New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-14
M'DUFFEE DEFEATS TAYLORn
SLOW TINE MADE IN THE CONTEST AT NAN
HAITIAN BEACH.

HAITIAN BEACH.
Edward McDuffee. the fast middle distance b,cv.,.
rider OF Boston. yesterday defeated Edouard rav
lore the young French rider. who holds the record.
for paced races up TO seven miles. The contes,
took place at tho Manhattan Beach track. and va,
remarkable chiefly for the poor time made
The race was substituted for one which had bean
arranged for McDuffee and Michael but which fs,,
through at the last moment. The condition.
called for limited pacemakers. and each man hM
twenty-five men and two substitutes They wen
divided up into relays OF five. ard each side had
five ounts. The weather conditions were as Der.
feet az could be desired. and about three thousand
people witnessed the race. The contest developed
into a series OF spasmodc attempts on the part OF
the two mon to do phenomenal sprinting at times
and AT others TO see which could ride the slower
and keep his wheel moving Both men INDUCED In
considerable jocl,eyng TO make the other take the
lead and in this respect Taylore was the most
successful az McDuTee had TO set the pace for the
larger part OF the race. TON Linton. the Welsh
rider had a seat on one Of McDufee's quins.
JOcKEYING BY BOTH RIDERS.
The race started at $40 p. m. and at the END Il
the first mile Taylore led by about twelve feet
The pace was so slow in the second mile that the
crowd Kissed and jeered. and they kept II up at
intervals throughout the race. McDuffee took the
lead before the end of the second mile. ana held
IL without much effort until the beginning OF the
sfth mile On the first lap OF this nile Tayors
spurted ard leaving his pacemakers. tried 10 pass
McDufsee but failed do II. Both men rode pain
fully slow after this effort and kept II up until
n ev were on the last lap Of the eighth mile
Then they spurted and continued TO ride fast until
they had entered on the ninth mile when Iayore
drew ahead. He Immediately brought MS Jockey.
ing ta.ents into PLAY. and McDufee was finally
compelled to go out in front again AT the end
Of the ninth mile they were more than TWO minutes
behind the record. and the spectators did not like
1t and showed their dislike very plainly Az tho
end OF tie eleventh mile McDuffee shot away anu
tried to shake of Taylore. but the Frenchman
would not have IT, On the second zap or the twelfth
mile Tayore lost his pace and McDuhee gained
near.y half lap on him This mile was covered
In 81 AS The kept up their fast work. and
Tayiore by riding al a LBS clip, succeeded IN
catching McDuYee again In the hfteenth mile
The chains two Of McDufee's CUNTS snapped
at this juncture. and on the second lap OF the
seventeenth mile Taylore passed McDunee and
gained A lead Of thirty or thirty-five yards Tay'
lore continued 70 lead the end Of the nineteenth
mile but neither he nor McDuree was making
any pretensons 10 fast riding. In the next mic
McDuffee compelled through Taylores LOAF
ing tactics TO assume the lead again. ana AT thn
period Of the race Announcer Harvey came on
the track and said that the American Cycle Racing
Association would not promote another race on the
Manhattan Beach track unless unlimited pace
makers were permitted. and the men 20 start from
opposite sides OF the track. The spectators con-
cIuded ,ha, I, was the peculiar slow-riding tactics
~ the two men who were racing which caused
the management to make the announcement and
they received IT with much applause
On the second lap OF the twenty-second mile both
NcDuNee and Tayore spurted and the crowd
cheored TayIore passed McDuffee on the first
Ian ~ the twenty-th,rd mile, but could not hold
h,s advantage McDuNee was leading again as
they crossed the line at the end OF tho mile At
this point both men were racing the best they Knew
how and the spectators In the grands'and were
IN their feet trying TO encourage their favores
~ shours and cheers raylore led at the twenty.
fourth mile and then McDuffee shot ahead OF his
nacemakers and overlook the French rider. The
chain or Tayiores ''quint' broke jusi then and
both ths racers were lef, for the moment without
pace They soon caught new pare. however, ana
then came terrific struggle. which lasted until
the last lap Of the twenty-nfth mile. when the
Boston man forged ahead rapidly and passed the
finish line fully fifty yards IN front OF Taylore
The result Of the proved that McDunce
a faster Splinter behind pace than Tayiore. al
though the latters managers declared that hsd not
the chains OF two Of Taylores ''quints" broken "a
the last mile he would have certainly won
There did not appear 20 be much betting on ~
race The pucky Frenchman seemed 10 have tho
most friends among the spectators: the reputation
OF McDuffee had preceded him. ana they did hos
care 10 take chances.
After the race was over Henry f. Ducker. the
manager OF McDuHee. in speaking 81 the announce
men, made IN reference TO how races were 70 b
run on the Manhattan Beach track IN the 'utulei
declared that he was on ,Gp q cb ne r. would
have great deal to say about me terms ana
conditions which would govern the he r rs. together
with the worlds record for each mile OF the dis
lance follows: