The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-11
WHAT MAJOR TAYLOR SAYS:

There is plenty of hard work for
the participant in any branch of ath-
letic SPORT. Bat the man who enters
a siX-day race and rides through to the
finish gets altogether too stiff run
fyr his money AT least, that is the
way ! look at it.
participated in the six-day race in
the fall of Sc. the year that it was won
by Teddy Hale. There was big field
" starters. including some Of the men
who are now riding in the present six
DAY race. I was the youngest man IN
the entire lot, being barely 10 years old
al ti2t time.
] had gone through no prescribed
course of training in preparation for
the race simply taking short rides upon
tie road 10 keep my wind good.
figured that it would be the height of
folly to undertake any systematic
course Of training. or in other words, to
get down into fine condition. A six
day race calls for every particle of re-
serve strength there is in a rider and to
waste any appreciate amount in rid
ing before the race. would mean a loss
Of Just that amount when it was most
needed
Before ] started in the race, T made
9dt 4 schedule that called for 800 miles
If riding each cay, with one hour for
sleep in every twelve. Hale in that
race did 1916 miles. and l covered 1885
mics Had it not been for a fall | re-
c=ived about two hours before the race
was over. / should nave just about COW
cred The 1900 miles. That fall pre-
vented me from further participation,
and set me back in the list at the
nnish from fifth to eighth place Burne
Pierce. the man who is now looked
upon as able to get third place-it will
he known for certain before this
reaches the readers of The SDv-ffg-
urad with me in the tumble. but fortu-
nateIv ESCAPED being badly injured.
The time I was off the track. about
10 hours in all. as I remember It. was
spert entirely I'm sleariuer or i'm TRYING.
10 SLEEP. This ta}k in the papers
about i rider sleerfnes ON his wheel llur-
ing the race, is an fooltsbness How
comic a man who U-4s asIeep steer bie
,ybzel tbvo,loh and aroili,d y 131,r9, ~
riders ascl, ~ ,,-ho,,, 80 e,,,-;l,7,e to
eat eyerv nossfble advantare c7-ay iii
thc othcrs2 we l,sad IN cat an ON.
,r?,ee1s 60 that IN tI7a ti,,7l We ,.cT, oqf
the track could be devoted to restin7,
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