328. “is remarkable for the absence of bitterness against the men who treated him so unfairly” Robert Smith: A Social History of the Bicycle: (American Heritage Press) p. 164.
328. Report of Taylor in stands December 1927 Six Day Race Madison Square Garden: Peter Nye: Hearts of Lions, p. 121-122.
Epilogue
329. Munger successful inventor, automotive executive: The Daily Northwestern: December 19, 1899.
330. Major Taylor autobiography dedication: To my true friend and Advisor, Louis D. Munger” Marshall W. Taylor Autobiography Copyright 1932 Printed in the U.S.A. by The Commonwealth Press Worcester, Massachusetts Wormly Publishing Company 14 Blossom Street Worcester Massachusetts.
331. Circumstances of Floyd MacFarland death: New York Times: April 18th & 22nd, 1915; Nevada State Journal: April 18, 1915; The Syracuse Herald: April 18, 1915.
331. “He was a villain, but a likable one” Frank Van Staten: Huge Deal: The Fortunes and Follies of Hugh D McIntosh, p. 14.
332. “ticker-fiend” William A. Brady: Showman p. 276.
332. “laid an egg” Ibid.
332. “Depression A, Depression B” Ibid-p. 77.
332. Brady acquires “Street Scene”: Richard F. Snow; American Heritage article, April/May 1980; William A. Brady; Showman, p. 277.
332. “a champion streaking around the track…was the epitome of human speed” Ibid-p. 229.
332. “Madison” reference to two man six-day races: Ibid-p. 227.
332. “Major Taylor is the greatest rider on earth” The Syracuse Herald: September 4, 1898.
332. “nobody has a better right to run a thing down than the fellow who invented it” William A Brady: Showman p. 230.
332. Brady tossing preemies to riders: Author interview with Jack Visceo January 2006.
333. “I remember when cigarette packages . . .” Ibid-p. 224.
333. “We left our mark on the business” Ibid-p. 225.
333. “Zimmerman’s retirement was regretted just as much as Babes departure from baseball” Newark Daily News: October 22, 1936.
333. “Just as Babe Ruth was the idol of baseball fans and Bobby Jones of golf followers, Zimmie was the favorite of the racetrack patrons.” Ibid.
333. “I was the proudest boy in the world . . .” Major Taylor autobiography p. 12.
333. “There was no race prejudice in his make-up..” Ibid-p. 12.
333. “Flying Yankee” Newark News: October 22, 1936.
333. “Flying Negro” Brooklyn Daily Eagle: August 17th, 1898.
333. “The hero of all boyhood, as well as my own” Major Taylor autobiography p. 51.
334. Portions of the track still rise up standing as a testament to the one time popularity of Zimmerman” Newark Daily News: October 22, 1936.
334. Taylor meeting Levy: Christopher Sinsabaugh, Who Me? Forty Years of Auto History, p. 33.
334. Taylor traveling Worcester to Chicago selling book: Francis Jesse Owens, telephone interview, August 10, 2006.
334. Four hundred times $3.50: Taylor 1st edition on Abe books $1,400.
334. “I do not know how it may have been in other places but in Chicago, the city seemed to have died” www.roosevelt.edu/chicago history/mod3-chap2.htm DL May 12, 2006.
335. 750,000 Chicagoans nearly half the work force unemployed: Ibid.
335. 160,000 Chicago families received relief: Ibid.
335. Colored Y Bronzeville www.ci.chi.il.us/landmark/W/WabashYMCA.html DL May 12, 2006.
335. Carter G. Woodson, P.H.D. historian starting black history month: www.naperymca.org/history.htm DL May 12, 2006.
335. Chicago stadium teetering on bankruptcy: Appleton Post-Crescent: August 30, 1930.
336. 125,000 race-goers twice a year: Ibid.
336. “All the kids talked about Major Taylor” Author Interview with Francis Jesse Owens: August 10, 2006.
