23. “I am going to make a champion out of that boy.” Major Taylor autobiography p. 51.
23. “I have told Major Taylor that if he refrains.” Major Taylor autobiography p. 50.
23. “Mr. Munger is an excellent advisor”: Ibid-p. 51.
24. “looked at thou peopled with harlequins of some other time and place” Indianapolis Sun August 24, 1893.
24. “It was the most ridiculous exhibition of them all”: Indianapolis Sentinel: August 25, 1893.
24. “While on my way out to the track on errand…” Major Taylor autobiography p. 11-12.
24. “I was especially impressed with the friendliness”: Ibid: p. 12.
25. “he is closely watched by hundreds of critics as if he were a favorite candidate for the derby”: unidentified clipping: Monmouth County Historical Association: Arthur Zimmerman scrapbook.
25. “I think I will set a world record today boys”: Indianapolis Sentinel, August 25, 1893: Arthur Zimmerman clipping from scrapbook Monmouth Historical Society Freehold NJ.
25. “Zimmerman shot by the grandstands like a stone from a catapult.” Indianapolis Sentinel, August 25, 1893.
25. “They might as well have chased a locomotive” Ibid.
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27. “Three States steamboat en route carrying 500 passengers to the scene”: Philip Dray: At the Hands of Persons Unknown: (Modern Library 2003) p. 91.
28. “My name is C.J. Miller…“ Ibid-p. 92.
28. “Hell fiend” Ibid-p. 90.
28. “This is the man who killed my daughters… Ibid-page 91.
29. “under the circumstance however, a hanging would be acceptable.” Ibid-p. 92.
29. “They were all that remained of a notorious character…” Ibid-p. 93.
29. “In Kentucky, this Christmas the favorite decoration of trees is strangled Negroes” Joe Drape: Black Maestro (William Morrow & Co.) p. 21.
30. Ida Wells-Barnett Negroes killed by whites since 1865 @ 10,000”: Phillip Dray: At The Hands of Persons Unknown, p. 49.
30. “20,000 killed by Klan over four-year period”: Ibid-p. 49.
30. “Reach a mile high if laid one upon the other” Ibid-p. 49.
30. “It was there I was first introduced to that dreadful monster prejudice” Major Taylor Autobiography p. 1.
30. “The White Caps” Phillip Dray: At the Hands of Persons Unknown; p. 143; Major Taylor autobiography p. 23.
30. “Why kill out the race by lynching when subordinancy…” Newnan Herald & Advertiser May 12, 1899.
30. Supreme court Judge Simeon Baldwin humanitarian policy” Phillip Dray: At the hands of Persons Unknown, p. 144.
31. “how my poor little heart would ache..” Major Taylor Autobiography p. 1.
31. “no discrimination against wheelman” Brooklyn Daily Eagle May 26th, 1894.
32. “whites only” Lima Daily News April 21, 1898.
33. “This would be a good spot for my competitors to carry out their dire threats” Major Taylor Autobiography p. 9.
34. Meeting to discuss colored cyclists: New York Times, October 10, 1892; The Newark Advocate, July 28, 1896.
34. Games of ten cent poker: Charles Sinsabaugh, Who Me.
34. “She made me promise I would never ride a road race again”: Ibid-p. 9.
35. “St. Louis Flyer” Ibid-p. 7.
35. “It was the first time in my life I experienced such a reaction” Ibid-p. 7
35. “he looks as thou he going to need it” Ibid-p. 7.
37. “Down in my heart I felt that if I could get a even break” Ibid-p. 7.
38. Taylor had spun off an unpaced mile in 2:09 on old horse track: The Sunday Herald Syracuse August 22, 1897.
38. “I can ride a wheel almost as fast as some of the cracks” Newark Daily Advocate August 14, 1900.
39. “With that little darkey” Major Taylor autobiography p. 13.
39. “He will return to this city as champion bicycle rider of America” Ibid-p. 13.
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41. Griebler buying baby shoes prior to race: Bearings: August 6, 1896.
41. “I’m going to win one of the races” Ibid.
41. “poor Joe Griebler”: St. Cloud Journal, July 30, 1896.
41. “frightful speed” Bearings: August 6, 1896.
42. “soft pillow-shoes, I’m awful sick”: Ibid.
42. “passed him with his face set and riding like a wild man.” Ibid.
42. “bicycle heart, eye, walk, face, twitch”: Ibid-p. 67, 69, 70, 71.
43. Taylor knowing of a dozen deaths on tracks: Major Taylor autobiography p. 421.
43. “glassy eyes”: St. Cloud Journal, August 1, 1896.
