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    • The MAAA grounds and the transition to the Safety Bicycle
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Montreal Bicycle Club Scrapbook

1882
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 Louise Armaindo's hometown 100 mile race

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                           THE BICYCLE TOURNAMENT
                                 THE 100-MILE RACE
    The bicycle tournament at the Crystal Rink was closed on Saturday night by the 100 mile race, in which Professor Rollinson, Mlle. Armaindo and T.W. Eck of Toronto took part.  The race was very well contested between the first two competitors, Eck dropping out after 41 miles.  Both the remaining competitors met with accidents after Eck had retired.  Rollinson ran into a man who attempted to cross the track, and received a severe fall, which incapacitated him from making any fast time.  Mlle. Armaindo fell through the careless of her attendant who, in endeavoring to remove a coat she had put on after the rest of twenty-five minutes which she took in the middle of the race, threw over the handlebars of the bicycle.  She was not hurt however, and resumed the race, finishing one mile and seven laps ahead of the champion. The race of 95 miles was accomplished in 7 hours , 55 minutes, 25 seconds, including 25 minutes stop, being the fastest time on record for a lady bicyclist. The machine ridden by Mlle. Armaindo was of American make, that ridden by Rollinson being an English Premier, D.E.F. owned by one of the Montreal Bicycle Club.
The Montreal Gazette,  17 April 1882, pg 8
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Louis Armaindo (1883) & her manager Tom Eck (1884), both photographs are from "Muscle on Wheels : Louise Armaindo and the High-Wheel Racers of the Nineteenth-Century America"  by M Ann Hall
The High-Wheel Bicycle era in North America was widely thought to be an exclusively male domain.  Muscle on Wheels tells the story of women's high wheel racing in North America in the 1880's and early 1890's.  Louise Armaindo, of French-Canadian descent was born near Montreal.  She became a well known athlete, first as a circus performer, then in 6 day walking competitions and finally as a professional high wheel cyclist.  At this point in time, she raced with her manager Tom Eck , and "Burlesque Rider " Frank Rollinson who was well known for his trick routine "The Dude Learning to Ride".  Although Eck was from Ontario, and  Rollinson from Derbyshire England, they all met and were based in Chicago. This event in Montreal was part of their North American tour. 

Website on Muscle on Wheels: Louise Armaindo and the High-Wheel Racers of Nineteenth-Century America
www.canadashistory.ca/explore/books/racing-against-the-best

   Tom Eck later wrote a pamphlet called "Points for Training for Wheelmen".  It can be viewed here.

