The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20

manager, J. H. sager, realizing the
immense advantage McDuffee had,
provided my machine with wind
shields.
What are these wind shields?" asked
The Spy man.
They are long pieces of metal eX-
tending from the front of the machine
back to behind the rear wheel like the
letter " The limbs and a portion of
the bodies Of the crew are protected
The rider is enclosed behind It's
cinch riding with those things, al
though it felt strange at first. 1 never
felt timid on a bicycle until the first
time rode behind those wind shields.
But l said to myself l could ride be-
hind them If he could, and [ did"
when McDuffee did I'm. 21s his ma
chine shook him at the finish He was
10 or 10 yards back. When / did I'm.
24s. without wind shields, and I'm 19s.
with wind shields, | not only kept up
with the pace, but at the finish l
jumped the pace and finished ahead Of
the motor"
Newspaper reports say you kept
calling for more pace in that 1:l9
mile" suggested The Spy man.
Il could have gone faster" said Tay-
lor, IF the motor had gone. / did not
find the slightest trouble clinging to
| it."
Taylor was not disposed to acknowl-
edge that McDuffee had the fastest ma
chine. of which there is no doubt. He
finally did, but said his machine i'm
proved well toward the end and is now
as good as that owned by McDuffee.
He told of a trial by McDuffee's ma
chine in I'm. 15s. and of the I'M II 2-5s.
which the machine went while McDuf-
q
Taylor's manager remarked that if his
machine was doing that time, Taylor
would have kept behind it.
After one of these fast trials Manager
Sager realized how easy it would be
for Taylor if his machine could do
that He asked McDuffee his price for
either fixing Taylor's motorcycle to get
such speed or selling his own machine.
McDuffee said he would do either for
$780, Manager Sager thought that a
heap of money. 1t was finally agreed
to give McDuffee $50 to fix Taylor's
machine to get that speed. McDuffee
refused, but later offered to fix the MAJ
chine for $50. When he made that Of
fer, however, Taylor's crew had the
machine showing big improvements
and McDuffee's offer was declined with
thanks
Taylor would have gotten the record
much easier had he had an experienced
motor crew. The men who rode his
machine were novices at that business.
They never sat on a motor until he
made his first trial. They were mechan-
les from the Sager gear factory in
Rochester. Had Fred Blanchard of
Marlboro been engineer the motor
would have carried Taylor to the mark
in few days
Taylor has not forgotten Blanchard.
who was engineer on his motor during
the summer He went to Marlboro yes
terday to tell Blanchard the narrative
of his doings since leaving Worcester.
Taylor says he has finished for the
season. He was not aware that Manager
Sager had said anything about going
south to get the mile straightaway re-
cord. Manager Sagar said the machine
could be sent along to do a mile in 55s
on the road. Taylor said last evening he
thought it could, and he felt he would
be right with it when it finished.
He said McDpffee was greatly disap-
pointed. The Boston man called atten-
ton to the fact that he was the first
to ride q mile under I'm. 30s and he
greatly desired to be the first to ride
a mile under I'm. 20s. He said he would
retire contentedly if he could do that
But he didn't.
1t was suggested to Taylor that his
quarter-mile record was made riding
with the wind, which fact newspapers
did not forget to mention. He said that
1t made no difference. AS it happened
he had to ride against the wind for half
the distance. But even if the quarter
mile stretch was so fixed that the wind
would be practically behind the rider
all the time, he would not be helped as
he would have to get his start against
the wind. To ride a quarter-m mile in re-
cord time it is necessary to do a full
half, and the man is coming to the start
as fast as he is going at any time dur
ing the race,
Taylor fulfilled his predictions of the
early season. He said he would own
all sprint records and that he would do
better than I'M 25s if motor cycle
could do it, He has done both.