The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-06-09

Major" Taylor. the colored cycle racer
who has made such an enviable reputation
on the American cycle race path. will take
his first fling at the middle-distance paced
game in this city on June II. He will then
meet Eddie McDuffie in a thirty-mile paced
contest at Charles River Park track While
Taylor has not done any middle-distance
work in public, he has gone the distance in
private in such fast time that his hackers
are confident that he will give the Cam
bridge lad hard race, and that he will not
be very far from the lead when he COM
pletes the last lap of the thirty miles.
. Owing to the fact that Taylor is a colored
man and McDuffle white Manager Quicker
has decided to call the contest a "black and
white race and is now getting ready for
distribution thousands of black and white
buttons. These will be in the form of
heart. One-half will be black, having
white vignette of the features of the colored
rider, while McDuffie will be portrayed in
black on the other half of the badge 1t is
singuarly attractive button, and will be
distributed broadcast In addition to this
paced race, there will be one or two open
events Tor the individual riders.
Major Taylor is recognized as clever
performer, and as a man who can go almost
any distance. He has in the past proved
hlmselr one of the best pacemakerS, and
experience shows that it is from the ranks
of those men that the best performers have
risen. Jimmy Michael, Tom Linton. Lesna
and others were all originally members of
pacing team, and good ones, too. Taylor
was one or the best in the bunch, and if
previous experience in this line counts for
anytnlng then he, too, should prove a
worthy man to be figured In the ranks of
the mlodle and long distance racers. Taylor
nrst came into prominence by defeating Ed
ole Bald IN a handicap event at the indoor
meet IN 0dadiSon-square Garden in 1886, since
Which tlne he has defeated every one of the
big men from scratch. During the past Win
Ter Iaylor remained in training, going long
distances behind big machines, and show
ing such remarkable form that good judges
pronounced him as one of the coming mid
dle-distanee men in this country While he
mas or late been doing some practice work
IN tne sprlntS, he has by no means given up
ms IDEAS OF long-distance work and is now
ul iSS ~ practicing for his coming contest
with Eddie McDuffie, whom he believes to
De one Oh the hardest men In the country 10
de1eat. Taylor has in the past done some
good pacing work for McDuf1e, and couse-
quehliy' now that he is stacked up against
otfe Catnnridge, lad, knows Just what kind
OF game Is the one TO play IN riding this
race, Taylor will have a much better pac-
ING team TO help him out in this contest
IMAM TITUS had when he raced here, as the
ssa i mas oeen overhauied ana improved,
ana lne members so thoroughly trained In
rider without the loss of a fraction of
second Ills pacing team VIII be second TO
none. ana with its aid he hopes to pull out
Eoddie AlcDuffie views this race in the
same san quiet, complacent manner that he has
me preceding events. He proposes TO win
tne event, and also TO capture some or those
ssecoros which Linton and Vinier took away
10 I'M. MN on Memorial day last i5lS pac-
ING team needs no praise. Like Mcnuffie,