The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-11
Major Taylor Rides
Right Away From
the Field.
WINS WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP.
John A. Nelson of Chicago
Takes the 100 Kilo-
meter Race.

Montreal, Aug. 1O.-Major Taylor had
but little difficulty in adding the mile
professional championship to his lau-
rels All the preliminary heats We're
marked by good finishes, except that
won by the major, who easily rode his
field down. The most interesting were
the third, in which Nat Butler cleverly
disposed of c. r. Mccarthy of st. Louis,
who won the half mile event yester-
day, and the fourth, in which Angus
Mcleod, the fastest of the Canadians,
disposed of Bowler Of Chicago in a rat
Ting finish.
In the final Nat Butler took the lead
at the start, Major Taylor dropping in
to last place. The pace was slow. On
the back stretch in the second round
there was some pretty maneuvering for
place, and when it was over the major
had dropped into the position he want
ed, second, with Butler leading. The
men began riding at the three quarters.
Mcleod went to the front with rush
and attempted to make a runaway of
it, but the others We're not to be denied,
and when they rounded into the stretch
Mcleod was still leading, with the
others we'll punched behind him. Half
way down the stretch the major had
the race well in hand, and great fight
was on between Tom and Nat Butler
and Mcleod Fifty feet from the wire
Mcleod wilted under the terrible pace,
while Tom Butler beat Nat out by a
half-wheel to the wire, the major win
ming by q wheel.
Acother beautiful day and a crowd OF
several thousand persons greeted the
riders at the worlds cycle meet. The
racing was of better order, the man.
agement giving pacemallers places In
the sen1i-flnals. On account of tbs
| time occupied in disposing of the 100
| kilometer race, the five-mile amateur
handicap was postponed until tomor-
row, when it will be run off as part OF
an extra days race There were two
worlds championship events on tht
card, the 100-kilometer race and the
mile professional.
The former rare was g gift fol the tshl
cage rider. John A. Nelson, WHO had M
difficulty in winning, beating Ben Good
son, the Australian, by nearly foul
miles, and Riddle of Winnipeg, the only
other finisher, by seven miles. Cherry
the English champion, who won at vi
emma last year, was scratched, having
injured his leg by running against the
fence in the amateur championship yes
terday.
Nelson had much the best of the pace
with steam motor, triplet and tan
dem, and he evidently had had the mos
experience in following pace. Good
sons pacing by triplet and tandem
was not good, while Riddle practically
had no pace at all. Two other mer
started, but dropped out before many
miles had been covered. 1t was easily
seen that records were going to fall
when Nelson rode the first five miles in
9.31, and he kept on reeling off miles III
G two-minute gait until he had the am
ateur record in the distance.
Moran Of Chelsea, Mass, won the
two-nlile amateur from Caldow, the
Scotchman, coming cut of the bunch al
the head of the stretch, and beating ouI
Caldcw by a wheel. Peabody got into
pocket on tire turn into the stretch
and gave up the race.
The tandem pursuit race was quite
easy for the Buffers.
Summary: 100 kilometres (62 miles 57S
feet). amateur championship of the world
John A. Nelson Chicago, won. Time,
204:13 1-5 Ben Goodson, Sydney Aus
tralia, second; George W Riddle, Winni-
peg, Man, third; F. o. Oarsch, Dorches-
ter. Mass, and Lester Wilson, Pittsburg,
Pa, also started, but did not finish. Win
ners time at the end of each five miles: