The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-20

questionably due to the innate courtesy
which he possesses and his knowledge
or what he is talking about.
HIS plans are definitely made in out
me and the detail will be filed in
according to circumstances. He will
ride McDutfle the match, proba bly, at
10 or 20 miles. may be longer, Memorial
Gay. He will attempt all new records
for all distances from the quarter-mile
to the hours riding distance The at
tempts Will be made at Woodside track,
Philadelphia, which ne regards as the
fastest track that has vet been built.
re VIII make hts trials shortly after
May 80. The ordinary bicycle rider
would fear to take on McDufie in a
nlQoie-distance match race with the
task Of attempting worlds records only
snort distance away. 1t is the belief
or bicycle men that riding middle dis
tances totally incapacitates a rider for
sprlnt1ns for several weeks, at least
or until he can practice sufficiently to
entirely overcome the effects of steady
pedallng. What sprinter most de-
slres Is What Is called the burst of
speed which carries him the last 100
or 200 yards at q pace which could
never be held for a half-mile, except
behind fast pace.
But Major Taylor is an exception to
almost every known law Of bicycling.
When he competed in the six day race
at Madison Square, wise ones shook
their heads and said the sturdy little
telloW had bade long farewell to
sprinting The rider showed them diff
terently when next he rode, for he
MADE the biggest cracks look like boys
on a veIoclpede. He proved the falsity
OF the belief that a man can't ride
sprlnts after following pace steadily in
middle distance riding again last year
ON Memorial day last he code McDuf-
fie 80 mile race at Charles River
track. On the following day he rode
Jaapeden a series of three matches
mile heats, best two in three. The
great French rider got one, but in the
other two the Worcester lad went away
from the foreigner like a two-minute
ringer in the three minute class. Major
Taylor said yesterday that if he can
have a week in which to change the
gait he is satisfied the mile mark will
drop to I'm. 25s. before his Orient
equipped with the Sager gear.
As soon as he can be released from
duty as salesman he will begin the
task Of securing pacemakeFs for his
work. That will be no small task, as
Taylor has not yet ridden behind a
team of pacemakers whom he has moi
urged on continually. How he will
II Oil Alc uOGS llOI tel. ne says every
rider pursues the same general plans
but every rider has some notions of his
own on diet, habits and everything that
can be thought of. In some points all
agree, one of which is the idea of keep
ing the muscles soft. 1t is essentia
to a bicycle rider to have soft muscles
the softer the better. While the mus
cles are soft, the rider knows he has
not reached his limit, and there art
r1nczfht1ifiaS hafOra hfy,o Of ;xJ, !,
does not know. When the muscles are
hard the rider has reached his limi
and can go no faster.
Major Taylor is the only star ride
who stuck to his colors and remained
with the L. A. W. He refused to strike
his flag to the outlaws for the treatmen
he received at their hands. He returnt
from his visit to Rochester more thai
ever convinced that the days of the out
laws are short. The outlaws are meet
ing defeat all along the line, according
to Taylor, the latest being an importan
straw to show that a squat is rising il
| the horizon which when it reaches tn
outlaw craft will blow it so far from it
course that it will never find it's wa
| back
| The outlaws made a determined effor
| to get the Ferry Fountain track a
| Louisville to join their association, bu
remain in the league. Thus far the out
| laws have been defeated in their effort
TO secure the following tracks: Indian
apolis, Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo, Roch
| ester, two at Philadelphia, Charlie
! River, Crescent Park, Bridgeport, AS
| bury Park, and Baltimore. Not onl
| those tracks but all the horse tracks il
| the country will remain with the league
| The only tracks the outlaws have Sc
cured are those of Washington, Berke
| ley Oval, Manhattan Beach and Am
| brOSe Park, Brooklyn.
! Tom Butler has never left the league
All other riders but he and Taylor have
| McDutfie is about to pay his fine an
once more huddlc under the protecting
| wing Of the league. His example will b
| followed by other riders, Taylor thinks
| The fines against riders amount T.
about $1,000. The fines vary from 500 Il
$40, except in the case Of Bald, Coope
| and Gardiner who have 5000 eacl
charged. The league may remit all fine
Of riders, which would be the winnin,
move or it may remit all except thos
Of the lingleaders and teach them a les
| son.