A JOURNAL OF CYCLING LITERATURE AND TRADE NEWS. VOL. VI. MILWAUKEE, WIS., APRIL, 189?. No. l. THE ONLY PRACTICAL ^ AND SUCCESSFUL DETACHABLE WOOD RIM TIRE yet produced la the "good old G. &.T." which, in spite of the comhlnetl opposition ol all tire competitors is now, as it hn'. been dnnns the past tew years, the LEADING TIRE OF THE DAY When we say only, we mean just that, and can, ot course, prove It. No other tire has stood such testi. No other is half so popular with tlie riders YOU ARE ENTITLED TO G.&J.TIRES when you buy a "high grade" wheel—no matter what the tires cost ' Any maker or dealer will supply the " 0. & J." if you insist. "PNEUMATIC JOE MILLER BOOK" free on application. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO. North Franklin and Institute Place, Chicago. BRANCHES AND RIDING ACADEMIES AT .36 Madison St'' • 174 Columbus Ave. 1325 14th St , N. W. Cor. 57th and Broadway, CHICAGO. .BOSTON. WASHINGTON. NEW YORK. 2.9 Union,St. : 419-421 Flatbush Ave. 201 Woodward Ave. COVENTRY, ENG. BROOKLYN. DETROIT. JOHN MEUNIER GUN CO/IPANY, Agents, 272 WEST WATER STREET, MILWAUKEE MENTION THE "PNBUS." THE PNEUMATIC. The Invincible Trio • • • Are the Lightest, Fastest and Most Reliable Wheels The Fowler Ever Offered in the City. The N THE IDE WHEEL Fowler Bicycle Is the is embodied the high­ res t art in Cycle con­ Only Wheel Made - struction. The triune is 1 ilC- IflCandthe constructed' with special With a Truss Frame". doiiblelapbrazedieatures ana toughened by a new Ladies' and Gents' Fowlers Are tempering process. No Elegant, Graceful, Handsome, time or expense has been spared In the construc­ Reliable and Speedy. ......Monarch tion of.Ide Wheels to at­ tain the very highest possible results, Why Not Buy a Fowler? For service and absolute correctness this Hue of goods must be seen to be Have You Seen It? appreciated. They are supplied with the latest and best known improve­ Every Part of It Is "Up to Date." ments, and inarle In three heights nf Irame, Models A; B and C, and are Everybody Is Falling In machines that eau- be relied upon Love With It. under all circumstances. Each, piece that enters in the construction of See the Fowler Before You Buy. the Ide is made by skilled mechanics and the minutest details are carer tally taken care of. LOOK AT OUR -> The Ide Illlptieal Spring Cranks, patented April 17,' 1801, which created such a sensation Inst season, will be continued for '05, and will be in the regular equipment of this machine 4~T~5 without extra charge. Which is, beyond a question of doubt, the best The Monarch $45.00 BlCyCle In the market I< as good as gold dollars, nnd is growing more popular every day. Price $ioo,oo. Bicycles in High and Medium Grades Wa invite comparison ol this wheel with any so-called highest grade wheel offered Bicycles Fully Guaranteed elsewhere. BICYCLE REPAIRING CRIBB CARRIAGE CO. Promptly Executed CORNER BROADWAY AND HURON STREETS Our. Array. for .the . Season The Wheel We Stand By Walter Sanger's Mount for the Season V if3 The Wheel with the Crimson Rims CALL AND INSPECT OUR HACHINES Creates a Sensation Everywhere CLEHENT, .. WILLIAMS & CO. 426-430 ~PROdDWdY~ niLW/lUKEE THE PNEUMATIC. An oft' A Full Line of Juvenile Wheels for Boys and Girls Repeated Phrase Cycle Impairing Promptly Attended to "We Aim to Please" Simply Aiming Amounts to Nothing. People often aim all their lives and die a failure. We Not only Aim to But we actually Do Please That's Why Our Sales on Are Steadily Increasing Buy a Phoenix or Rambler Phoenix and Ramblers and be in the lead A EELAT $lsot5 ™»TJZr JOHN MEUNIER GUN CO., 272 W. WATER SL $50.O0. A Deeded Bargain. > MILWAUKEE, WIS. UNION CYCLE MFG. CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN HIGH AND MEDIUM GRADE BICYCLES UNIFORMS AND SUNDRIES THE REITER THE REITER! SPECIAL,... SPECIAL.,,, STANDS UP "• " DATE WELL CRACKAJACKS IN UNION RIDE THERE IS -UNIONS- '••STRENGTH' See the UNION.... CRACKAJACK Catalogue before you buy FTIIR^T CLASS F£E>FSAI.:FSI]MO. 291 THIRD STREET, J. E. REITER, Manager. MILWAUKEE, WIS. MENTION TH« PNBUe." THE PNEUMATIC. Cxperts in Machinery •k-k-k-trk-k-ir Judges of Artistic Lines Old and Experienced Wheelmen All Unite in Saying THERE IRE WHEELS u> WHEELS But None Better Than JULIUS Andrae Cycles ANDRAE Possess Points of Excellence Equaled by Few 'L^. • • • • We Make and SelL 7 § SONS Sunbeam and if CO — Crawford WHEELS Both High Grade Machines at Medium Prices 225 .....Art- WEST WATER STREET Catalogue MILWAUKEE . WIS. Telling all About Them -will be Mailed on Request THE PNEUMATIC. tioned cycle races and races under the L. A. W. rules shall be run, will spread the doctrine of intelligence and add to the power of the organization. T^HE