Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1899 — GOES MILE IN 1:22 2-5. [ARTICLE]

GOES MILE IN 1:22 2-5.

Major Taylor Beats the Worla’o Rect ordo on a Bicycle. In the presence of a .yelling, frenzied crowd Major Taylbr, the swift colored professional cyclist, rode a mile behind his steam motor at the Garfield Park track in Chicago Thursday in the phenomenal time of 1:22 2-5, thereby beating the world's record by 5 3-5 seconds. There can be absolutely no doubt about the authenticity of the performance. At least five watches caught the blur of yellow and black as it sped across the crack ( abreast of the pacing machine, and all were under 1:23. Taylor’s performance is the more remarkable in that it was not aided by wind shields or any other device; it was simply a straightaway, paced race. McDuffle’s record of 1:28 was made with the aid of a wind shield which protected him from 'all currents and so fashioned as to make his machine practically a light wedge on wheels, tapered before and behind-