Marshall 'Major Taylor'

Marshall 'Major' Taylor... ...was world cycling champion in 1900. Setting record-breaking world speed records, he was the first African-American to become the premier sports figure in a major American popular sport. His story is told in his 1928 autobiography, The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World (Ayer Books, New Hampshire), and in a 1988 biography, Major Taylor, the Extraordinary Career of a Champion Bicycle Racer, by Andrew Ritchie (Bicycle Books, San Francisco). For more about Major Taylor, visit The Major Taylor Society, a website "dedicated to Marshall Walter 'Major' Taylor, the turn of the century American and World bicycle racing champion." "A Dozen Dont's" by Major Taylor 1. Don't try to "gyp". 2. Don't be a pie biter. 3. Don't keep late hours. 4. Don't use intoxicants. 5. Don't be a big bluffer. 6. Don't eat cheap candies. 7. Don't get a swelled head. 8. Don't use tobacco in any form. 9. Don't fail to live a clean life. 10. Don't forget to play the game fair. 11. Don't take an unfair advantage of an opponent. 12. Don't forget the practice of good sportsmanship.