value of a League membership was again exempli- * fied by a case in La Crosse. Three wheelmen were forced into a ditch by a farmer with a team. They brought A- MONTHLY suit and he was fined. The members went at this with the JOURNAL OF CYCLING LITERATURE AND TRADE NEWS. assurance that the L. A. W. was back of them and would FIFTY CENTS A YEAR IN ADVANCE. employ its best council to establish wheelmen's rights in All copy lor advertisements, changes for same, news and correspondence Wisconsin courts. for publication must be sent in before the 7th, to Insure insertion the same month. Contributions returned if not published. \I 7IDE tires for wagon wheels have proven to be practical ENTERED IN THE P. O AT MILWAUKEE AS SECOND CLASS MATTER. * " in improving and preserving our roads, and the sub­ A.DVBKTISI1MG. ject in Wisconsin is being taken up by many responsible THE PNBTJMATIO is the only cycling paper thoroughly covering the terri­ tory in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Northern Michigan. It reaches the homes farmers and citizens, advocating the adoption, of a measure of individual riders as well as the dealers, and is recognized as a paper which concisely covers all the doings in cycledom. Advertising rates on covering the inauguration of wide tires by this legislature. application. The soil of the roads in the state, particularly in the Eastern Representative: S. Koppel, 81 Times Building, New York. northern part of it, is such that it would especially respond M. C. ROTIER, Editor and Publisher, to the good effects of the rolling process of wide tires. But 505 East Water Street, - Milwaukee, Wis, it is believed that unless a law is made absolutely prohibit­ ing the use of narrow tires, it will take many years before Entering the Fourth Year. the general use of wide tires will be effected. The whirligig of time has carried us across the threshold into another year. The tender bloom of youth HE recruiting committee in this city is engineering an can no longer be associated with this paper. In fact the T active campaign forthe League of American Wheelmen. smiles of prosperity which now adorn our pages would Since the wealthy people and socalled "400 " have taken to indicate as much, especially when looking back at the cycling in Milwaukee, it has become an easy matter to gain time we came tottering into the field of cycling journalism. their support for an organization which is spending thou­ It is three years ago this 15th day of April. Bicycling was sands of dollars each year in agitating the improvement of practically in its infancy then and the number of cycling highways and in securing legislation granting wheelmen journals could be counted on the fingers of one hand while full and unrestricted rights upon the highways and park­ today the whole world seems to be moving on wheels and ways of the country. Many prominent doctors, lawyers, new papers are sprouting out like dandelions in the professional and business men are taking to cycling and springtime. joining the ranks. Their influence will have the weight Thanks to our warm friends and patrons we have to accomplish many things in the way of preventing the withstood the severe trial of business stagnation and passage of absurd laws depriving the wheelmen of the common privileges they have but recently acquired to enjoy. although it dwarfed our progress for a time we are now in an excellent way to make the improvements we have long HEELMEN are constantly meeting with some adverse contemplated. W action by the legislature, common council and the HAT Wisconsin is having a phenomenal cycling boom court. Their rights are often a question and they are hard T is evident, and the Wisconsin State Division of the to maintain. The importance of associated efforts by the L. A.W. seems to be with it. During all last season 160 wheelmen in every state is undisputed. There is strength in new members were enrolled while this month alone, about sympathetic work. When men work together there is 200 have applied for and were admitted to membership. evolved a forte that is never witnessed where the same men work separately and apart. In associated effort there is The thousand mark is easily within its reach. brought into play what may be termed the complimentary and supplementary action of congenial spirits. Among the OM ECK has advanced a suggestion to the L. A. W. benefits of organization also, are the advantages of the Racing Board. The suggestion deserves consideration. T attrition of bright minds, one against the other, of ideas It has a glistening of merit. Eck suggests an alliance with brightened and sharpened by conversation and social inter­ the National Trotting Associations.