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140. “The wildly popular challenge: The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 28, 1898.
140. “just a little present from one good sport to another” Major Taylor autobiography p. 49.
140. “we were always having a bottle of Champagne.” William A. Brady Showman p. 141.
140. “Those fine sportsman who paced me . . .” Major Taylor autobiography p 49.
140. “I want to thank your paper”: The New York Sun, August 1898.
140. “Was like an electric shock to many who did not believe a colored man could win.” New York Sun: August 30, 1898.
141. “I knew I had a world-beater.” Major Taylor autobiography p. 43.
141. “Coming as it did just after the unsuccessful efforts of certain race managers to debar him…” Unidentified New York newspaper reference Major Taylor autobiography p. 49.
141. T. Laing manager St. Louis Circuit City track: Brooklyn Daily Eagle: October 8, 1898.
141. “rebels” Brooklyn Daily Eagle: September 19, 1898.
142. Secret ballot: Syracuse Standard, November 4, 1898.
142. Meeting Trenton NJ: Formation American Racing Cyclist Union: New York Times: September 27, 1898: Worcester Telegram: September 26, 1898, Nebraska State Journal: September 27, 1898.
142. “the most historic day in cycling history”: Boston Globe; September 23, 1898.
142. “anxious” Hotel operator trying to ban Taylor; Cycle Age: October 6, 1898.
142. New organization: American Racing Cyclist Union: Philadelphia Press, September 26, 1898.
142. Refused lodging twice in Connecticut: Worcester Telegram, September 23, 1898.
143. “busy bees” Philadelphia Press: July 17, 1898.
143. “It’s against my religious scruples” Major Taylor autobiography p. 29.
143. Taylor winning percentage .517: Boston Globe: October 9, 1898.
143. Taylor beats Eddie Bald ten out of twelve times: Cycle Age: September 1, 1898.
143. “There are a few followers of the colored boys.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle: September 26, 1898.
144. “It is now a case of black and white” Boston Globe: October 9 1898.
144. Local citizens sign paper asking Taylor entry be permitted: Boston Globe: October 14, 1898.
144. Taylor eating in kitchen: Syracuse Standard, November 4, 1898.
145. Firing of black waiter: Major Taylor autobiography p. 29-30.
145. “Where local opinion permits, there shall be racing on any day of the week” Philadelphia Press: July 17, 1898.
145. “But we entered into a gentlemen’s agreement” Major Taylor autobiography p. 20.
146. Description Cape Girardeau incident: The Daily Northwestern: March 16 1901.
146. Taylor loses $10,000 in endorsements: The Washington Post: October 2, 1898.
146. Riders laugh at Taylor: Syracuse Standard, November 4, 1898.
147. Bible quote: John verse 14:27 www.mybiblescripture.com DL January 27, 2007.
147. “payment of lofty $400 fine” Worcester Telegram: May 28, 1898.
147. Taylor considered unofficial champion: Taylor’s autobiography, p. 27.
148. “I am in a good position to comment on the relative speed. . . . If it were possible to make him white all the boys would gladly assist in the job.” Unidentified Philadelphia newspaper comment by cyclist Howard Freeman referenced in Major Taylor autobiography p. 59-60.
148. Brady’s group wanting to cash in on Sunday racing: The Philadelphia Press, October 19, 1898.
148. Tom Cooper 1895& 1899 American Champion: New York Times: August 15, 1896; Cycle Age: June 20, 1901.
149. “Orient; offer to pay Taylor him $500 for each world record and $10,000 if he brought the mile record under one minute thirty seconds.” New York Times August 5, 1899; The Star November 16, 1898; Major Taylor autobiography p. 67.
149. Taylor obliterating 1/4, ½, ¾, 1 mile world speed records: Ibid-p.68.
149. “teeth were chattering from the cold” Boston Globe: November 13, 1898.
150. “It is a serious fact that last week, when the horse was monarch in New York . . .” The Evening Democrat: January 25, 1899.
150. “with it came the sublime thrill that was beyond the power of words to express.” Major Taylor autobiography p 67.
150. “unhampered he is simply the fastest man on the track.” Quote: William A Brady Unidentified New York paper referenced in Major Taylor autobiography p. 43.
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151. “married Grace George” Article: Richard F. Snow, American Heritage Magazine: April/May 1980.
151. “a real man should be known as a fighting man.” William A Brady, The Fighting Man (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1916).
151. “had a soft spot for Brady, the man with irons in the fire.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle: July 17, 1901.
