Ka cika wannan magana: Taylor ya zama ƙwararre a shekara ta 1896, sa'ad da yake ɗan shekara goma sha takwas, kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya zama "mai tsere mafi ban tsoro a Amirka". Gasar farko ta Taylor ta fara ne a gaban 'yan kallo 5,000 a ranar 5 ga Disamba, 1896. Ya fafata a tseren rabin mil na nakasassu a kan hanyar da ke cikin gida a New York City
Madison Square Garden II a ranar bude wani taron kwanaki da yawa. Kodayake babban taron ya kasance tsere na kwanaki shida daga Disamba 6<unk>12, an gudanar da wasu gasa a cikin gajerun hanyoyi a ranar 5 ga Disamba don nishadantar da taron. Wadannan tsere sun hada da rabin nisan mil na masu sana'a wanda Taylor ya yi gasa a ciki, tseren rabin mil tsakanin Jay Eaton da Teddy Goodman, da tseren tseren rabin mil. Ƙari ga haka, ana yin tsere na rabin mil da kuma tsere na nakasassu don masu son tsere.