New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
CYCLING.
EASILY BEATS MAJOR" TAY-
LOR AT MANHATTAN BEACH.
MIDGET TAKES TIE LEAD IN THE FOURTH MILE
AND WINS AS HE PLEASEs-
WORK ROUGH AND UNEVEN
OTHER RACES
OTHER RACES.

Record-holders are not always the men TO bet on
In compe,tlon races This fact forcibly Illus
tra,ed In the twcnty-mIe paced race between
Jimmy" Michael and Major" Taylor at the Man
haitian Beach track yesterday afternoon !ea'
ago tho little Welshman held most or the recoius
from one mile to thirty-thre miles Al present ne
holds only one record. that FOR thirteen miles ana
IT was Lintons fast pace up to 'hat point "t'ic',
pove biro that single record. But while MicnaeI
holds few records he Is pretty hard man 10 de-
feat in match race at any considerable distance
Possibly I'VE thousand people went to the uacN
swept by ocean breezes yesterday 10 "'hesS '"'
paced race between Michael and the colored man
Who had beaten him so easily only Il SNORT '''No
ago at mile heats. The management was uiS"p
,,o,n,ed NJ the rather small attendance Inc m"
,oritv Of enthusiasts considered that Michae' "ouu
win easily I'm the longer race whlch was '''' 70"
ror the lack OF enthusiasm There was pfac"o''''
M h.,tlnr. and what little money was put up went
~, Michael at odds OF two TO one. IL was no face
-, Ill oftor the third mile Michael taking the lead
,r ,ho fourth mile and. steadily drawing away won
49, 80 ,eosed bv abou, two-thirds OF a mile. HAD
occasion required he could have done better
MIDGET TRAINED TO THE MINUTE.
v,chaels general appearance was reVe'a'0" 10
those who have not seen the midget ior sew
ct. lie was trained TO the minute. ana ne was
IN better physical condition than he mas pee" n
,ora this year He was nj Tor the race VI 90" -
ard bis effort yesterday was IKE the wal ii''"H ~
rrocess OF n well-traIned Thoroughbred. INC
,,r,har be went the better he would rue lie i".
-, b,s mace with "A delicacy OF precision "hc"
..,ol ,r,nuont outbursts OF applause. ana nc
revcr wavercd when changing from one u wv
diving aulnts 20 another. cheFuOO S'
rod over his face during the ent'ro race anu "e
49, ro, troubled about the result at any parl VI
the contest - ,,corar, TovIor
49,, ,od racemakers but their work. compared
with that done by Mchaels team was u"eNen an,
rouyh one team would show dlspos'''o" W 49,
-, a two-minute clip and then the next one w.
Start AWAY as II they were OUT lo' ,"o ""
record Taylor hung on with sp"s'"ou'0 ,,an.
,n,.,a for three miles, and then ne was O'"'.'
800 when ne saw that he WAS losing Btou"a NC
tic, loudly for more pace. still hoping 'na' "'
,,o,,ld be able 10 catch up with inc hSi"e
man. lie was so persistent IN MS '"'s '"", ,' ,I.
49,, mon ON the rear of n pacing machine ios' us
,emner and said III we do give you '"'''' '
you will not be able to hold on
r,y1oR,s EXHAUsTINd sPRINTs.
r.,or ,o.t hs pace several times and the spr''''-
ing he was compelled TO do did niue" ~ "a,n,,
him In the eighteenth mile, just as he was p'9,'o
ID. stand Ia ,lor called for more pace agar" nv"
CIV. Who vas on the front Of the pacing mac"'e'
p"'"' - Iose his temper and yelled 10 his COM
ao',aa noh,rd him shake him" The qulnt started
.h.,d ~ = terrible sprint. and II darted away from
ra,,,or no ~ he was stationary. The sprint may
hnv. had A double meaning Possibly the pace
makers wished to show to the spec.AotS "A' ~
u,as not their fault that Taylor was being beaten
Each man rode wheel geared TO ll2 Tayior had
ak AUNT teams for pacing and Michael had seVe"'
,ru,, os uichael's paclng machines had to be re-
haired during the race that that part OF the OUT
fl, u,as about even The band played FOR lie Is
an Englishman" when Michael appeared anu
"DIxo" az a greeting for Taylor. Then the AN
nouncer calmly introduced Michael from A"'e''o"
and TAYLOR from New-York. and tho spectators
smiled
The men were started from opposite SIDES Oh .'e
track and Taylor led at the ending or the h'st zap
bv about two yards He had increased this 10 MY
yards In the second lap and at the ending vi '"e
first mile he was sixty yards 10 the good Al TWO
| miles the colored man had increased his LEAD 10
seventy-nve yards. and his friends felt much en-
couraged On the first lap OF tho third mile Iayor
lost his pace on the lower turn. and those who nave
| made a study OF such contests shook their heads
and realized that barring accidents Michael would
| be a sure winner At the ending OF the third mile
Michael had cut down Taylors lead to fifteen yards
and the little fellow riding easily and chang
J Ing pace so admirably that II was merely question
OF time before the less graceful Taylor would be left
| hopeessly in the
Michael forged to the front In the fourth mile and
he steadily Increased his advantage to the end AT
six miles Michael $50 yards ahead OF his dusk,
rival and I'm the seventh mile he caught and Tapped
| him At ten miles Michael was lap and thirty
yards In 'front.' and at thirteen miles he had passed
Taylor for the second time. At no time during the
contest the records in any danger. The time
| for each man and the worlds records fol-
lows
Worlds
MIchaels Tayiors competition ,..
ne %S H 4sSSE r's%ss ? sl Tlss'