be furnished to show say: "I am well pleased with the way the let us have a communication about the 20th of that Iraud or carelessness had existed. paper is now issued, wdiich is the only proper each month. By this means, better than any Common justice, as well as friendly sentiment, way, if the Association fees have to be raised other, the interest in The Wheelman can be should have taught the Englishmen to consider to do it." maintained, and the greatest amount of good it the Americans innocent until they were proven can accomplish be attained. Messrs. Webster, Ryrie and Chandler, of the guilty but their action in reversing this proced- ; Torontos, have decided upon making a bicycle and holding the records as false until proven ure tour through England, Scotland, and the northern true has had the boomerang effect of making A NOVEL PARADE. part of France, next spring, leaving about the the world believe that those so ready to assail middle of .^pril. the motives and acts of others are not them- The possibilities of wheeling are as a tale half Who will get up an American tour for Cana- -selves above suspicion. told, but the Massachusetts Club has lately added dian riders for next season ? We should recipro- We have carefully followed the discussion on a new chapter to the story. A few weeks ago cate, and there is no danger that our American this subject, and have seen no re.isons advanced the club had a Chinese and Japanese Lantern cousins will not give a hearty welcome to a Cana- that throw any serious doubt on the Springfield parade, which, according to a correspondent of dian " Big Four." records. To say that "records had to be made the Wheel, was dazzling in its effect. If it was half as pretty as the enthusiast proclaims, this .at Springfield," simply because an advertisement The Marquis of Lome has taken out a patent novel idea of the Massachusetts Club should find of the Springfield Club announced that records for improvements in cycle construction, and a Springfield, is muny imitators Which of our Canadian clubs had always been broken at no contemporary sarcastically remarks that it al- will the first to try the experiment ? Here argument, but a dirty insinuation for one wheel- be ways held that the Marquis would do some- is the WheePs correspondent describes the man to make against a body of brother cyclers. how thing some day. But this and similar others have formed the sum They call it a silent wheel, and yet it is al- total of the pleadings of the English papers " It was a weirdly-beautiful sight, oriental in ways making rim marks on the road. Bicycling as re- against the records. The Wheelman, its loveliness, and, viewed from a distance, seem- World. presentative of Canadian cyclers, who look to ed not unlike a myiiad of will-o'-the-wisps ; the Silent, indeed ! It spoke enough to lire you, twinkling lights darting hither and thither, ever England with a feeling almost filial, and would ceaseless in their erratic movements. Imagine a and its bawls are always for oil. her honor and credit as their own, would hold line of upwards of four hundred bicycles and tri- The IVesleni Cyclist announces that "Corey fain commend instead of blame the position cycles, pendant from every one of which hung taken by the Englishmen in this connection, gorgeously-brilliant paper lanterns of every line hill, in Brooklyn, has a national reputation for : — — i6 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. hill-climbing." Queer kind of a hill, that ! CORRECTION. DO YOU KNOW? We've been told that the little hills shall skip With pleasure The Wheelman publishes the The Wheelman with pleasure publi.shes the like lambs, but history and prophesy are alike following letter from the Editor of its English following inquiries, and trusts that they will meet silent on the subject of hills going a climbing. contemporary. Wheeling, and regrets that an in- with satisfactory response from those who have Toronto correspondent hints at the possi- A justice was unwittingly done him in the paragraph had experience with the wheels mentioned. Such Ijility of a big two-days' meet being held in the in question inquiries, if made and answered in good faith, are <2uecn City ne.vt year, at which inducements suf- Editor Canadian Wuhki.man. calculated to be of great benefit to riders, and ficient to entice American fliers to enter would gladly Dear Sir, —With reference to a leaderette pub- they will be welcomed in these columns. lie offered. If the idea materializes, we trust lished in your issue of Sept., in which you quote nditor Canadian Wiihi-lman ; that cnrc will be taken to place the date suffic- from Wheeling and venture to jncsume the quote .Sir, — Can any of your readers, sjieaking 'rom iently distant from that of the C.W.A. meet not as having been penned by me "after a week's ex- actual trial, say how the "Spalding" (made for perience in America," I wish to point i.ut that the to interfere with the success of the latter. Spalding Bros., Chicago, by Hillman, Herbert the quote in question was written and inserted in Cooper) works on our roads, and especially in VVIieeiing during & Mr. Walter Crane, in the Pall Mall Gazette, my absence from England. a very hilly country ? How does the arrangement After-issues of my paper will, I think, point out refers to the bicycle and tricycle as the best of spokes, adopted in this wheel, work? the high opinion I hold of America and American Is it difficult or not to replace a spoke which meanaof escaping from the ugliness of cities, wheelmen. As to "bunkum," I am afraid there is headed into a "Warwick Hollow" felloe? and muses upon the irony of the fact that civil- is more " bunkum" and monkey business in Eng- Can anyone give their experience on our roads in either tolerated in land than the Slates or Canada. ized liie should only be proportion of the "American Pilot" light road.ster, made .Sir, to the number and attractiveness of the means I am, dear for Latta Bros , Friend.ship, N.Y., by Hickling Co., and of the Ijicycle, made by of escape from it. Mr. Crane's argument runs Yours faithfully, & "Victor" the Overman Wheel Company ? counter to the practical fact that the tendency Harry Etherington. How are the laced spokes in the latter wheel of man is more and more towards city life, but 152 Fleet Street, E.C., London, liked ? perhaps man seeks the city for the pleasure of October 22nci, 1885. Answers to any or all of the above questions your valuable columns will greatly oblige lidiug out of it astride a bicycle. through Yours fraternally, A Newfoundland correspondent of the Cycling GOING FOR THE RECORDS. C 0511. Touring Club Gauttc relates an instance of judi- At Springfield, on November 4, Hendee made cial injustice worthy of the Dark Ages. A fellow MUNGER STOPPED BY RAIN. an attempt to break the quarter and half-mile named Prouse is on the bench, and in two recent tricycle records. The heavy wind of the morn- attempted re- actions against a cycler for running against per- L. D. Munger, of Detroit, who ing had entirely disappeared, and as he came sons on the street held that the public has as cently to break A. A. McCurdy's twenty-four down to the tape on his Victor racer, ready for much right on the road as on the sidewalk, and hour record on a bicycle and failed, owing to the start, everything seemed to be in his favor. that the cycler was responsible for any accident an injury to his ankle, started again on Satur- Getting a fine push off, he bent to his work, left the that occurred, no matter whether the result of day, Nov. 7, to break the record. He and before he had rounded the curve of the track P.M., accom- his carelessness or not. If they cannot stop their Faneuil House, Brighton, at 1.30 was going at top speed. Nearing the quarter he as pace-maker. His route wheels instantly, he held, they should keep to panied by C. I. Swan put in a little extra speed, and passed the pole over be- the country roads, and had he the power he was substantially the same as he went in forty-two seconds. Here he was picked up by would prohibit them altogether. Luckily, Hiz- fore, the circuit being about 50 miles. He made F. R. Brown, who set a rattling pace the rest zoner hasn't the power. a plucky attempt to capture the 50-miIe record of the way. Hendee neared the wire As his on his first round, and when he arrived at the The modesty of the English cycling press com- anxious friends rushed up the track and cheered Faneuil House he was inside the record, but ports well with their strictures on the American on, spurted over the tape in 1. him and he 21 after he had dismounted, it was found that his papers for the use of "slang" and "blow." 4-5. The best previous amateur records w-ere cyclometer gave but 49j^ miles, and he had For instance, Mr. Geo. Lacy Hillier, editor of those made by Cripps in an exhibition mile dur- hardly time to make up what he had lost. He the Bicycling Ne'ivs, in speaking of an approach- late for ing the tournament, — 43 3-5 the quarter, arrived at 5.01 p.m., having made the run in ing dinner, says that "with George Lacy Hillier lor the half. After ten minutes' rest and 1.25 3.31. The record is 3.32 20 2-5. The moon in the chair * * * the Kildare is sure to be Hendee again appeared, this time mounted on was not advertised to shine that night, and a big success ;" and 7'he Cyclist makes no bones his bicycle, and announced that he would try to Munger had to depend upon artificial light to about dubbing itself " the thunderer" of the cy- break Rowe's record for the quarter—36 1-5. find his way. He had a light framework at- cling press. Such remarks would be considered Starting with a rush around the corner, he made tached to the head of his machine, to which he very bad form on this side the Atlantic. We for the quarter pole at his best gait. Brown pick- appended two lanterns, and a third swung from are convinced that The Canadian Wheelman ing him up as he shot into the back stretch, his hub. After a rest of twenty-four minutes, is the leading wdieel paper of the world, but but in spite of all his endeavors he failed to he started on the second round, with E. G. instinctively shrink from psoclaiming the fact to reach the quarter quicker than 37 4-5, missing Frost and D. Clark as pace-makers. He an incredulous public. J. the record by I 3-5. The next day Hendee completed that round at 10.15, 'oiJi miles to attempted to lower the quarter-mile record, but his credit. He was given a rest of twenty min- Charles Robinson & Co., of 22 Church St., did not succeed. It was then announced that utes, and on the third round was accompanied by Toronto, have a change of advertisement on Hendee would make no attempt for records, and W. H. Huntley and Vivian. Just before he page 2, to which we call the attention of J. got his racing for Rowe on costume an attempt started on his third round it began to rain, and our readers They inform us that they have at the quarter-mile. Hendee, however, took a he did not ride but about half the circuit. He had a most successful season, and that the practice spin and decided to try for the quarter, covered in all 130 miles, stopping at 2 A.M., and prospects for next season are very bright for and soon after appeared. He got a wretched he had eleven hours and thirty minutes left to a considerable extension of the wheeling fra- s'art, but recovered finely. His poor start, how- make the 126 miles necessarj' to beat McCurdy's ternity, while the tendency on the part of old ever, had too badly handicapped him, and he record. The time remaining would have been riders is to have the best mounts in the mar- made the quarter in 36 2-5, one-fifth of a second largely in the light of day, and there was a good ket, discarding the cheap makes. We notice slower than the record. Rowe then appeared prospect of another breaking of the record. Cy- that Mr. George H. Hill, formerly connected on the track, Illston coming down the home cling World. with the establishment of Robinson & Co., stretch on a flying start. He passed Rowe, :o: has entered the field as a fancy rider. He who got a good send-off, and travelled for all The Overman Wheel Company has just given filled his tirst engagement recently at the Prin- cess Roller Rink, Toronto, and gave an inter- he was worth up the back stretch. He came a contract for 3000 Victor bicycles. This is esting and successful exhibition. under the wire in 35 1-5, and when the time probably the largest contract ever given in the :o: was announced a great cheer w'ent up. The United States for high-grade bicycles. The Com- If the world don't look out its records will record of 36 1-5 is broken, and in flne shape pany is making great preparation for the season all be standing in a Rowe. too. of '86. : :::::: — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 17 LOCAL CONSULS. THREE HUNDRED MILES IN WESTERN C, W, 11, OFFICIAL ONTARIO. DISTRICT NO. I. London. —W. M. Begg and W^. K. Evans. S. Anderson and A. S. Bowers, of the St. Thomas. — C. H. Hepinstall. J. T.B.C., left Toronto at A.M. on Tuesday, Simcoe. —W. S. Perry. 5.30 Port Elgin.—H. Wilkes, jr. August iSth. Following the Guelph route Listowel.— F. W. Hay. given in guide-book, Georgetown was reached St. Marys. — C. S. Rumsey, at 11.20. Here they were joined by H. Stratford.—A. C. Mowat. J. Kincardine—T. E. Coonibe. Aldous, who accompanied them throughout the Woodstock — S. Woodroofe. trip. The afternoon was spent in buffeting a Brantford. —W. J. Knowles. heavy wind, and the party arrived in our . 4 Mitchell.—J. M. Ford. Royal City shortly after 6. Between Cooks- ^|t fiiiiiiiliiiii '^plu'rditcn's ^ssotiatioii, Norwich.— W. H. Miller. Berlin. —O. Shantz. ville and Georgetown, the stiff clay after recent OKIJANIZED SEPTEMBER, 1S82. Waterloo.- Charles Fee. rains was not very highly appreciated. Leaving Paris. —W. W. Patterson. very President Mr. S. Erierley, /oiiriial, St. the latter, however, the roads are fair — Jas. Palmerston. —A. Knowles. gravel. Tl;omas, Ont. Guelph. —J. Davidson. Ingersoll. W. C. Noxon. Mounting next morning at 6.30, and wheel- Vice-Presiaoil— Mr. W. G. Eakins, Mail, To- — Seaforth. E. C. Coleman. ronto, Ont. — ing up the Elora road, the Junction Hotel Walkerton.— D. Traill. was soon passed, and pursuing the course to Secretary- Treasurer—Mr. Hal. B. Donly, Re- Paisley. —A. G. Beamen. the right over ten miles of excellent gravel, former, Simcoe, Ont. Cargill — W. D. Cargill. Tilsonburg.—R. C. H. Wood. Fergus was reached. From here three miles DISTRICT NO. I Drayton. —Joseph Powell. of very indifferent road led to Elora. A mile Comprises all the Province of Ontario west of DISTRICT NO. 2. north, at Salem, is some very pretty scenery and inclutling the Counties of Ilaldimand, Brant, Toronto. —W. A. Capon, 183 King St. east. on the river Irvine. Continuing north against Waterloo, Wellington and Bruce. Newcastle. — Eli F. Bowie. a stiff breeze, and over some hilly country. Hamilton. — Percy Domville, 121 John St. Chief Consul: Alma and Rothsay were passed, and the trio Thorold.—J. Dobbin. \V Karn, A Woodstock. St. Catharines.— A. N. Lindsay. reached Flarriston for supper, just no miles Representatives Brighton. —R. J. Bowles from home. Niagara Falls. John Robinson. C. II. llepinstall, St. Thomas. — On the 20th, after a slight .shower of rain, Port Colborne. —Thornton Hayek. W. E. Tisdale, Simcoe. a start was at A. and Newmarket. Thos. C. Watson. made 7 M , breakfast G. Hay, Woodstock. — J. Markham. Jay Ross. partaken of at Clifford, the intervening seven S. Roether, Port Elgin. — J. Richmond Hill.-—Theo. G. Law. miles in forty-five R. M. Balbntjne, Stratford. being wheeled minutes. DISTRICT NO 3. Passing Mildmay and Dunkeld, some grand DISTRICT NO. 2 Ottawa—F. M. S. Jenkins. roads were travelled, especially nearing Paisley, Comprises that part of Ontario east of District Brockville. —A. L. Murray. the next town. After leaving this latter place No. I, and west of and including the Counties Napanee. — Alex. Leslie. of Northumberland and Peterborough. Kingston. —Wm. Nicol. several long hills were encountered, followed by Chief Consul Belleville.— R- E. Clarke. good wheeling through Burgoyne and on to Port Carleton Place. — Alex. T. Taylor. Elgin. Approaching this town the road is, for Fred. Campbell, n Front St., Toronto. J. Cornwall — H. Turner. a couple of miles, "as level as a board." Representatives DISTRICT NO 4. There is in Port Elgin but one active cyclist, H. C. Goodman, St. Catharines. Montreal City.—A. T. Lane, P.O. Box 967. R. Blackford, Toronto. " " Mr. S. Roether, our C. W. A. representative, J. J T. Gntedinger, St. Peter Harry Ryrie, Toronto. Sireet. who is ever ready with a hearty welcome for R. P.owles, Brighton. " " J. J. R. Scales, 234 St. James the tourist. Street. DISTRICT NO. 3 Friday morning dawned to the accompani- Sherbrooke City. — R. N. Robins. Comprises all the Province of Ontario east of ment ef a drizzling rain, which continueil till District No. 2. II o'clock. A .Stan was made at 12, and lor McCU RDY'S ATTE MPT, Chief Consul some time the pastime consisted in dodging Geo. A. Mothersill, Ottawa. Mr. A. A. McCurdy started on Monday after- water puddles, but Old Sol came to the res- ' !" Representative noon, October 26th, lo recover the twenty-four cue and soon made everything ' just lovely R. H. Fenwick, Belleville. hour record which was wrested from him by After climbing the "mountain," about two miles out of Port Elgin, a good view may be DISTRICT NO. 4 Messrs. Ives and Rhodes. A course was laid had of SouthamiJton, by taking the side-line Comprises the entire Province of Quebec. out, measuring 47X m'les in length, and this for a hundred yards or so. The way led Chief Consul was followed throughout. He was started at six over a rolling country through Underwood and John H. Low, 953 Dorchester St., Montreal. o'clock from the Faneuil House, Brighton. Tiverton, Kincardine being reached about in Representative During the early part of the run. and while at 7 West Newton, an accident occurred. McCurdy the evening. J. 1). Miller, P.O. Box I148, Montreal. and his pace-makers were riding abreast, when Saturday turned out a day of more than DISTRICT NO. 5 two other bicyclers came upon them from the average mileage. Leaving Kincardine shortly Comprises Manitoba and the Norlh West Ter- after 6 A M., .-Vmberley, Kintail and Port Al- ritories. other direction. Every effort was made by the Chief Consul: riders to avoid each other, but McCurdy's wheel beit were soon left behind, and Goderich, IJ.irch, "the town with the sand-papered streets," A. J. Winnipeg. was struck, and he was thrown into the gutter. Representative His companions were imhurt, and quickly came was no longer in anticipation After dinner, C;. led at a pretty W. V. Matthews, Winnipeg. lo his assistance. They found him compara- Mr. B. Cox hot pace for Committees tively uninjured, though he complained of his several miles, and, pointing the road, b;ide his adieux. In the order of progression, Ilolmes- .Racing Board. — Fred. J. Campbell, Toronto; leg. He was completely covered with dirt. The W. A. Karn, Geo. A. Mothersill, J. II. Low big wheel of the machine was so Inickled that ville, Clinton and Seaforth became memories, and A. J. Darch. and Mitchell furnished the means of an excel- it would not go through the forks, and the' left Membership. — W. A. Karn, Woodstock, Chair- lent supper, after which .Stratford w.is reached pedal was bent so that it wouldn't whirl. The man ; Hal. B. Donly and W E. Tisdale, Simcoe. in the dark, no dismount being necessary in Transportation. — H. .S. Tibbs, Montreal, Chair- five wheelmen jumped on the wheel and brought this last 12 miles. Distance for the day, 80 man ; A. T. Webster, Toronto ; W. K. Evans, it back into position, and the pedal was knocked miles. London. back into shape. McCurdy then mounted. At Next morning Berlin was maile via Shakes- Constitution and By-Laws. — The President, the conclusion of the 24 hours, Mr. McCurdy's peare. New Hamburg and Baden, ; but here Vice-Presidenl, Secretary, and Messrs. Low and cyclometer registered 255)8 miles, the highest the rain rendered further wheeling out of the Ballantyne. American record. question, and train was taken for Toronto. i8 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. and . ScEhcclmjin (Ecntvts. supplied with the popular wheeling jour- the afternoon. On the principle of the inevita- n.als, such as TliE Canadian Wheelman, ble drowning of the small boy who a-fishing Outing, The IVes/i-ni Cyc/isl, etc., and by etc. goes on .Sunday, it is to be hoped that the IlRANTI'ORn. I mean a good many more. Wheeling has been black sheep in our ranks who stole the wheel In the Inst issue of The Wiikei.man your booming here this summer, and we hope to will encounter a brick wall or a curbstone when- Woodstock correspondent asks " Where is Brant- double the club next summer. There was a race ever he mounts his stolen horse. ford, etc. ?" so, thinking it would be an act ot between a bicyclist and a roller-skater at the Rumor says that a big two-days' meet will be charity to enlighten him, as it is evident he has Royal Rink a few days ago, the bicyclist fell, held here early next season under the joint direc- and of course the skater all not travelled very much, I straddle my quill to won, but the same tion of all the Bicycle Clubs. Good ! You'll all do so. Brantford is on the map, and is noted the wheel did well. admit that Toronto is Ontario's wheeling centre for having the worst road in Canada leading out There is a movement here to organize a (as far as numbers go), .and it is therefore one of drill for of it, namely, the road to Hamilton ; but, for squad the winter, and if we manage the best places to have a really large and import- it we'll crow for ant the information of wheelmen, this road is kept some of our brothers from meet. Let the clubs lay their plans now ; the bad on purpose, as we do not want to have west to lick us. I hear some talk of strike preliminary committees ; communicate with the C.W. that city. A. meet being held in Ottawa ; if it the leading any intercourse whatever with wicked American fliers ; get wealthy Toron- Bicycling matters are a little dull just at pres- is, all right, send 'em along. I reckon we got torians to contribute jirizes, and thus have every- ent, but I suppose they are so all over the coun- su'thin' here in the way of a racing man who thing "cut-and-dried" when winter hustles out try, the minds of everybody being engaged at can—can what ? Oh, never mind, come and of the lap of spring and makes room for some present in. figuring up the exact number of bless- we'll show you. I hear some one talking one else. And don't forget a parade. All the ings to be thankful for received during the past about "the last ride." Well, now, I guess boys from Ottawa to Windsor will come. year. Bicyclists, I think, have more to be thank- there won't be any last ride. It is a geo- Geo. H. Hill is about entering the arena as a ful for than any other class of people, because graphical fact that the Rideau Canal is located fancy bicycle and tricycle rider. He is practic- they have more accidents, and we must be thank- somewhere near Ottawa, and as there are no ing daily at the Princess street Roller Rink. I ful for accidents — that is, if we have an accident ice-boats (Toronto man "what got struck" dropped in on him the other day and saw him policy. please N. B.) we expect a good deal of riding perform a number of very neat tricks. He is We are getting things in good shape here for during the winter months. Wishing The perfectly at home on his 46-inch fuU-nickelled next year, and by next May will have completed Wheelman every kind of success, and with wheel, and is especially graceful in his mounts- the finest cinder racing-path in the country—will greeting to the wheeling world in general, I He will be under the management of Charles be four laps to the mile, and made to do fast will close my letter. Robinson & Co. Yours truly. riding on. Lavender has gone to England for a few Mac. We are going to try and secure the annual months. Ottawa, Nov. 18, 1S85. meet here next year, and think we are entitled Albert Horton took his wheel to Boston with to it because our club is one of the oldest clubs him recently, and is enthusiastic over the roads in the Dominion ; because Brantford has not been in and about the Hub. Pete. Success to The Wheelman ! May it fill flooded with tournaments ; because Brantford is BELLEVILLE. the old " long- felt want" to the brim— at $1 a in a good position for such a meet, being easy fill, payable in advance. I beg permission to express my approval of to reach from all points ; because we could turn Cycling in Toronto during the past season has the change in the management of the Associa- out a larger crowd of spectators than any other progressed and developed steadily. The To- tion organ. The Canadian Wheelman. The place double the size : and last, but not least, ronto Club boasts of the largest membership, change will do the cyclists of Canada an ines- because visiting wheelmen would be treated right over 100, followed by the grey-coated Wander- timable amount of good. A good live journal, royally. Several other reasons could be given, ers with a following of 40 or 50, the rear being such as I predict The Wheelman will be, will but I want to keep some for the next time I brought up by the new Rota Club with a lim- prove a good tonic to the enthusiast and make write. ited membership of 20 or 25. Large as the enthusiasts of the drones. A drone would hardly With the advent ot spring and a new cinder- clubs are, too much inactivity and too little fra- be expected to pay subscription for an exclusive- path, the sport will more than boom here, and ternization prevails, no special effort being made cycling paper, but will read it and wish it well you will see some of our boys come out as fliers, to have the club-rooms made cheerful or in- if received free. Such, Mr. Editor, is the view when woe to all Canadian records ! viting ; they are usually as empty as a cyclist of your correspondent. As the fair city of Belle- There is a strong feeling here in favor of an after a run to Whitby. With judicious manage- ville has never been represented in your columns, Athletic Association. If such an association ment, the talent contained in the ranks of the to my knowledge, I will make a move with the should be formed, it will put the different clubs clubs might give us many a pleasant evening hope that others will help bear the burden from on a thoroughly sound basis, and would be the during the winter of our discontent — and chil- time to time. means of having several tournaments during next blains. There is in this city an active, vigorous club season. Steps will be taken early in the spring to of wheelmen, with a membership of from 65 to 70, Our boys are all greatly pleased at the change form a Safety Club, a large number of these which can muster not less than 35 wiry steeds, in the manner of publishing The Wheelman ; machines being ridden here, and the number is all told. The Ramblers' Wheel Club has en- and I promise you lots of news from here, and rapidly increasing. Strange, the winner of the joyed a career of unparalleled prosperity since will keep any feeling from coming over you that Wanderers' Challenge Cup, rides one ; so does its organization. Although the club did not give we are not alive. I hope we will hear from all Frank Wilson, of Truth ; and Robert Tyson, so many entertainments this season as last, Capt. the other centres through your columns. Thos. Bengough and N. R. Butcher, all court Geo. Reid has not allowed the life to die out Sixty. reporters, have the miniature mounts. By the of the organization. On the contrary, some 15 Brantford, Nov. n, 1885. way, the reportorial, or shorthand profession, or 20 new members have been enrolled. Of. OTTAWA. fully values cycling, judging by the number who the hospitality of the citizens of Belleville, and The ever-welcome Wheelman arrived here ride. Beside the above-mentioned, Albert and wheelmen in particular, tourists who have passed some days ago, and was as usual full of news, Edward Horton (the former a Hansard reporter through can testify. In fact, it is the ideal place but no letter from Ottawa. We seem to be and his brother a court reporter), Frank Yeigh, for holding the next annual Association meet, almost out of Ontario, as very few touring and other "knights of the pencil," may often and the Ramblers will move vigorously to secure cyclers care to brave out the roads between be seen a-straddle the graceful steeds. it, Brantford and Montreal to the contrary not- Charles Robinson here and Kingston. The season is about over & Co. have been made the withstanding. Besides having a fair city, a live- victims of a sneak-thief, who recently helped him- club of fine fellows, and large hopes for the next for us ; it has been raining since —well, it's so long since that I cannot very well remember. self to a full-plated 52-inch Oxford Club, which meet, we have in our midst a young wheelman of The O. B. C. have rented a fine club-room, had been left standing outside the door. The more than ordinary promise for speed — I refer to- which is furnished in the most approved style, robbery took place between 2 and 3 o'clock in Mr. L. B. Cooper. Although but 17 years old. THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN 19 last July, he turns the beam at 196 pounds, and leaves to the Canadian Association the task of for pace-maker. Mr. Getchell was the first pace- has a name on the track that the best men of enrolling members north o' the St. Lawrence. maker he had who knew the course, and a full the Province are learning to respect. As he will Taking these into consideration, we find that fifty miles was made. The circuit was com- go into training in January, it is altogether likely five years of organized growth in America has pleted at 6.51 A.M., with a record of 135 3-8 that he will be heard from before the close of produced seven thousand members, or a little miles. At 7.20 he started on the fourth circuit, the season of 1S86. over one-third the number that the C.T.C. has with C O. Danforth for companion. Some fast At a meeting of the club on Friday evening succeeded in obtaining in seven years, though time was made on this trip, 14 miles being cov- it was decided to lease Coleman Hall as a place the whole world is its field and several thous- ered in one hour. It was 11.49^ A.M. when for the members to congregate and ride during ands of its members hail from outside of the the hotel was reached, and the cyclometer showed the winter months. This will keep the boys nest of islands, where we are told cyclers are 185^ miles. His ankle was now paining him fifty together. There is a desire on the part of a times as numerous as they are with us. A greatly, but, after having it doctored up a little, number of wheelmen here to arrange a tour for very simple calculation shows us that the League he concluded to continue on. C. I. Swan and next season. It is thought that from the num- ought not now to have over three hundred mem- J. C Clarke went with him as pacers. At ber in the city and surrounding towns and vil- bers, as we have but one-fifth the number to Newton Centre he was met by his friends, who, lages -that a jolly company can be gotten up draw from, and are but five-sevenths as old. — seeing that he was suffering greatly, persuaded for a week's tour without much difficulty. This Or, to compare the relative growth of the two him to abandon the trial, which he did, ami part of country in the abounds fine macadamized organizations in another way : If the L. A. W. returned directly to the hotel. Munger is of roads, reputed as good if not the best in the and C.W. A. have grown in five years to a mem- strong and wiry build, weighs about 160 lbs., country. There are few riders here who do not bership of seven thousand, the C.T.C, with pos- and rides a 57-inch Apollo bicycle weighing 34 them for miles about. anon. know More sibilities fifty times as great and time two-fifths lbs. — TV/c Wheel, Nov. i. Yours truly, Rameler. longer, should have had four hundred and ninety :o: Belleville, Nov. 16, 18S5. thousand nief?tbers, to adhere strictly to our fig- GREAT PERFORMANCE BY MUNGER. ures. But Brother Shipton is greatly mistaken in his estimate of the relative proportion of bicycle Brighton, Nov. 21. — Yesterday at 5 o'clock L.A.W. AND C.T.C. ' P.M. L. D. Munger, of Detroit, the bicyclist, riders in the two countries ; where he says fifty' started his fourth to beat the 24- it nearer the teji. on attempt The Cycling Touring Club Gazette (Eng. ) hav- would be much mark to say hour bicycle record. All his previous attempts ing drawn a comparison between the growth of Let it stand at that, and we find that our growth had been thwarted. When he started yester- cycling on this side of the Atlantic and on the is nearly equivalent to a membership of one hun- day the weather was clear and cool, and the other, the Bulletin, the organ of the L.A.W., dred thousand across the water ; and this calcu- night was beautiful. By an unlucky accident is moved to make the following remarks, which lation does not take into account the difficulty early in the day he fell from his machine and show that the comment is not so far behind after of covering so large a territory that we experience painfully his all: here, nor does it allow for the fact that of the injured one of knees, but he in- sisted on attempting the effort, and, although " There are- many among our membership who twenty thousand members of which they boast suffering, persevered with dogged pluck. at times express themselves with some impatience probably less than fifteen thousand are to be found He started on his second round at o'clock, and at the growth of the League, which to them seems within the limits of that happy region where we 9.33 at 2.52 o'clock this morning, when he arrived at far too slow. They point to the enormous size are told cyclers do so abound." the Fanueil House, had covered 115 miles. After of the C.T.C, our cosmopolitan sister organiza- a rest of 28 minutes he started again and got tion, and, viewing its seemingly unprecedented MUNGER FAILS TO GET THE RECORD. back at 5.25 o'clock, his cyclometer showing growth, reproach the powers that be for their 134 miles. He rested 22 minutes, and at 10.24 lack of success in the same line. Let us first L. D. Munger, of Detroit, who came east ex- o'clock he had covered 186 miles. After take the testimony of the secretary of the C.T.C, 5-32 pressly to undermine the 24-hour bicycle road a rest of 20 minutes he started on the fifth lap, and then compare it with what we know of our record, was not at all daunted by McCurdy's with A. A. McCurdy as pace-maker. By this own growth. Says the C. T. C. Gazette, page 272 brilliant performance, but left the Faneuil House, time he was ahead of the English record, and of the present volume : " Brighton, at 5.30 sharp Tuesday afternoon, with was sure of success, when the weather clouded 'Twenty thousand and fifteen ! Such is the Mr. Clark, of the Massachusetts Bicycle got cold raw, his sore aggregate. The long -talked -of standard was J. C up and and knee began reached and passed on the morning of the 25th Club, as pace-maker. An encouraging shout fol- to stiffen, and with great trouble he managed ultimo (August). To the many enthusiastic sup- lowed them as they started. Their route lay to proceed. He finished at 5 this afternoon, porters who contributed to this end we desire to through Mattapan, Hyde Park, Dedham, Need- completing 259 13-16 miles. W. H. Huntly, record our hearty acknowledgments. In no coun- ham, Newton, Watertown toward Waltham, back of started the try save Britain could such a happy result have Newton, Mass., who at almost been accomplished in so limited a period.' to Watertown, and Brighton to Faneuil House. same time, and who was in' perfect condition, The first return was at the cyclometer only i-i6, still "Again, on page 301, we read: 8.47, made 257 beating the former checking 35 11-16 miles. Munger was imme- record of 255 1-13 miles. " ' Granting, for the sake of argument, that the diately off again, with Haynes of the Massachu- class which actively participates in cycling in :o: America is — thanks to prohibitive import tariff's setts Club as pace-maker. They got back at A military correspondent, who is attending the and royalties ad nauseam —socially and monetar- 9.34, the cyclometer, of which there were two Italian army manoeuvres now in progress, writes : ily in advance of the average rider on this side on Munger's machine, one on the axle and one " Possibly, in consequence of their weak cavalry, the water, there yet remains the fact that for one on the forks, registering miles. rest the Italians man who rides in the new world at least fifty are 44^ A of economize that arm in the matter of arrayed under the banner of the wheel in this 14 minutes was then taken. Munger was feeling orderlies by employing infantry men on bicycles effete old country.' first-rate, and he had thus far equalled McCurdy's to carry messages. I saw three such—to our " Here we find Secretary Shipton admitting record. He was rubbed down and fed, and then eyes — strangely-mounted orderlies going along that only in Great Britain, where the cyclists taken out by Mr. W. P. Hood, of the Danvers' the road yesterday. If this can be done in Italy, number fifty to one (we do not vouch for the Club, over the 50 -mile course of the Boston where the roads are indifferent, it could certainly accuracy of this comparison) as compared with Bicycle Club. While riding through Newton he be done in England, where good roads are nu- this country, could such growth—twenty thous- slipped one of his pedals, which, when it came merous, and where our weak cavalry regiments and and fifteen in seven years —be possible. The up again, cramped the foot in such a way as can ill spare the large number of men taken for League on its fifth anniversary had six thousand to badly strain his ankle. The pain bothered orderly duties. At Aldershot, especially, tricy- two hundred full -paid members on its books. him somewhat, but he continued on, hoping that cle orderlies would be very valuable. Indeed, Some of these have since failed to renew their the strain would prove of no consequence. The there is no reason why tricycle orderlies should membership, but so will many of the twenty second circuit was a longer one, and when com- not be employed by us in campaigns where, as thousand on the books of the C. T. C on its pleted at 1.40 A.M. the cyclometer showed that in Europe, fair roads are to lie met with. Any seventh anniversary. We must not forget that ^SH iTi'les had been covered. The third round number of our volunteers would lie able and the League is not cosmopolitan, and that it was begun at 2.01)4 A.M., with H. C Getchell willing to perform this duty." 1 — 'V TUL: CANADIAN W 1 1'l'l.M AN. Sellers will not race again, at least that is his miles he w.as so much exhausted that he had to ftiilhccl 'aviU-hs. present intention, as he is head and cars into be taken from his machine. lie was so much his books, and he reckons he cannot study prop- discouraged after his inefTeclual effort that he There were 403 entries for the Springfield erly and train properly. declared he should never ride again. meet. The Birmingham Small .Arms Comjiany has The London Illustrated Sports publishes an It is runuiri.ll tlint lli-nilte will settle in St. just completed a new ball bearing, for which article on "The Decline of Cycling." The Louis. ihey make great claims ; among others, that it writer, after dwelling at length on the causes jJubU- Tlie Cyclhl ami Athtctc has suspended does not infringe any existing i)atent. of Ihe decline, suggests that the C.T.C. hold cation. an annual tour, on the plan of the Big Four. M. Josee Kohont, of the Cesky Klub Veloci- The (lerman fyclers' Union has now a mem- He is of the opinion that it would do mucli pedists, holds the twenty-four hour record for bership of 3,000. ^ toward arousing a new interest in the sport. (iermany. He recently covered 248 miles in Both St. Nicholas and '/he Century Howell weighs 1S5 pounds, Inil rides a 22- 21 hours 30 minutes, actual riding time. for 18S6 pound machine. are to contain articles wriitm by Mrs. Elizabeth The Elizabeth (N.J.) wheelmen claim a riding Robins Pennell, and illustrated by her husband, Percy .\. Nix rode 254 miles in 24 hours, on record for nine months of 28,965 miles. L. B. "Joe Pennell." the artist -wheelman. "Four a Facile, October 20. Bonnett leads the list with 2,255 niiles Mrs. (Jreat EnglLsh Schools— Rugby, Eton, Harrov^^ D. B. Bonnett has a record of 648 miles. Bob Neilson, of Boston, is considered the com- Winchester," will appear in the former, and "A ing American professional. The Columbia racer now has all the amateur ! Tricycle Pilgriirage to Rome" in the latter. world records from a quarter mile to two miles, 1 Cycling is giving to the present generation of Mile. Arniaindo and T. W. Eck are travelling exclusive world records from two to twenty and England a remarkaljle knowledge of their through Missouri in company. own miles inclusive-, held by W. A. Rowe, of Lynn, country, which railroads were causing them to Lynn boasts of a lady tricycler who hos cycled Mass. lose, and has infu.sed fresh life into many once upwards of 500 miles this season. Bicyclists have been employed by the Austrian famous inns on the old po.st roads. The most popular A Rhode Island Division L. A.W. is one of government as scouts, and thus far have given cycling ground is the great Bath road, the probabilities of the near future. entire satisfaction. At some future date we may and men frequently go 150 miles and back. Sun. expect to see the United .States army on wheels. The Amateur Bicycle Association at North A. P. Engleheart, the premier safety-rider, has — Western Cyclist. Shields, England, intends to offer exceedingly won 26 out of 30 races entered this year. h,andsome prizes at a tournament next year, with Neilson and Woodside, the professional-;, will Several i5f the young women of the Harvard the special object of inducing American ama- ride bicycles against Anderson, the long-distance recitations tricycles. Annex ride to their on teurs to meet the great rider, English, at his rider, at New York Christmas week. The :ornier home. The sporting press across the water al- A party will leave New York March 2nd on will alternate every hour, while the horseman can ready assures visitors from America of a hearty a Bermuda tour, to extend over twenty days. change his horses as often as he chooses. welcome. A movement is on oot among Detroit wheel- President Bates has closed his connection with A novel railway bicycle has recently been men to build a quarter mile bicycle track next the Detroit Post and Tribune, with which paper invented in England It has four seats wi h year. he has been connected for twenty years, and is springs, etc., like an ordinary tricycle, so as to to take the editorial management of the State tiade is booming. Chicago hrm The foreign A allow lour drivers to work with their feet the one of their machines 10 Jeru- Republican, of Lansing, in January next. recently shipptd two large driving-wheels. It is estimated to salem. A ten mile bicycle race took place at Mon- attain a speed ol twenty miles an hour, and treal on November 8, and was won by Murray, being fitted with a handy brake is kept under The Detroit B. C. Club will offer prizes to of the Montreal Bicycle Club (2^ min. handi- easy control. the members making the best road records dur- cap) in 40.50 ; 2nd, Crispo (im. handicap), in ing 1886. The fever lor expensive club houses is evi- 3rd, 41.35; Ramsa) (^m. handicap), 42.35. dently infectious. The Mis.souri Wheel Club, ot It is staled that Cola E. Stone, prior to his St. Louis, has announced that it is ready to re- death, had not worn a pair of long trousers for Benj. F. Hutches, jr., of Galveston, Texas, ceive offers .rom builders to erect them a house four years. has taken out a patent for a cyclometer, which costing about $10 000. One capitalist has offered is kept in motion by contact with the tire. It George Cain, of the Lynn Cycle Club, will to [ut up a building at his ow n expense, on con- is to be attached to the head of the bicycle, and soon alteuipt the feat of riding down the steps dition that the club lease it li;r a number of years. occupy the pbce of the brake, l The recent performance of Messrs. Klipstein dates will fall upon Thursday, Friday and Satur- W'ith the coming of spring it is confidently ex- and Hildebrand, ol St. Louis, in riding 120 day, and Decoration Day will be celebrated on pected that Rowe will blossom forth as the fastest miles in 21 hours, becomes a 24-hour record the following Monday. rider amateur bicycle rider in the world. for the State. Application was lately made to Common Pleas At a meeting of the Business Committee of Th.re are between three and four hundred Court No. 2 lor tl.e approval of a charter lor the Owl Bicycle Club, of Chicago, Nov. 9th, thousand cyclists in England, and the ancient " The Pennsylvania Bicycle Club of Philadel- John \V. Bell, captain, w.as unanimously sus- city ol Coventry is the chief seat of the cycle- phia." The corporators are Frederick McOwen, pended from membership, and the position of making industry. Eugene M. Aaron, Charles Ilarvey, Edgar C. captain which he has heretofore held, is de- Howell and Isaac Elwell. clared vacant, until action can be taken upon Thos. R. I'inley, Smithville, N.J., the fancy his case at the annual meeting of the club, on Star rider, has been declared a professional by Geo. M. Ilendee made an unsuccessful attempt January- 9th, 1886. According tu the Constitu- the L.A. \V. Racing Board for accepting money at Springfield to break the lOO-mile track record, tion, C. B. Pride, now 1st lieutenant, becomes for an entertainment. on \Yednesday, Nov. 11. On completing 93 acting captain, until a successor is appointed. — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 3'?? I ^ DAN CANARY. MORE RECORDS GO, Canary is showing the Englishmen a thing or The ll'hfcl gives the following particulars of icfces! incfcies! " two. The Cyclist, of London, says : The Rowe's great feat, briefly mentioned in our last " greatest feature o! interest to cyclists generally issue : Again has the Lynn shoemaker put the LARGER STOCK THAN EVER. at the gathering was perhaps the performance recently-revised records for one, two and three of Dan Canary, the American trick-rider. Can- miles in the shade. On Friday, Oct. 23rd, in ary, who is a young, slight-looking man of gen- company with Chas P. Adams and John Illslon WATSON & PELTON, tlemanly appearance and manners, is by far the as pace-makers, alternating at every half mile, best acrobat on wheels we have ever seen. Rowe started in to capture the three mile record Wholesale and Retail Importers. Placing an ordinary so-in. bicycle on the dining- which would make complete the chain up to table, in front of the chairman, he proceeded twenty miles. The first quarter was made in YOUNG AIVIERIGA, to climb up it, using the spokes as rungs of a 41 3-5, the half in 1.204-5, the three-quarters PIONEER, ladder, and all the time balancing the ma- in 1.5S 3-5, and the mile in 2 38. Fie then chine in the position adopted by the few riders began to go for the records, and reversed the BRITISH, who can stand still on a bicycle. When he duties of pace-maker, pushing them so hard that BRITISH SPECIAL, reached the bearings he stood on them, ex- he practically set the pace for them. His two BRITISH TRICYCLE. tending his hands into the air, and then, after miles were made in 5.21 3-5, the previous world's standing with both feel on one pedal, he stepped record being 5.29. When told that he was break- Agents for the Coventry Machinists Co.'s lightjy into the saddle and sat there, still per- ing records he shook his head and gave a satis- fectly balanced. He then gracefully dismount- fied shout and then pitched into the three mile "SPECIAL CLUB," ed and clambered up again, mounting the saddle at a terrific pace. As he rounded the upper "CLUB SAFETY," from over the front of the handle-bars. This turn for the homestretch he scooted by Adams, performance was then repeated with the bicycle his pacemaker, and flew under the wire in 8.07 "CLUB RACER." standing on two chairs on the dining-table. Dan 2-5, 10 1-5 seconds under the record. Wood- Canary 'opens' at the Aquarium at Westminster side, who was on the judges' stand, stood in open- Large Assortment of Sundries at 4 P. M on Thursday next, and we fancy that mouthed wonder. during his engagement at the Palace of Fishes " Rowe then made on attempt for the three- Repairs and Plating promptly executed every cyclist in London will visit the show spec- quarters, and made the quarter in 39, the half in SAMPLE St. Sulpice St. ially to see him, for, judging by his performance 1. 17 2-5, the three-quarters in 1.56. As he had ROOMS—53 on the dinner-table last Saturday evening, he is 40 seconds to spare, a signal was given him to WAREROOMS—543 Craig Sf simply unsurpassed in the world as a trick-rider keep on for a mile, and the way in which his on the bicycle." wheel revolved sent him spinning in in 2.35 2-5.' ONTH ONLY. GREAT CLEARING SALE OF t3tci|cres and TVicucfes at 0ost! SEND FOR NEW LIST. GOOLD& KNOWLES 22 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. A. T. LANE. - Montreal. ROYAL CANADIAN No. 2. THE KANGAROO. A FEW BARGAINS! Premier Sociable Balls to all wheels, king of road lamps, new tires. COST $igo, for $iio. IN (lOOD ORDER. Ruclge Eacer 51 inch. Balls at both wheels and pedals. Only used a few times. COST $iij, for $75. This niaclune has Ijeen greatly improved last Po]3ular since season, but price remains the same. Premier THE PERFECT SAFETY. Specification :— Hillman's new pattern ball-bearings to front wheel and Editor of " adjustable inch. All nickel-plated but felloes. C. T. C. Gazette " says it is the 51 " cones to back, direct spokes, Hollow Forks, best of the whole bunch." It is the original Bent Handle Baks and Long-Distance Ball bearings to front wheel. ^Eolus machine, and the vital parts are patented, and all Saddle. Finished in Harrington's black copies of it are wanting in one ball pedals. King of road lamp. Nickel- important particu. namel. Pries, $6j.oo. lar. Price, $10^.00 ; Ball Pedals, Sj.oo extra. plated. Hill & Tolman Automatic Gong. In very good order. FOR $70. Subscriptions re- Send J-Cent Stajnp ceived for all Cycling Special Mi\%\ Challenge for largest and inost 52 inch. Balls to both wheels. Half Publications. plated. Too high for late owner. Not run 100 miles. elaborate Bicycle Cata- — $75- — logue ever published in ,50 SECOND-HAND MACHINES Canada. Aod 50 more Bicycles For Sale Cheap I M Pages-62 Eopifings. ALL JUST .\S CHEAP. A. T. LANE, MONTREAL. THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 23 STILL THEY COME I At the Toronto Bicycle Club Sports, September 19th, 1885, six out of seven of the events were won on the including the five miles open. 1. Foster . - - . Invincible. 2. Davies - . - . Invincible. 3. Clarke . - - _ AT THE INTERNA TIONA L INVENTIONS EXHIBI TION, London, England, August, 1885, the Surrey Machinists Company HAVE BEEN AWARDED A GOLD MEDAL! Highest award for the INVINCIBLE MACHINES. Also at the Industrial Exhibition, Toronto. The Coventry Machinists Company was awarded a Gold Medal at the above London Exhibition, the Highest& award for a CLTJB S^^IPET-Y" BIC^^CLEl Sole Agents for Canada, T. FANE & CO., S6 ADELAIDE ST. WEST, - TORONTO, ONTARIO, 24 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. WARi ON RECORDS! UNQUESTIONABLE « ACCEPTED RECORDS MADE ON COLUMBIAS THE 24-HOUR ROAD RECORD 255^ MILES -:Bir- ALPHED A. McCUUDY on a ColumlDia Light Roadster, OCTOBER 26, 27. WORLD'S RECORD X Mile WM. A. ROWE, •36 1-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 10 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 28.37 4-S - WORLD'S RECORD 'A Mile - WM. A. ROWE, 1. 12 4-5 WORLD'S RECORD n Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 3137 4-5 WORLD'S RECORD (AMArR)34:Mile - WM. A. ROWE, I-S5 1-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 12 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 34-32 3-s ti WORLD'S RECORD I Mile - WM. A. ROWE, 2.35 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 13 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 3724 3-S WORLD'S RECORD 2 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 5-21 -35 WORLD'S RECORD - 14 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 40.25 WORLD'S RECORD 3 Miles WM. A. ROWE 8.07 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD - IS Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 43.26 1-5 WORLD'S RECORD 4 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 11.114-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 16 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 46.29 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD 5 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 14.07 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 17 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 49.25 WORLD'S RECORD 6 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 16.SS 3-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 18 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 52.25 1-5 WORLD'S RECORD 7 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 19.47 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 19 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 55 22 2-j WORLD'S RECORD 8 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 22.41 4-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 20 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 58.20 WORLD'S RECORD - 9 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 25-41 4-5 Cliicago, October 16, 17. 19 out of 22 First Prizes, 30 out of the entire 40 Prizes taken on COLUMBIAS. 4 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 11.29 25 5 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD I4.23 3-5 6 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 17.28 2-5 7 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 20.25 3-S 8 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 23-23 4-5 9 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 26.19 4-5 10 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 29.12 2-5 BY W. M. WOODSIDE, AT SPRINGFIELD, OCT. 24 & 26. Notwithstanding the above excellent result of " Good Men upon Good Bicycles," of more practical value to the 90 and 9 wheelmen is the fact that the majority of the American Wheelmen purchase CohmiMa Bicycles and Tricycles, because they are pre-eminently road machines, with an ease of running, and durability which have faithfully stood the test of eight years upon every grade of road, and under all supposable conditions. c;a.t7^XjOC3-tj:e :fe,ee. THE fOPE JVIANUFAeTURIJMG CO'Y, 597 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. Branch Houses: 12 Warren Street, New York; 115 Wabash Ave., Chicago. A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. The Official Gazette of the Canadian lVheelme7i^s Association, and of the Cyclists^ Touring Club in Canada. Vol. III. LONDON, CANADA, JANUARY, 1886. No. 3. Victor Bicycles & Tricycles SHOW THE BEST RESULTS OF ADVANCEMENT IN THE CYCLE BUILDER'S ART. IT IS TO YOUR INTEREST TO INVESTIGATE BEFORE PURCHASING. SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY, 179 Tremont St., BOSTON Mass., U.S.A. :; ; 26 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. A MARVELLOUS T/VbE. CANADA'S Extraordinary Sporting Goods Depot. 'Twas the week licfore Christinas. In Lapland Town (Where lived Santa Clans of world renown) ROBIN.SON k CO., A crowd hail gathered from far and near CHARLES V To attend the sale of Mr. Clans' deer, 22 Church Street, Toronto, For, strange to say, he had advertised well DEAI.RRS IN That on th.it day his deer he would sell. The people all wondered how their neighbor Snow Shoes k Soow Slioe Blaoket Soils, would carry THE KING OF SAFETIES, His Christmas load without deer or lorry, Toboggans and Toboggan Blanket Suits, But that he knew a thing or two MOCASSINS, MITTENS, After reading this tale you'll say is true. This Bicycle has stood the test of over eight * * * [had gone ! Tugues, .Stockings, Belts, Roller and Ice .Skates, years' experience, and still stands 'Twas the day before Christmas. Santa Claus unrivalled for Suddenly left his old Lapland Town ! POLO GOODS, LACROSSE, Whither or when or how no one knew, ABSOLUTE SAFETY, SPEED, Nor did he give them tlie slightest clue. Base Ball, Cricket & Football Goods * * * [down AND DUMB BELLS AND INDIAN CLUBS. 'Twas Christmas Night, and the Moon looked Easy Pjcopulsion, On sleeping city and viU.ige and town ; But the Man in the Moon saw the strangest Everything in the Sporting Goods Line. thing Two-third Crank. No Dead CENTRES. That ever was viewed by a planet, I ween. Send, for Catalogxie. As midnight drew near he keenly peered To see if Santa and his antlered herd Testimonials from Medical Practitioners in H. Were going to visit the world once more GEO. HILL, Canada using the XTRA. the past four years, do cheerfully recommend this From chimney to chimney and door to door. Fancy Bicycle and Tricycle Rider style to be used Long he listened for the merry jingling more amongst the profession. Mounted on beautiful wheels. Of his golden bells with the air a-mingling : (These testimonials will appear in my Cata- Has a fine repertoire of startling and difficult ! the light of the Evening Star Hold By for i886.) feats. Now open for engagements in Roller logue "What's this I see in the distance afar ? Rinks and elsewhere. For dates apply to A white-bearded, fur-covered affair ! CHARLES ROBINSON & CO., ! 'tis St. Nicholas at last, I declare ! Heigh-ho 22 Church St., Toronto, But where are his ponies with high -perched JUanas-ers. LONDON, ONT. head ? And his cosy seat in his little sled ? Faster and faster he flies o'er the earth. x Shaking with laughter and jolly with mirth. ANTHONY'S x BICYCLE CAMERA. But what is he riding ? 'Tis a thing of steel By Jupiter, Stars, he's on a Rudge Wheel ! The lightest, neatest, and attachment with uni- With a curved handle-bar and a clear-sounding and best Camera in mar- versal joint for fastening bell. ket for the price. Makes Camera to Bicycle. The And a load of presents that nearly fell pictures 3X ^ 4X inches. whole apparatus in a As he pedalled away o'er the Rockies' crest Consists of a fine mahog- handsome sole leather 'Twas a perilous ride, it must be confessed. any Camera with rising carrying case with shoul- But how he flew over hill and plain ! front and folding bed, sin- der strap. Weight of How he worked his way with might and main ! gle achromatic lens, one complete outfit, exactly How he skipped across highways and across double dry plate holder. two pounds. corner lots, Till in the distance his feet were but dots ! And his pile of goodies had run so low PKICE C0]VII*I.,I:TE, iSlO.OO. That he wheeled to Fairyland and began to stow Away in his saddle-bag a fresh store of toys For American girls and Canadian boys. Amateur Equipments in Great Variety, from $9 upwards And all night long on his tangent wheel St. Nicholas raced with the envious Deil Sole Proprietors of the Celebrated Detective Novel and Fairy Cameras. Who tried to stop him on his errand of joy. Jealous because he had been given no toy. * * * E. & HI. T. ^^ISTTSIOnsr^S' &; CO., By the break of day, when the Morning Star Send for Illustrated Catalogue. 591 Broadwaf, Hew York. Arrived on the scene from her home afar, t^ Forty years experience in this line of business. St. Nicholas had finished the last of his task, Dismounted from his wheel, took out a flask, And drank hearty and long to his Friend of NICKEL-PLATING BICYCLES Steel— Send lo cents postage, and we will mail you free a royal, valuable, sample box of goods His Lightning Express—his new Rudge Wheel that will put you in the way of making more 11 gift:moiieif at once, than anything else in Amer- He drank to the health of Robinson & Co., ica- Both sexes of all ages can live at home and work io And advised his friends at once to go RUBENSTEIN BROS., spare time, or all the time. Capital not required. We will start you. Immense pay sure for those who start at once. To Toronto Town and buy for cash Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. The marvellous wheel that goes like a flash ! 537 CRAIG ST., MONTREAL, — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. EDITORIAL NOTES. Ducker a few mistakes of grammar that crept into that gentleman's communication. Such ac- OF CYCLING. A JOURNAL The New York Wheel dubs Woodstock the tion is beneath contempt. bicycle hub of Canada. This is fame. The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Associa. The kindly disposition manifested by the Eng- tion and of the Cyclists' Touring Club John Bell has been honorably reinstated as lish papers towards America and American riders in Canada. captain of the Chicago Owl Club, the parties is well illustrated by the following extract from who made charges against him having seen their the Bicycling News : Published by teie Canadian Wheelmen's Association, error and apologized. " AT London, Canada, and Sdi'I'Lied to all The record manufactory at Springfield is still in full blast, and we have again to announce fur- MEMUERS of the AWSOCIATION. Hill-climbing contests are not as general in ther upsets on the path. Mr. Geo. M. Hendee. Canada as they should be. What an attraction having turned his attention to tricycling riding, Price to Non-Members $i.oo Subscription a contest on an artificially-constructed hill would made 'world's records,' as a matter of course per annum. mile, 42s. ; yi mile, Im. 21 4-55." be at a C.W.A. meet ! X It is felt by many that the year 18S6 should All cmnmunicafcions should be addressed to The Mr. Thos. W. Eck invariably affixes "Champion see the adoption of an Association uniform Canadian Wheelman, London, Ont. of Canada" to his signature. Will Mr. Eck please by the C.W.A. The kindred organization of Great produce his credentials. If Canada is his coun- Britain and the United States have each a dis- LONDON, JANUARY, iS86. try, he has no honor here. tinctive dress. The possession or wearing of They are making a new street in St. Louis, LEARNER the uniform would not of course be compulsory, THE CAREFUL and the idea is mooted of constructing part of but if adopted by a majority of the members it especially for cycles. The time may come of the Association would add greatly to the ap- wisely care- No nun knows so well liow to be when all roads will h.ave their cycle tracks. pearance of the Association meets. Were a neat less as the truly careful man. To be careful is to Some western wheelmen have again raised the costume adopted, new clubs would be very likely be wise, and to be careless, under some circum- question of flying starts. 'Tis a dead issue. So to accept it as their uniform, and in the case of stances and in respect of some things, is to be long as human natur' is human natur', flying unattached riders, their difficulty about selecting equally wise. All wheelmen given to observa- starts will be unsatisfactory to racers and spec- a suitable riding dress would be solved for them. tion must have noticed that the over-cautious tators. and extremely careful rider comes oftenest to The anathema.s of the Montreal Bicycle Club have the ground. He takes just twice as long as There is a probability of England being swarm- been hurled upon the devoted head of The his chum to learn to ride, and never, positively ed with fancy riders next year. Annie Sylvester, Wheelman for mentioning as a novel idea the recent never, feels thoroughly at ease in the saddle. Prince Wells, Ralph Friedberg, Westbrook and Chinese lantern parade of the Massachu- setts Bicycle Club. We must confess that we He is afflicted l^y this nervous dread of acci- Hacker, and others, are already on the tip-toe are no ignorance fact dent, which has its foundation chiefly in his of expectation. longer in of the that the imagination, and this slow -up, pull-back style Massachusetts Club merely copied an example Mr. Joseph Butcher, in a letter to the Bicy- set by the Montreal Club a year ago. No of carefulness which is fatal to the comfort of cling World, makes the serious charge against one could have occupied the editorial chair of those who practice it. Brother wheelman, never McCurdy, the long-distance rider, that in his The Wheelman since the issue of the Decem- vote lack of confidence in your wheel : if you great race one of his pace-makers rode his wheel ber number without learning that much. Letter do,- it will resent it and pitch you into all sorts while he rested. of shapes. On the contrary, if you put full con- after letter has arrived from members of the good suggestion is in an English fidence in your strong, easily-controlled machine, A made energetic Canadian Club pointing out our error, journal that handicap races should be made from and asking that credit be given where credit it will lie proud of you and carry you safely through nine times out of ten. The tenth time scratch, the riders not to be aware of the time is due. We give it with the heartiest pleasure, allowance given to each. This would make such and wouldn't object to making a similar error is the accident to which we are all subject. The sacred poet Isaiah says: "He that ob- races worth looking at. in regard to several other Canadian clubs i it shall not sow he that regard- would result similarly in awakening their mem- serveth the wind ; The official organ of the L.A.W. is credited the bers to a realization of their duty to The WHEEL- eth the clouds shall not reap." Now, man with being a financial loss to the League. 'Tis is be utterly MAN. who has got seed to sow not to not to be wondered at. The L.A.W. does not reaper is not to regardless of the wind, nor the likely expect to get a first-class official gazette Perhaps some of our friends will take excep- But the entirely ignore the weather. wheelman like the Bulletin for nothing. tion to the last remark, and claim that they who is afraid of every small rut in his path, like owe no duty to The WHEEL^tAN — that they 'Tis with pride we learn that Canada, through the sower frightened by every gust of wind, how are diligent in their payments to the C.W.A., the medium of the Montreal Bicycle Club, can is is he going to ride ! Or how the rider who and that there (heir duty ceases, and those of claim tile first Chinese lantern parade. What becomes timorous in every narrow way or at the editor of The Wheelman begins. Friend the Montreal boys don't know about wheeling like the reaper scared at every little declivity, that thinkest so, thou'rt wrong. Your duty li' few American clubs can teach them. that flits across the sky, to keep every cloud The Wheelman is a part of your duty to the actually his saddle ! He will lose his head, or The Star riders who toured through Canada organization of which you are a member. The head, and no one likes to be out the go over his last summer say, in Star Advocate: "The C.W.A. is a band of brethren of the wheel. misunderstand of his depth. Do not us ; we Canadians were very hospitable, and we wish to joined together for mutual advantage, and ever\ advocating recklessness : he who knows for the kindnesses shown us are not thank them many ; member of the Association is supposed to do what nothing of the careful will come to grief. we will gladly reciprocate whenever opportunity he can in the interest of his fellows generally. falls to the To the rider of a month who may offer." The Wheelman is one of the instruments less timid. side, we would say, be Put more adopted by the .\ssociation to advance its work, Rowe, it is obvious, is a good man, but should to your feet and you will have fewer shove he visit England next year we shall expect to see and it is every member's duty to personally en- A\'e should un- tremors in the small of your back. Trust to him finish behind our best men. deavor to make it better serve, with each .suc- hesitatingly pin our faith upon Webber (in default your wheel and don't be afraid of making it ceeding month, the purpose for which it exists. of English) in a 20-miIe race either in l^ngland or lift you over a brick. To the first season rider .\merica. —Bicycling News. who sometimes tries to get ahead of his ma- Cyclists are full of schemes. An English' It is likely that the opportunity for faith- chine we would say, be less studiously careful wheelman proposes a winter excursion to Hol- pinning will be afforded next season. and more confidently careless. land for a run on the frozen canals, and another The English Bicycling Neios shows how small wants to go on a long-distance tour on the Grca' Mr. Chas. Richard Dodge, late of Washington, a soul it possesses and what the nature of its Canal of Russia, 4,792 miles long, so as to reach D.C., and formerly editor of Field and Farm, professed fraternal feeling towards .Vmerican cy- the Chinese frontier before Thoma.s Stevens gets has recently accepted Ihe editorship of Quiiiig. clers by leaving uncorrected in a letter from Mr. there. — ; 2S THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. STRAIGHTAWAY FOR FORTY DAYS. tarrying. It was by no means an unpleasant A STAR QUARTETTE IN CANADA. country to ride through, — it was far less monot- Karl Kron, in his book, will say ; Physically, a onous and uninteresting than a traveller by train In August last four members of the Star Bicy- man is apt to be at his best during the ten would im.agine, —but all I wanted too see of it cle Club of Cleveland— .Messrs. Chubb, McTigue, years which bring him to miiUUc-age at ihirty- could generally be seen well enough without Wcitz and another—look a tour through Canada, five. Of his possible seven decades, llinl is leaving the saddle. There were few salient which is jileasantly described in the last number distinctly the one during which, under normal points or noble outlooks where I hmged to of the Star Advocate. They started from Wirul- health and vigor will most conditions, his average " linger. There was small sense of loss or regret sor, and the writer says : Dusk lirought us nearly approach the iileal standard. Health may in continually moving on. From Tecumseh on to Buckhorn, 71 miles since 11 a.m. In the not always ensure happiness, but it is certainly .St. Kingsville Lake Clair to on Lake Ontario ; morning we were fresh and lively, and ready a chief condition thereof; and whoever puts it along the shore of this for 100 miles till in the for a good day's work. Our route led us over in peril by continuous overwork during those region of St. Thomas, where a turn was made 23 miles of good roads, but on the last few "ten healthiest years," with the idea of thus cross-country for 50 miles to Lake Huron and miles we were filletl with grave anticijjations, winning leisure in which to enjoy himself later, its shore skirted for a dozen miles to Coderich as the natives would exhortingly tell us that we seems to me to act foolishly. " As we journey then another inland stretch of 190 miles to To- ' wouldn't run them things so nice when we came through life, let us live by the way," is a maxim ronto, and a shore road along Lake Ontario and to the sand,' and, sure enough, we didn't ; we that has ever been to me a sufficient e.'ccuse for the St. Lawrence for 230 miles to Prescott : would ride awhile, then dismount in a hurry and " RO'nS slow " and making the most of the such is the outline o( a course that supplied me push the wheel to rest it ; it was ride a little pleasures of the passing hour. These theories I of a pleasing variety scenery, but "without pre- and then push ; finally we got through to Wal- have often advanced against Philistine acquaint- judice" to a rapid passage through it. If the lacetown, 14 miles, where we were told that ances, whose all-absorbing efibrls to *'get on' waters of the lake, in sunshine or in moonlight, bicyclists never attempt to ride the road we had forced an indefinite postponement of all thoughts made a pretty section of my horizon, I was not ridden. The next six miles, to lona, is good, of pleasuring, and I have warned them that forced to halt in order to enjoy the spectacle. and from lona to St. Thomas the land is un- the bodily machine tends to run less and less Its attractiveness was increased, rather by the dulating and the finest riding imaginable — one smoothly when once it reaches the down-grade, constant change implied in rapid motion. No continuous succession of hills not too steep to beginning at the half-way point on its appointed hills worth mentioning were met for the first climb, and just steep enough for excellent coast- course. It was somewhat exasperating, never- 100 miles ; and the roadway, without being ab- ing. We would coast down one and half way theless, to have the truth of this physical law solutely straight, was a very direct one, having up another, when a few strokes would bring us so promptly demonstrated upon my own person ; few abrupt turns or angles. Cleared and culti- to the top, and the fun would be repeated. This but my thirty-sixth year was not allowed to end vated lands extended back from it on each side, lasted nearly the whole distance, 13 miles. Ar- without bringing to me an attack of illness for a yi mile or ^ mile, with a fringe of woods riving at St. Thomas, we coasted Kettle Creek for the first time since my childhood. But behind them, against the horizon. In the hillier, hill, a perfect gem for coasting, a quarter of a within three weeks after this brief prostration rougher and less fertile regions which I travers- mile long, with a hard even grade and nearly by malarial fever, I started to wheel 400 miles, ed later, I found similar conditions generally straight. It was our intention to have taken an and no reminder of the fever kept me company prevailing, in a somewhat modified form ; that early supper (59m.) and gone on to London, 18 during that pleasant autumn journey. The first is, there was usually a stretch of open country miles, but being welcomed by such distinguished annual tour through Canada of the Chicago B. near the road, with a wooded background. It wheelmen as Messrs. Brierley and Hepinstall, we C, the previous July, had shown me that I seems to me that very little ot my ridiug was concluded to remain until morning. Mr. Brierley, could be sure of finding 300 miles of such road- "in the woods," and almost none of it in heavily- president of the C.W. A., escorted us around the way between Detroit and Niagara ; and an illus- timbered forests. I think, too, that hardly any city, showing us, as only a wheelman can, the trated report of some Washington men's ride to shade-trees had been planted along the wayside. points of interest, and here we noticed the ab- the Natural Bridge [The Wheelman, Aug., 1S83, Beneath the blazing sun of midsummer, there- sence of all prejudice against the Star. The St. pp. 323-331), had made me eager to try that " fore, a tenderfoot" tourist through Ontario Thomas wheelmen, and, in fact, all others, rode longest and best-macadamized track in the Union, might perhaps consider its roads a trifle too with us, and treated us as if we rode ' ordinar- which stretches from the edge of Pennsylvania much al fresco ; but, on the whole, as I have ies ;' and I think some of our American cranks for 150 miles south, through the .Shenandoah said, to a cycler who wants the peculiar pleasure might study with advantage the good-fellowship Valley, to Staunton, in \'irginia. My fortnight's of pushing himself at a swift pace across a wide of our Canadian neighbors. At London we were ride in Ontario began at the Crawford House, stretch of country, "Talbot Street" offers far waited upon by several members of the Ariel in Windsor, opposite Detroit, Monday, Oct. 8, greater attractions than any 500 mile thorough- Touring Club, and after supper Mr. Meyers and 1 883, at 4 A.M., and ended at the Revere House, fare in the United States. Mr. Evans, editor of The Canadian Wheel- in Prescott, opposite Ogdensburg, Sunday, Oct. man, came for us, to see the city from the wheeL 21, at 9.30 P.M. I do not believe that the Our schedule for Monday, the 17th, called for "weather probabilities" of so extended an out- THE RECORDS. Goderich, 66 miles. This was said to be the ing could be bettered by changing the season of The following table from the A/ail shows the finest road in Canada, but there is a mistake it. I think I chose as good a time of year best Canadian records in existence : somewhere, as it was the worst we rode over, as possible for the exploration of that parti- Distance. Time. Made by excepting the sand." cular 1,400 miles of territory. I should account mile, 1.31 4-5 Low J :o: a man very lucky who could go over it without i mile, without hands 1.42 2,-5 Williams experiencing an aggregate of discomforts at least 1 mile. 2.58 3-5 Clarke Messrs. Charles Robinson & Co., of 22 Church as great as my own. The intensly cold air, 2 miles 6.292-5 Foster street, Toronto, has a member of their staff who 3 miles 9.52 Foster which characterized my week's passage across is strongly addicted, like Silas Wegg, to "drop- 4 miles 13-37 Clarke Pennsylvania, supplied an admirable exhilaration ping into poetry-. " makes the Rudge his 5 miles 16.063-8* Clarke He theme which could not have been had in summer ; and 6 miles 20.29 2-5 Davies in this issue of The Wheelman, the result being miles . . . . Davies if the rains which preceded made mud, they also 7 23-50 a stirring tale of Santa Claus and his Christmas- 8 miles . . . .27.12 1-5 Davies laid the dust and stiffened up the sand ruts, ride. This enterprising firm write us that they 9 miles . . . .30.35 Davies those two banes of touring in very dry weather. are preparing their Spring Catalogue, which will 10 miles 33-43 4-S Davies The rain-storms indeed never once proved pro- 20 miles ih. 11.53 Davies contain some novelties for 1SS6, early announce- miles Clarke hibitory to daily progress, and the happening of 50 3h. 07.22 ments of which will be made in The Wheel- four of them within eight days did not prevent Trieycle Record. man. my fortnight in Ontario from being much the I mile. 4. 1S3-5 AT Lane fastest one in my entire wheeling experience. Safety Bicycle. The Westfield, Mass., bicyclists have formed I mile. T t'ane I may as well confess here that one reason for 3-19 4-S a class for Bible study among themselves, to- such swiftness was a lack of temptations for ^ Clarke is credited with 16.00 3-5 Sept. "5, 1SS4. meet in their club-rooms on Sunday afternoons. : ::: — — —" THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. LOCAL CONSULS. THE COMING GRAND TOUR. A, OFRCIllL C. I ANIOUNC[M[NTS. DISTRICT NO. I. When cyclists, in the course of a year or two, London. —W. M. Begg and W. K. Evans. have discovered how very superior the roads are St. Thomas. — C. H. Hepinstall. in France, Simcoe. —W. S. Perry. Switzerland and Italy to those in Eng- Port Elgin. —H. Wilkes, jr. land, and how easy and jolly a thing it is to Listowel. F. — W. Hay. ride abroad visiting cities as old as Verona ami St. Marys. — C. S. Rumsey. as beautiful as Venice, there will arise a need Stratford.-—A. C. Mowat. Kincardine—T. E. Coombe. for a new kind of Bradshaw which will give in Woodstock — S. Woodroofe. a very small bulk the routes from London to Brantford. \. Knowles. —W. all the principal cities of Europe, with what the Mitchell.—J. M.' Ford. English Bradshaw does not give added namely, \\t Ciiiiiilian 1^l|i;clmi.'it's ^sstfrtatidit, Norwich.-W. H. Miller. — Berlin. —O. Shantz. the name of some inn or hotel at each place OKCANIZEI) SEl'TEMKER, 18S2. Waterloo. — Charles Fee. passed, and the prices, just as Bcedeker does in Paris. W. Patterson. —W. his handbooks. The cyclist will have many ad- .Presiifait — Mr. JAS. S. Brieri.ey, /ouriial, St. Palmerston. —A. Knowles. vantages over the ordinary traveller, because he Thomas, Ont. Guelph. —J. Davidson. Ingersoll. —W. C. Noxon. carries less luggage, and can visit places—a water- Vice-President— y\t. W. V.. Eakins, Mail, To- Seaforth. — E. C. Coleman. fall, a ruined castle or abbey, a qiUet lake, a gem ronto, Ont. Walkerton.— rj. Traill. of blue set in the Alps—without the bother an 1 Secretary-Treasurer—Mr. Hal. B. Doxly, Rc- Paisley. —A. G. Beamen. expense attendant upon the ordinary methods foriner, Simcoe, Ont. Cargill.—W. D. Cargill. ' Til.sonburg. — R. C. H. Wood. created by the present system of ' going abroad. Drayton. Jo.seph Powell. DISTRICT NO. I — At present, even cyclists are too little aware of Elmwood Moses Wildfong. Comprises all the Province of Ontario west of — how much may be done, and at how small co-^t the and including Counties of Ilaldimand, Brant, DISTRICT NO. 2. in a fortnight's holiday, when they bring to their Waterloo, Wellington and Bruce. Toronto. —W. A. Capon, 183 King .St. eSst. aid in running about a bicycle or tricycle. Of Consul Newcastle. Eli F. Bowie. Chief — course the bicyclist can run the faster, but he is Hamilton. —Percy Domville, 121 John St. W. .\ Karn, Woodstock. at this disadvantage — he cannot carry as much Thorold.—J. Dobbin. luggage Representatives .St. Catharines. —A. N. Lindsay. with him as is actually necessary for a C. H. Hepinstall, .St. Thomas. Brighton. —R. J. Bowles run on the continent, while the tricyclist, on his Tisdale, Niagara Falls. John Robinson. W. E, Simcoe. — machine, may carry enough for all his wants G. Hay, Woodstock. Port Colborne. —Thornton Hayek. J. of course those wants being of a modest char- S. Roether, Port Elgin. Newmarket. —Thos. C. Watson. Ross. acter. Perhaps at no distant time the bicyclist R. M. Piallantyne, Stratford, Markham. —^Jay J. Richmond Hill. —Theo. G. Law. will only need to carry a tooth-brush and a coir.h DISTRICT NO. 2 DISTRICT NO about with him—all other necessaries being su]i- Comprises that part of Ontario east of District 3. plied the hotel-keeper, No. I, and west of and including the Counties Ottawa— F. M. S. Jenkins. by on the same principle of Northumberland and Peterborough. Brockville. —A. L. .Murray. adopted by Captain Marryat. In the new "Cy- Napanee. — Alex. Leslie. Chief Consul clists' Bradshaw" how curious it will read, "To Kingston. —Wm. Nicol. Venice from Chia.sso, by Como, Milan, Brescia. Freil. J. Campbell, II Front St., Toronto. Belleville.— R. E. Clarke. Carleton Place. —Alex. T. Taylor. Teschiera, Verona, and Padua, seven days, prob- Representatives : Cornwall. — H. Turner. able cost, $3." London Standard, H. C. Goodman, St. Catharines. DISTRICr NO 4. R. J. t^lackford, 'I'oronto. Harry Ryrie, Toronto. Montreal City.—A. T. Lane, P.O. Box 967. A SPORTING OPINION. R. Bowles, Brighton. " " J. J. T. Gntedinger, St. Peter Street. DISTRICT While contemplating the long and exception- NO. 3 " " J. R. .Scales, 234 St. James all ally brilliant array of unparalleled Comprises the Province of Ontario east of Street. achievements District No. 2. this season placed to the credit of amateur and Sherbrooke City. — R. N. Rol)ins. Chief Consul professional cyclists, and noting the additions Cieo. A. Mothersill, Ottawa. Mr. W. A. Karn, C.C. No. 1 District, has constantly being made to the list, the average Representative appointed the following Hotel Headquarters : leader must feel disposed to heartily join with R. H. Fenwick, Belleville. Arlington House Port Elgin. rhe sorely-tried preserver of records in fervently " " DISTRICT NO. 4 Lome Elmwood. praying for a let-up" on the part of the over " ambitious propellers of the nickeled Comprises the entire Province of (Quebec. Hicks Mitchell. steeds. Chief Consul Surely they should remain content with the marvellous performances so far accomplished, John H. Low, 953 Dorchester St., Montreal. TRICYCLES. Representative and willingly give their overworked machines a nearly goue, has been, so rauch-nedeed rest till the season oflSS6 opens. J. I). :\Iiller, P.O. Box I148, Montreal. The year 1885, now far as tricycles go, a year of experiments. No The feats performed by .