The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-14
Now Belong to
Maj. Taylor.
WILL TRY FOR MORE.
He is a Wonderful Rider Of
Unknown Possibilities.

Philadelphia, Nov 13.-With his Won
derful mile in 1882, Major Taylor is not
content. THE majah's" record ride OF
Saturday is the subject of all cycling
talk today, and the colored boy is de-
luged with kilograms congratulating
him in no unmeasured terms upon
having lowered the record of the world
so easily when others made such an
effort to gain the coveted figures.
Back in SO, Hamilton took pacing
team from the east to California, and
after fourteen trials did 1879 1-o, which
stood against repeated assaults for
seventeen months. Kiser made sixteen
unsuccessful attempts to lower the
mark on the same track with a pacing
team, which had been organized and
trained an entire winter. He followed
Hamilton
In the fall of SO Johnnie johnson,
who had lowered the mile record more
times than any other rider, made ten
attempts, and could not beat lao,
which was Kiser's lowest mark. 1t was
McDuffee that clipped a second off
Hamilton in the summer of '97, only to
lose the record to Platt- Belts of Eng
land five days later. Belts did 1877 3-5.
This was August 10, and September 8
Stocks of England cut Belts figures
and did 1:35 2-5. October 3S McDuffee
tied the figures of Stocks in this coun-
try and on May of this year Betts did
1:S5 even.
In an unofficial trial after a twelve
mile training spin, McOuffee did
1874 20, June Sd, at Charles River. Then
on August at Willow Grove. Pa, Ed
ourd Taylore of France easily carried
the figures downward TO 1852 3-5, the
supposed limit of mans speed
Now Taylor has done 1872, and he
says that he is going to beat 1870 be-
fore he quits. Moreover, Taylor says
that l:S0 is not only possible, but that
LEO is possible, providing the pace may
be secured, which it cannot be, at least
no such pace as twenty seconds to the
quarter on a circular track smaller
that half. Although Taylor easily did
y 80 at Wo6dsides third mile track
ana says one-quarter in 20 is possible
Time is lost in the pickups, and the
more sanguine of Taylor's supporters
say that 1:29 is the very lowest he
may go with all conditions right.
tuesday and Wednesday of this week
Taylor will attempt to make this time.
and he will probably try this week to
times
~ 20 for the quarter, 20 As for the
third, As 3-5 for the half. 81 AS for the
kilometer, 1:32 for the mile and 3:13 3-5
for the two miles. The latter figure he
VIII try to bring down to at least $40
or LBS to each mile. No other record
breaker has ever been as successful as
this colored man on attacks on old
Father Time. In all but one his at
tempts have been successful beyond his
fondeSt expectations.
With the exception of his mile rec
ord, his cuts were so stupendous as to
startle the world, and even one-f1fth
off the mile means much, as it gives to
him the coveted record. He will also
try and add the three quarters an
easy mark. standing now at ITO, and
the two-thirds. another easy mark. He
may even work his three ouint teams,
all he has. out in an attempt for the
t1ve-mile record.
Taylor's speed may never be right
fully computed, as he has never been
shaken and he has proven himself the
greatest of masters at following pace.
Failures on his pick-ups have been cor
rected by hirs, when he has jumped
and made long runs independently to
catch five-seated machines, with every
one of the five men working like a
beaver to pull a man along who was
supposedly caught on to the rear wheel,
when, in fact he was travelling faster
than the big machine to close a great
gap all other riders before him had
found impossible to close.
Once shaken, Hamilton, Kiser, John
son, McDuffie. all were compelled to
quit and try again. Not so Taylor, for
he took up the slack with the utmost
ease and, therefore, the more claim
that Taylor is a wonderful rider Of I'M
known possibilities in the way of speed.
F. ED. SPOONER.