Talk:Six Days of New York

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Start date of the Madison Square Garden six-day races[edit]

In Todd Balf's biography of Major Taylor, he notes that Taylor got his start at a six-day race at Madison Square Garden in 1896.^[1]^[2] (Teddy Hale of Ireland won; Taylore came in 8th).^[1] Britannica and Peloton Magazine say six-day racing started at Madison Square Garden in 1891.^[3]^[2] The wiki article for six day races uses the 1891 date. The New York Times 19 Oct 1891 talks of the start of a Six-Day Race in Madison Square Garden .^[4] Here's an article about 1893.^[5]

This wiki article lists the start of the "Six Days of New York" as 1899. Is that incorrect? Were the earlier races a different series? Or don't count, somehow? Not held every year? I'm not enough of a cycling historian to understand. Should they at least be mentioned in a "background" section? The 1896 race seems particularly notable for being Taylor's first professional race, and would seem worthy of mention. - Kzirkel (talk) 00:15, 13 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ ^a ^b Balf, Todd (2008). Major : a black athlete, a White era, and the fight to be the world's fastest human being (1st ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. pp. 51–52. ISBN 9780307236586.
^ ^a ^b Homan, Andrew. "Six-Day Racing in America". Peloton Magazine. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "Six-Day race". Britannica. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ "The Big Bicycle Race". The New York Times. 19 October 1891. p. 5. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
^ "All Ready For a Big Race". The New York Times. 20 December 1893. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[Balf-1] Balf, Todd (2008). Major : a black athlete, a White era, and the fight to be the world's fastest human being (1st ed.). New York: Crown Publishers. pp. 51–52. ISBN 9780307236586.

[Homan-2] Homan, Andrew. "Six-Day Racing in America". Peloton Magazine. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[Britannica-3] "Six-Day race". Britannica. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[NYT1981-4] "The Big Bicycle Race". The New York Times. 19 October 1891. p. 5. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[NYT1893-5] "All Ready For a Big Race". The New York Times. 20 December 1893. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

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