-Amateur Rowe and Pro- DISTRICT NO. 5 one type of machine has led the market, and fessional Woodside since our last issue, together Comprises Manitoba and the North West Ter- all ritories. new forms have come in for trial. Two years with nearly the unprecedented achievements Chief Consul: ago the loop-frame machine was the popular one, chronicled since the Springfield tournament, have, it be clone trials A. J. Darch, Winnipeg. then the two-track shared honors with it, and must remembered, been in against Representative : last year the T-frame was the favorite. This time, under con Racing Board. — Fred. Campbell, Toronto it actual merit they fall short of slower perform- J. ; With so many different kinds in the market, W. A. Karn, Geo. A. Mothersill, H. Low ances accomplished in races between men. J. is hard to tell which possesses the most advant- This and A. J. Darch. have their good points and all have fact should be given due consideration in compar- Membership. — W. A. Karn, Woodstock, Chair- ages. All ing the time made, ,as it will be in making up the man ; Hal. B. Donly and W. E. Tisdale, Simcoe. weaknesses. He who can assemble the one and at Transportation. — H. S. Tibbs, Montreal, Chah-- reject all the others will be fortunate. We records the end of the year. Clipper. man; A. T.Webster, Toronto; W. K. Evans, believe the machine of 1SS6 must have srnall London. drivers, a large steerer, handle-bar automatic The head of the firm of Singer & Co., Cov- Constitution and By-Laws. — The President, is expected in shortly, Vice-President, Secretary, and Messrs. Low and steering, and a strong and simple hand-brake. entry, America to look uji Ballantyne. —Bi. World. the matter of cstabli.shing an .-Vmerican br.inch. , — 30 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. and up of MONTREAL. hcclmnn dlcntvcs. downe B.C.," was made wheelmen of both towns to the number of 10. Our runs A two-line remark in the last Wheelman during the season were frequent and enjoyable. about the Montreal Bicycle Club had the desired BRANTFORD. In May, 18S5, the club was reorganizeil under efTect, and a couple of the gcnllemcn connected Allow me, Mr. Editor, to congratulate you, the name of "The Echoes," and the member- with that organization rise lo remark that the ship club-room fitted on behalf of the boys from the Telephone City, increased to 20. A was club is neither dead nor sleeping. up at Berlin, and here we held our meetings, on the neat and tasty form in which The Cana- "Montreal" writes as follows: My December which were well attended and enthusiastic. dian Wheelman appeared last month, and the number of The Wheel.man has just reached thanks of the members of the Association are During the earlier part of the season the runs me, and while glad lo see that it is as well certainly due to the person who first evolved were very popular and well attended, but in- edited and as readable as formerly, I must con- season the idea that it could be made an Association terest in them lessened as the advanced. fess I fail to understand the general rejoicing Frequent tours were taken by some of the boys, paper. running through the communications, unless, in- Outdoor bicycling may be said practically to who reported the road-guide as invaluable. By deed, it is that they now get for nothing what linished around here for this season, but the way, a report of the roads leading out of have before cost $1.00 per annum. But I did not prejiared but are still making use of the Roller Rink, Berlin and Waterloo was never we intend to open this letter with a "growl "when Manager Secord having been kind enough to sent, for some reason unknown to me. The I commenced. No. I wanted to have some- ofl'er us the use of his building to ride in every club was represented by ten men at the annual thing to say about one of your editorial notes during the winter season, and ex- meet at Woodstock. Later in the season the morning we beginning, " Lost, strayed, etc.," and ending necessity to good use of it in thoroughly drill- boys suddenly awakened to the of hav- pect make with "Montreal Bicycle Club." ing the club in both fancy and demon drill. ing more funds in the treasury, and in less than We are " hybernating" at present with a ven- the waking-up Mr. W. C;. lUust gave his wonderful exhibition two weeks from above-mentioned geance. There is a tremendous snow storm al at the Rink here for two nights before large and we presented a programme to our Berlin and time of writing, but you can bet your head last Waterloo friends. Our intentions were to pro- highly appreciative audiences. Some of his tricks ' summer was not our season for ' hybernating" were simply marvellous, and stamped him as a vide similar entertainments during the winter, to any great extent. Our club mileage was even the invincible Dan Canary will and if other clubs would do likewise, I am cer- rider whom larger than ever before, our rides better attend- have to perform his best tricks to equal. tain it would help to pass the long winter even- ed, and more members came to our weekly meet- The boys here are all glad to hear that the ings in an enjoyable and profitable way. ings and gave our committee the benefit (?) of Helleville Club has such a large membership, Hoping you may hear from other clubs that their advice. 1 will try and stir up our hon. have been quiet like ourselves, and that they have such bright prospects for the sec. to send you figures. I am, yours respectfully, coming year ; but they beg respectfully to differ — Waterloo. I want to have a whack at another editorial from them as to the city in which the C.W.A. "A Novel Parade." You state that the Massa- P. S. —Will tell you about Nebraska roads nex meet for l8S6 could most advantageously be held. chusetts Club, in holding a Chinese lantern par- time. —W. Helleville is, no doubt, a very large and beautiful ade, have added another chapter to the possi- Nebraska City, Neb., Dec. i, 18S5. city, but it is far from a suitable place for the bilities of wheeling. Well, so they have, but reception of the meet. It is not central,- and, TORONTO. it is chapter No. 2, for the Montreal Bicycle above all, has no suitable track. Just imagine The winter of our discontent arrived on the Club (don't walk all over my coat collar if I the championship times to be made on an eighth C.P.R. train from Winnipeg a week ago to-day. say, as usual) have added chapter the first in of a mile track ! Brantford is not only more When the first B. S. fell on old iMrs. Earth, that line. As long ago as September, 18S4, central and has a splendid track, but our club twenty-six members of the Torontos and four- our club had a Chinese lantern parade, attended r.-mks far above the Belleville one in the C.W.A. teen of the Wanderers rummaged among their by some 90 riders, all the machines being more and our turnouts on former meets have been bureau drawers and brought forth their old 6-ply or less decorated with fancy lanterns, as the much larger than those of Belleville. . taste or inventive faculties of the riders dictated.- bicycle stockings ; whipped them over the back Our boys are not trying to get this meet here of a chair half a dozen times to get the I'vingston It was a very pretty sight indeed, and we have to make money, and if there is any surplus due Road dust out of them, and then pulled them it under consideration to repeat it in the com- us after paying expenses, it will all go towards ing season with even greater success. on ; donned a blanket coat, and lo ! a snowshoer giving our visitors a pleasant tmie on that day. stood revealed. A bicyclist is a genuine sport. I hope this letter may have the effect of Everybody is full of new projects and ideas literary to He manages to fill every chink of his spare time stirring up some of our members send for the next season, and among the probabilities about our club ; but if it don't, with pleasure of some sort ; and the man whose you more news for cyclists around here is a suite of rooms at legs are accustomed to pedalling his way over I will perhaps inflict another epistle on ycur the tracif, consisting of a g)'mnasmm, sittmg and the country is just the person to propel a pair patience. ball rooms. of snowshoes over the snow. There's one en- " A Member," after speaking of the lantern There is also some talk of a tour by the mem- thusiastic wheelman here, however, whom noth- parade, says : The members of the Montreal Bi. bers of the club here. The route is not finally ing can stop except a railway train or a police- Club presented Mr. S. McCaw (ex-captain) with laid out, but will embrace about four hundred man. Winter and summer, spring and autumn, a handsome silver tilting-pitcher on the occasion miles of the best road in the country. rain and shine, mud or slush, he disdains to of his marriage on the 25th Nov. As our silent December lo, 1S85. D. H. F. P. walk and pushes through any obstacle on his steeds are put away for this s^eason, some 20 Xtraordinary Challenge. I refer to Mr. Robt. or 25 of the boys tramped over Mount Royal BERLIN AND WATERLOO, Tyson, the Osgoode Hall shorthand reporter. with the Snow Shoe Club, Wednesday evening, correspondent having a large A from (ar-off Nebraska writes : I've been told he keeps his wheel in his bed- Dec. 2nd. The boys are club The last copy of our official organ came to room, and occasionally gets up at night to have picture taken at Messrs. Notman & Son's. There hand a short time ago, and in perusing its valua- a spin up and down the hall, so as to keep in being some 55 or 60 men in the group, Mr. " ble columns I took in" the remarks of your practice, but I won't vouch for its accuracy. Notman has signified his intention of exhibiting Woodstock correspondent and decided that he Chas. Robinson & Co. inform me they have it in London (Eng.) next year, at the Colonial' was right in giving the sleepy clubs of our Asso- never recovered the Oxford club stolen from them Exhibition, ciation waking up. Kna;dinger, Robert- a Go it, Woodstock ! and last fall. Messrs. Crispo, Darling, there is no doubt but some of our more back- Lavender is still in England. son, and some others of our prominent racing ward clubs will see the necessity of helping you I hear many a flattering remark about the im- men, may be seen in the Gymnasium three limes " keep up the rep." provements in The Wheelm.'\n. So say we all. a week, going in heavy for something heavy. As I am a member of "The Echoes" of Ber- Hurst is about leaving for the States on a pro- Messrs. Tibbs, Lane, ^Miller and Ostell are lin and Waterloo, perhaps a short history of that fessional fancy bicycle riding tour. still to the good, and deserve the thanks of the club will be interesting. It was first organized George H. Hill has been exhibiting down east. boys for their long and still continued ser\'ices. in May, 1884, under the " name of the Lans- A high old Christmas lo you ! Pete. to the cldb. — — —; — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 31 Mr. R. F. Smith, the hon. bee, is just the now luxuriate in cosy apartments in the Scotlish TO THE END OF THE WORLD. man for the position, and as the secretary, he Ontario Chambers. Bicycle literature lies on the is a " daiidy." table, bicycle piclures adorn the walls, amidst What would we not give to be able to inter- which stimulative surroundings it is felt we shall " M. B. C." writes: -Mr. W. McCaw, better view at this moment Mr. Thos. Stevens, the in- bear the wildest l)lizzard and the stiffest frost known amongst the boys as ' Sandy," was mar- trepid English bicyclist, who on his two-wheeled nap with the composure of souls that live in ried last month. He was elected captain last steed has ridden across Europe from Calais to a pleasant past and a hopeful future. But stop ! spring, but had a bad fall on July 4th, which Constantinople, and waxing bolder by success, not imagine for a moment that are al:)Out severely injured his knee-cap. and laid him out Do we has pushed un through Asia Minor to Persia. to lapse into that enervating, cigarettish languor for about six weeks lie has not been able to He is now at Tabrees, and from thence he is that too often characterizes club-rooming-it. ride since, but he sent in his resignation about We going to push on through -Afghanistan to India. have guarded against this evil by holding weekly ride a month after the accident, wlien Mr. J. R. Burnaby's to Khiva is nothing compared ineets in Drill drill-squad .Scales was elected to succeed him. Joe has be- the Hall, while a fancy with this bicyclist's tour to Herat. To what is arranging come quite a favorite amongst the boys. for nightly practice in the Roller visions of terror he must have given rise in Rink ; so you see we still live and love our " 1878" sends a clipping from the Montreal Asiatic villages as he sped noiselessly through wdieels, and that beast of a thermometer will a wondering pijpulation ! To see a wheel run- Star of Sept. nth, 18S4 : have to off its nail to chill come right down ning away with a man on top of it must have " Over seventy bicyclists and nearly a dozen the enthusiasm of suggested thoughts of .Shaitan and the Afritz tricyclists turned out last night for tlie Chinese Vours very lantern parade. They met at the club-house trulv, Ottawa. with which the Eastern imagination has peopled about 8 o'clock, with their machine decked out the invisilile world. But how the world shrinks with flags and Chinese lanterns. Some also had ST. JOHN, N.B. and what a prospect does the adventurous cy- Chinese parasols attached to their vehicles, with The interest taken in bicj'cling in this city clist before the of ! lanterns lianging from them, and the appearance open up eyes wheelmen If a of the party was very picturesque. Fireworks during the last season has made quite a stride. bicyclist cm trundle his way over ."Ararat and the were discharged all along the route taken, and The club now numbers over forty as compared Himalayas, what corner of the world will be left some amusement was caused by several of the with twenty the year before. Much of this credit unvisited by the silent riders of the iron steed? lanterns taking fire. The procession broke up at is due to the push and energy of our very popu- shall have tricycling I'hilips Squ.are, having been the best of this na- We parlies to Thibet and ture that has ever taken place in Canada." lar captain, W. A. Maclachlan. Although the bicycling tours lo Pckin. Who knows but that streets through the city are rough, the country before the next century dawns it will be recog- OTTAWA. roads are in fine condition, and the club has had nized that the inventor of the bicycle has done The season's riding can be fairly judged past many successful runs. more to revolutionize the religious, moral and now. Every bicycle fellow one meets has a Messrs Maclachlan, Robertson and TurnbuU social ideas of mankind than all the philosophers wonderful tale of riding at his tongue's end^ represented St. John B.C. on "The Moose- of our time. Pall JMall Gazctic. and that, I take it, is a sure sign. How elastic head Bar Harbor" tour in July last. A 5-mile is of record-breaking ! Is memory in the matter road race was held on Thanksgiving day, H. C. A ROMANCE. it any wonder that they do occasionally dwindle Page being the winner in iS 47. The course in public, when so many are broken in private ? which was in good condition — was 2^ miles BY T. \V. E. yarns, however, all treat of road-riding. Uur out the Marsh road and return. K club-room have no track here, which is, of course, a A cyclist, "tired" of single life, We has been opened for the winter, and judging hindrance to the growth of the sport. Public Soon took a menial "header" from the attendance the club will have ,many such matters is, at best, a slug- O'er a resolve to win a wife imagination in new members next season. gish thing, it is only the livelier quality To woo a girl and wed her. and Arrangements are being made for the pro- that sees in our whirling wheels suggestions of " po.sed Blue-nose" tour to be held next July. "No 'Safety' on my l.mely way. other things besides green woods, birds, and .\merican party will be under The the leader- Dangers appear at random and blue serge, and, not grasp- nickel-plating ship of F. A. Elwell, has so successfully who I'll ask her now to name the day, full meaning of the innovation, they look ing the conducted the " Down East" and Bennuda tours And journey on in- 'tandem.'" on bicycles as pretty, but rather dangerous, toys. the last few years. The tourists will assemble advent of " Safeties" to our midst is doing The at Grand Falls, and after visiting the many places He "spoke" to her in accents low: much towards opening the public eye in the " ' of interest, including the Falls —the largest in Star' of my life," he said, matter, the bearded bread-winners, and who America with the exception of Niagara — will "Wilt thou be mine, for weal or woe?" iitraddle "Safeties" to get the better of their wheel to Fredericton, where they remain two She blushed and hung her head. livers, are gelling the better of existing preju- days, enabling the party to view this beautiful " Were't olden time, and I a knight dices at the same time. .\11 honor, then, to city and its surroundings. From Fredericton the In ' Royal Mail' attired, the ''Safeties!" so graceful, so spiritiidk Not tourists will take the steamer down the pictur- I'd 'Challenge' 'Victor' in the fight as the larger breed, I know, but the divine law esque St. John river to Westfield, where they For heart and hand desired, of compensation declares itself here in immu- will disembark and wheel to St. John. The nity from headers, and other practical advant- roads taken by the tourists are good, and the "But in 'Columbia's' land we live, ages, so that those who do not care to take inexperienced will find trouble A land of mutual pride most wheelmen no ; risks can still whirl themselves away from the in keeping up. We hope that some of our Cana- Thrice blessed to me if it will give noisy, dusty streets to where cow-bells tinkle and dian friends will avail themselves of this oppor- You to me as my bride." ozone is cheap. tunity to have one of the pleasantest trips of Our club-rides during the past sea-son have "This 'Extraordinary' news," the season. We would be pleased to see any been increasingly well attended, the average be- She said, in sweetest tone, wheelmen visiting this city, and every eftbrt will " ing well over two-thirds of active membership. Tells me of love ; I'll not refuse, be made to make their stay with us enjoyable. 15ut the real benefit of the club- work is not by Because you have my own." Jl.M. any means represented by this average ; rather is :o: .-\nd then the blushes seek her face it exhibited in the small p.arties of five or six A correspondent of the Bicycling World writes : " Beneath her Ideal's" view ; wheelmen that may be seen any afternoon riding " it ever to take instanta- Has been suggested It seems there must, in that swift race, country -wards, happy in comradeship the club neous photos of close finishes in bicycle races? Be "records" broke anew. has fostered. Street parades have been held once The camera could be focused on the tape, and [kiss a month throughout the season, and an exhibition ' "You'll not beg by taking' at the proper time, it seems as though 'Rudge' me one sweet of club-drill was given in the Roller Rink on the we're ?" dead-heat questions could be settled beyond dis- Now engaged he said ; occasion of Westbrook and Hacker's performance I need not tell pute. A photographer took all the finishes at you more than this here. Latterly energies it, the club have been di- the Chicago meet with great success, not, how- Suffice they were wed. rected to the establishment of club-rooms, and we ever, with the idea of using them in evidence." --r/it S. IV.' Gazelle. THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. SEhcd ^v&clts. Of the fourteen professional bicycle champion- • Bell was noted for hU speed on a rink track in ship runs in England this season, Howell has Minneapolis and his skill in taking the corners, scored nine firsts and two seconds ; Wood, three and on this track he defeated all comers. A 24-h(ini' niml race is talked of fur next firsts and six seconds ; II. O. Duncan, two firsts Negotiations are jiending for the purchase of season. anil one .second. Outing by Mr. Poultney Bigelow, of New York. It is bclicVL'il Ijy many that Kowc will boat In these days of wonderful feats on the wlieel, Mr. Bigelow was formerly a writer on the New 2.30 ncM year. it must not be forgotten that, seven years ago, York Herald, and there will be associated wiih C. Terront, indoor track, covererl him such as Roo.sevelt, lloilfjes, of Hoslon, is spoken of as the next on an 366 j men Theodore of New jire.sident of the League. miles in 26 consecutive hours — an average of | York, and Mr. Cleve Dodge. A new company 14 miles per hour. will be organized, called the " Outing Company." Rhodes, the Dorchester rider, is said to have The offices will be at 120 N.xssau street, N.^. " six covered 6, I'ierre Lallemant, the inventor of the bicycle, ! presented Mr. Corey, just as he was leaving Eng- They have it down line in Great Uritain. A is working in the repair shop of the Pope .Manu- ; land, wi'h a "Genuine IFumber" tandem tricy- line is drawn between grass, dirt and cinder rec- facturing Company. He is announced to give , cle, built by his firm. The machine is valued ords. an exhibition at the coming carnival of the Mas- I at $275. sachusetts Bicycle Club. \ The ll'or/,/ .says the horse ' Capt. McGowan" Says the Bicycling World : The sports at .Mon- trotted 20 miles in 58.25 at Boston, October 31st, The City of London T.C. grasp time by the treal will be on as large a scale as ever the 1865. forelock with a vengeance. They have made coming season. Wheelmen who go to the car- these fixtures for 1886 : Club dinner, Jan. 15 ; The value of \V. A. Rowe's prizes during his nival should not fail to look in on. " Tommy" garden club races at Crystal Palace, June 5 ; short racing career are said to amount to over Lane, who is headquarters for cycling and sport- party at Merton, July 10. $2000. ing information, and for sporting goods of every Mr. W. W. Stall is building for a man out in If you want a bona Canadian tobog- Munger was booked to leave Boston on Mon- kind. fide the uncivilized sections of western Massachusetts snowshoes, send to Lane, and you will be day for Detroit, thence to New Orleans to spend gan or a six-foot bicycle wheel, which will weigh some the winter. well served. It is for some sort of a patent ; fifty pounds. The largest light roadster in the country is Krancis I'. Prial has severed his connection extra speed developer bicycle. ridden by S. L. Cromwell, of Brooklyn, a 14 with the IF.'iec/, and Fred. Jenkins once more i A few countrymen were taken in at the Spring- year-old boy who will make his mark in the assumes -the helm. field meeting by some fresh youths who made a I cycling world. It is a 59-inch, and young Crom- The English papers are in a furore of excite- business of betting that Mr. So-and-So would well rode it too miles in 9.45 on Friday, the ment over the purchase of a Kangaroo bicycle come in head first, generally taking a slow rider. 27th ult. In a few years Dr. Beckwith's 62-iii. by Lord Francis Cecil. While new, the catch worked well. wheel will have to retire to second place, as " present indications, the boy will soon ride (ione over to the United States" is the way He-ndee was evidently- in earnest when he de- from English cycling the largest wheel in America. the press announce the marriage clared his intention of forsaking the path. lie j of wheelmen nowadays. have stopped last year. The trouble with The clubs of Toronto will join this winter in should j j Ilendee is, that by his constant racing he has preparing for a grand two-days' tournament, to \\'ootisi(.le and Brooks will ride bicycles against j 't be held next year. At least so says a corres- Anderson on horses, at Madison Square Garden, worn himself out. Perhaps a year or two of New York, during Christmas week. rest would make another man of him. pondent of The Canadian Wheelman. He also states that wealthy Torontonians will ofier Master Willie Sidney, a four-year old infant of Messrs. Westbrook and Hacker, the fancy Saluable prizes as a bait for American fliers. Indiana, is attracting much attention by his ex- riders, have lately attained considerable noto- Che.'se it, old man ! Think you that our true cellent riding on a diminutive machine. riety from the excellence of their performance. amateurs would journey to Canada for anything The best feat is Westbrook's mounting, dismount- Canary is engaged until March, 1886, and will less than their expenses and a guarantee? Pre- ing, and doing other various things on the bicy'- give exhibitions at the posterous !—.V. Y. Wheel. Theatre Royal, Bristol, ; cle. Hacker the while standing erect on his during the run of the Christmas pantomime. shoulders.—TV. Y. IVkal. An English wheelman says he remembers a in i. An English tricyclist, coming in from a ride , steam tricycle that made its appearance 188 Following is the leading individual mileage of on a tandem with his wife, said: "If they had ' It was shown at the Stanley Show, Ilolborn, the Montreal Bi. Club: J. H. Robertson, 739^4^ gone a ^tep farther, his children would have a and was tried by a cyclist on the Greenwich road. miles ; Capt. J. R. Scales, 547/4 miles ; First step-mother.'' The police sighted the machine, however, and Lieut. H. Joyce, 545>i miles ; ex-Capt. William brought it and the rider to court. There the is Java the latest place to take to the wheel, McCaw, 512 miles ; Bugler F. W. Crispo, 493;J4 justice decided that it was a locomotive, and and Co. have just sent number & two machines miles ; T. Morrison, 469^ miles ; A. J. Darling^ must not travel at a greater rate of speed than out there. This shows the all spread of cycling 460^4^ miles ; L. Rubenstein, 452^ miles. four miles per hour, and with a man walkisg over the world. front flag lantern, at that. It is told "in the yard" at Harvard that in with a red and Springfield Bicycle The Club has once more President Eliot has received a letter of inquiry " There were 135 new members passed through its allegiance shown to the L.A.W. by discard- from a young man in Nebraska, who wishes the Montre.il Amateur Athletic Association dur- ing its neat uniform of black and adopting the to know the correct pronunciation of the word ing last month," .says the Montreal Gazette. "For unilorm of the L. .\.\V. "bicycle." There is some feeling in regard to ten dollars, membership is obtained in the Mon- At the game supper of the Springf.eld Bicycle the matter among the students, the strict aca- treal Snowshoe, Lacrosse, Football and Bicycle Club, the club presented their president with demics clinging to "sickle," and the advanced Clubs and the Tuque Bleue Toboggan Club, for "''^ ^ token o( esteem and regard for his athletes are firm for "cycle." $5001 which the aggregate of fees is over $15. To good work for the club. Grant Bell, of Minneapolis, Minn., met with this add the benefits of the club-house, reading- Our friends and patrons will have to be indul- a serious accident Dec. ist. He arose from his room, gymnasium, billiard-room, bowling-alley gent with us this month, both for our tardiness bed while yet asleep and walked through a win- an THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 33 MAKERS' AMATEURS. TRICYCLE SPRINGS. .\ correspondent of the Bicydiit;^ World says nglish cyclists are seriously considering ihe that having actually ridden six or eight hundred Bicycles ! Tricycles propriety of abolishing the distinction between miles on the spiral spring and some thousand amateurs and professionals and place them all on cradles, he finds more side play to the spiral un the same footing. The League of American LARGER STOCK THAN EVER. than the cradle. The spiral is made in weights Wheelmen is not yet prepared for this step, but as well as the cradle, and either one may be at the rate things rre going it will soon be neces- had stifTer or lighter as desired for effect. His sary to do one of two things— either profession- WATSON & PELTON, own experience was that while both are good, alize the so-called makers' amateurs, or else ama- ea.sy springs, the cradle is better as regards being Wholesale and Retail Importers. teurize all the professionals. As matters now detached from the saddle, allowing of adjustment stand there is a distinction, but it is not always in various ways, wanted by the spiral, and is not YOUNG AMERICA, a difference. There is little to choose between so liable to breakage as is each of the collection « professional who races for money prizes, .stakes PIONEER, of comparatively weak supports in the latter. and purses, and an amateur who is paid salary If one desires a steadier spring, ride one of full BRITISH, and expenses for making records that will adver- weight. tise and help sell machines. We do not object BRITISH SPECIAL, to the maker getting all he can out of the record- BRITISH TRICYCLE, 257 AND 259 MILES. smashing, nor to the amateur realizing some finan- Agents for the Coventry Machinists Co.'s cial benefit from his superior racing abilities ; but The twenty-four record was broken twice in we think such riders should not be classified as one day, first by W'. H. Huntley, of Newton, "SPECIAL CLUB," amateurs. AHrror American of Sports. Mass., and afterwards by L. D. Munger, of De- troit, Mich. Huntley started first, at 2 p.m. on "CLUB SAFE TY." A bicycle rider got his wheel tangled in the Friday, November 20, and riding over a selected street car track, and landed on his face with a course, he finished twenty-four hours later, with "CLUB RACER." 257 1-16 miles to his credit. Munger started at tremendous crash in a mud-puddle. Several of Large Assortment of Sun-dries the spectators came to his assistance, and as he 5 I'.M., and rode under great disadvantage. His arose one asked: "Are you hurt?" "Hurt! leg was in bandages, and being unable to bend Repairs and Plating promptly executed his to its full no," was the injured answer. " I always get off knee limit, his pedals were unequally that way !" adjusted. He scored 259 27-32 miles. SAMPLE ROOMS—53 St. Sulpice St. WAREROOMS—543 Craig St. Chas. Robinson & Co., Toronto, are doing a The firm of tailors that supply the L.A.W. large business in snoeshoes and toboggans. uniforms has so far received 766 orders. FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. -. GREAT CLEARING SALE OF (Stciicfes and jTrtciicfes at Gost! SEND FOR NEW LIST. GQOLD& KNOWLES bi?,^^:n"t:po:ri3 34 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. A. T. LANE. - Montreal. ROYAL CANADIAN No. 2 THE KANGAROO. A FEW BARGAINS! Premier Sociable Balls to all wheels, king of road lamps, new tires. COST $igo, for $iJO. IN GOOD ORDER. Rudge Racer 51 inch. Balls at both wheels and pedals. Only used a few times. COST $115, for $75. This machine has been greatly improved since last season, but price remains the same. Popular Premier THE PERFECT SAFEIY. Specification: — Hilhiian's new pattern ball-bearings to front wheel and adjustable Editor of " C. T. C. Gazette " says it is the 51 inch. All nickel-plated but felloes. cones to back, direct spokes, Hollow Forks, " best of the whole hunch." It is the original Bent Handle I!aks and Long-Distance Ball bearings to front wheel. ^Eolus machine, and the vital parts are patented, and all Saddle. Finished in Harrington's black copies of it are wanting in one important particu. ball pedals. King of road lamp Nickel- anamel. Price, $6^.00. lar. Price, $10^.00 ; Ball Pedals, $j.oo extra. plated. Hill & Tolman Automatic Gong. In very good order. FOR $70. Subscriptions re- Send J -Cent Stamp ceived for all Cycling ^pBcial Bititi^h (JhallengB for largest and most 52 inch. Balls to both wheels. Half Publications. plated. Too high for late owner. Not run 100 miles. elaborate Bicycle Cata- — $75-- logue ever piiblisJied in 60 SECOND-HAND MACHINES Canada. And 50 mofe Bicycles For Sale Cheap ! M Pages-fi2 [ngiavings. ALL JUST AS CHEAP. A. T. LANE, MONTREAL. ! THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 35 STILL THEY COME I At the Toronto Bicycle Club Sports, September 19th, 1885, six out of seven of the events were won on the including the five miles open. 1. Foster . - . . Invincible. 2. Davies - . - . Invincible. 3. Clarke - - - - AT THE INTERNATIONAL INVENTIONS EXHIBITION, London, England, August, 1885, the Surrey Machinists Company HAVE BEEN AWARDED A GOLD MEDAL Highest award for the INVINCIBLE MACHINES. Also at the Industrial Exhibition, Toronto. The Coventry Machinists Company was awarded a Gold Medal at the above London Exhibition, the Highest award for a Sole Agents for Canada, T. FANE & CO.. ^6 ADELAIDE ST WEST, - TORONTO, ONTARIO, 3^ THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. •^ WAR ON RECORDS! UNQUESTIONABLE « ACCEPTED RECORDS MADE ON COLUMBIAS THE 24-HOUR ROAD RECORD 255^ MILES -BY- ALPEED A. McCUUDY on a Columbia Light Roadster, OCTOBER 26, 27. WORLD'S RECORD X Mile WM. A. ROWE, •36 1-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 10 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 28. 37 4-5 - WORLD'S RECORD '/< Mile • WM. A. ROWE, 1. 12 4-5 WORLD'S RECORD - II Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 31-37 4-5 WORLD'S RECORD (AMAT'R)I^Mile WM. A. ROWE, I-5S i-S WORLD'S RECORD - 12 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 34-32 3-5 It WORLD'S RECORD I Mile - WM. A. ROWE, 2.35 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD 13 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 37-24 3-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 2 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 5-21 -35 WORLD'S RECORD - 14 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 40.25 - WORLD'S RECORD 3 Miles WM. A. ROWE 8.07 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD - "5 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 43.26 i-s WORLD'S RECORD - 4 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, II. II 4-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 16 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 46.29 2-5. - WORLD'S RECORD 5 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 14.07 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 17 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 49.25 WORLD'S RECORD - 6 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 16.55 3-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 18 Miles - WiVI. A. ROWE, 52-25 '-5 - WORLD'S RECORD 7 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 19-47 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD • 19 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 55-22 2-5 - WORLD'S RECORD S Miles WM. A. ROWE, 22.41 4-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 20 MUes - WM. A. ROWE, 58.20 WORLD'S RECORD - 9 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 25.41 4-5 Chicago, October 16, 17. 19 out of 22 First Prizes, 30 out of the entire 40 Prizes taken on COLUMBIAS. 4 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 11.29 2-s 5 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 14-23 3-5 6 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 17.28 2-5 7 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 20.25 3-S 8 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 23-23 4-S 9 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 26.19 4-S 10 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 29.12 2-5 BY W. M. WOODSIDE, AT SPRINGFIELD, OCT. 24 & 26. Notwithstanding the above excellent result of " Good Men upon Good Bicycles," of more practical value to the 90 and 9 wheelmen is the fact that the majority of the American Wheelmen purchase Columbia Bicycles and Tricycles, because they are pre-eminently road machines, with an ease of running, and durability which have faithfully stood the test of eight years upon ever)' grade of road, and under all supposable conditions. CA-TJLXjOCB-.TJIE IFieDEE. THE fOPE JVIANUFAeTURIf^G CO'Y. 597 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. Branch Houses : 12 Warren Street, New York ; 115 Wabash Ave., Chicago. A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Assaciatian. and of the Cyclists' Touring Club in Canada. Vol. III. LONDON, CANADA, FEBRUARY, 1886. No. 4. Victor Bicycles & Tricycles SHOW THE BEST RESULTS OF ADVANCEMENT IN THE CYCLE BUILDER'S ART. ir IS TO YOUR INTEREST TO INVESTIGATE BEFORE PURCHASING. SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY, 179 Tremont St.. BOSTON Mass. U.S.A. 3« THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. Extraordinary Bicfcb ! T[ic|cl8s i LARGER STOCK THAN EVER. watsonTpelton, Wholesale and Retail Importers. JHli Kf.\-(; OF .SAFETIES. YOUNG AMERICA, PIONEER, This liicycle has sloorl ihe test of over cigln BRITISH, yc.its' experience, and still stands unrivalled for BRITISH SPECIAL, ABSOLUTE SAFETY, SPEED, BRITISH TRICYCLE. AND Agents for the Coventry Machinists Co.'s l<.^:i>i,v l-'i'<>piilsioii, " SPECIAL CLUB," • Two-third Crank. No Dead CENTRES. ONLY A POSTAL CARD. "CLUB SAFETY," Teslimunials from Medical Practitioners in 22 Church Street, Tcronto, "CLUB RACER." \ Canada usinj; the XTRA. the past four years, Jan. 20, iSS6. Large Assortment of Sundries do cheerfully recommend this style to be used MK. PRINTER,— more amongst the profession. We're too busy selling Snoiv-shocs and Repairs and Plating promptly executed CArAi.oi;iiES i-'OR iS86 Now Ready. Toboggans to send you copy for our space this jnonth, and have only time to say that zne are SAMPLE ROOMS—53 St. Sulpice St. jnaking extensive preparations for next season's WAREROOMS—543 Craig St. Jmsiness. We will receive alotit the middle of LONDON, ONT. March the largest single shipment of Bicycles nid Tricycles ever landed in the Dominion. our announce- -Reso-ve us a whole page for ANTHONY'S x BICYCLE x CAMERA, tnents in the March issue of The Wheelman. Yours, in a state of perspiraticn, The lightest, neatest, and attachment with uni" CHARLES ROBINSON &' CO. and best Camera in mar- versa! joint for fastening ket for the price. Makes Camera to Bicycle. Thu P.S. — We arc also at work on our Spring pictures 3X ^ AH inches. whole apparatus in a Consists of a fme mahog- Catalogue, which will be sent on receipt of a handsome sole leather any Camera with rising carrying case with slioul- three-cent stamp. front and folding bed, sin- der strap. Weight of gle achromatic lens, one complete outfit, exactly double dry plate holder, iwp pounds. PKICi: COMIPLETE, SIO.OO. Amateiir Equipments in Great Variety, from $9 upwards Sole Proprietors of the Celebrated Detective Novel and Fairy Cameras. E. & 131. T_ ^A.isrT's:oisr^2^&; CO., Send for Illustrated Catalogue. New SS' Forty years experience in this line of business. Broadwaf, hi NICKEL-PLATING BICYCLES Send lo cents post:ige, and we will mail you .^Vt'fc' a royal, valuable, sample box of goods A. SPECIA-LTY ; that will put you in the way of mailing viore UlfTImoiieif at once, than anything elss in Amer- ica* Both sexes of all a;_'es can live at home and work in RUBENSTEIN BROS. spare time, or all the time. Capit.^l not required- We will start you. Immense pay sure for those who start at once. Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. 537 CRAIG ST., MONTREAL. . THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 39 REMEMBER THE C.W.A. WHICH SHALL IT BE? A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. The wheeling season of ''^d will soon be upon The Toronto AfaiPs sporting column is gener- us. The backbone of winter is well-nigh broken, ally very edited, it The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Associa- well but when is devoted to tion and of the Cyclists' Touring Club and in a few weeks old wheels will be brought bicycling subjects it shows a remarkable de- in Canada. out to the light of day, and polished and re- gree of ignorance of the subject on which it pro- paired for the spring campaign ; new ones will fesses to be Published by thk Casadia.v Wheelmen's Association, on authority. On January II the AT London, Canada, and Suim'lied to all be purchased by many who rode out '85 on old editor takes up the cudgels on behalf of the Members ok the Association. machines, and by others who have never be- flying start, and devotes half of his space to stridden a wheel, but have been fascinated by picturing the scene of dismounted riders and .Subscription Price to Non-iVIembers $l.oo the grace and beauty of the silent steed. broken wheels that he imagines occurs regu- per annum. At this time, therefore, it is not out of place to larly at all races where the "standing start" is All communications should addressed to The remind Canadian their to be wheelmen of duty the adopted. He says ; Canadian Wheelman, I.ond jn, Ont. Canadian Wheelmen's Association. Let every " The standing start simply handicaps the rid- wheelman's first duty be to his local club ; but, ers who are not expert in mounting, and even the LONDON, FEBRUARY, tS86. that performed, let him not forget that as the quickest in getting away are liable to accidents on the nervous hurry which follows the word ' Go !* club is to the individual, so is the Association The spectacle of riders and studs strewn over the BOARD to the club, and his duty towards one claims THb MEETING OF THE OF first few yards of the course may be a very inter- OFFICERS. his fealty to the other. The Association has esting one." grown and prospered because it has been of This is an entirely fancy picture, and as an explanation is perhaps real, practical benefit to its menile:s. as A word of necessary And argument against the present style of starting in reference the calling of tliis by its assumption of The Wheiu.man it has still lo meeting so races falls flatly to the ground. Bicycle riders further widened its usefulness, it early in the year. sphere of has do not mount after the word " Co," but before, it still greater claims on the wheelmen of At the last meeting of the Board was de- the Do- and the racers start off easily and evenly, not cided to publish a guide-book this sprine. The minion. Gentlemen of the wheel, join a club the slightest advantage being gained by him Secretary has, found it impossible to and see that the club joins the Association. however, The who is most "expert in mounting." obtain year 1SS6 should advertisements sufficient to pay even a see 1000 members in the But better informed papers than cur contem- small portion of the cost of the work, and it C. W. A. porary are advocating the flying start, and the is an absolute necessity, therefore, to get the With a few slight modifications, the claims ad- question has certainly to be discussed on its Board together at a date early to de- vanced by the L. A.W. Hand-book on behalf cf enough merits, not consigned to limbo as unworthy of cide on some other method of getting out the that Association answer for the C.W. A.: attention. Of course, if getting over the ground book, if it is to be done at all. The claims advanced by the C.W.A. upon in the least possible time is the main object in Then there are some important questions affect- your patronage are of two kinds — abstract and bicycle races, the flying start should be adopted. ing the Constitution and By-laws of the Associa- concrete. In the abstract, it is your duty to But is it ? It is a consideration certainly, but tion which must be settled. yourself and to your fellows to so place your- if to obtain it other considerations have to be At this meeting it will be decided where the self that mutual assistance may be obtained in foregone, may it not be procured at too great meet will go for this year. Informal invitations the easiest manner, and that you may not reap a cost ? Bicycle races would lose much of their have been given by .Stratford, Brantford, Belle- the harvest of your comrades' disinterested labor interest if invariably delayed by false starts, the ville and Ottawa, while Montreal is also said to without contributing to its support. In the con- riders having to be "rung back" perhaps half be a claimant. No official invitations have, how- crete there are offered to you — a dozen times before what the judges choose to ever, as yet been received by the Secretary, so First—A Monthly Gazette ranking among agree upon as a fair start is obtained. Yet this the officers of the clubs above mentioned will the best cycling papers in general interest. will as inevitably follow the adoption of the flying do well to give their attention to the matter at Second—A Membership Ticket, which is a .start as it is natural for contestants to strive for once. sufficient introduction to any local officer (Consul) the advantage—by (air means or foul. Judges Members of the Board will note that the of the C.W.A., and voucher for the right to may be ever so strict, and endeavor to perform meeting is called for lo o'clock in the fore- reduced rates in the many hotels secured to that their duties faithfully, but still there will be dis- noon, and they are respectfully reminded that end. satisfaction among the riders as to the fairness ten o'clock is just one hour after breakfast-time. TJiirJ—Various SPECIAL CONCESSIONS in dif- of the "send-off," heart-burnings and ill-feelings We trust they will be punctual. The vvork ferent localities, involving reduced transportation, in those ruled out, and protests, criminations and to be done requires considerable time, and uses of parks, places in parades, etc. recriminations at the end of a race, when there the attendance of all the officers hence the idea Fourth The right of Legal Pkotection. ; — should only be glory for the victor, without any of calling the meeting for lo a.m. instead of 8 Fifth Every facility for obtaining information — tarnishing to his well-earned fame. P.M. as heretofore. concerning Ro.\Ds, Hotels and Distances. Wheelmen ! Consider these advantages, and ^'ick's Floral Guide for 1886, the pioneer seed then apply for membership. BRIGHT PROSPECTS. annual of America, comes to us Jhis year a real gem, not a dry list of hard botanical names, Messrs. Charles Robinson & Co., of 22 Church On the whole, the outlook for cycling in Canada but over 30 pages of reading matter, among Street, Toronto, will make their spring trade during i8S6 is hopeful. Last year saw the steady which are articles on roses, house plants, cheai> announcement in the March number of The increase in popularity of the wheel, without any greenhouse, onion culture, mushrooms, manures, Wheelman. They are filling in the winter of the mushroom growth that had characterized young gardeners, and very interesting reading, months with a big trade in winter sporting goods. its progress in preceding years. Tliere was less followed by about 150 pages containing illus- It would be well for intending purchasers of a of "boy" element in the ranks of wheelmen trations, descriptions and prices of seemingly Rudge wheel to place their orders now to ensure t'esire the last year ; less of the class tl'.at took to wheeling everything the heart could in line of early spring delivery. for its novelty, and whose interest in the wheel seeds, plants, bulbs, potatoes, etc. It is a mys- :o: expired as soon as the novelty wore off. The tery how this firm can aflbrd to publish, and The pretty Turkish women in Constantinople growth of the bicycling fraternity was more among really give away, this beautiful work of nearly are becoming "Christianized" to the extent c the class that took to wheeling as a source of 200 pages of finest paper, with hundreds of illus- adopting thinner and more trans|:iarent yashmaks health and as a means of locomotion — the two tr.ations and two fine colored plates, all enclosed or face coverings than their religion requires. In qualities that ensure the lasting popularity of in an elegant cover. Any one desiring goods in Thomas Stevens' article in the t'ebruary Otiling cycling. Judging by 1SS5, therefore, we have this line cannot do better than send 10 cents a picture of one of these semi-conveits to Occi- every reason to expect the same results this sea- for the Floral Guide to James Vick, .Seedsman, dental customs, from a photograph, is presented, the 10 cents from son—a steady growth in the popularity of wheel- being the legend, "almost persuaded to be a Rochester, N.Y. Deduct first ing. Christian." order sent for seeds. " — 40 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. EDITORIAL NOTES. T. W. Eck, of Aurora, Ont., has taken up HEALTHY, BUT NOT SOCIAL Robert Ncilson, of lioston, for signing himself professicjnal bicycle chaini)i(jn tjf America and The bicycle has doubtless become one of the Ncilson ami Kck arc slill talking about the Canada in his challenge \o Prince, and challenges greatest promoters of healthy out-door exercise Ihnik championshii) of Canada. They more of him to three races — 10 miles, ICXJ miles, and 26- among our young men, as well as some of the Canada tlian Canada does of them. hour straightaway — for $50 to $100 a-side each race and the championship of Canada, the r.ice to older ones— but there is neces.sarily nothing so- liurluy li. Aycrs is preparing for a Big Four be run in Chicago, Boston, or Toronto. Eck has cial in it ; in fact, it is the most sellLsh concep- tour through Europe in '87. England, France put up his forfeit. tion possible. Think of a family-man buying a and Italy will he the countries to suffer. The Woodstock people should try and secure bicycle and starting off for a ride while the wife Elections of club officers will be in order dur- this race for the 24th of May. The chamjiion- and children are left at home on the verandah to ing the coming months. Will club secretaries ship of Canada should lie fought for on Canadian admire the grace and ease with which their lord oblige by promptly forwarding to The Wheel- soil, not bandied around a race tr.ack in Chicago and master w heels off to get exhilarating whiffs of Boston. are Neilson, ? man the results of such elections? or Who Eck and anyway fresh country air. The economical young man mounts his wheel on a fine afternoon and whirls Tlu Wlicel says that three-fourths of the Mon- Mr. Etherington announces, in his Harry off to the house of his lady-love, leans hLs steed treal wheelmen left the city because of the small- modest way, that he has retired from the edi- against the front fence and spends the summer pox. The Montreal boys are not that kind of torship of Wheeling, an English wheel magazine. evening on the piazza, while the young lady is stuff. They may have gone over to New York valedictory ihusly : Part of his reads no doubt thinking of her po.ssibly old-fashioned for a few days, however, to bury the editor of " Readers of Wheeling, my lords, ladies and but more fortunate companion who has gone out The Wheel. gentlemen, Etherington has reached that Harry on the road behind a good trotter to breathe point with Wheeling at which he can afford to Says a correspondent of the L.A.W. Bulktin : the refreshing air. The one wheel Ls far mote make a big stiide forward, and, while making his "We should by all means have the distinctively own lot easier, advance the interests of the paper economical in every way, and its enthusiastic if American Hying start, and in every other way and enhance the interests of its readers. I have, not fanatical admirers no doubt get much good to come to the point, made arrangements for the possible depart from the ways and customs of from it, but in an article on social recreations future editing of Wheeling, which will relieve me our English cousins." The writer proves he has they cannot hope for high praise, for their favor- from a great deal of work which is irksome to departed as far as possible. He has written him- me, and enable me to urge the paper on in those ite machine is certainly not a family invention. self down an ass. directions where, I flatter myself, H. E. is not When Mr. Edison will invent a motor which likely to be left much." may be hung beneath the seat of a sociable tri- " Boston, the ' hub of the universe,' will in May next show the world the grandest, greatest Mr. H. E. must have got that "left much" in cycle, with a small seat behind for the children, and most successful meeting of cyclists in the his- the States. He wouldn't be any worse off if he and by which the whole load may whirl off to tory of cycling." had left much of it in the States. the country without the danger of running away So says the Springfield Wheelman^s Gaulle at the first railway crossing, or the necessity for anent the coming meet of the L.A.W. Steady, grooming or feeding on the return, then the fam- BICYCLE TOURS AND THE L.A.W. ily " brother, steady ! Don't forget past English may sing the praise of the cycle." Milton meets, as well as past American ones — the Bradley, in Good Housekeeping. Recognizing how great is the importance of former as exemplars, the latter as warnings. :o: the fact that the Leagtie of American Wheel- TRICYCLE vs. PHYSIC. A very handsome calendar, and one that will men should have charge of touring events, Presi- <.lo much to promote the cause of cycling, as well dent Beckwith has at last decided upon a plan When Shakespeare said, "Throw physic to as the interests of the firm that publishes it, has which he thinks will prove successful, and one the dogs," he had an eye on the tricycle lying been issued by the Pope Manufacturing Com- which he intends to submit to the Board of Offi- in the womb of the future. There can be no pany. Twenty-five thousand have been distrib- cers at their meeting in New York next month. doubt of it, because a lady in the West End each day of the year uted. For a verse or re- This department is to have two officers—the has demonstrated it. She is the mother of adult is mark applicable to cycling presented, that for tourmaster, or chief director, and the chairman children, and had suffered from insomnia and a. January i being by Will Carleton : of the bureau of information. Burley B. Ayers, burning pain in the head, that finally resulted *' We claim a great utility that daily must increabe, of Chicago, has been appointed to the former in a complete collapse. A friend quietly brought We claim from inactivity .a sensible release ; office, and H. S. Wood, of Philadelphia, to the a tricycle into the backyard and left it there. A constant, niental, physical and moral help we feel, That bids us turn enthusiasts, and cry ' Cod bless the latter. The tourmaster is empowered to take The lady, seeing it, was possessed with a desire " wheel.' charge of everything pertaining to the organiza- to learn to ride, and that evening went out on Ever active, the Woodstock Amateur Athletic tion, business direction and guidance of tours. the asphalt and rode a few blocks. Completely Association is bestirring itself betimes this season, The chairman of the bureau of information is captivated with the new notion, she could scarcely and is making big preparations for a bicycle tour- empowered to obtain duplicate copies of all road wait until the next evening, and when it came nament on the Queen's Birthday (May 24). The reports, maps, and anything else with practical rode five or six miles, climbing the Seventeenth chief attraction promised is the first professional cycling information. He is to have as assistants street hill and going up the steep grades with bicycle race ever held in Canada, for which a all compilers of road books. One of the advised ease. That night she enjoyed the first night's very handsome prize will be offered, and in which duties of the tourmaster will be to promote or sleep for many months, found that the pain in it is expected that Neilson, Prince, Woodside, organize a tour once a year, carrying out the de- her head had disappeared, and that not a single Brooks and others will compete. Whatever the tails as he may think best. This annual tour will pain or ache was left in its place by the gentle W.A A. A. has taken in hand in the past has be the result of the tourmaster's efforts in pro. exercise of the night. This restoration was Ibeen so successful that we may look forward to moting cycling in the touring department, the brought to her, moreover, while she was dosing a first-class tournament on May 24th. same as it is one of the objects of the chairman herself with the remedies "made and provided.' of the racing board to promote racing events, — St. Louis Post-Dispateh. Some people talk of the decline of bicycling. although those events may not be given under the :o: In the words of the Springfield W/ieehiten's Ga- auspices of the L.A.W. That the pleasures of the wheel are enjoyed zette, "there is no such thing." Our contem- by all classes and conditions of men, is eWdenced porary very truly says: "Cycling has come to by the fact that the Overman Wheel Co. has just stay, just as did the wagon of hundreds of years Messrs. Gormully & Jefi'ery, of Chicago, have received a very flattering testimonial letter from ago, and the railroads of the present century. recently added a new building to their factories Prince David Kawananakoa, of the Sandwich The wheel is a practicable machine, filling a for nickelling and enamelling. Their nickelling Islands. He rides a Victor bicycle, and writes hitherto unoccupied field of locomotion, and in is entirely on copper. Hereafter their Standard to express his approbation of it. a few years with improved roads can no more Finish for Challenge and Safety will consist of "be dispensed with than our horses and wagons, all parts enamelled in black except the head, The H. B. Smith Machine Co. will endeavor which croakers said there would be no use for handle-bar, hubs, stop and cranks, which will to reduce the weight of the Star this year to when railroads became thoroughly established. be nickelled. 30 pounds. :::: : —; THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 41 DISTRICT NO. 5 SCIENCE ON THE WHEEL. C, W, ft, OFflClllL 11NN0UNC[M[NTS. Comprises Manitoba and the North West Ter- ritories. The muscular exertion in bicycling is small Chief Consul: when the enormous results are taken into con- A. J. Darch, Winnipeg. sideration. In the first place, the position of Representative : the rider is that of partial support and partial W. V. Matthews, Winnipeg. bestowal of the weight of the body as a means Cornviittees of progression ; and this balance can be varied Racing Board. —Fred. Campbell, Toronto J. ; at the will of the rider and the character of the W. A. Karn, Geo. A. Mothersill, J. H. Low and A. J. Darch. road travelled. The whole or part of the weight Board of Officers, Attention, Membership. —W. A. Karn, Woodstock, Chair- may be supported by the saddle, or the whole man ; Hal. B. Donly and W. E. Tisdale, Simcoe. or part of the weight may be bestowed on the Transportation. — H. S. Tibbs, Montreal, Chair- treadles as a means of progression. The enor- THE SPRING MEETIN©. man ; A. T. Webster, Toronto ; W. K. Evans, London. mous wheels now used compel the rider to be Constitution and By-Laws. — The President, almost in tlie perpendicular position, thus aff"ord- The Regular Annual Spring Meeting of the Vice-President, Secretary, and Messrs. Low and ing a minimum amount of exertion to the lower Ballantyne. Board of Officers of the C.W.A. will be held extremities, and utilizing the bodily weight as a at the Walker House, in the of Toronto, City LOCAL CONSULS. means of progression. Take, for example, a bi- on Friday, February 19th prox, to commence cycle with a wheel of 60 inches in diameter DISTRICT NO. I. foot causes the wheel to at 10 o'clock of the forenoon sharp. every stroke with the London. W. M. Begg and W. K. Evans. — travel half its circumference, or nearly 7^ feet The attendance of every Chief Consul and St. Thwmas — C. H. Hepinstall. — i.e., 90 inches. This is equivalent to three Simcoe. W. S. Pern'. Representative is imperatively demanded. — Port Elgin.—H. Wilkes, jr. regulation walking steps of 30 inches ; and not Jas. S. Brierley, President. Listowel.— F. W. Hay. only so, but the impetus given to the bicycle by St. Marys. C. S. Rumsey. — one stroke would carry it much farther, whereas Hal. B. Donly, Secretary. Stratford.—A. C. Mowat. walking gives no farther "way" on Kincardine—T. E. Coombe. a step in Woodstock — S. Woodroofe. the body. Hence each stroke becomes lighter Brantford. —W. J. Knowles. after the first, and less and less exertion is re- Mitchell.—J. M. Ford. quired to keep the machine in motion. From Norwich. —W. H. Miller. ORGANIZED SEPTEMBER, iSSz. then, and from actual obser- Berlin. —O. Shantz. all these reasons, Waterloo. — Charles Fee. vation of the effect of comparative distances President— Mr. Jas. S. Brierley, fournal, St. Patterson. Paris.—W. W. travelled, it is plain that to travel a mile on a Thomas, Ont. Palmerston. —A. Knowles. bicycle is equivalent in muscular expenditure to Vice-Pres. Mr. W. G. Eakins, Mail, Toronto, Guelph. —J. Davidson. — about one-sixth of that expended in walking a Ont. Ingersoll. —W. C. Noxon. Seaforth. —E. C. Coleman. like distance. The exertion spent in travelling Sec.-Treas. — Mr. Hal. B. Donly, Reformer, Walkerton.— D. Traill. a mile on the " level" on a bicycle is not more Simcoe, Ont. Paisley. —A. G. Beanien. than four foot-tons, so that as 300 foot-tons is Cargill.—W. D. Cargill. the calculated amount of daily exertion necessary DISTRICT NO. I Tilsonburg. — R. C. H. Wood. Drayton. Joseph Powell. a in health, an 80-mile Comprises all the Province of Ontario west of — to expend to keep man Moses Wildfong, and including the Counties of Ilaldimand, Brant, Elmwood— ride can be undertaken by a man without danger Waterloo, Wellington and Bruce. however, is level or DISTRICT NO. 2. of overdoing it. No road, Chief Consul smooth ; hence it is nearer the truth when the Toronto. —W. A. Capon, 183 King .St. east. W. A Karn, Woodstock. Newcastle. — Eli F. Bowie. exertion expended is considered to be six foot- Hamilton. Percy Domville, 121 St. limiting the distance which ought Representatives — John tons a mile ; Thorold. J. Dobbin. less than sixty miles a day, C. H. Hepinstall, St. Thomas. — to be travelled to St. Catharines. — A. N. Lindsay. W. E. Tisdale, Simcoe. if one is to keep within the bounds in regard to Brighton. —R. Bowles G. Hay, Woodstock. J. J. Niagara Falls. John Robinson. the energy expended. Of course, a healthy man S. Roether, Port Elgin. — Port Colborne. —Thornton Hayek. can do much more than 300 foot-tons a day, but R. M. Ballantyne, Stratford. Newmarket. Thos. C. Watson. — an exertion greatly over that amount cannot be DISTRICT NO. 2 Markham. Jay J. Ross. — continued after day without injury to health. Richmond Hill. Theo. G. Law. day Comprises that part of Ontario east of District — —Book of Health. No. I, and west of and including the Counties DISTRICT NO 3. of Northumberland and Peterborough. :o; Ottawa— F. M. S. Jenkins. Chief Consul tandemon writes us : Brockville. —A. L. Murray. A well-known enthusiastic Fred. J. Campbell, 11 Front St., Toronto. Napanee. —Alex. Leslie. " Indications point to a sweeping victory for the Kingston. —Wm. Nicol. Representatives : tandem another season. The tandem has shown Belleville.— R. E. Clarke. H. C. Goodman, St. Catharines. wonderful qualities, especially in the mixed Carleton Place. —Alex. T. Taylor. its R. Blackford, Toronto. J. Cornwall. — H. Turner. tours, its adaptability for use on long rides and Harry Ryrie, Toronto. gentleman riders being un- DISTRICT NO tours by lady and R. J. Bowles, Brighton. 4. questioned. A prejudice was seen at first. DISTRICT NO. 3 Montreal City.—A. T. Lane, P.O. Box 967. of singles averred that they each preferred " " T. Gnajdinger, St. Peter Riders Comprises all the Province of Ontario east of J. Street. to ' paddle their own canoe,' but when they find District No. 2. " " J. R. Scales, 234 St. James that the big boat has the playful habit of leaving Chief Consul: Street. his lesser brother (and sister) sadly behind at Geo. A. Mothersill, Ottawa. Sherbrooke City.— R. N. Robins. times, self-protection will be the order of the Representative day, and the tandem will be the necessary evil R. H. Fenwick, Belleville. The field of cycling journalism, rumor says, is another spring. They come high, but we must DISTRICT NO. 4 being entered by two new seekers after, if not have 'em." Comprises the entire Province of Quebec. knowledge, at least fortune. The Wheelman, Chief Cotisul published in Washington, D. C, and another "Wheelmen are requested to appear in uni- Tohn H. Low, 953 Dorchester St., Montreal. cycling journal hailing from San Francisco, will form," now appears on the cards for nearly all the Representative enter upon the " struggle for existence" very receptions and entertainments given by wheelmen vicinity. J. D. Miller, P.O. Box U48, Montreal. shortlv. in New York and — 42 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. grijund will .add largely to its success in a pay- MR DUCKER'S LATEST SCHEME. cMhcclman (Hcittrcs. ing point of view. Now, while allowing that novelties our experience here is that the Few arc aware of the exten.sive preparations WOODSTOCK. take, belter the public generally know the riders and being made by our local bicycle manager. Presi- It is now some lime since I had the pleasure their reputation the more interest they take in dent Dackcr, for a trip of an American team to of sen ling you a letter, and you may perhaps .seeing the question of supremacy settled amongst Europe in the spring. It is Mr. Duckcr's inten- have thought ih.il the remarks in my last about them, so that the interest grows instead of de- tion to .select from America's greatest wheelmen other correspondents not writing you would ap- creasing. Of course the matter does not all'ect some fifty in number to make a tour through all ply very forcibly to myself. I must, however, us as regards the "meet" of '86, only in its the ))rincipal cities of Europe. The programme, plead pressure of business, and hope in future bearing on race meetings generally. Hy the as so far developed, is .something like this : To lo write you more regul.irly. And I have been time you receive this we will be enjoying the leave New York city about the middle of June what I said about other Ihttering myself that king of winter sports — tobogganing. Our sad in the City of Rome, land at (^ucenstown, Ire- lo eftect towns not writing you has had the of expei'ience of last year will teach its lesson of land, and make a thorough tour through that stirring them up, as every issue of TllR WiiEKi,- care in the mode of conducting the slide, so country; next to England, where they intend to MAM since has contained a number of letters from that we may look for this season being one of give the English battle on their own ground, other clubs. There are many yet to hear from, pleasure unmarred by any terrible accident, such and will endeavor to bring back some of the and my mission will not be complete till they, as cast a gloom over the closing days of the last trophies, or their equivalent. They will also too, arc in line. season. make a tour through France and Germany, and Wheeling matters, in so far as present events Plans of all kinds are on foot among the a romantic programme is also in view, that of but are concerned, are of course quiet ; the air bicycle boys for next season, in the way of drill, making a descent of the Alps into Italy, .\fter here in our town, the cycling "hub," is full of fancy riding, etc., and with the additions of last satisfaction has been acknowledged by our tour- coine, rumors of stirring times to when spring year and the coming ones of this year to our ists, they will return to their native land, either arrives and thaws us out. Our Athletic Asso- racing tracks, we may look out for a season of wiser or better men. An agent of the American ciation is not of the material which sits down stirring events. There should certainly be some wheelmen in Europe has been .at work for the is ever content with past success, but up and flyers among the new material that the increased past three months, laying out their future line contributes a valuable wrinkle thus : " I have increase our already large membership. Well, my letter has spun out lo quite a length, recently discovered a cure for an annoyance to Long before we expect to welcome yourself so I will close for the present. which I h.ive been subject for some litlle time. and other brother wheelmen to the most inter- Bicycle. Jan. 22, 18S6. I refer to the breaking of spokes esting race meeting yet held in Canada, of which close to the rim, and my mode of dealing with it is as fol- I will speak later, we will be settled in much TORONTO. lows : I cut up a spoke into small pieces, Harger and more commodious quarters than those about two and a half lo three inches Ijng, and head at present occupied, where a billiaid-rooni, bowl- Hooray ! the days are beginning to stretch. up one end of each of these small pieces. ingalley, etc., will be added, while the old fea- Yesterday was at least five minutes longer than I carry two or three of these with me in tures, reading and card-rooms and gymnasium, its predecessor, and before we know it the last my tool- bag, and when a spoke gives way I simply in- will be carried on with the advantage of larger flake of the beautiful will have disappeared ; the sert one of them through the hole in space. Our officers for the ensuing year are merry frog will have emerged from his lair, and the rim, bend round the end of it by means of a small much the same as last, the general verdict seem- the bicyclist will have cleaned his wheel and pair of pliers, bend round the end of the broken ing to be that better ones could not be found. blackened the north pole of his nose in the Some new blood was added. However, on the operation. spoke in a similar manner, hook the one into the other, and tighten up the spoke in 24th of May next we hope to "shake" with So much for the future. But it is a crying the usual way. The plan enables to a yourself and a host of visiting wheelmen in the .shame that the Canadian clubs do not imitate me mend spoke on any country road in ten minutes. I have now new rooms. On that day it is the intention of the English clubs by holding winter meetings. three spokes mended in this way, and none of the Association to present to them, and to the Bless your heart, Mr. Editor, just look at the them show any signs of giving way, public generally, the most attractive programme Cyclist to see What heaps" of fun they must have though I " " have ridden several hundred miles since mend- of sports ever offered in Canada. In addition with their Smokeries " and their Cinder- ing the first."— C T. C. Gazette. Jo the interest centred in the meeting of our own ellas" and other high jinks ! Why can't we :o: liders, both known and unknown to fame, in- rneet in our respective headquarters and have a story comes from .'-^t. Louis to the effect ducements will be held out which will bring here jig-gery, or a hop-pery, or a free lunchery, or a A that a certain young man of that city has some of the leading American amateurs, and a drunkery— on coffee? Timers flying faster than used his bicycle in a way which suggests limitless liberal purse will be hung up, sufficient to bring the wheel of the best record-smasher of the possibilities (or the cyclist. rival ^iome of the best professionals from the other world, and we're missing lots of opportunities A engaged the wheelman's dulcinea for a drive, and unluckily side to compete here—an event which, from its for enjoyment. let his prospective triumph reacli the ears of the novelty in Canada, and from its exciting nature, The Toronto Club will hold a meeting on Feb. other lover, who, jumping on his faithful ma- .cannot fail to prove a great draw. So, gentle- 1st for the nomination of candidates for office, chine, followed behind tlie carriage, which was men all—riders of all kinds — racers and slow- and the annual meeting will be held on the open vehicle. The fellow in the carriage goers— turn over your diaries till you come to following Monday. I will send you an account of an his adversary silently the 24th of May, and write there that you are the meetings as soon as held. I may say to with the girl, seeing roll- whipped up his horse, but could going to Woodstock on that day fur the best you confidentially that I am a candidate for the ing behind, silent pursuer, until, in races ever ridden in Canada, liy the way, be- position of grand worthy patriarch of the club. not shake off his de- he left the highway and took a rougli fore leaving the matter of race meetings, I wish Your vote and influence respectfully solicited. spair, But the wheelman was an expert, to notice a remark in a letter from one of your Bennett, sprint-runner, ran 2% miles against side road. with the couple, spoiling correspondents « the "meet" for this year. In 3 miles by George H. Hill on a Rudge Safety, and kept right up all of the ride. At last the ride was setting forth the attractions of his town, as a at the Princess Rink recently. Bennett won by the romance given up in disgust, and the horse's head was iplace for liolding it, he says sornething to the three laps. PiirE. :o: turned homeward. «ffect that as, if it goes there, it will be the — :o: Jirst large event of the kind in that vicinity, Fear not the dog that barks, but put thy leg Kirkpati'ick is the favorite among west- it will have a large share of local patronage, over the handle-bar in the presence o^ the silent T. J. ern foi the L..