https://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15370coll2/id/9147
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Crystal Palace, 1866, at original location on Victoria Street.
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Interior of the Crystal Palace in 1879 (relocated to Fletcher's Field, now Jeanne-Mance Park)
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    • MBC Historical Bike Tour >
      • Tour Starting Point Shaika Cafe
      • Stop #1 MAAA Grounds
      • Stop #2 Founding of Club at 33 Chomedey
      • Stop #3 Bertie Lane's CDN Hill Climb
      • Stop #4 Lacrosse Grounds
      • Stop #10 Queens park Velodrome Verdun
      • Tour Lunch Break: Lachine Rapids
      • Stop # 11 Fleming Windmill
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      • 02 April - Fixture Ride highligthing Issues
      • 18 May Atwater Library Lunchtime Series
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    • Club Minute Book 1878-1904
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  • Poppies
    • Sobriquets A-D >
      • F.E. Adams
      • Susan B. Anthony
      • Louise Armaindo
      • E.W. Barlow
      • A.G. Batchelder
      • Daisy Bell
      • Ernestine Bernard
      • G. T. Bishop
      • Amelia Bloomer
      • Elsa von Blumen
      • Claud Butler
      • Dorothy Coles
      • Phylis Cole & Joan Cole
      • Disreali
      • Dr. Parry E. Doolittle
      • Joseph Drury
    • Sobriquets E-L >
      • Miss M.J. Frothingham
      • Arhur Edward George
      • Forest Gnome
      • Daisy Greville
      • Arthur Harris
      • G. Harries
      • Alice Hawkins
      • Edmond Jacquelin
      • F.M.S. Jenkins
      • G. Kingan
      • Kittie Knox
      • Karolina Kocięcka
      • Karl Kron
      • Pierre Lallement
      • A.T. Lane
      • Exilda Lachapelle
      • G.S Low
      • Annie Londonderry
      • D. S. Louson
    • Sobriquets M-U >
      • Kirkpatrick Macmillan
      • Susan McCormick
      • Birdie Munger
      • Mile A Minute Murphy
      • W.G. Ross
      • Louis Rubenstein
      • Alfred Wesley Sherritt
      • S. Saxe
      • C.J. Sidey
      • The Snowball Sisters
      • James Starley
      • Henry Sturmey
      • Helena Swanwick
      • W. Tately
      • Major Taylor
      • Doreen Thomas
      • H.S. Tibbs
    • Sobriquets W-Z >
      • Vélocio
      • Queen Victoria
      • J.E. Walsh
      • Maria E. Ward
      • W.S. Weldon
      • The Royal Worcester
    • Places >
      • Velocipede Era 1867-1874 >
        • Drill Hall
        • Nordheimer's Hall
        • Crystal Palace
      • High Wheel Era 1874-1891 >
        • 33 Chomedey Street
        • Lacrosse Grounds
        • MAAA Clubhouse (Montreal Gymnasium)
        • Blue Bonnets
        • MAAA Grounds
      • Bicycle Craze of the 1890's >
        • The Wanderers Bicycle Club
        • YMCA Building Dominion Square
        • Queens Park Velodrome
    • Things
  • History
    • 1817-1867 Dandy Horse Era
    • 1867-1874 Velocipede era
    • Birth of the High Wheel Bicycle
    • The High Wheel Bicycle comes to North America
    • Founding of the Montreal Bicycle Club >
      • MBC Uniforms and Symbols
    • The High Wheel Era in Montreal >
      • Canadian Wheelmen's Association (CWA) Annual Meets
    • The MAAA grounds and the transition to the Safety Bicycle
    • The Bicycle Craze of the 1890's
    • The 1899 International Cycling Association World Championship in Montreal
    • Collapse of 19th Century Bicycle Organizations
    • Conclusion >
      • 1900-1918 Everyday transportation
    • Records >
      • Online Sources
      • Books and papers on subject
      • Where to find Artifacts
      • detailed references
      • Historical maps of Montreal
      • 1894 CWA Meet Montreal Map
  • Scrapbook
    • 1870's Ice Velocipede >
      • 1878 MBC By Laws
    • 1880 MBC Meeting to join LAW >
      • 1882 Louise Armaindo 100 mile race in Montreal
      • 1882 Group Photo and early race
      • 1883 MBC History from CWA The Bicycle
      • 1884 Mr Jenkins Ottawa-Matane tour >
        • 1884 CWA Meet in Toronto
        • 1884 CWA request for funds by Karl Kron
      • 1885 Notman Composite Photograph >
        • 1885 Fixtures and race reports
        • 1885 CWA Meet in Woodstock
        • 1885 kangaroos and tricycles
        • 1885 W.G. Ross, early champion
      • 1886 Fixtures, race and CWA parade reports
      • 1887 Bertie Lane & CDN hill >
        • Toast to Bertie Lane
      • 1888 Ottawa Meet >
        • 1888 CWA Belleville Meet
        • 1888 Gnaedinger Cup
      • 1889 CWA St Catherines Meet
    • 1890 MAAA grounds & road racing >
      • 1890 CWA Ottawa Meet >
        • 1891 Road Race, Safeties vs Ordinaries
      • 1891 Arrival of Safety Bicycle >
        • 1891 CWA Hamilton Meet
        • 1891 MAAA grounds racing
        • 1891 Annual Report
    • 1892 Springtime News >
      • 1892 Composite Photo
      • 1892 Racing News
      • 1892 Kingston Meet
      • 1892 Century Run
    • 1893 Annual Report
    • 1894 Sarnia to Montreal Relay Ride >
      • 1894 CWA Meet Montreal
      • 1894 CWA Racing Rules
    • 1895 Annual Report
    • 1896 Annual Report >
      • 1896 Montreal Star Bicycle Issue
      • 1896 Wheel and Cycling Review article on Montreal
    • 1897 Annual Report >
      • 1897 Notman Composite Photograph
      • 1897 Bicycle Map of Montreal
    • 1898 Annual Report >
      • 1898 Montreal Park and Island Railway
      • 1898 Queens Park Velodrome Verdun
    • 1899 World Championship Speculation >
      • 1899 Major Taylor sets World record
      • 1899 World Championship Report
      • 1899 Montreal Gazette 10 Aug
    • 1900 CWA & CCA
    • 1901 Annual Report
  • Cycling Without Age
    • Go Fund Me
    • Cycling Without Age in Westmount
    • The Sociable tricycle
    • 27 Nov 2020 CWA Kick Off Meeting
    • 15 Jan 2021 CWA Progress Meeting