44. “How to be plump” Reinier Beeuwkes & Rhonda Poe (Routledge Publisher).
44. He must abstain from drugs and alcohol: Major Taylor autobiography p. 308.
44. “dope fiends paradise” www.a1b2c3.com/drugs/opi003.htm DL 11/20/06.
45. 1890’s, sixteen thousand newspapers Advertisements for Halls: www.bottlebooks.com/medicinf.htm History of Patent Medicines: The story of Halls Catarrh Cure: DL December 8, 2006.
45. Tom Cooper face on National Ads: Bearings: January 7, 1897.
45. Use of cocaine and strychnine: The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 11, 1898.
45. “The prevalence of the drug habit is now startling the whole civilized and uncivilized world”: www.druglibrary.org The Peril of the Drug Habit p. 9 DL December 8, 2006.
45. “You have to be a masochist to suffer so much”: VeloNews: A Permanent Addiction; Mike Schatzman May 28, 2007.
46. “The drink that relieves exhaustion”: Mark Pendergrast, For God, Country and Coca Cola, The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink p.60. www.firehorse.com.au/addict/cocaine.html DL12/09/2006.
46. “The public was very curious to learn what Choppy Warburton handed Linton in a cup” New York Times June 24, 1894.
46. Choppy Warburton suspension: Bearings July 4, 1898.
46. Reggie McNamara “Iron Man” Ted Harper: Six Days of Madness (Pacesetter Press 1993) p. 82.
46. “Chop it off” Ibid-p. 82.
47. “Only the clumsy get themselves killed”: Les Woodland; Pro-Cycling Magazine, November 2006 article titled, “Using Your Head.”
48. “Disposing of 200 yards of adhesive tape, ten gallons of witch hazel…” Ted Harper, Six Days of Madness, p. 47.
48. Thomas Edison Day incident: Ibid-p. 44, 45.
48. “Sometime riders appeared on the track, done up in bandages from head to foot” Washington Post: September 10, 1901.
48. Dan Pisceone death: Peter Nye: Hearts of Lions, (W. W. Norton & Co.1988) p. 103.
49. “spills” Author interview with Jack Visceo Honorary member Cycling Hall of Fame, January 2006.
49. “get em back on the bikes as quick as you can” Ted Harper: Six Days of Madness p. 49.
49. “If you didn’t ride, you didn’t eat” Author’s interview with Jack Visceo Honorary member Cycling Hall of Fame January 2006.
49. “If spills had done it, I’d been back riding in thirty minutes . . .” Ted Harper, Six Days of Madness, p. 49.
49. Bing Crosby picking up the hospital tabs for injured riders: Peter Nye: Hearts of Lions (Norton Publisher) p. 108.
49. “I’ll never forget the time I sat up operations”: Ted Harper; Six Days of Madness p. 72.
50. Charles Walthour twenty eight fractures of right collarbone . . .” Peter Nye: Hearts of Lions p. 72.
50. “is the most dangerous sport in the entire catalogue, by the side of it football appears a game fit for juveniles only”: The Washington Post: September 10, 1901.
50. George Leander death: Les Woodland, Pro-Cycling Magazine, November 2006 article “Using Your Head.”
51. The fate of Harry Elkes: Ibid: Sunday Review, Decatur Illinois May 31, 1903.
51. “I want to ride again tonight” New York Times: May 31, 1903.
51. “He will someday drop from his wheel a corpse”: Bo
ston Daily Globe, July 30, 1901.
51. “it is the danger in the sport that makes it thrilling” The Washington Post: September 10, 1901.
51. “flash”: Robert Smith: A Social History of the Bicycle: p. 149.
51. Cost of personal trainer valet between eighteen and thirty dollars a week. Ibid.
52. “Let us be content to applaud these few cycle stars”: Bearings, November 18, 1897.
52. Griebler treatment for eye problems: St. Cloud Daily Times.
52. “a few more dollars for the kids” St. Cloud Journal: July 30, 1896.
52. “he was doubtless thinking of the prize money would gladden the hearts of the children at home” Ibid.
52. “Well, I expect you will see me brought back dead before two weeks are gone” Ibid.
53. Joe Griebler’s mother buries other son: St. Cloud Times, August 1, 1896.
53. Joe Griebler is dead, you notify his wife telegram: Ibid.
53. “If I don’t get killed before the end of the season I am going to quit” Ibid.
53. Albert Einstein reference: “The Noblest Invention,” Bicycle Magazine, 2003 p. 30.
54. “The machine appears uncomplicated but the theories governing its motion are nightmarish…” Ibid-p.28.
