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ill RECORD FOR IfllR.Negro Cyclist Continues to Be Successful in His Battle with “Father Time,”(Special to The World.)PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 11.— Major Taylor was determined to go for the inllo record again to-day In an attempt to-.place the .mark down below 1.30 and out of the reach of Edward Taylor, of France, and Eddie McDuf-fee, the -former holders at 1.35 2-0 and 1,32 3-5; but a high, cold wind prevented.He (lid ffo Cor Vho cmc-thtrd-ol-a-mlle figures officially, and that record Is 1 now In the list erf his successes, for ho did .294-5 to-day. In spite of the wind. He finished so fresh he again demanded •that an attempt for tihc onc-mlle mark bo made.While the pacing teams were warming up in the dressing-rooms, which urc heated, the. wind Increased rather than diminished. When Taylor again a farted It wna for* the three-quarier-mile record of Johnnie Johnson made at N«nv Orleans in the fail of '80. This stands nl l.lll. Taylor tailed to-day by the narrow margin of a second.Taylor will try for tho mile again at the first 'opportunity, and expressed confidence to-day In iho ability of his team of three q-ulnta to pull 'him. under 1,30. Tho tblid-rr.Uo record officially before to-day's trial was ,301-5, held by Wtndle, and made at CbllU'cothe in the fall of '95.
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New York World
New York, New York, US
Tue, Nov 15, 1898
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Baldboris W.
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