152. Taylor on chainless bicycles: Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Nov 4, 16, 24, 1898: Cycle Age & Trade review, 1898.
152. “Every colored man and women is proud of Major Taylor, the champion bicyclist.” Pittsburgh Press: December 11, 1899.
152. Taylor handing out pamphlet’s cycle show Chicago: Chicago Daily Tribune: January 8, 1899.
152. “You cannot imagine how much good it has done me” Cycle Age: July 1900.
152. “He demonstrated he can talk a wheel”: Philadelphia Inquirer, February 25, 1899.
153. Taylor tendency to ride dangerously close to pole: Boston Globe; January 18, 1901 & April 19, 1908.
153. “I do not get half enough sleep for I think all the time about those Montreal races” Boston Globe: August 3, 1899.
153. Taylor in Chicago with Birdie Munger: Major Taylor autobiography p. 78.
154. Blacks were barred from the NCA: Brooklyn Daily Eagle: May 19, 1899.
154. “The most unsportsmanlike move on record.” Ibid.
154. signing with Stearns: UASP.
155. “restore the supremacy of the white race,” Rick Knott: The Jack Johnson v. Barney Oldfield match race of 1910; What it says about race in America: January 2005 DL www.findarticles.com February 15, 2007.
155. Headquarters of sin between Chicago and Denver; Quote by Richard Ruhnke Ottumwa Iowa Public Librarian: Interview January 20, 2007.
155. “blind tigers” Steve Welker: Ottumwa recalls ‘red light’ days; Ottumwa Courier: July 1, 1976.
155. “303” Ibid.
155. “The road to hell” Ibid.
155. “Battle row” Ibid.
155. “The Klu Klux Klan was said to linger there”: Richard Ruhnke: Ottumwa Iowa Librarian: Interview January 20, 2007.
155. Stormy Jordan pouring whiskey on sidewalk to attract customers: Wapello County History: Self published by Ruth Sterling 1986 Sutherland Printing Montezuma Iowa.
155. “Taylor is a queer specimen, he is supremely arrogant…” Major Taylor autobiography referencing unidentified Ottumwa newspapers report on him p. 81.
156. “marble hearted…crowd did not like him” Ibid-p.78.
156. “something on the order of that lawn party and the skunk business.” Ibid-p. 81.
156. “I guess I spoiled their little party” Ibid-p. 81.
156. For that seedy job he sent Frank Gately: January 24, 1900.
156. “Little Chicago” Ottumwa Courier: July 1, 1976.
157. “Black Whirlwind” Brooklyn Daily Eagle: December 1, 1898.
157. “I have never received the benefit of a close decision.” Major Taylor Autobiography p. 77.
157. “most of the outlaw men are has-beens . . .” Montreal Daily Star: August 7, 1899.
157. Bald, Todd Sloan, lover of flesh pots” Brooklyn Daily Eagle: December 24, 1898; August 9, 1899.
157. “white flyer” Brooklyn Daily Eagle: June 16, 1897.
157. Ashinger Velodrome Builder: Brooklyn Daily Eagle: August 8, 1899.
158. Bell Telephone Company; Montreal Daily Star: August 10, 1899.
158. Montreal Mayor deemed it a civic holiday: Brooklyn Daily Eagle: July 17, 1899.
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br /> 158. Governor General gave patronage: Ibid: July 24, 1899.
158. Race Headquarter Windsor Hotel; Ibid: July 17th, 1899.
158. Goldsmiths creating special medals; Ibid. July 17, 1899.
159. Henry Sturmeny a giant of a man; Montreal Daily Star: August 1899.
158. Waltham Massachusetts rail station one hundred riders waiting: Montreal Gazette: August 14, 1899.
159. ICA banning waiting NCA riders: Brooklyn Daily Eagle: August 9, 1899.
159. “give us Major Taylor and we can run the meet…” Montreal Gazette: August 7, 1899.
159. “He is a very pleasing looking boy with looks as soft as velvet” Montreal Daily Star: August 10, 1899.
160. “bicycle excursion trains.” New York Times: August 12, 1897.
160. Five thousand people being turned away: Major Taylor autobiography p. 87 quoting unknown Montreal Daily.
160. Forty thousand fans attendance World Championships: 12,000 The Herald; August 9, 1899, 13,000 Montreal Gazette; August 10, 1899; 12,000 Montreal Gazette; August 14, 1899; 11,000 The Montreal Herald August 11, 1899; some estimates were over 50,000, Le Velo; March 12, 1901.