337. Last photograph taken of Taylor: Chicago Defender: July 2, 1932.
337. James Bowler becoming Taylor’s benefactor: Ibid.
337. “And as I have always said, I’m not living for one day or two . . .” Sydney Daily Telegraph: January 7,1903; quoting New South Wales Baptist article, Thirty-thousand Dollars for Conscience Sake.
338. Major Taylor obituary: Chicago Defender: June 25, 1932, Ibid July 2, 1932.
338. “I didn’t realize it then…” William C. Rhoden: Forty Million Dollar Slaves, (Crown publishing 2006), Author interview with Sydney Taylor Brown, p. 91.
338. Daisy Taylor deceased: April 21, 1965 Major Taylor Association (confirmation obituary never printed local Pittsburgh paper).
INDEX
Accidents 13, 48, 49, 63, 290
Adelaide 273, 274, 290, 291, 292, 322
Advertising 169, 254
Afro-American Cyclist 34
Afro-American Racing Union 34
Albion Cycling Club 60
Alcohol 17, 44, 104, 208, 223, 242
Alger, Horatio 57, 72, 224
Allen, William 172, 173
Amateur 9, 20, 22, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 69, 80, 83, 86, 182, 197, 227, 238, 266, 267, 293, 341
American Cycle Racing Association (ACRA) 76, 128, 142, 172
American Racing Cycling Union (ARCU) 142, 144
Ansonia 253
Antwerp 221, 242
Arend, Willie 193, 217, 218, 219, 243, 313
Asbury Park 19, 22 131, 137
Ashinger Company 158
Ashton, William 67, 68
Askanischer Hotel 310
Atlanta 259, 334, 343
Atlanta Constitution 259, 343
Auroras Brothel 155
Australia xi, 141, 261, 262, 263, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 273, 274, 275, 279, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 302, 312, 322, 323, 328, 331, 337, 340, 342
Australian Cycling Council 262
Austria 221
Autobiography 8, 72, 223 323, 326, 332, 334, 339
Bald, Eddie 65, 86, 88, 87, 89, 91, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 106, 109, 115, 116, 121, 128, 129, 130, 132, 135, 136, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 148, 154, 155, 157, 158, 167, 191, 196, 198, 201, 209, 302, 320, 324, 336
Barbereau-Bergeon 222, 223
Bardwell Kentucky 27, 28
Barnum and Baily Circus 84
Bartholdi Hotel 93
Batchelder, A. G. 78, 157, 243, 246, 247, 255, 299
Battle Row 155
Bearings 52, 58, 92, 96, 106, 115, 339
Becker, William 102, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 143, 326, 340
Belgium 193, 220, 221, 342
Berlin 216, 218, 242, 310, 314, 331
Bible 4, 117, 121, 126, 159, 191, 220, 251, 337, 338
Bicycle boom 122
Bicycle industry 116
Bicycle row 8, 15, 117, 330
Bicycle trick riders 24, 84, 216, 230
Birdie Special Bicycle 36, 59, 60, 66, 69, 80, 88, 90, 97
Black whirlwind 95, 151, 152, 157, 181, 182, 200, 249, 322, 325
Blind Tigers 155
Bloomer’s 11, 67, 179
Blossom Street 322, 328
Bogart, Humphrey 209
Bois de Boulogne 241
Bordeaux 195, 222, 223, 242
Boston 6, 51, 58, 67, 68, 76, 96, 100, 102, 114, 115, 128, 133, 144, 153, 154, 167, 199, 200, 202, 221, 256, 258, 281, 310, 343
