The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-08-28
The Foreigner Badly Beaten In the Last
Two Heats Of the Contest.
Taylor Also Established q New
Worlds Record-Bald Wins the
Two Mile L. A. w. National
Professional Championship and
Mcfarland Of San Jose the One
Mile Handicap.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-"Major' Tay-
lor, the colored cyclist, met and de-
feated Jimmy Micael, the little Welsh
man, in special match race, best two
out OF three, one mile paced heats.
from a standing start, at the Manhat-
| tan Beach Cycle track this afternoon.
Michael won the first heat easily, as
Taylors pacing quint broke down in
the final lap, but in the next heats
Michael was SO badly beaten and dis
! tanced that he quit each time in the
| last lap.
| Taylors work was wonderful both
from a racing and time standpoint and
| he established a new worlds record
| which was absolutely phenomenal. For
| the first time in his racing career,
! Michael was Kissed by the spectators
| as he passed the stand, diSpirited and
detected by Taylor's overwhelming VIC
tory. Immediately after the third heat
was finished, and before the time was
| announced, William A. Brady who
championed the colored boy during the
entire season, issued challenge to race
| Taylor against Michael for $1,000 or
$4,000 and a side bet at any distance
| up to 100 miles. The declaration was
received with tumultuous shouts by
the assemblage, and the dusky victor
was lionized when the time was made
known
Eduardo Taylore, the French rider,
held the worlds record of Las 3-5 for
| the distance in contest paced from
a standing start. The worlds record
against time, standing start, made by
Platt-Betts of England, was LAB 20.
Michael beat Taylore's record by l 20
seconds in the first heat, but the Ma
jor'' wiped this out and tied Belts
record against time in the second heat.
As Taylor was on the outside for near
ly two and a half laps, it was easily
seen that he rode more than a mile
in the time, and shrewd judges who
watched the race said that he would
surely do better ON the third attempt.
Eddie Bald, the Buffalo flyer, won
the two-mile L. A w. national cham
pionship race in faultless style from a
field of the best men in the country.
Bald would certainly have won the first
honor in the mile handicap, which went
to Mcfarland of San Jose, Cal, but
that in the final lap Caldwell Of Bos-
ton fell on the backstretch and carried
the Buffalo boy with him. Both had
a nasty spill, but neither was seriously
injured.
The American Cycle Racing Asso-
citation induced Tom Linton of Wales
to postpone his departure for England
to-day, and Michael and he have been
matched for an hour race with unlim-
tied pace for a purse of $500, $1,000
to go to the winner and the remainder
to go to the loser. The race will tahe
place at the Manhattan Beach track
on Labor Day, September 9TH Sum-
maries:
Special match race, mile heats, best
two i'm three-First heat won by Mich
ael. Tfme-1:44 is. Taylor's pacing
ouint broke down on the last lap and
he was beaten by $50 yards. Second
heat won by Taylor. Time-1:43 10.
Third heat won by Taylor. Time
1:41 20.
Two-mile L. A. W. championship,
professional. winner of each heat and
second man in fastest heat to qualify
for finalEFinal heat won by r. c.
Bald. Tom Cooper second, H. B. Free
man third. Owen Kimble fourth, Gard
liner fifth. Tirne-4:3S 3-5.
One-mile handicap, professionalism
nal heat won by F. A. Mcfarland
(scratch); second, o. S. Kimble t2O;
third, w. A. Martin coo; fourth,
James Urquhart 600. Time-2:06 80.