160. “like a row of prisoners before the bar of the recorders” Montreal Daily Star: August 10, 1899
160. “official press organizer” Montreal Daily Star: August 11, 1899.
161. Every single man, women and child rose in unison: Montreal Daily Star: August 10, 1899.
161. Referee William Inglis; Ibid.
162. W.C Petrie inventor of photo finish: North Adams Transcript: February 10, 1898.
163. Grose’s Secret service present: Montreal Daily Star: August 10, 1899.
163. “well, alright, if that is your verdict gentleman I shall have to abide by it” The Montreal Gazette: August 10, 1899.
163. “There was only one mistake and it is extremely difficult to account for and that was why Major Taylor was deprived of a race that he won.” Ibid August 10, 1899.
163. “I was very nervous because I knew full well…”Major Taylor Autobiography p 89,90.
163. “Blessed are the meek” Matthew 5:5 King James Version Bible.
165. “the crowd fearing that their dark skinned boy began to be a little demonstrative” Montreal Star: August 11, 1899.
165. “The hold Taylor has taken upon the sympathies of the people in the grandstand is something wonderful” Ibid.
166. “I shall never forget the thunderous applause…” Major Taylor autobiography p. 92.
166. Even though next to the article in a Montreal paper praising him for his world championship title there was a article about another lynching back home: The Gazette Montreal: August 14, 1899.
166. “My National anthem took on a new meaning” Ibid-p.92.
166. “The Major hasn’t found his master”: UASP.
166. “Despite that joyous demonstration. . . . regret” Ibid: p 92.
167. “Eddie McDuffie dropping the world one mile record to 1 minute 21 seconds.” Ibid: p. 78.
167. “Taylor 1 minute 1.9 seconds one mile world record” Chicago Daily News November 18, 1899.
169. McDuffee retires from cycling: Chicago Daily Tribune: November 19, 1899.
169. “The colored boy who has astonished the world” Worcester Telegram: February 21, 1900.
169. “Major Taylor the wonder is now back home.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle: December 1, 1898.
169. Taylor and Bert Hazard stop at Sager’s: Worcester Telegram, February 9, 1900.
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171. ‘Shovelors’ earning twenty cents per hour. Brooklyn Daily Eagle: March 2, 1900.
171. Massive snowfalls dump 60 inches on New York: www.islandnet.com DL February 8, 2007.
171. Horses getting electrocuted due to snowstorm: Brooklyn Daily Eagle: February 28, 1900.
171. Northeastern seaboard was virtually cut off: Brooklyn Daily Eagle: March 1, 1900.
172. Little Hope for Major Taylor: Worcester Telegram: February 21, 1900.
172. NCA’s ban on blacks: Brooklyn Daily Eagle: May 19, 1899.
172. Taylor hires Attorney William Allen: Worcester Telegram: February 21, 1900.
172. “I fear my sentiments do not meet with favor in the minds of the majority of the officials of that body.” Ibid.
172. Massachusetts flooding eight feet deep: Brooklyn Daily Eagle: March 2, 1900.
172. Horses drowned in their stables: Ibid.
173. “Major Taylor’s chances of reinstatement into the NCA are just about one in a thousand” Worcester Telegram: February 21, 1900.
173. “Thus far they have resolutely refused to consider Taylor’s case” Ibid.
173. “If favorable action is not secured Taylor’s career as a racing man is ended” Ibid.
173. Continental Hotel in Newark New Jersey discussion of Taylor ban” Worcester Telegram: May 11 & 29th, 1900.
173. Advertisement Major Taylor sponsored bicycles: Cycle Age & Trade Review June 1898.
173. Advertisement Major Taylor fans: Major Taylor autobiography p. 53.
173. Advertisement Major Taylor name on cigarette package: Unidentified Australian newspaper clipping, Major Taylor scrapbook, Indianapolis History Museum.
173. “I and Stevie” Boston Globe: July 23, 1899; July 8, 1900.
174. “Almost certain defeat stares him in the face” Worcester Telegram: February 21, 1900.
174. Taylor billboards: Taylor’s autobiography, p. 140.
174. “The riders have drawn the color line, it is unconstitutional, un-American, unsportsmanlike…” Worcester Spy: April 29, 1900.
174. “If the NCA wants the endorsement of every fair minded lover of sports of the country it had better strike out that word “white” in its rules and strike it out quick.” Unidentified newspaper clipping Major Taylor scrapbook: Indianapolis History Museum.
