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Major Taylor

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by Conrad Kerber


  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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