The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-16
Taylor Captures the
Mile Record at
Chicago.
THE MARK NOW SET AT l:l9.
The Colored Cyclone Fin
ished Ahead of His
Motor Machine.

! Worlds champion, Major Taylor
Time, I'm. 49,
Calling on his pacemakers for mort
speed, and Disguised because they coulC
not send the motorcycle along faster il
mile trial, Major Taylor jumped hi!
pace at Chicago yesterday, and fin
ished ahead of the motorcycle in the
wonderful time of I'm. 1885,, which is two
seconds faster than any rider has ever
gone before.
Had his machine been running fast
J er, the Worcester lad would have
clipped several additional seconds off
the record. All the way round the
track, on both laps, he continually
called for the pacemakers to go faster.
1t was cinch following the pace; for
Taylor used wind shields. He never
used them before, and he did not intend
to use them, but his rival, Eddie Nc
Duffee of Boston, who is also at the
same track trying for records, persists
in using wind shields. Taylors per-
Torrance yesterday shows what a bene-
fit McDuffee has had in previous trials.
The Worcester boy hadn't the slightest
trouble following the pace.
1t was a sensible idea for him to use
wind shields. He got no more credit
for riding without them than McDuf-
fee did in using them. Everybody knew
wind shields helped a rider follow
pace. With that knowledge, Taylor
should have received more credit than
McDuffee, but when he saw he didn't,
he determined to ride under the same
conditions as McDuffee.
His performance was wonderful on
account of his squirt at the finish. Never
before was such speed seen in a bicycle
rider. Leaving the motor, which was
travelling faster than a single rider ever
went on a track, Taylor put on extra
speed and shot past it as easily as he
jumped any of his opponents in a race.
The squirt shows Taylors capabilities
more than anything he ever did. 1t
shows that he has the fastest squirt of
any bicycle rider living.
The conditions were excellent. There
was not breath of wind Taylor came
out behind the motor cycle which was
ridden by two men. The machine was
working finely It has been in bad shape
for several days, failing to get up any
speed. 1t worked better yesterday, going
the fastest mile it has yet shown. Tay-
Tor chung to it like a leach. The speed
of the machine wasn't what he wanted.
He continually called for the men to
hit up faster pace. Had they been able
to send the machine along faster TAYLOR
would have stayed with it.
There are warm times at Garfield
park track, Chicago, where Taylor got
the record. He and McDuffee are stabbed
there and the terms they are on Is
shown by the fact that they are located
on opposite sides of the track They
have gone after several records. McDuf-
fee holds the third and half mile records
and Taylor the quarter mile and mile.
He got the quarter mile last week when
he didn't use wind shields. He tried for
the half mile and made Al seconds with
out wind shields. McDuffee made 40 2-5s
using wind shields. Had Taylor been
timed at the half yesterday he would
have been given the half mile record
for his time to the half must have been
under 40 seconds.
Taylor intends to go after the third
and half mile records today. If his ma
chine works properly there is no doubt
of his ability to get the record. He can
easily knock several seconds off any
record that stands, even the one he
made yesterday. His machine has not
been working properly, which was all
the more exasperating to the Worcester
lad because McDuffee's motor was
working finely His machine has shown
more speed than Taylor's all along.
They were made at the same factory
and are as near alike as such machines
can be made, yet McDuffee has had all
the luck. His machine has gone an ex-
hibition mile in I'm II 2-5s, while Nc
Duffee sat on the fence and watched it
go. Taylor's machine has broken down
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