Boston Daily Globe 96, 144, 258, 343
Boston Post 68
Boucicault, Dion 73
Bourrillon 196, 212, 225
Bowler, James 157, 337
Boyd, Charles 58, 59, 69
Brady, Jim 49, 70
Brady, William xii, 49, 70-80, 84, 86, 87, 89, 91-95, 97, 101, 102, 118-121, 125-133, 135-143, 147-151, 172, 174, 184, 189, 190, 192, 197-199, 201, 203-205, 210, 228, 236, 240, 243, 245-253, 261, 262, 269, 312, 332, 333, 336, 337, 340, 343
Braun, Mark 198
Breyer, Victor 20, 21, 195-200, 202-204, 207, 208, 216, 219, 222, 224, 230, 233, 239, 241, 243, 253, 255, 275, 299, 30
9, 343
Bronzeville 335
Brooklyn Daily Eagle 112, 151, 154, 169, 184, 189, 190, 201, 343
Brown, Mrs. R. Sydney 347, 404, 406, 409, 411
Buckner, William 204, 205, 209, 210, 212, 214-217, 219, 220, 222, 224, 226, 229-233, 235, 237-240, 242, 245-247
Buffalo 114, 189, 249, 250, 306, 311
Burnett, Fred 140
Burns, Tommy 259, 261, 312
Butler Brothers 86, 87, 100, 102, 107-110, 115, 148, 154, 155, 161, 163-167, 319
Café de l’ Esperance 212, 226, 236, 240, 341
Calumet Wheelmen 79
Camp Thunderbolt 121
Canada 158, 160, 163, 165, 322, 323, 342
Cape Girardeau 146, 148, 174
Capital City Racetrack
Cassignard 196, 212, 222
Catterson, George 32, 33, 65, 66
Chainless bicycles 152
Chalets du Cycles 241
Chapman, John 320
Charles River Track 51, 100, 154, 168
Cherbourg 207, 276
Chicago 8, 14, 17, 22, 34, 76, 97, 122, 152, 153, 155, 156, 168, 169, 182, 198, 244, 328, 330, 334-338, 343
Chicago Coliseum 97
Chicago Daily Tribune 346, 347, 349, 361, 370, 373, 374, 378
Chicago Defender 338, 404, 411
Circuit races 137, 141, 205, 249, 251, 259
Civil War 3, 4, 32, 44, 57, 68, 126, 177, 179, 186, 291
Cleveland 46, 50, 113, 114, 283
Cobb, Ty xi
Colored American Magazine 256
Columbia Bikes 58, 69, 283
Columbus Park 177
Comey Dr. 246
Coney Island 127, 184
Continental Hotel 173, 175, 263, 274,
Conway, Rev. Hiram 122
Cook Country Charity Ward 337
Cooper, Tom 45, 65, 86, 87, 102-104, 115, 121, 132, 135, 136, 142, 154, 167, 173, 184, 185, 189, 191, 192, 196, 197, 209, 302, 324
Copenhagen 310, 313, 314
Coquelle, Robert 78, 196-204, 218, 221, 233, 239, 241, 243, 252, 253, 275, 299, 302-306, 309, 315, 327
Corbett, James 21, 74, 75, 84, 126, 132, 133, 136, 137, 140, 189, 201, 210
Count de Dion 211
Courbe d’Outrelon 163
Crosby, Bing 49, 89, 332
Cycle Age 221, 225, 254, 339
Daily Eastern Argus 106
Daly, Augustin 73
Delmonico’s 140
Deming, New Mexico 60
Dempsey, Jack 89
Depression xii, 25, 31, 38, 39, 43, 54, 75, 84, 85, 150, 197, d, 297, 299, 327, 328, 332, 334, 341, 342
Desgrange, Henri 225, 227, 228, 233, 236, 241, 255, 303
Detroit 13, 14, 115
Deutschland 245
Dixon, George 165
Donnelly, H. B. 159
Dorsey automobile 222
Douglass, Frederick 335
Doyle, Arthur Conan 54
Du Bois, W. E. B. 254
Dunlop, Henry 146, 147
Dupre, Victor 304, 306, 311, 314-316
Durante, Jimmy 89
Dwyer, Phil 74, 140, 189
