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THE GUA_B»DIAN, CHARLUTT TOWN P E. I, DECEMBER 1. 1899

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Bicycltst Major Taylor.

Met in Montreal by Many of

Charlottetown’s Cyclists. t

'l`i.ii is the story of a colored boy

who has astonished the world ot cycling by his great tests ol speed on the track. Mejor Taylor. national champion ot the p League ot American Wneelmen. inter- . eeional champion and holder ot the paced records for the mile. halt, third and quarter, is the subject. p

Taylor has gained fame anew during l

lc hast ten days, by setting new marks lor the mile and its iractions hire in Chicago on the cement oval at Garfield Park. Eddie lcDnlee and Tay lor be an their onslaught upon paced re- neés w‘t‘i th-*ir steam motors about three weeks ago. and at iiist Mcllutfeet .hid decidedly the better ot it. his motor working admirably, while Tay lor’s oould not be made to go last enough. ' Hcbulee used wind saields lor his `|eeor1!a'aleo. while Taylor scorned at that to has these aids. But when Hc- Pilee made a mile in 1.21 and a hal! H 0.40 25. '1‘aylcr’s manager, J. H. ` ` , concluded to put on the shields, mu advantage. eemhined with the mandy improvement in the speed ot the 'deem motor, proved henehnial to iayior. and he lett Friday night lor the East with all lour records, made 1 upon his cbainlees who- l. -‘Qc fear times were madea°f~ll~wa: 'let 9, quarter-mile, without w ind lield-, 0.20; Nov 15. one mile, with will shields, l.l9`;Nov.l6. half- nile, witn_ wind sl ieids 0 4O,1~5 .Noi .16, one-third mile, with wind sh‘elda,0.2’( 1-5. firlhail Walter Taylor is his real

nam ibut -ilajor” he has been cz r sine-', at a 10-year-old boy at soho. l, ie wie -ted i baton in rrontol a juvenile

ina-I. Aid li] ir it has been cts!

C350- Llllg ago the quota ion marks were di_-.ippedpiud Marshall has been forgotten f -r Major. He wi. born llvolilbor M, 1877. in Iudiiiipilis.

“lint went to school until he was 13

when he started into work in a bicycle establishment in Indianapolis. It was While there in 1890 that Major rode his hathace. It was a 10-mile road me _~,all Qin competitors being on ordinaries. Thirty cyclists of local tame started and the little colored stand boy who had

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ltcrideon Sundayi! he went with them

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,the allot 1896, securing ine handtomel Physically Taylor ia admirably put larp silver trophy offered ie the mn I together, Never sick a day in his lilo who would win it. twice. he has a well-knit irame and ia _agile

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Taylor further made good his claims as; bl! °°ll\il\\1°d 1° PU! 00 50011 IPR011895. “

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Riuin on the L A W circuit in 18 IIN lil I0 ll! in bf! m0V3li'¢ll\l fi

t tore was iven the limit or iillowancti track, and without the aid of wind

ot 15 min§ites.Ncbod_v thought the little . shieilda. :warning to the L. A. W.| Contributions'

chap could win, but liedid-~by six sec- stat a ca e e 52 points. 10 49 for _

ends, ioihe surprise ot everybody. T01!! BUUU’ "4 37 ’°" N” B°u"' N' in L;?:£o<?tJfl¥e' lair tlihitt 'hilsoxlualhinm

ln the tour years that iollowed the two most dangerous rivals. Twenty- Eno and bmmhud b an G yum

colored lad took pert in nianv local races, twe llrst out ot 29 events is Taylor’a mem U '_ ho' lm *hi in 62:3" and continued to improve steadly. Then t record. p om to the Pmlrwu 0' '&,al“ :nba vd Louis ll. Hunger. whom cyclists the; Alter making the star mile record In ll ner dlscnnon ur the be 'ns Ju; country over delight io call ~~Hirdie.“ yChicago,Augiist 2. Taylor went hlon- soldier’ and "no" ne ° l ° came and set up his iactory in indian- 'treat and took partin the international The uemmve Commute. of the Am

apolis.and Taylor weitito work tor him. ‘-championship events. lie won the mile mmm bmp tsl ‘mp had hu "caved

lu 189.5 Tai lor won a 75-mile safety and two-mile evente.and there are those an umm mon m ol £5 000 1

fm’ °"°“‘ 1“‘“*“"P°“’» "°" “°l°Y*d "’° .""° °Lf""g 'if "l°° “lf” hm’ hh‘“°”‘;° United giaiess igozeiher ivtiti a giinniittre

iinioue distinction ot bein the onl one event a a weoi t on theo - ’

to 6-nm) in me nm 3 7 ,cms gay” me me to muah, of St’ of as much more ii it should be needed C P E I. , ,

Taylor went east with Hunger in Louie.

1895 and trcm that time toith his famef At present Major is in Chicago seek- increaaed. The cycling game in the East illil I0 l0W0l' lho mils “word lhado by was growing in popularity and than hlmsell in the summer. Weather con were many events to brings the colored .¢\iti0Dl and the inability to make his

hov to the tore. In the tall ot that year m0\00\’ 30 fall- 6D°\g\1. \\0WOY0¥» U0 k .he won a 10~mile ioad race trom scratch proving handicaps tc the accomplish-

in Worcester, and repeated the feat in ll\0l1i0i this lllidoiilking.

»~ ost, im _ sin, his isiseinispsiis. rsyini- inseam lhzzhuhmuy, hetailsa`:ithqr_h:ng.aaa and sensed-breaking bndnes' I OVGI' 9

Tom Butler wasdeelaretl iampioii. - \lQ hns&adsaversl thon-

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tha way. and hedeeui inland meek tha precedent he has at ltr himself ia this respect. When the N .tionrl [Tyc- ling association was termed in Se, tem- her. 1898, Tayl r went with the other _it-isis in c d°r to itnislt cw. thc 0hnllpl0ns`-.ip Sériéé, which ho ha! hot .L riding with the other last one. The Ma'or cliimsthe N C A rouiised no‘

but this agreement was violated, and later the colored boy sought reinstate- ment in the L. A. W. The orlurod champion does not say in eo many word that the N. C. A. took -this action in order to lreeae him out ol taking a big slice ei the honors. but that he believes as much cannot be doubted.

Taylor’s record this year is one to be

proud ii. He finishes the season as in~ iernational and L. A. W. champion and as the holder of t‘ie mile re

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