54. It can carry ten times its own weight and uses energy more efficiently than a soaring eagle: “The Noblest Invention,” Bicycle Magazine, 2003, p. 32.
54. “hearing the bell on the last lap is like a powerful drug” VeloNews: A Permanent Addiction Mike Schatzman May 28, 2007.
54. “When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark…” Arthur Conan Doyle, Scientific American Magazine January 18, 1896.
55. Salvators record 1:35.50 HarpersWeekly April 11, 1896.
Chapter 5
57. Pope Manufacturing largest employer New England: Stephen B. Goddard, Colonel Albert Pope and His American Dream Machines; (McFarland & Co.1941) p. 5.
57. huge appetite for food, wine, and women: Ibid-p. 1.
57. Address as colonel: Ibid-p. 52.
57. Captain in civil war: Ibid-p. 51.
58. self-promoter: Ibid-p. 5.
58. “giving the air a rich equine flavor” Ibid-p.72.
58. Fifty-acre Cohasset estate, Hartford penthouse, and Boston office: Ibid-p. 6.
58. 3800 high powered sales agents: Ibid-p. 113.
58. Roosevelt riding in automobile with Pope cycle secret service: Ibid-p-184.
58. high school drop out: Ibid-p. 102.
58. “good roads movement” Ibid-p 1.
58. made up of 800 parts, inspected 500 times, by 24 quality control inspectors: Ibid-p 87.
58. Henry Ford reported visits Pope manufacturing: Ibid: Biographer unclear as the exact dates or purpose.
58. “If the Carnegies and Rockefellers were captains of industry” Ibid-p. 68.
58. Worcester Cycle Company: 1896 Bearings Advertisement.
59. largest trust in the country: New York Times January 17, 1896.
59. The Boyd & Lady Worcester: New York Times April 12, 1896.
59. The mechanical wonders of the world” Ibid.
59. “general office 45 Wall Street” Ibid.
59. “These models bare out all that was promised of them” New York Times January 11, 1896.
59. “speed boy” Major Taylor autobiography p. 308.
59. Taylor residing with Munger & wife at Bay State house. Worcester Telegram: February 21, 1898.
60. stock rise $5.00-$75.00: p. 71.
60. “The Birdie special is the fastest wheel made” New York Times; May 31, 1896.
60. Taylor joints Albion cycling club: Major Taylor Autobiography p 16.
61. “I was pleased beyond expression…” Ibid-p. 14.
62. Famous George Street Hill climb: www.majortaylorassociation.org/events
62. “Everyone who knew him, knew he was the only guy…” Author’s interview with Worcester resident Francis Jesse Owens August 10, 2006.
62. Telegram Trophy Race: Worcester Telegram May 10, 1896.
64. “I was in Worcester a short time before” Major Taylor autobiography p. 14.
64. Taylor competes Irvington-Millburn race: New York Times May 31, 1896.
64. Black rider Simmons banned from racing: New York Times May 24, 1894.
64. Arthur Zimmerman presence: Irvington-Milburn race: Ibid May 31, 1896.
65. Ice water thrown in Taylor’s face: Major Taylor autobiography p. 17.
65. Taylor finishes twenty-third: New York Times May 31, 1896.
65. “For some of the many kindnesses he extended to me” Major Taylor autobiography p. 16.
65. Capital city track record: Ibid-p 6.
66. Taylor sets track record 2:11” Ibid-p. 6.
67. As thou he knew where he was headed: Author’s citation: Over his career, Taylor kept enough newspaper clippings to fill seven scrapbooks. Custody of Indianapolis History Museum. Taylor later used these to aid in writing his extensive 432 page Autobiography.
67. Boston: Great fire of 72: www.wikipedia.org Article DL 12/20/2006.
67. Details of Pope manufacturing fire: Boston Daily Globe: March 13, 1896; The Wheelman: Number 61 November 2002.
69. “colonel pope is tired of the small dealers and makers”: Robert A. Smith, A Social History of the Bicycle, p. 36.
69. Pay cut notices Munger manufacturing: Brooklyn Daily Eagle June 14 & 15 1896.
69. Pope slashes prices: New York Times, May 31, 1896.
70. Plessy v. Ferguson case: www.historycentral.com DL 12/18/2006.
Chapter 6
71. “Pop” www.oldandsold.com Article: William Brady-The Gambler from the West (originally published 1930) DL November 1, 2004.
71. “Alice Brady” Ibid.