-\.W. presidency. and that the fact of its being hitherto unbroken canine. —Ft. Wayne World. men — — ; — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 45 tricycle coriies in, or whichk ^t3oetrg. BICYCLE OR TRICYCLE. the safety bicycle, has the advantage of being easier to learn. The The Cyclist sums up a discussion on the merits safety is likewise easier to mount and dismount^ A TANDEM TALE. especially when tired, and the low position ani of the two machines as follows : " The correspondence which has been going on small wheel enables one to go very much slower I oft was told in childhood, occasion in our columns for many weeks past has pro- when requires, as amongst traffic, and Quaint tales of long ago, duced a great variety of opinions, but the ma- to be off in an instant should a dead stop be When babes slept in the wildwood, jority of writers appear to have been content requisite. It is even easier stowed away than Quite safe from pain and woe. the bicycle with extolling the particular style of machine proper, but against it is the fact that in the majority which they at present ride. of geared-up machines the side No harm could e'er befall them. Thus, one who slip on has never mounted a bicycle, or one, perhaps, greasy roads introduces an element of No grief could make them moan : danger who has abandoned that machine, thinks there that is totally absent with both the other They were good little children. classes. The tricycle is heavy and cumbersome is nothing better than tricycle And the gods protect their own. a ; whilst bicy- compared with its confreres, but there is no learn- clists, pure and simple, contend that they would Oft-times I've sat ing required, that is to say, no series of tumbles and pondered not have a tricyc'e as a gift. Others, too, have to be gone through before the balance and fiiU. If true this tale could be, placed the desideratum at one of the many safe- And just as often wondered confidence can be obtained, but that it requires^ ties now on the market ; but we think no writer a considerable is well If the gods protected me. has given any sound reasons why either of these amount of learning known to every tricyclist. The speed that has beeiw particular types of velocipede should supersede all But when in cycle riding obtained on the road by noted riders has others for all purposes and all persons, neither, in I oft was harshly thrown, some cases surpassed that of riders on a bicycle, indeed, do we think any one could do so. In I soon gave up contiding but it be remembered that the riders speaking on this question, we do so with a must in In "the gods protect their own." all cases have been exceptional ones, and the thorough knowledge of each class, having rid- machines highly geared and very different in Nor 'gain did I accept it. den each variety for long periods, and, after our weight from those supplied to the ordinary cus- Though years rolled swiftly by experiences with them all, we can only arrive at tomer, so we can safely say it is a slower vehi- Till Jove's dire anger taught it, the conclusion that there is no type that will suit cle. Luggage can be carried on it to any extent, As I rode a tandem tri. the wants of every one, and that in deciding on and its general adjustability it suitable a mount there are many things to be considered, makes for I learned that cycleresses the family if it is so desired, it such as quality of roads over which the machine whole though ne- (The loveliest ladies known) cessitates more household accommodation. would mostly travel, household accommodation, The Are safe from base caresses, use of the tricycle is not by any means so free and purposes for which required, to say nothing For the gods protect their own. from danger as some would make it, though with of individual ideas and peculiarities. A con- care it is as safe as a horse and trap, and per- One evening in the spring-time. siderable amount of abuse has been heaped upon haps safer. All things considered, we believe With first tan-tri in town, the head of the ordinary bicycle, which to our that the bicycle proper, when sensibly built, is I took a lady wheeling mind is totally out of place, though there has no more dangerous than any other form of ve- O'er smooth roads up and down. certainly been a reason for the charges of danger, locipede in the hands of a careful and experienc- etc., that have been brought against it. As a climbed the hills so lightly ed rider, and that for general, what might be We matter of fact, a ' vaulting ambition hath o'er- grade would leave us : termed, light riding, that is, without luggage, No blown leaped itself in the matter of the bicycle, and The coasts were just delightful it will never be rested from popular favor. The —doubtless to suit the wishes of large numbers " the gods do bless !" safety (so called) is more suitable for traffic rid- How their own of riders, who were continually clamoring for ing, such, for instance, as short, quick business- close build and high position, to enable them As swift we coasted downward. calls. As an all-weather vehicle, the tricycle, to ride as big a wheel as they could possibly My heart was lull of bliss, perhaps, stands best, and for use where parcels stretch— machines have been built too generally I threw my arms around her, have to be carried, as well as for traffic riding, on pretty but unsafe lines. Thus, we find nine And tried to steal a kiss. it stands to the fore. In short, each particular bicycles out of ten sent out with forks nearly up- * « -* * type is the right thing when in the right place, right, scarcely any clearance between the wheel Oh, Jove ! why this convulsion ? but just as much the wrong thing when out of and fork top, small light back wheels and close- That thunderbolt why thrown ? place. :o: cut unsuitable springs. For our own riding, our No doubt to teach the lesson Gradually bnt surely the bicycle is getting to machines have always been built with plenty of That the gods protect their own. the front as the greatest aid to human locomotion clearance between wheel and fork, a good two on land since the invention and development of Some say the steering faltered and a half inches rake, a free spring, a fairly the steam railway system. There are to-day very When left to watch itself; ]arge back wheel, and a powerful brake, and few among the speediest of road horses that can I say it was the immortals have selected the size of wheel some three or hold their own against a well-trained and well- Who laid me on the shelf. four inches below what we could ride at a mounted wheelman for any distance from five stretch. Of late, we have been riding our or- miles upward, while from fifty to one hundred So now when tandem riding, dinary bicycle a great deal, and we think that live that I fear a miles or more the horse does not can modest throne. were these lines more generally carried out, there with a cycler. Already the bicy- And oft repeat the maxim, live out a race would be few machines that would surpass it, ridden a mile in liut fraction gods protect their cle has been a over "The own." even in the matter of safety, with a careful rider. two minutes and thirty-one seconds, and nobody E. D. , in Bicycling IVorhi. With the bicycle as now commonly built, and an belisves that this is the limit of possible speed. incautious rider who climbs to the very highest But it is in tests of endurance and the ability to The bicycle is not a toy — anybody who has size wheel he can reach, it is impossible to ob- cover long distances that the cycle is pre-eminent. «ver wrestled with it will admit that. It is a tain either enjoyment or safety, and, as a conse- » » Q,,f American racing men are practical road machine, unexcelled in removing quence, the machine gets the blame. The bicycle only just beginning to find out what ihey are stones from the public highway and indicating proper has the advantage of a high position, by capable of doing on the bicycle when thoroughly the presence of sand. Next to the wheelbarrow, which the surrounding country, as well as dan- trained and carefully fitted for contests of speed it is the sa'^est known carriage. It never bites gers ahead, can be seen, and a good appearance, and endurance. So far the Englishmen h.ave ladies or children, and doesn't scare worth a besides lightness, for even the small-wheeled safe- beaten them at the shorter distances, but Yankee •cent. If you want fun, buy a bicycle ; if ties have not cut it out in that respect. Of course you muscle and pluck are not going to be kept in the don't—buy one, anyhow. It is right there every it has to be learnt, and with the vast majority of background for any length of time. Mirror of lime. Fori IVayne IVorld. the community ' there's the rub.' For such the American Sports, 44 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. llWxnl Irnchs. The next .Springfield tournament will last four Charles Y.. Kluge, the noted Star rider, was days. born in Philadelphia, in i860, stands 5ft. Ilin, — high, and weighs 180 pounds. F. F, Ives and W. A. Rhodes will both try K popular air with the ladies " Sweet Tri and Bi." (for the 24-hour reconl on the first favorable day Grant Hell is not as seriously injured as was thought. He will probably be able to ride in early spring. " True love never runs smooth." Neither does "when the robins nest again." Charles £. Huell, of Springfield, has been a bicycle without oil. tricycle propelled A tandem pair lady and gentleman will, it awarded a patent for a by I'rince Wells will shortly endeavor to climb — — is rumored, form part of the York contin- compressed air. Pike's Peak on his wheel. New gent of the Big Four next season. Weber's mount next season will weigh thirty The one mile bicycle championship of Australia pounds only, and will fitted ball-bear- Willie K. Vanderljilt, one of the heirs of the be with has been won by F. Shackleford in 2.56. ings throughout. late millionaire, is reported to have become a Cycling has a firm hold on the inhabitants wheelman since his father's decease. The Cleveland quarter-mile track is said to of Jersey— late the home of the Americanized cost cycles are the have $2,500, while the Springfield half-mile lily. The latest royal purcha.sers of took all of $3,500. Duke of Connaught, the Duchess of Cambridge, The Rev. Mr. Thayer, of Osage, Iowa, has and the young Prince of Mecklenburg. English has a membership of The C.T. C. taken to wheeling. The gentleman is over 60 that 2I,ooo, the L. A. W. 7,000, and the German years of age. The Springfield B.C. has been notified Cyclist Union 3,000. they may occupy their present quarters until D, Macauley, of Louisville, Ky. , has raised J. February 1st, when they will have to move. Machine of England will The Otto Company his '85 record to 6,573 miles. He takes the bun, wind up its affairs, having lost $9,000 in two by a long way. A writer in The World suggests that five cents seasons on the venture. worth of shellac dissolved in alcohol proves to The Boston B.C. was the first club in the be a better and cheaper cement than any now Mr. E. Oxborrow, of the i^iolus Bicycle Club, country to establish a restaurant in connection on the market. England, has put in a claim of 267 miles for with its club-house. the 24-hour bicycle record. It is said that Singer & Co., the Coventry Westbrook and Hacker, the double riders, are firm, will shortly establish an American branch The Surrey Machinists' Company is about to anxious to get up a competition with the Wilmot house, for which purpose a member of the house introduce a crank with variable throw, which double riders, and have issued a challenge to the will come to America. be shifted can while the bicycle or tricycle is world. going at full speed. The Chicago Bicycle Track Association is hap- The Cycling Division of the English Hull A.C. pily out of debt and danger. The members have Geo. Weber, the " Star Demon," stands five evidently has a few pot-hunting scorchers. The responded to the call of the treasurer, and have feet ten inches high, and weighs 175 pounds. members have captured 73 prizes, valued at one made up the $1500 deficit. In his year and a half of racing he has captured thousand dollars, during the present season. thirty-six prizes out of the forty races entered. The C. T. C. is to have a new badge. The Philip Fontaine, of the New York Citizens' pirated and has lost its use- The Cleveland Club has 80 members. There old one has been Club, has a record of 3,400 miles from January fulness. The new badge is a combination of is a great deal of rivalry between this club and to the present date, all ridden in the evening ticket and badge, that has been protected by a that of Cincinnati, which is close up in point of or on .Sunday. Elliott Mason follows with an numbers. patent. even 3,200. G. Lacy Hillier was allowed 2m. 15s. start in L. A. Pattison is out with a letter to the Bi. The Detroit Bi. Club, at its annual meeting in a ten miles' cross-country race recently, contested World denying Mr. Butcher's charges, and re- January, will be incorporated under the laws of by local men. He won by 200 yards. It looks questing the latter gentleman to make public any the State. This is done so as to make a stock as if the old champion was declining. information he may be possessed of concerning company for the purpose of building a bicycle McCurdy's record. Captain L. D. Munger, holder of the 24-hour race-track, which the club have decided to do retires from American road record, has left for New Orleans in the spring. Mr. Charles Richards Dodge, who and other southern points, where he will spend the editorship of Outing with its transfer to New There are rumors about London of a scheme the winter in the interests of Everett & Co. York, has declined editorial connection with the on the part of the C. T. C. officials to interest magazine under its new management, prelerring Four of the leading ministers in Brooklyn are capitalists to the extent of about $1,000,000, to to remain in Boston. cyclists. The Rev. Henrj' Ward Beecher and be used for the construction of a palatial club- resolutions for the new year, Rev. Geo. R. Vandewater ride tricycles ; Rev. house, with restaurant, gymnasium, and all the Among other good Geo. R, Pentecost and Rev. W. W. Davis ride comforts. every wheelman should resolve to keep a record bicycles. of his riding during the season, the figures being A Baltimorean is credited with having uttered very interesting reading matter at the end of the Three of Canada's most popular cities and cy- the following words of wisdom ; "It is not al- year. Commence now. cling centres are bawling for the C.W.A. meet. ways the man with the biggest legs who can After the spirit of L.A.W. gatherings, they will ride the bicycle best. A short leg gets around The survival of Swedish wheelmen under the no doubt have a lively time on the discussion of the pedal quicker, and does not necessitate near title of a cycling paper, that has just made its the question. — IVhc^L so much work." appearance, is certainly very mysterious. It hails from Stockholm, 13 Storkyrkobrinken, and car- President Bates, who for a number of years Mr. Hicks, the religious editor of the Post- ries the name of Tidning for Idrott. has been an editorial writer on the Detroit Post, Dispatch, of St. Louis, has ridden over 4,679 has accepted the editorial management of the miles since he became a devotee of the sport, Cinder paths are going out of date, and tracks Lansing (Mich.) Republican, and entered upon twenty-eight weeks ago. His record has been are now better made of clay and gravel after the his new field of labor on January 1st. He will made on the streets of St. Louis, and in the Springfield track. The new tr.ack at Rangiora, still retain his membership in the Detroit Club. pursuit of his daily business N.Z., is nearly finished, and is expected to prove a fast one, being made on lines of the Springfield George E. Hutchinson, the fancy bicycle rider, One evening in December, four members of track. has issued a challenge to ride any bicycle or uni- the Buffalo Ramblers played a game of polo on cycle or buggy wheel rider in the United States ordinary bicycles. The game was marked by W. G. Hurst, of Toronto, has issued the fol- a series of exhibitions for from $500 to $1000 many collisions, though few bruises resulted. It lowing under date of Jan. 16: "I hereby chal- and the championship of the United States, to was the unanimous opinion that there was more lenge any bicycle and unicycle rider of America be contested in rinks which may be mutually fun in polo on wheels than on skates, and not to compete against me in a fancy bicycle and agreed upon. one half the danger. unicycle contest for the championship cf Canada — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 45 and for any amount from $loo to $500, at any The N.C.U. and the A.A.A. of England have At the end of 1885 the American (U.S.) Di- time or place. I would like to hear from some of settled the quarrel which has been waging be- vision of the C.T.C. numbered 669 members, anct those so-called Canadian riders. —W. G. Hurst, tween them for many months. The former will the Canadian Division 56 more, making a totat champion fancy bicycle and unicycle rider of regulate and control cycle racing, and the latter of 725 in America north of Mexico. Strange Canada." will attend to athletic sports. This is as it wa^ as it may seem, all other foreign countries, oui - A new and improved pedal has been placed before the war. side of Great Britain, could only muster 875. -on the market by the Pope Manufacturing Co. The cycling rivalry between Chicago and St. members, thus showing that the United States and It has a double-grip rubber which prevents slip- Louis is not on the wane, as several have inti- Canada furnish nearly one-half of all the ping. mated. Just the contrary, in fact. St. Louis members of the C.T.C. who, living outside <_C Great Britain, are looked to to warrant thc- The latest railway lines that have announced still boasts of her Whitty, Chicago of her Van, organization in claiming to be an international their intention of carrying wheels free are the while a few novices who have lately made their one. In the United States there are at present Bennington & Rutland and Hoosac Tunnel and appearance quietly talk of usurping the places 30 C.T.C. hotels, 81 local consuls, and six Western R.R's. the aforesaid worthies hold in the hearts of the wheelmen. repair shops. L.A.W. Bulletin. A number of professionals contemplate visit- ing England next season. Woodside will sail If the management for the Big Four next sea- The promoters ot the Big Four tour for 1866- in April, while Neilson and Prince may depart son decides upon the route through Virginia the have all sorts of routes under contemplation. these shores at later dates. participants will have cause, by comparison, to The one under most favorable consideration is think that the roads through Canada last year Wheeling's new editorial staff will include \V. as follows : Niagara Falls to Rochester, thence were a perfect paradise. The roads of old Vir- McCandlish, F. Percy Low, and E. A. Lloyd, through Central New York, via Canandaigua and ginia were never intended. to be traversed by cy- Watkins who go to it from the Bicycling News. This Glen, to Elmira, thence down through clists. It is a beautiful country to travel through, the Valley will make a strong team for Wheeling. Lehigh to Philadelphia ; from Phila- but I can say from experience that the. only way delphia over the Lancaster Pike to Lancaster, Says the N.Y. Wheel: The Canadians are not to tour is on horseback. — Wlicel. Po. , thence to Gettysburg, Pa. ; from Gettysburg ambitious. It is strange that no attempts are The Springfield Club is said to be arranging to Harper's Feriy, and thence down the Shenan- made to reduce the 20-mile record which at pres- to hold, in connection with next year's tourna- doah Valley, via Luray and Staunton, to the- ent stands to the credit of H. Davies, the time ment, a grand one-mile professional race for the Natural Bridge, Va. ; thence to Richmond and being 1. 13. 53. championship of the world that will put in the Norfolk, taking steamer to New York. A propo- The bicycle business of Messrs. Rudge & Co. shadiest of shades anything heretofore attempted sition is on foot to wind up the tour at Spring- has increased to such an extent that it has been in that line. A prize, consisting of some thous- field, by taking round steamer for New Haven, •deemed advisable to form the firm into a corpo- ands of dollars, will be offered as a bait for all thence wheeling through Connecticut, stopping; ration. During the last three years they have professional riders in England, America, Ger- at Hartford, to Springfield, in time to take ii» actually made and sold upwards thous- of twenty many, France, and all other far-away countries the tournament. and machines. that can boast of fast men, including Canada. FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. GREAT CLEARIjN^G SALE OF JSicjjcfes and TVtci^cJes at Costt SEND FOR NE.W LIST. GOOLD & KNOWLES 46 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. A. T LANE, - Montreal. ROYAL CANADIAN No. 2. THE KANGAROO. A FEW BARGAINS! Premier Sociable Balls to all wheels, king of road lamps, new tires. COST $igo, Jor $iio. IN GOOD ORDER. Rudge Racer 51 inch. Balls at both wheels and pedals. Only used a few times. COST $115, for $7S- This machine has been greatly improved since last season, but price remains the same. Popular Premier THE perfect safety. Specification :— Hillman's new pattern " " ball-bearings to front wheel and adjustable Editor of C. T. C. Gazette says it is the 51 inch. All nickel-plated but felloes. " cones to liack, direct spokes, Hollow Forks, best of the whole bunch." It is the original Bent Handlb Bars and Long-Distance Ball bearings to front wheel. /Eolus machine, and the vital parts are patented, and all Saddle. Finished in Harrington's blade copies of it are wanting in one important particu. ball pedals. King of road lamp Nickel- anamel. Price, $6j.oo. lar. Price, S^oj.oo ; Ball Pedals, $j.oo extra. plated. Hill & Tolman Automatic Gong. In very good order. FOR $70. Subscriptions re- Send J -Cent Stanip ceived for all Cvcli/io- Special Bdifei^h dhallsngB for largest and- most 52 inch. Balls to both wheels. Half Publications. plated. Too high for late owner. Not run 100 miles. elaborate Bicycle Cata- — $75-- m SECOND-HAND logue ever published in MACHINES Canada. na DO more yicyc es For Sale Cheap / \l Pages-02 Enpviogs. ALL JUST AS CHEAP A. T. LANE, MONTREAL. ! THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 47 STILL THEY COME I At the Toronto Bicycle Club Sports, September 19th, 1885, six out of seven of the events were won on the including the five miles open. 1. Foster . - . . Invincible. 2. Davies - - - . Invincible. 3. Clarke - - - - A.T THE INTERNATIONAL INVENTIONS EXHIBITION, London, England, August, 1885, the Surrey Machinists Company HAVE BEEN AWARDED A GOLD MEDAL Highest award for the INVINCIBLE MACHINES. Also at the Industrial Exhibition, Toronto. The Coventry Machinists Company was awarded a Gold Medal at the above London Exhibition, the Hiofhest& award for a cXjTJb s.^^:fe!T"Y" :bzg'^2^cii.e! Sole Agents for Canada, T. FANE & CO.. ^6 ADELAIDE ST WEST, - TORONTO, ONTARIO, % li THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. WAR ON RECORDS! UNQUESTIONABLE! ACCEPTED RECORDS MADE ON COLUMBIAS THE 24-HOUR ROAD RECORD 255^ MILES -BIT ALFHED A. McCUUDY on a ColumlDia Light Roadster, OCTOBER 26, 27. WORLD'S RECORD - }i Mile WM. A. ROWE, 36 1-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 10 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 28.37 4-5 WORLD'S RECORD '/z Mile WM. A. ROWE, 1. 124-5 WORLD'S RECORD - II Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 31-37 4-5 "WORLD'S RECORD (AM«rR)3_i:MiIe - WM. A. ROWE, 1-55 1-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 12 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 34-32 3-5 WORLD'S RECORD " I Mile - WM. A. ROWE, 2-35 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 13 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 37-24 3-5- WORLD'S RECORD 2 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 5-21 -35 WORLD'S RECORD - 14 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 40.25 WORLD'S RECORD - 3 Miles WM. A. ROWE 8.07 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 15 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 43.26 1-5- WORLD'S RECORD - 4 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 1 1. 1 1 4-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 16 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 46.29 2-5. WORLD'S RECORD - 5 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 14.07 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 17 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 49-25 WORLD'S RECORD - 6 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 16.553-5 WORLD'S RECORD - iS Miles - W.M. A. ROWE, 52-25 i-S WORLD'S RECORD - 7 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 19.47 2-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 19 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 552225. WORLD'S RECORD 8 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 22.41 4-5 WORLD'S RECORD - 20 Miles WM. A. ROWE, 58.20 WORLD'S RECORD - 9 Miles - WM. A. ROWE, 25.41 4-5 Chicago, Octo'ber 16, 17. 19 out of 22 First Prizes, 30 out of the entire 40 Prizes taken on COLUMBIAS. 4 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD - 11.29 2-5 5 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 14-23 3-5 6 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD - 17.28 2-5 7 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 20.25 3-5 8 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD - 23-23 4-5 9 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD 26.19 45 10 MILES PROFESSIONAL RECORD - 29.12 2-5 BY W. M. WOODSIDE, AT SPRINGFIELD, OCT. 24 & 26. Notwithstanding the above excellent result of " Good JTen upon Good Bicycles," of more practical value to the 90 and 9 wheelmen is the fact that the majority of the American Wheelmen purchase Columliia Bicycles and Tricycles, because they are pre-eminently road machines, with an ease of running, and durability which have faithfully stood the test of eight years upon every grade of road, and under all supposable conditions. CA.Tj^.XiOC3-TJE IFIRDEIE, THE fOPE JVIANUFAeTURIJSIG CO'Y, 597 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS. Branch Houses: 12 Warren Street, New York; 115 Wabash Ave., Chicago. ^^.^^ /C^^^t^.-^^ A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Association, and of the Cyclists'' Touring Club in iCanada. Vol. III. LONDON, CANADA, MARCH, 1886. No. 5. Victor Bicycles & Tricycles SHOW THE BEST RESULTS OF ADVANCEMENT IN THE CYCLE BUILDER'S ART. IT IS TO YOUR INTEREST TO INVESTIGATE BEFORE PURCHASING. SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY, 182 Columbus Ave., BOSTON. Mass.. U.S.A. THE MONARCH t^h-e CYCLING WORLD! THE RUDGE LIGHT ROADSTER. THE AMERICAN RUDGE. THE RUDGE SAFETY. A few of last year's Testimonials. The proof of the Wheel is in the Riding, Practical experience is zuorth voIu?nes of talk. EV^RY SATISFACTION. DURABLE AND EASY-RUNNING. LIKES IT. BEAVERTOX.— H. Westcott.—Your American Rudges J. A. Kirk.—My Rudge Roadster has F. A. Robinson.— I like my Rudge Safety STBATFOKD,— gave everj' satisfaction. TOROXTO.— given me the best of satisfaction. It is easy riding and purchased from you ver^' much. durable. A GOOD HILL-CLIMBER, COULD NOT DO WITHOUT IT, STANDS THE ROUGH ROADS. PARKDALE.—H. G. Todd— I ride an American Rudge, and like it very much. I find it a good hill-cUmber and HXDSA¥.—J. Riggs.—ITie Rudge Safety I got from lilKl'ARDIiN'E.—F. C- Coombe— I am very well pleased an easy runner. you last summer gives me perfect satisfaction. I could with my wheel. It runs very easily, and stands the not do without it. rough roads splendidly. EASY-RUNNING. SUITS HIM WELL. WATERIiOO.— George A. Bruce.— I have one of your WELL SATISFIED. Rudge machines, and find it is the easiest-running ma- STRATFORD.-\Vm. BoIes.~I like my 40-inch Rudge TBE^'TON.— W. M. Ireland. — My Rudge suits me chine I ever rode. Safety very well. It steers remarkably easy, and I am splendidly. I have taken some long tours, and have well pleased with it. found it to be a first-class machine. THOROUGHLY SATISFIED. IT HAS STOOD ROUGH ROADS. TOROIVTO.—Jas. Malcolm, Knox College.— I am thor- IT RUNS RAPIDLY. oughly satisfied with my American Rudge, and can Marlatte— ridden over TORO\TO.—J. Garden.- 1 am perfectly satisfied \nth .'SIMCOE.—Harry Have my Rudge recommend it as a Roadster. Safety, it. It rough roads and it hxs stood it first-rate. It had some my Rudge and can recommend is a well- machine, steers easily big falls, too, but the machine came out all right. STRONGLY RECOMMENDS IT. made and runs rapidly. THINKS IT THE BEST. ST. IflARY^.—George Parsons. — I can ride my American PREFERS IT TO OTHERS. Rudge a whole day and not feel tired. It is wearing perfect TnAMESFORD.—Henry Fillmore.— For finish, splendidly, and I can strongly recommend it. WEST TORONTO JUXCTIOX.- R. Burgess, C.P.R. workmanship and light running, I think my Rudge —The Rudge Safety Bicycle received from you ha-s Light Roadster is the best machine in the market. THE RUDGE THE BEST. give me entire satisfaction. 1 greatly prefer it to all others that I have used. THE BEST. TORONTO.— F. Sparling. —Have ridden three different makes, but my American Rudge gives better satisfac- Fred. P>. Sweetser. While in Port INVALUABLE TO HIM. BOSTOX, Mass.- — tion than any of them. It is excellent value for the Hope last summer I rode one of your Rudges. For money. T0R<>XTO.—Thos. Bengough.— I can speak very highly good road-riding I consider it the best ; in fact, I will of my Rudge Safety. It is invaluable to me in getting ride no other. THE RUDGE SUPERIOR TO OTHERS. from point to point in the city; besides, the pleasure and A GOOD ROADSTER. ST. CATIIARIXES.—J. A. Sword.—My No. 2 Rudge exercise derivable from it make it worth its price. has given me perfect satisfaction in every respect. Com- OTTAWA.-Maynard Rogers, 2nd Lieut. Ottawa B.C. paring it with other wheels, I find the Rudge far supe- OF PRACTICAL UTILITY. — I have ridden four different makes of machines, and rior, both as to speed and durability. like my Rudge better than them all. It is strong TORONTO.—Dr. Macdonald.— I find my Rudge Safety enough for road work, and light enough for racing. IT STOOD THE TEST. of practical utility to me in my profession. It has not E. W. Smith.—The Rudge No. 2 needed a repair since I purchased it. I learned to ride RACES ON HIS RUDGE. ST. CATHARINES.— WON EIGHT purchased from you last April has given me good satis- it in half an hour. I can highly recommend it to my "WOODSTOC'K.- A. B. Parmenter.—My 56-in. Rudge faction in ever>' respect. It has stood the test of learn- fellow-physicians. Light Roadster is the most rigid and lightest machine ing over a dozen persons to ride on a rink floor, that IT HAS NEVER FAILED HIM. I have yet seen. I have ridden it a number of long being one of the hardest surfaces to fall on, and with distances, and have won eight races, and in every case the exception of the paint being somewhat scratched, XAPANEE.— A. R. Boyes. — I can say, after a season's it gave the utmost satisfaction. it is as good as new. almost daily use of my Rudge, that it has never failed EASY-RUNNING AND WELL BUILT. to give me the utmost satisfaction and pleasure, being ENTIRELY SATISFIED. very easy-running, light, and at the same time as strong L. B. Howland.— The 52-inch SEAFORTH.— Fred. W. Armitage.— I desire to express liAMRTON MILLS. — as heavier makes. I have tried a good many machines, I secured last season has given every my entire satisfaction with my Rudge, after giving it Rudge from you but the Rudge suits me best. as to durability. I have a thorough test, both on road and track. I have stabled satisfaction, both bearings and for past four years upon differently- A doctor's OPINION. it for the winter worth every cent as much now as when ridden the many constructed machines, and have not, during all my ex- first purchased. It is a wheel that combines both light ST. 1'ATII,IRI\E8."E. Goodman, M.D. -The Rudge perience found an easier-running and more rigidly-con- weight and durability as well as excellent workmanship. Safety I purchased of you last season has given me structed machine than the Rudge. If I were securing every satisfaction. I have used it in my profession a new machine it would undoubtedly be a Rudge. A STRONG TESTIMONIAL. often in preference to my horse, as I found it so much HAMILTON.—James B. Mundie, ex-captain Ramblers' AS GOOD AS NEW. more convenient and exhilarating. In the matter of without one, consider that B.C. — I have ridden almost every kind of bicycle, from CALEDON.—C. Campbell.-— My American Rudge has health, I would not be and the old Boneshaker up to my 55-inch Rudge Light been in use almost every day during the past summer there should be one in everj* family. Roadster, and the latter beats them all. I have made and has given complete satisfaction. I have found it the 25 miles between Hamilton and Brantford, over one to be a first-class bicycle, and superior to other makes of the worst roads in the country, in 2 hours 40 minutes in speed and finish. It has been used on roads that ; Mr. George AV. Hodgetts, Manager Bank ol from Hamilton to Niagara Falls (50 miles) in 5 hours, are none of the smoothest, but has required no repairs, Toronto, Mr. A. Monk and others of Ottawa, and similar tours on my Rudge. It is a most rigid and and the spokes and t>Tes are as firm as when it was strong wheel—first-class, and entirely reliable. fii-st taken out of the shop. are mounted on Rudge Safeties. S^ The above are but a few of the scores of testimonials we have received from the purchasers of Rudge WTieels last season. They speak for themselves. Look at this page in the April issue of The Wheelman for a description of our new AMieel specialties for 18S6, Send 3 cent stamp for our New Illustrated Catalogue. P.S. —We have now the sole agency for the Rudge for Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia. CHAS. ROBINSON & CO. 22 CHURCH ST.. TORONTO. THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 5Jf J^eedless to say, the Montreal boys will do that a generous response will be made to the their duty in the premises. They have had the circulars asking for information which will soott A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. experience and they possess the will, and we be issued. There is no Canadian cyclist who are looking forward to a C.W.A. meet perfect reads this but can do his part in improving the The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Associa- tion and of the Cyclists' Touring Club in management, large in numbers, and success- character of the guide-book for 1886 ; and as the in Canada. ful in a manner that will be a "record" hard way to do a thing is to do it, let every one of to break. them sit down at once and write to the Secretary -PlJBLlSHED BY THK CANADIAN WHEELMEN'S ASSOCIATION, AT London, Canada, and Supplied to all of the Association a concise description of the Members ok tub Association. DUES FOR 1886. roads in his neighborhood —whence they come, whither they lead ; which should be ridden, which Subscription Price to Non-iVIenibers $i.oo Within the next two months the majority of avoided, and many other particulars that will per annum. clubs will hold their annual meetings. In the suggest t'l; ni elves to the mind of every wheel All communications should be addressed to The heat of the election contests don't let the ques- man. :o: Canadian Wheelman, London, Ont. tion of C.W.A. membership be forgotten. The Association should easily have a clear roll-call EDITORIAL NOTES, LONDON, MARCH, 1886. of 1000 paid-up members by July ist ; and if all the clubs do their duty this can be very Don't get your spring uniforms until you see easily accomplished. That is the date of the THE C.W.A. MEET. the C.W. -•A. suit. Then you will have no other. Association year, but all joining during the pre- Let us have notes from every wheel centre ceding three months of Apiil, .May and June The decision of the C.W.A. BoarJ to hold for the April Wheelman. Come, boys, don't are credited with membership for the year 1886-7. the next annual meet of the Association in Mon- hide your light under a bushel any longer. Send on your application to the Secretary. One treal is one that will commend itself to the ma- dollar per annum, or fifty cents when the entire If there are any lady tricycle riders in Canada, jority of the members of the Association. If membership of a club joins. The Wheelma.n would be glad if they woultE any club in the Dominion deserves well at the use its columns to relate their experiences for the hands of the Association it is the Montreal Bicy- benefit of others of the sex. .cle Club. Somewhat laggard, perhaps, in fir.st AN ASSOCIATION UNIFORM, casting in its lot with what it may have had The pastor of a church at Uniontown, Pa.» reason to lear would be an insignificant and The decision of the Board to recommend the has been compelled to resign because he cai» short-lived Association especially as such a ride a bicycle. If the rule were reversed — adoption of an Association uniform is one that we move virtually a severance from the have belter sermons. would mean will generally commend itself to the members. would old and strong League of American Wheel- .\11 who have seen the L. A.W. uniform have Mr. W. G. Ross has returned to Montreal of the men, which Montreal Club might almost struck its been by neatness and appropriate after a lengthened visit down in Central .Amer- be said to have been one of the founders. nature, and the fine effect it in produced by ica, where there was no small-pox. It is hoped within the ranks of When once the C.W.A., parades. Having stood the test of time, and that he will re-enter the racing lists, now that it unselfishly set to work to do all in its power proved itself an exceedingly convenient and hand- the meet is going to Montreal. to advance the interests of the Association. As some business suit, as well as fitted for the special our Woodstock correspondent very truly remarks, purposes of cycling, the C.W.A. has done well Their fame hath gone abroad throughout alf -the Montreal Club, almost isolated though it is in adopting it, and not, like the Athenians, spent the land. The Bicycling World, in speaking of from the great body of Canadian wheelmen, has its time in trying " to see or to hear some new the holding of the meet in Montreal, says : "The pursued no dog-in-the-manger policy, but man- glorious old M.B. C. may be depended on to put thing, " simply for the purpose of being . different fully done its share in insuring the success of each from its neighbors. A slight change in color has the thing through in good style." and every meet of the Association, no matter been deemed best, and the C W.A. uniform will It is calculated that the cost of the guide-book how far from Montreal that be meet might held, be of dark gray instead of brown. It is probable will be to Probably nor little direct from $100 $150. $50 of how and personal control could that some one wholesale house will agree to keep be exercised the of this can be defrayed by advertisements. The by members the club over on liand a special line suitable for these uniforms, the preliminary average cost of each issue of The Wheelmax arrangements Although the in which case the members of the Association i-'i 'fiss advertising, Clul) $35> the receipts from which Montreal has stood, in point of member- will be promptly notified, and may then procure are uncertain quantity. There is between ship in the Association, very near an now the head, it the cloth through their local tailors. It is to $3CK) and $400 in the .Association treasury. has never, by reason of its distance from the be trusted that the new uniform will be widely other clubs, possessed that voice in the afl'airs adopted. Let every wheelman who has the courage of of the Association that might reasonably have his convictions, and believes that the knicker- been expected. This year, for the first time, THE GUIDE-BOOK. bockers are the neatest and most pleasant leg to the great body of Montreal wheelmen will gear, wear them in business hours during '86. be brought home a realization of the benefits The decision of the C.W.A. Board to issue a They would soon be the fashion. The C.W.A. that flow from their membership in the C.W..A. guide-book immediately was only arrived at after uniform will make a handsome business suit. It will longer no seem to them an institution prolonge'd consideration and discussion. The ex- which they help to It is not at all improbable that the next meet support for the benefit of pense connected with its publication was the main at Montreal will cover more than one day. The bicycling in the abstract, but an institution of question, there being no difference of opinion as practical worth to to their Ist of July will fall on a Thursday, and some them and S|)ort. to the usefulness of such a book. The first Montreal deserves the meet, and of the Montreal boys are talking up a scheme deserves the C.W.A. guide-book, incomplete as it necessarily for holding a second race meeting on .Saturday hearty co-operation of the wheelmen of Ontario W.1S, has been of great use to Canadian wheel- afternoon, allowing Friday to be utilized for in making it a success that will eclipse all its men, and was a very positive and practical return sight-seeing purposes. Saturday afternoon is a predecessors. The wheelmen of this province will for membership in the .Association. Its compila- time when a large crowd could be depended, be false to the Association and ungrateful to tion entailed an immense amount of work upon the upon, and if a number o( the crack .American Montreal if they do not respond in large num- present in lefatigable .Secretary-Treasurer, upon fliers are in the city, as it is expected ihey will Ijers to the invitation of the Montreal Club. To whose shoulders will again fall the main burden be, good sport could readily be provided both hundreds it will furnish an opportunity of seeing of the new edition. lie should, however, be for Thursday and .*^aturday. ihe commercial metropolis of Canada under cir- assisted as liberally as possible by all members cumstances that may not be offered again for of the Association. In fact, by their aid alone Says the L.A. IV. HiilUlin : many years. Cheap rates will certainly be se- can a trustworthy and in any sense complete Several of our Canadian members have recently cured, and there will be little or no excuse for guide-book be published ; and for the sake of written to us relative to formir\g a division in that Ji small attendance from this province. the credit of the .\ssociation it is to be hoped land of ice-palaces and toboggans. To all of therfi — 52 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. NOTES. VIC can j;ivf no l>i-ttcr reply Ihan in i|ui>lo fiom a WITHOUT A CHANGE. TRADE loiter which wo roconlly had causo lo wrilo to one of their niunl)er : just a large consign- All the makers are straining every nerve to Win. I'ayno'has received "There arc no L.A.W. ofticers in Canada to my ment of bicycles by the SS. Caspian. He ex- Unowledj;o. A mutual courtesy inonilierslii|) can gain records, and will go to almost any extent pects this month to have the largest and most very iiroperly be assmned in foreign or[;ani/ations, to accomplish their desire. It must bo a great liui all oxoculive or other work for mutual im|)rove- satisfaction to a dealer to be able to advertise complete stock of machines far in advance of any meiit, information or |)rolection, is duo your home that he has handled the past seven years. Im- |irinciplo, which would that all the records were made on his machines, organization first. This " provements ; Crypto" gear lo bicycles j sliding causo us to resent interference in our own sphere, and that his machines are the only ones that can insures ihe protection of the C.W.A. in every re- be ridden twenty-four hours without breaking pedals; detachable handle-bar; double -action lation with us in their own territory." tilting saddle, etc. etc. down. It makes a pretty advertisement to say springs ; The kindly spirit in which the above is written that the record was broken without change of Geo. Frederick Brooks, M.D., of the Albany the will be fully appreciated by the member.s of machine, but at the same time it is well to Bi. Club, has composed a bright, catchy waltz, C.W.A. —except its reference to ice-palaces and keep within the bounds ol truth. Of course I arranged for the piano, which he has dedicated toboggans. We certainly lead the world in ice- don't mean to say that anybody ever does ad- to the L.A.W. under the title of "The League palaces and toboggan slides, but that they are vertise .anything but the truth, yet I occasion- Waltz." The title-page is unique, being litho- typical of Canada we deny with as much em- ally hear things that in spite of my guileless graphed from an original pen-and-ink drawing phasis as brother Aaron, of the Bulletin, would nature will sometimes awaken strange feelings by the author. Edw. Schubert & Co., 23 Union ileny that he is a Comanche. Both are sectional of doubt and distrust. For instance, one hears .Square, New \'ork, are the publishers. respective countries that characteristics of our — A say to B : " See here, Mr. B, what makes of the League in is all. As the membership you advertise that broke that record Gormully & Jeffery's new catalogue consists of is given as three, it would appear that ?" Canada without a change of machine 48 pages and cover. The cover is a handsomely- " those three gentlemen .ire decidedly ambitious. Because he did," mildly responds Mr. B. lithographed allegorical design in colors, and no :o: "Nonsense ! He told me himself that he expense has been spared to make this catalogue RIDERS. HINTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG knocked about all the spokes out of his little a work of the printers' art and perfect in its wheel on the first round, and on the second did mechanical make-up. In it are minute and de- In oiling any part of a machine, bear in mind the same with his big wheel. Isn't that true?" tailed descriptions of a very extended line of object is not to have the bearings swim that the " I don't deny it." cycling novelties of interest to all who keep up in oil, but merely to use enough to lubricate the " Then how, in the name of all the unholy with the times ; and it is G. & J.'s desire that parts which chafe. Too mucla oil acts as a dust- fiends, hid he ride without a change of ma- every wheelman shall not hesitate to apply for catcher. ?" chine this catalogue at an early date. If your machine squeaks, and you have been **Well, I think you are a friend of mine, so unable to locate the difficulty, examine the base- are indebted to Mr. Robt. Ed. Phillips, I mind telling you, provided, of course, We " don't bearing of the head and you may find it as dry member of the Institution of Mechanical Engi- that you don't let it go any farther. I must see as a bone." It is frequently the case that this neers, 10 Victoria Chambers, London, S. W., and shut him up. He always did talk bearing fits so snugly that no oil can penetrate England, for a copy of his new work, "The too much. We advertise that he rode without it unless the head is loosened and the lubricant Construction of Modern Cycles," an essay read changing his machine, and it is true, that is, placed within. before the Institution. It treats exhaustively of if you look at it in one way, and that is the See that your pedal rubbers are non-revolving. the modes of construction of all the various forms way we, of course, look at it. If our custom- Many headers result from the slipping of pedals of bicycles, tricycles and tandems, illustrated by ers don't do the same, that is, of course, not at critical moments. over too diagrams, and is a decidedly useful our fault." To get the best results, use only a wheel on handbook for all interested in the principle of " But you don't tell me how it w'as done," which you can ride up a grade without feeling construction and complex mechanism of the mod- interrupted the impatient Mr. A. that you are reaching for the pedals. ern cycle. "Why, don't you see, we put a new rear The rider of too large a machine has the fol- wheel in on the first round, and on the next If the practical experience of a wheelman is lowing difficulties to contend with : round put a front wheel in the new same ma- guide to intending purchaser, Inability to climb as steep a hill as on a smaller of value as a an chine the same machine, mind you." — we should say that the strong testimonials in wheel. " "How about the backbone? Did that Chas. Robinson Leg-weariness after a longer run than ordinary, favor of the Rudge on & Co.'s "Never you mind about our backbone; we convincing proof that also after a spurt, the difficulty being that the advertising page were that don't advertise anything about them ; it is our machine is all that is claimed for it. Messrs. thigh is compelled to do the entire work, whereas claim beat the world on." wheels that we to Robinson Co. have been appointed sole agents- if a smaller machine were ridden an ankle mo- & waiter was whistled for, and the conversa- The Co. for Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba lion, involving the powerful muscles of the call, for Rudge & drifted into Wliecl. tion quickly other channels. — British Columbia, and they are making ex- would be brought into play. and tensive preparations for doing a large business. Inability to stand upon the pedals when strik- Their new catalogue is about to be issued. ing an obstruction or running into a hole, and Mr. E. H. Foote, of the Massachusetts Bicycle consequently numerous headers. Club, has invented and patented an attachment to frequent cause of rattling about a machine A crank bicycles by which headers arising from the I do not for one moment pretend to be a is the leg-guard ; it gets too near the backbone ordinary obstructions on the road are prevented. the National Cyclists' Union, and strikes it at every jar. I have known riders Sabbatarian, yet It consists of a small, swinging bifurcated frame, to study and search for the unaccountable rattle with Lord Bury at its head, would have brought pivotally attached to the brake, and provided at Irom this cause for months, and not be able to i disgrace on the sport had it thrown out the mo- the lower ends with rubber rolls which, when to reject Sunday locate it, until I have shown them where the tion at a recent council meeting the driving-wheel strikes an obstacle, crowd be- ^lifficulty was. few taps of the hammer on racing records. A quiet Sunday spin may be all A tween the rim of the wheel and the fork, thus the guard close to the head will remedy the very well for amateurs who are working from preventing the frame of the machine from trav- rouble. Mit.o, in Cyclist and Athlete. — Monday to Saturday night, but it would be little elling forward when the large wheel has stopped. else than a disgrace, to say nothing of the ille- It has been thoroughly tested and found to work the suit of the Pope Manufacturing In Com- gality, were a congregation dispersing after ser- very well. against the Overman Wheel Co., manufac- pany vice to be run down by a mud-covered cyclist turers of the celebrated Victor bicycle, pending who was dashing through the public thorough- in the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, for an Maiden fair. fares at express speed, and accompanied by the infringement of their patents, it is stated by the verify that the rider Cycler bold ; usual officials who were to Overman Wheel Co. that a decision has been ren- Header square. beat record perhaps to the end of a scheming; dered in their favor and against the Pope Manu- — facturing Co. Story old. firm of makers. The Bat. : :::::: THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 53 LOCAL CONSULS. pole-leaping, putting the shot, throwing the C. W. A. OFFICIllL ftiOUNCEMENTS. DISTRICT NO. I. hammer, throwing the weights, tug-ofwar, ancF rowing, boxing, sparring, lacrosse, polo, London. —W. M. Begg and W. K. Evans. roller and ice-skating and any St. Thomas. — C. H. Hepinstall. ; violation of the amateur Simcoe. —W. S. Perry. rules governing these sports will be considere I District, has There is no foundation whatever for these R. H. Fenwick, Belleville. Mr. W. A. Karn, C.C. No. appointed the Grigg House as Motel Headquars complaints, and we regret exceedingly that such DISTRICT NO. 4 rs for C.W.A. at London. should be the impression. It is contrary to our Comprises the entire Province of Quebec. intention to make it a club afia'r. All we wish Chief Consul is that it shall be thoroughly Canadian. Tohn H. Low, 953 Dorchester St., Montreal. SPRING MEETING OF THE C.W.A. BOARD. Owing to inconveniences of a large party lour- Representative ing together, we have decided to limit the num- D. Miller, P.O Box 114S, Montreal. The spring meeting of the Executive Board J. ber. I should like all Can.idian bicyclists, anil of the C.W. .A. was held in the Walker House, DISTRICT NO. 5 particularly members of the C. W. A , to note Toronto, on Friday, February 19th. There were Comprises Manitoba and the North West Ter- that we extend a hearty invitation to all those ritories. present : Jas. S. Brierley, President, St. Thomas; who wish to join us. Chief Consul W. G. Eakins, Vice-President, Toronto ; Hal. B. The date of leaving, although not definitely A. ]. Darch, Winnipeg. Donly, Sec.-Treas., Simcoe; W. .K. Karn, Chief settled, will likely be about the middle of .-\pril. Representative Consul, and J. G. Hay, Representative, Wood- Time away, two months. Estimated cost, under W. V. Matthews, Winnipeg. stock D. Miller, Representative, Montreal; ; J. $250. Coniniitlees H. Ryrie, Representative, Toronto. Further particulars will be given to those who will communicate with either Mr. Ryrie, Toronto, Campbell, first taken was the revision Racing Board. —Fred. J. Toronto ; The business up Mr. Chandler, Newcastle, or myself. W. A. Karn, Geo. A. Mothersill, J. H. Low of the Constitution and By-laws. Among the and A. Darch. Vours truly, J. amendments suggested, which will be submitted Membership. — W. A. Karn, Woodstock, Chair- .-\. 1". Webster. to the annual meeting of the Association in July, man ; Hal. B. Donly and W. E. Tisdale, Simcoe. Toronto, Feb. 24, 1886. Transportation. — II. S. Tibbs, Montreal, Chair- was one more clearly defining the amateur rule. Toronto: K. man ; A. T.Webster, W. Evans, The Association will hereafter recognize as ath- " ?" London. 1 lave you ridden much of late asked Spook letic exercises all those sports under the jurisdic- Constitution and By-Laws.:— The President, of Babster's bright boy, who is learning to ride \'ice-Presi Lake is reached, miles distant from Toronto, upon all the leading points. The adoption of a Wheelman (Hcntics. 20 a pretty little sheet of water, which looks very uni'orm is also, I think, a good move, and the cool and inviting from the roadside, and where price at which the one chosen can be purchased TORONTO. good bass fishing may be enjoyed in season. places it within any rider's reach. The effect The TorunUi C'lul) lias had its annua,! mccl- Proceeding north, WC next pass through the vil- of a C.W. A. jjarade with all the riders in the • • ng ami elected its officers. I was badly left lage of Aurora, and three miles further reach the same uniform, each club distinguished by its cap- mot even beini; appointed caretaker of the hlack- County Industrial Home, a large red brick build- and banner, will certainly be very fine. Ijoard and chalk. Modesty generally militates ing (on the west), which the tourist will readily The new definition of an amateur seems to be against a person's advancement, and genuine recognize as a landmark. On turning here to the a most Complete one, judging Irom its length worth is frequently overlooked. I hope this further, town of east, a distance of one mile the _.,s described by one of our representatives, who will secure my unanimous election next year. miles, Newmarket is reached, (ioing north three said it would "cover the side of a newspaper." The result of the I>alln(ing was as follows : building we reach the village of Sharon ; here a Well, I do not think it can be too complete, 1''. President, A. Welister ; Vice-President, K. of peculiar construction strikes the eye, "The for our aim should be, not to make racing .and Ulachford ; .Secretary, A. S. Bowers; .Statis- T. Temple," the topmost feature of which is a large the prizes offered a regular picnic for a few who- tical Secretary, W. II. West ; Treasurer, F. J. golden ball, suspended between four spires, which, have special chances to train and can devote un- 1'". Lawson ; Captain, W. ]I. Cox; 1st Lieut, " be- with another building, the Meeting-house," limited time to it, and who are virtually half-pro- Brimer ; 2nd do., Grant ITelliwell ; 2rd do., " J. long to a religious society called the Children fessional, but to try and guard it so that any W. Robins ; Bugler, W. 11. Brown ; Committee, " of Peace." or Danites." A visit to the in- member of the C. W. A. who is fond of exer- H. Ryrie, C. E. Lailey, G. Helliwell, A. J. terior of Ijoth will be found interesting. Con- cise and will race for the love of it, and is ia Magiirn ; Surgeon, Dr. P. E. Doolittle. The tinuing north over a fine gravel road to Roach's every sense an amateur, can have a good chance club now enters on its sixth year, and having Point (15 miles), a noted camping and pleasure to win the honors connected with it. I believe elected an active and efficient staff of officers, resort on Lake Simcoe, and where boating and that while it is very fine to have the records cut is quite certain to make the coming bicycle sea- other accommodation are also provided for tour- away down, that as it is hard for a pure amateur son surpass all previous years. ists. The latter portion of the route is particu- to do this, the loss Is as great as the gain, President Webster is an Ai good fellow, and larly picturesque, winding closely along the shore, looking at it in the light of keeping the sport the most popular wheelman in Toronto He does and affording a fine, cool ride. If pressed for popular. The more racers we have, all having, the club honor. Mr. Webster, Harry Ryrie, the time, the cyclist may take the ferry from Roach's a fair chance to win, the greater interest there jeweller, and Mr. Chandler, have laid out a Point to Belle Ewart, which connects with the will be in race meetings. foreign wheeling tour. They leave for England Northern RR., and so return to Toronto. A So Montreal is to have the meet this year. in April, and propose using up between two and description of a more extended trip around the Well, while personally rather regretting it, as I three months' time in wheeling through the old Lake will be given, with your permission, in some fear I shall not be able to see it, I think they country, France and other municipalities over future issue. are fairly entitled to it, it of prominent members read a letter Irom a leading they'll have a good time. you a short description of them, as may be to has professional on the other side, in which he said Talking about tours, why do not Messrs. Brier- interest to other towns know what been done here, and can be done in any decent-sized that if a liberal purse was offered as an addition ley and Donly propose a Canadian tour — that is, effort to a sweepstakes to be gotten up for a race to a band of Canadian riders to navigate the plains place by a little determined ; and the estab- association as ours in decide the muchly-discussed question of the pro- of New York State, for instance ? lishment of an such any fessional championship of Canada, he could prom- The recent thaw has started the boys a-lhinking town is a step that will never be regretted. ise a large field of riders. He had also commu- and a-talking about wheels. Although there is little doing locally, the meet is nicated with a number of the best amiteurs, who Good-by till spring and fly-time. ing of the C.W. A Board a matter in which signified their willingness to here, that Pete. we are all interested, and there seems to have come so Toronto, Feb. 24, 1886. been much for discussion before them this time. everything points to our having the grandest day's sport ever seen in Canada. You may be sure What has been done is of course not generally NEWMARKET. well will leave known yet, only what can be gathered from our our known pushers here no stone unturned it \'ou will have them all awake soon. We own representatives, Mr. Karn and Mr. Hay. to make so. have very little news for you here at present, We certainly seem to have a progressive Board, The genial face of the well-kn ->wn and popular our club having been formed only last summer, judging from their actions respecting pulilishing Secretary of the C.W. .A. brightened up the town but we expect to have about a dozen members a new guide-book, adopting an Association uni- from Saturday till Monday last, on his way home in the spring. form, etc. Both of these ire, I think, moves in from the Board meeting. Hal. is always wel- The boys all intend to join the C.W. A. They the right direction. come here. think you have struck the right way of publish- Toiiriiig has been grovying to such an extent, By the way, one of our leading ministers here ing The Wheelman. It is just the thing for p.irticularly during the past year, that a reliable had a whack at the Association in a sermon to small clubs and country members, keeping them book of information about roads, hotels, munici- young men on Sunday evening last. As, at the |xisted on bicycling news. pal rules legarding sidewalk riding, etc., will be very outset of his remarks, he confessed that he Of course, wheeling is all shut down at pres- a great boon to tourists. There seems to be a ;<'«6-?i' nothing of the aim and object of its pro- ent, but cyclists, when visiting this locality, will very vague idea of routes amongst riders, and moters, one of our leading men thinks that he fin 1 the following a very pleasant trip : Leaving this can only be helped by a full and complete would have done as well to say nothing. Toronto by way of Yonge street (a good mac- "Guide," such as the last one issued certainly Quite a ripple of excitement was caused here a lamized road), and passing through the vil- was not. If the present one is carefully com- the other day by the alleged advent of another l^es of Thornhill and Richmond Hill, Bond's piled it should be good for many years to come " flier" in our midst, or rather by the unexpected — — THE. CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 55 discovery or one. Clarke has been pr.iying ever A MILE IN TWO MINUTES. con fidently, because I know that the force neces- since that he will spare him, and not carry oft sary to drive a man and wheel at the rate of a Four or live years ago I predicted that the all his hard-earned laurels. He (the new flier) mile in two minutes is far within the muscular bicycle racer would, liefore the close of this cen- eems to go a great deal on honte training. It power of man. Exactly the power required for tury, equal, and probably surpass, the best trotting certainly must be very nice to put up your ma- such a speed is easily calculated by a mathemati- horse record in covering one mile. Since then I chine in the back kitchen or parlor, as your cian ; and it is demonstrable that if the muscular have lived to see the bicycle-racer g.iin a quarter "maw" will permit, and then, in such nice force of a man can be applied to the best advan- of a minute on the horse. Part of this gain is due surroundings, " knock the tar" out of all the tage, so as to transmit even seventy-five per cent, to greater per.^ection in the wheel, part to better records ; and after it is over be rubbed down of it to the propulsive machinery of the wheel, he tracks, part to better riding. The bicycle-rider is and put to bed by your grandmother, or maiden can exert a power sufficient to drive him, on a still still over twenty seconds behind the horse The aunt, or whoever is handy. The day will come day, over a level and smooth track at the rate of horse is still gaining in speed. Before the century when all races will be ridden at home without about a mile a minute. With the present wheel, closes, it is considered probable that the horse will all the unpleasant surroundings of a race trac k ^ great part of this power is wasted in the effort trot a mile in two minutes. This is over half a such as jeering small boys, etc., when a man required to laise and lower his legs at a speed' minute quicker than the best bicycle record. Can don't win. Perhaps this will meet with the more rapid than nature has provided for if he is the man overtake the horse? The answer to this approval of the aforesaid minister. to put forth the whole of his muscular force. To- depends upon several propositions. Well, I must bid you adieu once more. go a mile in three minutes, a man riding a 50-inch The gain in speed of the horse depends upon Yours, etc., Bicycle. bicycle has to raise and lower each foot and leg, the improvement of the horse. Not more than a Woodstock, Feb l8, 1886. weighing about thirty pounds, over a space of second or two can be gained by the horse through about ten inches perpendicular at the rate of one improvements in training or in sulkies, or both. hundred and forty-nine times per minute. This TWELVE SUGGESTIONS FOR SAFE RIDING. The increase for the horse depends upon breeding of itself is a great task, even if he uses no power better horses President Henry W. Williams, of the Massa- at all to propel the wheel. The muscular machin- The bicycle-rider is not improving. The great- chusetts Bicycle Club, has compiled the following ery is too heavy for such a quick motion. It is er number of riders, giving a wider range for selec- itself, rules : exhausted in moving tiive it a slower mo- tion, increases the chances for the appearance of a tion and it can exert a power much greater I. Select a bicycle that is small enough to in pro- phenomenal racer. A few seconds may still be avoid the necessity of stretching for the pedals ; portion to its speed. Presiden'I' Hates. gained by better training. But it is hopeless to a full weight roadster ; one which has a full inch tire on the driving wheel : one which has look for a man who can ride one of the present without a cradle spring or any a good brake ; styles of bicycles much faster than has already ONCE AGAIN spring capable of a sidewise movement. — 2. Set been done. We are not breeding men on scien- the siddle well forward. 3. Do not use rubber — She was a dear little girl, and he wore a fierce,, tific principles, for speed, like horses. Hence, soles, unless you intend never to mount a wheel determined get -there- or -break-a-suspender look,, without them. —4. Sit erect. Do not lean for- we need not exjiect much better men to appear the art and as they poured out their souls in one long ward. — 5. After you have once acquired on the track. of riding with "hands off," leave it and similar lo-to-the-cwt. kiss on the back rail of the orchard The bicycle-racer must, therefore, look almost to "Irick riders." — 6. Learn accomplishments gate, there was naught to disturb the sacred " machine for in- si- thoroughly the art of " treading back 7. Cul- wholly to improvements in the — lence of their raptures but the cold, remorseless tivate quick pedalling. — 8. Do not coast. — 9. crease of speed. An improvement in the bicycle good, shadow of a last year's crinolette that lay Ride down hills, feet on pedals, at a but great enough to enable a racer to ride a mile ne- not a reckless, pace. Do not crawl down slowly. glected on the marrow -bed. Then she more than half a minute quicker than the present said, — 10. Take rough, rutty and sandy places at a " must suddenly, I don't believe you are a wheelist." good speed. — II. When you are in a bad place, record of 2.31 and a fraction necessarily be "Why not, O soul of my soul?" he replied, don't lose your head, but stick to your wheel. a radical change from present forms of construc- invariably take you through. — 12. "have I not told you often that I can ride the It will almost tion. No amount of increased perfection in de- Learn to spring back and grasp the backbone, flying wheel?" "Well," came the reply, soft tails will suffice to cover that enormous odds. and you are prepared for almost any emergency. and gentle as the drowsy hum of next door's Besides, it is questionable if the present form of saw-mill, "anyway you don't hug half so hard wheel can 'oe much improved. They are now BEAUTIFUL, TIRELESS WHEEL. as some of the other fellows in the club." The manufactured almost perfect in simplicity, light- Wheel. strength, COLA E. stone's LAST rOEM. ness, proportion, etc. The track cannot :o: be improved any further, or but the merest trifle. tireless wheel. A Fact. -Mrs. B loq. to cycling friends: Beautiful, Evidently the radical improvement needed to Of thee I sing "Yes, and last week, finding the baby wheel of ; greatly quicken the speed must be in the method Under my tread you feel Mr. B 's bicycle on the library table, where of propulsion. The main difficulty is not that a living thing. he'd been cleaning the horrid, greasy thing, 1 Some rider has not sufficient strength, but that he can- Though from riches flee, picked it up — intending to give him a good me not ply his legs with suflicient speed to go at Friends turn away from me. scare by hiding it —when a whole lot of little the rate of a mile in two minutes, even if no per- shall always l)e. shot rolled out from somewhere inside and were Mine you ceptible power were required to drive the wheel. To thee I'll cling. lost. Mr B wondered, at dinner, this even- Hendee, Rowe, Weber and the English fliers ing, ' how in the world (only I don't remember- have about reached the limit of possible speed Thousands of miles we've gone. that he said " world") so much sand had gotten in the play of the pedals. But they have not Careless and free ; into his little wheel.' I'm sure / don't know, reached, nor begun to approach, the limit of Staunchly you've borne me on. for I bought some shot and put 'em in ag.Tin as power possible at a moderate speed of pedal Ne'er failing me. onn as I had lost the others, and it was as play. Nobody knows, nobody has even guessed, Down from the hill-side high ood as new." the possible speed which may be attained by wheels None can so quickly fly, geared to run faster than the pedals on a light- No one can pass us by. racing wheel. Thus the world moves None are like thee. on. What was the I am of those who believe that the bicycle, per- despised hobby of yesterday is the popular craze Ne'er shall rough stranger hand fect as we think it is, is still in its infancy—a crude of to-day. But there will have to be another Lead thee away ; and imperJect vehicle, compared with what it will step in advance before the wheelmen take from There's not in all the land be by-and-by. I believe that the next fifteen years rank. Until some genius invents a bicycle that Wealth to repay will probably witness a radical and almost revolu- will accommodate two and can be managed with My graceful wheel so true tionary change in the methods by whicli the power one hand, the day when every one will be on Light, strong, and rigid, too ! of the rider will be applied to the propulsion of wheels, which is .so often predicted by enthu- Ne'er will I part from you the wheel —something which will retire all present siasts, will never come, and buggy-driving will Till the Last Day ! forms to the scrap heap. I make this prediction hold its own. -Ex. " : " — .56 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. GEORGE H, HILL. BULL AND BICYCLE. There is an old half-mile racing track on the The adjoininj; cut reprcsciils a new ail- Fry farm, two miles from Klktoii, Pa. It ha.s •ilitioj) 111 llic- ranks of ihe professional been used liut little for several years, but last f.mcy bicycle performers. .\Ion^ with summer a number of young men who owned two or three others .Mr. Hill is a good road horses had the track put in order lo specimen of " home production, " be- exercise their horses on, the roads in the vicin- ing (.'anadian born. Montreal, was the ity not being in good condition During the past scene of his arrival on this particular week Farmer Fry has had a three -year -old planet on the 14th o' August, 1866. blooded bull tied in the lot where the track is l'"or the last five years he has lived situated. The bull had never manifested an among wheels. He early entered the ugly ilisposition, and never look any notice of employ of Mr. A. T. Lane, of Mon- the driving or noises around the track, although treal, and a year ago came to Toron- he stood near it. On Friday last a young man to, and connected himself with the es- named Stephen Pickens, a nejjhew of Fr)-, who tablishment of Chas. Robinson & Co., lived in a neighboring village, went to visit his bicycle merchants, of Church st. The I uncle. He recently purchased a bicycle, ami result of this constant worU among rode to Fry's on his machine. The same after- \vheels led to his trying his hand in I noon he went on the race track for a spin. Ik- 1 883, when he won a 16-mile road had gone but twice around the track when he race of the Montreal Bicycle Club, a / heard the bull bellowing behind him. Looking j-mile race at the games of the .St. back over his shoulder, he saw the bull follow- I'atrick's Society, and several minor ing him at the top of his speed, and only a ^.vents. In 1S84 he began to try his few feet behind him. Pickens ran his bicycle liand at fancy riding, and rode against fast as he could, supposing that he coukl Doolittle and Brunnell on one occasion as easily distance the pursuing bull, but he had at Montreal, lie gave his first public exhibition placing of his wheel on a ladder raised severaj not yet become an expert on the wheel, and alluding to the beauty of the second prize ; but, "That's nothing; borrow one," .said the Chi- was turning around and around in a circle near after this distance traversed, I'ago " take it had been Whittaker's champion. We can easy, and that curious the pro- the spot, and shaking his head in a second prize is a beauty.'.' blood became warm, and he suggested if few moments a'^terwards he seemed A little more talk ensued, and when Van saw priety of a spurt, finally telling Van he did't manner. A that Whittaker was about to take him at his spurt he (Whittaker) would, anyhow, and, true to recover himself, and walked slowly away as to his word, he did, and lively race ensued word, did half as a ; he not appear anxious. The if nothing had happened. Pickens had received .St. Louis man, however, with his usual rapidity Whittaker finally crossing the line first with a serious lead of sixty his some bad bruises and scratches, but no .tif action, immediately proceeded to hustle for a yards on opponent. the and M-heel. He went to Al Spalding's and tried to "Say, Van," said Whittaker, as the two injury. He hurried back to farm-house, tjet a Kangaroo, but met with no success, and he champions entered the dressing-tent, "that sec- his u^icle went to the rescue of the bicycle, have been ond prize is a beauty I" would compelled to stay out of the race which was badly wrecked. The bull, which had batl not Bhil Hammil come to the front and vol- :o: never seen a bicycle before, had evidently be- imteered the loan of his Rudge Safety, geared up At the dinner of the London (Eng. ) Bicycle come enraged at its strange appearance in his to 54 inches. Club, Mr. Rucker read the lollowing jjarody on Once in his hands, Whittaker borrowed a mon- ' had broken the rope by which he a well-known song from the ' Mikado" : domain, and key wrench and proceeded to divest the machine was tied to a stake, and stalled in pursuit of I've seen a Canary (t' was not a tomtit) of its superfluous "fixings,*' brake, dust-cap, etc., On a wlieel oh ! one wlieel oil I one wheel oh \ it. Exchange. all coming off, one alter another. Presently up •And [ said to him : Dicky-bird, how can you sit tame Van Sicklen. On a wheel oh ! one wheel oh ! one wheel oh ! !" " ?'" Is it balance or trickery. Birdie, I cried, Fact Rece.vtly Overhe.ard. —Couple on a "Ah, ha said he ; you're fixed, eh That enables you so your one wheel to bestride ? " You bet yer," returned Whit, going for the you might No notice he took, but continued to ride tandem tri. He: "Think, darling, nuts as though time were precious. His wheel oh ! one wheel oh ! one wheel oh ! pedalling for while, if you like : we have ?" stop a " What's it geared up to I thought that I, too, would so much like. to ride over the worst bit of the hill." She " Sixty-four,'' replied the joking boy from St. now got On a wheel oh ! one wheel oh ! one wheel oh ! JLouis, with a grin that Van did not perceive. (behind): "Thanks, dear, but I had stopped When 1 started the lookers-on cried : Get inside " ! Whew ' ejaculated the Chicago champion, Ver wheel oh ! one wheel oh I one wheel oh I ever so long ago. There were so many people with a prolonged whistle, "three inches more I ant covered with cuts, and have bruises a score; I thought you would I said : liotheration I Don't think that I swore looking on, you know, and ihan mine. You'll have a w'alk-over for second. ; Hut I'm darned if I ever will ride any more like to look as gallant as possible It's an elegant prize. I On a wheel oh I one wheel oh ! one wheel oh — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. ST Robert Neilson, of Boston, wants any rider in Peter E. Park, a lawyer and a member of the ellhccl Iviichs. Canada who doesn't allow his title of the cham- Detroit Club, has recently applied for a patent pion of the Dominion to put up his money, on a gearing for bicycles, whereby the wheel is Orleans has an excellent drill team. New and sign articles. Bob contemplates visiting made to turn faster than the pedals. The gear- Henry Sturniey advocates T or spade-handle Canada for this purpose, in a short time. ing is placed in the recess of the hub inside the forks, and weighs but 2j^ lbs. He has spent grips for all bicycles. Ducker and Goodman's "Wheelman's Refer- two years on the model machine, and expects Robert. Cripps, the English racer, contemplates ence Book " is progressing speedily. It will con- the racing records will be considerably lowered ]iermanent removal to America. tain a deal of matter connected with the history by the use of his patent. of cycling, records, etc., and a special feature will The Philadelphia Cydiiig Record ceased inibli- be lithograph portraits of racing men and noted The L.A.W. has the following membership: cation about the middle of February. wheelmen. Alabama 8, California 89, Canada 3, Colorado- It is rumored that Messrs. Spalding, the West- 29, Connecticut 370, Dakota 4, Delaware 4, Englishmen find America a delightful place to ern cycling firm, are going to establish an agency Washington 45, EngUand i, Florida 10, Georgia spend their vacation, and already a large delega- in Philadelphia. 3, Illinois 213, Indiana 70, Iowa 42, Kentucky tion of the leading lights have expressed their in- his .Star would astonish our English 40, Kansas 17, Louisiana 40, Maine 53, Mary- Weber on tention to pay the United States and Canada a brethren. all means let him visit England land 176, Michigan 114, Minnesota 40, Missouri By visit next fall, from about September 1st to the coming spring. 100, Montana 2, Nebraska 18, New Hampshire October ist. 72, New Jersey 547, New York 849, North Fred. on Feb. i resigned his position Jenkins " The Pall Mall Gazette says : Who knows but Carolina 6, Nova Scotia 2, Ohio 797, Oregon as managing editor of the Wheel, and severed will that before the next century dawns it be re- 8, Rhode Island 60, Texas 4, Tennessee 38, Utah his connection with that journal. cognized that the inventor of the bicycle has done 7, Vermont 63, Virginia 21, West Virginia 19, Those who know best say that the Star wheel more to revolutionize the religious, moral and Wisconsin 10, and Wyoming 40. has in store for us this season greater surprises social ideas of mankind than all the philosophers News comes to us of the death of H. L. Cortis- than Kluge's mile at Springfield last fall. of our time ?" in Australia He had been sufl'ering from ulcera- The Massachusetts Division of the L. A. W. Harrington & Co., of England, are bringing tion of the stomach, and died quite suddenly on has upwards of $400 in its treasury, all of which an adjustable r~ pin, the pitch last. rider he had no' j out whereby of the 29th December As a it is willing to devote to the coming meet. the saddle can be altered without the use of a equal at the time he was on the path. He was A new bicycle manufacturing concern will tilt—a most useful and yet effective arrangement the first man to ride twenty miles in the hour, shortly be started in Springfield, with a capital which will save a vast amount of labor now and his one-mile record was phenomenal at the- of $150,000. It will m.ike the "Cyclone" bicy- spent in saddle adjustment. time it was made. The Clyclist has a long notice- cle. of him. It says: "The merit of Cortis's per- Bicycling is thought to be the greatest rival Hendee will not race to any extent during the formances as a rider may perhaps be better judged of boating, and the decline of aquatic interest year 1886. He will participate in a few club when we say that, despite the improvements in- on the Passaic is attributed in a great measure races, but will not go into any of the important machines, several of his records yet stand on the to the popularity of the bicycle. Old oarsmen races. books. Shortly after his last performance, Cortis may be found straddling the skeleton wheel in The next annual meeting of the L. A. W. will be successfully passed his examination, married, and every part of the country. Newark Sunday Call. held at Koston, May 27, 28, 29. Already several with his wife went to .Australia, and arrived ini The Oregon legislature recently passed a law ladies have expressed a wish to participate in the Melbourne on 2ist Nov. 18S3." to the effect that tricyclists and bicyclists parade. must stop riding whenever they approach within one Messrs. Starley & Sutton, of the Meteor FACTS AND FIGURES. hundred yards of a team, and, after dismount- Works, Coventry, England, have received an ing, remain standing until the team has passed. order to supply a tricycle for the use of the A correspondent of the Bulletin has made the The wheelmen of the Portland Bicycle Club are Ameer of Afghanistan. following figures : A 56-inch wheel makes three to contest the validity of this statute. Westbrook and Hacker say they have deposited hundred and sixty revolutions per mile. Sixty The new C.T.C. ticket is out. It is very twenty-five dollars with the New York Clipper as revolutions per minute equal ten miles per hour. neat, and has lasting qualities that no paste- a guarantee of good faith for a contest against any Fifty-four revolutions per minute equal nine miles, board can possibly possess. The ticket for 18S6 other team in the world. an hour. Forty -eight revolutions per minute is changed somewhat from that of 1S85. In equal eight miles an hour. Or, to put it in a at this day will dispute that the Few cycle place of the badge whieh appeared outside be- different way, every variation of six revolutions is a very important factor in matters pertaining fore, we now have 1886 printed in gold right per minute makes a difference of one mile in the to pleasure, business and health, and it is more across the ticket, so that when folded the figures hour. On a good road it is thus very easy to. patent each returning spring that it is no "craze." 18 or 86 can only be seen. calculate closely the rate at which you are going. A three-mile bicycle race for a purse, between A Michigan man, who hails from Bay City, Other wheels can, of course, be figured, but the G. H. Hill and W. G. Hurst, at the Princess experimenting has been with his bike on S.aginaw above is easily remembered and quite exact. Roller Rink, Toronto, was won by Hurst by half river. He found that at first an undesirable icy a lap. Time, 8 minutes. acquaintance was unavoidable, but by paying Outing is henceforward to Ije pulilished in New- Mr. Charles E. Dur)-ea, of St. Louis, has close attention to his wheel, and avoiding the York, under the editorial control of Poultney just patented a novel bicycle, consisting essen- glassy spots, he found that he could navigate Bigelow. With him are associated in the con- tially of a large inclined driving wheel, with the quite comfortably, and wound up the day's per- trol, Theodore Roosevelt, the author of the best seat alongside the wheel and over the bottom formances by taking a run up the river a dis- book on .American hunting so far published, and ))art, and a trailing wheel. tance of eight miles. Cleveland H. Dodge, of Phelps, Dodge & Co.,. According to the annual report of the super- A young American student who formerly at- well known as a lover of manly exercise. These intendent of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, 42,- tended the University of Michigan, and jour- three gentlemen wish it to be distinctly under- 382 bicyclers entered by the various avenues last neyed to Europe for the benefit ol his health, stood by the reader that this magazine does not year, as against equestrians, horse 54,759 972,947 and learned to ride the wheel in England dur- intend to be influenced by any special interests ; vehicles, pedestrians. and 6,116,972 his ing short career as a tourist, has wheeled that it will not encourage the gambling element .\Ir, C. K. Alley has united with two other thrice over the Alps. contemplates He a jour- in sports ; but that it will promote all that is Buffalo gentlemen, under the firm name of Flem- ney through Italy, Spain and other countries, true and manly in outdoor life, whether in the ing, Brewster & Alley, for the purpose of starting per wheel, and will follow the example set by military camp, the yacht, the backwoods, the first-class printing establishment in a New York Stevens and Joe Pennell by writing a book de- tennis field, or other sphere. —The Outing Pub- They will print Outing for the publishers. scriptive of his travels. lishing Company, 140 Na,s.sau street, New York. 58 THE CANADIN WHEELMAN. In the United States who actually mamijacttire their own Machines, m.% ^ m^ \l. Rl^ANI^LIN StI^EET, (§HI6AG0, ILL., ^«« ^- M/rNUFAeTURE ^ s»s>^ 1 he AfJderican Chanipton Bicycle. A Bicycle of the HIGHEST GRADE, at a reasonable price. The Afnertcan Challenge Bicycle. Positively the Best and Most Durable Roadster for the Money ever placed on the Market. The American Safety Bicycle, Undoubtedly the most Satisfactory Safety yet devised. The American Ideal Bicyle. The Recognized Standard Youths' Bicycle of the United States. The American Ideal Tricycle. A beautiful little Two-track Tricycle for young ladies, and of same grade and finish as The Ideal Bicycle, and yv L/cRGE bIJME OF SUNDf^lES^ Gormully & Jeflfery, Chicago, 111., l.s.a. — !! THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 59 A COMBINATION OF STAR AND CRANK. Tlie Ring of Safeties We have seen another new bicycle, of the safety class, which was on exhibition at the " Novelties" Exhibition, at Philadelphia, It is T. FANE I CO. 3G its shape a combination of Crank and Star, and N9 strikes one, at first sight, as something peculiar. 03 Admirers of the Crank will be pleased with its A graceful appearance, even if they object to the Q 9 The Large.st Assortment pedal motion, for the steering-bar and frame S3 follow the curve of the driving-wheel in perfect line to the small front wheel. There are ball- OF- the in the bearings to both wheels, and bearings This Bicycle has stood the test of over eight driving-wheel are thoroughly protected from dust years' experience, and still stands by means of their position to the clutch, and unrivalled for the clutch is so packed with felt washers as to ABSOLUTE SAFETY, SPEED, prevent dust from entering. The clutch is noise- less and positive in its action, and is easily ad- AND justed, which is certainly one of the best feat- Easy Fropulsioii. ures of the machine. We noticed, as another to select fine thing, that the small wheel was supported from in Canada. Two-third Crank. No Dead CENTRES. on elastic cushions to ease it over obstructions, preventing jar to machine and rider. As all the COMPLETE SUCCESS. BE SURE ANI> wearing parts are adjustable, and it has few bolt A see this Machine before giving your order. connections, we think it ought to make a very Being the only firm in Canada engaged The CRYPTO-DYNAMIC Two-Speed Bicycle. reliable machine, although at present it is not These changes of gearing are effected instanta- in importing Bicycles that have a thorough neously, and quite independently of the rate of much lighter than other machines of the same practical knowledge of how to make the best speed at which the machine may be travelling. distribution of the class, but the metal shows The detachable handle-bar to the Apollo, the Wheels, and judge the differing qualities of that it is only a matter of intelligent cutting new double-action springs, sliding pedals, Ac- down in the future making of the machine to material and workmanship used in the various Lots of new designs specially made for the Chal- lenge this season. A complete stock about the make it much lighter. We understand from the makes, and being experienced riders on the 20th of March. inventor that the machine is not yet on the road, as well as on the track, our patrons can market, as he is in need of capital to enable confidently rely that in all these respects they him to manufacture it. It is only a question of will, in purchasing from us, have the benefit time, however, as the machine is likely to meet LONDON, ONT. with approval from many who are looking for both of our long experience in and scientific grace and comparative safety combined. L.A, knowledge of our business. IV. Bulletin. An imperative call of increasing business has Bicycles ! Tricfcles for the past two or three years caused the Pope We beg to call attention to the Manufacturing Company to earnestly attempt to increase its office and salesroom capacities, an LARGER STOCK THAN EVER. extended lease upon the present premises being "IJvlVINCIBlflE" against a change of base. Recently, however, the most successful Wheel of 1885. Having half of the second floor of its building on Wash- won the Australian Championship, 132 prizes WATSON & PELTON, ington street, Boston (a space 124x20^4 feet), became vacated, and the Company has leased in Germany, including all Championships, Wholesale and Retail Importers. the same, to be used exclusively as a salesroom prizes in Belgium, and 60 prizes in for the retail trade, in addition to the present 37 salesrooms. This recent addition will help bridge Canada, [and holds all Canadian Records YOUNG AMERICA, over the difficulty of lack of room until the expi- from 2 to 50 miles. Out of 100 Amateur ration of the lease, when in all probability the PIONEER, Company will open an office and salesroom sec- World's Records published in Wheeling, ond to none in Boston. BRITISH, Dec. 2ad| 1885, no less than 54 were made on the "INVINCIBLE." BRITISH SPECIAL, SECOND-HAND BICYCLES BRITISH TRICYCLE. BY THE WM. PAYNE. Agents for the Coventry Machinists Co.'s II XTRA 52-inch WHEEL, nearly "SPECIAL CLUB," ONE " new ; all ball-bearings $90 00 Safety ebUB -CLUB SAFETY," One 54-in. B.C. , all plated 80 00 has won for itself the deserved reputation of One 52-in. RUDGE, nearly new 40 00 One 40-in. KANGAROO, good as new 50 00 being the strongest and fastest Safety in this "CLUB RACER." Two 52-in. ordinary CHALLENGE, in market. It holds all Canadian Records for good order, each 50 00 Large Assortment of Sundries Safety Wheels. WM. PAYNE, London. Repairs and Plating promptly executed send for catalogue. ^ft pT Send 10 cents postage, and we will mail you I -^^^^ ^ royal, valuable, sample box of goods I I r I lllr that will put you in the way of making "^nore I SAMPLE St. Sulpice ^•' ' R00MS-^S3 St /JU'Tiev at once, than anything else in Amer- 86 Adelaide Street West, sexes of all ages can live at home and work in ica. Both WAREROOMS—543 Craig St. spare time, or all the time. Capital not required. We will start you. Immense pay sure for those who start at once, Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. TOf^ONTO. iVrONTREAL. 