moore appears to have rested on his laurels for a time and did not defend his reputation in france in 1870. however, when war came in the summer he returned to england and according to bonneville, who can be unreliable, he won at wolverhampton on a meyer. he rode in the all-england bicycle race for £20 given by the wolverhampton sun bicycle association on 26 and 28 november 1870, when he lost in a one-mile race to sheldon.