The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-02
GREAT RACES IN THE GARDEN
MICHAEL BEATS TAYLORE AND
G0UGOLTz BEATS BUTLER.

The Race Between the Bostonian am
His French Rival settled By thc
Best Two I'm Three One-NiIe Heat.
The Finish in Each Heat of tho
Hair-Haising Order-The French
man Gets the Odd Heat-Ths. Rae
Between Michael and TayIore -
Miles and the Little Wonder win
by Thirteen Laps.
New York, Jan. Jimmy Michael a.
Wales again demonstrated his superior.
as a middle distance wheelman to-nla..
before crowd Of over 1900 people in bis
twenty-five mile match race with Eduac
Taylore of France on the board track
Madison Square Garden.
Billy Young, who had Taylore under
supervision in his training for this race.
said tonight, after the race was OVER
This man should have started with
higher gear than o. But the work OF la
man after he changed his broken va...
for one geared up to 104 were not up to l.,
trainers expectations, and there is no pole
sonable doubt from his work that Micaa#
can give a mile in twenty-five 10 u-
Frenchman and beat him easily at that"
Men, women and boys thronged es,r,
available inch of Madison Garden for lo
races, which were held under D.
auspices of the American CycHs
Association. The board track was cau-
structed so that the riders had to cover ..u
laps to complete mile and the measure
ment was vouched for by three of the city
surveyors.
AT o'clock it was estimated that 1om
spectators were in the big building. and
there were fully half as many more ..am-
oring for admission at the entrance
The trial heats in the preliminaries began
at o'clock, and the finishes in every l-
stance were very close.
In the first heat of the best two ont OF
three of the one mile match race between /
Jean Gougoltz of France and Net Iut.,r
of Boston, the Frenchman won by ha.t %
Wheel from the Boston man, after "a very
hot race, in 2:29 10.
During the intervals between the first |
and second heats, Arthur A. Chase the /
English rider, spun around the track n /
one mile paced exhibition, which he coy /
cred in 1853 20, paced by two tandems
The second heat between Gousotz and /
Butler was won by the latter ia a hard /
drive by six inches. Time PA 40.
In the third heat Butler had the pole and
caught the PAGER quickly, while tho
= 'NAiNAitiiah was IiSl on the bdlh. OF
eight laps Butler held the lead 10y hlt /
a lap and at the beginning of the ninth /
the PAGER dropped out ana Gougoltz cut |
loose In the last two laps the French /
rider outgeneralled the Boston man and
after hard squirt Gougoltz won by three /
quarters of a wheel, thus winning the
race.
The big event of the evening was the /
Michael-Taylore race. Taylore won the
pole on the toss. The Frenchm1u's gear /
was 81 and Michaefs Jos. The riders got
on the scratch line at 1920 O'Clock. Tav- /
lore made rush off and caught the PAGERS |
on the first lap, Michael two laps behind /
Taylore was riding like whirlwud and /
at the end of the first mile led Michael by /
a length
In the first lap of the second mile
Michael forged ahead, and at the end of |
the third mile Michael was one lap TO the !
good
In the fourth Michael gained another |
lap, and in the fifth he had the same dis /
lance to his credit. Taylore was outc'ass- |
ed in the eighth mile and Michael passed /
him for the third time. At the end of the /
eighth mile Michael gained another lap. /
covering the distance in 1907
Taylore lowered his pace, and at the be- |
ginning of the ninth mile Michael was |
close up to him, he then being four laps !
to the good
The spectators were by this time worked
Frenchman was evidently beaten but he /
stuck to his work and was seemingly not ,
disheartened when Michael passed him on /
the thirteenth mile for the fifth lime
Michael ran up another lap to his I
account in the fourteenth mile
In the seventeenth Taylore rode around .
after MichaePs pacemakers for three laps. /
but the effort weakened him considerably /
and he had to let up and allow Michael .
to add another lap at the end Of the nine, /
teenth mile.
Taylores saddle broke at the end of the |
twentieth mile. and in the succeeding
miles he lost two laps thus giving Michael .
a clear lead of a mile.
Like Taylore's damaged one his new .
wheel was geared to IS. But the French .
rider was unable to cope with the LITTLE
wonder, and the midget gained another
lap at the close of the twenty-fourth mile /
From this to the end Of the race Michael .
went so swiftly that it took all the starch .
out of his rival and Michael won finally .
by thirteen laps. Time by miles:
Miles. Time
L IayloFe $1,000 .s'.''.'''' .'...--...,--ut
Mlchael .'.-............ $50 As /
Mlchael ................. .5g Is I
Michael ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 7.5g 2-5 /
Michael OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l0:03 z-5