6o THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. A. T. LANE, - Montreal. ROYAL CANADIAN No. 2, THE KANGAROO. A FEW BARGAINS! Premier Sociable Balls to all wheels, king of road lamps, new tires. COST $igo, for $iio. IN (JOOn ORDER. Rudge Racer 51 inch. Balls at both wheels and pedals. Only used a few times. COST $115. for $73. This machine has been greatly improved since last season, but price remains the same. Popular Premier the perfect safety. Specification : — Hillman's new pattern tall-bearings to front wheel and adjustable Editor of " C. T. C. Gazette " says it is the 51 inch. All nickel-plated but felloes. cones to back, direct spokes. Hollow Forks, " best of the whole bunch." It is the original Bent Handle Bars and Long-Distance Ball bearings to front wheel. ./Eoltis machine, and the vital parts are patented, and all Saddle. Finished in Harrington's black copies of it are wanting in one important particu- ball pedals. King of road lamp. Nickel- anamel. Price, Sdj.oo. lar. Price, S/qs.oo ; Ball Pedals, SS-"" extra. plated. Hill & Tolinan Automatic Gong. In very good order. FOR $70. ' Subscriptions re- Send J-Cent Stamp ceived for all Cycling Special British dhallenge for largest and most 52 inch. Balls to both wheels. Half Publications. plated. Too high for late owner. Not run 100 miles. elaborate Bicycle Cata- — $75- — logue ever published in 50 SFXOND-HAND MACHINES Canada. And 50 more Bicycles For Sale Cheap ! \l Pages-62 [ngravings. ALL JUST AS CHEAP A. T. LANE, MONTREAL. A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen^s Association, and of the Cyclists' Touring Club in Canada. Vol. III. LONDON, CANADA, APRIL, 1886. No. 6. -T=fc?«=^c=:iT H IE £ =^ Victor Light Roadster ,i^^ -*FOR I886<' snows ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH A YEAR S EXPERIENCE CAN SUGGEST. LIGHTER, WITHOUT SACRIFICE OF STRENGTH. -^ NARROWER TREAD. --^eOMPf^ESSE© TIRES MUGH IMPf^OVEDt?^- IDOIISra- .^W.A'Y" -WITEC OTHDS aDEl^A,.XD E-UB^EU, X)O^Wasr IIsT THE Rllsdl. New Device for Locking the Head, Avoiding the constant annoyance of its coming loose. Saddle much improved, longer and narrower, writh wrrench strapped on underneath. Handle Bar entirely changed and improved, past a reasonable chance of breakage. WE CANNOT ENUMERATE ITS MANY GOOD POINTS HERE, BUT WILL CLAIM THE HANDSOMEST AND EASIEST RUNNING LIGHT ROADSTER l^'ER OFFERED IN THE MARKET You will make a mistake if you buy without investigating. WII-,L BE K.li;.VOY IT OK OELIA^IOR^V' VERY SOON. OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY, 182 Columbus Ave., BOSTON.. Mass., U.S.A. 62 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. CHAS. ROBINSON & CO. 'Z'2. CHIJI^CII ST15?,EET, TOKOJS^TO iSHH^JHMa .* LACROSSE DlFEE|lBt»IT% _,11Q CnRIM'^'niiin BASEBALL QPRING 'lilKHMcHAS-nUBINp^CoiSvcHAS.ROBlNSONto cr.^cket| Q FOOT BALL ADVERTISER. ' lA*(NTtNNIS April, 1886. SENTi FOR THE DISCOUNTS RUDGE. "^O SEND 3<^ STAMP FOR CAT0L06UE. CLUBS THE RUDGE LIGHT ROADSTER. $6.00. We are Sole Canadian Agents for this cele- brated adjustable saddle and spring combined. It is the only saddle having any of the follow- in height in front, by PICICE, $120.00. ing points : Adjustment means of a notched post ; adjustment in height in rear, by means of blocks of varying height • under the base of spring ; adjustment in length, by means of steps and rivet bolts joining the PRICE $115.00. two sides and passing over front spring ; ad- justment in width, by the automatic closing of This is a new Safety Machine of the Rover type, to fit the form, and a lace under- This will again be our leading line for 1886. the two sides neath to hold them together, if desired : ad- We claim that it is the best, lightest, brought out by the Rudge Company. It is per- justment in tension, by the leverage of the strongest and most rigid bicycle manu- fectly safe, and bids fair to become very popular. clamps and eye-bolts at the rear ; a comfort- factured. able coasting plate, at the rear of the seat, with the rivets obscured ; a bifurcated seat, to remove pressure from the pcriniviiiii, and THE CANADIAN RUDGE to allow independent stretching and reciprocal tension to the two sides. The only saddle THE C. R. & CO. BICYCLE that can be changed in shape or position at all. 43" State make of machine when ordering. Dealers supplied. THE PERFECTION BICYCLE SHOE ^PKK'E OJ(l.¥ !i«.->0.00. The Perfection Bicycle Shoe, made of the best PRICE (with Durj-ea Saddle .ind -Spring), $85.00. quality of superior grained calf ; equal to A new, cheap Wheel, imported specially by us. Has the best American shoes ; secure on the pedal i The above machine represents the best value perfect fitting ; elegant in appearance ; laced if^iolus Ball Bearings to front wheel, cowhorn handle- to the toe ; made to order in two widths for the money to be found in Canada. It has and half sizes bar, etc. ; leather strips across sole. (Give the Rudge Ball Bearings to both wheels, hol- size of boot, and state whether broad or nar- low forks, nickelled head and handle-bar, he. Also mntle In Boys' sizrs, at $4.'>.00. row foot. Price, $3.50. We also deal in all kinds of SPORTING GOODS—Baseball, Cricket, Lacrosse, Polo, Football, etc. Send three-cent stamp for our large New Illustrated Catalogue. : THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. they have not violated the amateur rule of the OUR SUPPLEMENT. 'She ^iinvibivni Mhcrlmun League. This drastic measure was only decided A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. upon after the most careful consideration, and We publish this month a Supplement contain- was felt to be the only possible remedy for the ing the By-laws as adopted by -The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Associa- Constitution and tion and of the Cyclists' Touring Club evil of maker-amateurism, with which both Eng- the Board of Officers at its recent meeting in in Canada. land and the United States have had to contend Toronto. Before- this Constitution and By-laws, for some years. Happily Canada has so far been can come into operation, however, they must Published by the Canadian Wheelmen's Association, free from this class o*^ gentry. The following are be approved by the vote of the Association. AT LoNnoN, Canada, and Sfppdied to all the names of the American riders on whom is For this purpose, a blank voting ballot is at- Members of the Association now thrown the onus of proving their amateur tached to the Supplement, upon which every status : member is requested to send his vote for or Subscription Price to Non-Members $i.oo Wm. -4. Rowe, Lynn, Mass. ; George against the changes at once to Mr. H. B. Donly, per annum. M. Hendee, New Haven, Conn. ; Edward P. Burnham, Newton, Mass. ; A. Sec.-Treas., C.W.A., Simcoe, Ont. As it is de- O. McGarrett, Springfield, Mass. ; Wm. A. Rhodes, Dor- chester, Mass. ; F. F. Ives, Meriden, Conn. ; Fred. Russ All communications should be addressed to lua sired that the new Guide Book should contain the Cook, San Francisco, Cal. ; Alfred A. McCurdy, Lynn, Canadian Wheelman, London, Ont. Mass.; John Williams, Dorche.ster, Mass.; Wm. H. Hunt- Constitution and By-Laws, let the votes be sent ley, Newton, Mass. ; F. W. Westervelt, Springfield, Mass. ; in as quickly as possible. Members will find by L M. Horton, Ga. ; E. Slocum, Macon, L Macon, Ga. ; William Taylor, F. LONDON, APRIL, 1886. Macon, Ga. ; C. Cope, Philadelphia, comparing the By-laws as published now with- Penn. Re,\'ford ; J. Smith, Washington, D.C. ; John Cireen, the ones in the old Guide Book that with the Philadelphia, Penn. ; Edward Taylor, Washington, D.C. : Wm. Robertson, Washington, D.C, ; Asa Wendell, Lynn, exception of the change in the Amateur Law Mass. ; S. Whittaker, St. Louis, E. WANTE D— A MAN, G. Mo. ; Geo. Weber, Smithville, N.J. ; Joseph Powell, Smithville, N.J. ; L. D. all the alterations are unimportant, and pertain Munger, Detroit, Mich. merely to the clerical work of the Secretary and The Cyclist has come to the conclusion that other officers. the time has arrived when the question of inter- ABBOTT BASSETT'S NEW VENTURE. national championships should be fairly looked THE NEW UNIFORM, at and considered. The day has passed when It will be a surprise to many to learn that it was unnecessary to go out of England to find Our Supplement contains a cut and particulars Mr. Abbott Bassett, the well-known and popular wheel records or even riders of more than fourth- of the new Association uniform, to which we call editor of the Bicycling World, in the past the rate distinction. The United States is laying the attention of all those members who may not leading wheel paper of the Continent, has re- claim to recognition as the home of some of the have been shown the samples and circulars sent signed his position on that paper and decided to fastest riders the world has yet produced. Ger- to the several local Consuls by Secretary Donly. establish a new journal of cycling. In a cir- ever the Association has- many and France are waking up ; Australia is Nothing introduced to cular issued by him he says : well to the fore. In view of these facts, the met with so universally cordial a reception or " After an experience of five yeats in the edi- Cyclist suggests the formation of a federation of been so quickly adopted by a number of mem- torial chair of the Bicycling World, I am obliged bers. Secretary informs us that orders are the leading wheel associations of the world for the to give up the position because the future policy The purpose of arranging and controlling a series of in- mapped out for that paper by the proprietor is coming in most encouragingly. In Simcoe alone ternational contests, to be held in rotation in the not one that I can endorse. I have determined he sold in one forenoon 18 suits. The Consul at to start an independent weekly paper, which will different countries whose associations are mem- Niagara Falls, Mr. Robinson, sold 90 yards in have no interest for or against any manufacturer is three hours. St. Thomas, Ottawa, Woodstock, bers of the federation. The idea a capital one, or dealer. I shall give all the news, but I shall and will likely soon assume a concrete shape. It let the courts decide matters in dispute between Belleville and other clubs are also moving in the parties in litigation." is rather mortifying to a Canadian, however, to matter of its adoption. And the next C.W.A. find no mention of the Canadian Association as parad ; promises to show a mighty squadron of The Canadian Wheelman cordially greets one that should be asked to co-operate in the riders in gray. Mr. Bassett, and trusts that his new venture suggested movement, although our sister colony will receive that hearty support that he deserves of Australia is spoken of in this connection by for his manly and independent course, which we EDITORIAL NOTES. the journal mentioned. It is not to be denied, are certain he will follow to the end. however, that the Canadian Wheelmen's Asso- « Poor " .Swiz," who lately died in Toronto, ciation, nor Canadian wheelmen, is as well will be remembered by many readers of The known outside of Canada as the strength of the THE GUIDE BOOK, Wheelman as contributing several humorous one and the number of the other deserve. This articles to its pages during the first year of its According to the arrangement made by the is in great part due to the absence of any riders existence. He was a genial, whole-souled fel- Board of Officers, the Chief on the race-track who have made records suffic- Consuls have now low, and the world could better have spared a in hand the preparation of the iently good to attract public attention from cy- road rqjorts belter man. for their respective districts for publication clers in other lands. When we have a Hendee in the new Guide Book. Local Consuls have been or a Rowe, a Horwell or a Cortis, we may e.\pect A new cyclometer, said to have been the best furnished with blanks on which to make reports, recognition, but hardly so long as we remain at exhibited at the Stanley Show, has a bell attach- and it is hoped that they will be as expeditious as the dead level of respectable mediocrity that has ed, which rings as each mile is rolled off, enabling possible in returning been the distinguishing feature of Canadian wheel them to their Chief Consuls. the rider to know what his score is without the Consuls will take the old reports and go over racing since the organization of the C. W.A. necessity of a dismount. The idea is a capital them carefully, pointing out and correcting all Who will be the hero to raise us out of the one, and decidedly novel. mistakes, if possible give fuller details ol him come forth, and the Slough of Obscurity? Let and The H. B. .Smith Machine Co. of Smithville, roads. By studying the Association map, they announce himself at Montreal on July i, 1SS6, N.J., manufacturers of the Star bicycle, state will acquire a knowledge of all roads between and our children's children will call him blessed. that they are not much interested in the sale of towns which are not in the old but should be the wheel in Canada, as they do not control the given in the new Guide Book. Wherever such patents for this country, but they think that a MAKERS' AMATEURS SUSPENDED, vacancies occur, a genuine attempt should be live concern would do well build the .Star in made by the nearest local Consuls to supply the de- Canada for the trade. Here's a chance for some The chairman of the racing board of the L. h. W. sired information. The forthcoming book should would-be speculator. issued on March 8 what was probably the most be in every particular as reliable as possible, and important order that ever emanated from that will be compiled with the idea of remaining in .\ writer in the Sporting Life very severely board. It was an order suspending Irom active use for some years. In order to make it such criticizes the actions of the L.A.W. Bo.ard in membership in the League nearly every rider of a book as will be a credit to the Association, the matter of finances, referring especially to the prominence in racing circles until such time as the active, earnest co-operation of every member Secretary and Editor's office, which he says will they prove, to the satisfaction of the board, that is imperative. cost $4,440, made up of $1,500 salary, $2,000 — — - 6] THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. for ollicc uxpcnsos, and $l,ooo fur poslaije anfl ; ANOVELVEHICLE. Mlitlv the Clubs. |irinliii(;. The writer sayj that on a basis of 5,cx30 nicmlicrs llic annual income of the League .\ new vehicle of locomotion, which combined OTTAWA BICYCLE CLUB. would 'be only $5,000. which is almost all swal- the qualities of the rowing machine and tricycle, The annual meeting of the Ottawa liicycle lowed up as above mentioned. has been lately exhibited in Boston. The ma- (lull took phice at their reading. room in the In commenting on the suspension of the r.icing chine is the invention of Mr. H. E. Kempster, .Scottish Ontario Chambers, on Thursday even- of Eastport, Me., and consists of a steel metal men of the L.A.W., the editor of the liicycling j ing, .March 11. The following gentlemen were il'orkl very quaintly remarked that his views, from frame, somewhat similar to that of an ordinary elected ofticers for the ensuing year : President, force of circumstances, were similar to those held tricycle, and supported by three wheels, two of (in ])lace Mothersill, Major J. Walsh of G. A. the latter being propellers, l>y the chairman of the racing board. The latter and the third or front Esq., resigned) ; Captain, F. M. S. Jenkins, j;onllouian happens to he the editor of the World. ! one being for steering. The operator faces to re-elected; 1st Lieut., .S. M. Rogers; 2nd do., the front in the ilirection the machine travels, \ late Knglish invention is described as an Wm. Blythe ; Sec.-Treas., W. G. Ilurdman, re- seated on a sliding seat such as is used in racing ingenious little arrangement, very neatly made elected. shells, and by his own muscular exertion, as is in metal, for holding a watch on the handle-bar -Treastirer's flourish- The Sec. report showed a applied by an oarsman, governs or controls the of a liicycle. It consists of a small plate, hav- ing state of affairs, and there promises to be a speed of the machine. The machine is a great ing two fi.\e Boston, Feb. 27. —The following item going members elected : Mayor Lewrey, J. M. Both- Chicago bicycle dealers, have been notified by the rounds of the press is erroneous and mis- well, -G. H. Ross, Dr. McCarthy, W. H. Cross, their New Orleans agent, Mr. E. C. Fenner, leading in several particulars : and W. J. Vallean. The club is in a good finan- that they have been awarded the first prize for ' In the .Supreme Court a ca,se has just been decided cial condition, with a membership of 20, and "Collective display of Bicycles" at the New which is a matter of considerable interest to wheelmen, as great expectations for the coming season. The Exposition, .-^s will be seen by refei- it materially affects the standing of patented devices used Orleans in bicycles and tricycles. In the case of the Pope Manu- committee are doing their best to persuade the ence elsewhere, a great victory has been won facturing Company w. The Overm.in Wheel Comp.any, for level Exhibition track infringement of patents, a demurrer was entered by the Council to the grounds by by Albert .Schock, at Minneapolis, on this firm's defendant, which in effect acknowledged the allegations of May 24th, when it is proposed to hold a meet. .American Champion bicycle. the plaintiff, Init denied cause for action. This demurrer was sustained by Judge (Jardner, thus throwing the ca.se :o: out of court." At the usual weekly outing of the Hamilton .Mr. Jenkins, late of the Wheel, says : Mr. N. facts The in the case are these : It does not Bicycle Club, held at the Drill Shed on Thursday Malon Beckwith, of New York, who for the past .effect the standing of patented devices used in evening, March 25th, Mr. Palm Field was the three years has filled the office of president of bicycles and tricycles, it was not a suit for in- recipient of a beautiful gold locket. Mr. Field the League of American Wheelmen, having de- ol fringement patents, and the decision does not is leaving Hamilton for New Haven, Conn., clined to allow his name to be used again, the throw the case out of court, but by statute sends where he intends residing permanently. He will question as to who will be his successor is being to it the next term of the same court to be lie missed by the club. Last year he gave great agitated in wheel circles. It is said that Vice- trieil on its merits It only causes delay of trial. promise of developing into an exceptionally President Stephen Terry, of Hartford, has the There are several suits pending in other courts speedy bicyclist, and rare things were expected presidential bee buzzing in his bonnet, but in by the Pope Manufacturing Company for in- of him this summer. Hainillon Times. my opinion his chances are slight. T. J. Kirk- fringement of patents, four of them against the patrick, of Springfield, Ohio, is also mentioned, Overman Wheel Coinpany and four of them In the matter of a suit brought at Hartford by and is deservedly popular in the west, but un- against the .-Vmes Manufacturing Company, who collect an ac- fortunately the feeling is not shared in Pennsyl- are the makers of the Overman wheel, soine of the Overman Wheel Company to them in e(|uity pending for some time, and .some count from the Pope Manulacturing Company, vania and New York. Henry E. Ducker, of of them at law and recent. In the recent ones, before the case came to trial the Pope Manu- Springfield, is said to be ambitious, and E. C. attachments were placed about two weeks ago facturing Co. paid the entire claim, together with Hodges, of Boston, is also mentioned. At an) to an aggregtte amount of forty-five thousand and double costs, in order to prevent rate there is fun ahead, and the meeting in dollars, which still stand. interest be the most lively in the Chas. E. Pratt, the entering of judgment against thein in favor Boston will doubtless .\tlorney for the Pope MTg. Co. of the Overman Wheel Co. history of League politics. : ::::: THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. i>5 "local consuls. THE SPRINGFIELD TOURNAMENT. C, W, A, OFRCIRL ftiOUNClENTS, The Springtield Club have decided upon a DISTRICT NO. I. four-day meet for 1SS6. The plan which Mr. London. —W. M. Begg and W. K. Evans. Ducker relies on to make four days attractive,, St. Thomas.— C. H. Hepinstall. and the 18S6 tournament "the grandest the Simcoe. —W. S. Perry-. world has ever seen," is to have a one-mile Port Elgin.— II. Wilkes, jr. Listowel. — F. W. Hay. amateur bicycle race for the championship of St. Marys. — C. S. Rumsey. the world, that shall be so recognized by the Stratford. A. C. Mowat. — League of American Wheelmen and the Na- Kincardine —T. E. Coombe. tional Cyclists' Union of Great Britain. The Woodstock — S. Woodroofe. °^Ij^i;lintit'$ ^ssaiiiatiim, Brantford. —W. J. Knowles. project in detail is that the League shall desig- Mitchell.—J. M. Ford. ORGANIZED SEPTEMBER, 1882. nate its six best men and the Union six flyers Norwich. -W. H. Miller. to enter the contest, in which at the beginning Berlin. —O. Shantz. President— Mr. Jas. S. Brierley, foiinml, St. Waterloo. — Charles Fee. American will be matched with Englishman. Thomas, Ont. Paris. —W. W. Patterson. The race Mr. Ducker would run in heats oT Palmerston. —A. Knowles. Vice-Pres. — Mr. W. G. Eakixs, Mail, Toronto, two men each. The reason is obvious— perfect Guelph. —J. Davidson. Ont. fairness ; it is demanded by the fact that two or Ingersoll. —W. C. Noxon. Sec.-Treas. — Mr. Hal. B. Donly, Reformer, Seaforth. — E. C. Coleman. three riders often combine against and "pocket" Sinicoe, Ont. Walkerton. — D. Traill. a dangerous opponent, freezing him out of the Paisley. A. G. Beamen. — race. The first round would be of six heats DISTRICT NO. I Cargill —W. D. Cargill. •(a dozen men entering as proposed), three to Tilsonburg. II. Comprises all the Province of Ontario west of —R. C. Wood. be run the first day and three the second. The and including the Counties of Ilaldimand, Brant, Drayton. —Joseph Pow'ell. Waterloo, Wellington and Bruce. Elmwood— Moses Wildfong. six winners would be matched on the second round in three heats the third day, and on the Chief Consul DISTRICT NO. 2. fourth and last day the three winners would W. Karn, Woodstock. A Toronto. —W. A. Capon, 183 King .St. east. struggle together in the final decisive heat. Mr. Representatives Newcastle. — Eli F. Bowie. Hamilton. — Percy Doniville, 121 John St. Ducker proposes two magnificent prizes of nearly C. H. Hepinstall, St. Thomas. Thorold. J. Dobbin. equal value, one worth, say, $600 for the winner W. E. Tisdale, Simcoe. — St. Catharines. A. N. Lindsay. — of the world's championship (to be his property), J. G. Hay, Woodstock. Brighton. —R. J. Bowles S. Roether, Port Elgin. and the other, worth $400, to go to the man Niagara Falls. ^John Robinson. R. M. Ballantyne, Stratford. — Port Colborne. —Thornton Hayek. riding the fastest heat. It would be the first DISTRICT NO. 2 Newmarket. —Thos. C. Watson. champion.ship of the world if it should receive Markham. Jay Ross. Comprises that part of Ontario east of District — J. the sanction of both the League and the Na- Richmond Hill. Theo. G. No. I, west of — Law. and and including the Counties tional Cyclists' Union, the two wheel organiza- of Northumberland and Peterborough. DISTRICT NO 3. tions that number all the flyers .save the Aus- Chief Consul Ottawa— F. M. S. Jenkins. tralian men Langden, Australia's champion, Fred. J. Campbell, 11 Front St., Toronto. Brockville. —A. L. Murray. has, by the way, written that the Springfield Napanee. —Alex. Leslie. Representatives : tournament has charms to draw him from the Kingston. —Wm. Nicol. H. C. Goodman, St. Catharines. antipodes, and doubtless a place can be found Belleville. — R. E. Clarke. R. Blackford, Toronto. J. Carleton Place. — Alex, T. Taylor. for him in the race, and for the Irish flyers, Harry ft-vrie, Toronto. Cornwall. — H. Turner. who have also expressed an intention of coming. R. J. Bowles, Brighton. If fifteen men were glad to start for the plain DISTRICT NO 4. DISTRICT NO. 3 one-mile amateur open bicycle race last Sept., Comprises all the Province of Ontario east of Montreal City.—A. T. Lane, P.O. Box 967. " " there will be no less a number eager to contend District No. 2. J. T. Gnjedinger, St. Peter for the highest possible honor that can be oflered. Chief Consul Street. " " I. R. Scales, 234 St. James —Springfield Republican. Geo. A. Mothersill, Ottawa. Street. Representative Sherbrooke City. — R. N. Robins. R. H. Fenwick, Belleville. Of making saddles there is no end. And now DISTRICT NO. 4 .comes the Acme saddle, which is the outcome of The C. W. A. Hotel Head-quarters for the experience and the experiments Comprises the entire Province of Quebec. the of Mr. Wm. town of .St. Marys has been changed to the Chief Consul: H. Hale, one of Connecticut's best riders, and National Hotel. W. A. Karn, C.C. one who is well calculated to judge of what is- Tohn H. Low, 953 Dorchester St., Montreal. required in this line It is of the ordinary ham- Representative The annual parade, so long thought an indis- mock variety, swinging between the ends of a J. D. Miller, P.O. Box 1148, Montreal. pensable adjunct of the annual meet, is growing flat spring. The spring resis on a shoe, which DISTRICT NO. 5 in disfavor with numbers of the L.A.W., and it fits the backbone, and it is fastened to the ma- Comprises Manitoba and the North West Ter- is probable that it will not be long before it will chine at this point only. .\\. the peak the sad- ritories. Chief Consul be abandoned. " London W.," in the Bicycling dle is hooked to the end of the spring, and at " rear swivel plate allows the leather World, says of it : Shawmut is down on par- the a to A. J. Darch, Winnipeg. Represefitative ades, and so am I, and so is every old rider, and accommodate itself to the action of the rider. of the leather is adjusted by W. V. Matthews, Winnipeg. so, I believe, is the public. A lot of wheel- The tension means Committees men making an exhibition of themselves is a silly of two screw bolts. The slot in the leather is sight, and I hope Boston will be spared. I think made by cutting through the centre, turning back Racing Board. — Fred. J. Campbell, Toronto; edges, stitching thus W. A. Karn, Geo. A. Mothersill, J. H. Low the parade does more harm than good. It causes the and them down, rein- and A. Darch. J. the people to regard cycling as buys' play, and forcing the seat. The parts are all interchange- Membership. — W. A. Karn, Woodstock, Chair- destroys the notion that it is a manly sport, a able. The saddle is made by the Bicycle .Supply , man ; Hal. B. Donly and W E. Tisdale, Simcoe. ' of New' Haven. Transportation. — II. S. Tibbs, Montreal, Chair- pleasant recreation, and a practical form of loco- Company man ; A. T. Webster, Toronto; W. K. Evans, motion. I know that the sentiment of a majority London. of leading wheelmen is opposed to the parade, The Century for March has the first instal- Constitution and By-Laws. — The President, I it will be discarded at the next League ment of Jo Perniell's trip on the Continent on a Vice-President, Secretary, and Messrs. Low and and hope tandem with his wife. Ballantyne. meet, and a scries of pleasant runs arranged." , 66 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. the town. Eh, Dude? Western as are, we WOODSTOCK. cilhcflman Oi^ntrcs. we are glad to .see that the meet is going to Mon- Looking out of window to-day, it seems as if treal, so that we can show our loyalty by being any one suggesting ' TORONTO bicycling as even a possi- Man bility would be regarded as a craiii of the 'Vo nickel iir mil in nickel, We are all going to Woodstock on the 24th richest kind. I. however, actually rode home 'I'linl is ihc iiiifslion. of May, and if we are not met at the station WhclhcT 'lis tictlcr to cover up the imperfections that bikes to dinner one day last week, ami was fairly liy in bath are heir to soakinR ihem plater's by a good large deputation, it will be because howled at by a brother cycler, who seemed to Or paint them over at a cost of a dollar. old To paint '! Spokes and all'/ the Woodstock boys are dead and new ones think I had gone wild. Never mind, boys ! ! there's where the rtih comes in when my f.W.A. suit .Ml have stepped into their shoes who are not capa- conies in contact with the fresh paint --and ruins its possess your "soles" in patience for a short grayish comple.vion. ble of filling them. We have no r.accrs of note time longer. I do not know what the feeling < iuess 1 II compromise on enamel. amongst us, but for fancy riders we take the may be in other places, but here everything cake, as all of "Alfy's" acquaintances well A palhmaster in one of llic back town.ships points to a very lively sea.son, and all the riders know. was greatly alnrniecl the other day hy reading talk as if they meant to have all the fun pos- Our club is not what you could call large, but the following contents of a postal card : sible out of wheeling. it is progressive. In 1882, it organized with a I>KAli SlK, —We will repair your hackhone, mend neck, Since my last, we have had further letters paint he.ad for $6.0.3. .Send them by express. membership of six, and each year since it -and has from American riders, both amateur and pro- Voiirs truly, steadily increased, until this year we have prom- HAM.MEK it 'I'ONGS, fessional, who seem as if they were going to Bicycle Repairers. ise of putting twenty-five wheels in line. The come and see us in force on the 24th of May. was on the point of sending it to the village question of building a tr.ick receives consider- He Our own Canadian flyers also seem, like "Bar doctor as a fresh evidence of tlie cheel; of medi- able talk among the boys, and from the tone of kis," to be "willin'," and if the .sometimes when a wheelman calletl for it and it we feel sure if wishing for one it cal (itiacks would get agreeable, but more frequently (//.tagreeable, clerk we would it the mystery. have had long ago. But, alas ! explained away of the weather gives us a fine day on that occa- Davies intends devoting a good deal of "wishes aren't fishes ;" and as have Harry we no mil- sion, we shall have a grand day's sport without lionaire time to the track the coming season. I have no in the club, and the outsiders who could a doubt. that he has his eye on Clarke, assist us don't appreciate us to the doubt but whom extent they We have not yet moved into our new head- closely last season. Harry is should, I afraid will he ran pretty a am we go without one till quarters, but expect to do so in a week or ten rider, having the necessary qualifications we make enough by concerts, and if all good our con- days. If any reception or jollification is given of physical strength, and power of certs are as financially profitable last, pluck, endu- as the that on the opening night, we may have soine brother I also heard it whispered the other day will not come for some time. rance. day wheelmen and athletes from other towns to see that (ieorge Urr, of the Wanderers', has made We hold our annual meeting lor election of u.s. II so, the old motto is still to the fore in his mind to tackle the cinder-path and oflicers on the first Friday in April, up the and from Woodstock when we expect visitors — " the more the talk we hear you may look records out for a keen the merrier." Bnseball contest, especially for the office Our League Club has purchased ground of pace-maker The directors considered the matter of the in club runs, for which I an near the Don, south of the Kingston Road. It am applicant. We appointment of a janitor of so much importance would be a good idea if the city bicycle clubs lead, others follow. Our club has already de- that it took three sittings of that body to decide could combine to have a first-class cinder-track cided to adopt the new uniform of the Associa- it. The choice fell upon Mr. C. A. Pyne, tion ; and if our long-legged built if arrangements could be made with the Secretary is as former manager of the roller rink, an energetic prompt in filling orders as the boys Uaseball Association. were in and pushing gentleman, whose selection seems Wanderers' Bicycle Club their giving them, we will all come out in gray uni- The held annual to give as good satisfaction as can reasonably inst. forms on the 24th of May. meeting on the i8th Mr. Chas. II. Riggs, More anon. be expected where there are 200 members and a prominent dentist, was elected Captain, and .Simcoe, March 18, 1S86. D. H. F. 10,000 ideas to be suited. Frederick Strange, music publisher, Secretary. While on the Association topic, I see that one Several new members were added to the roll. OTTAWA. of our most pushing towns in this vicinity (Ti.- The prospects of the club for 1S86 are excellent. Very many members of the press are active sonburg) is agitating that question. If they suc- Rota Club will hold their annual The meeting it they will never regret it, cyclists, and were it not that those of the daily ceed in establishing shortly for the election of officers, etc. pre-association journals have little time to spare, the ranks of for, looking back to old days George H. Hill, who is on the road for Chas. wheeling pressmen would be largely increased. here, it would seem like a return to the dark Robinson & Co., has been giving fancy riding Looking over the muster-roll of the Press Gal- ages to have them again, so much pleasant so- exhibitions in Montreal, Ottawa, and other east- lery of the Dominion Parliament, and including ciability and spirit of good fellowship has it ern cities. those of the official debates, I recognize the fol- created amongst our young men. Lavender is expected back from England soon. the interest in touring will be as great lowing-named as bicyclists : P. D Ross, of the I hope It is to be hoped he will have fully recovered season as it last year. Montreal Club ; F. Cook, late of the Imperial during the coming was from the efi'ects of his accidents of last season. issue of the new guide-book of the C.W.A., Club, Leeds (Eng.) ; A. Ilorton, .\I. F. John- The Toronto, March 23, 18S6. Pete. ston, the full information as to roads, etc., which A. J. Magurn, of the Toronto Club ; and with H. W. Laird, of Toronto. There are doubtless it will contain, will be a great boon to intend- SIMCOE others sufficient to form a Parliamentary Wheel ing tourists. No one who intends doing any- I suppose many of the members of the various Club as a sort of annex to the Ottawa Club. thing in that line, in or through Canada, whether •clubs throughout the Province think that the Some of us have our wheels here, and, through a member of the C.W.A. or not, should lose any Sitncoe Bicycle Club isn't much of an institu- the kindness o members of the local club, are time in procuring one, so as to give himself ample tion, or they would occasionally see an article enabled to enjoy a little riding in the Drill Shed. time to consider where he will go. They should of every .-American rider from us in The Wheelman ; but let them The Ottawa wheelmen are worthy fellows, with also be in the hands keep on thinking so, only if they ever come the true fraternal spirit, judging by those I have who intends passing through the Plominion, as round this way they will fiind out their mis- met, and that they form an active, energetic club so many did last year. It would have saved take, as I feel certain Woodstock and Brant- is well known. They will doubtless go down them much trouble and many vexatious delays, ford will testify. Well, I will admit we haven't til Masse to the C.W.A. meet at Montreal, and and some profanity (barring, of course, the cler- any very able scribes amongst us, save the Sec- shake hands with their brethren from the west. ical party), if they had had better information retary of the Association, and he won't bother There is no reason why, either, they should not about the country. The road map issued a year himself with such small potatoes as writing club put one or two men on the track. If the north ago is also very useful in connection with the does it does leading routes, news ; but when there is any fun going on, or not put forward some specimens of pluck guide-book, showing as a meet to be attended, we are there every time. and rugged endurance, where will we look for etc., in simple form, while the book will give Even Seaforth will tell you that we were at physical perfection ? A. ]. Maiu'KN. details. Buffalo, and I wonder if we didn't help stripe Ottawa, March 15, 1886. What on earth ails all the leading clubs, that — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 67 in issue after issue of The Wheelman " Pete" THE STAR. T handles, the grips being placed at right angles- •of Toronto and myself are the only decently- to the bars. For two years or more w t have regular correspondents? Why do not the cap- A writer in the Bicycling World gives his been using this pattern handle exclusively on our tains of clubs, or the local consuls, either write experience of the Star as follows: "The Star bicycles, and unhesitatingly say that the general themselves, or stir up some member of their has, until quite recently, been an unpopular principle of this handle is correct. What is club has the "itch for writing," and would ;' wanted to perfect comfort for the who wheel. It is so yet in the ' Backwoods for secure arms it? I will in a handle, is that the hand and should •do "Pete" and be the grandparents when first brought out it was roughly construct- arm of Wheelman correspondents in time. By the ed, ungainly in appearance, and very heavy. It be placed in a natural position. We ask any " way, like the man who dared to quote Pina- was a cheap machine, and that fact alone got one to calmly look at the facts, and say whether fore" ago, I learning to the position of the hand in hanging on to a awhile am look round it into the han.ls of m.uiy who, by riding a bicy- for some one to "throw a brick" every time I cle, expected to receive benefits that did not be- horizontal bar — which is, practically, what the ordinary it is gripped say anything about this matter, as I have spoken long to their class. Even at the present day, Mr. handle comes to unless of it so often. If I do fall a victim, let those Stall, of Boston estimates that the proportion of by the really small end — is. a natural position? their arms who have not responded to my urgency feel that .Star men to those using other varieties of wheels Let any one stand upright and allow blood is on their heads. writing about to drop freely by their side, then close their my While is as one to fifty. This will account in part for I forgot hands, as in gripping anything, see the po- the guide-book, to add that every rider the rarity with which they are .seen on tours. By and in this district can add greatly to its completeness sition the hands will occupy. It will be found the way, are they so rare ? There were seven the Chief Consul, Mr. that they not set across the body, but nearly by sending to W. A. Karn, with the first Canadian party, and about the do fill up with descriptions parallel its 'side, rods held in each hand for blanks to of roads same number last year. I heard well of them. by and locality ; and I strongly be found to converge together at a point in their would urge them As to safety, I have seen Burt Pressey ride would feet in advance, and about to do so. over a platform fourteen inches in height, and some six or seven The annual meeting of the Bicycle Club was can take a seven-mch curb myself without any on a level with the person's head. The handle, should so arranged held in the Association Rooms last night for fear of disagreeable results. My previous ex- then, in common-sense be officers for to this position of the hand the fullest election of the ensuing year. The perience with machines has been 54 Expert the as give following fill the different ; scope. handle does this, and so does positions President, entire season, first machine, from which I took The T A. M. .Scott; Vice-Pres., Codville what is termed the "spade" handle, which has James ; Sec- the usual headers allotted to cranks. During Treas., S. Woodroofe ; Captain, W. A. been adapted from the tricycle by one or two Karn; the same season I bought an old 57 Star. It 1st Lieut., do., 1 ri lers another form of handle, W. Martin; 2nd S. L. McKay; was too clumsy, but a better hill-climber than makers an ; and Williams; handle-bar ends are bent round at 3rd do., H. Bugler, W. S. Hurst; the Expert. The season of '84 found me riding in which the themselves, likewise gives the Committee, J. G. Hay and E. E. Merner. There a special Facile, later on a Victor tricycle. Then right angles to very position. It will be easily seen from was a large and enthusiastic meeting, and I gave a Rudge Safety a trial, but none of them desired this that of the grip, as well as its several close contests took place for the various went up a hill with the easy, pleasant sweep of the shape offices, but at the close all seemed well pleased position, is wrong ; for if placed in the way the old Star. .So, early in '85 I bought a 51 with those who were successful. I described, the bulbous end would be terribly As said be- noiseless .Star. I am now about to change that -fore, everything points to a uncomfortable. What, therefore, is wanted in very prosperous year, for one of lighter build, and then shall be \\t\\ several riders being to shape is a large oval, tapering slightly from new added the club, while fixed. As to road performances, I find that I the old one or all the ones are on hand. can go faster and farther with a Star than with the centre to the ends. We have heard Bicycle. riders say that they have tried T handles anything else I have ridden. With a perfect two Woodstock, March 1S86. and have not liked them. It has not, however, 23, hygienic saddle I am as comfortable as if on a far to see that their handles have bee 1 tricycle, and with the "new double-lever lirake been at a angle. little consideratio. 1 just as safe, if not safer." set wrong A We learn from the Bicycling World that Mr. will show that with a handle in this position it W. McCandlish, the editor of Wheeling, and must be exactly right or it will be altogether late of Wheel Life and the Neius, is a Cana- fit T or HANDLE GRIPS. wrong. We have seen makers a "spade" dian by birth, having been born in this co y, handle perfectly horizontal. Such a position, it •of Scotch parents, in i860. Though a noted will be easily seen, will strain the wrist to grasp The handle of a bicycle is a small thing in road-rider, he has gained more reputation with the handle. On the other hand, we have seen itself, but for all that its suitability or otherwise his pen than with his legs. Over the signature them fixed very nearly perpendicularly, a mis- forms a considerable factor in a day's enjoyment of "Agonistes," he has contributed several fine take equally to the other extreme ; and in fitting when on the wheel. The ordinary and generally .poems to the cycUng press. "Junius Junior" a handle of this type, care should be taken that recognized shape of the handles, viz., like those is his favorite signature at present. As editor it is just at a slight angle — say 20°, or there of a brad-awl with bulbous ends, evidently orig- oi Wheel Life, he introduced a bright and gos- abouts — out of the horizontal. During the las inated with our manufacturers taking — in the sipy style of writing into cycling literature, and few years we have been pleased to note the earlier days of the trade — those handles which this style characterizes his work on Wheeling. slow, though very steady, increase in the num- were offered to them by handle-makers without " " London W." writes : I first became acquaint- ber of handles of this type fitted, and we hope especially considering their .suitability or other- ed with Mr. McCandlish through corresponding to see, before many more years have pa3j,ed, wise for cycle use. Any one, however, who with him when he was guiding Wheel Life. the T, " spade," or backward sloping handles has ridden a side-steering tricycle for any length Well educated, clear-headed, and with an ex- universal. Henry Sturmev, in Cyclist. of time, or who has used any other shape of ceedingly facile pen, he has revolutionized the handle on a bicycle long enough to get accus- cycling literature of the day. He is, perhaps, tomed to it, and has then gone back for a time Howell challenges Wood—through the Lon- .a little inclined to be critical of all men and to the ordinary style, will have noticed and felt don Sporting Life — in the following manner : things, and hits hard, but no prosy, dry-as-dust, the singular unsuitability of the handle in ques- "In answer to Wood, the self-styled champion, or tedious articles fall from his pen, and he tion. It is now nearly eight years since any I wish to .say that he does not hold the mile couches the most ordinary incidents in language change in handles was first mooted, and we our- record, as I have beat his record in public by which arrests attention, and pleases if it does selves for some time used perfectly spherical four seconds, and as Wood held the watch him- not instruct. His success as editor of Wheel handle-grips, the suggestion of a well-known self, he knows the record as a liona fide one. I Life has led him into other fields of literature So.iih of ICugKind cyclist, who fitted a pair of enclose you £^ to bind a match with Wood, and he is now, I believe, a contributor to the billiard-b.ilis to his own machine. These were according to his letter, viz., to run as soon as SI. S/epiten's Jie^neiv. good in many ways, and a considerable improve- the season commences —that will be Easter week; ment upon tile ordinary type, .\bout the same so if Wood means business, he will oblige by at The National Cyclists' Union of England has time, however, a maker in the South of Eng- once covering my deposit, and sending article!* decided to reject all Sunday racing records. land commenced to fit what are now known as .0 me, when the match will at once be ratified." 68 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. shooting Fred. V.. Van Meerbcke, ambitious game in the Rockies, to be fully illus SUhccl Israelis. an young man of twenty years, a resident of New York trated. This series will be supplemental to his. " city, is now journeying u])on a bicycle across famous Hunting 'Irips of a Ranchman," and will form, when complete, Bob English will shortly become a professional the continent lo .San I''rancisco. the most authoritative work on our western sport so far published. Woodsiilc is said to be badly crippled finan We are to have another cycling contemporary, cially. 'J'he ISicycle, lo be pul)lished monthly al West L. D. .Munger, on March 27th, lowered the Kanilol])h, Vl. The first numl)er was to have world's 25-mile road record at New Orleans The Minnesota Division has just issued its first i made its appearance im vVpril !. The first nine miles were made in 29 minutes- handbook. 38 3-5 seconds ; the second nine in 30 minutes- Thomas Stevens, now making a tour of the The baseball ground at Hulifalo is to have a 21 2-5 seconds, and the last seven miles in 24 world on a bicycle, cables Outing that he left bicycle track. minutes 46 3-5 seconds ; total, twenty-five miles, Teheran, Persia, for Calcutta, March 4. He is I hour 24 minutes 46 3-5 seconds, lowering the California talks of a division of the League of in good health, and confident of penetrating record 9 minutes 13 2-5 seconds. American Wheelmen. China. The Cleveland Bicycle Club will hold four About 15,000 members have renewed their F. J. Lees, the English bicyclist who made meetings this season. subscriptions to the C.T.C., while close upon the 72-hour record of 1,007 miles, is coming to to 1,000 new candidates appear upon the list for America, and expects be in Minneapolis ia M. J. V. Webber will race again this year, and lo election. This is an eminently satisfactory state three weeks enter the six-day contest with is already in active training. of things. Shock, which will begin there on May 15th. A. G. Spalding & Bros, had seven cases of This contest will be the most interesting 72-hour A 27-hour bicycle contest between Miss Elsa Humber machines on board the Orcgoti. race ever held. Woodside, Prince, and Higham, Von Blunien and John Talmadge for a purse of another English rider, "The Big Four Tour Association" has been will also enter the race. $500 was ended at Rochester March 12. Von merged into the L.A.W.'s Tour Association. Blumen made 168 miles 14 laps and Talmadge On April 24, at Clarksville, Mo., about twenty miles from .St. Louis, a national bicycle tourna- The latest Bullclin contains 30 pages of Pope 159 miles. ment will be held, at which there will be a race Manufacturing Company ads. Best on record. John S. Prince has turned up in England. He for the 50-mile championship of .America. There- Mrs. Van Sicklen was admitted as an associate was called home by the sickness of his father. will be five prizes, aggregating $1,000. The en- of the Chicago Club at its last meeting. He writes that he will be in Boston in a few member tries include such well-known wheelmen as Al.. weeks, and will accommodate Mr. Neilson with Sanders Sellers has fully recovered and re- McCurdy, of Boston : George Webber, of New a race at any distance. sumed his studies in the profession of medicine. Jersey ; Van Sickkn, of Chicago ; Whittaker, of The Philadelphia Bicycle Club has purchased St. Louis, and L. D. Munger, of Detroit, 24- Schock, Woodside, Morgan, Prince, Brooks a lot at Twenty-sixth street and Pennsylvania hour champion of America. There are about and Young would make a magnificent six -day avenue, on which it is intended to erect a hand- fifty entries in all. race. some club-house, with all improvements, includ- The Bicycling Neivs says hollow handle-bars The St. John, N.B., Bicycle Club has amal- ing a gymnasium and billiard-room. are becoming very general on bicycles, and there gamated with the St. John Cricket and Athletic Cycling is now making very much progress in is a growing propensity on the makers' part to fit Club. France. Lc Veloceman, le Veloce-Sport, le Sport them in such a manner that they can be readily A si.x-day bicycle contest, eight hours a day, Velocipcdique, the three leading papers, have all detached. This is a very needful provision, as. will take place at St. Louis the first week of three increased since the beginning of the year a bent hollow bar cannot be straightened with April. the number and the size of their pages. such facility as can a solid one. Riders who use hollow handle-bars must bear in mind that if Woodside gave Arniaindo a half-mile start and such Kaufman writes that there is little business a bar becomes bent it must not be straighteiied beat her in a ten-mile race at Minneapolis re- for professional fancy riders, as there is not a hollow bar very possibly be cently. cold. A may bent rink in all England. He will leave in about out of a straight line without damage to the Kauffman and McAnney are creating even a three weeks for Australia, and will return via tube, but if it is bent back again cold, the tube- greater sensation in England than ever Dan Can- 'Frisco. Canary will shortly return to America. will infallibly break. To straighten a bent tube ary did. very careful heating is requisite. Says the Chicago Sportiiigaiid TheatricalJour- John S. Prince ofl'ers to defend the R. K. Fox of G. nal : A photograph W. Ross was added Schock's score for the 72-hours' race at Min- twenty-mile bicycle medal against in any man last picture to our collection week. The is an neapolis was 1,009 miles and three laps, and America. and shows a handsome young excellent one, man Woodside's 935 miles. Woodside made a plucky breastwork compi5sed of Tom Eck is making money. He is running with a glittering thirty- race. He did some magnificent riding, and noth- the Washington rink and training fighters in two medals. ing short of the phenomenal endurance of the Ger- Minneapolis. man could have defeated him. The world's record There is a project now on foot to form a was made by F. J. Lees at Middlesboro", Eng- Gormully & Jeflery, of Chicago, are vastly circuit similar to the horse-racing circuit, to in- land, October 2, 1SS5. The distance covered pleased at Schock's great six-day victory. He clude .St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland. was 1,007 miles, 1,232 yards. Schock had every rode one of their Champion bicycles. The bicyclists could then, with one training, at- inducement to spur him on. The manufacturers- tend all these races, and more racers would attend congregation of a church The New Jersey of the Champion bicycles, Gormully & Jeflery, the circuit than for any one meet. • took up a collection last week, and raised $200 oflered him a purse of $500 if he broke the world's for the purpose of providing their minister with The fifty-mile road race of the Bay City wheel- record. The friends of the cyclists in Minneapo- a tricycle. men, San Francisco, was won by F. D. Elwell lis subscribed over $600 for him. Schock is 29- The members of the Lynn Cycle Club have on a 56-inch Rudge light roadster. The time years old, five feet six inches in height, and of raised $2,500 among themselves for the proposed was three hours and thirty-one minutes exactly. rather slender build. rejiorted very rough in track : $1,000 more is wanted before beginning The road was some places. operations. The riders had to ford a stream, climli over two Messrs. Gormully & JefTery, the well-noted fences with their niacliines, besides crossing a Articles ot association were on March 4 filed Chicago manufacturers, whose advertisement ap- trestle bridge. by the Detroit Bicycle Track Association. The pears in our columns, have their 1SS6 catalogue term of the existence of the Association is to be Theodore Roosevelt, the statesman of New ready. It is neatly gotten up, handsomely illus- thirty years. The capital stock is $5,000, di- York and ranchman of Dakota, commenced in trated, and contains much information of use to vided into 200 shares of $25 each the March Outing- an extended series on big wheelmen. .Send for one. THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 6^ Tft^ Only Atcittufacturers J7t the United States who actually manufactMre their own Machines, 222 & 224, N. f RjANKLIjM ST., ©HlC/cGO, ILL. 1 he American Chanipion Bicycle. A Bicycle of the HIGHEST GRADE, at a reasonable price. T/ie Ainericaji Challenge Bicycle. Positively the Best and Most Durable Roadster for the Money ever placed on the Market. 7^he Aniericaii Safety Bicycle. Undoubtedly the most Satisfactory Safety yet devised. The AnieiHcan Ideal Bicycle . The Recognized Standard Youths' Bicycle of the United States. The American Ideal Tricycle. A beautiful little Two-track Tricycle for young ladies, and of same grade and finish as The Ideal Bicycle, and ^jk L/cRGE bIJME OF SUNDf^lES-^ - r" FREE iV^: Gormully & Jeffery, Chicago, III, u.s.a. — — — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. BICYCLE RIDING AND PERINEAL PRESSURE. and the improvement begun with the so-ealleil suspensi bicycles of a size suitable for their riders ; but :o: it could if be shown that these results did act- Mr. Hillman, of the well-known English cy- ually follow the use of the bicycle in any con- cling firm of Hillman, Herbert & Cooper, drives siderable number of cases, it would be sufficient a carriage constructed mainly of steel tricycling grounds for limiting the use of the bicycle. lulling, and the wheels of which are made spider SEND FOR CATALOGUE. In the year that has passed, I have given the fashion, and tired with india-rubber. Not only matter a very considerable degree o( attention, is this carriage the perfection of ease to ride in, and have made numerous inquiries among cyclers but its weight — without losing strength — is so and iTiedical men, without having found a single liiuch less than that of ordinarily-constructed car- authentic case of injury to the perineum or pros- riages that the horse labor is enormously re- tate, and only a single instance in which even duced. Similar carriages have been made for a suspicion of such injury arisen, had and in L'ird (Granville and others, and the day w^ill that case it was charged, by the bicycler who shortly come when the nish for similar vehicles spoke of it, to the use of an ill-fitting saddle, will be immense. and disappeared upon the substitution of another saddle of more suitable design and construction. The Westfield (Mass.) bicyclists have formed a After a long experience with the bicycle and class for Bible study among themselves. What tricycle, I am prepared to state positively that do they find in the Bible about bicycling? I know of no other means of locomotion or exer- Boston Post. "Their wheels like a whirlwind." cise that can compare with cycling for pleasure, Isaiah 5:28; "As for the wheels, it was cried for business, or for health. Even with the unio them in my hearing, O wheel," Ezekiel 10: cruder machines with which I began my expe- " 36 Adelaide Street West^ 13 ; He wrought a work on the wheels," Jere- rience as a practical cycler, this was true, " but miah 18:3: So run that ye may obtain," I Cor. it is much more so with the improved machines 9 : 24 : "I have not run in vain," Phil. 2 : 16 of the present day. ; The small hard saddle has " Let us run with patience the race set before been replaced by larger and more elastic ones. us," Heb. 12 : I. Dai/y Union, TOf^ONTO. THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 71 A. T. LANE. Montreal. ROYAL CANADIAN NO. 2. THE KANGAROO. A FEW BARGAINS! Premier Sociable Balls to all wheels, king of road lamps, new tires. COST $igo, for $110. IN GOOD ORDER. Rudge Racer 5 1 inch. Balls at both wheels and pedals. Only used a few times. COST $115, for $75. This machine has been greatly improved" since last season, but price remains the same. Popular Premier THE PERFECT SAFETY. Specification : — Hillman's new pattern ball-bearings to front wheel and adjustable Editor of " C. T. C. Gazette" says it is the 51 inch. All nickel-plated but felloes. cones to back, direct spokes, Hollow Forks, " best of the whole bunch." It is the original Bent Handle Bars and Long-Distance Ball bearings to front wheel. ^Eolus machine, and the vital parts are patented, and all Saddle. Finished in Harrington's black copies of it are wanting in one important particu. ball pedals. King of road lamp, Nickel- anamel. Price, $63.00. lar. Price, $ioj.oo ; Ball Pedals, SS-oo extra. plated. Hill & Tolman Automatic Gong. In very good order. FOR $70. Subsc7^iptions i^e- Send j-Ce?tt Stamp ceived for all Cycling Special British Challenge for largest and most 52 inch. Balls to both wheels. Half Publications. plated. Too high for late owner. Not run 100 miles. elaborate Bicycle Cata- — $75- — logue ever published in 50 SECOND-HAND MACHINES Canada. Aod \\ more Bicycles For Sale Cheap ! 42 Pages-62 [ngiavings, ALL JUST AS CHEAP A. T. LANE, MONTREAL. ! — 72 THE CANADIAN WHRF:LMAN. ON THE t^OAD. OfJ THE fATH. Akiu;nij iiii. \\'uni.i>. .Thomas ^tkvkns 'AMll.^., >s-.\ltLK(i^..Mii.i'., i-.Mii.K Karl Kkoh 10,000 Mm.ks (A.MATKt'K), Mii.es Hbnkv W. Wili.ia.ms 9,000 I''ko.m a MiLiis TO 38 Milks, inch'sive, Kko.m Pennsylvania to Neukaska WOKI.D'S UF.CORDS. ANi> Ri-riiiN ..IIi'i;ii J. Hi(;ii KVKKY lUrNCLKK .X.Mi T1\ICVCL1CR WII.l. IINU Vl .•\IjVANTAOKOUS''1'0 send l.M.VKl'IAIKI.Y i-ou TiiK New .Si'KINc. Caialocuk ok COLUMBIA BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES A GENERAL REDUCTION IN PRICES. MANY IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS. THE fOPE JVIANUFACTUf^ING eOMfANY, 597 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON. BRANCH HOUSES: 12 Warren St., NEW YORK; 115 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. At every League meet the CoLUMiiiA GREATEST " bicycles have been hi the majority. More than one-half of the bicycles in the DISTANCE EVER recent parade of the L. A. W. at Buffalo, MADE '' N.V., were Exi'KKT CoLUMBiAS. ' For eight years the oldest and best riders have INSIDE THE HOUR. ridden CnniMiiiAS. Although the CoLUMiUA bicycles have l)een in use seven worn as years, there never has been one so 20h MILES, 396^, to be unfit for use.— »FA<'c?me«'.s- Gazette. FEET SECOND-HAND BICYCLES BY Bicycles ! Tiicfcles WM. PAYNE. LARGER STOCK THAN EVER. ONE XTRA 52-inch WHEEL, nearly new ; all ball-bearings $90 00 One 54-in. B.C., all plated So 00 One 52-in. RUDGE, nearly new 40 00 WATSON & PELTON, One 40-in. K.\NGAROO, good as new 50 00 Two 52-in. ordinary CHALLENGE, in Wholesale and Retail Importers. good order, each 50 00 YOUNG AMERICA, WM. PAYNE, London. PIONEER, FOR SALE-60-IN. FULL-NICKELLEI) .Special CLUB BICYCLE. Good as new. BRITISH, Ball Bearings throughout. Will sell cheap. BRITISH SPECIAL, .\ddress : Lloyd Harris, Brantford, Ont. BRITISH TRICYCLE. ArtlPT Send 10 cents postage, and we will mail you I free a royal, valuable, sample bo.v of I I L goods 111 I that will put you in the way of making Agents for the Coventry Machinists Co.'s r more ^' ' ' moneil at once, than anything else in .\mer- ica. IJoth sexes of all .-iges can live at home and work in spare time, or all the time. Capital not required. We will "SPECIAL CLUB," start you. Immense pay sure for tho^e who start at once. Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. "CLUB SAFETY." "CLUB RACER." ^ SSOCIA TION BADGES. Lari'.e Assortment of Sundries C. W. A.~BADGES Repairs and Plating promptly executed IN GOLD AND SILVER, -MA'l' HE OBTAINED ON APPLICATION SAMPLE ROOMS 53 St. Sulpice St. TO WAREROOMS-S43 Craig St. HAL- B. J30NI.Y LONDON, ONT. jVCON IREAL. Sec.-Treas. C. \V. A., Simcoe. A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Association, and of the Cyclists' Touring Club in Catiada, Vol. III. LONDON, CANADA, MAY, 1886 No. 7. - - THE VICTOR - - 1886 = biajHT I^OADSTER^^^ 1886 SHOWS ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH A YEAR's EXPERIENCE CAN SUGGEST. LIEHTEfl, Wm\ SACRIFICE OF Saddle mucfi Improved, longer and narrower, with wrench strapped on Narrower Tread. underneath. Compressed Tires much Improved, We cannot enumerate its many good points here, but will claim the Doing away with the dead rubber down in the rim. Handsomest and Fasiest-llunning NEW DEVICE LiQHT Roadster FOR LOCKINC THE HEAD, EVER OFFERED IN THE MARKET- Avoiding the constant annoyance of it.s coming loose. Vou will make a mistake if you HANDLE BAR buy without investigating. Entirely changed and itiifroved, past a reasonable WKL BE READY FOR DELIVERY VERY chance of breakage. SOON. ay- OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY. 482 Columbus Ave., BOSTON, Mass., U.S.A. 74 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. May-ROBINSONS REMARKS-1886. J'^RIENDS AND FELLOW-WHEELMEN, LEND US YOUR EARS ; THEY WILL BE RETURNED EXPRESS PREPAID. THE UNITED ORDER THESE ARE THE WHEELS THE MEMBERS 01- THE U.O.R.B. RIDE. ODDS & ENDS THE RUDGE LIGHT ROADSTER Htlin.uu. RUDGE RIDERS. SECOND-HAND WHEELS We have decitled lo organize a new Secret Society with the above title. Objects : Fun, We have a list of forty Second-hand marriage and congratulations. Admission only Bicycles, several Safeties, and an assort- to the fortunate wheelmen who are mounted ment of Tricycles, which we will sell cheap. on the Kudge machines. We give below the A catalogue of them will be sent on applica- lirst instalment of members : tion. .Sizes range from 48-inch to 56-inch. TORONTO. These machines are expressed C.O.D., with privilege of examination and return, express Wanderers' B.C. Orr, Geo. H., ex-Capt. prepaid by consignee, if not as represented. Campbell, Fred., Ex-Captain Toronto Stuttaford, a. [B.C. Carden, J. Garden, R. The Canadian Records. Burgess, R. An esteemed firm of fellow-dealers adver- Bengough, Thomas tise that their wheel holds all the Canadian Veigh, Frank Records. The RUDGE holds the Canadian Macdonald, Dr. one and five-miles Records. This alters the Robinson, F. A. THE CANADIAN RUDGE- case somewhat, as they are the most import- Robinson, Chas. (Ss.5.»o. ant of the Canadian Records. Lalor, Thomas Amas, F. Adams, James K. Malcolm, James Sparling, F. The Spring Trade R. Baxter, Exceeds our expectations by a large majority. Fleming, R. We have already cabled for large repeat or- Lowes, C. J. notwithstanding the fact that our first howland, l. b. ders, Ireland, Wm. importation comprised several cases. The Symons, a. W. Rudge is selling like Banbury buns on Good Lancaster, C. L. Friday. This gives the best possible evidence Moore, C. it is esteemed by wheelmen. Hanning, C. R. of the way SwiTZER, Mr. Wright, Wm. MoRi'HV, Fred. STRATFORD. Nasmith, C. E., CaptainlS.B.C. The Lillibridge Saddle Palmer, J. Frank, ist Lieut. S.B.C. Is also selling rapidly, and has proven itself Macdonald, A. T., 2nd Lieut. S.B.C. to be the best American Saddle in the mar- R. Ballantyne, M. ket. The boys unite in saying that it is the Kirk. A. J. THE RUDGE SAFETY acme of comfort. McBain, M. .>t>IIO.0U. Boles, William Bosworth, N. A. Ahrens, Dr. Mowai', a. C. OrR Sporting Goods HORNE, G. n. Macdonald, R. B. Departments Maceadden, J. .\. Are in full swing. B.aseball centres in one Mayberry, C. a. LOSEE, K. locality ; Lacrosse in another ; while Foot- Smith, Charles ball and Cricket has its devotees everywhere. ST. CATHARINES. We are well stocked up in all these lines and ready tt^ outfit clubs. Lindsay, A. Goodman, Dr. Hodgetts, G. W. S\VORD, J. A. CHARLES ROBINSON & CO., Smith, Ralph S^^nH, E. W. 22 CHURCH STREET, Mot; to follo'a' iicrl moitlh. TOKtOTO. : THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 75 be favorite "^he CInnai)i;ni distances, may be expected. To racers and will a ride, and ought to break the SEhcclman western wheelmen (especially the Toronto con- wheelmen of all kinds, the well-known hospi- A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. tingent) all up with its overhanging views and tality of the Woodstock Association and Bicycle famous coasts along the asphalt -like roads of ITie Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Club should be an attraction, and we bespeak the well-known park. The new Athletic Club- tion and of the Cyclists' Touring Club for them the largest gathering of bicyclists ever house and grounds at Cote des Neiges will be in Canada. another star in the crown of the Montreal boys, seen there. and will be the rendezvous for the wheelmen, showing them the interest that Montrealers take Published bv tiik Canaui-\n W^hbklmks's Association, in athletic sports and pastimes, and more than AT London, Canada, and Supplied to all EDITORIAL NOTES. likely the visitors will lie entertained here to a Members of tub Association. dinner or ball, and also to an open road race. course a trip the Lachine Those consuls who have not yet sent in their Of down rapids will Subscription Price to Non-Members $1.00 not be omitted, and an excursion to the old road reports to theii chief consuls should do so per annum. capital, Quebec, will probably be taken in by at once. Read the letter from the .Secretary in part of the wheelmen should time permit. All communications should be addressed to TliK another column. Although somewhat early to indulge in theo- Canadian Wheelman, London, Ont. ries as to the probable programme, one like the The Englishmen are waking up. The Biiy- following ought to be near the mark, Thursday,, the 1st the day appointed for the meet, to- cling News speaks approvingly of the "new" July, LONDON, MAY, 1886. be divided somewhat as follows : In the morn- idea of returning to every man who starts in ing there will be a parade of all the different a race the amount of his entry fee. clubs through the principal streets, after which THE MONTREAL MEET. the annual business meeting will take place in all an increasing From quarters come tidings of the club-house. In the afiernoon the annual interest in wheel matters, and the dealers all re- races of the Association will take place, among From the letter of a correspondent, and the cord a greater demand for wheels than has been which will be run off the one and five-mile bicy- extract from a Montreal paper given in another cle championships and one-mile tricycle cham- the case for some years. These be cheering column, it is quite evident that the Montreal pionship races for the championships of Canada. signs. Friday, the 2nd, in the morning a trip Club is going to make the C. W. A. meet of On down the famous Lachine rapids. In the afternoon, 1886 something no members of the Association The L.A. W. Racing Beard has made an addi- a road race to the new Athletic Club-house, La- to tion to its racing rules, by defining a " class race" ought miss ; and we sincerely hope that but chine or Valois, with a dinner or ball afterwards. few of them will. The Montreal Club has in as follows : A class race is open only to those Saturday morning the Mountain Paik will be in thoroughly explored, and in the past stood firmly by the C.W.A., and now who, up to the date of the closing of entries, taken and the afternoon the Montreal Bicycle Club should hold the C.W.A. should stand by it, and give it all have not won one of the first three positions in their annual races. This will close the great in than possible encouragement. We are pleased to see a public event the same or better time meet, and if the programme is carried out some- it that Montreal feels keenly the reproach that rests the class under consideration ; or in relative time, what like the above, will be the most enjoy- able one that the .-\ssociation has ever had or upon the C.W.A. by reason of it not yet having judged from other distances according to the ap- ever will have for years to come, and will do a brought to the front a rider that might pended table : take his great lasting good to cycling in Montreal and place with the fliers of the Slates and of England, One mile. Two mile. Three mile. Four mile. Canada in general. and if that feeling is shared by the other clubs of 2.45 5.40 8.30 14.30 The races will by no means be the least attrac- 2.50 5.50 15.00 tion of the meet, and this year promise to be the Association it will not be long before the 8.4s 3.00 6.10 9.15 16.00 unusually exciting. They will either be held on reproach is wiped out. Either at Woodstock on. 3.10 6.30 9.45 17.00 the Shamrock Grounds or the Montreal Driving May 24, or at Montreal on July I, the Cana- 3.20 6.50 10.30 1S30 Park. The Shamrock track, being nearer the dian records should be brought down to a figure ciiy, is to be preferred, but, owing to the bad :o: turns on it, it is not only dangerous, but pre- which we would not be ashamed to acknowledge vents fast time being made. ShouUl the Sham- before the world. But apart from the mere THE ANNUAL MEET. rock Club make them more of a semi-circle and matter of racing and records, the Montreal meet bevel them up, the track will be the one chosen, and Montrealers will have a chance of seeing will offer the great attraction to the majority of The Montreal Gazette says : Now that the annual meeting and laces of the Canadian Wheel- first-class racing, and some very fast time will Ontario wheelmen of an opportunity of visiting, men's Association have been definitely settled on be made. As to who will carry off the cham- at a small cost, the chief among Canadian cities. Montreal this year, there has been quite a stir pionship races, it is a little too premature to in- What rates of fare will be offered by the railway and excitement among wheel circles and ath- dulge in favorites for them, but one thing is sure, is, Montreal boys intend holding and steamship companies are not yet known, but letes generally. Many are the schemes that are and that the talked over among the members of the bicycle up their end of the flag. The events will be there is no doubt that they will be within the club to make the meet not only away ahead of all close and exciting, and will be principally reach of all. all such former Canadian events, but one that among the old reliables. will throw in the shade any meeting ever held Clarke, of Woodstock, is the western men's guiding star, and great things are looked for from THE WOODSTOCK MEET, on the continent. Nowhere could a better place have been chosen for the meet. No place offers him this year. Davis and Foster, of Toronto, the same advantages for sight-seeing, or has so promise to sweep everything before them, and special to take their prizes We would call the attention of all Canadian much in and around it that will interest and will have a car home. But for the part of Montrealers, some are in- wheelmen to the programme of the Woodstock amuse wheelmen and others than Montreal. No place has as fine a club-house or as many ren- clined to think that when they meet Montreal's Amateur Athletic Association for May 24th and dezvous or as fine loads to wheel over as have backbone in the shape of Low and Scales, and " 25th, which will be found in another column. a dark horse all of " Maud .S stamp, they will the Montreal boys ; and now that the new Ath- With commendable enterprise, they are under- letic Club-house has been put up, the bliss of have to be satisfied with second place. Whisper- all es]iecially is complete, and it is sure that every ings come from over, from Belle- taking the first two days' meet ever held in wheelmen wheelman that conies to the meet will go away ville and Woodstock, of new womlers that are Canada, and are putting forth every effort to with a feeling that the visit has lieen a red- going to astonish the racing world, and it re- it t>ld make a grand success. The prizes are liberal letler day in his life, and one that he can ever mains to be seen whether the champions take a back seal or not. In for all events, including the money prizes for look back on with pleasure. .Most of the roads will have to the in and around the city will be found to com- open races, the piincipal Americans will be en- professional riders, notably one with a gold pare more than favorably with the best in the tered, and will measure their strength against medal added, to settle the much-discussed ques- country for smoothness and scenery. Of course, our home talent, and some close and exciting tion of the Canadian professional championship. the principal ones are the Lachine roads, upper races will be the result. Il is to be hoped that the western wheelmen will come down in force This race alone would be worth going there to and lower, and the essence of perfecti(^n is reaclieil on the latter. The road running along the bank and lake the city liy storm. If they do, Mon- see. They have a good track, and with the of the St. Lawience, past the famous Lachine treal will lay herself out to make things lively presence of a number of the leading professional rapids, is a never-to-be forgotten ride, antl is for them. and amateur r:ders from the other side, who the tlelight of local wheelmen. The upper road have w-ritten promising to put in an appear- is also a grand ride, with many a famous coa.st. .\t Lachine both roatls join, aiui from there to John .S. I'rince announces that he is done with ance, together with most of our own fliers, who the pretty village of N'alois lies .along Lake .St. long-disiance racing, but is (;pen to race any also will be on hand, an e.sciting two days' Louis, and is second only to the Lower Lachine .-American professional from one to twenty-five sport, and the lowering of the records for all road as regards scenery. Cild Mount Royal, loo. miles fiir $500 a-side. ! 76 llll': CANADIAN WHEELMAN. Friday, Good leaving .Simcoe at 1.30 i". M. and " Bless m' stars," says he to me, " what's thai cilhcclm.in (Itcntres. I I I going to Waterford and back, lO miles. The an- on ihat ni.achine ? Can't see nothing but a pair nual meeting of the club (or the election of officers legs." of Pofjr fellow ! his eyesight ran out was held MONTREAL. on Friday eveniiig, April 2nd, when the before it reached the topknot of the rider. following (jfficers were elected for the ensuing Oh, Harris, oh, Harris! don't sell your old coming season is to l)e llie crowning The one year: lion. President, (Jeo. W. Wells; Presi- wheel ; in the annals ol our cliil), as the fourth annual dent, W. S. Perry; Sec.-Treas., A. R. Dobson ; 'Twill loss be as the of a friend ; meet of the C.W.A. is to he held here on Do- Captain, \V. V. Wallace; Lieut., A. W. Donly ; If you're no more to be seen on the Queen's minion Day. Montreal, the commercial metrop- Standard-bearer, George K. Cook ; P.ugler, A. highway, olis of oldest Canada, and possessing the bicycle Miller. .Mr. W. A. Tisdale, our last year's sec- Time might .is well come to an end ! club in the Dominion (and one of the oldest in retary, wished to be relieved of the position, say- Everybody that could hire, beg, steal or own America), should long since have been host to ing that he wanted to see the honors of the club a bicycle went a-spinning on Good Friday. I'll the Canadian \\'heelmen's Association. I am distributed. A vole of thanks was tendered him w.igcr we will not have a better day for the pur- sure our we4ern brothers know that it was not for the very eflicient way in which he had filled pose this sea.son, barring, perhaps, a trifle loo for any lack of hospitality that our invitation his office, for and the interest he had taken in much dust. But it makes a soft bed. A soft 10 them was not sent for either of the two pre- the welfare of the club. fall turnelh aw.iy bruises. The W'anderers (who, ceding years. Until now we have been laboring Simcoe, April 26, 18S6. li. by the way, are awakening with new vigor —and under the very heavy handicap of not having an a new suit) made a club turnout of thirly-lhree. A No. I track —one on which something better WOODSTOCK. The route lay along the Kingston Koad to the than our annual race parades by local riders could Half-way House, where we demolished anything We took our first club run of the sea.son be given Lo the public ; and not possessing one, on but a halfway dinner. Good P'riday. A few of the party went "Ur committee tiecided that it was better for both Thirteen riders turned out under on to Whilby or .Montreal, or some village down parties for us to withhold our invitation until we charge of Capt. Karn. Beachville and return east, while the was the extent ol rest of us returned. Coming along \\'cre in a position to cope with and run the meet the run. Among the attrac- the sidewalk, in single file, tions for the we met a policeman. in a manner to reflect nothing but credit on all 24th is the expected visit of the Wiih instinctive reverence, we all dismounted and C'anadian wheelmen. This year our boys hope Dufferin Rifles, of Braniford, who will bring a did him obeisance. He was immensely pleased, to see, and will welcome most heartily, wheel- troop ol friends with them. The track is being and, pulling out a book, began lo lake notes : men from every province in the Dominion and put in fine condition, and the records should be from the United Stales to do our town and test knocked out of sight. I must apologize to our Daniel. standard bearer, Mr. Jas. Scofield, for omitting the possibilities of our new quartcr-niile cinder- Br track, second to none in Canada, and on which, his name from the list of club officers for this ' ?" year. What 'ye doing that for even in its new state, last year very good time "Jemmie" is so well known, however, " Again' ih' law." was made by some of the boys here. both at home and abroad, that there is little " But we're outside the city limits— on the out- Any and every wheelman who contemplates danger of his being forgotten. skirts," sobbed the captain, as he weeped a big vacations the coming summer cannot do' better Hoping, Mr. Editor, to see yourself and every weep. than note down imnicdiaiely in a sketch of his other bicyclist and bicycle enthusiast from Wind- " Well, if you promise not lo tread on her lown that the four best days of his holiday can sor to Quebec here on the 24th and 25th, I remain, skirts again you can go." be spent in Montreal from Thursday, July 1st, to etc.. Bicycle. We went, and along the centre of the road, too. -Sunday, July 4lh If a racing man, his duty Woodstock, April 23, 18S6. The only oilier adventure we had was the meet- calls him tenfold, for we have yet to show our ing of a Don valley bovine, wdth cow-horn handle- cousins down in Springfield, Mass., who may P ETE'S LITTL E SAY. bars on her head. The captain g.ive her his have heard, yet are not certain, of the existence card and invited her to leave our pathway. She of a legislative bicycle body in Canada, that we MY BEDROOM. stood and thought it over. In the meantime, have such an Association, and, taking into con- locomotion of slackened. all Burning oil wheels We were midnight I sideration the population ol our countty and length (at 30c. per gal.), .\pril 15th. getting ready lo dismount, when she gave us a <>{ the riding season, an Association that can vie / Spring, Spring, youthful Spring, wicked wink and wabbled away. That cow has with any other in the world under the same re- What rich delight your no respect for fellows high up in life. doth ! strictions. Probably in the past we have been coming bring What streams 01 water and seas of nuid W'hy the Torontns didn't have a big run I treated by our American cousins according to (Where you hear the dull and sickeni.ig thud do not know. Perhaps they did, but, if so, it our dues, fur who have we amongst us that we was done very quietly. Of the unfortunate biker who is tossed o'erhead. Pete. can hold up as a tit man to compete for the And is carried off to his straw-tick bed) Toronto, -April, 18S6. championship of the world ? A few years since ; What biting winds you shoot from the sky, Canada had a man who iii the mile race came What balmy fragrance in your breath doth lie but a very few seconds behind Hendee. Let ; TOURING. What lovely songs from the him or a better man come forth and champion tree-tops tossed. What Roman noses nipped by frost ! our cause on July ist, so that we may know Mr. B. B. Ayers, tour-master, L.A.W., in a What glorious runs o'er dale and hill, whether we can again hold our heads on a level letter lo the president of the League, defines the What vigorous brushing with our contemporary cycle unions, and whether after a spill scheme lately devised and adopted by ihe Tour- What— what d'ye say, O gentle Spring? I he Canadian Wheelmen's Association can justly ing Board for the conduct of tours. He says : You ask to let on '* claim a share in the management of the world's me up my rythmic jing- The country was divided into louring districts. oh, championship races. Le? certainly, if you wish it. No offence, Eastern, Middle, Western and Southern, accord- I hope. My heart's first desire is that this year may I'^raternally \ ours, ne.xt ? Look here, old boy from Woodstock, the tour-map of his division. The duties of the what do think this April igth, iSS6. Montreal. you of idea ? Have a new marshals will be generally centralized in the chief office created in all the bicycle clubs, viz., The marshal, who will, in addition, personally lead or Wheelman scribe, at a salary six the tour. bicycle SIMCOE of postage superintend annual A touring stamps, a steel pen and a nionument? There's map of the United Stales will be compiled by the Since last month's Wheelman was issued, Lindsay, of St. Catharines, aiul Hurdman, of Board, to be in divisions as above, or in one map there has been a revolution in bicycling. All Ottawa, and Leslie, of Napanee, and Cooper, like a railroad folder, as may develop lo be best. have become alive to the fact that the wheeling of Belleville, and Chandler, of Newcastle, and The map will be accompanied by touring descrip- season is here, and have accorvlingly brought out Macdonald, of Stratford, and Coleman, of Sea- tions with rail and water connections, and best their machines and polished them up for imme- forlh, and a lot of others i.who will be blackballed lines lo taive between given points. The annual diate use. Most of the club have agreed to wear if they don't come to time), who ought to write tour was set for the two weeks following Mon- their bicycle uniforms all summer for six days in up their respective localities from month to month. day, 6lh Sept., 18S6, and is substantially over the week, and if other clubs would do the same Alas, alas, and once more alas (three alasses the following route : Niagara Falls and Bull'alo lo thing, the farmers from the back townships would in all) ! Lloyd Harris, of Braniford, advertises Canandaigua. Seneca Lake, Central New York, soon stop taking a person in a bicycle uniform his 6o-inch wheel for sale. Earthquakes and Elmira, Northern New Jersey and the Orange for a member of the Salvation Army. I think hailstones I what's the mailer? How we'll miss riding district to New York city; thence ocean we can claim the first Association uniform to the big manly fellow away up in the clouds. steamer to Old Point Comfort, Ya, ; theice lo have appeared on a member of our club. Our And will he no, no, no — — 3-et perchance he .Staunton. Ya. ; from Staunton down the .Shenan- secretary came out in his about the 15th of the ! may— Horrible Thought —sell his great white doah Yalley tv'a Luray Cave lo Harper's Ferry ; nunth. and if they all look as well as his the 1 -Aw.iy plug, too with the thought ! I know thence north to Hagerstown, Md., Gettysburg. .Association may feel proud of having made such a shortsighted man who w-as greatly alarmed at Pa., York, Pa., and Reading, Pa., to Philadel- a /;-.