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“Major Taylor Keeps on 1 at Philadelphia.i -Succeeds io Spite of Bad Wort By His Pacemakers.: ri I -Cuts the Mile and Several Shorter Distances.Manager Issues Challenge to McDuffee of Boston.McRuffoe Has Not Considered Recent Work Marvelous.PHILADELPHIA, Nov 10—“Major'’ | Taylor’s records today will rank as the most wonderful rides back of pace ever I seen. He lowered the mile record again, taking one-fifth of a second off this| time, and he lowered officially the three-; auarter mile record# taking a fifth off hi# best previous time and one and three-fifths seconds off the official record made by Johnnie Johnson.Today Taylor was minus two of his best pacemakers, W. F. Sager, steers-second quint team, and Nat Butler, who was one of the Callahan team. Coniin was placed in Butler’s seat and Carroll Jack in the seat in the other machine, which was steered by Henshaw, the New York rider. The pacemakers’ work was ragged, and they did not do as well as usual in the pickups. There was a Screw loose somewhere. and pickups which should have been made at the tape were made coming off the first bank into the back stretch.It was here that the wonderful work of Taylor was seen. In his first pickup in the mile he jumped from the team ho was following and made a clean run of25 yards to the next team. All managerWard could do seemingly would notmend the break in ranks, and the nextpickup was worse. The “major jumped out this time at the head of the back stretch, and his unpaced run to catch the next team was a full 75 yard*, Vet he finished the mile a fifth better than Im 52s. and five watches caught itat lm 31 4-53.The start was made back of the Crooks team, which carried him to the quarter in 22 l-5s, a fifth second ahead of the record. The third, in 29 3-5s, was record time, and the pickup was fearful. Taylor jumped and caught the next team, the Henahaw qutni, which had been shoved oft too soon, and the ride went on to the half In 45 2-5r, tying his time of yesterday. His two*thirds. In lm 4-5s. was better by a fifth than yesterday, and the Callahan team was away too soon. Taylor was again compelled to jump after a team with 10 yards the better of him, Hi« strength lasted him all right, and he caught it and finished at its side. The time was lm 31 4-B.He complained after the ride of pains in ills legs and chest from the terrible strain. For this reason he aid not feel capable of a mile, but went out after the three-quarters with the Crooks team to start him and the Callahan team to finish, the latter team going the last third. The pickup was excellent. The quarter was done in 22 2-os, tying record, the third in 30s, half in 45 l-5s. a fifth better tiian any previous record mark, and the third in lm Is. The three-quarters time was lm 8 2-5s, a fifth better than any previous time and one and three-fifths seconds tinder the official record time of Johnnie JohnsonThe referee at today's and all trials was Abe Powell, the well-known hail* dicapper of Pennsylvania; the timers were Capt A. H. Alien of the Century wheelmen, John Heath of the same club, J. H. Bowen of the Quaker City wheelmen and Harvey Uhier of the Century wheelmen. The judges were well-known men in this city.Taylor had perfect weather, the wind being down to a mere breeze, which ha roly stirred the dead leaves of the trees, and the air was warm but damp. There was no sun.
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Boston Daily Globe
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Nov 17, 1898
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