175. NCA $500 fine and Taylor Payment: Worcester Telegram: May 29, 1900 p.6.
175. Purchasing home under assumed name: The Daily Northwestern: March 16, 1901.
176. “$2850 price paid for home” Worcester Telegram: January 24, 1900.
176. Cornelius Maher local realtor: Ibid.
176. “ideal residential locality” Unidentified clipping Major Taylor scrapbook; Indianapolis History Museum.
176. Is he a good Yankee? Worcester Telegram: January 24, 1900.
176. What’s his name? Ibid.
176. “you’ll see him soon enough” Chicago Daily Tribune: February 4, 1900.
176. “what do you mean by this outrage” Ibid.
177. “I consider it an injury to me to have him come in and squat down on my plot against my will.” Worchester Telegram: January 24, 1900.
177. “I don’t know why I haven’t as much right to buy a little place as any man in town.” Unidentified Worcester newspaper clipping: Indianapolis History Museum.
177. “There must be democrats out at Columbus Park” Worcester Telegram: January 24, 1900.
177. Taylor as registered republican: Worcester Telegram: November 28, 1899.
178. “How about it Major” Worcester Telegram: November 30, 1899.
178. “If I was married I didn’t know when it happened” Worcester Telegram: November 20, 1899.
178. “Just the work of some of those paragraphers” Ibid.
178. “they are always making me married” Ibid.
178. Description Daisy’s clothing: Linda McShannock Minneapolis Historical Society: St. Paul MN.
178. Daisy Victoria Morris, graduate of Hudson Academy: The Colored American Magazine: September 1902 p. 344.
179. “new women” Robert Smith: A Social History of the Bicycle. American Heritage Press p.76.
179. “a bicycle was a better matchmaker than a mother” Ibid: New York Herald: Date unknown: p. 79.
179. “bicycling by young women has helped more than any other media” Chicago Tribune: July 5th, 1896.
179. women weren’t capable of controlling a bicycle: Bucks County Gazette: July 29, 1897.
179. “heating of blood” Ibid-p. 65.
179. “it would be just as sweet and pleasant to make love to a women” Minneapolis Tribune August 17, 1895.
179. “cycling had come along just in time to rehabilitate the American women.” New York Herald: June 13 & 27, 1897.
180. “nervous force was wearing out.” Ibid.
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181. Iver Johnson contract: The Cycle Age: October 25, 1900; The Bicycling World and Motorcycle Review, May 23 & 30, 1901; The Cycle Age and Trade Review December 20, 1900; Fitchburg Sentinel: April 3, 1901.
181. “The colored whirlwind is almost elephantine”: UASP.
182. Johnnie Fisher from Chicago: Worcester Spy: June 24, 1900.
182. Major Taylor Is Losing His Laurels: Ibid.
182. Frank Kramer: Born November 21, 1880: Fort Wayne Daily News: September 21, 1915.
182. Kramer retires for bed exactly nine o’clock each night: Velo News: January 15, 1996 by Peter Nye.
182. Kramer coming down with tuberculosis: Fort Wayne Daily News: September 21, 1915.
183. “He would earn as worldwide reputation as Arthur Zimmerman” Boston Globe; June 10, 1900; New York Times June 3, 1894
183. “Kramer is expected to clean up the whole bunch.” Major Taylor autobiography p.115.
183. “Kramer was riding like the wind” Brooklyn Daily Eagle: July 1, 1900.
183. If I ever meet Kramer in a match race”: The Colored Magazine, 1902, p. 342.
183. “Frank Kramer is the king-pin” Ibid: April 30, 1900.
184. Bookmakers: money chaser: Ibid. August 26, 1901.
184. “Experts pick Frank Kramer” Major Taylor autobiography p. 114.
184. “On the whole, Major Taylor is King Pin” Brooklyn Daily Eagle: July 1, 1900.
184. Frank Kramer legacy twenty-one years professional 1-year amateur: Peter Nye; Hearts of Lions, p.110.
184. Tom Cooper NCA champion 1899; Brooklyn Daily Eagle: December 1, 1899.
185. “July 13, 1900 Milwaukee $1000 purse” Ibid: July 14, 1900.
185. “interurban’s” www.indianahistory.org DL February 21, 2007.
185. Taylor toasted at banquet: Cycle Age, August 11, 1898; Chicago Tribune, August 10, 1898.
186. Civil War Grand Army Uniform descriptions: Linda McShannock Minneapolis Historical Society; December 9, 2005.