Talk:Major Taylor

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The "List of doping cases in cycling" contained a thin accusation -- that because Major Taylor spoke of experiencing hallucinations, he was probably taking nitroglycerine. That accusation has been removed, so the link to the section is no longer appropriate.

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 * Marshall Taylor of the USA was the American champion. He refused to continue a New York race, saying: "I cannot go on with safety, for there is a man chasing me around the ring with a knife in his hand." Nitroglycerine was used to stimulate the heart after cardiac attacks and was credited with improving riders' breathing, but they suffered hallucinations from the exhaustion and the drugs. )

Taylor was exhausted from riding for several hours during the six-day race at Madison Square Garden. He did complete this competition. On page 18 of his autobiography, Taylor describes being "sleepy, hungry, thirsty and fatigued, and begged them to allow me to dismount." KThistory (talk) 11:34, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

More appropriate might be a discussion of possible doping that pre-dated doping testing. Amanda bee (talk) 12:12, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

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Requested move 30 November 2018

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The result of the move request was: moved (closed by non-admin page mover)  SITH   (talk)   18:14, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Marshall Taylor → Major Taylor – As the velodrome, boulevard, society and association commemorating him all use the name "Major Taylor", this appears to be his WP:COMMONNAME by which the article should be titled. But I'm not a cycling expert, nor an American, so I await the comments of other editors. Pam D  14:42, 30 November 2018 (UTC) --Relisted. –Ammarpad (talk) 06:01, 8 December 2018 (UTC)  --Relisting.   SITH   (talk)   21:05, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Support. "Major Taylor" is used often as the title of books about him, it's used in the majority of international authority controls at VIAF and WorldCat, the Major Taylor Association, etc. --Animalparty! (talk) 02:26, 22 December 2018 (UTC)


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World record regressed?
The list of world records shows 1:19 for 1 mile in 1899, followed by 1:33 2/5 for the same distance in 1908. Both are notated as motor-paced. How could the later mark have been a world record? 2601:642:C201:210:34D2:3969:AD0F:8101 (talk) 22:11, 17 February 2024 (UTC)