//)' selection. We held our first club-run on I Woodstock when Lloyd headed the procession, ' phia, or 7'ia the Lehigh Yalley to N.Y. State. — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. n Members of the Association who have not of the continent, and every sideline and conces- C, W, A, OFFICIftL ftNiUNCElNTS, voted on the proposed changes in the Constitu- sion should be described. But seemingly the new tion and By-laws contained in the supplement book is lu be no improvement on the old. so far to the last issue of this paper should do so at as District No. I is concerned. Mr. Karn is once. doing all he can, but after six weeks' work and an immense amount of writing, he has succeeded Local consuls are reminded that this is the time in getting road reports from six out of the local of the year to work for recruits for our ranks. consuls under him. Is it not enough to discourage Certificates issued now are good to July, 1887. even Job himself ? and I ain't Job by a long ways. The elections for chief consuls and representa- I write this as a last appeal to the members to tives are now going on. In District No. I, Mr. wake up all along the line. There isn't one of W. .\. Karn is unopposed for chief consul. For them that is not able to do something. When the four representatives to which the district is they read this, let each one sit down and w-rite about the roads has been over entitled there are eight nominations; as follows : what he knows he and post me what he writes. This .Association Messrs. Begg, of London ; Bailantyne, of Brant- It's the members'. This guide book ; of is not mine. ORGANIZED SEPTEMBER, IS82. ford : Brierley, of St. Thomas Nasmyth, is not mine. It will be theirs. For Heaven's Stratford ; Perry, of SimCoe ; Rumsey, of St. sake let every man ]jut his shoulders to the wheel Marys ; Tisdale, of Simcoe, and Woodroofe, of President—Mr. Jas. S. Brierley, journal, St. Woodstock. In District No. 2, Mr. Campbell and move it out of the mud-hole it has got stuck Thomas, Ont. has no opposition as chief consul, and for the in. Give us s'omething to make a guide book out filled there are of ; and if S. Brierley, W. G. Eakins and Vice-Pres. — Mr. W. G. Eakins, Mail, Toronto, three representatives' places to be J. four nominations Messrs. Bowles, of Brighton yours truly don't do the job up in style, just con Ont. — ; to a .Star wheel for life. Goodman, of St. Catharines ; and Harry Ryrie demn me Sec.-Treas. — Mr. Hal. B. Donlv, Reformer, and Chas. Langley, of Toronto. District No. 3 Yours in despair, Simcoe, Ont. A protest has been entered against the manner of Hal. B. Do.n'lv, holding the election, and a new one has been Sec. C.W.A. ordered. In District No. 4, Mr, J. D. Miller APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. is elected chief consul, and Mr. W. G. Ross -:o:- representative. MONTH OF APRIL, 1SS6. A TOUR TO MONTREAL. Members are notified that the time for the re- Unattached, 4 : ceiving of ballots expires on Monday, May loth, We have received from Messrs. Chas. Robin- at noon. Not half the membership has voted as D 0020, Charles Coster D 0022, J M Barnes son & Co., of 22 Church street, Toronto, too yet, and I would strongly urge upon all the de- O 0021, G M Robertson D 0023, .\ H Welch, late for insertion in this issue of The Wheel- sirability of their doing so, and at once. [Toronto man, a sketch of a proposed tour from Toronto to Montreal to attend the annual meet of the Cornwall Club, add 2 : C.W.A. In brief, the plan is as 'bllows : D 0031, D S Breckeii- D 0032, H S O'Brine IMPORTANT C.W.A. MEMBERS. TO Monday, June 2Sth. —Western members of ridge the tour will reach Toronto during the day or Westminster Touring Club (London, Ont. ), 6 : Editor CANADIAN WHEELMAN : evening. Evening. — .\ reception of the out- D 0033, H W Nelles D 0036. W Richardson Allow me space in your columns to make a Monday of-town wheelmen will be held by the members D 0034, W Piper D 0037, f Elliott few passing observations. The Association is city clubs at the city hotel. D 0035, A Hunt D 003S, E Parke endeavoring to publish a second edition of their of the C.W.A. 29th. .\t a m. a start will Winnipeg Club, 10: guide book. At least they have told their Secre- Tuesday, June — 9 be made for the east via the Kingston R(jad, the D 0039, K Johnston D Suckling tary to do so, and I imagine that having said go f 0044, W day's ride consisting of thirty miles, Whitby be- on, they think their part o( the work is done, and D 0040, S 15 P-lackhall Simpson D 0045, G T ing reached in time lor supper. it business of fall D 0041, C B Keenley- D 0046, E Anderson that is the the Secretary to to J Wednesd.4iY, June 30th. —Forenoon run to side Housser and provide the new book instanter. Well, please D 0047, f W Oshawa, Bowmanville and Newcastle (iS miles), let the .Secretary talk. is willing to do all in D 0042, TFWestbrook D 004S, L .\rnett He dinner being served at the latter ]>lace. From to it D 0043, WJKOsborne his power to bring this book out ; make one to Cobourg miles) in the after- that will be a credit to the Association and of Newcastle (24 Stratford Club, add 23 : noon, making connection with the Richelieu and value to its members. But do these gentlemen C; Ontario steamer for Montreal. D 0069, H Home D 0080, P J Watson who are asking for this new book kno^v what is [Those who desire may ride the famous hun- D 0070, |a^ L Irving D ooSi, .A. C Hofiman needed to make this book a success and to place B.isworth dred mile stretch from Cobourg to Kingston on D 0071, N A D 00S2, Ch T Wade it up to the needs of the times ? The editors arriving at Montreal a later.] U 0072, W Jeffrey, jr. D 00S3, W .Maynaid, jr mu.it h.ive in their hands a complete and system- Wednesday, day i. Steamer to D 0073, [ohn Brown D 00S4, G A Farmer atic account of every road in the Province of Thursday, July — Montreal, passing through the Thousand Islands and the D 0074, "T B Afothersill D 00S5. Alf E Ahrews Ontario, at least over which a bicycle trail has Rapids. D 0075, E R Kastner D 00S6, E Larmour been made. Are the members in their own minds Friday, 2, D 0076, Ed Tune D 00S7, T Ballantvne satisfied that they are in this matter doing their July | IJ Saturday, [-Montreal. 0077, J McDonald D ooSS, M O Han'e duty loyally to the Association ? I ween they July 3, I) Sunday, 007S, Frank Ward D 00S9 T Campbell will be, or many of them will be, ready enough July 4, J Start made for by D 0079, D W Fanner D 0090, Thos IMiller, jr to criticize when the time comes, but they seem Monday, July 5 — home those so desire. D 0091, C A Mayberry loath now to aid the work. The compiler of this who Mr. Geo. H. Orr, of Toronto, will asssume com- book is himself utterly unal.ile to publish such a mand of the tour. Messrs. Robinson & Co. state book as will be worthy of our Association if not Mr. W. A. Karn, C. C. No. I District, has that they propose the tour simply in the interest aided from every side by all the members. appointed Mr. W. Doll as Con.sul for Berlin, And J. of wheelmen, and will not accept any commission in place of Mr. O. Shantz, resigned. this assistance is not forthcoming. The book from railway or steamship companies, or any sum should be out now. It was promised by the from the tourists except the trifling amount suffic- middle of May. The matter is not even as yet ient to defray the actual expenses incurred. Fur- in the hands of the editors kx. the present rate SECRETARY'S ANNOUNCEMENTS. ther particulars be obtained by addressing of progress, the middle of September will not may them as above. There is no question but that see the book out of the jsrinter's hands. a ver)' enjoyable tour might be the outcome of Mr. J. D. Miller, of .Montreal, acting under the In District No. 3, Messrs. Mothersill and such a plan as suggested by the instructions of the President of the .-\.ssociation, Jenkins, of Ottawa, and M.ay, of Belleville, and gentlemen named. is superintending the manufacture of a special in District No. 4, Messrs. Miller and Lane, of C.W. .\. button for the new uniforms. I expect Montreal, and Mr. Robins, of Sherbrooke, have Riinmon, Clayton & Sons, of Lancaster (Eng. ), to have a su[)i,jly on hand in the course of a lew done S)jlendi(l work, and from these parts of our have a patent binding ring, which consists in days They will be supplied at cost of jjroduc- country I have now on hand ready to go to the affixing to the spokes on each side the wheel tion to member.s, and will be chea],i. Further printer two cajiital chapters of road reports that a ring of No. 13 spoke wire at a distance of particulars in next issue or by circular. are as complete as could be desired. In District 8 to 12 inches from the hub. according to size No. 3 —Toronto — absolutely nothing has been wheel. This ring is placed against the oul- I am also contracting with a woollen mill for of done. Neither the local consuls nor the Board the manufacture of a quantity of yarn the same sitle of the spokes and is then lashetl to each one of OlTicers have done anything, and the jiromise wire, lashings being shade as our C.W.A. cloth, for stockings, and with fine the secured when is that the Toronto district will present a bad done with solder. hope to be able to meet all demands in this line gap in the ne.\l guide book. In the London in a few days. District, Mr. Karn has charge, and has been Clubs desiring to procure the regulation C.W A. issuing circulars ad infuiittini in a vain endeavor The Star Wheel Club, of Cleveland, is making cap can do so by having any ilealer in their town to stir up some life among the local consuls. This preparations for its annual tour ihrnugh Can.ada communicate with Messrs. Marshall & Co., of District is the great stickler. It is the largest and in August. -Seven Stars and two Ordinaries are London. mo~t important of all. It is the louring ground booked so far. 78 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 1', Gnredinger, and G. {Jnaidingcr ; Captain, IL cEitli the €lubj cilhccl ^Viuhs. Joyce ; 1st Lieut., |. T. Gnxdinger ; 2nd Lieut., 1''. K. VV. liarlow ; Bugler, W. Crispo ; Standard- bearer, Robertson. STRATFORD BICYCLE CLUB. J. II. Minnesota has about 300 wheelmen. T. G, (;n/i;din(;ek, A large and very enthusiastic meeting of the There are over 200 bicycle riders in \'ermoiH. Adiiig li. Stralfnrd Hicycle Club was held on the evening Hon. Str, Monlrcal C. iV/ieeling novi boasts 10,000 circulation weekly. of March 29, for the purpose of organizing. The following oflicers were elected for the current The Boston Hicycle Club is now in its ninth \ T'he annual meeting of the Kingston I)ic)'cle : President, Mark Wade ; ^'ice-l'resident, year. year I Club was held on 7lh April. T'he following L. II. Danipier ; Sec.-Treas. , Win. Lawrence; gentlemen were elected ofticers for (he ensuing President Bates is writing a bicycle story in Capt., C. K. Nasniyth ; 1st Lieut., V. Palmer; J. sea,son : Hon. President, John Carruthcrs, Esq ; j the .S/a/e Kepiibtieaii. .Standard-bearer, A. and do., A. T. Macdonald ; Hon. Vice-President. James Metcalfe, -M. P. I ; W. Cassels ; Committee, R. M. li.dlanlyne ami If you have not joined the can Active President, D. F. Armstrong ; Sec-Treas., C.W.A., you K. liardley Wilmot. give any good reason ? James A. Minnes ; Captain, T. T. Renton ; lUily enrolleil The following gentlemen were 1st Lieut., W. B. Lieut., R. Skinner; 2nd J. Messrs. Fourdcinier, II. Dean and Weston are the as members for this year : Marl; Wade, L. McKelvey; Standard-bearer, F. Mitchell; liugler, new editors of the liicyeliiig World. Danipier, Wni. Lawrence, C. E. Nasmyth, J. George Smith. Prospects for wheeling in King- .S. lienedict, I''. I'almer, A. T. Macdonald, J. ston were never better. Fred Jenkins, late ol The Wheel, is now con- A. W. Cassels, R. M. Hallantyne, K. Kaidley nectetl svith Sporting Life, Philadelphia. II. R. 1). Wilmot, J. A. Macfadden, G. Home, The St. Thomas Bicycle Club held its fifth Losee, R. R. McFarlane, J. L. Irving Chas. Terre Haute, Ind., has a prodigy in a one- ' Smith, N. A. liosworth, R. McKain, William annual meeting on the 14th of A|-)ril, when the legged rider, who makes his half mile in 1:58. JelVery, [olin Hrown, Wm. Boles, E. R. Kast- following officers were elected : Captain, A. E. The Canton (Ohio) Bicycle h.as Domville (late captain Hamilton Bicycle Club) Club 44 mem- ner, T. 15, Mothersill, Ed. Tune, 1. McDonald, { ; bers The majority of them ride the Star bicycle. Sub-Captain, George Stewart ; Secretary-Treas- Frank Ward, A W. Watson, D." W. Farmer, I C. ITofI'man, C. Wade. A. urer, Cieo. Ingram. It was desided to continue I'. J. Watson, A. J. On 6th .March, the League had 6,340 mem- membership in the C.W.A., and the majority <_'. Mowat, J. A Kirk. bers. The largest number enrolled in 1885 was of the club, as individuals, decided to adopt the A good deal of important business was dis- 5,176. posed of; among other things, committees were Association uniform. A motion was passed in bicyclists appointed for the purpose of procuring suitable favor of attending, in as large numbers as pos- The of Georgia are now organizing rooms for the club, and also to complete arrange- .sible, boih the Woodstock and Montreal meets. a .State League, which will soon be in perfect ments for the construction o' a bicycle track. working order. During the evening. Mr. Yeigh, the representa- At .St. Catharines a new driving and riding .Springfield is to have a new bicycle manufact- tive of Messrs. C. Robinson & Co. , of Toronto, park is now being built, and the intention is to uring concern, with a capital of $150,000, to behalf of his firm, presented the club with a on put down a quarter-mile bicycle track. The an- make the Cyclone. standard. beautiful nual meeting of the club was held on April 20th, Mr. R. M. Ballantyne, of Stratford, and Mr. The Columbia Light Roadster is now fitted and the officers for 1886 are now as follows : E. St. Marys, were nominated with hollow felloes on both wheels, made from C. S. Runisay, of Goodman, M. D., President; Johnson Clench, representatives to the C.W.A. for this district. a seamless steel tube. Vice-President ; H. Bixby, .Sec.-Treas. ; IL C. Goodman, Captain ; C. McGhie. 1st Lieut. ; .S. Germany, with a population of 45,000,000, has HAMILTON BICYCLE CLUB. Carman, 2nd Lieut. : C. Bixby, .Standard-bearer. 5,600 members in the Cyclists' Union ; Holland, It was also resolved to change the name of the with 4,000,000, has 800. is time since have had a commu- It some you club and adopt a new uniform. There are now nication from us, but we are not dead yet, never- "Let go thy hold when a great wheel runs about 40 cyclists in this city. theless We had our annual meeting last night down a hill lest it break thy neck."—The Fool, in Shakespeare's " Lear." (.\pril 7lh), anil elected the following officers for "The Westminster Touring Club" has been the ensuing year : President, Chief Stewart ; Vice- formed in Westminster, a suburb of London, The IT. B. .Smith Machine Company employ President, Chas. Tinling ; Sec.-Treas., Laid- J. with the following officers : during Captain, Wm. Piper ; 375 hands the busy season, which speaks law ; Captain, W, E. Rutherford; 1st Lieut., Lieutenant, J. E. Parke ; 2nd Lieutenant, Wm. well for the Star bicycle. Charles Graham ; 2nd do., R. A. Robertson ; Richards ; Secretary Treas., A. Nellis ; Bugler, Six members of the New Orleans Bicycle Club Ihigler, Chas. Ross ; Consul, R. R. Simpson. John Elliott ; Committee, E. Minhinnick. Wm. have agreed to attend the Boston meet and ride We intend to have a cinder-path here soon, Payne, H. O. Osborne, and E. McCormick. A will, if possible, lay it on the cricket-ground, the whole distance on their wheels. and suit of gray color, very similar to that of the which is well adapted for same. We put up a C.W.A., has been adopted, and the club has Gormully & Jeft'ery have several novelties in gold and silver medal at the annual meeting for joined the Association. view, which they will bring out later in the a road race to Grimsby. The last ten miles of season. Keep your eye upon them this road are as fine as can be found in Canada. The Winnipeg Bicycle Club has elected the Some of the more enthusiastic members of the T. Hallam, the holder of the Australian cen- following officers : President, Mayor Wesbrook club hired the drill-shed during the winter, and ; tury record, recently won the two-mile cham- Vice-President, K. Johnstone : Captain, C. I can assure you enjoyed it immensely, making J. pionship of Tasmania in 6m. 59 4-55. B. Keenleyside ; ist Lieut , F. F. Wesbrook good use of their time. ; 2nd Lieut., W. K. Osborne; Sec.-Treas., S. The Ottawa Bicycle Club has decided not to I don't think many of our boys will adopt J. adopt the C.W.A. uniform, but to retain its pres- B. Blackball ; Standard-bearer, G. T. Simpson the C.W.A. uniform this year, as they are dead ; ent suit of blue serge, patrol jacket and helmet. Bugler, W. Suckling ; Whipper-in, V. E. Lati- stuck on their red polo caps, which always take mer. so well with the fair sex. Mr. A. T. Lane, of Montreal, has been ap- A Bicycle Club has been formed in Newmarket, We lost our secretary-treasurer last week, and pointed sole agent in Quebec for the Singer Ont., and the management has been assigned to you may be sure we all regretted it very much, wheels. The appointment is a first-class one. the following officers : Hon. President, Dr. H. lie was the cominLl Hier of the province, and car- J. Henry Sandham, the artist, has painted Widdifield, P.P. ; President. E. W. Fogal a ries with him to his new home the best wishes of M J. ; Vice-President, E. Hughes; Captain, T. C. group of wheelmen on the road for ilr. Prang, She club. Our captain is going to make a short J. and it will soon appear in the form of a chromo. Watson ; 1st Lieut., Ashworth ; 2nd Lieut, and tour in h'.ngland next month. We have spent a J. Treasurer, R. Gain ; Secretary, E. A. Bogart. good many pleasant evenings in our club-room The building of a track is very fine, but it is this winter. The room is none too large, but is an expensive luxury. It costs the Springfield cosy, and everything that goes on there is straight, The much -neglected and sadly -mismanaged club nearly $1,000 a year just to keep it in as we are a moral lot. Let Rrantford follow our Star machine has at last been put into compe- repair. good example — liy order of the tent hands, .Spalding's New York house having J. P. Mills, of Liverpool, will shortly attempt TIER. taken the agency. This make is now to be Bar PEN to recover for the bicycle the Land's End to pushed vigorously in York city, New Jersey city John-o'-Groats' record now held by Marriot on and Long Island. C. E. Kluge will Spald- be a tricycle. MONTREAL BICYCLE CLUB. ing's salesman for the machine. Fred RolUnson, the professional bicyclist and On Thursday, April Sth, the Montreal Club trick-rider, who had been before the public for a held i's eighth annual meeting, which was at- The Sporliiio Life, of Philadelphia, one of the number of years, died in the Napa (Cal.) Insane tended by ujiwards of 75 members. The secre- most popular papers of its class at the present Asylum during the week ending March 27. tary's report and the treasurer's statement for the day, comes to hand now in an enlarged and im- past year was read and adopted. The election proved form, making it more readable than ever. John S. Prince and R. Neilson, professional of oiKcers was then proceeded with, with the The special feature of the S/^orl:itg Life is, that bicyclists, are matched to ride the best two in following nsult : Presi.lent, J. D. Miller; 1st every department forms a complete epitome of the three races — the first five and the second ten Vice-President, J. B. Ostell ; 2nd Vice-Presi- week's doings, the bicycle column being made miles — for $300 a side and the championship of W. G. Ross ; Hon. Sec, R. F. Smith If third is Jent, ; especially newsy by contributions from Fred Jen- America. a race necessary, the one Committee, A. T. Lane, G. S. Low, J. T. kins, late of the New \'ork IF/iee/. winning the toss will name the distance. — - ; THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 79 The receipts of the Springfield Bicycle Club The Buffalo Bicycle Club, having found their secretary' and treasure! of the National Athletic for 1885 were $17,395, the expenses $15,933, club-house on Virginia street too small for their Association. On his retirement he was presented the net profits of the tournament $3,060. use, have decided to lease the Clifton residence, with an address and a purse of $250 by his fellow on Main street, just above the street-car barns. club members. He was the founder of the Mon- "The longest -legged wheelman," says the This will give them more capacious and more treal Bicycle Club, and one of the pioneer wheel- Fort Wayne IVoiiil, "yet heard from is the accessible headquarters. They take possession men of Canada. man who buttons the waistband of his knicker- May I. The following is an easy and satisfactory method bockers to his collar- button." of cleaning the chains of safeties and tricycles, The Springfield Club offers $1,000 for prizes Morgan has signified his desire for a viz., putting the chain in very hot water, which W. J. for a one-mile amateur championship of the world seventy-two hour bicycle race with Schock, for has been impregnated with plenty of soda, and race this summer. In such an event, the L.A.W. a side. The latter thinks double the sum very soapy. Then with a hard brush (a nail $500 will be allowed six entries, the N, C.A. six, the little enough to race so long for. brush will do) rub the oil carefully from them, Irish and Dutch Leagues four, and the Austra- and remove them into another vessel of water will be held in Boston May lian two. The L. A.W. meet prepared in the same manner. After leaving 27 to 29. It has been decided to devote the first There is no doubt that the time is at hand them soaking for five minutes, take them out day to a grand reunion, the second to a business when inventors will seek, not so much for im- and dry them well. meeting, and the third to the races. provements to existing machines, but for some The dates and places of the six English cham- A writer in the Bulletin openly asserts that auxiliary power by which both bicyclists and pionships have been decided on as follows : June the Pope Manufacturing Company paid one ama- tricyclists will be assisted to propel their ma- 14, one mile tricycle and twenty-five miles bicycle at teur the sum of two thousand dollars last season chines against head-winds, and up hills that are championships, Weston-super-Mare : June 21, to bring the Columbia racer to the front. at present regarded as insurmountable. one mile bicycle championship, at Jarrow, New- castle-on-Tyne ; July 17, twenty-five miles tricycle stud of Prince consists of a 22 lb. At Clarksville, Mo., on April 26, George E. The racing championship, at the Crystal Palace, London lb. semi-racer, and a 32 lb. tricycle, all Weber, of Smithville, N.J., won the fifty mile racer, a 28 July 24, five miles bicycle championship, at Long built by Singer & Co., on Jack's own specifica- bicycle road race in three hours, seven minutes, Eaton ; August 14, fifty miles bicycle champion- forty-two seconds and a quarter, lowering the tions, and under his personal supervision. ship. Crystal Palace, London. world's record by nearly a half hour. The second of Holland are of brick, and every The roads and third men, C. E. Kluge, of Smithville, and miles there are barriers or toll gates, which SAFETIES, few Percy Stone, of St. Louis, -also beat the record. are shut between sunset and sunrise, thus com- pelling the rider to lift his machine over them. Woodside and Prince rode another fifty mile A correspondent of the Cyclist and Athlete, bicycle race at Minneapolis, on April 25. Once speaking of the Stanley Show, has the following tournament There is promise of a bicycle in more Woodside won, and once " more the world's to say of safety bicycles : There should, how- New Orleans in 18S7 "to rival the Springfield record fir that distance was beaten. The time ever, be a sharp distinction made between a affair," says the Picayune : and a grand effort of the race 2h. 44m. 25s., or Im. 25.25s. better 'dwarf and a 'safety.' A small wheel is in will be made to popularize cycling in the South. time than that made by Woodside in his last 50- itself not any safer than a large one. Vou have mile race It is said that the Chicago Club are to have with Prince, which was the world's not so far to fail, but you are almost certain to a new club-house, the building they now occupy record lor that distance. be more careless, and the steering is less true. is to be removed, and a new one, to cost from If the seat is over the hub, and the pedal di- Rev. S G. Barnes, Ph. D. , professor of Eng- will be erected in its place. rectly below, there is no more safety than in an $10,000 to $15,000, lish at Iowa College, sailed in the " City of ordinary ; this is simply a dwarf. It is only as Richmond," will It is stated that neither Dr. Beckwith nor E. January 23rd. He make a six the fork is raked, the seat put lower, so that a Hodges will be candidates for the presidency months' bicycle tour in .Southern Europe and C. man has to go up before he can take a header, of the L. A. W. Burley B. Ayers and Kirk- Great Britain. Rev. Mr. Barnes will be re- and the pedals correspondingly set back so that patricU are mentioned for the office. Burley de- membered as the secretary of last year's Clerical the pressure of the feet holds the hind wheel to Wheelmen's tour, and the author of interesting serves it. the ground it is only thus that real safety is articles descriptive of that tour. — W. C. Marvin, the well-known bicyclist, of secured. The oldest form of safety, the 'Xtra, Ovid, Mich., died Tuesday, April 13th. He The Springfield Wheehnen^s Gazette wheeled is still the most popular in England among the held the one and a half mile State championship itself out of existence with the March number. real safeties. The clumsy and noisy gambols of The Gazette Publishing ' medal for 1884. He was publisher of the IVesl- Company—Messrs. H. E. the pedals in coasting ' have constituted a serious Ducker, W. C. Marsh, and Charles A. Fisk £rn Cyclist. aesthetic objection ; but with the new Crypto have sold out, and the latter gentleman will wind gearing, with its arrangement for detaching the It has been decidad to run the mile bicycle up the affairs of the concern. A new monthly. pedals and going down hill with quiet feet, a la and five-mile tricycle Scottish championship races The IVheelinen^s Gazette, will be published by American Star, it is sure to be more acceptable at Glasgow in June, and the five-mile bicycle and H. E. Ducker, who will be sole proprietor. than ever in England. Just why it is not fan- the one-mile tricycle championships in the follow- cied in the States I do not know perhaps now ; ing month at Edinburgh. Says the Bicycling World: From every direc- it will be. One trouble with the dwarfs has tion do we hear that new tracks, specially built the Toronto been the wide tread, which gave the wheel a Messrs. Ryrie and Webster, of for cycling, are springing up. In the near future challenge the Newcastle Club, and R. F. tendency to slip sideways, especially on a greasy Club, it is not impossible that we shall have a grand Gnsdinger, of the Montreal surface. This is now being corrected. I3rown Smith and J. T. racing circuit, beginning with Boston — no, we oft' on their European tour. They has a new bearing that narrows the tread ; and Club, are mean Lynn — and ending at New Orleans, or 27th. one machine, the Acme, puts the chain pulley were to have left London on April if the route were reversed, the lover of green wheels within the forks, getting the space by Jeffery, of Chicago, are the only peas might follow the growth of that delicious GormuUy & using an outlying skeleton hub, at which the manufacturers own their vegetable north. American bicycle who shortened spokes are intercepted Of the two although the Pope Manu- own plant complete, With some machinists, one-hundredth part of an most common types of the dwarf— the Kangaroo, facturing Company control the Weed Sewing- inch is considered close work ; one one-thous- or front driver, with little hind wheel, and the where the Columbias are made. Machine Co , andth part of an inch and one one-fiftieth part rear driver, the hind wheel being the smaller, of an inch is the limit attained by others. The as in the Rover, or the two wheels being equal Van Sicklen, of Chicago, a member of the limit for bicycle work is probably much nearer in size, as in the Courier, or the front wheel racing board, has cleared his skirts of " makers' one-hundredth than one-thousandth. The part being the smaller, as in the Humber, it is easy amateurism," and C. O. Danforth, of the Cam- of the machine that needs the most accurate work to see, by looking over the machines in exhibit, bridge Club, has presented the necessary affida- — the balls — are only made true within one one- that the Kangaroo is the popular and ordinary vits that prove him not to be a makers' amateur. thousandth part of an inch. type. It seems a trifle absurd to drive with a little wheel and steer with the large one, as in The N.C.U. and the A. A. A., of England, The following well-known wheelmen have been the Rover ; l)Ut the wonderful speed it has shown have settled the quarrel which has been waging expelled from the L.A.W., and are declared pro- them for many months. The former makes it necessary to speak of it with great re- between fessionals : A. O. McGarrett, W. A. Rhodes, F. spect. The Humber type looks as ii one could will regulate and control cycle racing, and the F. Ives, E. P. Burnham, \V. A. Rowe, Geo. M. easily fall backward going up hill. And of all latter will attend to athletic sports. This is as Hendee, A. A. McCurdy, W. H. Huntley, F. the rear drivers this must be said, that you get it was {jefore the war. W. Westervelt, Wm. A. Taylor, Asa S. Wendell. no help in steering from your feet, so that sud- The following parties are suspended from the The first of the series of three races between den collisions with stones are more likely to shoot track until May .30, for violation of Rule H. : professional bicyclist.s John S. Prince and one off sideways. the W. N Winans, D. Edgar Hunter, John Williams, W. M. Woodside, ten miles, took place at the :o: L. D. Munger, John Illston, V . D. Palmer. The Washington Rink, Minneapolis, Minn., on Satur- Confound, confound tht; wretched boy following have had their cases dismissed : C. E. day evening, April 10. Both were mounted on Wlio seeks the wheelman to annoy Kluge, Joe Powell, Geo. E. Webber, C. O. Dan- With jeer and cr>', with stone or stick, Columbia light roadsters. Two laps before the forth, A. Rich, L. Porter. Who doesn't mind heaving half .1 brick. finish, Prince, who was riding close to Wood- Oisniount at speed, and, before he's aware, .side's little wheel, made a grand effort, and, Mr. H. S. Tibbs, ex-president C.W.A., who Collar him fast by the roots of bis hair, Smack him and spank bim, .ind you may bet spurting past, closed the race with a lead of has done so much for the cause of athletics in You'll te.-ich bim a lesson he won't forget ; five Montreal, and has been particularly inter- twenty feet. The time for miles was 15m. who Then into the saddle quickly glide, 2lXs., and ten miles 31m. 2SJ2S. ested in bicycling, has resigned the position of Ere the father comes to hi.s offspring's side. : So THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. A BICYCLE TRAMP ABROAD, TRADE NOTES. got 'em oo the List" I'm .1 \Vhfi.-lm;in Irom Wheclsvillc ; I've "We've Oulhig had to prim a second edition of the vvhcclctl the primitive b.irrow from Iho wood- April number (5,000 copies additional) owing shed to the kitchen stove in my parent ial man- to the demand created by the article of E. S. sion I've wheeled into line in the school at the ; JafTray, on " American .Steam Yachting." This GOT WHAT ? Crossroads on examination days alon^ with the article has drawings by the celebrated marine other rising hopes of the district ; I've wheeled artist, Cozzens, of all our famous ste.am yachts, on my left heel with marvellous alertness when from Jay Gould's to the Namouna's steam launch. Got every Canadian Record, the interesting exercises were finished and the audience dismissed ; I've wheeled on the muscle- Mr. R. P. Gormully, on his recent eastern trip, stretching, joinl-jerlcing boneshaker of antiquity, took enough orders for the American Cycles to and find that the j test iv: or an earlier jicriod ; I've wheeled on a tangent- the capacity of the G. J. factories for the spoked, cowhorn-handled light roadster. I'm a next three months. He regards the outlook in ic wheelman all through from he.id to hackhone. ! the cycle business as excellent, and predicts that will explain why I looked up the future of the sport will exceed in popularity This wheelmen I on a recent little trip. Like to hear about the the most sanguine of the expectations hitherto INVINCIBLE" I boys? Got six minutes to sp.ire ? Well, fix printed. yourself comfortably in your saddle and listen. In the April edition of the Pope Manufacturing As luck and the train would have it, I struck HOLDS THEM ALL. Company's catalogue of Columbia l'.icycles and .Strat'ord and a good time simultaneously, if Tricycles ran be found illustrated descriptions of not quicker. The boys were having their an- the nine makes of Columbia cycles put out by nual meeting in Secretary Lawrence's office. this house for the season of rS86, including the Hanging from a counter were six pairs of cor- new Columbia Safely Bicycle, the new Columbia dovan covers for as many pedal extremities. Semi-Roadster, and the new Ladies' Columbia JUST ARRIVED, Heading the procession was Mons. Dampier Two-Track Tricycle. The book will be mailed J.G.F. (which, being interpreted, meaneth jolly free on application. good fellow), who made six speeches and laughed Per SS. Hcruvlan, 476 laughs during the evening. The captain Mr. George Singer, of the celebrated wheel was only brought to light by election as such manufacturing firm of Coventry, spent several A LARGE SHIPMENT OF amid thundering applause and 32 votes. 'Twas days during the latter part of April with Mr. then he emerged from behind the coal stove, William Payne, of London, Ont., the general for the captain is as modest as he is well liked. agent of the firm. Mr. Singer was much sur- Demosthenesers abounded. Mr. J. F. Palmer, prised and pleased at the progress which cycling ,)5 barrister, .solicitor, and bik-list, used the lop of has made in Canada, and he made arrangements a salt-barrel as a stump and proceeded to fling with Mr. Payne for an even more vigorous policy "lEW RADID^ eloquence at the chairman (Mr. Mark Wade), in pushing the sale of the Singer machines than who can manage a meeting as well as he can in the past. Mr. Payne has been given the sole conduct a G.T. R. train. The room was full of agency for Ontario, Manitoba and the North- Macs, as follows : west territories, and has placed a large order for " 'Xtraordinaries" and " Singers' Challenge" The only machine having the Donald (Alonzo Tecamseth), I machines. The latter is a new wheel which the Fadden .-Vristotle), True Tangent Wheel. Don't Mac-. (Jeremiah Messrs. Singer propose to maintain as their stand- \jiam, ard bicycle. It, as well as the 'Xtraordinary, will buy until you have seen them. have the new detachable handles, ball-bearings etc. The meeting was a grand success, and if and double-.action spring. An idea of the ex- the Stratford B.C. does not turn out to be the tent of the Singer business may be gained from -also- largest, liveliest, solidest club in western Onta- the statement that when Mr. Singer left Coventry rio. I'll not report their meeting again, or sit they had 562 men on their pay-roll, and were up till 1. 14 a m. discussing saddles and cigars. turning out complete machines at the rate of one Just w.ait till the first big meet eventuates. Suf- SIX CASES every fifteen minutes. Mr. Payne has proved ficient remarked. a valuable agent for the Singer people, and under Berlin and Waterloo are two fine little Dutch the new conditions is certain to do more than towns that dwell together in harnion)', is as tan- ever in extending the use of their machines. gibly evidenced by a sidewalk connecting the two places, and the cyclists have joined forces as well. .Several new wheels have been laced, "CLUB" j NO FLYING START. and the club will be larger than ever this .'-eason. Fred Doll is one of the moving spirits in the The Chicago Sporting and Theatrical Journal ^^ ^^ club, and has ridden a wheel ever since he ' SAf ETYS says : ' Bicyclists in various directions, and in painted his first an awful blood-curdling, fire- St. Louis particularly, are advocating the adop- alarm red —spokes and all. The first time he tion of flying starts for racing purposes. It seems rode to Waterloo every German gobbler in the The only perfect Safety in the to us that the people who favor the idea either neighborhood was after him. He went home cannot be practical racing men or have not taken and repainted it black, and it is now in the market. the trouble to consider what multitudes of difii- Berlin Museum of Fine Arts and Bone Buttons culties would result. In the first place, let us as "A Symphony in Black," by F. Doll, artist. suppose that seven competitors are starting in a The first time I rode in that vicinity I struck a Don't be persuaded to buy race of one mile. How many limes will these German word lying in the middle of the street, seven men score up before an even start can be and was thrown against the gas-works, which an inferior article for the sake effected ? First one and then another will see were levelled to the ground Darkness prevailed that he is liable to lose a foot or two, and mil of a dollar. for three days, during which I escaped. hang back to necessitate a new score. Next Gait, unfortunately, will have a poor record time some impetuous youth, more anxious about this year in the bicycb'ng line, but a few wheels winning than getting an even send-off, will for- being in use there. get himself and rush ahead before the wire is Brantford is picicing up in view of the pros- reached — and so on, in a hundred and one pects of having a tr.ack built this summer. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. ways. Meanwhile the spectators grow weary. Charles Tipton, formerly of Paris 'will h.ave a but, w'orse than that, at least one or two of the fine mount, and, altogether, the club will prob- stajters become so badly winded that all chance ably be more united and prosperous than here- of success is gone, while the others, on whom tofore. the unnecessary work -will have told more or Then I went home. About time, did you less, will probably make slower time than thev say ? The Tramp, would have done with a stan Tfts ©ttfi| Manufacturers In the United States who actually nianufacttire their own Machines, 222 & 224, Jsl. fR/cNKLIJ^J ST., eHIQAGO, ILL. -««ee >-- MjANUFAGTUF^E — ^®^ 1 he Ameincan Champion Bicycle, A Bicycle of the HIGHEST GRADE, at a reasonable price. The Afnertcan Challenge Bicycle, Positively the Best and Most Durable Roadster for the Money ever placed on the Market. The American Safety Bicycle, Undoubtedly the most satisfactory Safety yet devised. The American Ideal Bicycle. The Recognized Standard Youths' Bicycle of the United States. The American Ideal Tricycle. A beautiful little Two-track Tricycle for young ladies, and of same grade and finish as The Ideal Bicycle, and ^jk L/cRGE bIjSlE OF SUNDF^IES-^ 4S''pa9e Hatidsoineri)^) frustrated ^atato^ue -^ FREEJV^ GormuUy & Jeffery, Chicago, 111., u.s.a. ——— — 82 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. Woodstock Amathur ATiiurnc Association. GRAND TWO •• DAYS' •• MEKT May 24th and 25th, 1886. I.II3E1R.AL FRIZES. SPECIAL ATTRACJTIONS BEST TRACK IIST THE DOM:i]SriOlsr. L,etters liave been received from leading American and Canadian Amateurs, signifying their intention to compete ; also from SEVERAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL FLIERS, WHO WILL RACE FOR THE CAJ\IADI/cN Pf^OFESSIOJMAU CH/fMPIOJ^SHIf The Following is the Programme : First Day, May 24th. Second Day, May 25th. 1. One Mile Bicycle, Novice Race I. —Two Mile Bicycle - - Open to C.W.A. Members OPEN TO c.w.A. 3.20 class—road machines. First Prize - Gold Medal First Prize - Silver Tilting Pitcher Second Prize Gold-Plated Chain Second Prize Cyclometer 2. Mile Bicycle . Professional 2. —220 Yard Foot Race .\mateur Championship of Canada—S^o.oo and Gold Medal First Prize Silver Watch added by Association. Second Prize Gold-plated Watch Chain Sweepstakes—$io entrance. $5 payable May 1st, $5 May iSth, when entries close. 3. Five Mile Bicycle - Amateur Provincial Championship - Gold Medal 3.— 100 Yard Foot Race Amateur First Prize Diamond Pin 4. —Two Mile Bicycle Professional Sweepstakes $5.00 Entrance added by Association. Second Prize Gold Sleeve Buttons — ; $25.00 75% 4 Five Mile Bicycle - Amateur to first, 25% to second. First Prize Gold Stop Watch 5. Half Mile Foot Race . - - . Amateur Second Prize Diamond Scarf Pin First Prize - . . . Gold Chain 5. Half Mile Bicycle, without hands Amateur Second Prize - - - Dressing Case First Prize Silver Watch 6. Three Mile Bicycle Lap Race - - - Amateur Second Prize Silk Umbrella open to all. 6. Vaulting High with Pole Amateur First Prize - Silver Stop Watch First Prize - - - Silver Water Pitcher Second Prize Gold Sleeve Links Second Prize - - Gold Shirt Studs 7. Running Broad Jumi A.mateur 7.— Five Mile Bicycle - - - - Professional First Prize Timer open to all. .Second Prize Cigar Case First Prize .... $100.00 CASH 8.— IIalf-Mile Dash . .A.MATEUR Second Prize - - . - 40.00 Cash Open to C.W.A. • Silver Tilting Pitcher Third Prize .... 20.00 Cash 8.—One Mile Tricycle ... . Amateur g.^HiGH Jump - Amateur open to all. First Prize Meerschaum Pipe First Prize - - - Gold Filled Watch Second Prize Cigar Case Second Prize - - Pearl Opera Glass 10. —Two Mile Bicycle Amateur 9. . . - . Amateur —440 Yard Foot Race Open to Riders in Co. of Oxford, S. Woodroofe Cup First Prize - - - Gold Ring II. One Mile Bicycle, Consolation - - Amateui-l Second Prize - - Gold Shirt Studs First Prize Bronze 10. .... Clock One Mile Bicycle .... .Amateur Prize - . . . Silver open to all. Second Cup First I'rize ... - Diamond Ring Second Prize - - - Gold Chain SS" All Bicycle Races run under C, \V. K. T\ules, which are the same 4®' Entries close on the l8th of May. Entrance Fee for professional as the L,.\.W. Racing Rules. races, $1.00. To all amateur racers, 50c. .All entries to be addressed .\. White, entrance fee to D. Secretary, W.A.A.A., Woodstock, Ont., is" Foot Race; and Jumps under C..'V..A..A. Rules. to accompany same in all cases. Post entries, 50c. extra. AST The order of races is subject to change at the discretion of the Three entries and two starters required in each event. .Sports Committee. Note. —If Promateurs are not re-instated by May iSlh, the Sports Committee will arrange races with satisfactory prizes for them. ^ SPECIAL LOW RATES ON ALL CANADIAN RAILWAYS. ^ A HEARTY WELCOME TO VISITING WHEELMEN, RACERS AND OTHERS THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 83 A. T. LANE, - Montreal. ROYAL CANADIAN No. 2. THE KANGAROO. A FEW BARGAINS Premier Sociable Balls to all wheels, king of road lamps, new tires. COST $igo, for $110. IN GOOD ORDER. Rudge Racer 51 inch. Balls at both wheels and pedals. Only used a few times. COST $113, for $75. This machine lias Ijeen greatly improved Popular Premier since last season, but price remains the same. the perfect safety. Specification : — Hillman's new pattern Editor of " C. T. C. Gazette " says it is the ball-bearings to front wheel and adjustable 51 inch. All nickel-plated but felloes. " original cones to back, direct spokes, Hollow Forks, best of the whole bunch." It is the Bent Handle Bars and Long-Distance Ball bearings to front wheel. ^-Eolus machine, and the vital parts are patented, and all copies of it are wanting in one important particu. Saddle. Finished in Harrington's black ball pedals. King of road lamp Nickel- enamel. Price, $6^.00. lar. Price, S^oj.oo ; Ball Pedals, Sj-oo extra. plated. Hill & Tolman Automatic Gong. In very good order. FOR $70. Subscriptions i^e- Send J-Ce7tt Stamp ceived for all Cycling \ Special British OhallBnge for largest and jnost 52 inch. Balls to both wheels. Half Publications. plated. Too high for late owner. Not run 100 miles. elaborate Bicycle Cata- '/J- logue ever published in 50 SECOND-HAND MACHINES Canada. Aod i more Bicycles For Sale Cheap ! \l Pages-62 Eogiaviogs. ALL JUST AS CHEAP A. T. LANE, MONTREAL. ! — 84 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. -^ A General Reduction in Prices, and Many Improvements IFOE. THE SE-A.S02sr OIF 1S8G. Riders of Columbias hold more and better Records than are held by Riders of any other make of Machine. (SEND FOK AI'RIL t'ATALO«:iIE. .'>l ENURAVINCH.) Expert Coliiiiibia, .... $125 Columbia Semi-Roadster, 85 Ball Bearings all around, Fur a 5oincli, D or li linish, with For a 46-inch, D fmisli, with Cow-horn Handle Bars and Kirk- Saddle, Colimibia "Double Grip" Ball Pedals, Kirkpatrick patrick .Saddle. Bar or, with and One-piece Hollow Cow-horn Handle ; Columbia " Double Grip" Parallel Pedals, $120. Columbia Racer, .... 140 - Columbia Light Roadster, - - 135 Weight of 55-inch, 22>^ lbs. For a 51-inch, K linish, with Ball Bearings all around, Columbia " " Pedals, Kirkpatrick Saddle, and One- Double Grip Ball Columbia Two-track Tricycle, - 165 piece Hollow Cow-horn Handle Bar; or, with Columbia " Double C;rip " Parallel Pedals, $130. With "Double Grip" Ball Pedals; or, with "Double Grip" Parallel Pedals, $160. Standard Columbia, - - - 90 to Front Wheel or, For a 50-inch, G finish, with Ball Bearings ; Columbia Racing Tricycle, 180 with Parallel Bearings to Front Wheel, $85. Weight, all on, 47^ lbs. Columbia Safety, - 140 Ball Pedals, Ball Bearings all around, Columbia "Double Grip" Columbia Three-track Tricycle, 100 Kirkpatrick Saddle, and One-piece Hollow Cow-horn Handle Parallel Pedals, With Power-gear, $l8o. Bar; or, with Columbia "Double Grip" $135. THE fOPE JVIANUFACTUf^ING eOMfAJMY, 597 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON. BRANCH HOUSES: 12 Warren St., NEW YORK; 115 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. W/VNTED TO F^ENT. Bic|cb ! Tficfcb THE UNDERSIGNED IS DESIROUS OF renting, for the coming summer, a good, small " KANGAROO SAFETY" (second-hand) LARGER STOCK THAN EVER. BICYCLE. Willing to pay a good remunerative renting, and give security that the machine will be returned in the same condition as received save the necessary wear which is subject to all. WATSON & PELTON, Reply, stating rental, to George D. Skinner, Wholesale and Retail Importers. Gleaner Office, Cannington, Ont. YOUNG AMERICA, PIONEER, OAI^JD. BRITISH, BRITISH SPECIAL, WM. PAYNE is pleased to announce to his BRITISH TRICYCLE. many customers of Mr. Geo. Singer's very satisfactory arrangement made while in Canada. Agents for the Coventry Machinists Co.'s Considering the large number of Singer Bicycles that have been sold the past seven years, and " SPECIAL CLUB," the extent the business is now developing, Mr. Singer has made Wm. Payne the Sole Agent and centre of Bicycle supplies, accessories, etc., CLUB SAFETY." with power to appoint sub-agents in any part of the Dominion. ^Ir. Singer before leaving Can- "CLUB RACER." ada, cabled for a large number of the Singer Challenge and Xtraordinaries to be shipped Large Assortment of Sundries immediately. WM. PAYNE. Repairs and Plating promptly executed Send 10 cents postage, and we will mail you free a royal, valuable, sample box of goods that will put you in the way of making more St. Sulpice SAMPLE ROOMS—53 St A gift;money at once, than anything else in Amer ica. lioth sexes of all ages can live at home and work in Craig St. WAREROOMS—543 spare time, or all the time. Capital not required. We will start you. Immense pay sure for those who start at once LONDON, ONT. MiONTIiEAL. Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. -^^^^>^z-^^ /^ A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Association, and of the Cyclists'' Touring Club in Canada, Vol. III. LONDON, CANADA, JUNE, 1886. No. 8. - - THE VICTOR - - 1886^^bl®JHT I^OADSTER 1886 SHOWS ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH A YEAr's EXPERIENCE CAN SUGGEST. lIGHUe, WIIHOyi SACmFICE Of Saddle much Impfoved, STfiENGH. longer and narrower, vTith vrrench strapped on Narrower Tread. underneath. Compressed Tires much We cannot enumerate its many Improved, good points here, but will claim the I>oing away with the dead rubber down in the rim. Handsomest and Easiest-Hunnini NEW DEVICE Light Roadster FOR LOCKINC THE HEAD, evi-;k ofkkhed in thk market. Avoiding the con.stant annoyance of its coming loose. \'ou will make a mistake if you HANDLE BAR buy without investigating. Entirely changed and improved^ past a reasonable Wl I BE READY FOR DELIVERY VERY chance of brcal;age. SCON. SX OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY, i82 Columbus Ave., BOSTON, Mass., U.S.A. 86 Tin-: CANADIAN WHEELMAN. - < A FEW IMPORTANT FACTS. (i.; Neilson won the one-mile Canadian Championship at Wocdstock, on the 24th, on a Rudge. (2.) Out of the 100 Wheels in line, 54 were Rudges. (3.) This proves conclusively our claim that the Rudge is to-daj- the leading Bicycle sold in Canada, with due deference to the other makes. (4.) Stratford Club alone boasted of 28 Rudges present.^ It took the prize for the largest and best appearing club in the procession. (5.) There is not a rider of a Rudge in Canada to-daj- who is dis- satisfied with his wheel. (6.) We have sold more Rudges .'o far this Spring than we did the whole of last season, although last year's trade far exceeded our anticipations. We have had to cable for repeat orders three times in the last two weeks. (7.) All the Easter English Championships were won by Rudge riders. (8.) We can supply Wheelmen with Caps and Hose to match the C.W.A. uniforms. Send for Samples. Place your order at once for one. THE I?,XJ3DGI-E1 :F'0I^E]"V^EI^ I ! •CN«3 ;(> Send Slaiiip for Catalogue 'II i'luiich St., Toronto. GHAS. ROBINSON & GO. THE RUDGE LIGHT ROADSTER THE CANADIAN RUDGE !$85.00. ^ll.'i.UO. THE CANADIAN WHICELMAN. 87 beautiful streets and parks, mountain and river, and The Wheelman is indebted to the inde- ^ht €mmVvAn Wihtdm-an : will be a revelation. With.all these inducements, fatigable author for a copy of the work, which A JOURNAL OF CYCLING added to the great one of three days' glorious fun, will probably be issued this year— or next. The there should be no difficulty in numbering Ontario chief characteristic of the volume is its compre- The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Associa- tion and of the Cyclists' Touring Club wheelmen in Montreal on July i, 2 and 3 by the hensiveness. Every step of the road over which in Canada. hundreds. the author has ridden is described with almost Let " Montreal" be the watchword. painful particularity. Nothing seems to have Published by the Canadian Wheelmen's Association, been too minute to escape his observation, or AT London, Canada, and Supplied to all too insignificant to be undeserving of record. To Members of the Association. THE MAKERS' AMATEURS. Canadians, the most interesting portion of the At a meeting of the N.C.U., April 13, several work will be " Karl's" description of his expe- Subscription Price to Non-Members $1.00 riders were suspended having, " makers' rience in Canada, which he gives at great length. per annum. for as amateurs," broken the amateur laws of the Union. On the whole, he speaks flatteringly of our coun- All communications should addressed to be The A full discussion took place as to the length of the try, and describes our roads as being on the Canadian Wheelman, London, Out. period of disqualification necessary to be passed average better than the main roads of the United on each suspended rider in order to fulfil the ob- States. The book is thoroughly practical, is well 1886. LONDON, JUNE, ject the Union has in view in endeavoring to written, and must be of great value to all wheel- purify the amateur ranks, and at the same time ing tnurisls. Its ponderosity is its chief defect, THE MEET. to avoid inflicting an injustice on members of a but we trust that that drawback will not inter- class of riders whose trespasses against the ama- fore with the industrious editor meeting with a pecuniary return sufficient to fully reward Let us all be there. teur laws were by no means equal in character. him for the many years of laborious work that It will be the event of a lifetime. Ultimately, the following resolution was agreed to: he has put into the pages of his volume. Montreal is a beautiful cit)'. " That the suspensions passed at this and pre- It has a host of wheelmen, who are vious meetings of the e.xecutive upon riders who Energetic, have offended against the amateur law by riding RAILWAY RATES FOR THE MEET AT as 'makers' amateurs,' be terminated one week Liberal, MONTREAL. from the present date, but that the attention of Enthusiastic, each suspendee be drawn to the fact that any Whole-souled fellows. further infraction by him of the Union rules will Return tickets will be issued from all stations They are working like beavers be carefully watched, and will entail permanent on the G.T.R. and C.P. R. for one fare to wheel- disqualification." men going to the annual meet of the To give us a royal welcome, C.W.A. at Montreal. And to make the meet a glorious success. This shilly-shally policy on the part of Eng- Tickets will be sold from June aSth, and will Let us do our share. land's great cycling association created has no be good to return up to the 5th of July. Let us honor ourselves by honoring those who little stir in the United States, where the Racing Railway tickets will be taken on the boats of honor us. Board of the L.A W. has recently suspended all the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Co. for any Montreal has done the " round" thing at former suspects until such time as they furnish proof part of the journey. Carriage of wheels ree. meets. that they are innocent of professionalism. It Let us show that we are not ungrateful. required considerable "backbone" on the part THE MEET. And that we know a good thing when it's of the Board to act as it did — and this action offered to us. of the N.C.U. will materially weaken the moral Wheelmen generally, and especially in Montreal The wheelman who doesn't go to Montreal support which the L.A.W.'s Board ought to re- and Toronto, arc working hard to make the an- nual meeting of the Canadian Wheelmen's on July I will regret it ceive from its own members, and it is quite pos- Asso- ciation in Montreal on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd July Only once, and that will be all the time. sible that at the Boston meet of the L. A.W. the a gigantic success, and everything runs smoothly decision of the Racing Board will be reversed. in the direction of there being one of the grandest At any rate, the fight will be sharp, and may sights ever seen in Montreal. The western wheel- AN APPEAL. men are coming down en viasse, especially result in the formation of a third class of riders, from Toronto, where they are organizing a tour, to start recognized by and eligible to membership in the To the wheelmen of Ontario we would address from Toronto on iSIonday, the 2Sth of June, of League. In England, the supporters of the an earnest appeal to assemble in large numbers ama- all the western wheelmen in and beyond Toronto teur law have already retreated, and resorted once to wheel from Toronto to Kingston, taking in all in Montreal on July I and 3. The reasons why the intermediate towns and bicycle clubs between they should more to threats — to calling "Wolf." It remains do so are many and weighty. The the two places. On arriving at Kingston, boat to be seen whether the League will e.\hibit more credit of the C.W.A. is to be maintained, the will be taken to this city. For those who cannot common-sense by either living up to its rules or time interests of the sport are to be furthered, the spare the to take in the tour, the Montreal forming new ones. Bicycle Club is arranging rates from all the prin- individual is to be benefitted by the knowledge cipal points in Ontario and Quebec to Montreal, to be gained, and the unselfishness, the energ)', by boat and rail, at an extraordinarily low price, and the enthusiasm of the Montreal Bicycle Club EDITORIAL NOTES. so that Montreal will see the "knights of the in full force on behalf of the C.W.A. are to be acknowledged. wheel" aud the city crowded with sight -seers. The various committees, such as Somewhat isolated from the rest of the wheeling Mr. A. T. Fane, of Montreal, has not received finance, transportation, grounds, reception, adver- the agency for the Singer wheel. Our informant centres of Canada, the wheelmen of Montreal tising, etc., have been struck off, and everyone have entered into the plans of the A.ssociation was mistaken. has gone to work with a will and determination to make the meeting a success for meets in other towns with as much zest The club has as The New York IV.heel talks about the forma- deci 88 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. shape, and most of the prizes will remain in A BICYCLE FRAUD. in fine cMhccImiin Montreal. G. S. Low and the others are already Ccntrei (111 the track, and are gelling into a thrcc-niinutc During the forenoon of April 28th last, a party j;ait already. Low is sure lo lake ihe one-mile came to me at my office under the .Sherman ST. JOHN, N.B. championship race, and ])ussil)ly the two -mile House, and presented the following letter of in- also, should Ihe .Association decide to hold one. At the annual meeting of the St. John Bicycling troduction ; Clarke will push him hard for iirst place in both, Club, on April 7th, the following officers were Init, from appearances, he will have to lie con- Office of J. Moodic & Sons, Importers, etc., I elected for the ensuing year : President, Geo. V. H.lmiUon, Ont., AprilaS, 1886. / tonled with second place. In any event, it will Smith ; Captain, \V. A. Maclauchlan ; Secretary- Deak Sir, —The Hamilton Wheelmen beg to introduce to he a grand struggle, and one worth coming miles Treas., J. M. Barnes; 1st Lieul., Chas. Coster; you Lt. -Colonel I*.iul Methuen, of the Knglish army, now lo see. In the longer distances, tlie Montreal 2nd Lieut., H. C. Page ; Committee, George M. attnclied to the st.ifi" of the (Jovernor-General at Ottawa, <'lul> will have some good men. and will give the lie is a great friend of Mr. Stevens and of Can.idian out- Robertson, K. II. Turnbull, and W. C. Fair- present champion a shake that lie and others may door sports, .ind wishes to learn something of the roads, weather. The cajjtain, in his report, drew atten- etc., in the Northwest. Anything you can do for him will r.ot expect, and may prove a surprise parly lo all. tion to the advancement the club had made during be regarded as a personal favor by the wheelmen of Ontario. The Toronto racing men are by no means going the season. The indivitlual mileage of the club Yours faithfully, J. MoouiE, Jr. 10 be left out in the cold, they being in active comes well to the front in comparison with other Burley B. Ayers, Esq., Chicago. training also; and Campbell, Davies and Foster Canadian clubs, Lieut. Cosier having ridden 1068 are determined to do their utmost to bring back When arranging the Canada tour of 1883, con- miles, Chas. Hall 854, and Messrs. Page, Robert- honors In Toronto in the shape of first prizes. siderable correspondence was held with Mr. Moo- son and Barnes over 750. We had during the \Vhile not sa)'ing anything about what they are die, and when our parly arrived in Hamilton we season fourteen clul> runs, with an average at- |;oing to do, they think (and are training) a lot, were placed under many obligations lo him for tendance of eight, and the average length of runs and may also surprise the wheelmen. courtesies received. Hence I was only too glad eleven miles. Besides the regular club runs, there Oulside of the race meeling, wheelmen coming to honor Mr. Moodie's letter of introduction. The have been several Satunlay afternoon runs, with here will spend one of the pleasanlest times in handwriting seemed familiar, and the letter-head an attendance of from four to six members, when as are longer runs their lives. Such grand roads and scenery correct. The party presenting it was a very gen- have been taken, such as Spruce else lo be found in Lake return, around the city are nowhere tlemanly-appearing person, of strongly -marked and 16 miles ; Loch Lomond and Canada ; and with a city full of such interesting return, miles ; Wesiiield and return, miles English bearing and dress, and also accent. He 24 33 ; sights as our world -renowned Montreal is. and was quite heavy in appearance, weighing, I should Hampton and return, 45 miles. Messrs. Page, with everyone ready to grasp the hand of visiting Coster and Barnes wheeled from St. John to judge, about 185 or 195 lbs. ; ol full, smooth face, wheelmen and give them a welcome — such a wel- gray e)es, and on above occasion dressed in a Woodstock last Seiitember. a distance of about come as Montreal is famed the world over for yellowish suit of clothes and Derby hat. After 132 miles, wheeling to Fredericion (68 miles) the first day. everyone will go away with a feeling that the presenting his letter, he prefaced his remarks by The Bicycle Club having amalgamated meeting has been one of the most successful saying that he was looking over a good route with the St. John Cricket and .-Vihletic Clul), neces- events ever held. Montreal GazclU, May 13th. through Wisconsin for a little canoe jaunt, and sary steps are being taken to have the old five-lap some members of the parly he was with would track remodelled and made into six laps, with like to take a .short tricycle trip through some long corners —the turns on the present track be- OFF TO EUROPE. ing unlit for speed. good part of the Slate ; said he was entirely un- familiar with the country save by hearsay, and Tlie Blue Nose tour will be the leading attrac- Mr. Harry Ryrie, of the Toronto Bicycle Club, had come to me in my touring capacity to get a tion in the lower Provinces this season. In the is at present wheeling on the Contintnt, in com- few points. We adjourned to a map store, and January number of The Wheelman I gave a pany with Messrs. Weljster and Chandler, of the looked over the country. Afterward he said he brief outline of trip, and if not intruding loo much same club. Mr. Kyrie was not able lo leave To- wanted to be identified at a bank, so he could on your space, will give a more extended descrip- ronto at the same time as his friends, but c sught draw some money. I took him around to the tion. The American party, in charge of .Mr. F. A. ihem in England. In a letter to his brother he Ehvell, will meet the .Si. John parly at Mc.Adam 1 Illinois Trust and .Savings Bank, and introduced first on Saturday, arriving says: '*The two days out were splendid, him to the teller, Mr. S. .\. Ribolla. The party Junction July 17, at Grand but getting gratlually rougher. The third day I made a sight draft for $100.00 on the Bank of Falls same evening. Sunday will be spent in felt miseraiile, alter against a desire strolling and sight-seeing Monday, ride to and Hghling Ontario, Toronto, and I endorsed it without hesi- An- for dover, miles to to disgorge two or three hours, went below tation, when the money was paid over. That day 25 ; Tuesday, Florenceville, 26 and made the attempt. It was unsuccessful, miles ; Wednesday, to Woodstock, miles how- I advised Mr. Moodie that the person had called 25 ; ever, I have never tried since. is Thursday, to " miles and The boat and presented his letter. Mr. Moodie did not Halfway House," 32 ; Fri- rolling so that I write it day, to Fredericion, miles. Fredericion, now can hanUy ; has reply until .May 2nd (being out of town), when he 32 doing last is been so incessantly for the two days. wrote that he had not given a letter, did not know known as the "Celestial City," the capital ! It is rather pleasant than otherwise when you are the party, and was not in Hamilton April 26th. of the Province, and is a very beautiful city. on deck, but I would just as soon be steady while Draft has been returned by Toronto bank, marked Here will be found the Parliament Buildings, Ijelow. last it University, Cotton etc. The night before was all I could ' No Acct." Gibson Mill, Saturday Robinson i PUBLISHERS' NOTICE. Messrs. Charles & Co., of 22 Church who do sit upright, but th;y are generally ad- street, Toronto, with their usual enterpri-;e, w-ere mired by both riders and non-riders, and we can- represented at Woodstock, where they occupied I not help wishing their example would be more In view of the .-V. meet C.W. being held on a booth erected on the groun.ls and displayed a generally followed. Wadey, of Eastbourne, is July I, The CANAt:iiAN will Wheel.mav be 1 stock of bicycle sundries. They report very large one of those riders who can sit a saddle grace- i.ssued on June 20. Advertisers and corres- sales of the Rudge, over twenty having been \ fully w"hen racing, and we have heard several will pondents please ; govern themselves accord- ]-)laced with the Stratford Club alone. They flattering remarks made ab )ul his riding. Cortis ingly. To ensure ' insertion, manuscripts should brought with them a fine new Rudge Humber was another. These mtn show that the leaning- in be the printers' hands by the 1 15th of the Tan.iem Bicycle and a Rudge Bicyclelte, both over is not a necessity for fast riding. Bicycling month. of which attracted a good ileal of interest. Nexvs. :: : :: THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 89 size, 20c. per doz. Simcoe, May 20, i8S6- per doz. ; Vest Buttons for suit, coat and knickerbockers, will cost 25c. J. S. Brierley, Esq., C, W, 11, OFFICIAL AiOUNCEMFNTS. President C. IV.A., St. Thomas: I can supply yarn satne material and color as I fill Dear Sir, —I hereby certify that the Districts cloth at 60c. per pound ; or can orders in a are entitled to one Chief Consul each and the few days' time for stockings at 70c. per pair. Cash following Representatives to the Board, as shown with order. the by the Roll Book of the Association : No. i, 4; The mail vote on amendments to the Con- No. 2, 3; No. 3, 2; No. 4, i. stitution and By-laws resulted in a majority for of there being no voles Respectfully yours, the amendments 265, cast in opposition, and the President has declared the Hal. B. Donly, vole carried and the new laws in force from the See. C. W.A. 20th of May In future, all new applications for membership St. Thomas, May 21st, 1SS6. must be made upon a blank form to be furnished \\t Cniiiiilimi TfTljc(;(im.'n'3 ^ssaciation, free on application to the Secre'ary of the Asso- I hereby declare, in accordance with the above ORGANIZED SEI'TEMBER, 1882. ciation. Local Consuls and Secretaries of clubs Reports, the following gentlemen elected to the should bear this in mind. Applications for these Board of Officers for the year July i, 1S86, to President—Mr. Jas. S. Brierley, Journal, St. — blanks will be quickly attended to. July I, 18S7 : Thomas, Ont. District No. I. — Messrs. W. A. Kam, S. Vice-Pres.—^lx. W. G. Eakins, Mail, Toronto, J. Secretaries of clubs can do me a favor by hur- Brierley, R. M. Ballantyne, S. Woodroofe, and Ont. rying in their renewals. The spring is the time E. Ti.sdale. W. for this work, and all new riders should be in- Sec.-Treas. — Mr. Hal. B. Donly, Reformer, Dist7-ict N'o. 3. — Messrs. Fred. Campbell, duced to join the local clubs, and their applica- Simcoe, Ont. J. H. C. Goodman, Harry Ryrie, Chas. Langley. tions for membership forwarded at once to me. Get all your cUibs good on the Association District No. j.— Messrs. W. P. Way, R. H. books ANNUAL ELECTIONS, 1886. Fenwick, and W. E. Foster. during the month of June. It will be better for your club and much handier for the Secretary. District No. ./.—Messrs D. Miller and W. REPORT Of THE SCRUTINEERS AND DECLARA- J. G. Ross. Hal. B. Donly, TION OF PRESIDENT. Sec. C. W.A. (Signed) J. S. Brierley, Simcoe, May 20, 18S6. President C. W.A. J. S. Brierley, Esq., THE WOODSTOCK MEET. President C. iV.A , St. Thomas : APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. We, the Scrutineers appointed to count the It is all over now, but it was glorious while it ballots in the elections of the Chief Consuls and lasted. No such other event does the wheeling Representatives for the furnish as year 18S6-7, beg leave to Montreal Jr. Club, 5 : history of Canada the grand two days' report that we have this day counted the ballots tournament of the 24th and 25th of May, held at D 0093, Robert H Ash D 0095, G Matthews cast by the several Districts, and find as follows : Woodstock under the auspices of the enterpris- D 0094, G B Ash D 0096, C Logic ing .\raateur Athletic Association of that town. DISTRICT NO. I. D 0097, F Hawkins Somebody had dubbed Woodstock the .Spring- Ballots cast HI Woodstock Club, add 3 : field of Canada, and right manfully did the noble Rejected 3 " D oioi, Oscar Brader D 0102, V McLellan band, of Amateur Athletes", under the command For Chief Consul D 0103, F R Edwards of handsome, genial President McLeoil and his able stafif of lieutenants — Nesbitt, Karn, White W. A. Kam, Woodstock 56 Unattached, 4 : and Douglass — demonstrate to the people of On- D 009S, Henry Taylor, Toronto For Representatives tario the right of their town to the proud title of Neil Campbell, Niagara F'alls, D 0099, N Y wheeling :or broad S. Brierley, St. Thomas head-centre of this Dominion. J. 66 D 0100, Wm Campbell, " " R. M. Ballantyne, Stratiord 61 Wheelmen were there from all over the Prov- D 0104, C Lundy, Waterford, Ont. W ince, and one at least came all the way from S. Woodroole, Woodstocic 57 Montreal to convey the good wishes of the Stratford Club, : great W. E. Tisdale, Simcoe 53 add 7 C. E. Association in the Canadian metropolis to its Nasmyth, Stratford 40 D 0105. E E B.ailey D oioS, .A W Stewart younger but no less ambitious brother. Mr. C. S. Rumsey, St. Marys 30 D 0106, F O Hyde D 0109, Chas Welsh Louis Rubenstein was warmly received by his W. S. Perry, Simcoe 24 D 0107, Jas Matchett D 01 10, K C Turnbull western brethren of the wheel As we said D oiii, F Ubelacker be- DISTRICT NO. 2. present from all fore, wheelmen were directions ; Ballots cast 53 Simcoe Club, add i : many with wheels to ride and clad in bicycle uni- form, others in mufti, but Rejected 3 D 01 12, George Jackson and many whose faces have been familiar at bicycle meets for years. For Chief Consul Every train brought in great carloads of people Fred. Campbell, Front J. n Street, APPOINTMENTS. to join with the hundreds who drove in from the Toronto 17 adjoining country and to mingle with the Dufl'erin For Representatives Rifles, who were camping in the town, and all Being informed that Mr. T. H. Low, Chief together make up one of the greatest crowds ever H. C. Goodman, St. Catharines 34 Consul, District No. 4, C.W.A., has left the seen in the corporation limits of the good tosvn of Harry Ryrie, Toronto 30 District, I have to-day appointed Mr. D. Woodstock. Chas. Langlcy, " 29 J. Miller, of Montreal, Chief Consul, and Mr. W. The visiting wheelmen were entertained to din- R. J. Howies, " 20 G. Ross, of Montreal, Representative, for said ner at the popular C.W..A.. Hotel kept by that DISTRICT .\o. 3. District, until such time as the oflicers lately prince of landlords, liig "Jack" O'Neil. As elected shall take office. Ballots cast 46 soon as that was dispatched, Capt. Woodrosfe, Rejected with Bugler Hurst liy his side, was to be seen 2 Jas. S. Brierley, out on the Market Square marshalling For Chief Consul President. C. W.A. P. Way, Belleville THE parade. W. 28 St. Thomas, May 17, 1SS6. Geo. A. Molhersili, Olla'va 16 Under his skilful directions, order was soon ob- :o: For Representatives tained from the tangled confusion of wheels and SECRETARY'S wheelmen, antl in a few minutes down one side R. H. Fenvvick, liellcville 34 ANNOUNCEMENTS. " of the Square stretched a long line ol glittering W. S. Foster, 27 steel steeds and uniformed riilers anxiously await- F. M. .S. Jenkins, Ottawa 17 TO THE MEMRERS OF THE C. \V. A. ing the bugle-call to " Mount." Another .short DISTRICT NO. 4. I am now prepared to ship, on the day of pause, and the welcome note is sounded, and F'or Chief Consul: receiving the order, any quantity of C.W..\. uni- they are off, the Stratford Club, headed by their form cloth. Cash must accompany all orders. energetic Captain Nasmyth, with the right of ihe J. D. Miller, Montreal I The demand for this cloth has been .so great as line. Forty wheelsmen wear the uniform of th.- For Representative to have delayed the prompt filling of some orders Stratford Club to-day, and a broad smile illu- W. G. Ross, Montreal I that have been sent in. I have, however, done mines each face, for are they not winners ol the my best to accommodate, and am pleased to be in handsome tilting-pitcher given by the ladies of All of which is respectfully submitted. a position to say that I can now meet promptly all Woodstock for the largest club present? and Chas. E. ") Boyd, t. ,. demands. haven't they a right to smileV Ne.xt to Strat- l^"'"''- W. Y. Wallace, I can fill orders for buttons return ford comes Simcoe, thirteen strong, deserving "''''' C.W.A. by A. R. Doi-.SON, J mail. The price for the same is : Coat size, 30c. praise for being the first club to appear in pulilic — C)0 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. uniformed entirely in C.W A. suits, and winning reporter did not remain over for ihe second day's 'ilvachs. applause wherever they went by their handsome races : SUhccl appearance and capital riding. Ivillowing on The first race on the programme was the two of witli jolly were the Wanderers, Toionto, their mile, 3.20 class, open to C.W..\. members. Be- Capt. Uiggs at their front and Mood in all their The Star now holds the 50-mile world's record. low is the summary : eye-i as they thought of the prize list and what 'I'. Fane, 'I'oronlo i The latest name for wheelmen atloptcd by Clji- havoc they intended to make of it. Ilehind tlie W. Carman, Norwich i- cago hoodlums is " Bi-Kickcr." Wanderers came the Hamilton lioys, with their Time— 7.r 3-5. project of holding a race-meet at Vicks- red polos and Japanese parasols, and with them I'armenter, of Woodstock, was also entered in The burgh, .Miss., next September, is talked of. lirealiing the hearts of all the fair sex. Then this race, and was pushing p'ane very hard for first came wheelmen from St. Thomas, London, Nor- place when he took a bad header, shaking himself The initi.ition fee of the League has been raised wich, lirant'ord, St. Catharines, Toronto, and, very badly. up to $1.00. The new rule went into effect May 15. bringing up the rear, Woodstock Club itself. Next came the 440-yard foot race, for which McCurdy will abandon the ciank machine and there were three entries. It : FIRST day's races. resulted as follows ride a Star racer, wdiich is now being built for B. Field, Woodsiock 1 The ground reached, the clubs were paraded .Mex. Rankin, Oriel 2 him. a couple of times aroun Jiii/j,v.<.—F. W. Hay, Lislowel ; C. E. Nas- H. W. Clarke, Wood.stock 2 Gormully & Jeffery are going to build a bicycle T. Fane, Toronto , . mylh, Stratford ; Chas. Kiggs, Toronto. 3 for a Tennessee man that stands seven feet eight Timers. — S Woodroofe, Woodstock ; C. H. The men struck off at a slow pace in this event, inches in his stockings. Ilepinstall, St. Thomas ; K. Skinner, Hamilton. F'ane leading. This was the order until the sec- Clerh of Ihe Course.— 'E. U. Nesbitt, W. A. ond mile was entered on, when Clarke and Foster The l^nglish ten-mile championship was won Karn, Woodstock. began to liven up a little. Each held the lead at Leicester, .Xpril 26, liy Howell ; Duncan 2nd ; Slarler. —J. A. Muirhead, London. alternately till the last mile, when Foster struck Lees 3rd. Time, 30111. 30s. Scorei:.- -i.. C. Coleman, Seaforth. off at a rattling pace and took the lead. In the Fred. Cooper and W. Nicholson have made a but it Umpires. —G. Dougl.ass, W. Martin, and J. A. last lap one Clarke began to spurt, and was tandem record on the Ripley of for Bryden. nip and tuck between him and Foster from there Road 34. 17 ten miles. The American record is One-mile novice race for C.W. A. members to the finish, Clarke reducing his lead somewhat 39. Eight starters ; won by Wm. Carman, Norwich; but failing to get there. Time, 17.58 2-5. St. Louis claims to have 800 wheelmen in the F. K. the race of the da)', Edwards. Woodstock, 2nd ; Oscar Brader, Then came the two-mile city, and that they show more enterprise to the W'noilHtiick, 3rd. Time, 3.22 2-5. bicycle race, professional. The starters were : square inch than any other city in the Union. One-mile professional —An exciting race, from W. M. Woodside I Mr. Henry Irving has presented the London start to finish well contested. Won by R. A. R. A. Neilson 2 John Brooks 3 Tricycle Club, of which he is president, with a Neilson, Boston ; W. N. Woodside, Minneapolis, The three struck off at a tremendous pace, with tricycle to be raced for at the first meeting of the 2nd ; John Brooks, Blossburg, Pa., 3rd. Time, club. 2-52 3-5- Neilson leading. In the second lap Woodside made a rush and look the lead, holding it till the One-hundred yard loot-race —Won e.asilv by W'cber and Kluge feel they have put the record end o the first mile, the time all through being Bert Fielil, of Woodsiock. for fifty miles so far ahead that they can rest in Five-mile good. Entering on the second mile Brooks made bicycle, amatiur (open to all) —The the assurance that they will hold it for a whije a bolt for first place and passed W'oodside, fol- entries were : Geo. E. Weber, Smilhville, N.J. ; anyhow. Herb. Clarke, lowed by Neilson. They held this position till Woodstock ; F. Foster, Toionto ; the last lap, when Woodside made a magnificent V. C. Place, one of the fast men of 1881, will T. Fane, Toronto ; H. S. Chisholm. At the appear on the track this season mounted on How- crack of the pistol, Weber was off at the lead, spurt, and a hoi rush took place between Neilson ell's 59-inch Rudge Racer, on which the latter and, sitting the pace at a scorching rate, started and himself. Brooks following behind. W^nodside rode the mile in 2.31 2-5. to ride all competitors to death. Chisholm lasted took the lead, which he held to the finish, NeiLson one lap and out. contesting every foot of the ground. The last lap went Fane followed at half a A Roxbury rider tells us to lake ball-bearings mile, was made in 36 2-5, and the two miles in 6. 12 2-5. and Foster finished at the three-quarter to pieces and lubricate them with vaseline. Once The half-mile fool race came next, and was post. The mile was finished by Weber, with treated in this way they will last a whole season conte-ted and won ,as follows : Clarke at his side, in 2.57. For the next y/i without further need for lubrication. C. Darrel i miles the pace was a snail's, both men waiting R. B. Harris 3 E. did so well in his first attempt for the rtnal spurt. It commenced on the 19th C. Kluge on J. Goyette o a tricycle last year, that he intends to practice lap, and continued until the scratch was crossed .\. Rankin o .'\. this season, and the Iricyclists will li.ave to be for the !.;st lime, ihe Yankee winning by eighteen Smith., o was a professional affair, Harris holding inches, amid terrific excitement. This alive if they wish to hold their records. the Jead till he was ahrtost on the string, when The half-mile without hands was a wonderful R. Howell won the one-mile championship race victory of Canada's here he weakened and was passed by Darrel. champion. Herb. Williams, at the Molyneux Grounds, Wolverhampton, Eng- of Woodstock, Time, 2 19 4-5. over Weber. The pace was a land, April 28, in 2.52-3.5, beating Duncan and rattling one from Then came the three-mile bicycle lap race. start to finish. Wdliams won DeCivry by thirty yards— a very hollow victory. finish was as follows : by a fool or tivo in 1.36 4-1;. The Smithville, his best girl — One-mile safety—Won by T. Fane, of Toronto, G. E. Weber, N.J t Cycler with a Kangaroo, and H. W. Clarke, Woodstock 2 " Girl : What is that funny little bag back of the in 3.31 2-5 ; C. H. Riggs, Toronto, 2nd. T. Fane, Toronto . , 3 that is a pouch for tools." F'ive mile professional—There were four start- Woodstock saddle?" "Why, S, T, McK.