Earp, Virgil xii, 75, 340
Eaton, Jay 107, 173
Eck, Tom 127
Einstein, Albert 53
Elkes, Harry 51
Ellegaard, Thorwald 193, 225, 243, 254, 275, 304, 305
Ellingham, Robert 79, 90-92, 94, 183, 191
Endorsements 146, 174, 211, 216
England 21
Evening Democrat 150
Ferrari 223
Fisher, John 173, 182, 343
Fitchburg 254
Florida 114, 121, 123, 334
Ford, Henry 58, 169, 191
Fournier, Henri 197, 211, 213,
Freeman, Howard 129, 148, 173, 319
Friedenau Track 216
Friol, Emil 304-306, 311
Gardiner, Arthur 86, 87, 102, 132, 135, 142-145, 154, 155
Gare St. Lazare 207, 316
Gateley, Frank 51, 156
Geneva 310
George, Grace 151, 332
George Street Climb 62
Georgia 114, 121, 124, 126, 127, 156
Germany 53, 141, 193, 206, 216, 218, 219, 311, 342
Gougoltz 193
Gould, Jay 10, 229
Grand Prix of Nantes 225
Grand Prix of Paris 197, 198, 315
Griebler, Joseph 41-44, 53, 340, 341
Grognia, Louis 193, 220, 221, 225
Gudgeon, Arthur 267
Hale, Teddy 89-96, 130, 204, 254, 257
Hanover 218, 242, 314
Harper, Ted 93
Harper’s Weekly 78
Harrisburg 100
Hartford 6, 58, 178, 189, 201, 247, 251, 322
Hay, Tom 8, 18, 24
Hay & Willits 8, 9, 18, 185, 330
Hazard, Burt 153, 167, 169
Hearsey, Harry 10-12, 15-17, 24, 37, 74, 102, 167
Held, Anna 87, 89
Hemingway, Ernest 49, 209
Hobson Avenue 176, 261, 297, 299, 322
Holland 141
Holmes, Sherlock 54
Homestead 120, 126, 140
Hovan, Harry 46
Hueblein Hotel 247
Huret, Constant 196, 212
Illinois 5, 10, 14, 27, 28, 114, 189
Illness 182, 246, 251, 323, 325
Indianapolis, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 22-24, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 59-65, 100, 102, 103, 115, 152, 155, 167, 185, 188, 199, 320, 330, 341, 345
Indianapolis 500 65, 103, 155, 330
Indianapolis Sentinel 24
Indianapolis Sun 24
Inglis, William 162, 166
International Cycling Association 159
Italy 141, 193, 221, 225, 342
Jacquelin, Edmond xii, 166, 193, 195, 196, 202, 204, 208, 213, 215, 230, 233, 281, 304, 306
Jim Crow xi, 34, 39, 80, 320
Jockeys 3, 15, 31, 47, 105, 266
Johnson, Jack 261, 312
Johnson, Iver 181, 183, 203, 250
Jones, Rev. Jenkins Lloyd 122
Jordan, Stormy 155
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 204-206, 212, 254, 276
Kennedy, James 76, 138, 189, 336
Kentucky 3, 14, 27, 29, 31, 36, 47, 114, 122, 176, 179
Kimble, Owen 186
Kiser, Earl 102, 135, 173
Klu Klux Klan 155
Kramer, Frank 189, L, 249-258, 321, 331
Kyle, Chester 54
L’ Auto 405
L’ Auto Velo 405
La Touraine 303
Landis Kenesaw Mountain 293
Lantenberg, David 331
Lawson, Iver, N, 249, 250, 282, 284, 290, 312
Lawsuit 140, 172, 177, 249, 300, 302, 305
Leander, George 50
Le Chabanais 208, 209, 212, 226
Le Havre 303, 317
Le Negre Volant 303
Le Paris Tire Company 216
Le Velo 195, 198, 219, 241
League of American Wheelmen (LAW) 6, 31, 32, 34, 58, 77, 79, 101, 102, 119, 141, 148, 167, 172
League of Victorian Wheelmen 270, 290
League of Wheelmen New South Wales 262, 267
