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Even bigots found it difficult to argue in when he defeated all the white riders to become world one mile 1. Taylor would have won more events but for his Baptist principles.
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From to he competed annually in Australia, helping to draw crowds of up to 35, at the Sydney Cricket Ground which in those days had a cycling track around it. In his history of the SCG, Phil Derriman records that in Taylor, "a deeply religious young man with a reputation for fair play on the track and clean living off it", preached at the Wesley Church in Regent Street, "urging the young men in the congregation to forgo all sports and amusements on Sunday". His most notorious race came in when the Australian promoter Hugh D.
All the leading American sprinters took part. Taylor, the favourite who had started up to metres behind some riders under a handicap, finished fourth after appearing to be deliberately boxed in by rivals on the last lap.
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After the race an investigation proved that two white American rivals, Floyd MacFarland and Ivor Lawson, had ganged up to prevent Taylor winning in a betting scandal. Of the 11 original starters, seven were banned for up to three years. Walsh discovered the American had given it to a friend in Melbourne when he sailed from Australia in , and it had remained in the family ever since.
Walsh won't disclose how much he paid - "it was a fair bit" - but received confirmation of its cult status recently. A US film company, making a movie of Taylor's life, twice sent experts from America to inspect the bike. In , he retired from racing at age His cycling fortune was drained quickly by failed business ventures and illness. Years later in , Frank Schwinn donated money to have his remains moved to a more prominent area of the Mount Glenwood cemetery.
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The bronze plaque on the new site of his grave reads: A credit to his race who always gave out his best. Gone but not forgotten.
The city of Worcester, Massachusetts, changed the name of a portion of Worcester Center Boulevard to Major Taylor Boulevard — where his memory is honored for his athletic feats as well as his character. He was posthumously inducted into the U.
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Metadata Heading Subheadings Authors Abstract Nearly cyclists and cycling enthusiasts were on the platform of the Adelaide railway-station on Wednesday to wel come Major Taylor, the world's Cancel. Loading article contents, please wait