-iy, 4 " ers in this race, Xeilson, Woodside, Brooks and Weber took the lead on the second lap, and She : Oh ! that's why you call it a Kangaroo, isn't it ?" Morgan. It was a most e.xciting race all through, maintained it to the close, making the three miles the contest between Woodside and Neilson for in 10.50, took it easy during part of the He A club of about ten or twelve bicyclists is to be first place being wonderfully close an eft'ort to a fast and interest- race, but inade make quarter on formed in Hagersville (Ont.) this summer. It is ing. I'he western boy proved at last too much the Last lap, wdiich he m.ade in 38^4^. also proposed to form a club between Caledonia, for Neilson, and over :~ came the scratch about a The half-mile d.ash bicycle brought out Hagersville and Jarvis, about twenty wheels being foot ahead. Brooks was third. H.W. Clarice i Considering the in use in the three places. Fred. Foster 2 wind, the time, 15.23 1-5, was excellent. S. T. .McKay 3 Two-mile green race New Jersey is not a large Stale. It ranks —Won by U H. Terry, This was interesting, because Clarke and Foster nineteenth in point of population, but in League Toronto ; A. Dance, St. Thomas, 2nd. met again after Foster's victory in the five-mile One-mile bicycle (amateur) membership it ranks fourth. This is owing to the —Geo. E Weber, race. Clarke, however, turned the tables, as he 1st; 11. W. Clarke, 2nd; F. Foster, liberal policy the .State has pursued in distributing 3rd. The won a good race in 1.23 1-5. other starters were McKav and I'armenler. maps and road-books to Le.igue members. Time, For the S. Woodroofe cup, 2 miles, only Clarke 2.56. entered, and rode over the distance in 6.444-5. President Cleveland, when in Buffalo, used a SECO.N'D 1).\Y. As this is the third time, the cup becomes his friend's tricycle to a considerable extent. When presented with one On Tuesday the wind was blowing a gale, and proper y. he got to Washington he was .-\.mong other notables who the air was raw and cold, and the crowd, in con- Messrs. Robinson and Terry of Toronto, rode for his own use. tandem for a half-mile, m.aking indulge in tricycling might be mentioned Q-.ieen sequence, was not as large as it should have been. against time on a consolation ilaughters, the Prince of The making of any good time for a distance was it" in 1.46 2-5, The race wound up Victoria, two of her resulted Beecher, Rev. George F. also an impossibility, although a couple of good the day's proceedings. This as follows : Wales, Henry Ward Evarts. .Schuyler Col- quarters were matle by W'oodside and Foster in S. L. McKay i Pentecost and Wni. M. Westmacott 2 36 2-5 and 37 2-5 respectively. F. fax, it is said, was also a lover of tricycling, Strange 3 We cli]i the foUowdng from the .)/,;//, as our Cofiti/iued on g3. Time, 3.39 .1-5. p. THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 91 Tfts ©nftj Manufacturers In the U7iited States who actually manufactttre their own Machines, ST., 222 & 224, J^. f R^^NKLIJ^ eHIC/eGO, ILL. ^«« «- Mj/«rNUFAeTUF^E — 3»»- 1 he Amertcan Chantpion Bicycle, A Bicycle of the HIGHEST GRADE, at a reasonable price. The Afnertcan Challenge Bicycle. Positively the Best and Most Durable Roadster for the Money ever placed on the Market. The Afnerican Safety Bicycle. Undoubtedly the most satisfactory Safety yet devised. The American Ideal Bicycle. The Recognized Standard Youths' Bicycle of the United States. The' American Ideal Tricycle. A beautiful little Two-track Tricycle for young ladies, and of same grade and finish as The Ideal Bicycle, and -^/c L/eRGE l3l|slE OF SUNDF^IES-^ ~;^jFREE 5;;:;; Gormully & Jeft'ery, Chicago, III, u.s.a. — — 92 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN, Il appears that Munger docs not claim a record /^^^ociatioi] rOTi SALE, Canadian WljEelniBn'^ on his fifty-mile performance at New Orleans. RICYCLi:S-56INCH.— One INVINCIHLE The London agents for Outing, Messrs. .Samp- ORQANtZED SEPT., 1882. SEMIRACliR, latest pattern ; one CANA- son DIAN RUDGK. Both in splendid condition, Low & Co., cabled over for 5,000 copies of {Open to all Amateur Bicycle and Tricycle riders.) the May issue. and bargains. — F. J. Cami'BEI.i., 13, Czar street, Toronto. Fourth Annual Race Meeting to be held on A fact not generally understood by cyclists is, the Shamrock Lacrosse Grounds (4-laj) cinder that the ordinary solid rubber tire, when worn out track), Montreal, on Thursday and Saturday, FOT?. SALE, on one side can be reveised. 1st and 3rd, 1S86. Commencing al July 3 Howell and Wood will run a ten-mile match p.m., wialher permitting. rO-INClI "BERKSHIRE," race for ^^25 a side, the result of a little " chip- No. I $SS-oo OZ ping" between these famous riders. 50-INCH " BERKSHIRE," No. 2 50.00 S2-INCH " SANSI'ARIEL " 75.00 .Secretary Aaron, of the L. A.W., has been fROSRj/OcMME. obliged to leave his post and seek health in the S4-INCH " EMPIRE" (full Plated) 80.00 South. He had overworked himself. Two prizes in eac/i event. ' ( 48-inch "LONDON SAFETY" (second-hand), The winners of the one, ten, twenty and fifty- 1 in perfect order, suitable for rider of 5 -inch ; Ball miles bicycle championships of the world, held in Pedals; K.O.R. Lamp; $60.00; cost $110.00. First Day. England at Easter, all rode the Rudge Racer. To close out stock. SICYt'LG. Rowe and Hendee were weighed last week, Mile Championship of Canada. WALLACE C. TROTTER & BRO., One and there was only an ounce of difference in their " " 30 St. Nicholas Street, Montreal. Five Mi>es weight, both tipping the scales at about ITS'A lbs. Three Miles Roadster, (Machines 40 lbs. or Twenty-one thousand miles in six years, riding over). BICYCLE SIGNAL WHISTLE after business hours, is a record to be proud of, ThL- luiidcHt and inoHt plt^rc-lnjcly Hhriil Half-Mile Dash without hands. and the happy is whisilu of iis hizc miidu. Can be heurd man C. A. Hazlelt, of Ports- Mile. to one inllc The exact size of a mouth. Three 60 calibre U. S. Coverniuent Klflc Curlrldcc. Made ol bur* One Mile (4th class), open to all Amateurs nlshcd brawt with nickel The one-mile "home-trainer" record now stands who have never raced before. bullet. Itivuliiuble ^i a to the credit of C. S. Holt, South Gardiner, Mass., aignal lor t c u in h t u r b, -TRICYCLE. farmcrM, itpurtHmen who, on April 14, ground ofi' that distance in Im. and all who wisli to ^\\ \ So at- 2-5S. attract rtttcQtioD at tract- 27 One Mile Championship of Canada. .^^4, | a loQK distance. ( z^^^^^ *^* * Cull 3 « u r /^M ^^x'' little Fred. E. Van Merbeke, en route to San Fran- TOOT. men f» X ^W novelty that p .'^y cisco on a bicycle, arrived in New dIniK r \ ^X every one who Orleans on 100 Yards, in heats (best 2 in 3.) f ^^ /"^ n t s it wants it. May I, having been 49 days on the road from Quarter Mile. \ on should have it lo introduce our New York. lull i\pLiiHlve. and In- Second Day. ii riiHtiiii: cntnlosue of F. Lees is coming to America with the inten- i;nnM kni^cdt iiovcItiCH* and BICVCIF. Hctulartlt Kh. »e will send thiM tion of riding 21 miles within the hour, as he tk .lud L( il L,ui, by mail, Dost- Championship of Can., in heats, thinks there is no track in Half-Mile r 01 U S » C( *itM in stamps. Ad- England where the ' (best 2 in 3.) \ \ LL.SON MFC. feat can be accomplished. 7S& Filbert l^trcLt, Philadelphia. Penna. Mile Championship of Canada. Three The Overman ^Vheel Company has raised the Five Mile. bond required to dissolve the John Harrington business is Two Mile (2nd class), open to Amateurs attachment, and now running along with them. who have never won a first prize from smoothly except in 3rd or 4th class scratch race. Gaskell is a disappointed man. Speechly has Gormully & Jeffery's working force consists of One Mile (3rd class), open to Amateurs won the Surrey Cup three times, and it becomes some 150 trained mechanics. who have never won a prize except in a his property. Gaskell had won it twice and 4th class race. Prince believes a man riding a 54-inch wheel wanted one more try for it, but it was not to be. advantage over a man on a 60-inch. TKIflClE. has a vast A twenty-miles professional championship was Three Mile. Schock will have to look to his laurels. Snyder decided at Leicester, England, April 17th. R. Howell in ih. 9m. 46s. TOOT. has beaten him twice in a twenty-five mile race. won ; H. O. Duncan 2nd ; F. J. Lees 3rd. The last mile w\as ridden 220 Yards. Blake has been elected Chief Consul John O. in 2.53. Half-Mile. L.A.^V. for Illinois over B. B. Avers, the votes standing 61 to 58. A. T. Lane, of Montreal, sends us his catalogue Friday, July 2nd. for 1S86. It has an illuminated cover in black It is claimed that there are upwards of 250 and gold, and contains a full list of cycles and Road Race, either to Lachine (10 miles), or in the United States who enjoy the physicians accessories kept on hand by our enthusiastic Mon- the Athletic Club House (6 miles). cycling. delights of treal friend. Ayers, the energetic commander and Friday Night in Victoria Rink. Burley B. The Cyclist does not believe in the international "' originator of the Big 4," has pinned his faith to proposed Fancy Riding Competition. championship as by the .Springfield Club. a Rudge light roadster. 54inch Mr. Sturmey believes the associations of the two Drill Squad Competition. Munger has been riding over the 27 miles of countries should run the championships if any are Entries clusc 'jtlli .liiuc, ISSG, trestle and bridge of the Northeastern Railroad, established. to the Chairman of Race Committee, P.O. Box crosses Lake Pontchartrain, La. which Two hundred wheelmen will be in attendance at 1 148, Montreal, Que., accompanied by a fee of Miss .Stone, sister of- Percy and the late Cola, the .State meet of the Michigan Division L.A.\V., lor each championship event $1.00 and 50 cents to be held at Detroit, Thursday, is a tandemoness She lately rode thirty-six miles June 24. The lor each of the other events. Fees returnable to in the evening, and finished by moonlight. races will be run on the new track of the Detroit actual starters. Bicycle Club. Entries to Friday's events are free. John Harrington, the English manufacturer of cradle springs, has presented Col. Pope with a Fred. Jenkins, former editor of The Wheel, and Competitors entering for "class" events must three-seated settee, built on cradle springs. now correspondent for several papers, has entered submit a written statement over their own signa- the field as a dealer, repairer and manufacturer. ture that they are eligible for the class entered. Jeffery will issue in near future Gormully & the His ottice is at 21 Park Row, and the factory and Competitors are requested to give the name of a very neat half-sheet shosv-card with photos of repair shop at 291 ^Vest nth street. New York. their Club. Unattached conipctiiors must furnish all their wheels, interiors of their factories, etc. proper credentials of their st.anding The Canadian Wheelman for April contains as amateurs. The English 20-mile i^rofessional champion- a supplement dealing with the Constitution and The Committee reserve the right to make any ship has again been won by R. Howell, in ih. By-laws of the C.W.A. as amendeil in February alteration in the ]irogramme they think necessary, gm. 46s. 11. O. Duncan was second, and F. J. by the Board of Officers. The Wheelman ap- and to refuse or strike out entries. Lees third. peals energetically f jr a representative Canadian Extra cheap rates are ofiered on the R. G.T. It is becoming quite the thing with Boston champion to take rank with the Rowes and Hen- and C. 1'. R, and on the Richelieu & Ontario wheelmen, who are fond of anything English, to dees of the States, and the Cortises and How-ells Navigation Co., and in the Hotels. turn the tops of their stockings down over the of Britain. We echo the appeal, and hope Can- For full particulars, see our pamphlets, or ad- calves of their legs, fastening the stocking just be- ada's coming man will brace his sinews to the dress the Secretary. low the knee with an elastic l-and. This method task before him, and be not too long coming, lest : J. D. MILLER, has at least the advantage of helping to conceal we die of impatience for him. ]V)ieeling (Lon- C/iairman, Race Com. nature's shortcomings. Glol'e. don, Eng. ). : THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 93 NEW RAPIDS. The only machine having the TRUE TANGENT WHEEL. Don't buy until you have seen them. Fitted with Ball Bearinais to both Wheels, and Ball Pedals. PRICE, $115.00. u INVINCIBLE." We can say nothing with regard to this machine that the Cycling public don't know. Actions speak louder than words, as the foUowinsf will show RECORDS. i^ mile, 1.23 1-5. 2 miles, 6.29 2-5. 3 miles, 9.52. 4 miles, 13.37. 5 miles, 16.06 3-8. 6 miles, 20.29 2-5. 7 miles, 23.50. 8 miles, 27.12 1-5. 9 miles, 30.35. 10 miles, 34.33 4-5. 20 miles, i hour, 11.53. 50 miles, 3 hours, 07.22. ^ mile, without hands, 1.36 4-5. u V afety Although only a short time on the market it has forged its way to the front rank as the BEST Safety made. It has proved itself a fast machine, holding every Canadian record for Safety Bicycles. Compare it with other Safeties and satisfy yourself REPAIF^S. Our MR. LAVENDER, who is at present in England, has secured the services of a practical Bicycle repairer, from Coventry, England. With his services, and over 12 years' experience in the Bicycle trade, we are in a position to say that we can execute repairs in every branch, and in the best possible manner, using nothing but the finest material chosen by Mr. Lavender, at 25 per cent, less than any other dealer in Canada. TjHE eOJViET" Sy^DDbE Manufactured by us, is a decided improvement on the Lillibridge. Having engaged a man from Boston, who has had considerable e.vperience in the manufacture of Bicycle Saddles, we can now offer Cyclists the best Saddle ever introduced. For ease, comfort and durability, it is there every time, and we are " " prepared to execute all orders, wholesale and retail, for the Comet Saddle. Price, §4.00. LUGGAGE AND BUiNDLE CARRIER: Frame work, nickel plated. Finished in the best style, and made from the best leather. PRICE, - $1.00. 36 Adelaide Street West. T. FANE & CO., TOROIvITO. <,4 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. HO! FOR MONTREAL. * eAJ\JADI/eN •52/^2/'-* (cf/iri^^rrei^'S'/e WHEEbMEJsl'S .ri7i ASSOCI/fTIOJS! ifotjuth: ANNUAL : MEET RACES-A-IsTID 03sr THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY JULY 1st. 2nd and 3rd, 1886. De3aDDDDGE3aaaE3C3£30E3QaGE3a£3QE3aaGE3aaQE3aQa-QEiaQE3BQa-E3E3QaE3aaaQ£3aQE3£3E3Ga£3£3QE3Q£3aE3Q£3aE3QaaE3E3aaE3DaGQQ 13 E3E3aQE3GE3DE3£3E3DaE3DDaE3E3QE3£3£3GE3E3E3GE3£30DE3aQD-GaoaQ£3E3aDQE30-DQQOeE3E3aE3£3DaQaaaE3E3£3QDa£3DE30G£3£3DDOE3GE3E3£3B ^^ ^^t" -^^ ELEGANT FOUR-L/cP Ci|M9ER TR/fCK. GRANDEST CYCLING EVENT HELD IN CANADA. Fancy Uiding Exhibition by the finest couple of Trick Kiders in America. Eaces to suit everyone, from the Green Riders to the Champion. Reduced Rates on the Railways, Steamboats and at the Hotels. ^^ All events (barrino- Championships) open to all Amateurs. For List of Events, etc., see other colinnn. For fuller information, get one of our pamphlets, or address F. G. GN^^DINGER, Box 1988, SIOMREAL, Que. Hon. Sec. Ma7iaging Commiitee. : THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 95 A. T. LANE. - Montreal. We have the following Fittings We have the following 1S86 in stock : Machines in stock SADDLES.— Buffer RUDGE LIGHT ROADSTER, Lo.NG Distance Brooks Lever Tension LIVERPOOL LIGHT ROADSTER, NEW LlLLIRRlDGE Victor ROYAL CANADIAN SPECIAL, Duryea Solid Comfort — ROYAL CANADIAN, NO. 2, CATALOGUE STEPS lIiLLMAN's Adjustable THE BOYS' OWN IDEAL, Harwood'.s " Ideal Rubrer Capped AMERICAN CHALLENGE, 75 ENGRAVINGS BAGS.— Mui.tum in Parvo KANGAROO SAFETY, MiNI.MUM Is now ready. Send 3-cent King's Own PREMIER CRIPPER TRICYCLE, Cyclists' Wallet Stamp for it. Don Tool Bag NUMBER TANDEM TRICYCLE, Handy Tool Bag Buffalo And about 70 Second-hand Challenge Premier Wheels of all makes. j"crsT iDsr BELLS.— SEisriD IH^OTJ. Lisa?. Hill & Tolman Automatic Butcher Automatic All the Latest Novelties from &c., &c., &c., &c. LAMPS.— Bicycle Exhibition held in A BARGAIN. King of Road Boston, May 27th, 28th Pioneer 52 inch Liverpool Racer, "yEolus" Boys' 0\vn balls to both wheels' and pedals. T and 29th. Foot-Rest Lamp for Kangaroos, &c.,&c. handles. Never been ridden. SUNDRIES.— PRK'E, $80.00. Perfection Tire Heater Spring Top Oil Cans A first-class Lis^ht Racer in perfect Paradox " Condition. Overman Screw-driver ALL WHEELMEN Handy Hooks Spoke Grips ANOTHER BARGAIN. Yankee Wrenches Visiting Montreal Caliope Whistles inch Sanspareil, ball bearings to 54 Luggage Carriers wheels, all nickle plated, but both Hill Climbing Belts little felloes ; has been ridden very are cordially invited to give me Bicycle Stands and is in perfect order. Enamel, Cement, Balls a call and look through my stock TRICK, • ."ST-'lOO. Spoke Grips, Suspenders, Shoes, Caps, of Wheels and accessories. Belts, Stockings Have you got a Screamer ? If not, AND STILL ANOTHER. then send 50 cents for one, and be afterwards. Coventry Rotary Convertible Soci- Store is close to the Wiii(I."»or happy ever able Tricycle, in first-class order, made Have you got a roll of Tire Tape by Rudge & Co. Not ridden lOO Hotel, uiid is open until 10 in your valise .' If not, send 25 cents miles. evening. o'eloek in the it is PKICK, - *IW.OI». for 3 rolls ; invaluable. A. T. LANE, MONTREAL. 96 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. THE ^ COLUMBIAS FOR 1886 ARK <'0.>iFII>i:VTM rUESKKTEn AS THE STAKUABD COLUMBIA. KXPF.RT 4'OI,|iMRIA. Stanchest, Most Reliable and 'I his "Old Reliable" Wheel has gone A sciemificitlly constructed, Hij^li-CnKlc into the largest u.se of any Ilicycle in this country*. A thoroughly ^ir^^•cla^^ RoadslcT. '1 he Liglitcst Bicycle Easiest Running Machines Machine at about the price charged fur made with Full Inch Tires. Second-grade liicycles. For the money Manufactured. it iv the best iJicycle manufactured. I-OLIMBIA LIOliT ItWAItSTIiK. «'oli:mbia A Genuine Light-Weighl Bicycle. THE COLUMBIAS ARE THE HIGHEST TWO-'TUACK TBICl'CLE. OF MADE. GRADE MACHINES Strong, Stanch, Rigid, Light, and COlil'MRIA SB^YII-KOAOSrKU. l!la.sy Running. The simplest and Most They have stood the test of the roads FOR EIGHT Scientifically Constructed Tricycle in the A High-Grade, Modcrnte-Priced Hicyclc YEARS, and so far as known there is not a COLUMBIA Market. for the use of boys and lighi mi;ti which by wear or breakage is unfit for use. <'<»LI HRIA of small stature. UAt'I\4; TUICVt'LE. Tllb: RIDERS OF COLUMBI\S HOLD THE COLUMBIA ICACER. Weight, all on, 47% pounds. Rcin<^rk- RECORDS OF THE WORLD. nbly .Strong, considering its weight. Upon this Racer wurc made the World'.s The COLUMBIAS are ridden by the majority of Wheelmen i'i>LU.UBIA SAFETY. Records for J^ and y^ mile, and from 2 at every League Meet, and are almost invariably to 38 miles (inclusive); the World's Am- Strong, Light, Simple, Ea.sy Running. chosen by the Long-distance Wheelmen. and i mile ; ateur Records for ^^^ the LAItlE^' COLUMBIA World's Professional Records for 4 to 10 EVERY PART IS INTERCH.ANGEABLE, TWO-TB.ACK TUICVCLB. and 21 1043 miles (inclusive) ; the Great- and can be obtained at our Branch Houses or Agencies at A Light and Elegant Machine for est Distance Ever Made Inside the Hour every important centre. Ladies and Men weighing up to 130 (2oU' miles, 396 feet). pounds. CATALOGUES SENT FREE. THE fOPE JVI/cNUFACTUF(ING eOMfAJMY, 597 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON. BRANCH HOUSES: 12 Warren St., NEW YORK; 115 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 'XTRAOI^BINARY , CRYPTO XTRA BE SURE AND SEE MV $90.00 BICYCLE HEST VALUE E\"ER OFFEREn. LARGEST STOCK IN CANADA. Revised Price List Now Ready. LOJMDON, ONT. A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. The Official Gazette of the Canadian Whcelmetis Association, and of the Cyclists'' Touring Club in Canada. Vol. III. LONDON, CANADA, JULY, 1886. No. 9. - - 777^ VICTOR - - 1886 = UI@)HT [ROADSTER 1886 SHOWS ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH A YEAR's EXPERIENCE CAN SUGGEST. 1 « LIHeTEil, WITHOUT SOIFICE OF Saddle mucli ImpToved, longer and narrower, with w^rench strapped on Narrower Tread. underneath. Compressed Tires much We cannot enumerate its many Improved, good points here, but will claim the Doing away with the dead rubber down in the rim. Handsomest and Easiest-Running NEW DEVICE Light Roadster FOR LOCKING THE HEAD, IdVEK OFFKRED IN THE MARKET. Avoiding the constant annoyance of its coming loose. Vou will make a mistake if you HANDLE BAR buy without investigating. Entirely changed and improved, past a reasonable Wll L BE READY FOR DELIVERY VERY chance of breakage. SOON. OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY, 182 Columbus Ave., BOSTON, Mass., U.S.A. 98 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. PRACTICAL fD T[(UE. The following are but a few samples of the letters we are receiving every day, and the enconiums personally passed upon the Rudge by its riders. E. DuFFIELD, Hamilton (an experienced rider). F. R. Close, Hamilton Bicycle Club.— "I am —"My 54-inch Rudge[Light Roadster fully meets more than satisfied with the Rudge. It is as easy my expectations." running as any I have tried." A. MuiRHEAD, London, one of the Canadian J. — Fred Morphy, Secretary Wanderer's Bicycle pioneers of wheeling. "I like my 52-inch Rudge — Club, Toronto. " I am delighted with my Rudge Light Roadster splendidly, and am perfectly satis- Light Roadster." fied with it." Geo. H. Orr, ex-captain Wanderer's Bicycle Thos. Bradshaw, St. Thomas. — "I am very Club, Toronto. —" I wouldn't ride any wheel well satisfied with my Rudge Light Roadster so but the Rudge." far." A. C. Camp, St. Catharines,— "I like my Joseph D. Lamont, Chatham.— "The Rudge Canadian Rudge immensely." Light Roadster is a daisy," Send Slauip for Catalogue 'i'l CImrch St., Toronto. GHAS. ROBINSON & GO. THE RUDGE LI3HT ROADSTER THE CANADIAN RUDGE 9115.00. $83.00. — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 99 League rule, which permits the re-election %\k (Kaivabian Mhcclmnn man willing and able, without emolument, and the out of that spirit of self-sacrifice which we have of the President an indefinite number of times. A JOURNAL OF CYCLING mentioned as having been necessary at the birth Mr. Beckwith has been elected president four organization, take the place of the out of seven times, and the western members The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Associa- of the to all satisfied tion and of the Cyclists' I'ouring Club present Secretary-Treasurer. Out of justice to of the League do not appear at honor which that gen- in Canada. Mr. Donly, it should be said that he has no with the monopoly of the part in the penning of these lines, nor has he tleman has obtained — excellent presiding officer Published by tub Canadian Wheelmen's Association, taken any part in the editorship of The Wheel- as he is. Let the honors rotate by all means. AT London, Canada, and Supplied to all man, as has been supposed by some. Had it Mfmbers of the Association. The Stratford Bicycle Club is entitled to a been otherwise, the paper would not have felt great deal of credit for the prompt manner in free to thus bear testimony to its high appre- Subscription Price to Non-Members $l.oo which it brought to justice a lout of a farmer ciation of Mr. Donly's services to the cause of per annum. who had refused the road to a bicycler, had cycling. We sincerely trust that such an arrange- ridden over his machine, and seriously injured All communications should be addressed to The ment may be possible as will retain to the cause him, as detailed in another column. The sum- Canadian Wheelman, London, Ont. of the Association Mr. Donly's energy, ability mary punishment meted out to the fellow spoke and enthusiasm. well for the good judgment^ of the magistrate, LONDON, JULY, 1886. and should prove a timely warning to all other THE MEET. farmers in the vicinity of Stratford who may be THE SECRETARYSHIP. inclined to dispute the right of way with a bicy- cle, or who consider a bicycle a fit subject for A last word ! subjects One of the most important that will annoyance. It is in such acts as this one per- A few days after this issue of The Wheel- •come before the Association for consideration at formed by the Stratford club that the benefits of man reaches our readers it will be time to start •the approaching meet will be that of the Secre- organization are most distinctly defined. for Montreal. Let every wheelman make , up taryship. For over three years Mr. Hal. B. his mind to go if going is within the range farmers, their Donly, of Simcoe, has filled the position to the Speaking about and treatment of possibilities. The enjoyment to be expected it is a pleasing fact that -satisfaction, we think we may say, of every mem- of wheelmen, a very from the three days' visit to Montreal should amicable feeling exists between the wheelmen ber of the As-sociation. To his energy, his in- be sufficient to nerve every wheelman to make the farmers in the west. the time dustry, and his devotion to the interests of the and At when an extra effort to be at the meet. The tasty bicycling was in its infancy, farmers were rather Association, is in great part to be ascribed its and comprehensive programme issued by the accustomed to looking upon riders as "dudes," :growth and its maintenance in its present 'pros- Montreal Bicycle Club must now be in the with more muscle than brains, and were inclined perous state. It is no slight task to merely per- hands of every member of the Association, and hostile, to the form the routine work of the office of Secretary, to be and show "city snobs" it offers a most enticing array of inducements not in the least but to have added to that the duty of maintaining that they were overawed by to every wheelman. Races, parades, concerts, the membership of an organization coextensive their knee-breeches, polo caps and consequential and last, but not least, the beauties of the city with the Dominion, by dint of continual drum- air. Little rows 'twixt farmers and wheelmen of Montreal, combine to call upon one and all ming up of the various clubs and by urging the were not uncommon in those days, but they are to visit the commercial metropolis of Canada. past, and nine farmers benefits of membership upon all wheelmen whose happily now out of ten Go, if in your power. Go as individuals will give the wheelman a cheery nod of famil- addresses can be discovered, is a work of such Go as clubs. Go in the Toronto tour, if yovi iarity, and as much of the road as he thinks magnitude that it is absurd to suppose that one can, but go anyway. Show the Montreal boys he needs. When riding on the wrong side of •man will be willing to devote himself to it, year you appreciate their energy, their whole-hearted frequently meet with farmers after year, without at least compensation for his the road we who hospitality, their sacrifices in times past for the gladly turn out in order that the loss of time. True, on the establishment of an wheelman's Go, Go, ! C.W.A. GO pleasant places, Association such as ours, the work mentioned path may fall in and many other If the We.st is not largely represented at the little acts of kindness shown nowadays liad to be performed out of pure love for the by our meet, the West should never ask the Montreal bucolic friends go to prove that they realize that sport, and regard for its advancement. True, boys to attend a western meet again. all are brother travellers over life's .also, that on two occasions the present Secretary we highway, gravel roads, received slight presents from the Association in and Canadian and deserve a fair consideration at their hands. recognition of his great services. But the time EDITORIAL NOTES. share of has arrived for either a change in the occupant '86 of the office or in the nature of its relation to The L. A.W. parade of in Boston was not the Association. Mr. Donly informs us that he so large as the one of '81. Parades are not BICYCLE BEARINGS has determined either to resign his office at the esteemed as highly as they used to be. approaching meeting in Montreal, or continue Burley B. Ayers and Abbott Bassett were bolh The bearings in a bicycle are perhaps more to admired than any single part. Instead it only as a paid servant of the Association. be of in spoken of as possible successors to Mr. Aaron, in allowing the axle to slide round in its bearings, Engrossed in the cares of journalism, Mr. Donly the secretaryship of the League, at the last meet. hard steel balls are introduced, so that the parts finds that his business interests are suffering from which are pressed together roll over and do not Toronto, Montreal and St. Thomas have now the amount of time and labor he has to devote slide upon one another. I can now give for the been favored with the presidency of the C.W.A. first liuie the result of an experiment only com- to the faithful performance of his duties as Secre- Where shall the next official head of the sport pleted this morning, which shows the extraor- tary-Treasurer of the Association, and he very dinary perfection to which this class of work has in Canada hail from ? The East, the Centre properly feels that he should resign the latter attained. I have observed how much a new set the have had their turn, and some and West lost in offices if it is not considered advisable by the of balls has in weight travelling one thous- intermediate point will likely now be .selected. and miles in my machine. Every two hundred Association to retain him as a salaried official. Ottawa has strong claims to the honor, having miles I cleaned and weighed the halls with all the He appreciates the fact that it is not at all care and accuracy that the resources of a physical long been a firm supporter of the Association, likely the Association could afford such a salary laboratory will permit. The set of twelve, when Brantford, but Belleville, Hamilton, Woodstock, grm after as would recompense him for his work, and he new, weighed 25.80,400 ; one thousand Simcoe, and half a dozen other places in East miles they weighed 25.89,088 grm.. the loss being would look only for such an amount as would and West have claims that cannot be ignored. 3.12 mgrm., which is equal to I.20.S grain — that actual loss. save him from is, running one thousand miles each ball lost 1.250 It will be for the Association to decide what The rule of the C.W..\. that the President grain. This corresponds to a wear of only 1.158, 000 inch ofT the surface. ••Vt this rate of wear is best to be done. We know the value of Mr. of the Association is not eligible for election 3.12 mgrm. per one thousand miles— the lialls Donly's services, but are not aware of the state two successive years, strikes one as more sen- would lose only 1.34.3 of their weight in travelling to promote good feeling of the Association's finances. We have grave sible, and more likely as far as from here to the moon. — H. B. C, in doubts as to the possibility of finding a gentle- between all sections of the wheel country, than L.A.IV. Bulletin. lOO THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. MONTREAL. sp' rt»loving city is famed for. You will never THE LEAGUE MEET. regret it, we guarantee that, and we guarantee that the meet liere will surpass everything ever League of .American Wheelmen's annual As ilio (lays approacli for the [;rcat meet of the The ( lield in 'anada, and will never be etjualled till at Boston was a success. wdieelmen Associalion liiTe, tlic cyclists arc wurking with a tneet The you come again in the year iSgo. Meanwhile, were blessed with the finest riding weather, and will, lidlh (111 ami olV the racing; track, and every come. Welcome to all. the entire three days' programme was most suc- one is full o\ uxcilL-mciU ami cxpcclaliun. cessfully carried out. bicyclists were in The uflicial pru(;ranimc, which has been (lis- Over 600 line at the parade. the first day the hill- (ril)vitcil among all memhers of the Association, On ol the pro- lias liecn votcil the prettiest of its kind ever THE TOUR TO THE C.W A. MEET. climbing contest was the feature Hill is feel in length, issued, and is comiilete in every detail. Citizens gramme. Corey 2,300 ri.se of feet. average grade is liere are readily paying their ten cents to secure a DKTAII.S OK THE rROPOSEI) TRIl'. with a 199 The one foot in eleven, but at one point it is one copy. Messrs. Charles Robinson & Co., of 22 Church foot in seven. .Six started, and five suc- is being spared to iriake the meet men No expense street, Toronto, .send us a revised programme of other entertainments than ceeded in reaching the summit, (jeo, F. Weber, a grand success, and the proposed tour to Montreal, which we give of Smithville, reached the top in 3m. 16 3-5S., those already mentioned on the programme are below. beating the best previous record. on the /I'/'is, and wheelmen may look forward to 28. a "dizzy" time of it, taking in the extensive M0NI5AV, June —Wheelmen west and north The Board of Officers met and chose for the programme and the many sights and places of of Toronto will reach the latter city by morning fourth time as president Dr. N. M. Beckwiih, of train, reporting at 22 Church street iminediately interest to vi.sit. New York. T. J. Kirkpatrick, of Springfield, The \'ictoria Skating Rink has been secured for upon their arrival. ^\fter dinner wheels will be Ohio, was elected as vice-president, and Sanford the storage of wheels, and will be beautiiully mounted and a start made for the East via King Lawton, of Spingfield, .Mass., treasurer. John decorated with flags, etc., and lighted with street and the Kingston road, reaching Whitby in C. (nilick, of New York, together with the presi- electric liglit. It is the largest rink in the world, the evening. dent and vice-president, will constitute the ex- and has accomnindation for over 6,000 people, Tuf:si:)AY, June 29. —The forenoon run will be ecutive committee, while Eugene M. Aaron, of ami the boys expect to see it filled to overflowing to Newcastle for dinner, and the afternoon run to Philadelphia, was retained as secretary, and his at their concert on the night of the 2nd July, to Cobourg for supper. The G.T. R. Express will position made permanent in.slead of elective from be given in honor of the wheelmen attending the be taken at 10.30 p.m. for Kingston. year to year. The business of the League has meet, and who are invited gratis. Competition grown so great that the secretary has been obliged Wednesday, June 30. — A day's ride on the single fancy riding and club drill for amateurs employ a large force of clerks, and was conse- in steamer through the Thousand Islands and the to xvill be given, and for which it is to be hoped quently voted a salary of and $2,000 per world-famous Rapids, reaching Montreal in time $1,500, large entries will be received. There will also be annum additional for clerical assistance. The for supper. The M.B.C. will meet the tourists an exhibition by the famous fancy riders, Lester secretary's report shows a total membership of on their arrival. and Aldcn, which will be a very attractive feature 8,643, 'in increase from last year of nearly 64 %. Thursday, i (Dominion Day). Races of the programme, as they were engaged and July — Canadian preceded The chairman of the Racing Board stated in at the of Wheelmen's Association, gave an exhibition at the concert annual his report that the Board had declared twenty- visiting wheelmen. of American Wheelmen in by parade of and home meet of the League eight' men to be professionals for having violated and were a grand success. Fkiday, July 2. A fine programme for the lioston last month, — the amateur rule. For violations of Rule H it at its best, the day's enjoyment will be provided by the Mon- Mount Royal park will be and had suspended eight men from the racing path coasts are perfection. Thrice treal B.C., including a road race to the new roads and many until May 30. It has reinstated as .amateurs seven wheelman has the leisure to Athletic Club House and festivities in the evening. blest is the who riders. After much discussion, the meeting almost over magnificent park, --pend a day wheeling this Saturday, July 3 —A ride through the Moun- unanimously voted to indorse the action of the Jrom which many of the finest views in Canada tain Park and visits to the other principal points Racing Board. The meeting also voted to in- that are as smooth can be seen, and over roads of interest. The return trip will be commenced, dorse the Board's action in suspending those men path, with dense foliage, its a cin 'er overhung via rail, on Saturday evening or Sunday morning. who had been charged with violating Rule H of making them cool and refreshing in the hottest of of Complete arrangements will be made for the the racing rules. E. J. Shriver, New York, weather. At the back of this mountain we have comfort of the tourists. Greatly reduced rates moved that the by-laws be amended by the Board our country rendezvous, the athletic club house, president, have been secured, and it is ex]:)ected that the of Officers so as to require that the which is one of the chief attractions for visitors total cost of the trip from and return to To- vice-president and executive-at-large be elected to Montreal. Here flock lovers of outdoor ronto will be about $25, which will include rail- by the League-al-large instead of by the Board recreation, to catch their health and enjoy one way and steamship fares and hotel exjDenses. of Officers. The motion was carried. Abbott of the prettiest nooks in this fair country of ours, To parties of ten west and north of Toronto we Bassett moved that the rules be amended so as to and take part in some of the many difl'erent will give a certificate entitling them to a two-cent admit professionals to membership in the League^ games thai are provided by the company for the a mile rate on the G.T. R. to Toronto. This caused much discussion, but on the motion entertainment of \isit f )rgotten r.ic->s an. I fast lime will be made. In to. During the winter lie has been reading hard Messrs. Charles Robinson & Co., of Toronto, the green and other races thei'e will also be keen for his medical examination " He won his first report a continued briskness in the trade. The c imp.-lition anil large entries To all wheelmen race o the season on 13'h April, winning a two- Rudge Sarcty has had a large trade, and the Rudge o itside of M 'ntre.Tl, we say come, and we will mile handicaji from Harvey (290 yards) and Tal- No. 2, or Canadian Rudge, has had a big boonv g've yut such a we'co.ne and good time that our mage (410 yards). Tricycling is also gaining friends and devotees. ; THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. lOI dent, Secretary-Treasurer, and the Chairman of IN EUROPE. C. W. A, OFFICIAL the several Committees will be presented. The President and Vice-President of the Association will be elected for the ensuing year, and a number From letters written by Mr. Harry Ryrie we of important propositions affecting the well-being glean information concerning the tour of the Can- of the Association will come up for discussion. adian wheelmen in Europe. Not much ridinfj It is hoped that every member who is in Mon- was done in England before proceeding to the treal on the 1st July will attend this meeting. Continent. Mr. Ryrie was delighted with Lon- don, which far exceeded his expectations. When By order. Hal. B. Donly, passing through Rugby, he looked, as all friends Sec. - Treas. of Tom would look, fur the river in which Tom Brown used to fish. In London he bought, o course, a plug hat, he got so ashamed i^f walking The first meeting of the new Board of Officers around in his tweed. They took in the Colonial, of the C.W.A. will be held at the Club House and at Albert Hall heard Albani, Neilson, Sant- of the Montreal A. A. A., at 11 a.m. sharp, on ley and Lloyd for one shilling. Crossing over ORGANIZED SEPTEMBER, 1882. .Saturday, July 3rd. The election of a Secretary- the channel from Newhaven to Dieppe they had Treasurer and other important business will be a good passage, antl rode on their wheeU the best I'resident —Mr. Jas. S. Brierley, Journal, St. brought before the Poard. The attendance of Thomas, Ont. part of the way to Paris. A ])art of the road every member is requested. was composed of unridable cobblestones, but as Vice-Pres. —Mr. W. G. Eakins, Mail, Toronto, By order. Hal. B. Donly, a rule the Ont. road was like a marble pavement with- out the suspicion of a rut. *' It would amuse you Sec.-Treas. Mr. Hal. B. Donly, Refonner, — Sec. - Treas. — to see the country people. The women seem to Simcoe, Ont. Clubs belonging to the C.W.A. desiring to vote do quite as much work as the men. Everybody as clubs at the annual business meeting of the looks coarse, but, with hardly an exception, good- C. W A. are reminded that the by-laws of the humored." .Speaking of their meals, Mr. Ryrie APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. " Association provide that they must send duly- says : Cafe au lait we had for tea last night. accredited delegates, and that one delegate can They bring a kind of soup tureen nearly full of Peterboro' Club, : 9 only cast ten votes, which means that if a club boiling milk, and a small tin of strong black T) 01 13, A E Ames D oii8, C McClelland has a membership of filty in the Association it coffee. As soon as you sit down you pour the D 01 14, C A Lawford D 01 19, E A Reid must have five representatives present to cast its coffee into the milk and serve the mixture out D 01 15, Alex Gibson D 0120, V Halliday full voting strength. Credentials must be signed into bowls and eat it like sou]:), with spoons, of D 01 16, J.1S McNamara D 0121, F E Bell by the President and Secretary of the delegate's course. It just amounts to cofl'ee made with D0117, F J Wight club, and must he presented to the Secretary im- milk, but I never lasted anything so nice before. mediately upon the opening of the meeting. Meals cost on an average one Iranc each, but if Simcoe Club, add 2 : we did not get dishes made specially for us we D 0122, H Forsythe D 0123, J H Dobson could probably get them for even less. Even in COMMITTEES FOR THE FOURTH ANNUAL Rouen, in what appeared to be one of the best St. Thomas Club, add 5 ; restaurants in the place, we had a room to our- D 0130, S H Eby D 013S, T Duncombe MEET OF THE C.W.A. selves and a first-class meal lor I j^ frs. Our beil D 0131, F O Pauline D 0140, G Blackmore last night cost exactly 15 cts. each." After doing D 0135, R Blackmore Management. —J. D. Miller, Chairman For Paris pretty thoroughly, the boys started for the J. S. Brierley, B. Rhine. The roads were splendid, coasts of Trenton Wheeling Club, 15 : C.W.A.— H. Donly, W. G. one Eakins, and W. G. Ross. For M.B.C.—J. B. to two miles not being uncommon. "A pecu- D 0146, T A O'Rourke D 0154, J B Ward Ostell, Geo. Darling, A. T. Lane, 11. Joyc. , and liarity was that all the roads are marked off by D 0147, F B Hope D 0155, J Little E. Gnsedinger. a large stone with number of kilometres to next D 0148, CAP Godson D 0156, W Chovvn G. Finance. J. D. Miller, Chairman ; S. M. Bay- town on either side, while Itelween these stones D 0149, C Richardson D 01 S7, LI Meade — lis, B. Ostell, W. G. Ross. there are smaller stones marking each kilometre. D 0150, A McDonnell D 015S, R Spencer J. Advertisins; and Printing. F. G. Gnredinger, It makes you feel as if you were covering some D 0151, H Whittier D 0159, F Garratt — Chairman D. Miller and G. T. Bishop. ground when you find yourself passing the stone, ; J. D 0152, J C Christie D 0160, C W Thomp- Grounds. W. G. Ross, Chairman ; A. T. Lane like the teeth of a comb, especially when you D 0153, LI Bentley son — and G. S. Low. have your legs up and no work to do. The cob- Victoria Club, Montreal, add 2 : blestones break our hearts, Parade. — Llor. Joyce, Chairman : J. T. Ostell though — it is almost D 0161, David Shirriff D 0162, E H Pickard and E. Barlow. impossible to ride through the towns." Frorh Storage. —A. T. Lane, Chairman ; L. Ruben- Vitry, on May 17, Mr. Ryrie writes that he met Unattached, : 5 stein. with his first accident, a restive horse causing D 0124, James Robb, Seafurth Transportation. —W. G. Ross, Chairman ; H. him to jump on to his machine instead of on to D 0125, W A Farrell, Lennoxville, P.Q. Joyce and J. B. Ostell. the ground, h. smash-up was the const quence, " D 0126, W Wilson, Sherbrooke. Paces. — D. Miller, Chairman ; H. Joyce and and he was about to take train for .Strr.sburg, J ^J. D 0143, A E Youmans, Jarvis J. T. Barlow. where he hoped to have his machine repaired D 0144, E H Draper, Drayton Concert. — S. M. Baylis, Chairman ; A. G. Fer- by the time the other boys caught up. rier, L. J. Smith, F. G. Gntedinger, J. T. Barlow and J. D. Miller. APPOINTMENTS. Reception and Entertainment. J. B. Ostell, — Says Tuif, Field and Farm : Two grown men Geo. Darling, Drummond street Chairman ; 99 astride of bicycles never meet without inspecting G. S. Low, Dorchester street ; W. Rodden, Hal. B. Donly, Esq., 935 each other's vehicles in much the same manner Hamilton Powder Co. ; L. Smith, 12 Found- J. that two women, each fashionably attired in new Secretary C. IV. Simcoe: ling street H. Robertson, Phillips square; A., ; J. J. and becoming dresses, hastily take in the other's Walker iS: Co. ; R. Holden, R. Scales, James C. appearance while passing the street. Dear Sir, —I have this day appointed Messrs. on The Co. ; LI. B. Hulden, Ames, Ames, Holden & wheelmen look around as if half Charles Coster and M. Barnes, of St. John, expecting a J Holden & Co. T. Ostell, London and Lane. N.B., Chief Consul and Representative respect- ; J. brick, and note the latest improvements on the Ins. Co. ; Fenier, Merchants' Bank; A. G. J. machine. The wheelmen are con.scious of their ively of the C.W.A. in Is'ew Brunswick ; and G. Ross, 18 St. Alexis street ; W. G. Ross, iS Messrs. F. G. Gnredinger and A. T. Lane, of conspicuous appearances, and act as if they were Alexis St. D. Miller, .Miller Bros. & Miller ; J. ; h.alf ashamed in pl.iying the Montreal, Auditors of C.W.A. accounts. I have human grasshopper st. F. G. Gna:dinger, 94 Si. Peter ; A. Darling, .also, in consequence of the resignation of Mr. F. act. They know when they meet a man on a Drummond St. ; A. M. Baylis, Notre D.ame st. 99 bicycle that he is one of them, and that all the J. Campbell, appomted Mr. C. E. Langley, of world is against him. They always Toronto, Chief Consul of District No. 2, and Mr. feel sober D. Miller, of Montreal, Chairman of when three or more are together, but even then they J, the Racing RAILWAY RATES FOR THE MEET AT Board of the Association. glide along as noiselessly as possilile, not wishing to attract any undue attention. No cyclist ever Yours fraternally, MONTREAL. became president of a base-ball clul)) or a member Jas. S. Brierley, of the city council, or had a band at his funeral. Return tickets will be issued from all stations President C. W.A. They all know that when they take to the wheel on the G.T. R. and C. P. R. for one fare to wheel- they renounce all the pleasures and honors of life. men going to the annual meet of the C.W.A. at This fact makes them sad. It is a bond ol sym- Montreal. SECRETARY'S ANNOUNCEMENTS, pathy between them. Tickets will be sold from June 2Sth, and will good to return up to the 5th of July. -:o:- The Annual General Meeting of the Association be will be held at the Club House of the Montreal Railway tickets will be taken on the boats of Burnham has broken or sprained his arms on A. A. A., on Thursday evening, 1st July, at 8 the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Co. for any six different occasions, and now swears by the o'clock p.m. sharp. The reports of the Presi- part of the journey. Carriage of wheels free. tricycle. . — 102 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. him to a .severe lecture, for running into a bicy- TH€ CYCLISTS' TOURING CLUB. kcelman Centres. clist, injuring both rider and wheel. Happily, these .selfish, overbearing, hoggish fellows are The last annual meeting of the Cyclists' Tour- WOODSTOCK. dying out, but a few still remain. I find a class of drivers of coal-carls, milk-waggons, delivery- ing Club, held at the Cannon St, Hotel, London, Aficr uno monlli of total silence, and another vans and the like, who take a liemlish delight in England, was an important and interesting meet- parlial ditto, I take up my pen once more of running wheelmen into the curbstone, or com- ing. The renewals of this year were very satis- with (;rcal pleasure to write TiiK Whf.ri.man. factory, amounting to the pelling them to dismount. I had several narrow over 15,000, and present must commence with congratulaling the editor I escapes on King street the other day from being membership exceeded 19,000. The balance-sheet of the same upon the (piality of the last two or run into by these chaps. It was only a day or came up for consideration, and affairs were found three iiumlicrs. They certainly were as bright be .satisfactory two .ago that a street-car driver wantonly ran over to in a most state, the balance of and newsy as any one could wish, and every a bicycle, the rider having fortunately cleared the a-ssets over liabilities amounting to ^^2,071, of member of the C. \V. A. should take pride in which car-tracks in his fall, " leaving his wheel behind ^901 belongs to the reserve fund. the organ of that liody, and during these sum- him." The driver saw the fall, but made no effort mer months, when wheeling matters boom, show to stop his car. It is to be hoped that these men his appreciation of it by sending forward every will get their just reward. RIGHT THE ROAD. two weeks either a letter or at least any items THE TO Our Toronto Club has just had the first of a of wheeling interest which may have cropped up series of road races. At a little after 4 p.m. we his locality. in saw the contestants start from the top of the At the .Stratford Police Court, on Saturday, May The great topic with us all now is the meet in Norway Hill. Burt Brown rode a .Star and took 29th, a case was disposed of which is of some in- Montreal who is going, how to go, etc. There — the lead, and Bowers (secretary of the Torontos), terest and importance to the travelling public, more are so many dilTerent routes, each with its par- West, and Co.\ (the captain) followed. Bowers particularly to lho.se who make use of the bicycle ticular attraction, that it is hard to decide between after a time lorged ahead, and reached the Half- as a means of locomotion, and to fanners and them. There seems to be no question, however, way House (four miles) at the rale of 3.30 per others traversing the highw.ays. It seems that on but that the Montreal club is entitled to the most mile, and finished the return trip in 38 minutes Thursday evening previous, -Mr. Alexander .Stew- hearty support of all the western clubs, and it against a strong head wind, and came in the art, a member of the Stratford Bicycle Club, along will be too bad if every town does not send down winner. We all voted the race a success, and with other members of that club, was enjoying a a fair representation. We hope to muster about the ne.xt will probably see a number of starters. short ride in the countr)', in the direction of St. fifteen wheels, besides the racing men who may Hope to meet you all on the tour to Mon- Marys, on his bicycle, jvlr. Bernard Laverty, a go, and intend to have whatever fun there is treal. Pete. farmer of Downie, was also driving along the same himself to going. Clarke is actually stirring up road in the same direction, and upon being ap- in to Toronto, May 26, 1SS6. train a little, and will, we hope, be shape proached by the bicycle riders, refused to allow along. 1 not do up anything that comes do know them a fair or any portion of the road, to enable whether we will have any more racing men there them to pass. Mr. Stewart, along with a number will MONTREAL. or not. Field, the foot-racer, be on hand, of other riders, succeeded in passing Mr. Laverty, foot however, and will make things lively in the Our boys have been putting in some good hard who, however, at once whipped up his horses and races. Bicycle. work on the road, but the hardest work so far drove his team against Mr. Stewart's bicycle, ;rom in working for Woodstock, June II, 1886. has been done the committee-room which he was thrown with great violence, render- the C.W.A. meet of 18S6 Whether we are too ing him for a time unconscious. The unfortunate far away from the wheeling centre of Canada to rider and his wheel both suffered considerable TORONTO. enable as many of our C.W.A men to assemble damage from their contact with Laverty's waggon, in Montreal as would be the case if the meet had and were both disabled for the time being. The Wanderers intend holding a one -day's The been held in Ontario or not remains to be seen. Stratford Bicycle Club, determined to assert the meet at the Rosedale Grounds about the middle Of one thing you can rest well assured, and that undoubted right of wheelmen to a fair portion of of Half a dozen first-class events will be July. is, that every one who does come down will never the road, took up the case, and Laverty was sum- included in the programme, and handsome prizes regret it. Our racing men have been working moned to answer a charge of assault before the gold and silver watches awarded. of hard in the gymnasium all spring, and now Ross, police magistrate on Saturday. Upon the case Single and tandem bicycles are frequently seen Low, Scales, and a number of lesser lights, have being called, Mr. Laverty entered a plea of guilty, in our city now, and Mr. Charles Robinson has transferred their labor to the track and road. Our and was fined $50 and costs. Stratford Beacon. been the lirst to introduce and ride the bicyclette. committee have effected an arrangement with the I am told that Lavender is still in poor health, Athletic Club House Co., at Cote des Neiges, by and that he will likely remain in England for which we have the exclusive use of one of their ELECTRICAL TIMING. some time yet. All his friends will join me in halls every Tuesday night, which will be a regular a strong sympathy for him and a wish that he fi.xture for the season. A programme of amuse- may soon recover and return to Canada. I am ment will be prepared for each night, and we E. II. Foote, of the Massachusetts Bicycle Club, also told that Davies, for some reason, has de- look forward to considerable enjoyment from these has submitted to President Ducker a scheme for cided to leave the track. meetings. obtaining absolutely correct timing of races, and Where is the Rota Club ? I do not think they The Athletic Club House will be one of the it is so practical and ingenious that the club will have had their annual meeting yet, nor a club sights to be shown our guests in July, to prove put it into practice. The details are as follows : run. what young men can do when they set the right Take a strip of rubber zYz to 3 inches wide and The Wanderers are going to have a new and way about it. It was started on purpose to offer l-l6th inch thick, long enough to cross the track. commodious club-room in the Arcade, with an a place which might form a rendezvous for the Sew or rivet on one side of this two strips of thin ante-room, where e.x-Captain Orr's dorg can sleep various city clubs in the winter and summer sea- sheet brass or copper. Fold the two sides of the while business is in progress. Capt. Iv.iggs wields sons, and which would be free from the demoraliz- strips together, metal strips inside, and sew to- the baton of authority in a business-like way, and ing effects attendant upon holding their meetings gether. In use, fasten one end to the ground on is full of schemes for the improvement and ad- in a licensed hotel. Last winter was their first the opposite side of the track to the judges' stand, vancement of his club. season, and it proved a brilliant success. I again the other end to the ground on the side next the Hurst went to England recently on a fancy extend a cordial invitation to every wheelman to stand ; this end to be attached to a block of wood riding tour, but, falling in with Messrs. Webster be present with us on Dominion Day, and to stay or rubber having binding screws connected with and Ryrie, has decided to enjoy a pleasure run the metal strips. These screws arc also con- as long as he can ; the longer he stays and the trio with them before doing so. The are having more that come the better we will like it. nected in circuit with a battery and a loud, sin- a glorious time. Club Uawg. gle-stroke bell. The strips are kept apart at the Chatham is a \>rogressive town. The latest opposite end by a wootlen plug, if necessary. Montreal, June 15, 1S86. indication of this is the formation of the Roadster The riders to be started with their wheels just in Bicycle Club in that place, with the following contact with the strips. Whenever there is pres- staff of ofticers : Richardson, President For competing with professionals for a prize in place the metal A. ; J. S. sure enough put on the rubber to Jarvis, Vice-Pres. Lamont, Sec.-Treas. a public race at Lynn, Mass., the follow- strips in will start- ; J. D. ; May 31, contact, the bell sound. The W. Taylor, Captain ; R. II. .Stevens, 1st Lieut, ing w heelmen have been declared professionals by ing-time to be taken at the first stroke of the bell an 1 Bugler; Scare, 2nd Lieut. the L-.'^.W. : Charles E. Kluge, iN.V. ; Geo. E. crosses, as would be a John ; J. .McKer- when the first man there rall and W. Richards, Committee. Total mem- Weber, SmithviUe, N J. ; C. E. Whitten, Lynn, slight variation in the men getting away, and the bership, 19. Pete gives you hearty welcome to Mass, Amateur wheelmen are warned against rear wheels would also cause a stroke. The time the ranks of the knickerbockered fraternity. competing with these parties. For competing in of finish to be also taken by a stroke of the bell. The officers of the Cobourg Bicycle Club are : races held under rules other than those of the The time between the strokes of the bell would President, Hon. Lt.-Col. J. V. Graveley : Presi- L..\.\V'. at Lynn, May 31, 1SS6, the following be absolutely correct, and could probably be taken dent, for John Ilargraft ; Vice-Pres., H. J. Snel- parties are suspended fiom the race-track 60 more accurately than by the eye. This system grove ; Cap ain, W. G. Bond ; 1st Lieut., W. d.iys Irom date : Geo W. Porter, Lynn, Mass, putting in the battery cir- H. ; could be extended by Fisher; 2nd do., W. H. Fligg ; Sec-Treasurer, F. B. Kimball, West .SomerviUe, Mass, ; Chas. cuit a recording instrument which would automat- Ernest Butler. E, Tracy, Waltham, Mas.s. ; A. E, Jacobs, Bos- ically and accurately record on paper each and I propose that the C.W.A. present Stratford's ton ; Charles A. .Steuken, Jersey City, N.J. ; A. every time how many men there might be in the police magistrate with a full-nickelled wheel as an D. Grover, East Boston ; F, B. Brigham, North race. This would necessitate quite an additional appreciation of the common-sense that led him to Attleboro', Mass. ; H. C. Gctchell, Cambridge, expense, as the recorder would have to be actuated fine a farmer $50 and costs, beside submitting Mass. by an accurate lime-piece. — — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 103 CYCLING ROUND THE WORLD. THE RIGHTS OF WHEELMEN. TRADE NOTES, Thomas Stevens has reached Meshed, in Per- There is a popular fallacy among the drivers of THIL sia. A letter lately received from him by Outing, NEW KAl'lD BICYCLE. street vehicles that the footpath is for the pedes- at the instance of which magazine he is making Wheeling says: trian, and that the moment he ventures on the "The idea of a wheel with *he trip, which will be the last news of the plucky tangential spokes roadway he becomes a trespasser. Magistrates, was conceived with the object of bicycler until he has either met his fate at the .... .securing a perfectly rigid as a rule, lose no opportunity of endeavoring to wheel." Thus hands of the natives or completed his run. Mr. the manufacturers eradicate this mischievous delusion, but appar- introduce their great specialty, is as follows : Stevens' letter which is par excellence ently with but slight effect. At the Marlborough the tangent wheel. Upon I arrived at Meshed yesterday evening, after an this they street Police Court, the other day, Mr. Trevelyan, have boldly taken their stand, and up to almost continuous struggle witli the elements for the present it appears to late Chief Secretary for Ireland, volunteered his be supporting them well. twenty days. Starting out on March to, with In evidence against a London cabman who had wan- further description of our present subject of summer helmet, low shoes and cycling stockings. comment we cannot better tonly driven over a tricyclist and shivered his ma- do than quote the I reached Meshed on the 30th through two feet manufacturers chine into fragments. The reckless Jehu no doubt themselves, they having devoted of snow. Khorassan is a fearful country to bicy- much time and study to : " thought he was doing a stroke of good business in the subject To accom- cle through in March. ATcer a rain-storui streams plish annihilating a rival vehicle which was independent this, each spoke must be at right angles to a of liquid mud come down from the mountains and line drawn across the of a hired driver, or, indeed, of any extraneous centre of the wheel from its spread over the plain, forming an almost impas- point aid beyond the owner's muscle. Probably, how- of contact with the flange of the hub to the I forded sable barrier to a cycler. have as many rim of the wheel strain ever, a change of mind took place when the ; the on the spokes is then as fifty streams in a day, and the wind blows entirely tensile and equal on spiteful vandal was ordered to pay a fine of 5s. each spoke .... it or Nebraska. worse than does in Wyoming Each spoke will bear a tensile ^nd £,1 for the amount of damage done to the strain of 1,200 lbs., The changes in temperature are also sudden and consequently tricycle. Leeds Express, April it would take considerably over violent. On the iSth, miles from Meshed, I 5. 45 40,000 lbs. pressure to move the crank without the got caught in a blizzard that would do credit to rim of the wheel answering. The great advantage Minnesota. With cold severe enough to form of NICKEL-PLATING FOR BICYCLES. this is, that the whole power of the rider tells icicles on one's eyelashes, and to transform one's effectively on the progress of his machine ; it is ilowny upper lip into a solid cake of ice, and simply impossible A few years ago the Pope Mfg. Co., of Boston, for a single ounce of his power with the air lilleJ with blinding snow, mountain to be wasted, perfected a method of nickel-plating the Colum- an advantage which will be obvious torrents thigh deep had to be forded, where one to every rider. bias, which has borne the test of lour years with- There are but few riders who, had to step out of the water into snow-drifts, I when having nearly out any complaint from riders save where the ma- reached the summit of a steep fell down in one stream, dropped the bicycle and hill, have not at chines had been used near the salt water, against some time or other found their wetted everything. With clothes frozen stiff, cranks the influence of which no finish can wholly with- moving without the rim of their wheel hands numbed, one finger slightly frost-bitten, answering, or, stand. The fact that during one year seventeen when making a sharp spurt, have and the blizzard at its worst, I had to wade found a spoke break short per cent, of all Experts sold were full nickeled, in the hub. " The man- through snow-drifts, ford other streams, and toil ufacturers of " all of which were highly satisfactory to the riders, the New Rapid" claim that with uu over the desolate mountains for miles before their tangent and that Thomas -Stevens, now circumbicycling wheel it is impossible for either of shelter was finally reached. And then, such ac- these things the globe, rides a full-nickeled Expert, thoroughly to happen. " This is not a theoreti- commodation ! A mere caravansary, crowded cal or untested statement," proves that nickel plate is the best finish lor a say the manufacturers; with mules, camels, donkeys and their drivers, they refer with the greatest machine away from the salt water. Its beauty satisfaction to the en route to Meshed, huddled and with pilgrims experience of the past year (1SS5), and attractiveness, especially when the sun is during which together for warmth and shelter. Ne.xt morn- not a spoke glistening among the polished spokes, more than broke or a single wheel buckled, an ing the snow lay two feet deep between me and experience quite unique compensates for the little extra work in the care in the history of cycling. Meshed, but it was a question of forcing my way There can be of the machine over the dull finish of paint or no doubt whatever, that the firm through, or experiencing something like a week's enamel. have taken great pains and spared no expense delay in, place where nobody would voluntarily a to make the "New Rapid" a "thorough" machine remain an hour. Pack-animals broke a single throughout. In general outline it is the lieaii trail through the snow, along which it was barely THE AMERICAN CYCLISTS' UNION. ideal of wh.at a bicycle should be, shapely and possiI>le to struggle ahead. .\Iter noon the sun graceful in appearance, while the details of its asserted its power, and it became uncomfortably The outgrowth of the vexed amateur question specifications are first-class. The approved long hot. The narrow path became ankle deep in steering centres are used is the American Cyclists' Union. As a result of in a head of the neatest mud and slush, and for fourteen miles I had to type ; weldless steel tubular handle the feeling against the action of the League at bar ; cow- wade through this and trundle the bicycle ahead horned oval backbone good broa new tricycle. Cyclist and Atiitete. I House. Chas. Richard Dodge. — —— — — — I04 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. The oUI veteran, C. F. Lavender, of Toronto, somewhat after ihe pattern of the Royal Mai', Mixed Irachs. arrived by the " Polynesian," but we regret to but which will be a .superior machine, and net say his illness has pulled him down considerably. so expensive. The " New Rapid" is a daisy. ^ The clerical imir of 18S6 will start from Cen- A well-known wheelman in .Si. Ltjuis, who wa.s The general idea is in favor of holding; the ncxl tral I'ark, New N'urk, August 3rd, and proceed walking along the street in his knec-breuchcs and L.A.W. meet in St. Louis. northerly ailing the Hudson River to Albany, to ice-cream Norfc^lk jacket, w.ts guyed by a couple Troy, to the Round Lake camp ground, to .Sharon of men in a waggon. Now, although he was a Only two St. Louis and Iwo Cliicapo men Springs, to Cobleskill and Howe's Cave. Rev. just subject for ridicule, he very promptly had attended ihe L.A.W. meet. Sylvanus Stall will have charge of the parly as them arrested, but upon their iiegging olT, he Call on A. T. Lane when in iMontieal. lie before. waived the charge against them ol "using lan- everything in the wheel lint'. guage liable to cause a breach of the peace." has Between 3.000 and 4,000 spectators witnessed They h.ave been taught a lesson, and wheelmen Schock has refused Phil Ilammill .it the close of the 72-hour bicycle race at Minne- Albert have been taught their rights. everything less than a 72-hour race. apolis. Prince kept up well all day, spurting races at frequently, whde Schock maintained his dogged The Lynn, Mass , May 31. under the Gormully & Jeflfery have just shipped a large auspices of the Association, persistence to the last. The score stood at the Lynn Cycle were a lot of American Ideals to Guatemala. great success. Over 5,000 people were present. linish : Prince, 1,042 miles, I lap; Schock, 1,028 The first race was for a mile on bicycles, and was Fred. Foster, of Lawton, is going well on his miles, 5 laps. won by W. A. Rowe, in 3m. 18 2-5s. George A. new wheel. The records are in danger. The fifty-mile English championship race at Weber was second, and Charles E. Kluge third. Another 100-mile road race over the Clarks- Leicester on April 24 was won by four yards by A two-mile tricycle race for union men had E. P. 2-5S. Fred. w.as ville course is contemplated for next fall. Duncan in 2h. 49m. 35 ; Lees Burnham and George M. Hendee as starters. 2nd, M. Dupois 3rd, and J. Birt, Northampton, Ilendee took a bad header. Burnham after that Mr. Bassett still sticks to his old idea that pro- fourth. Lees broke the 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, took things easy, and came in in 7m. 42 2-5S. fessionals should be admitted to the League. 48 and 49 mile records. Our American friends are rather criwing over Asa Dolph will be seen on the path again this Charles B. Thayer started from Hartford lately the fact of Albert .Schock having ridden 1009 miles season. lie is said to be much improved in to ride his bicycle to the Pacific slope He will 3 laps in six days of 12 hours each, and are term- health. follow the Erie Canal tow-path to Buffalo, and ing this "the world's long-distance record," be- will at Island. M. F. Johnston has returned from Ottawa to cross the Mississippi Rock Un- cause it beats a distance of 1007^^ miles made by a Toronto, and is in training for the iMontreal tour- like most wheelmen, he carries his goods in Fred. Lees last October. It may be the 72 hours' nament. knapsack strapped to his back. record, but it is not the world's long-distance record by any means. They seem to have for- A contest between teams from Chicago and It is claimed that the present path records have gotten Geordie Waller's splendid score of 1404 St. Louis, over the Clarksville course, is being been reduced about as much as they ever can be miles at the Agricultural Hall some years ago. talked of. on ordinary bicycles, and that if we are to have — Cyclist. anything better than 2.31 2-5 it will be accom- It is suggested the wheelmen do not want a plished on a geared machine. Perhaps 2.30 may Mr. E L. Davenport, brother to Miss F'anny guide-book, for they are guyed enough by the be the mark this fall, but this is about the limit D-ivenport, the celebrated actress, and a member hoodlums. of possibility. of the Fedora Combination, has been passing .Scales is doing rigid training, and through Canada with his company. Mr. Daven- Joe some A well-known cycling wag recently sent the expects to show up at the coming C.W.A. meet port is enthusiastic wheelman, has following testimonial to a firm of cycling saddle an and been in Montreal. '* shown over the roads in the vicinity of several makers : I rode one of your saddles the other cities where they have played. At London, he Percy Furnivall and Sanders Sellers have passed day, and have never ridden anything since." Then had a run under the guidance of Mr. W. S. the first examination of the College of Physicians the firm printed this in their new list and issued Dignam. Mr. Harry Bixby piloted him over and Surgeons. 8,000. They couldn't understand how it was from St. there were so few responses. Cycling Times. the road Catharines to Niagara Falls, H. O. Duncan, the crack French long-distance and Mr. C. W^. Graham took him from Hamilton rider, will appear in the Springfield tournament. Strange are the humors of fashion, and remark- to Burlington Beach. When last heard of, Mr. D. He holds the 50-mile championship. able are the changes ol opinion wrought by expe- was in Belleville, in the hands of Mr. R. H. Fen- rience. The racing bicycles of the Surrey Ma- wick. How far into the season will Weber, the Star chinists' Company are this year to have very fetu A more dare-devil- performance than that ot rider, carry an unbeaten record ? He is showing spokes, with a view to reducing the wind resist- up well so far, and must be in great form. F. F. Ives in hanging on to the rear end of a ance yet it is only a few years since this firm ; freight train, and being dragged for a mile or made bicycles with two hundred spokes in a Fred. Westmacott, of Toronto (the placed man two, cannot be found. It seems Mr. Ives was driving-wheel ! in the consolation races at Woodstock), is train- piloting the New Orleans men over the B & A. ing" In the mornings by the bright light." The color of the Big Four Association has railway track when, a short distance out of Palmer, it tr.ain Into the brain A large element seems to favor the plan that always been purple, and in merging into the a freight overtook them. of to the League give up racing altogether, and let League the color has been carried along with it, the reckless Ives popped the idea "catch on" and will float wherever its members exist. behind and be pulled over the ground sooner some other organization attend to it. Cyclist &= In No fact, an effort will be to said and so off he started, caught up • Athlete. made make purple a than done, strictly bicycle color, to be worked up in every with the train, and with one hand on the rail of We shall have no good racing until time stand- conceivable shape. In programmes, menus, cata- the caboose and the other on the handle-bar, he ards are established. Make a man run his dis- logues and signs, purple will be the predominating sailed along serenely for a couple of miles and tance within a certain time, or give no prizes. color. did not break his neck. This is a fact, and not The Cycle. a fish stoiy. Who can match this ? Bicycliiig In 1877, Secretary Sherman, upon the opinion Locke's Hill, Mass., climbed Worhl. Watertown, was of the Attorney- General, decided that a bicycle is first of the for the time by a bicyclist, Harry Corey. a carriage, and upon this high authority the bicy- A special meeting W'oodstock Bicycle is held 10. secretary, It about one-quarter of a mile long, the grade cle has ever since been so considered in every Club was on May The Mr. through the of in one spot being I in 7^. court and market in this country without ques- S. Woodroofe, amount work en- tailed upon him in connection wdth the W^.A. A.A., That 5-mile race at Woodstock between Wood- tion. In 1879, the English Court of the Queen's it tor to give the office decided, all of the justices concurring, found impossible him the side and Neilson has a decidedly queer appear- Bench that it required, in his resig- a bicycle is a — attention and he handed ance. It may have been a square race, but we cai riage. San Francisco Daily Bul- letin. nation. John G. Karn was unanimously elected doubt it. Sporting Journal. to fill the position. Another special meeting was Morgan's Patent Extension Bicycle is a Gormully & Jeffery have been .so pressed this Leg held on the nth. A letter was read from the season that they have been compelled to get ad- contrivance that will meet with favor among cy- captain of the club, W. A. Karn, wishing the ditional power, and have recently set up a West- clists. It is an attachment for holding a bicycle club to accept his resignation. He explained erect inghouse engine and boiler in their forging-room. when the rider dismounts, or when seated that from the pressure ol business and the work in the s.iddle at a;standstilL The holder or legs expected of him by the W A. .-\.A. , it was impos- The Pope Manufacturing Company give the are firmly attached to the fork of the machine sible for him to give the position of captain the following result as arrived at by three men in within current reach, and are noiseless, service- justice necessary to it. S. Woodroofe was unani- the L. : A. W. parade Columbia, 2S3 ; Rudge, able, and of light weight. Information concern- mously chosen to fill the v.ic.int position. On 116; Star, 53; Royal Mail, 36; Victor, 20; ing the apparatus can be had of John F. Morgan, motion, it was resolved to adopt the new C.W^. A. Singer, 20 ; Facile, ; various makes, 70 ; total, 5 Lynn, Mass. suits, with black caps. 603. The extensive buildings of the new bicycle fac- By an instinct betraying almost modern intelli- tory at Rockaway, N.J., are completed, and most ?nd 10 cents postage, and we will mail you free a royal, valuable, sample box of goods gence, the bicycle h.as found out the ministers. of the machinery in position to commence work. that will put you in the way of making mo/e The ministers have revealed an adaptation to, a The entire plant is under the supervision of a H GIFTSmon'^lf at once, than anything else in Amer- predisposition in favor of, it. The happy con- machinist from England, who has occupied a posi- ica- IJjth sexes of all aires can live at home and work in spare time, or all the time. Capital not required- will junction augurs the happiest results. Rev. L. tion of prominence in the Coventry works. The We J. start you. Immense pay sure for thase who start at once. Jenkins. company, it is said, intends to turn out a wheel Sti.nso\- & Co., Portland, Maine. THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 105 Tfts ©nfy Manufacturers In the United States who actually manufacture their ow7i Machines. 222 & 224, \\. f R/cNKLIJN ST., eHIQAGO, ILL, ^«« ^ M/cNUFAGTUF^E — ^^ y he Amertcan Chainpt07i Bicycle, A Bicycle of the HIGHEST GRADE, at a reasonable price. The Afuertcan Challenge Bicycle. Positively the Best and Most Durable Roadster for the Money ever placed on the Market. The An^erican Safety Bicycle. Undoubtedly the most satisfactory Safety yet devised. The American Idead Bicycle. The Recognized Standard Youths' Bicycle of the United States. The American Ideal Tricycle. A beautiful little Two-track Tricycle for young ladies, and of same grade and finish as The Ideal Bicycle, and ^jk L/cRGE IdIJ^E of SUNDF^IES-^- 48'T|ia9e HaitdsoiiierifT) frustrated ^^atgiro^iie -^ FREE gr- Gormully & Jeffery, Chicago, III, u s.a. io6 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. KEEP YOUR EYE ON EM And watch tlieir rapid progress during the season, and be convinced that we lead tlie trade with tlie NEW RAPIDS. The only machine having a TRUE TANGENT WHEEL, and in it is combined all the latest known improvements of the day. Ball Bearings all over, with Pedals. PRICE, - $115.00. .^LSO The "CLUB" Safety, Whose performances in the past speak as to the material they are made of. Watch 'em, admire 'em, and buy 'em, and be a happy 'un. PRICE, - - SII5.00. We have just received a very large shipment of " " NEW RAPID INVINGIBLES " AND CLUB " SAFETY BICYCLES. Call and inspect them when in Toronto. TJHE "eOJVIET" S/cDDbE Manufactured by us, is a decided improvement on the Lillibridge. Having engaged a man from Boston, who has had considerable experience in the manufacture of Bicycle Saddles, we can now offer Cyclists the best Saddle ever introduced. For ease, comfort and durability, it is there every time, and we are prepared to execute all orders, wholesale and retail, for the " Comet " Saddle. Price, S4.00. T. FANE & CO., 36 ADELAm^^TREET West, THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 107 A. T. LANE, - Montreal. We have the following We have the following Fittings isse in stock : Machines in stock: SADDLES.— Buffer RUD€E LIGHT ROADSTER, Long Distance Brooks Lever Tension LIVERPOOL LIGHT ROADSTER, NEW LiLLIBRIDGE Victor ROYAL CANADIAN SPECIAL, DURYEA Solid Comfort — ROYAL CANADIAN, NO. 2, CATALOGUE STEPS Hillman's Adjustable THE BOYS OWN IDEAL, Harwood's " Ideal Rubber Capped AMERICAN CHALLENGE, 75 ENGRAVINGS BAGS.— Multum in Parvo KANGAROO SAFETY, Minimum Is now ready. Send 3-cent King's Own PREMIER GRIPPER TRICYCLE, Cyclists' Wallet Stamp for it. Don Tool Bag NUMBER TANDEM TRICYCLE, Handy Tool Bag Buffalo And about jo Second-hand Challenge Premier Wheels of all makes. BELLS.— j"crsT iisr Hill & Tolman Automatic Butcher Automatic All the Latest Novelties from &c., &c., &c., &c. LAMPS.— Bicycle Exhibition held in A BARGAIN. King of Road Boston, May 27th, 2Sth Pioneer 52 inch Liverpool Facer, "^Eolus" Boys' Own balls to both wheels and pedals. T and 29th. Foot-Rest Lamp for Kangaroos, &c., &c. handles. Never been ridden. SUNDRIES.— PUKE, #80.00. Perfection Tire Heater Spring Top Oil Cans A first-class Lijjht Racer in perfect Paradox " Condition. Overman Screw-driver ALL WHEELMEN Handy Hooks Spoke Grips ANOTHER BARGAIN. Yankee Wrenches Visiting Montreal Caliope Whistles inch Sanspareil, ball bearings to 54 Luggage Carriers both wheels, all nickle plated, but Hill Climbing Belts felloes been ridden little ; has very are cordially invited to give me Bicycle Stands and is in perfect order. Enamel, Cement, Balls a call and look through my stock PBICE, - !fi;3.nO. Spoke Grips, Suspenders, Shoes, Caps, of Wheels and accessories. Belts, Stockings Have you got a Screamer ? If not, AND STILL ANOTHER. then send 50 cents for one, and be happy ever afterwards. Coventry Rotary Convertible Soci- Store is close to the Windsor able Tricycle, in first-class order, made Have you got a roll of Tire Tape by Rudge & Co. Not ridden lOO Hotel, aiui is open until 10 miles. in your valise .' If not, send 35 cents o'clock in the eveninijf. • $l%5.00. is rKIt'E, for 3 rolls ; it invaluable. A. T. LANE, MONTREAL. io8 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. THE ^ COLUMBIAS r FOR 1886 AUK CO.NFIUUNTLV I'lCllSFI^TEU AM THE gTAKOAUD COIVMBIA. EXPERT COIXHRIA. Stanchest, Most Reliable and 'Ihis " Old Reliable " Wheel has gone A scientifically const nictecl, Hifcli-Gnulc into the largest umj of any Bicycle in this country. A thoroughly Firfit-c!a^s Roadster. The Lightest Hicyclc Easiest Running Machines Machine at ahuiit the price charged for with Full Inch Tires. made Second-grade Bicycles. For the money Manufactured. it is the t>e^t Bicyclu manufactured. COLrMBIA LI<;IIT nOADSTER. C'OLrMBIA T>V Upon this Racer were made the World's The COLUMBIAS are ridden by the majority of Wheelmen €4ILIiMBIA SAFETY. Records for J^ and H mile, and from 2 at every League Meet, and are almost invariably Strong, Light, Simple, Easy Running. to 38 miles (inclusive); the World's Am- chosen by the Long-distance Wheelmen. ateur, Records for ^ and 1 mile ; the LiDIKS* COLOMBIA World's Professional Records for 4 to 10 EVERY PART IS INTERCHANGEABLE, TWO TKACK TBICYCLE. miles (inclusive) ; the Great- and 21 to 43 and can be obtained at our Branch Houses or Agencies at A Light and Elegant Machine for cut Distance Ever Made Inside the Hour every important centre. Ladies and Men weighing up to 150 (loK miles, 396 feet). CATALOGUES SENT FREE. pounds. THE fOPE JVI/cNUFACTUF^ING ©OMfAJ^JY, 597 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON. BRANCH HOUSES: 12 Warren St., NEW YORK; 115 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. llcyilllfMiiiillliiliMialilil XTRAOF^DINARY CRYPTO XTRA BE SURE AND .SEE MV $90.00 BICYCLE BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED. LARGEST STOCK IN CANADA. Revised Prich List Now Ready. LOJMDON, ONT. 5ZI5^5HJ5l?t?^ A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmeti's Association, and of the Cyclists' Touring Club in Canada. Vol. III. LONDON, CANADA, AUGUST, 1886. No. TO. - - THE VICTOR - - 1886 -^— IdIQJHT f^OADSTER-^^ 1886 SHOWS ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WrilCH A YEAR's EXPERIENCE CAN SUGGEST. ^^ J^y^ IIEHIER, WIIHOUI SOIflCE OF Saddle much Improved, STllENGTH. longer and narrower, with wrench strapped oa Narrower Tread. underneath. Compressed Tires much We cannot entimerate its many Improved, good points here, but will claim the Doing away with the dead rubber down in the rim. Handsomest and Easiest-Running New device Light Roadster FOR LOCKING THE HEAD, liVHK OFfEKED IN THE MAKKBT. Avoiding the constant annoyance of its coming loose. You will make a mistake if you HANDLE BAR buy without investigating. ' Entirely changed and improved, past a reasoiialde Will BE READY FOR DELIVERY VERY chance of breakage. SOON. \sr OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY, 182 Columbus Ave., BOSTON, Mass., U.S.A. — I lO THK CANADIAN WHEELMAN. THIE IRXJIDGrlB. Was iherc ever all, 'lis graceful wheelman Of most ; Will) a heart so cold, Yields in speed to none ; But he loved the cycle Faster than its compeers. Upon which he bowled ? Records best has won. Was there ever cycler, Lighter than all others, Callous to all worth, As "light roadster" claimed; But he thought his own wheel Stronger than the strongest Best of all the earth ? Which "light" wheels are named. I have rarely met one, Firm, and very rigid ; So devoid of zeal. True beyond compare ; But he sang the praises On the coast the fastest, Of some mal;er's wheel. Like a bird of air. Nor am I exception Smoothest in its motion. To the mighty throng. Fastest up the hill ; Neither, when I praise one. Like a sentient being Do I others wrong. Yielding to the will. All makes have their lovers. More than any other, Each as best they claim, Life-endowed it moves ; But the wheel most perfect Its surpassing virtues Is the one I name. Always fresh it proves. Ask you what the wheel is, Chiefest known to fame? Need I but pronounce it Light Rudge is its name! N.B. —AYe fully indorse the above. They represent our sentiments. (.Signed) 'iSO «AX.