The Portland daily press., 1898-01-03
HOW MICHAEL WON.
Twelve Thousand People Saw TayIore
Beaten.


of Wales, again demonstrated his supe-
riority as a middle distance wheel1nan
tonight before a crowd of over 12,000
people in his 25 mile match with Edouard
Taylore, of France on the board track at
Madison Square Garden.
1t is q question whether the "Welsh
wonder has a peer in his particular game
rivals all the experts with one or two ex-
captions 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 that his man should
have started with @ higher gear than "a.
But the work of Iaylore after he ex-
changed his broken machine for Que
geared to 104 was not up to his trainer s
expectations and there is no reasonable
doubt from tonight's work that Michael
| can give a mile in twenty-five to the
Frenchman and beat him easily at that.
| Men and women as well as boys and
girls thronged every : available inch of
| space in order to witness these regular in
door bike races which were held under
| the auspices Of the American Cycle Rae
| ing association. The board track was ar
ranged SO that the riders had to negotiate
| 10 laps to cover mile and the measure
Inent was vouohed for by three surveyors.
Every seat in the big auditorium Was
| hlled long before the preliminary races
were started and standing room was all
that the late corners could get. By nine
O'Clock it WIS estimated that 10, eco per-
sons were in the building and that there
were fully half as many more clamoring
| for admission. The trial heats in the
preliminary began at eight O'Clock and
| the finishes in every instance We're very
close.
| In the first heat Of the one mile match
race, best two in three between Gougoultz
Of France and Nat Butler of Boston, the
| Frenohman won by half a wheel, after a
very exciting race, i'll 2.29 10.
During the intervale between the first
and second heats Arthur Chase. the Eng
fish rider, spun around the track in an
exhibition mile which he covered in IS
49, paced by two tandems.
| The second heat in the race between
Gougoultz and Butler was paced by
Freedman of Portland, Ore, and Butler
won in a hard drive by six inches Time,
214 4.5.
A pursuit race between Harry Elkes of
Saratoga and James Warburon of England
was the next item On the programme.
Fixes caught his man easily after travel
ling one mile and one lap. Time. 2.47 IA.
The third heat of tho match was then
run off. Gougoultz WOE. the toss and de-
oided that 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 load
by half a wheel and at the beginning of
the ninth the PAGER dropped out and
Gougloultz cut loose. In the last two laps
tho Frenchman outgeneralled Butler and
after head spart 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 and also won the selection
of place from which his pace-makers
end of the track. The Freuch1nan's wheel
was geared to 81 and MichaeFs 106. Tay-
lore was royalty received when he ap-
peared on the track but the cheering was
yocferous when Michael mounted his
wheel. The riders got on the scratch line
at 1920. Taylore rushed off and caught
the PAGERS on the first turn with Michael
| IanOthG hfJRhn EO
the little demon that he is, but Taylore
rode like whirl wind and st the end OF
the first mile, led Michael by length.
On the first lap of the second mile
Michael forged ahead and on the fifteenth
lap he gained half a lap on his adversary
and at the end of the third mile he wat
J one lap to the good. In the fourth mills
Michael got another gain of a lap and II
the fifth he had the same distance to hi
credit. Iaylore was outclassed in thu
eighth mile and Michael passed h i'm FOL
the third time.
The pace that the Welsh lad was COINS
was killing oue but Taylore stuck t,
his work heroically and pumped away
earnestly. Time at the end OF the eighth
mile for Michael, 1907 Taylore lost hi,
pace-makers in the tenth mile and at the
beginning Of the eleventh Michael wa
; close up to him and passed him, then be
ing four laps to the good. The spectator
were ny IhlS Ulfn6 worked up to Ehe high
est pitch of excitement and Michael
name was on everybody tongue.
The Frenchman was evidently beaten a
this junoture but he stuokaato his work ant
was seemingly not disheartened 6Iichae
ran up another lap to his count in th
fourteenth mile and then looked as il h
: could keep the pace UP without any add
tional effort.
In the 18th mile Taylore rode arount
after Michael's pace-makers for three lap
but the effort weakened him considerably
| and he had to let up and Michael raj
ahead another lap at the end of the nine
teenth mile. Taylore's saddle broke il
the twentieth mile ana In exchanging
! wheels he lost two laps thus giving
Michael a clear lead of 3 mile. The whee
which was substituted for Tayiore'
damaged ono 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 twenty third mile
From this to the end Of the race Michae
gained so easily that it took all the starch
out OF the rival and the Welchman finally
, won by thirteen laps.
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