Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-02
THE WELSHW ONDE R
Michael Easily Beat Edouard
Taylore of France.
A Great Crowd at Madison Square Gar
den to Witness the Race Michael l3
Laps Ahead.

New York, Jan. Jimmy Michael OF
Wales again demonstrated his su-
periority as a distance wheelman
tonight, before crowd of over 10000
persons, in his 25-mile match race with
Edouard Taylore of France, on the
board track at Madison Square garden.
1t is a question whether the welsh
wonder has a peer in Inis particular
game, and as he has so easily disposed
of all his rivals, all the experts. with
one or two exceptions say that his
equal has yet to be produced. Billy
Young, who had Taylore under his
careful supervision in training for this
race, said tonight after the race that
his man should have started with a
higher gear than "a But the work of
his man after he exchanged his broken
machine for one geared to 104, was not
up to his trainers expectations, and
there is no reasonable doubt from to-
nights work that Michael can give a
mile in rs to the F>renchman and beat
him easily at that.
Every seat in the garden was taken
long before the races began, and out
side there was a great crowd clamor-
ing for admittance.
The track was made so that there
were 10 laps to the mile.
The trial heats in the preliminary be-
gan at 8 o'clock. The finishes in every
instance were very close. In the FIST
heat of the one mile match race, best
out of 3, between Gougoltz OF France
and Nat Butler of Boston, the French
man won by half wheel, after very
hot race in 2:29 1-5.
During the interval between first and
second heats, Arthur Chase, the English
rider, spun around the track in an ex-
hibition mile, which he covered in
1853 So, paced by two tandems.
The second heat in the race between
Gougoltz and Butler was paced by
Freedman Of Portland, Ore, and But
Der won in a hard drive by six inches
Time 2:14 AS.
A pursuit race by Harry Fixes of Sar
atoga and James Warburton of England
was the next item on the program.
Elkes caught his man easily after riding
one mile and one lap. Time, PAT is.
The third heat of the match race was
then run off. Gougoltz won the toss
and decided Freedman should pace.
Butler had the pole and caught the
PAGER quickly while the Frenchman was
high ON the bank. For eight laps Butler
held the Lead by half a Wheel and at the
beginning of the ninth the PAGER dropped
out and Gougoltz cut loose. In the last
two laps the Frenchman outgeneralled
Butler, and after a hard squirt Gougoltz
won by three-quarters of wheel, thus
the race.
The big event of the evening was the
Michael-T aylore race. Taylore won the
pole on the toss and also won the selec-
ton of place from which his pacemakers
should start. He chose the northeastern
end of the track.
The FTenchman's wheel was geared to
"a and Michaels 106. TayIore was roy
ally received when he appeared on the
track, but the cheering was Vociferous
when Michaels mounted his wheel The
riders got ON the scratch line at 1920.
rushed off and caugh= the pac-
ers on the first turn with Michaels two
lengths back. Taylore rode like a whirl-]
Wind and at the end of the first mile
led Michaels by length.
On the first lap of the second mile
Michael forged ahead and on the fif-
teenuh lap he gained half d lap on his
adversary, and at the end of the third
mile he was one lap to the good. In
the fourth mile Michael got another gain
OF a lap, and in the fifth he had the
same distance to his credit Taylore
was outclassed in the eighth mile and
Michael passed him for the third time.
III pave lIldL luG w eISsl Idu WAS gong
was killing one, but Taylore stuck to
his work and pumped away earnestly.
The time at the end Of the eighth mile
for Michael was 1907.
Taylore lost his pacemakers in the
tenth mile, and at the beginning of the
eleventh Michael was close up to him
and passed him, then being four laps
to the good. The spectators were by
this time worked up to the highest
pitch of excitement and Michael's name
was on everyboy's tongue. The French
man was evidently beaten at this juno
ture, but he stuck to his work, and was
seemingly not disheartened when.
Michael passed him on the 18th mile for
the fifth time. Michael ran up lap after
lap to his account in the 14th mile. and
then looked as If he could keep the
pace up without additional effort. In
the 18th mile Taylore rode around after
MichaePs pacarnakers for three laps,
but the effort weakened him considerab-
ly and he had to let up, and Michael
ran ahead another lap at the end of
the 10Th mile.
Taylore's saddle broke in the goth
mile, and in exchanging wheels he lost
two laps, thus giving Michael a clear
lead of mile. The wheel which was
substituted for Taylore's damaged one
was geared to 104, but the French rider
was unable to cope with Michael, and
the midget gained another lap at the
close of the 23d mile From this time to
the end Of the race Michael went so
swiftly that it took all the starch out
of his rival and Michael won by thir-
teen laps
The time by miles
1-Taylore... 2:N Michael ..2S:39 Is
2Michael.. 1853 4-5I15-Michael ...S0:42 10
3-Michael.. 5:59 1-5I16-Michael ...S2:59 80
4-Michael.. 1853 3-5l17-Michael ...35:O6