\1UAX UIDKBS OF THK Itl U«I'. Send Stamp for Catalogue 'li Cliurcli St.. Toronto. GHAS. ROBINSON & GO. THE RUDGE LI3HT ROADSTER THE CANADIAN RUDGE $II.~>.UU. $85.00. : THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. in (J)arvellou8 * Success -OF- T//B "INVINCIBLE" AND 'NEW RAPIDS" DDaaaaa AT THE MOXTTREAL RACES took FIRST and second in the One-mile Championship, and THE "INVINCIBLE" FIRST, SECOND and THIRD in the Five-mile Championship. Canadian Championships have been won three times out of four on the " Invincible." Out of the NINE open events at the above meeting, no less than EIGHT were won on the " invincible." " In its first trial, the " New Rapid " took THREE second THE "NEW RAPID places in tlie THREE contests it was engaged in. List of Winning JVlounts on tl^e Invincible and cNew Rapid F. FOSTER, TORONTO, . . - - FOUR FIRSTS, TWO SECONDS H. CLARKE, WOODSTOCK, .... THREE " " T. FANE, TORONTO, . _ . . ONE THREE " - M. F. JOHNSTON, TORONTO, .. . - ONE . - - - J. R. SCALES, MONTREAL, ONE HOW IS THIS FOR ONE MEETIN©? SPEECHLEY lowered the record on Saturday, July loth, at the Crystal Palace, London, England, in the ONE and THREE Miles. Time—One mile, 2m. 34 4-53. ; Three mile, 8m. 20 2-53. M. 86 JIdelaide Street West, T. FJ1J^E&(B0.. T0R0.NT6, OJiTcHRIO. 112 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. Tfte Onty JViciitufcicfursrs /fi the United States who actually 7na7tzcfactMre their own Machines. 222 & 224, JM. f R/cNKLIJM ST., eHIC/cGO, ILL. -««« >" MjANUFAeTUF^E —• 3^— 1 he Amertcan Champion Bicycle, A Bicycle of the HIGHEST GRADE, at a reasonable price. The American Challenge Bicycle. Positively the Best and Most Durable Roadster for the Money ever placed on the Market. The Am^erican Safety Bicycle. Undoubtedly the most satisfactory Safety yet devised. The American Idead Bicycle. The Recognized Standard Youths' Bicycle of the United States. The American Ideal Tricycle. A beautiful little Tvsro-track Tricycle for young ladies, and of same grade and finish as The Ideal Bicycle, and ^/r L/cRGE blJ^JE OF SUJMDf^lES-^ Gormully & Jeflfery, Chicago, 111., u.s.a. THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. "3 beaten out of his boots by two, if not three, of To Prof. McLeod, of McGill College, we be- the Canadian riders, especially as the following lieve the credit is due of being the first on the A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. paragraph, from the Cycle, is still further evidence continent, if not in the world, to successfully of the true purport of Mr. D. Edgar Hunter's apply electricity to the timing of bicycle races. The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen's Associa- at late tion and of the Cyclists' Touring Club visit to Montreal : This was accomplished the C.W.A. meet, in Canada. Hunter and Getchell will compete at the Montreal races. the times being recorded to the looth part ijf It is said that they have is an Aunt who Everet-y to pay a second. In every case there was a very slight the expenses of a little trip like this. Published by teib Canadian Wheelmen's Association, discrepancy between the time as given by the AT London, Canada, and Supplied to all Mr. Ware enterfed in all the green races from electric timer and as recorded by stop watches, Members of the Association. the lowest up, the first being for men who have the former making the race the fractions of a never raced before. He rode in a manner that second slower than the latter. This was caused Subscription Price to Non-Members $1.00 showed plenty of skill and experience, and won by the fact that the electric timer started simul- per annum. all his races. For a perfectly green racer, he is taneously with the report of the pistol, beini^ a phenomenon. On July 5th he raced in Boston, All communications should be addressed to The connected with the firearm, when the watches and won the two-mile amateur in 6.55, and the Canadian Wheelman, London, Ont. would not start for a moment or two. The two-mile lap in the same time. watches, therefore, give the actual time of the Now, Canadian wheelmen are ever ready to LONDON, AUGUST, 1886. race perhaps closer than the electric apparatus, welcome their American cousins, either to their but the latter possesses the great advantage of roads or their tracks. In their meets they throw being invariably exact. SPECIAL NOTICE. open events to the whole world, in which repre- sentatives from the Slates may test their skill The attention of all members of the Associa- and strength with the Cannucks. But they de- TRADE NOTES. tion is directed to the fact that this journal wil sire no visits from pot-hunting gentry who un- not be continued to them after this and one more fortunately have become engrafted on the sport. July 1st, 2nd and 3rd were red-letter days for if they do not renew their membership in So far as the championships are concerned, issue the "Invincible" and "New Rapids" at the the Association for the current year, by sending we think the Board did well in making it neces- chainpion.ship meeting. Out of the nine open to the Secretary-Treasurer their annual fee. All sary that all contestants, in future, shall be events, the "Invincible" and "New Rapids" are credited with winning eight. members not paid up by September ist will be "domiciled" in Canada. The Canadian cham- cut promptly off both the membership roll and pionship races should decide who are the best What about these "Invincible" bicycles and the front ? our mailing list. This is especially directed to racers in Canada, not on the continent or in tandems ? Are they somewhere near Well, they do say that the world's record is now secretaries of clubs. Clubs not renewing before the world. held by the " Invincible," with Speechly up in September ist will lose their rank in the Asso- 2m. 34 4-5S. ciation. This rule will be rigidly enforced. " A EDITORIAL NOTES. Mr. R. P. GormuUy, of GormuUy & Jeffery, word to the wise," etc. sailed for Europe, accompanied by his brother, barrister, on the Eiruria, This is a meet-y number. the eminent Canadian last Saturday, from New York. The large and INTERNATIONAL POT-HUNTERS AND RACES. St. Catharines is talking about asking for the rapidly-growing business of this enterprising firm the arduous attention of its busi- meet of 1888. What city wants the one of '87? has demanded ness head, so that Mr. GormuUy was pretty well Among the entries to the C.W.A. meet were The Association is fortunate in retaining the worn out and compelled to take a vacation. He those of two Americans Messrs. D. E. Hunter — will be absent in the neighborhood of six weeks, services of its Secretary-Treasurer. So long as and C. W. Ware. The former entered for the most of which time will be spent in England. Mr. Donly's energy and ability are at the service championship races, representing himself as a It would seem that most of our American manu- of the Association it must needs grow and prosper. facturers were in Europe this season. Mr. Gor- Canadian citizen, temporarily residing in the muUy, however, will not spend any time among States. Suspicion having gained ground that Two good ofiGcers were elected in the person the English manufacturers, as the G. & J. wheels he was the American crack rider who twice had of President Karn and Vice-President Miller. are entirely manufactured and designed in this won the Pope cup, he was protested by a fellow- Both have been energetic workers for the Asso- country. racer, but not taking any first prizes, the protest ciation, and both amply deserve the honors paid was not considered. It now appears that this them. Coircsponliciuj:. same Mr. Hunter, who came over to the land A Waterloo man, who forgets to enclose his of his citizenship for the noble purpose of bat- card, sends us what he thinks a joke on a Berlin Woodstock, July 12th, 1SS6. tling for her championships, not, of course, in rider. The alleged joke is not worth publishing, Editor Canadian wheelman: search of "pots," is the M Hunter who has but the incident recalls the necessity of remind- allow through for several seasons played a rather important Dear Sir, — Kindly me, the ing our readers that they must give their names columns of The Wheeliian, to thank the mem- part in Eastern races, twice taking the Pope ;f they desire any communications inserted. bers in general of the "Canadian Wheelmen's cup, and now threatening the Pope Company Association" for electing me to the honorable Advertiser says : with litigation because they refused to let him The London position of President. I assure the members that What has become of the Ariel and Forest City Bicycle it was an agreeable surprise to me, and is rendered run for it the third time by reason of his ama- Clubs ? We notice that about as many boys are riding this all the more appreciative on account of my una- teur standing being in question. The following season as ever. London has the honor of being No. i in voidable absence from the annual meeting. I the Association, but if it is not pushed more we are afraid letter appeared in a recent issue of the Boston that their will that St. Thomas, who are No. 2j will take their place. A sincerely hope confidence not be point for the riders of the city is this : Let the old Forest that I will discredit Globe : misplaced, and do no to the City and Ariel Clubs join hands in peace and form into one Beverly, June 26th, 1886. position so ably filled by my pretlecessor. club. The name of the club could be changed and then While I have the floor, permit me to congratu- To the Editor of the Globe : still retain the lead in the Association as Club No. i. late the Montreal Bicycle Club upon the grand I beg to state, in answer to the reasons given by the capital one. The idea is a Let us hear from success which has attended their efibrts in the Pope Manufacturing Company for the rejection of my en- try to the 20-mile Columbi.i cup race, at New Haven, that London. management of our annual meet. On every side their action in so doing is contrary to all principles of right we hear the same verdict — that Montreal has gone and justice, and that I defy them to produce any evidence It is unnecessary to enlarge upon the late one better in making the meet a success than any to compromise my amateur standing. meet. Those who were there know all about previous effort. Their hospitality has never been In all their dealing with me in regard to the cup alluded courtesy justice, equalled, and financially 1 believe it has been quite to they have treated me with neither nor it, and those who were not can find all the and I feel that, as twice a winner of the cup, I have a right, up to their expectations. In the words of your and do hereby demand, an e.vplanation for their worse than information they need in our news columns. Montreal correspondent, I will only regret being shabby actions. D. Edgar Hunter. The meet was a success in every respect, and absent from the meet "once," and that will he So D. Edgar Hunler is no chicken in racing the thanks of the Association are due to the "all my life." matters, and his "temporary" residence in the Montreal Club for the untiring industry, careful Thanking you for the space. States appears to be of a very permanent nature. forethought, and courteous treatment that made Yours faithfully, It is a source of gratification that the fellow was it that success. W. A. Karn. — — — — • 14 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. RACING AND RECORDS. mind.s. In a recent 50-mile road race, Wilson mUh the €lubs. (Facd) and Liles beat the fastest bicycler 13 min- utes. Lee and Gatehouse on a tandem, second. Since our last, the records have been (lying BICYCLE CLUB. Time for winners, 3h. i6m. 58.5. TORONTO in all directions, and racing in the Slates and ICngland has been of an unusually exciting na- The fifty-mile amateur championship of Scot- Toronto Bicycle Club intends holding its The ture. In Canada, no work worthy of any spec- land was won on June 18 by J. H. .\. Laing, fifth annual race meeting, on Saturday, 2lst Aug., ial mention ha.s been done, and in the matter Edinburgh, in 3h. I'j'/im. on the beautiful grounds at Kosedale. Hy refer- of records we are still lagging painfully. James Lennox, of Dumfries, has beaten the ence to the advertisement it will be seen that there JohnO'-Groats record. He started from Land's will lie nine events, of which only two will be AMERICAN. End on a bicycle June 7, at midnight, ami reached confined to club members, the balance being open At the Lynn (Mass.) races, July 5, W. A- John-O'-Groats in 6 days, 8K hours. The dis- 4o all amateurs. Rowe lowered the world's bicycle records from tance is 885 miles. Previous records : Bicycle, 6 Krom a racing point of view, the tournaments five miles to ten miles. The wind was strong, days, 19 hours, 7 minutes, by Lennox, June 29^ of the Toronto IJicycle Club have always been a and it was doubted if he would be successful. 1885. Tricycle, 6 days, 15 hours, 22 minutes, by success, and the committee intend this year's will It was his intention to break all the records after Marriott, September 27, 1885. Rain poured dur- fce no exception. lour miles, and he did it. The world's records ing nearly all the time of this year's ride. The evening before the races there will be a are indicated hy asterisks. On Saturday, July 10, at the Crystal Palace, jMiade of bicyclists and Iricyclists, decked with London, Speechly, of the Ranelagh Harrier,', Chinese lanterns. The committee hope that all liles. Rowc.1 Rowe. Previous record made one mile in 2m. 34 4-5S. ; three miles in he finished in 2m. 34s , beating the world's the Oddfellows' Band, made its way to the Park. ama- record by i There were about 25 wheelmen in the parade. teur 2-55., and the world's three- quarter record by 2-53. following gives The attendance was good, the club netting a fair The table of : profit from the entertainment. The programme an idea Hendee's effort was as follows : Hendee. Quartern. Am. record. One mile novice, open to any bicycle rider who Xni. 36 2-5S. 36 2-5S. 35 i-ss. has never won a prize J. James, ist Christie, im. 2-5S. 37s. im. — ; J. Yzm. 13 12 4-5S. Trenton, 2nd. •',im. im. 52s. 38 3-5S. im. 55 1-55. One mile bicycle race, members of R.W.C. im. 2m. 34s. 42s. 2m. 35 2-5S. only, barring Cooper, W^ilson, Davis, Clarke, Rowe made five miles in practice on June 27 in Dean andNorthcott—J. Bonar, ist ; H. Price, 2nd. 14 1-45 exactly, 3-5^. ahead of world's record. Two mile bicycle race, open to all amateurs 5 F. A. EldredjOf Springfield, takes the road Cooper, ist Wilson, 2nd. L. B. ; J. record for twenty miles in ih. 19.50m. Messrs. W. Way and H. Tammage were starters, The attempt of S. P. Hollingsworth, at Green- and Messrs. Geo. Thompson and Cooper judges. field, Ind., to break the long-distance record of Trenton wheelmen materially aided in the success this country and Great Britain has been success- of the entertainment. A party of seven, com- This device is attracting a great deal of attei • ful. He accomplished the wonderful feat of rid- posed of Messrs. C. A. Godson, A. M. McDon- tion. It is one of the last touches necessary to ing 281 9-10 miles within twenty-four hours, his nell. C. Christie, Jas. Thompson, L. H. Bently, the modern bicycle. As the bit is in the horse's J. total riding time being 2ih. 23m., 2 hours and U. Whittier and Frank Garratt, were in the city mouth, so this little device will regulate the bicy- 37 minutes being lost in eating and being rubbed with their wheels and took part in the parade, cle. The modern bicycle has one erratic feature, down. Heretofore the best American record was and afterwards a few of the number entered the its tendency ! .•<.stn up at the front axle joint 259 1-2, made by Munger, at Boston, while the with the forks, allowing the rider to tip forward, English record is 266. MONTREAL BICYCLE CLUB. and past the centre of gravity, and so get a header. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, of Orange, N.J., cov- Foote's invention provides for allowing the wheel ered 150^ miles on a tandem in 24 hours, June 19. The Montreal Bicycle Club's annual handicap perfect liberty to go forward, but immediately on road race to Valois, 15 miles, took place on Sat- ENGLISH. the little wheel attempting to jump up and carry big urday afternoon. The weather was perfect, and The records made at the London International the forks forward faster than the top of the the road in fair condition. wheel, the forks will become clamped, so that the Tournament are as follows : Tricycle % mile, The following competitors started at rider cannot get past the centre of gravity. This, 4.30 p.m., Sharp, 1-55. ; H. C. 41 ;.< mile, J. M. Inglis, rs. handicapped as under : —W. D. Bohm and H. I device will prevent all headers, except such 3-5S. ; mile, J. 1.27 A. E. Langley, 2.55 1-5S. ; Robertson, scratch H. 2ni.; would throw wheel and rider bodily, as if they ; M. Ramsay, Geo. 2 miles, E. Kidderlen. 6. 15 4-5S. Bicycle yi one solid, jointless piece. Darling, 3m.; C. Pollock, 6m., and A. T. Lane mile, W. A. Illston, im. 16 1-55. The % mile were cast in device a thorough (tricycle), iim. The men kept pretty well to- tricycle is a world's record. Having personally given the recommend it to every gether till about half the distance was covered, G. Gatehouse, the English tricyclist, made a test, we can unhesitatingly when Bohm and Robertson drew ahead and kept mile in 2m. 56s., missing the English record by rider. It can be attached to any wheel in two a gc'od lead on the others till the winning post four-fifths of a second, but he made a world's two- minutes. For night riding it is invaluable, and finish fteling of confidence hitherto wanting. was reached. The between the two named mile record, covering that distance in 5m. 58 3-55. imparts a is it not sooner thought of. It was remarkably close and exciting. In the village A. H. Fletcher, of Liverpool, June 20 and 21, The wonder was 1S2 Columbus of Valois Bohm led Robertson by about 25 yards, cut the 24-hour record for a tricycle, covering the is sold by the Overman Wheel Co , cycle dealer in but '.he latter put on a magnificent spurt just as distance of 251 miles. The best previous record Avenue, Boston, at $1.50. Some sale for to they neared the goal, and only lost the race by was 23i;^< miles. Jlr. H. G. Priest rode a mile Canada ought to secure the Canada, individuals passing the de- two seconds. Bohm's time was ih. 5m. 7s., on his Quadrant tricycle, at Biggleswade, in 2m. obviate the trouble of breaking the previous record which was ih. 6m. 385. The wind was strongly in his favor, and the vice through the customs. 25s. The race is considered a very creditable last hundred yards of the course somewhat down- one, as the course, as is well known, is very ardu- hill. ous and uneven. Robertson especially deserves R. Howell and Fred Wood rode their ten-mile Mr. C. H Potter, the tricyclist of Cleveland, credit for his performance, as he is a compara- race for $250, and the championship of London, Ohio, has instructed his legal adviser to bring suit tively young man while Bohm is an English rider June 14. Howell won by ten yards, in 34m. 37 against the Lynn Cycle Track Association, to of rejiutc. 4-5S., but Wood claimed a foul because he was receive his expenses of coming on to compete in Pollock came in third in ih. 14m. ; Lane 4lh, carried out, and the race was declared to be no .their opening races. The races were advertised Darling 5tli, and Ramsay 6lh. The latter had a race. to be run under League rules, and after the entries, header on the way, which probably accounts for Howell completed a mile in 2.39 2-5S. at Leices- had been accepted, and the programme published, his I'osition. ter, starting from a stool, a performance equal to they w ere announced to be run under A. C. U. The visitors were most hospitably treated by about 2.36 pushoft'. Howell also did a half-mile rules. As Mr. Potter would have lost his amateur the residents of Valois. Two hundred guests sat in 1. 17, both of which performances are English status by competing with the expelled men, he down 10 supper. D.ancing was kept up till about records. was compelled to stay out. Sheriff C. M. Merrilt II p.m. Bohm receives a special gold medal for If there are any doubters as to the speed of tan- attached the box office receipts, and carried oft' tweaking the record. Montreal Herald. dems on the road, let this item sink deep in their $500 as security. : THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 115 St. Catharines Club : Simcoe, July 26, 1S86. C. A, OFFICIAL W. D 0377, R Struthers D 0381, Charles Rice Votes in favor of the proposed changes have D 0378, A Woodroofe D 0382, James Sword been received up to this date from Messrs. Karn, D 0379, L Carmen D 0383, G W Hodgetts Miller, Tisdale, Langley, Way, Gnjedinger, Wood- D 0380, Ralph Smith D 0384, John Corbin roofe, Brierley, Ryrie, Orr, Goodman, Foster, Fenwick and Ross, making with the vote of the Victoria Club, Montreal Secretary 15 in all, or a clear majority of the D 0404, H L Broughton full Board of 18. The President has therefore declared the vote carried. Bruce County Wheelmen, add 4 : D 0414, W R .Mcintosh D 0415, \V J Fawcett, H. B. Donly, Walkerton U'ara Secretary C. VV,A, iti 4 I) 0415, J G Campbell, D 0416, C E Start, ^(it 4''"'"''"'> ylUijlHt'Jn's ^s50iii«ti«n, Walkerton Tara Simcoe, July 22, 1886. SEPTEMBER, 1S82. ORGANIZED Wanderers, of Toronto, add : 15 Editor Canadian wheelman : D 0436, A Doherly D 0444, William Park Having received a protest against, I'resiiknt—Mr. W. A. Karn, Woodstock, Ont. Dear Sir, — D 0437, H Grenfeil D 0445, G Townsend the amateur standing of Messrs. " H. Marlatt and Vice-Pres. —Mr. D. Miller, Montreal, P.Q. J. D 0438, W Dicks D 0446, C Anderson Fred. McMahon, two members of the Simcoe Lalor Sparling Sec.-Treas. — Mr. Hal. B. Donly, Reformer, D 0439, T D 0447, C P Club, I have suspended them from membership Wright Simcoe, Ont. D 0440, U C D 044S, D Ford in the Association pending inquiry. The charge Burgess F D 0441, T D 0449, J Gibson against them is of riding for money prizes at D 0442, J Beatty D 0450, J S Hara liagarsville on Dominion Day, in company with APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP. D 0443, S C Warner Sydney Dixon, Hagarsville, and R. Walker and T. Hiscock, Caledonia. The Membership Com- Unattached, 9 : REDISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICTS. mittee will meet in Simcoe, on .Monday, 26th D 0163, E. G. Farwell, Granby, P.Q. July, to consider the case. D 0164, Fred Briggs, Waterloo, P.Q. At the meeting of the Board of Ofiicers held in Respectfully, D 0165, John G. Watson, London, Ont. Montreal on the 3rd July, it was decided that the Geo. M. Reid, London, Ont. D 01S5, present very unequal division of the Province of Hal. B. Donly, F. C. Blodgett, Detroit, Mich. D 0232, Ontario should be changed for one in which one 0237, William E. Metzger, Detroit, Mich. D district would not overshadow all the others, as Woodstock, July 26th, 1886. 0238, George E. Lane, Detroit, Mich. D is now the case with the London district. W. .Splan, Brockville, Ont. H. B. Donly, Sec. C. W.A. : D 0405, J. The Secretary was instructed to draft a new D 0406, G. A. Caton, Newburgh, Ont. sub-division that would carry out the wishes of Dear .Sir, —To fill the vacancy on the Board D 0420, H. E. Chubb, 235 Viaduct, Cleveland, O. the Board as nearly as would be found practicable of Officers, caused by the Redistribution of the Montreal Junior Club, add 12 : upon fully considering the actual distribution of Districts, I have great pleasure in to-day appoint- the membership. ing Mr. W. M. Begg, of London, to be Chief D 0176, H W Davidson D 0182, E C Thurston Acting under these instructions, I have pre- Consul for Huron District No. I, C.W.A. D 0177, Wm Hughes D 01S3, T E Abell pared and submitted to the Board, for their ap- D 0178, Ernest Ebbitt D 0184, A T Lane, jr. Respectfully yours, proval or disapproval, the following new sub- D 0179, Percy .Simpson D 0402, Percy Hanna divisions ; D 0180, W B Greaves D 0403, JeffreySpringle W. A. Karn, District, No. i. The counties west 1) Nelson Huron — D oiSi, H Johnson 0240, G W Pres. C. of and including Elgin, Middlesex, Perth and W.A. Westminster Club, London South, add 2: Bruce. This district would contain of the pres- 01S6, Chas Lyman D 01S7, Fred Aspden ent Board of Officers Representatives Brierley, D THE BICYCLE IN AFGHANISTAN. of St. Thomas, and Ballantyne, of Stratford, and add : Woodstock Club, 3 would leave a Chief Consul to be appointed by Kirby D 0214, Geo McDonald D 021S, I the President. It would have a membership of Thomas Stevens, the special correspondent of D 0219, W R White about 130, and include such clubs as .St. Thomas, Outing, who has been making a tour of the world, Stratford, the two London clubs, St. Marys, Mit- and who was checked while penetrating Afghanis- Stratford Club, add 2 : chell, Bruce County Wheelmen, and many unat- tan, writes to a personal friend under tlate of l6th D 0222, D B Eraser D 0226, H W Wight tached riders. of June from Constantinople : Niagara District, No. 2. —The counties of Listowel Club, add 4 : Constantinople, June 16, 18S6. —Vou have Norfolk, Haldimand, Welland, Lincoln, Went- D 0227, E Brooks D 0229, Stickar heard, perhaps, that whilst I was a prisoner at J J worth. Brant, Oxford and Waterloo. This would 0228, Wm Martin D 0230, W Hay Herat I wrote Colonel Ridgway, of the Boundary D J contain of the present Board Chief Consul Tis- Commission, asking him il possible lo assist me Club, add : dale and Representatives Goodman and Wood- Toronto 3 through to India, and that for answer the gov- roofe, giving a full representation for its probable D 0233, James Garden D 0235, F J What- ernor ol Herat received instructions to escort me membership of 140, from such cIuIjS as Wood- D 0234, A J Garden mough back into Persia. I have met 1-mglish travellers stock, Hamilton, St. Catharines, Niagara, Simcoe, and others since, who think Col. R. might have Eastern Townships Club : Brantford, Paris, Berlin and Norwich. assisted me through that intervening few hundred Abbott D 0304, W Law Toronto District, No. 3 —Comprising Hal- D 0236, A E miles, knowing that I had ridden from San Fran- Macdonald ton, Wellington, Grey, Peel, Simcoe, York and D 0203, R sisco to get tfiere. Col. R. doubtless knows his Ontario. It would have about 125 members, reason for ignoring my request belter than any- Montreal Club, of Montreal, add 23 : and as members of the Board, Chief Consul Chas. body else does, and the difficulties of the situation D 0279, E Authier D 0291, W G Robert- Representatives Orr and Ryrie. J. Langley and are probably greater than most people imagine. B.aird son D 02S0, James Clubs : The Toronlos, Wanderer^, Guelph, New- I saw quite enough in Afghanistan to understand D 02S1, Grant Ferrier D 0292, H M Ramsay a number of unattached riders. market, and why nobody, and particularly no newspaper cor- D 0282, C Jenkins D 0293, W Rodden District, No. 5 Comprising Vic- J Midland — respondents, are allowed in there at the present D 02S3, G Kingan D 0294, T U Scolt toria, Durham, Peterborough, Northumberland, time, and could write an article on what I saw 02S4, Robert Lloyd D 0295, L Smith Edward, Addington and Fron- D J Hastings, Prince doubt create something of a sensa- Tattley that would no D 0285, 1 R Murray D 0296, J W tenac. It would have about 140 members, and ion in London ; l>ut of course I should be sorry I) 0286, "D Ogilvie D 0297, A S Woods representation to the Board in Chief Consul a full allow anything to escape me that might per- 029S, Bohm to D 0287, J P. Ostell D W D Way and Representatives Fenwick and Foster. Watson haps tend to aggravate the situation of allairs on D 0288, T T Ostell D 0299, H J Its principal clubs aie: The Ramblers, of Belle- Dickenson the frontier. I cannot help thinking, however, D 02S9, C O Palmer D 0300, C P ville, Newcastle, Trenton, Peterboro', Cobourg, that had it happened to be anybody less favorable D 0290, R Pollock D 0301, C R Irwin and numerous unattached members. Kingston, to our interests in Afghanistan than myself that Ottawa District, No. 5. —All the remainder St. Thomas Club, add 7 : had penetrated thus far behind the scenes, it of the Province of Ontario— the Ottawa, Corn- D 03H, John McCall might h.ave been as well to have treated him with wall, Napanee and Carleton Place Clubs. For a little more courtesy than to have him uncere- Consul and Representatives Ramblers' Club, Belleville, add 9 : this district a Chief moniously bounced out of the country. As long would have to be appointed. the.se D 0346, G M Gibbs D 0350, D L Gibson as it is me, of course it does not matter : but A mail vote of the Board upon these [Jroposed D 0347, H S Dean D 0351, C W Ryan thoughts occurred lo me the other day in Tiflis, ch.anges is now licing taken, and in the next issue D 034S, D W Pellet D 0352, Charles James when a Russian officer, of sufficient influence of The Wheelman I will be able to inform the D 0349, Harry Burnell and importance to be related to the Empress, Association of the result. membership of the approached me and tried to pump me concern- Club, add 6 : Hamilton Respectfully, ing the roads and the nature of the country down Muir D 0371, R R Simpson D 0374, D Hal. B. Donly, below Herat. D T Malcomson D 0372, T Field 0375, (Signed) Thomas Stevens. F Carpenter See. C. IKJ. D 0373, T V Bews D 0376, ii6 'I'll!': CANADIAN WULLLMAN. THE MEET. iMitil bedtime, talking over the prospects of the .Simcoe 4 meet, and relating reminiscences of jiast gather- Toronto 10 ings. Uedtimc came along in due course, and all Ottawa IIIKKE DAYS or STOUT AND HUSINESS AT 4 retired. To sleep ? No! That bugle of Hurst's Kingston i MONTRKAI.. was there, and lliirst was behind it, and Jack Belleville I O'Neil, of Woodstock, was there, and Xed Nesbitt, .Sherbrooke 6 ilk, far WE TOI.D VOU SO I of the same was not off, and, while they Victoria 4 may have bee'n innocent, they got full credit of City II It turned out exactly as we prccliclecl. Those keeping every man in that car awake until Kings- Wanderers 10 wlio went to Montreal will never regret it, and ton was reached, and then, with .Sol high in the Woodstock 15 lliusc who dill not have cause for reyret the rest heavens, sleep was out of the question. At a Unattached 23 of llieir natural lives. From tlie Alpha to the 1 meeting held on board the boat at a subsequent it Omega of the C.W.A. meet of l8S6 was a I period it was moved, seconded and unanimously i6s success, such as we dread cannot be repeated carried: "That the next time the Woodstock until Montreal is again visited. The Montreal This made some 165 men on parade. In single- crowd wish to hire a car they be allowed to do lioys have put the notch so liigh up that it will file they started in response to the call of Bugler so, but that they needn't ask us, and that it is needs be a brave cluli that essays to climb to it. F. W. .S. Crispo, of the .Montrealers, and par- the opinion of this meeting that the Woodstock For three days the visiting wheelmen had such aded as follows : Windsor street to St. James,. club has the fastest rider, the noisiest bugler, the a iiuie as they little dreamt of, and such as they Place d'Armes square, Notre Dame, Gosford, quietest captain, and the sweetest mascot, of any will never forget. F'or three days they were Craig, .St. Denis, -St. Catherine, .St. Hubert, club in the Dominion." feted, and treated, and greeted, and meet-ed, Sherbrooke, Dorchester road, Dorchester street At Cobourg the travellers were joined by the and cheated out of their sleep, until for very to Drummond, and to Victoria rink, where the- members of the Toronto tour. The sail down shame's sake they had to make their apology to parade was dismissed. By reason of the crowded the river was greatly enjoyed, marred only by Morpheus, and go to sleep on the way home, as state of the streets single file had to be main- the determination of the mascot to make the soon as the clutch of Montrefll's hospitable hand tained the entire distance, although an escort of captain turn the boat's head the other way, be- ceased to be felt. Talk about hospitality, in- mounted cavalry endeavored to keep open a wide cause every time he came on deck he felt con- deed I there's no place on this green footstool path for the wheelmen. The parade was headed vinced the boat had changed its course. Perry, where there's so much open, frank, whole-souled by a band in a waggon, a feature regretted by of Simcoe, would persist in standing near the and genuine hospitality to the block than in the many. bulwarks, to find out whether the rapids were city of Montreal. Why, the very waiters at the THE ATTENDAN'CE. wet or not, his knowledge of the properties of hotels seem to forget to hold out their hands for The attendance at the meet was certainly dis- " water being extremely limited, unlike the St. backsheesh," and devote themselves to making to those anticipated Thomas men, who knew what water w-as like. appointing who had a large you comfortable as though their employers actu- Teetzel, of the latter town, tried to talk English gathering of wheelmen. Compared with former ally paid them for doing so. But it was of the politics with an Englishman on board, and retired gatherings at annual meetings of the Association, hospitality of the Montreal wheelmen that we from the contest quite well satisfied with himself. the number in attendance w^as small, but still the wanted to speak. It is of a character we have With the exception of these few regrettable oc- representation of western wheelmen was as large never seen l-'cfore, and believe it flourishes only currences, the day's ride was a pleasant one, and as could reasonably have been expected, consider- in the e.xact longitude and latitude of Jlontreal. ing the distance Jlonireal is from the majority of when the boat arrived at Montreal at 6.30 it It strikes the visitor as he enters the town, and centres contained a thoroughly satisfied crowd of wheel- the cycling and the expense and time keeps up a kind of magnetic influence upon him necessary to attend the meet. all towns men. At the wharf was Mr. B. O-stell, the Had the after he has regretfully shaken the dust of Mon- J. untiring chairman of the Reception Committee, done their duty, a very large attendance wouhl treal from off his sandals. It is as unfailing as it and with him many of the Montreal men, who have to be recorded ; but does not certainly the meal in the widow's cruise. It suffereth long, for the clubs of Brantford, Belleville,. immediately took charge of the visitors, and say much and is patient with the quietest as well as with Hamilton and Kingston, in escorted them to the various hotels. These gen- Stratford, times past the noisiest (Hurst, of Woodstock, and his bugle, the enthusiastic in the tlemen also met all the other boats and trains, among most Dominion, always excepted). It gets up early in the morn- unrepresented, represented and not a man stepped off a boat or car but was that they were or by ing, and apparently never goes to bed in the only or two. However, there at once made to feel at home by the jolly Mon- one were enough night— at least a section of it was seen going trealers. On Wednesday night no formal enter- western wheelmen present to make the Mon- out of the window of room No. 5 in the Windsor trealers feel that their efforts on behalf of cycling tainment was given to the visitors ; their guides, at three o'clock in the morning. In a word, the of the appreciated, however, escorted them over the city and to the and C.W.A. were thoroughly Montreal boys are "the stuff." They not only Montreal Amateur Athletic Associatiim's build- and that the men of Ontario for the most part have the big hearts necessary to wish their friends endeavored apply the golden rule. ing, which was a revelation to those who had to a good time, but they possess the "know how" never before visited it, and conveyed some idea and the " get there," two qualities quite as essen- AT THE WINDSOR. of the great source of the strength of all athletic tial, so far as results are concerned. And appa- Mr. Horace S. Tibbs, father of bicycling in pastimes in the city of Montreal. On Thursday rently the w^heelmen are only specimens of the Canada, ex -president of the Canadian Wheel- morning many of the guests were up bright and Montreal people as a whole. Nothing could men's Association, and good fellow generally, early, seeing what they could of Montreal before exceed the affability, cordiality and courteous now ably fills the important, and, let us trust, the time set for the parade, 9.30 o'clock. bearing of every citizen with whom the visitors lucrative, position of treasurei of the Windsor came in contact. Even the policemen seemed THE PARADE. Hotel Company. In that capacity he was fur- to think it a pleasure to hear the boys raising the nished by the meet with an opportunity of dis- The parade was announced to start from Do- roof of the vaultetl heavens, as only a crowd of playing on a larger scale than formerly his well- minion Square, the little park in front of the bicyclists can. extravagant hospitality. The Windsor the leading These may seem Windsor Fiotel, and a large crowd was gathered known — words of praise of the Montreal people, but hotel on the continent ihrew open its doors at the appointed time to w^itness the mount and — those were there will to the wheelmen at greatly reduced rates, who endorse every word departure of the wheelmen. Capt. Horace [oyce, and we have said. It certainly is so from lies to the call-boys every a mystery how of the Montreal Bicycle Club, was marshal of Manager down good fellows have together in with the hotel did what many gathered the parade, and shortly after 10 he gave the order one connected they Montreal, and how they manage to work to- could to enhance the pleasure of the wheelmen.. to mount. The Montreal Club, in its handsome gether as one man for the purpose of Thursday evening, after the annual business- making suit of dark blue, held the place of honor, and On such a meet as that of the a success, meeting of the Association, the management of wheelmen quickly springing into the saddle led the way, but they do it, and they show an example which the hotel tendered a complimentary hop to the followed b)' the Montreal Juniors, a new club leaves its impress upon every visitor, and sends him visiting wheelmen. The pleasant afl'air was held of young men, dressed in the neat C.W.A. uni- home with a high ideal of what in the " Ladies' Ordinary," and enjoyed to- wheelmen should form Then came the "remnants" of the Forest was be in themselves and to each other, with, let the by those of the wheelmen tripped and City Club, once the pride of the west, and now utmost who us trust, an emulation to cultivate the spirit the light fanta.stic. The Jlontreal brought same represented only by Mr. Kingsley Evans and a Club in his own circles, and at once promote the in- its sisters and cousins to the ball, fair ones all,, few others, who, "among the faithless, faithful terests of the sport and the enjoyment welfare the wdieelman couldn't enjoy himself in. and only are." Following them came seven members and who 01 its devotees. such company was happily not in Montreal that of the St. Thomas Club, clad in C.W.A. cloth, night he was the man who didn't go I The GETTING THERE. and under the command of Captain A. E. Dom- — Montreal men could not do too muc.i for their ville. St. Club felt in having ; The Thomas proud V.y ones and twos, by road and rail and bcjat, the guests, and the entire afl'air was on a par with more mendievs present, in proportion to its size, wheelmen of Ontario gathered in Montreal during I the completeness of the festivities of the than any western club. .Simcoe, Toronto, Otta- day be- the j first part of the week commencing June 27, but After the dance, little wa, Belleville, fore and after. no amuse- ; Kingston, .Sherbrooke, Victorias the largest number of the visitors came in on the ment was created by " Mr. Smith of Woodstock,"' I (Montreal), City Club (Montreal), Wanderers, boats and trains on Wednesday and Thursday sometimes as "Tizzy,'' introducing him- W^oodstock, and unattached, made up the remain- known morning. The Woodstock men came fourteen self to the young French Liberals, who were der of the parade. The number attached to each strong. They, with seven St. Thomas men, and j leaving the banquet of the C/n/i Natioiialc, and club was reported as follows : others in smaller numbers from different parts of conveying to them his deepest sympathies with the west, met in Toronto on Tuesday night, and Montreal 53 them in their desire to " boom Canada." Although there took passage for Kingston in special a Juniors 11 not a Liberal, he was magnanimous enough to- Pullman, chartered by the Woodstock club. Like London 5 join with them in booming Canada, and his gen- sober-minded cyclists, the travellers .sat quietly St. Thomas 7 erosity was evidently heartily appreciated, espec- THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 117 lally by Mr. Mercier, leader of the Liberal party perienced, but still the result h.is been on the Mr. Miller moved, seconded by Mr. Gnix'din- in Quebec. whole satisfactory. Some fifteen hundred yards ger, that the Secretary cast one ballot for Mr. ON THE MOUNTAIN. of cloth have been disposed of, the same being Karn. —Carried. Mr. Karn was declared elected. retailed to the members at the actual wholesale Mr. Eakins nominated, seconded by Mr. Paul- Friday morning the Montreal Club escorted price. The Board are aware that a great im- ine, Mr. J. D. Miller for Vice-President. There their visitors up the mountain and around it. provement might be made in the quality ol the being no other n(jminations, the President de- The cemeteries and the Athletic Club House at cloth, and a plan by which a grade about double clared Mr. Miller elected. Cote des Xeiges were visited, the latter being the quality of the present and of a special pat- Mr. Fred Campbell brought up the question much admired, At all seasons of the year it is tern may be obtained for next year is now before of the Secretaryship, and desired to know if the a great resort of Montrealers, and adds another the Board. With the new cloth, if it is decided annual meeting or the Board of Officers \\'ould to the many points of attraction around the city. upon, will come a new and superior worsted decide the question of changing the office to a The splendid coasting on the return trip was yarn for stockings. salaried one. He suggested that the meeting in- heartily enjoyed, being by far the longest coast During the year the Association received its struct the Board of Officers to submit a plan by the most of the riders had ever experienced. On first membership from the Maritime Provinces, mail vote to all the members. the top of the mountain the boys had their pict- and district officials were appointed by the Presi- Mr. Nesbitt thought this would be unwise ; the ures taken, and hope to secure copies as memen- dent to fill the necessary offices. The Chief Con- Board of Officers should be able to arrange such toes of the occasion. sul of this eastern part of our territory promises matteis, and tbe Association .should place all con- THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. us a valuable addition to our ranks during the fidence in theui. The annual business meeting of the Association ensuing year. Several vacancies in the Board, Mr. Tisdale thought the matter was not in the was held in the large Gymnasium of the Montreal caused by resignations, were prompt ly filled by province ol the meeting further than that they might for Club House, on Thursday evening, at 8 o'clock. the President. express an opinion the guidance of the There were about 150 members present. In regular time, as provided for by the by- of the Board, and he would move that this meet- ing of At a few minutes past S o'clock the chair was laws, I held the annual elections, full reports of approve paying a salary to the .Secretai-y- taken by President Brierley, who called the mem- which have already been placed before you in Treasurer, and that the amount of the salary be official left entirely to the Board of Officers' bers to order, and requested the Secretary to read the columns of the organ. discretion. This seconded the minutes of the last annual meeting. This The Membership Committee report that so well was by Mr. Miller, and after some being done, they were, on motion, contirmed. have the rules of the Association been live report of the aft'airs of the Association : the retiring President and Vice-President. The Your obedient servant, .Secretary put the motion, w hich was carried with I am pleased to be able to congratulate you. Hal. B. Donly, a cheer. upon the continued onward progress of the cycling - Mr. Campbell moved a vote of thanks to sport in our Dominion, and on the advance made Sec. Treas. the Secretary-Treasurer lor his services during the by the C.W.A. in all its fields of labor. Abstract StatC7nent of the Receipts and Disburse- past year. Mr. Nesbitt spoke in The Treasurer's statement shows a balance now support of the ments of the Canadian IV/ieelmen's Associa- inotion, which was carried. on hand of $319.79 as against $271.78 at last tion, iSSj-6, H, B. Donly, Treasurer. Prof. McLeod, of McGill University, invited report. This I think an exceedingly satisfactory visiting wheelmen to pay a visit to the University showing, considering that we have had this year 1585. debits. Buildings on Saturday forenoon. the entire publication of The Canadian Wheel- June 30—Balance on hand $271 78 Moved by Mr. Perrj', seconded by Mr. Teetzel, man upon our hands. In addition, I am informed Sept. 5— Profits of Race Meet 2o5 00 that the meeting adjourn. Carried. And the by the manager of that journal that its advertising — meeting adjourned accordingly. patronage has been so good as to lead him to .sus- 1 886. pect that he will be able, at the conclusion of its June 30—Membership Fees 331 50 Hal. B. Donly, financial year, to pay back into the As.sociation treasury the handsome sum of something over one $819 28 Secretary. hundred dollars. HOARD .meeting. The membership still continues up, to the stand- 1586. credits. ard of past years. I find that some of the larger A meeting of the Board of Officers was held at June 30—P^xchange $ o 75 clubs are not carrying as many members as for- the office ol the Montreal Club House on Satur- Telegraphing 7 70 merly, due undoubtedly to the weeding out day morning, the 3rd at o'clock. from Postage 29 25 July, n There- their lists of all present, ^"ice-President who are not active riding mem- Traveling Expens's 17 00 were J. D. Miller in the bers. As an offset to this, Con.sul P. many new cluljs have Assistance...... 2 50 chair; Chief W. Way and Representa- joined during the year, and unattached riders l)oth tives Brierley, Tisdale, Woodroofe, Foster and Express I 5o in Ontario and Quebec, and also in more distant Ross, and H. B. Donly, Sec. -Treas. Can. Wheelman.,. 275 44 pans of the of Dominion, are becoming allied with Grant to Secretary 100 00 The minutes the last Board meeting were the Association, and for read and confirmed. look to it their direction Miscellaneous.... 15 00 and guidance in Mr. Woodroole moved, wheel matters. This is a state Printing 5° 25 seconded by Mr. Tis- of things certainly designed to give great satis- dale, that the appointment of .Mr. Langley as $499 49 faction to all interested in the welfare of our sport Chief Consul, vice Campbell, resigned, be con- Balance on hand 319 79 and this organization. firmed Carried. As all members ol the Association are aware, $819 28 Moved by Mr. Brierley, seconcled by Mr. Way, the Board of Ofiicers decided last sunmier to as- that Mr. G. H. Orr be appointed Representative Audited, compared with vouchers, and found sume the publication of the official org.-in. The in place of Mr. Langley, promoted. Carried. correct. Canadian Wheelman, and present it free to Moved by Mr. Brierley, seconded by .Mr. Ross, A. S. Lane, / , ... each member of the Association. A year's trial ^'"^"O'-'- th.M Mr. Gna:dinger be appointed Chief Consul F. G. GN..KDINGER, ( of this has given the best of results, and we think of ] )istrict No. 4, vice Mr. Miller, elected V'ice- has proved a great boon to all riders. The cost Mr. Miller moved, seconded by Mr. Campbell, President. Carried. , will be comparatively light. As the financial that the reports be accepted and placed upon fyle Moved by Mr. Way, seconded by Mr. Foster, year of the paper does not expire for some two for future reference. that II. B. Donly be appointed Secretary-Treas- months, it is not possible to give an accurate The President then called for nominations for urer for the ensuing year. Carried. statement, but it is estimated that it will not the office of President for the ensuing year. Mr. Brierley presented a report of the alTairs of net more than $150. I .am i)!eased to be able Mr. Campbell nominated, seconded by Mr. The Canadian Wheelman. It showed it to to state that our finances are now in so flourish- TLsilale, Mr. W. G. Eakins, of Toronto. Mr. be in a most flourishing condition, and put the ing a condition as to warrant me in predicting Eakins addressed the meeting, thanking them for probable cost to the .\ssociation for the year end- that the paper will be continued for another year the honor, but staling that through pressure of ing .Sept. 30 at about $120. as in the one now past. business it would not be possible for him to .Moved by Mr. Gnadinger, seconded by Mr. The subject of an Associalion uniform came accept the office. Woodroofe, that the Association continue to pub- before the Board this spring, and an experiment Mr. E. Nesbitt nominated, seconded by Mr. lish The Wheelman, and that Mr. Brierley was decided upon. Many difficulties were ex- C. E. Thurston, Mr. W. A. Karn, of Woodstock. manage it as in the past. Carried. —— — : i.r8 rill': CANADIAN' WHEELMAN. Moved !)) Mr. liricrlcy, stcfindcd by Mr. Way, in heals, ran over the ilistance again, covering it SF.COND )1AV'S RACKS. thai the sum uf $150 be granlcd the Secretary in 10 2-5 sees. Friday was taken up in the morning by sight- (or his services ihirinK llie pasl year. Carried. The three-inile race with road machines was seeing, etc., and in the afternoon a road race to starters Moved l)y Mr. CnxiliiiKer, seconded by Mr. next called. There were five Lachine took i)lace. There were ten entries, who lliat for the ensuing year the .Secretary- Tisdale, T. Fane, Toronto i finisheil in the following order and time : F. Fos- siini of hundred dollars, .Montreal 2 Treasurer be paid the two J. H. Kobertson, ter, Toronto, 42m ; .M. F. Johnston, Toronto, payable moiubly. Carried. R. Scales, Montreal, M. V. Johnston, Toronto, Charles Ware, Marble- 42X111. ; J. 42|^m. ; T. Mr. Koster, seconded by Mr. dnx- Moveil by head (iVlass. ) and W. S. Chisholm, London, also Fane, Toronto, 43^^111. ; F. W. Crispo, Mon- Consul for that the account of the Chief treal, : IC. dinger, ran. Johnston took the lead, attended by F'ane ; 43Xm. A. Dance, St. Thomas, 46m. ; for postage, be paid. District No. 1, $5.80, Chisholm fell in the first turn. Johnston held the G. Darling, .Montreal, 46Xm. ; F. W. Doll, Ber- Carried. lead through the first mile, which was done in lin, nyi^m. : J. Robinson, Niagara Falls, and W. seconded by Mr. Moved by Mr. Woodroofe, 3.15. Up to this time he was considerably in H. Sproule, Ottawa, time not taken. Distance, of Dis- Way, that Mr. Tisilale be Chief Consul advance of the others, but in the fifth lap Fane about ten miles. Five medals to first five men. elected Presi- trict No. I in place of Mr. Karn, and Robertson began to pull up, the latter taking LAST DAY, SATURDAY. .lenl. Carried. secontl ]^iacc. These positions were unchanged seconded by .Mr. Fos- , Hrierley, Moved by -Mr. till the end ol the second mile, when Fane rushed First race, one mile, 3rd class. Starters prepare and submit to the ter, that the .Secretary to the front, followed by Robertson, Johnston be- Chas. Ware, Marblehead (Ma.ss.) I the r.oard, by mail vole, a plan for redistributing ginning to weaken. Fane was never again headed D. Pollock, .Montreal 2 cqually- A. E. Dance, St. Thomas 3 I'ronnce of Ontario into smaller and more (although hard pushed at times by Roliert.son, who Carried. roportioned districts than now exist. a good race), .and won by a half wheel in Ware took the lead. Dance following, and held I rode Moved by Mr. litierley, seconded by Mr. Tis- io.oSj4. it through the first lap. In the second. Pollock Racing Board. turn, which was very sharp, was reached. Here Entries : H. W. Clarke, Woodstock, D. E. Hun- Messrs. Way, Orr and Ross were elected a Darling fell, and Holden, getting the inside of ter, Alberton, and G. S. Low, Montreal. Clarke Transportation Committee, Mr. Way chairman. Williams, passed him and led at the close of the won in 1.30, with Hunter 2nd. Mr. Brierley moved, seconded by Mr. Way, lap. Williams, however, quickly passed him The 220 yards fool-race was then called, and that the meeting adjourn. Carried. And the again and led to the last turn, when the same brought out W. R. Thompson, J. .S. Robertson, meeting .adjourned accordingly. thing again occurred, the rate at which he was and J. F. Owens, all of Montreal. They got oft' far out, and Ware and together and ran even for half the distance, when Hal. B. Donly, going carrying him too Holden, passing inside, got in before he had time Robertson drew away and won in 23 1-5, beatin Secretary. to catch them. Time, 1.46. the previous Canadian record. The five-mile championship was then called. Mr. A. T. Lane, of Montreal, now tried to lower his, record for one mile on a tricycle, but FIRST day's races. There were four starters, who finished as follows : failed to do so, the wind being too strong. Time, F. Foster, Toronto ,. . r . Probably 4,000 people witnessed the races on J. R. Scales, Montreal , 2 3-52 3-5- Thursday, July 1st. The first race, called at 3.12 H. W. Clarke, Woodstock 3 Then came the final heat of the half-mile dash. P.M., was the one-mile bicycle, 4th class, which D. E. Hunter, .\lberton, P.R.I o The competitors were the two leading men iu the brought out seven starters : Clarke took the lead, with Foster at his heels, previous heats. They^ were, H. W. Clarke, \\'ood- Charles Ware, Marblehe.id (.\I.tss.) B . C i till the i8th lap, the order of the proces- and led stock; D. E. Hunltr, Alberton, P.E.I. ; F. Foster, D. Pollock, -Montreal BC 2 sion being occasionally varied by a slight change II. Robertson, Monireal. G. S. Dunn, H.imilton B.C 3 Toronto, and J. .Sum- respective distances between the positions in the mary : G. B. Ash, Victoria B C, Montreal ; R. H. Ash, participants. In this lap. Scales, aching of the H.W.Clarke i Montreal B.C. ; Chas. Irwin, Montreal B.C., and for"glory, took first place, but was again passed F. Foster z Fred. Scott, Montreal B.C., also started. by Clarke. In the last lap Foster made a spurt, D. E. Hunter 3 D. Pollock took the lead for the first lap, with J. H. Robertson 4 and Clarke and he had it hot for first place, Ware inclose attendance, and Dunn in third place. Coming round the unlucky corner, Foster got the Clarke got the lead, with Robertson m second Near the close of the second lap, Ware took the passed after .short inside, and Clarke had to run out so lar to keep place. Robertson him a dis- lead, and was never again headed, winning as he out of his way that he ran ofl'the track altogether, tance had been covered, but Clarke almost im- liked by 100 yards, in 3.20^4 ; second man's time, and was thrown out of the race. Scales t.aking mediately took it again, and was never headed, Z-ZlVi- but won by S or 10 yards, although Foster, who . ^ second position Time, 1S.56. The one-mile championship of Canada was the The one-mile tricycle, which followed, was a had pas.scd Hunter and Robertson, did his best to next event. In this race there were six starters, hollow victory for A. T. Lane, of Montreal, who reach him. Time, 1.30. and the result was : For the half-mile loot-race there were three won in 3.51, beating the Canadian record. The H. W. Clarke, Woodstock i Moffatt, F. starter was G. A. Mothersill, of Ottawa. entries—J. W. J. Owens and S. D. F. Foster, Toronto 2 other Jones, all of Montreal. ilotTatt won easily in D. E. Hunter, .Vlberton, P.E.I 3 Then came the 440 yards foot-race, contested 2.03 2-5. by S. Robertson, J. I''. Owens and H. L. Shaw, T. Fane, Toronto, J. R. Scales, Montreal, and J. Montreal. .Shaw took the lead, but was Lester and Alden gave an exhibit of fancy rid- G. S. Low. Montreal, also entered. Fane entered all of and when half the ing. For the five-mile bicycle open there were a protest against D. E. Hunter, on the ground quickly pursued by Robertson, by Owens, Robertson five entries, and the result was that he was not a Canadian citizen. Clarke took distance had been covered easily in sees., F. Foster, Toronto 1 the lead, closely followed by Low, and led through continued to gain, and won 52 4-5 T. F.ane, Toronto 2 Owens finishing in 55s. the first lap. Near the finish of it Foster spurted, J. R. Scales, Montreal o bicycle (open) wound the and made a big break for the lead, but did not The three mile up -M. F. Johnston, Toronto o all appearance the race H. Clarke, Woodstock (did not finish). quite get there, and Clarke remained in the van day's sport, and to was W. day. It resulted as follows : through the second also, Low still sticking to him of the Fane took the lead, but was passed almost im- like a brother. the lap, mediately by Johnston, who led through this and In next during a general H. W. Clarke, Woodstock i I spurt, in which Clarke carried ofl'the honors, Low D. E. Hunter, .Vlberton, P.E.I 2 ( following lap, Clarke coming into second place. T. Fane, Toronto 3 lap went finish- fell, and Scales moved up into third place. In j In the fourth Fane again ahead, last lap, eft'ort ing the mile in 3.30. F'osler went ahead in the the Hunter made a big for first M. F. Johnston, Toronto, H. M. Ramsay and 1 pjsition, but could not catch either fifth lap, followed by Clarke, who went to front Clarke or .Montreal, also started. , J. H. Robertson, John- Foster, the winning easily in in the sixth. In the next, Clarke's crank came former ^ogH. ston started of!' with the lead, but was quickly i Then came the first heat of the lOO-yard foot- passed by Clarke and Hunter, the former leading loose, and he was forced to retire, and the race lost all interest. Fo.ster and F'ane divided race. There were only two starters — at close of mile, which was done in 3.24. No up , the lead between them till the last mile, when J . S. Robertson , Montreal i change in the leaders until the 7'^ 1^P> w'hen B. Field, Woodstock broke down Fane became ambitious and took the lead, and Foster began to push ahead and rode the mile There was great interest in this race, as the men thus the second mile closed in 6.41. In the next in 3.09, leaving Fane behind. Fie finished the r.ace in in were old antagonists, and there was a good deal lap Clarke again went to the front, and for two 17. loji ; Fane 2nd, 17.25^-^. of discussion as to their respective merits Robert- laps a very excilingdooking race took place be- Next came the two-mile bicycle, second class. son got the best of the start, but was qtlickly col- tween the four leading men, resulting in Hunter .Starters : lared and passed by Field, who at 60 yards h.ad a having the first place. In the last lap Clarke Charles Ware, Marblehead, Mass 1 \'. L. Lusher, Montreal e good lead. Here, however, his leg, which h.ad passed him and won by half a dozen yards in George Darling, Monireal 3 given out in the previous week, failed him again, 10.04. F. W. Crispo, Montreal o and he '.ell prostrate on the grass at the side of Lester and Alden then gave an exhibition of D. Pollock, Montreal o t'.ie track. Robertson in i ran alone in 10 5 sees., fancy riding, and tried a race on common buggy ! Lusher took the lead, but was passed at the to and complete the race, as it was to be tlecided wheels. Result not yet reported. third turn by Crispo and Ware, all finishing the ; THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 119 our club were at the meet, and, considering that horse that took it into his head to stop our pas- close together. In the second, heat very Ware we have only about twelve active members, we sage. We were riding at a pretty quick pace, hard passed Crispo. Lusher pushed him right to think that was a good representation. Mr. A. and the horse turned across the road and backed riding a race for a the finish, good new man. R. Dobson, our secretary, walks ofi with the the cart right in front of Harry, who had to dis- Time, 6.47X- whole bake-shop. He lelt Cobourg on his Kan- mount hurriedly, in lact so much so that he landed of called The last race the day was then — the garoo on Tuesday morning, June 29, and although on the large wheel. He bent the rim badly and three mile bicycle open. Starters : he was caught m several showers on the way broke hall a dozen spokes. He had to drive into F. Foster, Toronto .- i down, he persevered, and reached Kingston that the town of Vitry on a beer-cart. As there was T. Fane, Toronto 2 night. I'his is said to be the Canadian record no competent repairer here, he decided to take D. Hunter, Alberton E. o for a day's ride on a safety. train the rest of the way to Strasbourg, and Howe H. M. Ramsay. Montreal o Mr. W. A. Ncles attended the races at Nor- Chandler felt so much sympathy for him that he J. R. Scales, Montreal o M. F. Johnston, Toronto o wich on the 1st, and won the first prize in the went along too. I forgot to mention that Mr. Fane took the lead, with Scales second. Scales, race without hands. Smith had to leave our party at Paris, where he Two others, now ex-members of the club, remained longer than we did, and then went however, speedily went to the front, and held it for two laps. In the third Hunter passed him, thinking that amateur races weren't good enough direct to London, and on to Scotland to visit for at Foster coming up to second, arid the mile w-as them, aspired to prolessional honors the his friends there. AUer the accident our party expense of tHeir amateur standing, membership was. reduced to two. we arrived in Stras- completed in these positions in 3. 2i^<. No change When was made to the sixth lap, when Foster passed in the club and in the Association. They got bourg, we found that the broken machine could the all tight, to dis- Hunter, and all drew up in a bunch. In the sev- honors but are now trying not be repaired before the next day, so Chandler pose of them, as their prize-money is all gone, stayed behind with Ryrie, and the rest of us enth lap Ramsay ran ahead, leading through it. Fane then took the lead, and Hunter took second and they lind themselves in disrepute witll the started in the altcrnoon for Baden. We got a other members of the club. kind of mixed up in the roads alter dark and place, the two miles being covertd in 6.47 J^. No were all sorry to see that Clarke didn't wandered through a portion of the Black change till the last lap, except that Scales dropped We on out, when Foster made a great spurt, and going do as well as we expected he would, but console Forest until we came to a house with a light, ourselves saiislaction of knowing that in for to the front won in 9.55 1-5. with the when we dismounted and inquired a lodging. A game of polo on the Star machine wound up a good, fair five-mile race our western boy is too We were told the next house was an inn, so the day. much lor Toronto. rapped up the landlord, who took us lor tramps, As dog days approach, our boys do less wheel- and did not want to get out of bed and let us in. ing than they did in spring, balmy spring, one of However, we induced him at last to do so, and ke^lmaii dtntxts. them being next morning reached Baden in half an hour's V'ours truly, spin. P>om here we went on through Carlsruhe Barney U'Toole. to Heidelberg. The castle here is the finest and largest in Germany. We found the roads from TORONTO. Simcoe, July 17, 1886. Heidelberg to Mannheim as good as previous Great events are passing into history. The ones, but Irom there to Worms and Mainz they tomes of the future will tell, with well-rounded were bati — that is, as good as the Canadian roads; periods and glowing sentences, of the year 1886, THE CANADIAN TOUR IN EUROPE. they were clear of loose stones, but rough and and the month of July in that year, when the shaky. At JMainz we were to have been joined Knights of the Silent Steed gathered in the city Editor Canadian wheulman. by the other two, or else receive word here where by the river and put up at a $3 a-day hotel. Dear Sir, — I was just thinking that a word we would meet ; but we heard nothing of them " Words, words, give me words !" as Lucretia from the " Innocents Abroad" might not be amiss, there or since. You might advertise for them Borgia used to say when she got mad words — and that your readers might wish to know what under the head of " Lost, strayed, or stolen." to express in its proper fulness the C.W. A. meet, sort ol time one can have wheeling through Eu- From Mainz we took the steamer to Cologne, the XXX, 4-pecks-to-the-hushel hospitality of the rope. Our party comprises the following : Presi- between which points is the picturesque part of Montreal Bikemen. dent Webster, and Messrs. Kyrie and Chaixller, the Rhine. At Cologne our party of two again The members of the tour congregated at Church of the T.B.C. , and Secretary Smith and Gna;Jin- divided. Webster took train for Antwerp to cross street on Monday, the 28lh, where they were mar- ger, of the M.B.C. We were joined by Ryrie to England, and after leaving London go up to shalled in line Commander Orr, and, amid the by train only in London, so he unlortunately missed the 1 Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Gnjedinger took well-wishes of a large crowd, the party started on j Berlin, to tour Irom Liverpool to London. We did not j Irom which he goes through Germany their eastern tour. Although the sun put up his j take the shortest route, but the most picturesque, .Switzerland, and then back to London and Edin- umbrella and shone about 100 horse-power, the I through the old-walled town of Chester, then burgh. We all hope to join again in Glasgow or first eight miles to tlie Half-way House, including through a portion of Wales, where the loads Canada. ONE OF THEM. the stiff pull up the Norway Hill, was reached in were excellent, and then back to .Shrewsbury. I an hour, and Whitby, the terminus of the day's From here we went througn Ludlow, Hereford, journey, found the boys in good trim. The fol- A Jarvis, Ont., correspondent writes : While ! Monmouth, Chepstow, Bristol, Bath, to London. lowing day the members of the newly -formed three bicyclists were passing through this town a I cannot describe all the sights we saw e/i route Cobourg Club met the party at Port Hope an«i few days ago they came to a span of horses stand- I in this limited space, but must mention the ancient escorted them to the former town, where the ing in front of a shop not tied, and one young castles at Ludlow and Chepstow, and the grand night express was boarded for Montreal, arriving man, not wishing to frighten the horses, which, old ruin of Tinlern Abbey, near Chepstow. Tne at that city on Wednesday evening. The trip was as he thought, seemed rather nervous, shouted out old Roman baths at Bath were also very interest- a decided success, and its inembers were well to a boy in the waggon to " Hold the horses." ing. The run Irom Monmouth to Chepstow was pleased with it. Boy- -"Never you mind these 'ere hoses; they along the valley of the Wye, and scenery and — I suppose Erantford will have the meet next will not git scared." Bicyclist " Yes, they will roads were both good until nearing Chepstow, year. It will be a good opportunity to rouse they see me now.'' At this he commenced to when we had to walk up a hill about two miles " them out of their lethargy and to revive the club dismount, but the boy shouted out : Say, mister, long and walk down the other side. The hill into new life. you need not git off for these 'ere hoses ; they are was not steep, but hatl just received a fresh coat- Our Toronto Club has taken a new lease of both blind." ing of macadam. After remaining five days in life, and a decided boom of enthusiasm has set in London, we ran down to Brighton and on to among its members. The attendance at its club Newhaven. The twelve miles between these two It is claimed that the present path records have meetings is increasing. They will likely have fine last places was as bad a road as any ol us ever been retlucetl about as much as they ever can be club-rooms in the fall. rode on. It was along the coast, and, besides, on ordinary bicycles, and that if we are to have The cluu met in force a few evenings .igo at we had a s'.rong wind on our side, which almost anything better than 2.31 2-5, it will be accom- the house of Dr. Doolittle, one of its pioneers, blew us over. I tloubt if anyone could have plished on a geared machine, perhaps on a Ro\"er to welcome home Messrs. Webster and Ryrie, ridden even one mile against it. Crossing the safety or a Rudge bicycleite. We agree with this who had just returned from their continental lour. Channel at night to Dieppe, we started next opinion, because we regard Howell as the ideal An exceedingly ple.isant evening was spent, dur- morning on the celebrated l''rench militaiy road racing man, from the strength-an^l-speed stand- ing which the two heroes recounted their advent- to Paris. We had heard a great deal about these point, and the SpringfieUl track, on which he ures and spun their yarns. roads, but the quality exceeded our expectations. made his record, can scarcely be improved upon. Large parties of American wheelmen have turned They are simiily magnificent — straight as an Perhaps 2.30 may be the mark this fall, but this Hp here this season. They hail from Michigan and arrow, and no steep hills ; all are nicely graded. is about the limit of possibility. — The Il'/iee/. New York and Pennsylvania, and quite a large We made from 125 to 150 kilometres per day, party came all the way from Kentucky. They that is about 75 to 95 miles. Our greatest tlay praise our ro.ails highly, and seem to be delighted was 152 kiloinetre.s. £11 route to Pans we passed with their Canadian trip. PETE. through Rouen, where the heart of Richard I. is IT WILL PAY ALL BICVCLI.STS TO buried in the cathedral ; and we also saw the site SI M COE. where Joan of Arc was burned. 1 see the Warwick & Warwick and No. i. After remaining four d.tys in Paris, we started They are without doubt the best wheels in the The fourth annual meet of the C.W. A. is now the and Germany via Nancy and Stras- market. Address an historical event, and most of the boys have for Rhine bourg. al)Out half-way between Paris anil returned home, all being very decided in their When Strasbou'rg, near a small town called Vitry, Harry GOObD & KNOWbES, verdict, " that it was the 'biggest thing' in that with serious accident. met a line that they have yet attemled." Four from Ryrie met a We BKA>TrUKD. I20 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. " " County , — the three best to relieve each other Following is a well-recommended recipe for Sfflhccl liachs. every mile. rust on the spokes of a bicycle : Boiled linseeil oil will keep polished metals from rusting if it is Me.ssrs. Frank C. Blodgett, Wm. E. Metzer, allowed to dry on them. 2. How to brighten the Karl Kron's book is now promiseil for Sept. and George E. Lane (I-.A.W. and C.W.A.), nickel plating ? A. Use a little rouge powder on Detroit, left that city July 19 and rode through League has now very near Id nine llnmsand a chamois skin. The to Niagara. members. .\t a recent meeting, the executive committee Mr. W. A. Karn, of Woodstock, attended the " " It IS said thai 1 >aisic of Ihe Cycle is Mrs. of the L.A.W. decided to instruct the League Detroit Club's meet, and came away .satisfied Abbot Bassetl. tailors, Messrs. Browning, King S: Co., not to Woodstock could down Detroit in the matter of m.akc any more League suits or sell any more cloth Cycle dealers .ire making a iliscoiint of lo per meets every lime. or buttons without first receiving a written order to ministers. cent, The chief consulship of Massachusetts has been from the Secretary of the L.A.W. Biiflalo is going in for a big fall loiunamenl on declared vacant by President Beckwith. .Mr. J. S. Kogers, chief consul L A.W. for Missouri, a pure amateur basis. Ducker, the incumbent, says he will not retire has purchased T. Smith's interest in the Anier- without a struggle. J. Racing on the highway is getting to be an ican IVJieclmaii. L. .S. C Ladish, the editor of intolerable nuisance in England. Fred. Foster intends leaving TSronto on the that paper, still retains his half interest. The loth of August to train at .Springfield for the big Wlufliiian is a vigorous eic|)onent of wheeling in The L.A.W. lour is going to conflict in point race meetings. He will be sure to give a good the west. 'Tis veritably racy of the soil. with the Springfield meet. of time account of himself. John S. Prince rode a five-mile race at Scran- Hendce and Kowe are l)Oth confident that they The route of the annual London-to-Bath lOO- ton, Pa., June 29. against the trotting mare, .Miss can bring the mile record down to 2.30. mile road race was changed this year and a much Brady. The race was on a five-mile track, and* harder road taken. Macrae was the first man in. was won by Prince in l6m. In a quarter-mile Eugene M. ;Varon, the secretary-editor L.jV.W., Time, 7h. l8m. 53s. race on a tricycle, against the pacer llarrisburg, has applied for admission to the A.C.U. T. W. Eck fell and broke his left arm. .Springfield Club has ordered one watch, to The run between Stratford and St. Marys seems The cost over $1,000, for the first prize in the mile The famous London to Goderich road has keen to be quite popular with bicyclists this season. open for its next tournament, and two more of freshly gravelled, and is in anything but perfect Prince Wells rode down the Louisville court* high value as the second and third prizes. shape at present. From Brucefield to Varna, house steps on a waggon wheel fifty-two inches described in the (Juidc-book as the finest ten ALissachusetts Division and the League high. The i miles in Canada, the wheeling is horribly ro'igh, shared the profits of the Boston races as follows : but will doubtless be first-class in a few weeks. The Lynn Cycle Club will hold a mammoth Massachusetts Division, $22.90 ; League, $11.45. tournament this fall, shortly before the Springfield No twelve dollars would satisfy the C.W.A. .\t a Muswell Hill contest held lately in Eng- meet. land, the winning rider had his machine built Prince and Schock rested eight and a half min- Fred Brimer won the second of Toronto Club's with the forks raking forward and the han lies utes each in the seventy-two hours' race. This is bent half way down the forks, and the English ro.ad races in 34m. 305. The distance was seven a little different from the rest required in a six wheelmen say that all contests of the miles. kind in days' walking match, and speaks volumes for the future must include a ride down the hill as well Corey, as a hill-climber, leads the world. The wheel. as U1J it. Brighton side of Corey on a liicyclette is his latest " The Eureka" tricycle made by Messrs. Bay- The gentleman who was the principal figure in achievement. for liss, Thomas and Co. Mr. G. C. Scholefield the ceremony mentioned below is Chief Consul (weight 33?4^1bs.), is said to be the lightest on In the racing rules of the A.C.U , the referee is for the C.W.A. in New Brunswick : " given power to fine any rider $10 lor " loafing record. It is geared to 62in., and has Tlim. .\t Trinity Church, St. Johns, New Brunswick, on the cranks. during a race. 17th inst., by the Rev. Canon Brigstocke, assisted by ihe Rev. \. .\. Gollmer, Charles Coster, Mr. John B. Ostell, late accountant of the J. of St. Johns, to The Colorado Wheel Club, of Denver, has Georgiana A. Smith, j^oungest daughter of George W. challenged the St. Louis wheelmen to a fifty-mile Royal Canadian Insurance Company, leaves Mon- Smith, Esq., of Cambridge, Queens County. to take team road race. treal for Toronto the position of manager of the Union Mutual Insurance Co. of Maine, for The conflict between the Pope Manufacturing Brother John and Brother Jonathan will be Toronto and York county. Company and the Overman Wheel Company, having it hot and heavy on the record racket the which has been in progress, with the exception give some idea of the extent of the popular- rest of the season. To of a six months' truce, for nearly three years, ity of bicycling, a prominent manufacturer s.aid ihe and has cost each side, directly tendered and will and indirectly, Ned Oliver has been prob- other day that there had been sold thus far this more than $10,000 a year, has been settled ably accept the secretaryship of the touring de- by season, at a low estimate, 20,000 wheels, repre- mutual agreement. the partment of L.A.W. senting all of $3,000,000. Fifty bicyclists started for Europe lately on the is one of the unwritten rules of the track, Connecticut Bicycle Club, the oldest and It The Inmnn steamship City of Berlin. After arriving that in a smash-up the riders can seize the best largest club in the State, has voted to withdraw in Qiteenstown they will mount their steel steeds machine handy to finish on. from the L.A.W. and join the A.C.U. This club and make a tour of Ireland. Thence they will go is said has a membership of it 140. The Spring- to Scotland, and ride to Paris Four members of the Louisville (Ivy. ) Bi. Club London. probably field Club has followed suit. have been touring through Ontario, From Wind- will be visited also. The cost of the trip will for sor to Niagara, via Goderich. The well-known house of Singer cS: Co., Coven- be about $500 each man. try, has recently made a further addition to its R. Neilson, the famous professional, is now The famous Lancaster pike, leading out of plant and works by purchasing the cycle manu- training at Rosedale grounds for the big .Septem- i Philadelphia, has for years maintained a toll-gate factory lately owned by Settle & Co., the chief ber meets in the United States. i about one mile beyond the improved surface. house is deceased. of wdiich Patience having ce.a,sed to { be a virtue, the Penn- Positively the latest cycling fad is a new pocket W. B. Page, of the University of Pennsylvania, sylv.ania Club has determined to pay the unjust walking-stick. It is collapsible, and can be car- the .\merican champion high-jumper, is also a extra toll no longer, and the Turnpike Company ried in the pocket while riding. devotee of cycling. He intends taking a 1,500- will be called upon to state their case. Baird, York, rode 126 miles on mile tour 'on the wheel through the ^^'hite -Moun- E. P. of New Outing will start another enterprising individ- took one of the medals tains and Canada this summer. Decoration Day, and ual to do wonders a-wheel This time the Arctic offered by the Orange Wanderers. Mr. Lloyd Harris, president of the Brantford Ocean is the objective point, and James Rialton selected Howell will attempt to make twenty miles an Bicycle Club, will leave lor a three months' trip the man for the trip. He has constructed hour on a tricycle on a " Royal Crescent " this to the old country in a few days. When away a tricycle th.it can be turned into a bed at night. His route will be through Russia. season. He is confident of success. he will spend some time in wheeling over the He will be billiard-table roads of England. gone four months, and his expenses will be $200. is darling of the C. E. Whitten now the Lynn So it is said. late men, who think he will make another Rowe ; During the meet a Boston girl was thrown Asa Wendell, of is snid Whittier's best mile in practice is 2 49. from her tricycle, and in reply as to whether she Lynn, to be the best " pusher-oft"'' in England. It was hurt said : "I re.ally believe I have fractured New is notice- Fred Westbrook, the Canadian professional fast the extensor ossis iiictacarpi poUicis i/ianits." She able that in a race Rowe is always sent far ahead and fancy cyclist, has been engaged to travel with had broken her thumb, that was all. of all the others at the start. Not the least ad- circus during the present season. Forepaugh's vantage of this is that in case of a foul or collision "What is that Bicycle Jfan doing, father? See ! Henry Sturmey met with an accident in a race Rowe is out of harm's way. Ed. Nesbitt. of He has Jumped Forward from his wheel and is Woodstock, has on June 12, and broke his collar-bone. The tire "pushed" himself forward to putting his Face to the Earth. Is he Kissing it?" the same proud position in Canada. He always of his tricycle came oft", and he was thrown. " ; the has No, my son Man his Ear to the Earth. pushes Clarke off, and the latter invariably get.s There is a scheme on foot to put Rowe in a ten- He is Listening. He thought he heard Some- out of harm's way before his competitors are mile lace against the three best men of Essex thiag Drop. fairlv started. — — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 12 r L. D. linger M has been looking over the course wheelman that ever visited Bull & Bowen's head- RATES OF TRAVEL PER HOUR. traversed by Hollingsworth in his recent ride of quarters, and was an excellent rider. He and six 281 miles in 24 hours, and writes that it is the other wheelmen took a run of about 200 miles ' up MILES. finest stretch of road he ever saw, and that he in Canada.' " Ex. A Mr. Le Ruey, of London, Man swims 2 considers himself competent to cover 300 miles Ontario, who possesses only one arm, was one of Slow river flows 4 under the same conditions. It is probable that the first riders in that city, and in '81 and '82 Rapid river flows 7 he will shortly essay the fea'.. used to astonish the wheelmen by his prowess. Moderate wind blows 7 Vessel sails 8 The last letter from Thomas Stevens to the Karl Kron writes to us, July 9: "I presume Man walks 8 editor of Outing is dated Suez, July 3rd, 1SS6. that some copies of the L.A.IK Bulletin are Man runs 11 " In it Mr. Stevens says : I expect the steamer kept on file in your Canadian club-rooms, and Horse trots 12 on which I take passage to India to arrive here so I beg to call attention to a long protest which Man skates 16 to-morrow or next day. Tho monsoon season I've just written, and which I think that paper Man tricycles 18 will be in -full swing when I reach Kurrachee, will print on the i6th or 23rd, against an atro- Steamboat runs 18 but I don't know yet whether it will delay my cious act of a club in New Jersey, called the Horse runs 20 start across India." ' Orange Wanderers,' who has had the effrontery Man bicycles 20^ to formally request the local authorities to dis- Storm moves Recreation, " 36 of Newark, N.J., says : The meet ' criminate against cyclers by a threat of fine and Locomotive runs 68 of the Canadian Wheelmen will long be remem- imprisonment.' I want to hold them up to the Hurricane moves 80 bered by those who participated. It was one of execration of all just men, in Canada as well as .Sound travels the finest, if not the finest, athletic meetings ever 743 the United States, as the only club on record Rifle-ball travels 1,000 held in Canada. There was good time made ar " who has ' betrayed us to the enemy.' Light travels 102,000 the races on both "Bikes" and "Trikes." Tht Electricity travels 288,000 Canadian Wlieelmen are a strong organizatione and are steadily improving. AN AFTE RNOON RIDE. DOUBLE-BARRELLED BREECH- A new safety bicycle, with lever pedals and new The swallows are sweeping o'er meadow and lea, LOADER SHOT-GUN, cost $75. for sale adjustible anti-friction bearings, which are claimed A The woodpecker's bill shakes a song from the cheap, or exchange for a 54-in. Wheel in first-class to be much superior to ball bearings, has been in- tree, condition. — H. C. Goodman, St. Catharines. vented and patented by the Rev. Homer E. There's a breeze on the land blowing in from the King, of Springfield, Massachusetts, and is called :o cents postage, and we will mail you sea, the King. The steering is done by depressing royal, valuable, sample box of goijds And I and my wheel are fljring. ^'""^''^11 put you in the way of making mOTt the ends of the bent handles, which ft regulate the UN in money at once, than anything else Amer- small wheel. In appearance the machine is a There's a gleam on the waters, a sail flashing ica. Hoth se,\es of all agres can live at home and work in Star reversed. white, spare time, or all the time. Capital not required. We will There's a wash on the rocks and a sparkling of start you. Immense pay sure for those who start at once. We wonder when riders will recognize the fact Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. light, that a fine spurt is like the bloom on a peach, And the foam flakes are falling in crystalline a most delicate and easily-destroyed possession. flight, BICYCLlilS. No one ever hears of Furnivall going in road . /^ , Where I and my wheel are lying. work whilst his riding, ; tandem like his tiricy- CLEARING SALE OF OVER cling, is always a waiting, and consequently The foam flakes are flying away behind, GREAT an Fifty Second-hand Wheels. All sold easy, game. A man who wants to spurt well The swallows are circling against the wind. below cost. Send for Price-list. No reason- has got to drop hard work of all kinds ere he There's a glow on the clouds where, crimson- able offer refused. succeeds in his ambition. Bicycling News. lined. They smother the sunlight dying. *' A one-armed bicyclist from Emporium was in G00L9 & KNOWLES, Buffalo last week. He was the first one-armed Chris. Wheeler. KKANTFOKU. Bicycus, A few good second- hands to be sold at Once. Ouc 52-iii„ .S.B.C. rimed. :«65.0O. One 6'i-in.. Pari Pliilol. !»;5.00. Oiie S5-in., Part I'lalrd, $75.00. One .'iU-Iu., Platril X.