Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Taylor ya zama kwararre a 1896, yana da shekara goma sha takwas, kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya zama "mafi tsananin tsere a Amurka". Gasar farko ta Taylor ta fara ne a gaban 'yan kallo 5,000 a ranar 5 ga Disamba, 1896. Ya yi gasa a cikin rabin nisan mil na nakasassu a kan hanyar da ke cikin gida a Madison Square Garden II na Birnin New York
a ranar buɗewa na 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.