Leipzig 242
LeMond, Greg ix
Levy, James 334
Lima Ohio 41, 52, 53
Lincoln, Abraham 320, 335
London 21, 68, 72, 290, 294
Longhead, Fred 42
Lynchings xi, 30, 32, 34, 124, 166, 304
MacFarland, Floyd 107, 143, 154, 155, 174, 175, 209, 256, 257, 280-294, 312, 331, 336, 340
MacGillicuddy, Dr. 291
Madison Square Garden 72, 74, 76, 77, 80, 83, 85, 86, 88, 97, 103, 116, 119, 140, 150, 190, 204, 228, 236, 241, 251, 287, 302, 327, 332, 337
Maher, Cornelius 176
“Major” (origin of nickname) 9, 59
Major Taylor Manufacturing 25, 57, 321
Malesherbes Hotel 244, 316
Mandolin 200, 201, 224
Manhattan Beach Track 77,
100, 112, 120, 126, 127, 138, 139, 181, 183, 198, 205, 243, 245, 332
Marmon, Walter 10
Marseilles 232
Massachusetts 6, 24, 32, 39, 57, 61, 62, 108, 109, 114, 126, 158, 172, 254, 260, 264, 269
Mathewson, Christy xi
Maurice, Martin 236
McCarthy, Charles 161, 162
McDuffee, Eddie 167
McIntosh, Hugh 279, 285, 293, 295, 312, 331, 340, 343
McLeod, Angus 163, 164
McNamara, Reggie 46, 47, 49
Melbourne 262, 269, 270-273, 285-290
Melbourne Punch 262
Melville, Sid 266, 286, 287, 289
Metripole Hotel 266
Mexico 102, 160
Michaels, Jimmy 198, 246
Michaux Club 10
Middletown, Connecticut 59, 95, 116
Mile-a-Minute Murphy 200, 219
Miller, C. J. 28, 29
Milwaukee 185
Missouri 28, 29, 114, 143, 147
Moderne Hotel 220
Momo racer 193, 221
Montreal 48, 153, 157-166, 188, 189, 199, 236, 264, 287, 322, 337
Montreal Daily Star 157
Morgan, Senator 127, 128
Morris, Daisy 180
Motorcycle 50, 51, 137, 167, 168, 276
Mott, Albert 112, 119
Mount Glenwood Cemetery 338
Munger Louis, “Birdie”
Mutual Street Indoor Arena xii, 13, 16, 18, 21, 24, 36, 38, 44, 54, 57-69, 80, 88, 90, 97, 103, 127, 133, 152, 166, 199, 306, 310, 319, 321, 329, 344
National championship 34, 116, 156, 163, 197, 221, 268
National circuit 99, 141, 205
National Cycling Association (NCA) 247
Neuilly 212, 311
New Albany 115
New Bedford 189
New Jersey 19, 22, 54, 64, 79, 84, 107, 131, 133, 137, 141, 142, 173, 175, 182, 228, 256, 258, 260, 319, 331, 333, 342
New Orleans 74, 102, 338
New South Wales Baptist 267
New Testament 250
New York Herald 85, 179
New York Times xii, 20, 59, 60, 80, 91, 95, 96, 102, 112, 114, 117, 127, 198, 222, 241, 275, 293, 343
New Zealand 280
Newark 80, 132, 173, 258, 264, 319, 320, 331
Newark Times 320
Newby Oval 187, 330
Number thirteen 129, 140, 215, 216, 229
Nye, Peter 79
Obituary 7
Oldfield, Barney 155, 186, 336
Old-timers’ race 320, 341
Orient bicycle 137, 149, 167
Ottumwa 155, 156, 342
Outrelon, D. 163, 165, 166
Owens, Francis Jesse 62, 95, 325, 327, 336, 340
Packard, Sam 249
Palace Hotel S. Marco 314
Parc des Princes 214, 219, 224, 227, 229, 230, 235, 241, 255, 304
Paris 50, 69, 117, 122, 123, 189, 197, 198, 202, 204-226, 229, 230, 233m, 236, 237, 240-244, 254, 275, 276, 287, 306-317, 322-331, 341
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