«.. ili.'io.oo 4>itp .'iO-in., I'ari Platec), $40.00 Two 54-in. Racers, one Plated and four Shake- speare Light Roadsters to exchange Itir Road- sters, any good make. Send for ("atalogae of New Machines. Wm. Payne, LONDON, ONT. 122 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. ^4 t^iff^ Oi^myerl ^ourn&meM #i2^ -OF THE- OROJ^TO f t^lCYCLE + fTLUB OJNJ ROSEDALE (SF^OUNDS, Saturday, 21st August, 1886. Programmle. I.—TWO MILE HANDICAP, OPEN. 2.— ONE MILE, OPEN. 3.—ONE MILE, 3.40 Class, ist Heat, OPEN. 4.—ONE MILE, 3.40 Class, 2nd Heat, OPEN. 5._TWO MILE, CHAMPIONSHIP, CLUB. 6.—ONE MILE, 3.40 Class, Final Heat, OPEN. 7.—FANCY RIDING EXHIBITION. 8.—FIVE MILE, OPEN. 9.—HALF MILE HANDICAP, CLUB. OTHER EVENTS MAY BE ADDED. FRIDAY KVENING, 20th AUGUST, Srand i Gl^inese \ Lantern t Parade. The Toronto Bicycle Club extends a most cordial invitation to all Wheelmen to join them in the Parade on Friday Evening, and to compete in the Races on Saturday Afternoon. The "ROSSIjY HOUSE" and "WALKER HOUSE" will grant special rates to Wheelmen. The entries (25 cents each event) close on Thursday, 1 9th August. A. K. WEBSTKR, See. €oniiiilttee, 56 Yonjje Street. : - THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 123 A. T. LANE, - Montreal. We have the following We have the following Fittings in stock : Machines in, stock 1SS6 SADDLES. Buffer RUDGE LIGHT ROADSTER, Long Distance Brooks Lever Tension LIVERPOOL LIGHT ROADSTER, LiLLIBRlDGE Victor ROYAL CANADIAN SPECIAL, DURYEA NEW Solid Comfort ROYAL CANADIAN, NO. 2, STEPS — Hillman's -Adjustable THE BOYS' OWN IDEAL, Harv/ood'.s " Ideal Rubber Capped AMERICAN CHALLENGE, CATALOGUE BAGS.— Multum in Parvo KANGAROO SAFETY, Minimum King's Own PREMIER DRIPPER TRICYCLE, 75 ENGRAVINGS Cyclists' Wallet Don Tool Bag NUMBER TANDEM TRICYCLE, Handy Tool Bag Buffalo Challenge And about 70 Second-hand Is now ready. Send 3-cent Premif.r Wheels of all makes. Stamp for it. BELLS.— SEIsTI? IPOIi XilST. Hill & Tolman Automatic Butcher Automatic &c., &c., &c., &c. LAMPS.— A BARGAIN. King of Road Pioneer 52 inch Liverpool Racer, "/Eolus" Boys' Own balls to both wheels and pedals. T TTTST IZST Foor-KEST Lamp for Kangaroos, &c., Sic. handles. Never been ridden. SUNDRIES.— PKIt:R, - $so.ov. Pekfection Tire Heater Spring Top Oil Cans the Latest Novelties from A first-class Lig'ht Racer in perfect All Paradox " Condition. Overman Screw-driver Exhibition held in Bicycle Handy Hooks Spoke Grips ANOTHER BARGAIN. Boston, May 27th, 28th Yankee Wrenches Caliope Whistles inch Sanspareil, ball bearings to 54 and 29th. Luggage Carriers both wheels, all nii;kle plated, but Hill Climbing Belts little felloes ; has been ridden very Bicycle Stands and is in ])erfect order. Enamel, Cement, Balls I'iClrK. - lt(*5.0U. .Spoke Grips, Suspenders, Shoes, Caps, Belts, Stockings Have )'Oii got a Screamer ? If not, STILL ANOTHER. then send 50 cents for one, and be AND Store is close to the Windsor ever afterwards. Covciitiy Rotary Coiivertible Soci- happy able Tricycle, in first-clas-i order, made is open until 10 Hotel, and Ha\-c you got a roll of Tire Tape by Rudge & Co. Not ridden 100 in your valise .' If not, send 25 cents miles. o'clock ill the eveniiia:. it is for 3 rolls ; invaluable. A. T. LANE, MONTREAL. — 124 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. • <. B«fc«-TiiE COLDJVlBIJIS«»hP* The records made ai;d the prizes won by riders of COLUMBIAS during the season of 1885 are familiar to wheelmen. Appended is a recapitulation of the more important victories for riders of COLUMBIAS during the opening of the present seast)n. CHAMPIONSHIPS ON COLUMBIAS. »I':ason of issti. I-MILE BICYCLE L. A. W. Championship. I-MILE TRICYCLE L. A. W. Championship. 4-MILE BICYCLE N. A. A. A. A. Championship. GEO. M. HENDEE AT SPRINGFIELD, lO-MILE BICYCLE L. A. W. Championship. JULY .->. ^-MILE (World's Record) 1.52 THE COLUMBIAS IN THE WEST. 1-MILE (World's Amateur Record ; Fastest Mile ever made in Competition) 2.34 THE RECOUD BROKKW—SI'LENDIU PKRFORHAM'E OF S. P. IIOLLINSWORTU. Indianapolis, Ind., June 19. —S. P. Hollinsworth, of Russiaville, WM. A. ROWE AT LYNN, was wonderfully successful in his attempt to beat the long-distance amateur bicycle record of this country and Great Britain. He completed JULY 5. his task at Greenfield this morning at 4 o'clock, and in the 24 hours total of 281 9-10 miles. His actual riding time was 21 hours 4 MILES (World's Record) 11.05 scored a and 23 minutes, 2 hours and 37 minutes being lost in eating ant in being 5 MILES (World's Record) 13.57 2-5 rubbed down. Heretofore the best American record was 1-2 miles, 6 MILES (World's Record) 16.47 259 made by Munger of Detroit, at Boston, while the English record is 266. 7 MILES (World's Record) 19.38 is Special Despatch to Boston Herald. 8 MILES (World's Record) 22.24 2-5 The best track record 276. the 9 MILES (World's Record) 25.18 This record was made on a 55-inch Columbia Light Roadster. — 10 MILES (World's Record) 28-03 2-5 Indianapolis Times. THE COLUMBIAS AT BOSTON, THE COLUMBIAS IN NEW JERSEY, .IILVE lA. MAI' 39. 25-MILE INTER-CLUB ROAD RACE E. H. VALENTINE. 1-MILE L. A. W. Bicycle Championship Race .A. B. RICH i-MILE L. A. W. Tricycle Championship Race .A. B. RICH On Columbia Light Roadster. THE COLUMBIAS AT LYNN, THE COLUMBIAS AT BROOKLYN, NAV .-n. JIt.VE 19. I-MILE RACE. Six Firsts out of a possible Eight, and Two Seconds, won on NOVICE Columbias. 2-MILE HANDICAP RACE. 3-MILE HANDICAP RACE. 2-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP RACE, BEDFORD CYCLE CLUB. 5-MILE NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RACE. THE COLUMBIAS AT NEW HAVEN, jriiNB II, I*. Every Open Event won on Columbias. LONG-DISTANCE RIDERS ON COLUMBIAS, SBASOV OF 1886. THE COLUMBIAS AT LYNN, AkOUND THE WORLD (on the way) THOMAS STEVENS. .11 >'E 17. FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FR.\NCISCO,. , (on the way) F. E. VanMEERBEKE. I-MILE NOVICE RACE S. L. TRUESDALE. FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO, . . 1-MILE OPEN RACE, Time, 2.37 2-5 W. A. ROWE. (on the way) 2-MILE LAP RACE GEO. M. HENDEE. S. G. SPIER. 2-MILE HANDICAP RACE F. S. HITCHCOCK. FROM NE\V YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO AND RETURN, J4:-MILE PROFESSION'L TRICYCLE RACE, T. W. ECK. GEO. B. THAYER, Correspondent of the Hartford Post, World's Record. Time 2-5. — .42 (ON THE WAY.) Catalooue Sent Kree. THE fOPE JVI/fNUFACTUf^ING eOMfAJMY, PRINCIPAL OFFICE, 597 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON. BRANCH HOUSES: 12 Warren Street, NEW YORK; 115 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO. A JOURNAL OF CYCLING. The Official Gazette of the Canadian Wheelmen^ Association, and of the Cyclists' Touring Club in Canada. Vol. III. LONDON, CANADA, OCTOBER, 1886. No. 12. - - THE VICTOR - - 1886 = L>I(3)HT F^OADSTER^^^ 1886 SHOWS ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS WHICH A YEAR's EXPERIENCE CAN SUGGEST. IIEHTER, WllliOyi SACeiFICE OF- Saddle mucti ImpEoved, STRENGTH, longer and narrower, with wrench strapped on Narrower Tread. underneath. Compressed Tires much We cannot enumerate its many Improved, good points here, but will claim the Doing away with ihe de.id rubber down in the rim. afiii Easiest-Running NEW DEVICE Light Roadster FOR LOCKING THE HEAD, EVLK OFFEKED IN THE hlAKKET. Avoiding the constant annoyance of its coming loose. You will make a mistake if ycu HANDLE BAR liuy without investigating. Entirely changed and improved, fast a reasonable WILL BE READV FOR OELIVERV VERY chance of breakage. »»' SOON. OVERMAN WHEEL COMPANY, 182 Columbus Ave., BOSTON, Mass., U.S.A. — rt- ^ TTHE^ ^^ Fall 'l^ ulletin OIF- isott k €k OF 22 CHURCH STREET, TORONTO, T/ie largest Bicycle and- Tricycle dealers in Canada, whose establish- ment is the recognized Canadian headquarters for everything in the Sporting Goods line, from a Rndge Light Roadster to a Rngby Football. When read, make a note on't a la Capt. Cuttle. FACT NO. DETAILS OF FACT. RE.MARKS. 1 That we .ire now carrying on the largest clearing sale of Cycles ever held in Send a stamp for Cata- • Canada, and that the reduced prices arc a marvel. logue. 2 '- That we make the Special Offer for the above sale of sending a Wheel, This enables the purchaser C. O. D., with iM'ivilege of e.xruiiination, and return if not as represented, on to see what he is buying be- the mere condition that consignee pays express charges. fore paying for it. That we will send one of Foote's .'\nii-Headers (a good thing) for $1.75. The latest accessary out. That we will he ready to supply you with Showshoes, Toboggans, Moccasins, \\& supply and outfit all 4 e'c, when winter sets in. the Toronto clubs. 'I'hat we w.mt you to keep for 5 your c\es open our surprises in store for you See that you get our big next Spring. Spring Catalogue. That we have been appointed sole Canadian Agents for Harrison's Double They are the best value in and Single ,\iarms. bells made in England. 7 That we have been appointed sole Canadian Agents for Loudon's celebrated Holds a tire with an iron Cement. grip- 8 That we have been appointed sole Canadian .Agents for the publications of Tiiey publish all the lead- llilVe \ Son, Coventry. ing works pertaining to cycling. = THE RUDGE = Is the leading Bicycle of the world ;. it is used by a majority of the oldest and best riders, and holds the chief records of the path. — THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 139 Some months ago a cry fur '* a man" to repre- hetlman Centres. sent Canada on the racing path arose from these A JOURNAL OF CYCLING cold types. Now it sounds as though an answer MONTREAL. were coming. Fred. Foster, of Toronto, has The Official Gazette of the Cai:adian \MieeIn;en's A.ssccin The boys here have not been di.iug just as tion and of the Cyclists' Touring Club jumped at once into the front ranks of American ihey ought to do of late, and as I feel mad with in Canada. amateurs, and his performances at Hartford and them, and would like to take a bunch ol thein by the hair but canno' , I must carry my woes to Springfield have justified several capable critics PUBLISIIKD BY TIIK CANADIAN ft'llKFI-MF.N'S ASSOCIATION, somebody, and so have chosen to inllict on you in asserting him to be the fastest amateur on the a portion of grievances. AT London, Canada, and Suppukd to ai,l my continent. Fred's daredevil ride over the La- Since 187S, I doubt whether there has been a Mkmbkrs ok TIIK Association. chine road on July 2nd proved to all who saw duller summer for bicycling in .Montreal than has this past one been. In other }ears we generally him that he was " grit and go " from top to toe. Subscription Price to Non- Members $1.00 s.iw at least half a dozen races at different times His recent successes are very popular in Canada, per annum. at picnics ; this year, oulside of the spring and and we hope are but the promise of faster things. fall games ol the M.A.A.A. and our own meet, there has not been a single track race. We had All conuiiuninations should be oddic^scd to Imf. From the rules of the American Cyclists' Union, our annual handicap road race to \'alois. 15 miles, " Ci-NADIAN WlIKKLMAN, I.OndOT'. Ollt. just to hand, we learn that that body divides the in which the record was beaten by the two scratch country into five districts for legislative purposes, men. For this race the entries were very limited, and that No. i is to be known as the Eastern Dis- LONDON, OCTOBER, 1886. and the starters much more so, for out of a mem- trict, composed of the New England States and bership of about seventy six actually m.nnagcd to the Dominion of Canada. The italics are ours. come to the starting point, and several of these We were always under the impression that Can- A NEW IDEA. only after a great deal of persuasion. It is pretty ada was governed, from a cycling point of view, hard on Montnal boys, yet it is true, with one or by the Canadian Wheelmen's Association, and we two exceptions, that if before starting in a race The idea contained in the following extract have just been told by a prominent member of each man is not positive of winning a fine gold that Association that it is perfectly independent from a circular issued by Mr. Atkinson, of Port medal, there is no starting in him. No, thanks ! of the United States and the L.A.W. For our he don't want to be beaten and make a show of Hope, is a novel one, and we trust may be own part, we protest against the annexation of himself for nothing. In getting up a race here, carried to a successful issue by the energetic Canada by tlie United States. What do our Can- the committe-men have to assure each competitor ? Midland wheelmen. The splendid roads in the adian brethren of the wheel say Cyclist. of their ability and certainty of coming in for fir^t place. All this means that we ought to be ex- locality will make communication between the What do we say, dear Cyclist l Simply that tremely proud of our racing men, for I believe that members of the club an easy matter, and such this is not the first time we have known Mr. in all Canada they stand at the head of that praise- organization will certainly encourage the prac- an H. E. Ducker to bite off more than he could worthy crowd of racers known as pot-hunters. tical use of the wheel. The great difficulty, of chew. The small field of entries in the road race is the course, will be to maintain a common interest :o: result of an experiment of giving neat silver badges as prizes, and a fine medal in the event of the rec- that will ensure an enthusiastic and progressive TRADE NOTES. ord being broken. This year there were only four club. following is the extract referred to : The prizes offered against six or seven in former years, " Armngements are being made for the organization of a The gear about which there has been so much their value ranging from a gold medal down to bicycle club to take in the district lying between Whitby and- talk this fall is being made by Gormully & Jeffery, gold pins. The result of the experiment is plain Cobourg. This is a new departure in the formation of bi- is being on an ordinary by comparing the lists of starters ; this year there cycling clubs, and promises from present prospects to have and put 54-in. American six, to fifteen. a successful issue. It will be the only club covering such a Champion, gearing it up to a 126-in. wheel. This were formerly ten number of towns and so large a jurisdiction in Canada, and gear is undoubtedly the sim])lest yet produced, The boys are taking just about as much interest will ere long have on its roll more members than any other and in a 38-inch Ideal wheel, with improvised in the welfare of the club as they do in racing club in the Dominion. Ever^'care will be taken to exxlude matters. regular undesirable members, and thus retain the standing of the forks, and with bearings that consisted only of Our weekly meetings had to be club. No honorai-y members will, under present intentions, a hole bored through iron, and with a rider wljo stopped some time ago for want of quorums. There allowed to connect themselves, unless active wheelmen, be required the reach of a 5S-inch \\'heel, made a was some excuse for il, as the boys were all out but every cyclist between the points named, Whitby and of town; but now the fall is with us, and every- Cobourg, are earnestly requested to communicate with Mr. mile in 2.56. What it will do on the large wheel body is again in the city, still the .M.B.C. cannot J. E. Atkinson, Port Hope, their views on the matter, pre- is of course experimental, but its inventors are very at central paratory' to calling a meeting of wheelmen some sanguine. If it is successful, Gormully & Jtffery get enough members together to hold a irieeting, point. The names of all bicyclists in the district are first will at once put it on the market. a quorum for which is fifteen members, five of iiecessarj', and all are cordially invited to send their names, shall be committee-men. address, immediately." whom There is no pos- to the Industrial E.xhibiiion, At the Toronto Messrs. sible means of getting them together, not even T. Fane Co. made a fine display of wheels, & by advertising a free ice-cream feed for all attend- but among the most prcminent to be seen were NOTES. ing meetings on Thursday nights in the -Montreal EDITORIAL " and " the New Rapid" Club Safety." We Gymnasium, for they do not even trouble them- understand that this firm have been awarded a selves by reading in the evening pai)ers the fix- special diploma for the "New Rapid." Owing The records are cuniing down, but it's the tures or each ensuing week. to the wonderful strength of the wheel it is sim- the evening of Englishmen who possess them. Since July 3rd the above has ply impossible to buclvle it in the ordinary course been the state of thmgs here. I believe that our of things, and we are satisfied that for the roads What a wail grjcs up from Montreal in our boys felt so bad over parling with their western this machine will fill the bill. of Canada They bretliren that they have not yet recovered from this month ! Is the glory of Israel de- columns also exhibited a very good wheel for boys, which their sadness ; or else the quantity of ice that lav parting ? is of tlieir own manufacture, and will Ije known around the G T. R. station froze them up and as the " Boys' Comet." The reputation Messrs. sent them off hibernating while summer is still Bicyiiing World showed no little enter- The Fane & Co. have obtained will convince intending with us. I think I have hit the right nail on prise in mailing to its subscribers a special sup- purchasers of getting full value for their money. the head when I think that it must be the great plement of the Springfield races. quantity of prizes, both firsts and seconds, that our boys won at the meet that are now over|)ow- that the tournaments are over, the Ameri- that Hurley K. Now No wonder Ayers was greeted ering iheni, and so make them rather satisfied can flyers will devote themselves to record-break- with as loud applause as covdd be expected from with r,acing. at so small a gathering the Last League meeting. II our club man.ages to exist until ing— if they can. Furnivall's 2.30 will be their next July, wonder he was announced as " all right." And no at the present rate of living maybe some of our goal. out prominently as a labors He stands man who boys wid be rested enough to give the w^estcrn well for the guod of the the The Springfield tournament is not likely to hard and League and boys a good rub. I hope so. sport. He has not sought the bubble reputation ever again hold the position among tourists it Growlincs. in ornaniental work, nor has he, we believe, sought Montreal, Sept. 20, 1S86. has in the p.ist. Lynn, Hartford and Roseville any personal gain. Among many drones, among are rising to dim the light of Springfield. many that pretend much but accomplish nothing, he is really benefiting the sport. There is no The Cyclist tells of a new sport engaged in by Ducker gave positive assurances that the lead- man who has put in more hard, honest work for the ruralists. It con.sists in the collection, right professionals and amateurs of England would ing the good of the League than Hurley K. Ayers. across the road, ol a ridge of stones .about one reasons fair most official. liigh, be at Springfield. They weren't, and no He is a and considerate He loot carelully masked with dust ; or it m.ay treats the cycling pres> with uniform courtesy. take rtfe form of a biick placed have been given to the public why it could ever on the highway He believes what is worth giving to the public and anistically covered with a hand'ul of new have been imagined that they would have been. is worth as wide a circulation as possible. Mr. hay. When the game is ready, the merry vil- imagination has to be called in to A'/- 'Tis a pity .\yers, we respect you ami wish thee well. — lagers lie and wait for the first cycler who comes play a part in booming a meeting of cyclers. cycling World. along, and in his tumble they get their pleasure. ——; — 140 Tl CANADIAN \\lll':i- I.MAN. final Rowe, i A LONG LESSON. THE SPRINGFIELD MEET. One mile cliampionsliip, heat — ; Wood, 2. The men were cheeri-d enlhusiasti- cally. Rosve went off with the leatl, but at a My nexl-door neighbor a daughter has, fair Tlie ai.iuia! Springfitld tduiiiaiiKiil coiunRiucd slow pace, which was continued until -)4' of a mile \ maiden p.-issing ; as bis door I pass, Sci'l. 14. llic attcTidance ai ihc groutxts was hail been run. Coming into the straight both .-\nd every day. 4,000. were riding haril, Rowe leading. When about I see her silling there. One mile diampinn.ship proinal cur— First heal, a hundred yarils had yet to be run, Rowe spurted takes an interest, ihis in.iiden good, Ki.wf 1 : Kliii;i.-, 2. 2 38. right away Irom Wood and won by live yards. She clianipiun.sliip Ilmilce, 1; linetl In Ihe workings of my wheel ; Ten mile | roniauui 3 08 35. Both wire $10. 3." day, as a bicycler should. Stime, 2; Kliodes. 29 28 1-5. One mile special — Neilson, I ; I'rlnce, 2. 2.58 And every Neil.sun, 100 Its mysteries I reveal. Kivc mile prafe.ssional liandicap — 3-S- yards, i; Wiindside, 30 yaids, 2; C'rucker. 100 One mile promateur, 2.40 cla.sS" Stone, i; Bum- I exjilain wiih care each complex part, jartls, 3. 14 36 ham, 2 ; Ives, 3. 2.51. to t)ne mile championship, s<'eon(l heal Hum- h'ive mile i)r(;fessional — Woodside, I ; I'razier, -And she seems comprehend ; every day we are losing heart liani 2; Ives, 2 3.27 1-5 2 ; Neilson. 3. 16. 16 3 5. Wi liurnhani, i; 1 I he lessons which have no end. One mile promaleur iricycle — One mile tandem — Crist and Hrown, ; lluni- O'er Ives, 2; KUiRe, 3. 3.18 1-5. inglon and Coliister, 2. 3.20 4-5. Three mile professional — Neil.sun, I ; Word- One mile, special —^This was an allempt on the It '.-. surely mough to discourage us both, find our merely side lind Ciocker, 2 and 3 9.01. pan of Hendee to beat the mile record Burn- To work begun ; One mile champion.ship, third heat — Sione, I; ham made the pace for the first quarter in 38 4-5, And yet every day we grow more loth Adams, 2. 3 17 4-5 .'\dams going to the half mile in 1.15 2-5. Here To leave such a task undone. One mi!e tandem championship — Crist and Rowe was s\aiHng, and together the men rode to lirown, I; Rich and Foster, 2; Huntington and the three-qunrler mark in 1.52 4-5 ; Hendee com- .And so, as we see that to finish indeed C'ollisler, 3. The winners had an easy victory, pleting the lull distance in 2.31 Will lake us the rest of our life. and scored a couple of world's records, viz. : And so ended the great meet, wdiich has been, To-day my neighbor's daughter agreed Three-quarters mile, 2.01 3.5; mile. 2.43 1-5 so claims Ducker, an unprecedented success. In To be /u-r neighl or's wi'c. The hair mile time, 1. 21 2-5, is the liest in all, about 30,000 witnessed the racing. — ^Exchange. Aiuerica. One mile championship professional, 4th heat RECORD-BREAKING AT COVENTRY. Ncilson, 1 James, 2. lioth lined $10 for loaf- ; THE LYNN RACES. ing. 4. 19 2-5. t .^ECO.^ll Day. —The event of ihe day was I^nLlehtarl and Buikingham essayed lo lower Wood's 2.32 3-5 in the mile championship. One The bicycle races at Lynn, Sepltmber 25, were the safety and tricycle records on the Coventry mile championship, 5th heat, jirofessional — Wood, attemled by 3,000 spectators. 'The one mile pro- track August 6, Engleheart succeeding not only 1; Woodside, 2. Time, Wood, 3.32 2-5; Wood- fessional, open, was won by Frazicr in 2.57 2-5, in lowering the world's safely record, but also side, 2.36. with Wot.d second. The one mile jiro-amateur, eclipsing all ama eur records hitherto made upon One ir.ile championship, 6th heat, promateurs 3.50 limit, tricycle race lor a C.A. champion.ship any form of machine, including the ordinary bic\- — Ilendec, I; Rhodes, 2. 2 35. between Ives and Burnh.am, was won by the latter cle About 7 15, Bucl Ives, 2 ; Khige, 3 8.56 2-5. between Stone, Kowe, Ives and Rhodes was won had passed his pacemaker, Powell then going on to Five mile o)ien, amateur Crist, i ; Rich, by Rowe with points points for Ive.s. keejiing him going as hard as he knew how. — 2 ; 43 37 and Gaskell, 3 ; Fi ster, 4. 16.26. Ives won the lap race, his time for three miles The first mile occupied 2m. 47 2-5S., 2m. 2-5S. out- One m.le championship promateur being 9.22 4-5. of the previous week. He still — Rowe, I ; side his record Hendee, 2. As had been expected, this was a The last race was the three mile amateur handi- kept up a magnificent pace, and at a mile and a inisera ile race until the lasi lap was reached. c.ip bicycle with Foster scratch, Deblers 225 \*ds. hall had fairly shaken Powell cu', going the next Rowe positively refusetl to make the pace, and and Boudreau, 300 yai doubt that he is the faster man, and won liy a Cne of the most healihy exercises for the mind ceiveil W'ith gre t appl use by ihe public, and a length, in 2.44 3-5. and b( dy, bariing headers, etc, is bicycling. grim smile ol satisfaction spread over Engleheari's One mile handicap, profe-sional — Woodside, 20 Treading the wdieel is about the best way lo clear countenance. Three miles were rolled ofl" in 8ni. yarils, i ; Moisran, I2j yards, 2 ; Merrill, 140 the cobwebs from n man's brain, to fill his lungs 27s.. or 5s. inside Lacy Hiilier's reconl fir ihe yards. 3. 2 34'2-S with air, rejoice his eyes, broaden Ids understand- ordinary bicycle. Buckingham thin mounlcd his Thee ni le 1 pen, amateur— Crist and Foster, ing, and increase his knowledge of his own beau- .salety, and went all out for a mile, bringirt; 1,2; R ch, 3. A hot race resulted in a. dead ti ul land The sotmev I'ur girls learn to exercise Engleheart through for the fourth mile in nm. hea', in S.40. The heat was run off later, and their limbs by tricycling, the .sooner will they 14s.. los. inside Hiilier's 1 est, and 2 I-5s inside re.-*uUetl in ;.vor of Fos'er. acquire that physical development and that puriiy Webber's American world's amateur record. '1 he Ten mile kip, promateur— Rowe, I; Rhodes, 2. of complexiun which seaside lounging and cos- efi'ort shook Buckingham out entirely, Puwell re- 3044 metics can never provide. .As lor the danger of suming the running on his reiire^nent. and still One mile ru essional — Woodside, I; Neilson, the sport, it is practic.dly y///. The number of keeping his magnificent pace the crovsd cheer- I up 2 : Wo. ,1. 3. serious r.ccidenis frcun bicycling and tricycling is ing each time as he came round. Engleheart was iHHiiiii l).\v. — Ten mile lap, professional very smaH, and we venture to assert far smaller taken on once more for the last lap by Bucking- Woo.lsi.le, I ; Fiazier, 2 ; Crocker, 3. 31.19 2-5. than lluse incident to buggy-riding In the mat- ham, and ihe pair rode round almost neck-and- Three mile 39.S. promaleur— Hendee, I; iF'es, 2; ter of healin there can be no comparison of bugg)'- neck, doing the quarter in . and finishing ihe Khoiles, 3. 9 02 4-5 riding and cycling : the cramped-up position of the five miles in the astonishing time of 14m. i 1-55., Three m !e luu.oicap. amateur — Crist, 40 yards, one and free moii'-n of the limbs in ihe oilier need which beats the best previous safety world's rec- I y:ir.'s, : Han, 50 2 : Foster, scratch, 3. Barely no eminent as to which i> ihe most tlesirable. ord by im., and Webber's .American world's ama- tHO yarils separ.Tted ihe three. 8 38 3.5. San Fmnc'sro Snndtiv tl'oriJ. teur record (I4in. 8 4-5S. ) by 7m. 3-5S. . : . . , " THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 141 TWENTY MILES IN AN HOUR ON A TRICYCLE DURYEA'S NEW WHEEL. C, Vf, L The Cj'i/w/of Sept. I says : On 27th July, 1SS2, The .St. Louis Post-Dispaleh thus I'cscribes the late H. L. Cortis astonished the whole world Mr. Duryea's new bicycle : In a rear room on by riding a bicycle twenty miles m an hour, con- the second floor of the Turner building, a pecu- sidered then an astounding feat, and now, only liar-looking machine was being ridilcn around four years later, G. Gatehouse, of the Cambridge to-day by a few wheelmen of the city. The University Bicycle Club,, has fairly created an ex- thing had such a weird look that one beholder citement by doing the marvellous feat of riding said it reminded him of a nightmare. \ spec- twenty miles in the hour on a tricycle. The now tator oltserving first one man and then another well-known track at Long Eaton has proved itself get into the machine and lide otT easily, could the fastest track in the world, as, not only on scarcely believe that he was gazing on ihe first account of Gatehouse's grand ride, but also on spokeless and hubless bicycle ever ivade. But account of the record made by P. Furnivall, of such it was, and it proved to be the one that OKfiAMZED SEPTEMliER, 1SS2. the Berretta B.C., by riding a bicycle in the world's the fertile brain of Chas. E. Duryea has evolved. record lime of 2m. 30s. Thursday last tinning out .Mr. Duiyea, up to a ftw monihs ago, was a a fine and nice day, Gatehouse determined to try resident of this city, and for two years studied President— Mr. W. A. Karn, Woodstock, Ont. and do what he had set his whole heart on, viz., on the original idea of making a bicycle without Vice-Pres.—yix. J. D. MiLLEK, Monlreal, P.Q. the twenty miles in the hour. Gatehouse got on spokes. Last lall, alter getting the details well the twenty miles mark a few minutes afler seven, worked out, he went to Peoria, III., where he Sec.-Treas. — Mr. Hal. B. Donly, Reformer, and being sent to a good start soon got on to the has since devoted all his time to inventing, and .Simcoe, Ont. tandem, and going at a rattling pace did the first especially to making a model of this wonderful mile in 2rn. 50 1-5S , time, and 4-55. inside even idea. Being a practical wheelman himself, and APPOINTMENTS, time. Still keeping u]i the pace, he finished the the inventor of several bicycle appliances, in- second mile in 5m 37 2-5S., which showed 22 2-5S. cluding the Duryea saddle, he was not long in inside. Now things began to look very hopeful, getting the motlel put together. To do this he HURON DISTRIDT, NO. I. and =till keeping up the same steady pace, he used only the roughest kind of material, and con- fini.shecl five miles in 14m. 27 3-5S , or 32 3-5S. sequently the machine, as shown to-day, weighed The following are my appointments for the inside. Things looking so very rosy, he was told twice as much as it will when the gas-pipe is current Association year to keep on, and, pegging away a right good one, replaced by fine steel and the cog-wheels with W. .M. Begg, C.C. he finished ten miles in the unprecedented time of chain gearing. The wheel is not only spoke- 29m. 26 I-^s. , or 33 4-5S. inside evens at half- less, but it is inclined away from the rider, Place. Consul. Hotel. distance, healing the previous record by 3m. 7 which at first adds to its strange appearance. London W K Evans . . .. Grigg House 2-5S., otherwise a mile inside the old record. In The wheel, as shown to-day. had a diameter of . . Royal Kincardine. F E Coombe. the meantime, the pacemakers were being con- fifty-two inches. Not a spoke was in it, and Listowel F W Hay Grand Central tinually changed, and began to cry they had had the driving. gearing was placed on the rim, the CargiU W D Cargill. . . euough, but still going on, 15 miles were rolled big wheel passing under the gearing by running .St. .Marys C .S Rumsey . .. National Hotel oft^ in 44m. 23 4-5S , being 6m. 40 I-5S. ahead of on small idle-wheels. The pedals are of the ...... ArlingtonHoQse Port Elgin S Roethev the old record, or two miles and over to the good. regular tricycle kind. The rider's seat is ])laced Stratford A C Mowatt .. Windsor The excitement now amongst the spec'ators got on an iron support extending upw*ard from the . Hepinstall Central St. Thumas C H Grand up to the highest, and as mile after mile was gearing, and as the wheel is inclined toward . Hartley Walkerton D Trail House knocked off, it became a matter of speculation the right, the rider's seat is removed a few inches Tara W J Fawcett . . v\'hether the 20 miles bicycle record of R. H. from the tire, over which one arm is thrown to English would be wiped out or not (59m 6 3-55 ). grasp the handle. The rider thus presents the Gatehouse was still keeping hard at it, and as the rider his MIDLAND DISTRICT, NO. 4. speciacle of a within wheel, and at the bell was rung for the last lap he went lor all he ame time over it. The equilibrium is maintained for The following are the appointments this was worth, and coming away irom the pacemakers by means of a little wheel behind, as in an ordin- District for the current Association year. finished the 20 miles in the w^orld's record time of ary bicycle. It has been ridden over granite, 59m. 10 3-5S. , only 4s. behind the bicycle record. \V. P. Way, C.C. up and down sidewalks, and has worked to per- Gatehouse still going on till the pistol was fired fect sati-ilaction even in its crude form. No Place. Consul. Hotel. (showing the hour was up), did 20 mi'es 460 yds. header can be taken on it, as the rider sits as Kingston W Nicol None 6 inches in the hour, establishing a record which as in an open tricycle. Besides its other pecu- Napanee .... Campljell House will remain for many a long day, and beating the liarities, it is the first one-track cycle ever made Belleville James Bonar .. Dafoe & Anglo- previous 20 miles tricycle recortl by 9m. 31 2-5S. that a lady could ride as easily as a mm. .\merican or about three miles in the hour laster than any Trentnn C W Thomson.. Queen's other man has ridden a tricycle. Brighton ...... > :o: — In telling a story of how a certain tricycle was i'oloornc ...... Those who are interested in French racing, or once the property of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales, Cobourg A Will Donly .... distances, cut who wish to compare should this the Tricycling Journal says : "We give the above Port Hope...... St Lawrence Hall out and keep it : very pleasing yarn for what it is worth. Person- Bowmanvide ...... 200 iTietres, about I furlong. ally, we have our doubts whether the machine in Newcastle ...... 800 " half a mile. question was used by the Prince of Wales, though Peterboro' .. G A Scolicld Grand Cential 1000 " furlongs. we tlo not deny his possession of it. It would be Lindsay 5 1200 " three quarters of a mile. inleresling to know how His Royal Highness Madoc ...... 1600 " I mile parted with the machine, which, of course, after 2000 " I mile and a quarter. he had used it, was second-hand. W*e do not OTTAWA DISiRICT, NO. 5. 2200 " I mile 3 furlongs. remember receiving any advertisement from him " ofl'ering it for sale. We should have liked (No return.) 2400 I mile and a half. to 3000 " I mile 7 furlongs. have purchased that machine : that is, if the sale 4000 " 2 miles and a half. was conducted on orthodox line.s. The delirious THE WORLD'S RECORDS. delight of heckling with the first gentleman in -:o:- England as to whether he would throw in a span- Charles Robinson & Co., of 22 Church street, The following table shows the records held by ner and oil-can with the tri. , would have been have a change of advertisement " Wni. A. Rowe, as compared with the best pre- Toronto, in ihis something to boast o^ issue. They are now carrying on a clearing sale vious workl's records : of a large stock of second-hand liicycles, which Previous Rowe's World Previous are being oifered at greatly-reduced prices. We : " Record liest Record Best Ncivly arrived Gentleman Whisht, Patsey ! would advise our readers to send for their cata- Dill yez see the bye goin' pasht alayin' on the top Miles 111. s. m. -s. Miles III. s. m. s. logue and look over the list They also intininte ?" t-2 I 12 4-5 I 15 4-5 II 31 37 i-S 31 41 av a whale that they are prepared to fill orders for winter I 3-5 12 " 2 35 =-S 2 38 34 32 3-5 34 41 3-5 Patsey: .My, but yer a gossoon ! The whale's sporting goods, such as snowshoes, moccasins, 2 5 21 3-5 5 33 1-5 13 37 24 3-5 37 4' a Boy-j/r/'c7. 8 17 3-5 14 40 25 40 42 3-5 etc. have been 3 8 7=-S tolioggans, They a so appointed ' phwhat ?" II 11 4-5 II i6 1-5 15 43 26 i-s 36 A 4 43 sole Canatlian agenls for Harrison's bells, Lou- " 5 14 7 =-5 14 8 4-5 16 46 29 z-s 4S 35 2-5 .\ Goy-sieiel. When I kiln over they called don's cement, antl Ilifie & Son's pulilications. 6 16 55 3-5 17 2 3-5 17 49 25 49 33 1-5 thim a wheel-^wiopede, an' sence the byes tuk to 19 2-5 19 58 1-5 iS 52 2S i-s 52 44 2-5 7 47 ridin' thira its ]!oy-.wV((v/.c they are. An' ef yees 8 22 41 4-5 22 53 19 55 22 2-5 55 S2 2-s " to learn to ride wan, 9 25 41 4-5 25 48 20 58 20 58 56 1-5 If you desire to transform your or.linary" into desire ye can begin by xo 28 37 4-5 28 44 z-5 a "safety," apply on-:; of Foote's anti-headers to larnin' on the grindstone in me back yard. .\n' it. The device will prevent one half of the heail- whin yees can ride a grindstone aUmg the top av One hour, 20^^ miles, 132 yds., 4 inches, agains ers, and save your clothes, jour nose and your a rail fince, ye can tackle a Hoy-iicl:el."—S/>ec- the previous best of 20 miles, 1,907,'^ feet. temper. talor. — — 142 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. RACES AND RECORDS. Three mile professional race — Prince and Neil- generation preserves its nationality, and German .son, of Boston ; Frazier, of Smithville, N.J. ; is spoken in their .schools and chuphes. h'rom Diiriiij; llic past monlh the flyers im biitli sides .Morgan, ol Siiringfield ; Woodside, champion of New Germany to Chipjjcwa I had the best ride o( the Atlantic have lieeii busy with the recorils, Ireland, and James and Wood, the English riders, of the trip, not dismounting for the entire seven " anil " the times that are no nmre are many, started. Won by Wood in 8.59//2 ; Wondside, mile.s. The road was only fair, but I think it l'.nj;li..h wheelmen continue to (lisplace former 2nd ; Neilson, 3rd. would have been excellent alter more recent rains. world records on all styles of machine;-. At Mile jiromateur race — W^in by Hcndec in 2m. There seemed to be no definite mc.i.sure of dis- 38J.4's. the Cheylesmore CyclinijCUil) sports at Coventry, ; W. A. Rhodes, 2nd ; C P. Adams, 3rd. tance in the Dominion. Imagine the discour- Aufjust 21, A. P. Mngleheart lowered the three- Mile promateur. 2.40class—Won by F. F. Ives, agement of ye valiant wheelmen ! —lher]n : Wood, of England; Neilson, of Boston; miles." We pedaled on for a mile, and again on a tricycle, as follows (Quarter mile, 40s. j were: of Spring- inquired, then told half mile, Im. 19s. ; mile, 2111. 41 2-Ss. .Same F'razicr, of .Smithville, N.J. ; Morgan, and were "three miles"! (lay and pl.ace, I'ercy Furnivall rode a bicycle a field, and Woodside, champion of Ireland. Wood- This was an exercise in negative values highly side finished the first mile in Wood the interesting to the student of algebra, but dis- ipiarter mile in 37s., half mile in im. 15 4-5S , 2.51^; mile the third mile in heartening to a and a mile in 2m. 30s. Sidney Lee also rode second in 5.49J4 ; Morgan melting wheelman. the fourth mile in *"'' -\s our first night came on, neared the vil- lifty miles on a tricycle in 3h. gm. 15s. On the 9.07X ; Woodside 12.27, we 2ist ult., E. B. Turner and ,Sid. Lee, both of the also the last mile in 15.59, vihh Neilson 2nd and lage o( Chi[)pc\va, though it was such a will-o'- Kipley Road Club, rode fifty miles on the North Morgan 3rd. the-wisp that it seemed to be constantly moving ru.ad between Ilitchin and the 66th milestone Mile professional handicap— In this race Mer- on. With the roar of the Falls in our e.irs, we (beyond DucUden) and back to Biggleswade in rill, of Portland, Ore., was handicapped 125 yds. ; in Smithville, 60 yds. Neil.son, of Boston, to the village ; but he added, in an im,)ressivc made by K. C. Liles and .-V. J. Wilson by 7ni. N J., ; 2 4-5S. The machine ridden was a racing tan- and James, of England, 25 yds , and Woodside, tone, "If you want a first-class house, go a mile dem, and was geared to 63in. On the same 15 yds. Wood, of England, was scratch man. further on to -Mr. Blank's." Expecting to be " date, G. P. Mills, of the Anfield B.C., who left Wood and Neilson made a grand spurt at the dazzled by the lirst-classness" of .Mr. Blank's, Land's End on the i6th on a tricycle, though he third (juartcr, and Wood made his phenomenal we proceeded ; arrived there, we found tlie ele- was impeded by wind, rain and bad roads, reached contest mile in 2m. 33s., with Neilson 2nd in 2m. gance of the place concentrated into lace curtains Wick at 8.20 A M., and proceeded at once to SSX^' Woodside was 3rd and Morgan 4th. and pillow-shams, leaving the straw beds without liy John o'-Groats, where he arrived at 10 o'clock, Mile promateur open—Won Rowe in 2.40 ; springs, but covered with a padding of elusive h.iving occupied only five days ten houvs in riding Ives 2nd. feathers. We endured the night and descended S61 miles, including all stoppages. In July Mills Three mile promateur tricycle race —Burnham, to the breakfast table in an interrogative frame performed the journey in nine hours less on his of Newton, Mass., 1st, in g.^o'A > Ives 2nd by of mind, but the soiled table-cloth and miserable bicycle. 10 feet. food dispelled the last gleam of admiration for Referring to Furnivall's 2.30 ride, Bicycling Five mile promateur, open —Won by Hendee those ruffled pillo'.v-shanis. " News says : Synyer made p.ace for the first lap, in l6.oyj4 by 2C feet. Again we mounted, and soon were in sight of after which Gatehouse led for another lap, Fur- Five mile amateur. Slate championship race the Niagara Rapids. Riding in the way we did nivall doing the last 300 yards without a pace- IT. S. Hart, New Britain, 1st, in 17.08. along the bank, we had the finest [possible view maker, but rode so well as to cross the line in Two mile amateur, tandem tricycle— Crist and of the river, and studied the Falls at our leisure. 2m. 3CS. dead, and there cannot be the slightest Brown, of Washington, D.C., 1st, in 5.58X' F'rom the Iforse-shoe Falls to the W.iirlpoul doubt that if some one could have pulled him out Mile amateur race —Won by A. B. Rich, New Rapids we enjoyed the sidewalk, and as sve llew more at the finish, he would have achieved a still York, in 2.46;.-2 ; Gaskill, of Boston, 2nd. along I hummed a parody of the popilar re- greater performance. Consolation race —Langdown, of New Zealand. train : Alf Fletcher, of England, has made a new The three mile amateur, open, was started by " She pedaled away, as all aver. bicycle record for the road- -lifty miles in 3h. gni. Meyers. Gaskell, Crist, DeBlois, Foster, Lang- With her own Lord High Tricycle-er." 56 4-5S. He also scored id^yi miles in 24 hours. down, Rich, Brown and I-Ieath. Foster and Rich afternoon it was so dis- The flying quarter-mile bicycle record of 35 1-55. were about equally the favorites of the knowing In the warm that we is hekl by Furnivall, whilst G. Gatehouse holds the ones. The race was won in 9.15 by Foster, with mounted at a tidy farm-house, bought some bread flying quarter-mile record for tricycle, 36 3-5S. Rich a very close second in 9-iS/{, and DeBlois and iriilk, and rested for an hour under the trees. The result of the British amateur bicycle and a close third. The final mile made by Foster and IT. slept while I was entertained by a hen who tricycle championships of i85>6 are as follows: Rich in less than 2.45 was rather too much for stepmothered three ducklets. The little yellow One mile bicycle, P. Furnivall, Berretta C.C, most of the contestants. things, with their ungainly bills, looked like cari- 2m. 46s. Five mile bicycle, P. Furnivall, Berretta catures of chickens. C.C, 14m. 44 1-5S. Twenty-five mile bicycle, Our next move was to Brock's Monument, on FROM LAKE BRIE TO LAKE ONTARIO. Heights, six miles fro.n .Suspension J. E. Fenlon, Gainsboro' C.C, ih. 19m. 29 2-53. t^oieenston Fifty Bridge. The sweet-faced woman at the lodge mile bicycle, J. E. Fenlon, Gainsboro' C.C, " instrufitent there, 2h. 47m. 21 I 5s. One mile tricycle, P. Furni- Under the above heading, A. P. B., No. asked us to- leave our as we ^all, Berretta C C, 3m. 5 2-55. Five mile tricy- 8758," in the L.A. W. Btdlctin, gives an account had a long, hot climb before us. On the way cle, to the mountain asked me not to peep F. W. Allard, Cheylesmore C.C, 20m. 42 of a tandem ride as follows : up H 2-5S. Twenty-five at the view till it burst upon us at the lop of mile tricycle, R. J. Mecredy, Husband and I are tricycle enthusiasts, and Dublin ih. the hill. U.CC, 55m. 404-55. we improved our first holiday this year by a trip -As our second night came on we neared the At the Coventry Cricket Grounds, on Friday, on our Coventry Rotary Tandem. Our starting- -August old city of Niagara, once the capital of Upper 27, A. P. Engleheart essayed the task of point was old Fort Erie, opposite Buffalo. As riding Canada, and now the most picturesque, sleepy 20 miles in the hour on his safety. The the river road was poor, we ran nine miles back evening was village imaginable. The a|.)proach to the town close and heavy, with scarcely any into the country to Stevensville. Our first land- wind, is through a beautiful grove, so prized by pic- and the tr.ack was in lair condition. The a tavern six miles from the river. The mark was " last five miles were ridden nickers that they call it Paradise Grove." We completely in the dark, sign announced that it was the "Anti-Scott and straight for our haven of rest, " Doyle's a lantern was necessary to record the time. House." By the time we reached that point made Engleheart finished Hotel." There our good host gave us a most up remarkably fresh, cover- we decided that in taking a pedestrian tour it ing his last mile appetizing supper such chops ! such berVies ! in 2m. 48s., his total time for the was very convenient to strap one's luggage to a — 20 miles being 59m. 27s. .After flow clean and comfortable everything was after hs splendid tricycle and so trundle it along. Beyond that -show, it is our long, hot ride I D.iyle," as he is thought he could easily cover 2t miles point the road improved, and our spirits rose "Jimmy in the affectionately called by the whole t-own, is a typi- hour, and on the ordinary bicycle could accordingly. At .Stevensville our machine re- beat English innkeeper never tired, always busy, that distance. ceived quite an ovation, and as a group of inter- cal — The tournament of ever obliging ; he was a veritable sunbeam in the the Connecticut Bicycle ested citizens gathered about it we felt that we path of.two weary Iravellers.- Club was held at Charter Oak Park. Hartford, were an attraction second only to a Wizard Oil on Sept. Sth and 9th. The races were witnessed peddler. Every one <:n the' way treated us most Opposite the hotel a shady lane led down by an aggregate of 10,000 people for the two afTably. We slopped frequently to beg a glass to the old gray church ; the roadway wide. In t days. .All the events had large entries, and the of water, and at every place they hastened to grass-grown, as if the tread of the villagers was races w'ere exceedingly well run and exciting. The draw it, frequently with the old-fa.shioned bucket lighter and more reverential as they approached leature of the tourney was the breaking of the mile and chain, from wells deliciously cool and deep. the church. The church, quaint an.l attractive, lirofessional bicycle record by Fred. Wood, of While we refreshed ourselves the donor invariably standing in the midst of the old church-yard, Leicester, England, who compassed the distance asked, "Do you both ride that?" ''Does the was used for barracks in the war o( 1S12, and i 1 the fa-stest time ever ih ' made a contest —233 lady work?" "How fast does it go?" "Is it the flat tombstone is shown where the soldiers beating ! lendee's 2.34. The summary of the two hard work ?" etc. And we willingly delineated chopped their meat. We spent a morning re- <:.-iys' events : follow the merits of the curiosity on the slightest provo- clining on the new-mown hay in the burying- Ten mile promateur lap race — Lowe, of Lynn, cation. We lunched in true picnic style under ground, \\here age seems to have softened the Mass. ; Rhodes, of Dorchester, Mass. Kluge, ; the trees just outside a little village called New sadness and left only the sacredness and peace of Jer-sey City, and Stone, of St. Louis, started. Germany, two miles beyond Stevensville. This of death, and many of the heroes of 1S12 aie -Mile promateur tricycle race—E. P. Burnham, long sleep by the township contains but one English family ; it was soothed in their quiet noises Newton, Mass., lit, in 3.09'i ; Ives, of .Meri- settled by Germans fifty years ago. The second of the bee and cricket. THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. H3 The bicycle records mile, htzl %V&ckB. now stand — If 37s.; R. H. James, of the Buffalo Bicycle Club, has Yz mile, Un. 15 4-55.; 3_j' mile, im. 51 I-5S.; covered 3,500 miles fm his wheel so far this sea- I mile, 2m. 30s., all to Percy Furnivall, of the son, and expects to bring it up to 5.00J. Presi- Berretta C.C. dent Churchill has made 2,000 miles, and C. G. Thomas Stevens has arrived at Delhi. Gething and C. .\dams have I W. each covered The electric timing was used at the quarter George Weber, the celebrated Star rider, is miles. j 1,500 pole only at Springfield. It could not be made dead. to operate over so long a tape as was necessary On the 4th inst. an English club held a 24-hours' England seems to have captured the mile record at the home stretch. road race, which, owing to bad management and at last. : worse weather, resulted very unsatisfactorily. G. The tricycle records now stand mile, 40s.; % P. Mills, j the record-holder, won by two miles from Baltimore claims six clubs and nearly 2,000 Yz mile, im. \()i,^i.; 3/^ mile, 2m.; I mile, 2m. a comparatively unknown man, the distance being j wheelmen. 41 2-5S. , all to the credit of G. Gatehouse, Cam- only 227 miles. bridge University B.C. [ The Cyi/i: suggests that September be called -Mr. Ricalton, the adventurous explorer, who the tournamonth. The A.C.U. executive has voted to recognize was sent out to the Arctic Ocean in May by the action of the L.A.W. in disqualifying the At Springfield, Foster won one first, two second Oiitin«, in order to make a journey on a three- racing men, and all such cannot enter amateur and one third. wheeled machine from .\rchangel straight through events under A.C.U. rules. Russia to the \ Crimea, has not been heard from The Australian champion, Con Dwyer, rode a Wm. Starley, of England, has made a tricycle since leaving New York. mile in 2.38 2-5 at Melbourne, June iS. with g6-inch wheels. Mr. Sturmey has ridden it, Of all the amateurs who raced at .Springfield, The firm of Bull «S; Bowen, Buffalo, is no more, and says it runs easily and goes up hill with very Crist led the list in the most firsts. This man is these gentlemen having dissolved partnership. little exertion lor the rider. great for a little fellow — quick, nervous, and The New Jersey Division of the League now The Salvation Army has purchased three tan- plucky. Still, we believe that Foster will pan numbers 905 members, again of about 500 during dems, which will be ridden during a campaign in out to be the fastest man in the country among the year. the north of England. They are all fitted with the amateurs. Bicyclino World. sockets for carrying banners. Harry Deeming says that Furnivall is bound to There is no question that Billy Rowe is pre- make a mile in 2. 25 before he gives up his hunt Journalistic circles have been much exercised eminently the fastest rider in America, if not in for records. over the resignation from what is known as the the world. Even if Hendee had the requisite "Coventry Ring" of A. J. Wilson, whose signa- "sand" (which his most ardent admiicrs reluct- said Whittaker is to have covered seventy-one ture "Faed" is well known. antly admit he most wofuUy lacks), it is doubted miles in 4h. 55m. 32s., including four stops and if he could ever head Rowe. Bi. World. two headers. The Springfield Union thinks Foster, amateur, " Hendee, promateur, and Wood, professional, will The Cyclist of a recent date says : We had a Minneapolis is to have another six-day race. be the contestants in the world's championship visit last week from Mr. Frank Yeigh, of Toronto, It will be managed by T. W. Eck, and contested race, should the A.C.U. sanction it. He is an enthusiastic cyclist, and says that cycling in November. is making fast headway in Canada, in proof of In IVlieeling's quest for the six best path-riders, Last year Massachusetts had 700 members in which he points to the fact that the Canadian Cortis and Furnivall led with thirty-eight votes. the League. Now she has 1,410—a good per- Wheelmen's Association now numbers close on The list had, besides, the names of Speechly, centage of increase. 1,000 members." English, Webber, and Keith Falconer. begins to look as if a contest between cyclers Langdown will ride a Columbia. The peculiar It John L. Sullivan and Frank Hearld can have and trotting horses for the possession of the record persuasive powers of Manager Atkins are best their little set-to come off at Cheltenham Beach, will soon be in order. shown by the action of these men who come to if they so desire, without a kick, and there will us from abroad, and go right on to Columbias. 'Tis said that Dan Canary, the trick rider, has be great big money for the winner at that. Foster, ol Canada, was riding a Columbia three -had presented to him by iln. Canary i-uv little Mr. Joseph Chambers, of Stratford, left that days after he struck the Lynn track, and his Eng- Canaries, all at once. place lately for Clinton, and made the whole dis- lish wheel was laid aside. -=^C;v/i'. Massachusetts Division has got in tance 33 miles —in about three hours and a half, The $928.76 — Seven of the stenographers who do work in the it proposes have a good road being an average of nearly ten miles an hour. its treasury, and to Ontario Courts are riders of the bicycle. They book, cost what it will. At the Buffalo races, H. P. Davifes, of Toronto, are; Messrs. E. E. Morion, Albert Horton, Woodside was timed as doing the last 100 yards defeated HoUingsworth, the celebrated long-dis- Bengough, Butcher, Tyson, L. B. Young, .and in a race at Springfield in six seconds, equal to tance rider, in the mile race, in the good time of Johnston. Four of them ride safety machines, speed of a mile in 1.45 3-5. 2.48. Davies also won the three mile handicap. including Mr. Young, who has recently got a particularly nice wheel from Chicago. Petitions have been presented to the L.A.W. A new bicycle club has been formed in Quebec, Racing Board for the reinstatement of -S. G. with Mr. Noble Campbell as president, and Mr. A Newark, N.J., genius has invented a bicycle Whittaker, John Illston, F. S. Hitchcock, W. 0. Hetherington as captain. alarm which, for novelty, at least, should take the H. Senter and C. P. Adams, bat all have been prize. He calls it the " Rattlesnake." It can be A. T. Lane, of Montreal, who first introduced refused. brought in contact with the spokes near the hubs the Kangaroo to Spiingfield, was on hand this McCurdy thinks there is no show for an Amer- by pulling a string which is attached to the handle- year with a Premier safety. ican getting the twenty-four hour record on a bar, and it gives out a sound similar to an old- fashioned rattle carried by night Arthur Young will try the somewhat hazardous fi:ty-mile course, unless he goes across and does watchmen. it on English roads. He will try it there him- feat of riding Irom De Soto to St. Louis on a Arc we not running the " record" business into self soon. tandem trike with his sister. the ground ? Was not the late ride of Mills from Countr)' postmen in P'rance will soon be mounted Land's to o'-Groals bordeiing Langclown came 16,000 miles, and won the End John on the on tricycles. The post-office is now considering brutal ? think, five days' hard riding consolation race at Ilnrtford. Me needed conso- Just at the a model which can be used by weak or crijiplerl rate of l66 miles a d.ay, and only six hours' sleep lation, if any one did. Cyclist. of these officials are crippled postmen, as many during that time ! We adnnre pi ick, but we The tandem drove the sociable out, and now soldiers. deprecate such rough usage ol a man's constitu- comes a one-track sociable, which the Englishmen The defeat of Rich by Foster was one of the tion. —Ex. are riding, and they say it's the best yet. interesting events of the Hartford tournament. A bicycle club was organized in Inger.soll the rivals Canadian, is evidently the best of These two were looked upon as the for Foster, the other evening, with the lollowing officers : Pre i- Rich first honors in the amateur events of the fall tour- the amateur class, although was formerly dent, R. W. Woodrolfe ; Vice-President, F". U. naments. supposed to be the boss. Sporliiig Journal. Meredith ; Sec.-Treas T. Chrisiison , J. ; Capt , " in The makers' amateur" war England has W. Holmes ; 1st Lieut., James .N'oxnn, jr. If Rowe can make the mile in z.racc in 2m. J. ; been reopened, and this time the N.C.U. means 2nd Lieut., O. Matheson ; Bugler, .\. Hugill 27 2-5b., as he claims he has done in practice, J. ; business. E. Hale (champion of Europe), E. Slandard-Iiearer, E. Gibson. .\Ian iging Com- these figures will stand for some time to come. Oxborrow, and A. P. Engleheart, have been per- mittee : Messrs. W. C. Noxon. W. R. .\oxon, G. The Bicycle Herald, with which is united the manently suspendeil. H. White, and .\. B. Casswell. Wcddy Evangelist, is the new departure of the night riding, Foote's anti-header attach" For The success of the American manufacture of Evangelist Company, of New York and Spring- ment makes the rough places .smooth, or at leas' bicycles is making itself felt in England. .V man- field. it prevents any casualties if the roads are slony> ufacturing house at Birmingham advertise as manu- McKinnon, knit goods mauufacturer, and relieves your mind of half its anxiety. It's Robert facturers of Columbia racers, roadstcrsaml .salelies. of Little anti-anxiety device. and his pastor. Rev. A. C. Wheaton. an "It's .American, you know !" may shortly be favor- Falls, N.Y., are on a bicycle lour through On- M. J. Lowndes, the well-known tricycler, of ite slang with foreign cyclists. Englis'i manufac- tario. Coventry, has been arresteil for bigamy. He ture could not have paid .\nicrican cycles a higher The Irish Cyciist and Athlete well upholds the has beaten the record, having taken more wives compliment than by taking adv.intage ol the lack honor of " Oald Ireland" in cycling journalism, than is customary, an 144 THE CANADIAN W 1 1 1-IPILMAN. Win. I'orlics, of Morrisonville, 111., is a wlicul- The London Free /Vess says : .Messrs. I'.iyne, On Monday evening, August 30, Mr. W. G. man of murt' ihanlcic.nl ci-lthrily. Ileisasoni- Edy and Park have returneil from an enjoyable Hurst gave an exhibition of trick riding at the namljulisl as well. A few niglils ago he arose in trip, via (joderich, Kincardine and Port Elgin, Lillie Bridge Hall, West liromplon. The hall his sluc|>, put on his hat and his nighl-clolhes, and along the (jcorgian Hay front Owen .Sound was fairly well liMed by an enthusiastic audience, Ijestriiled his bicycle, and slruck out at a prize- and Meaford to Collingwood. They describe the who, by their applause and appreciation of the winning lato through the streets of the slumbering .scenery along the route as delightful, and the road more difficult feats, showed i)lainly enough that village. lie was he.aded olT by the night watch- between Meaford and < ollingwooil cannot be sur- the rage Tor trick-riding is in no danger of dimin- man, who was not afraid of ghosts on wheels. pa.ssed. livery lover of the wheel should endeavor ishing. Mr. Hurst gavc^a very clever perform- With ililliculty he was awakened from his dream to make this tour, particularly at this seastjn, as ance, his business of riiling up and down steps oa as the champion wheelman of the world. no route in Canada can afford better roads or one or two wheels, and of mounting the one wheel more varied and grand scenery. An average of with forks behind him, on the top step, and riding About twenty members of the League of .Amer- fifty miles a day was made, the party allowing down being sjiecially well received. The floor was ican Wl celnien, who started from I'uflalo on the themselves ample time to take in all the points slippery and greasy, but .Mr. Hurst showed .such 6th Sept. for Harper's l''eny, on theirannual lour, of interest on the way.| a perfect command over the machine that all the Sept. lo. In descending a steep arrived at Ilhaca tricks were performed without a mishap. In the of the party, Messrs. Warner and Dakin, hill, two The Belfast correspondent of the Jrish .-llhletic event of Mr. II. aiiiiearing in London, we recom- look headers. Warner received a ghastly cut under " and Cycling Journal says : Rather a comical mend wheelmen to see him, as his act contains chin, and was severely jarred. Dakin was the incident occurred here the other day. A bright several new features. — Wheeling;. thrown violently to the ground, striking on the youth dropped into Messrs. D. Rudge & Co.'s :o: right side of his forehead, producing concussion depot, and whilst there was having a go on the of the brain and possibly fracture of the skull. Home trainer; he asked for a 'Cyclometer,' PETt'S EXPERIENCES ABROAD, which was supplied to him. Having carefully |. F. Kusel, of Springfield, 111., sends us a adjusted it, he it his pocket. After hav- Ves, boys, I've been Abroad, and a big country phologinph and diagram of a new speed gear, by put in ing 'scorched' for about half an hour, he was it is. Bade heart-rending farewell to my fifty- the use of which he claims to have ridden a 38- ' considerably astonished to find the Cyclometer' two'er ; reached New \'ork ; boarded Germanic incli bkal on a fair track, one mile in 2.50, and ; unmoved. Notwithstanding the the spanned the 3,000 miles of everlasting wet in sixteen miles in an hour. The invention is made fact that working of the apparatus was fully to eight days ; jumped ashore at Queenstown. and up entirely of cog-wheels, the larger one, to which explained jauntiiig-car him, he left the place with his faith in this in- into ; horse ran away ; so did the the crank is attached, operating two small ones, vention considerably shaken." ^^^' j.-c. : Pete's personal effects strewn along road- they, in turn, acting upon a centre wheel attached lnuJi"" .^ side like flowers that bloom in spring, tra-la-la t to the nxle. Mr. Kusel promises to exhibit his The Toronto Mail says : Fred. Foster, of the Walked with downcast *head and turned-out toes inventicn in Chicago shortly. 'Sporting Journal. is Toronto Wanderers, covering himself with to station : picked up piece of the runaway horse A new scratch man on the bicycle has appeared glory on the leading cycle paths of the United on my way as souvenir. Did Ireland in four in England in the person of F. I. Osmond, of the States. At the Berkshire County Wheelmen's days ; bathed in Killarney ; fished in the Black- at Pittsfield, rode Norwoi d .Safety C.C., known to the racing world meet he against such cracks water ; bought black-painted pine canes at black- " Crist in as II illier's Novice, " Mr. Hillier having coached as and Kavanaugh the two mile open, thorn prices : climbed Knock-meil-down moun- and trained him carefully ere he made his Jcbiit and although unable to pass Kavanaugh on the tain : visited a few hundred castles ; heard all at the Brixton meet, where he swept all before third lap, spurted on the home stretch and won about the ancient O'Biiens and O'Fagans, the youngster, and did easily in 6m 12s. In the five mile him. He is a powerful 2.38 open, the O'Connells and the O'Donnells ; read "Charles 2-5 at the Crystal Palace recently. As he seems Toronto flyer was again pitted against Kavanaugh O'Malley," and set sail for England. hear long and Crist, with Langdown ! ! to improve with each race, we may ere and Brown added It Whish I — scoot — bang —zipp I —h-u-m-hum ! of his name being associated with record-break- is described as an interesting race. Foster shooting fizz ! —and Pete is landed at London per express ing. ahead on the last lap, and although closely pushed train. Travelled first-class-(style in third-class car- by Langdown won the race. Time, i6m. 41 1-55. riage). London chuck full of bikers and trikers " ;. The Cycle says : Professor C. H. McLeod, Foster won every race he entered. go like mad through crowded streets ; turn sharp of the McGill University, Montreal, P.Q., has corners graze horse's front legs ; squeeze between timing apparatus, ; invented an electrical which The fall ineeting of the executive board of the 'busses ; frighten unwary peds. Get there all the practicable has been tried and found and accu- League of American Wheelmen was held in Euf- same, however. Great is the biker ! I London rate." And then follows an exact description of ! Sept. falo, N.V., 3. Secretary Aaron's report Pete went to meet in London of the Wheeleries the apparatus, which the Ramblers' Bicycle Club showed that the total membership of the League Club ; 2,000 people good track ; strong wind successfully at their races in this city almost ; ^ used is 9 676, a gain of fifty per cent, in one year. fair racing ; met the big cycling men—Nairn, a year ago. Messrs. Fred Ramel and Will Dean, committee to count The the recent mail vote London editor of Cyclist, stout, well led, good- students at the Washington University, are the reported on the vote to abolish all reference to looking Briton ; we disappeared in judges' tent ;. gentlemen who invented this system of timing. racing in the League by-laws— yeas, 15 ; nays, emerged with moist lips and warm hearts ; 'twas St. Louis Sfcclaor. I on the vote to sustain 85 ; Henry F. Ducker's near bottom of barrel, and consequently strong. ! appeal against the decision of It was generally supposed that the rebuff re- President Beck- England and Canada shook hands over the yawn- with in removing him from the office of chief ceived by Stevens on the Afghan border would I ing abyss. Drank again to cement friendship ; consul of Massachusetts yeas, ; nays, 87. The discour.-ge him in his attempt to wheel around — 9 bottom of barrel reached ; late visitors came dry invitation of the Missouri Division to the glol e. But that this supposition was incor- the League and went dry. Next met Harry Etherington, boss to hold its seventh annual meet. rect is proven by a letter which reached Otiting May, 1887, at of IV/ieeling, known everywhere as "Jolly good St. Louis, was unanimously accepted. from Ki;rrachee, the first Indian port, from whence fellow." Ran against Billy Hurst, arrayed in plug Stevens will start to complete his trip by way of hat. checked trousers and broad smile ; reports At Hampden Park, Springfield, August 28, F. Delhi, Agra, Lucknosv and other important cities, fancy-riding business dead ; Canary and Kaufi'man F. Ives made a mile on his bicycle, without hands, letter was little to Calcutta. .Stevens' dated July 26, to do ; Billy disgusted ; going to come home ; in 2m. 44 4-5S. , thus lowering the record 14s. and he states that he is in splendid health, and says he can ride a mile on one wheel in four Kluge, in an attempt to lower the Star bicycle has a stiaight road of 1,350 miles before him. minutes. At Coventry met Henry .Sturmey, ed- mile record of 2m. 41s., got a poor start, and itor of Cyclist, arm in sling ; arm broken in racing The St. (leorge's Engineering Co.'s stancl at finished in 2in. 49 1-55. The event of the day ;: another fine fellow ; enquired after C.\.nadi.\n the r.iimingham Industries is far and away the was W. A. Rhodes' five-mile run to lower, with Wheelman ; says he hitsn't seen a copy for six. most attractive vS the whole stands in the exhibi- the aid of pacemakers, the record of 13™. 57 2-55. months ; misses it. Pray repair damage, friend tion. Mr. Palmer (the manager) says his new His time for two, three, four and five miles was editor. Went through bicycle factories ; trade patent in connection with this wheel was applied as follows: 5m. IQs., Sm. I I-5s., lom. 484-55., good ; tricycles in England more in demand than, for as far back as November last year. This and 13m 30s., and beats all professional and ama- bicycles. Had hundred-mile tandem tricycle ride entirely removes what some people might possibly teur records for those distances. W. M. Wood- from Coventry to Bristol. Will tell you about it con.sidi r as an objection, namely, the bending of side, the Iiish chainpion, next rode five miles to some other time. Farewell, pro tent. the spoke at the hub ; and should any mischiev- lower the previous professional record of 14m. Peie. ous youngster operate on the spokes with a file at 23 2-5S , which he did in 13m. 50 2-55. any time, the insertion of a new one is the mo-t simple of all simple matters. — Wheeling (Eng). An unpleasant incident occurred at the Hastings cycle races last Monday week. It appears that WANTED TO HEAR IT AGAIN. In the first week in October the citizens of St. Arthur Reynolds, the Brighton Excelsior wheel- He sat on a bicycle straight as aii icicle, she tri- Hyacinthe, C.>ue. propose holding and on a , a bicycling shifter—who. by the by, has been showing won- cycle rode by his side. tournament on a small scale. There will be one, derful form lately — whilst competing in his heat He talked like a jolly fop, and naught could his folly stop,. three ard five mile handicap races, fancy riding for the three miles open handicap, looked certain with all kinds of lollipop enlivening the ride. At last incidentally, more instinctive than and Chinese lantern parade. The track is an of winning, having mowed all his men down, and mentally, he grew sentimentally saccharine sweet e.vcellent clay one lap, perfectly level, and quite thinking he had it all his own way, sat up— And he told with intensity of love's strong propensity, its as good as an asjihalt No. i track. The three foolish habit of his —when Travers, whom he had force and intensity, fervor and heat. mile Canadian record has been broken on it, just passed, came along and beat him on the post. Just then o'er some hammocks he sprawled out kerflum- mux, and she thought what a lummu.v to tumble although not oflicially. Sevetal good men Iroin This appears to have upset the arrangements of ju^t then ! Quebec city are expected to compete against Mon- the belting fraternil)-. who gathered round and But he climbed to his station, while she said with elation,. best. '* treal's With good weather the Canadian mobbed Reynolds, who ultimately had to be res- Renew your narration ; say it over again I" one mile ought to get knocked down. cued. —SU honU Spectator. THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. 145 Tfts Only Aianufacturers //I i/ie United States who actually inaiuLfactttre their own Machines. ^ormulli) k Ji'Ifcrw, 222 & 224, J\l. f R/fNKLI|^ ST., ©HIC^^GO, ILL. -««« ^- M/rNUFAeXUF^E "- ^»- 1 he Ameincan Champion Bicycle, A Bicycle of the HIGHEST GRADE, at a reasonable price. The American Challenge Bicycle. Positively the Best and Most Durable Roadster for the Money ever placeil on the Market. The American Safety Bicycle, Undoubtedly the most satisfactory Safety yet devised. The A merican Idead Bicycle. The Recognized Standard Youths' Bicycle of the United States. The Ai/nerican Ideal Tricycle. A beautiful little Two-track Tricycle for young ladies, and of same grade and finish as The Ideal Bicycle, and ^ jk L/VRGE blJ^iE OF SUJMDF^IES-^- 48''pa^e Hatidsotiierii'TJ frustrated i^ataro^iie -^ FREE =V~ Gormully & Jetfery, Chicago, 111., u.s.a. ; 146 IE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. ANOTHER GREAT RIDE BY G. P. MILLS. The Three rs. Mills left l.niid's I'jkI on n Iricyclc al niidnii^lu, Foote's Mi-Header!: August 151I1 : I.auncL'slon, 9,5 miles; ])r()ct*cilc 1 1.30 p.m. ; leaving again at 2.30 with (lanible, he got to I'reston 7 a.m., Lancaster 9 a.m., being met liy Goodwin seven miles south of Lancaster RIGID anil after breakfast Kendal was passed at 1.15 p.m. — halfdistance, 430 miles, in 2I2 days. Fells awhd ; Penrith 5, Carlisle 7.30, and ])rocceilctl for lulinliuigh with Abliott, 1/ I'reston, arrking at (Iranton noon ; went on with Gamble ; Perth 5 40, RIGHT aiul Dalwhinnie 3 a.m. on I'rid.ay ; left again at 6 with tiamlile ; Inverness 3 p.m. (750 miles), and riding light on with Gamble from Tain, reached Wick at S.20 on .Salurd.ay morning, and going It is to your interest to see the "New into John-o'-Groats, made the great record of 5 Rapid. The only " true tangent wheel ; simply days 10 hours, beating jirevious time by nearly 30 hours. He reached Wick in .splendid health, and impossible to buckle it. Has obtained the fresher than when he started, liaving had regular Attached to any modern Bicycle in two Gold Medal wherever shown. .sleeps. Will stand minutes. Prevents nine-tenths of the head- *o: more solid hard riding than any machine ers. Steadies the Bicycle. Makes pedal ever put upon the market. Mr. Matthews, Secretary of the Royal Canadian mount easy. Academy of Arts, with Mr. Harry McCollom and Master Harold Matthews, had a pleasanj $l.GO Tost Paid. run from Toronto to Niagara lately, stopping,oc- THE KING OF SAFETY WHEELS casionally to sketch by the way. They made the ilistance (about 100 miles) in two da)'s and THE OVERIVIAN a half, finding the roads fair, with the exception WHEEL COMPANY, of some three miles on the Lake Shore road, between the Credit and Oakville, which is very BOSTON. sandy and cropped by ravines The "middle" U road from Oakville Hamilton is good also to ; CLUB" the greater part of that from Hamilton to Grimsby M ^ T T^ fields are scarce, but those -who wrile to •'^''"^°°'^ Co., Portland, Mfiiiie, will receivo Beamsville. to i B I I I i and From St. Catharines Niagara ^'^^' ^"" '"f^urmntion fiboiit work which ItI i I I I they found 11 I a I I Iheycando. and live.-it hoiiie.thnt will pay the stone road about the worst riding. I I %A w JLJ Ji^ ihem from S!i to $25 per day. Some have Though hard, it is lumpy. Mr. Matthews rode carni.'d over S''* in a day Either sex, young or old. Capital ' " a Sparkbrook Safety," carrying 15 pounds of not rt!(iiiired You are started free. Tbose who start at once S-A.FJHT'ir. QIC absolutely sure of soug little fortuoea. All is new. baggage. The others were 52 and 44-in. wheels. Watch its rapid progress in the good opinion of the people. Nine out of every ten Safety wheels ridden in Canada are "Club" Safetys. THE \A:3 -til -ts -ts -to KING )j BOY^' COMET The most handsome and durable Boys' S^FETIE machine on the market. Our own manu- facture ; guaranteed to give good satisfac- tion. Price, $30. My $90 wheel the best value ever offered. Balls all over. Ball Pedals. The "Boys' Comet," No. 2, our own make, $20. Our Few good second-hand and new famous "Comet" Saddle still takes wheels to be sold on TIME the lead. Price, $4. THIS FALL. Send for Circulars and Catalogue to Be sure and see my stock and prices before lunchasina;. T. FANE & CO., RACERS. ROADSTERS SAFETIES. TANDEMS. 3fi Adelaide Street West, MIMATURES. CARRIERS M. P/fYNE, RUBBER CUSHIONED CYCLES. HAND TRICYCLES. .iC, SC, &C. London., = Ontario. TORONTO. : THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. H7 A. T. LANE. - Montreal. We have the. follmring We have the following Fittings in stock : Machines in stock 18S6. SADDLES.— . Buffer RUDGE LIGHT ROADSTER, Long Distance Brooks Lever Tension LIVERPOOL LIGHT ROADSTER, LiLLIBRlDGE Victor ROYAL CANADIAN SPECIAL, DURVEA NEW Solid Comfort ROYAL CANADIAN, NO. 2, STEPS.— Hii.lman's Adjustable THE BOYS' OWN IDEAL, ILarwood's " Ideal Rubber Capped AMERICAN CHALLENGE, CATALOGUE BAGS.— MUI.TUM IN PaRVO KANGAROO SAFETY, Minimum King's Own PREMIER CRIPPER TRICYCLE, 75 ENGRAVINGS Cyclists' Wallet Don Tool Bag NUMBER TANDEM TRICYCLE, Handy Tool Bag Buffalo And about 70 Second-hand Is now ready. Send 3 -cent Challenge Premier Wheels of all makes. Stamp for it. BELLS.— SEITID IFOI?. LIST. IIii.L & Tolman Automatic Butcher' Automatic &c., &c., &c., &c. LAMPS.— A BARGAIN. KiNc; of Road Pioneer inch Liverpool 52 Racer, "^liolus" Boys' Own hrd\s to bull wheels and pedals. T CTTTST xnsr Foot-Rest Lamp for Kangaroos, &c., &c. liandles. Xever been ridden. SUNDRIES.— Piiit'K, - . Have )ou got a Screamer ? If AND STILL ANOTHER. not, Store is close to the Windsor then send 50 cents for one, and be Covcnti)' Rotary Convertible Soci- happy ever afterwards. able Tricycle, in first-clas; order, made : Hotel, siiid is open until 10 by Riidge & Co. Not ridden 100 Have )-ou got a roil of Tire Tape miles. in your valise .' o'clock ill the eveiiiiijj. If not, send 25 cents for rolls it 3 ; is invaluable. A. T. LANE, MONTREAL. 148 THE CANADIAN WHEELMAN. "•fcw TJiE COLDJWBIJIS «»i"* The records made and the prizes won by riders of COLUMBIAS during the season of 1885 are familiar to wheelmen. Appended is a recapitulation of the more important victories for riders of COLUMBIAS during the opening of the present season. CHAMPIONSHIPS ON COLUMBIAS, SEASON OF 1886. I-MILE BICYCLE .L, A. W. Chami'IONSHIP. I-MILE TRICYCLE ... L. A. W. Chami'IONSHIP. 4-MILE BICYCLE .... . N. A. A. A. A. Championship. GEO. M. HENDEE AT SPRINGFIELD, lO-MILE BICYCLE.... .L. A. W. Championship. JULY 5. J^:-MILE (World's Record) I.52 THE COLUMBIAS IN THE WEST. I-MILE (World's Amateur Record ; Fastest Mile ever made in Competition) 2.34 TUB UECORD BKOKEM.—SPLEMDID PEKFOBMAXl'E OF S. F. HOI.LIVSM'OKTn. Indianapolis, Ind., June 19. —S. P. Hollinsworth, of Russiaville, WM. A. ROWE AT LYNN, was wonderfully successful in his attempt to beat the long-distancc amateur bicycle record of this country and Great Britain. He completed JILY 5. his task at Greenfield this morning at 4 o'clock, and in the 24 hours 4 MILES (World's Record) 11.05 scored a total of 281 9-10 miles. His actual riding time was 21 houI^^ and 23 minutes, 2 hours and 37 minutes being lost in e.iting an 1 in bein^ 5 MILES (World's Record) ; 13.57 2-5 6 .MILES (World's Record) 16.47 rubbed down. Heretofore the best .American record was 259 1-2 mile- of Detroit, at Boston, while the English record is 266. 7 MILES (World's Record). 19.38 made by Munger 8 MILES (World's Record) 22.24 2-5 The best track record is 276. —Special Despatch to the Boston Herald. 9 MILES (World's Record) 25. 18 This record was made on a 55-inch Columbia Light Roadster. — 10 MILES (World's Record) 28-03 2-5 Indianapolis Times, THE COLUMBIAS AT BOSTON, THE COLUMBIAS IN NEW JERSEY, .lUNE 19. !WAY 29. 25-MILE INTER-CLUB ROAD RACE E. H. VALENTINE. I-MILE L. A. W. Bicycle CHAMPioNSHir Race A. B. RICH 1-MILE L. A. W. Tricycle Championshii' Race A. B. RICH On Columbia Light Roadster. THE COLUMBIAS AT LYMN, THE COLUMBIAS AT BROOKLYN HAY »l. JUNE 19. Six Firsts out of a possible Eight, and Two Seconds, won on I-MILE NOVICE RACE. Columbias. 2-MILE HANDICAP RACE. 3-MILE HANDICAP RACE. 2-MILE CHAMPIONSHIP RACE, BEDFORD CYCLE CLUB. 5-MILE NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RACE. THE COLUMBIAS AT NEW HAVEN, .lli'.VK II, l-i. Every Open Event won on Columbias. LONG-DISTANCE RIDERS ON COLUMBIAS, SE.ASO.X OF 1886. THE COLUMBIAS AT LYNN, AROUND THE WORLD (on the way) THOM.\S STEVENS. .II.XE 1;. FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO,.. (on the way). . . .F. E. VanMEERBEKE. iMILE NOVICE RACE S. L. TKUESDALE. NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO,.. I-MILE OrKN RACE, Time, 2.37 2-5 W. A. ROWE. FROM (ON the way)... S. G. SPIER. 2-MlLE L.A.r RACE GEO. M. HENDEE. 2-MILE HANDICAP RACE F. .S. HITCHCOCK. FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO .AND RETURN, X-MILE PROFESSION'L TRICYCLE RACE, T. W. ECK. GEO. B. THAYER, Correspondent OF nil-. Hariford Post, World's Record. Time— .42 2-5. (ON the way.) Catalogue Sent Kree. THE fOPE JVI/cNUFACTUf^ING eOMfAj^Y, PRINCIPAL OFFICE, 597 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON. BRANCH HOUSES: 12 Warren Street, NEW YORK; 115 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO. ^ 4 '^ -^ -^. LIBRARIES >K' SMIIHSOHIAH IHST[TUT10N fV^ 3 9088 015849037 / n. 7-^ A ^%^