MAJOR TAYLOR.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XVI, Issue 957, 9 July 1908, Page 13

MAJOR TAYLOR.

Before leaving the States for Europe—provided that he carried out his intention —Major Taylor was defeated by J. F. Moran, at Boston. The occasion was a match between the two, decided by two sprint races and a pursuit event. Moran desired the pursuit race to be the second test, but Taylor objected, and it was de cided to have it for the last trial, were it required. It is stated that the negro ran somewhat loosely in the first heat, swinging out on the bends, and Moran. watching his chance, slipped inside and won. In the second test Moran led off, and by a series of sprints endeavoured to break up Taylor. In this heat, however, the latter’s saddle broke, and Moran finished alone. He was not satisfied with this victory, and agreed to recontest the heat, when Taylor beat him; Moran being somewhat tired from his previous efforts. In the pursuit race Taylor gained at first, but, watching the first symptoms of distress in his opponent, Moran pulled himself together, and by a well-sustained effort, had gained a quarter-lap at pistol-fire. Taylor was also unsuccessful in the scratch events at the same meeting, Fogler winning both.