71. U.S. Presidents from Grover to Cleveland: Ibid.
72. Mother named O’Keefe and a father named Brady: Ibid-p 13.
72. “kidnapping” www.americanheritage.com Richard Snow, American Heritage Magazine; American Characters: May 1980 DL January 24, 2006.
72. “We fought all the time on the bowery…” William A Brady: Showman p. 98.
72. “plenty of times I sat hungry…” Ibid-p. 15.
72. “whatever cash was rusteable” Ibid-p. 14.
72. “I never met the late Horatio Alger…” Ibid.
73. “I felt the west owed me and I was destined to own it” Ibid-p. 25.
73. “Including some that never existed…” Ibid-p. 30.
73. “If you couldn’t starve well on occasion…” Ibid-p.43.
73. “After Dark” Edward Van Every: Brady Made History with Corbett and Jeff, International Boxing Hall of Fame Canasta NY, May 1950.
73. “It gave me such a swelled head…” William A Brady, Showman p.35.
73. “It was the worst pup I was ever sold…” Ibid-p.70.
73. “I was a upstart pigmy…” Ibid-p. 71.
73. “Under the Gaslight” Ibid-p. 72.
74. “James J. Corbett Champion of the World” Ibid-p. 98-99.
75. “deadheads” Ibid-p. 92.
75. “the kind of voice a rattlesnake would have if it could talk” Ibid.
75. “ Feminine theatre goers…” Ibid.
75. Complaints from the hatter, booksellers, watchmakers etc: Joseph B. Bishop; Editor: New York Evening Post, Article; Social and Economic Influence of the Bicycle: June 20, 1896.
75. Brady attempts to buy St. Louis Browns: The Marion Daily, June 26, 1897.
76. “was not the tariffs, not the currency, not the uncertainty of the McKinley financial position, but the bicycle” New York Evening Post: June 2, 1896.
76. Formation of American Cycle Racing Association and tracks they control: The Cycle Age, May 5, 1898.
76. Brady controlled Rochester track”: UASP.
76. “Neither of these men were known to purchase a dead horse”: Minneapolis Journal, November 16, 1897.
77. “engage” Major Taylor autobiography p.308. Unclear who took this call, William Brady o
r James Kennedy?
77. “Royal Suite”: Williams A. Brady, Showman, p. 77.
78. “It would stir the whole of New York . . .” Robert Coquille French Sports Journalist as quoted in Major Taylor autobiography p. 308-309.
78. “no Irish need apply, drug abusing monkeys, violent drunken apes, white Negroes”: Harpers Weekly www.nde.state.ne.us/SS/irish/unit DL December 22, 2006.
78. “Black or not, he was as fine and intelligent a man as ever walked” William A Brady: Showman p. 82.
79. “one of the greatest innovators in entertainment” Peter Nye: The Six Day Bicycle Races p. 30.
79. “he has sworn vengeance against everybody in connection with those acts” New York Journal: August 27, 1897.
79. Taylor as member of South Brooklyn Wheelman and Calumet: New York Times: December 6, 1896.
79. Taylor assigned number thirteen: New York American, July 22, 1898; The Philadelphia Enquirer, September 23, 1898.
79. “The training was rather rough…” The Sunday Herald Syracuse: August 27, 1897.
80. “Those men who were supposedly in the fast bunch” Brooklyn Daily Eagle: November 27th, 1896.
80. “a fine race” New York Times: November 27, 1896.
80. “promising” Ibid.
Chapter 7
83. The Forgotten Depression: A Look at the Causes of the 1893 Depression; http://bbrown.info/writings/html/1893.cfm DL October 4, 2004.
83. “carnivals of revenge” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/gildedage.html DL December 10, 2004.
84. “full dinner pail” Patricia Daniels & Stephen G Hyslop, citing President William McKinley: National Geographic Almanac of World History p.274.
84. Average American earning $345 per year: www2.pfeiffer.edu Hill House Maps & Papers DL March 29, 2006 www.e-scoutcraft.com DL April 6, 2007.
84. Popularity of lantern parades: Bearings May 1896.
85. “separate but equal” Plessy-Ferguson Act www.historycentral.com DL December 18, 2006.
85. “but a state of mind” Herald Tribune Editorial 1925 Referenced Garden of Dreams: George Kalinsky, p. 18.
86. “to get gloriously fried” William A. Brady: Showman p.232-233.
86. “Little ink stained fellow”: The Kansas City Star, December 6, 1896.
86. “Dark Horse”: Fort Wayne Gazette, August 25, 1901.
86. Eddie “Cannon” Bald; Cycle Age and Trade Review April 28, 1898.
86. Belmonts at six day race: New York Times, December 10, 1896.
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