GoRTightN" COPVRIGHT DEPOStr. HON. JAMES M. CURLEY Mayor of Boston 1914-1918 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston EDITED AND COMPILED BY JOHN W. LINNEHAN AND EDWARD E. COGSWELL DEDICATION To the Lovers of the Horse and to the promotion of Speedway and Matinee sport Copyright. 1914 By J. \V. Linnehan and E. E. Cogswell JAN-,}9 i9b From the Press of Atlantic Printing Company Boston / Oc )CIAa91567 The Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club 1899 1914 FRANKLIN FIELD SPEEDWAY— THE START THE GRANDSTAND---Mayor Fitzgerald and President Johnson in the Barouche The Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club As the outcome of several chance meetings of the horsemen of Hyde Park, Milton and Dorchester in the several blacksmith shops, and especially in the shop of E. P. Denn and the stable office of H. P. Gallup, on Barnes Street, Dorchester, was organized on April 26, 1899, the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club. It was the first driving club m this country whose by-laws and constitution called for weekly meeting of its members and weekly racing of horses for ribbons. The first election of officers was held mi Alay 10, 1899, and showed over a hundred horse owners enrolled on its membership list. The election resulted in the following board of officers : President, Charles L. Young ; first vice-president, S. Walter Wales ; second vice-president, Louis Pfingst ; secretary, Charles H. Belledeu ; treasurer, John M. E. Morrill ; clerk, E. O. Haddock ; directors, T. A. Bresnahan, Cyril G. Blaney, Frederick J. Brand, George H. Greenwood, and Charles L. Bartlett ; racing and speedway committee, R. S. Fitch, C. H. Belledeu, A. S. Gushee, F. J. Brand, S. H. Mildram, L. E. H. Jones, Geo. B. Fowler, H. P. Gallup, F. S. Eldredge, F. L. Codman, Alpheus Sanford; membership com- mittee, Geo. E. Grifi^n, W. E. Newbert, C. L. Hinds ; finance committee, R. S. Fitch, George H. Greenwood and H. P. Gallup. Weekly matinee races were held on the Blue Hill Avenue quarter-mile speedway, that had been granted the club by the city and which was kept in condition for racing by money se- cured from among the members, many of whom went down into their pocket for as high as $25 each. And this brings to mind what happened to a number of the members of the club on the very first day racing was permitted on Blue Hill Avenue, which is well worth reading. On account of Captain Charles W. Hunt and the police of the Dorchester district not being notified of the order signed by Alayor Ouincy, allowing the west side of Blue Hill Avenue between Talbot Avenue and Morton Street to be used for a speedway, several mem- ber.s of the Dorchester Driving Club narrowly escaped being arrested for fast driving. When a mounted policeman saw several of the club members start to race their horses he stopped them and said that he should be com- pelled to place them under arrest. The driv- ers told the policeman that a permit had been granted, but they could not show it. The officer started to take them to the police station, but afterward agreed to telephone from the nearest signal box. He talked with Captain Hunt, but the latter said that he knew of no permit. Captain Hunt told the police- man to come to the station. He did so, and there the matter was discussed. I^'inally it was decided that the officer should take the names of those on the "Speedway," and if it should be found that an order permit- ting them to race had not been passed, they should be summoned into court instead of be- ing actually arrested. Among the names of those taken was S. Walter \\'ales, the well-known stable man; A. S. Gushee, C. L. Young, W. E. Newbert and Charles F. Stevens. They found Coun- cilman Mildram and explained the difficulty they were in. A hurried visit to City Hall and police headquarters resulted in matters being straightened out, but many of them had sev- eral hours of worrying, fearful that they would figure in the criminal courts as violators of the law. Weekly meetings of the club w^ere held in Central Hall on Center Street. Monday nights, where th.e result of the races of the previous week were announced and the horses matched for the next Saturday. This matching was always done by a special sub-committee of the racing and sjjeedway committee, and the sched- ules of matches were announced after a recess of the business meeting. This schedule of matches was never satisfactory to any one, and, no matter how fair they were, no one ex- pected they would be, so there was always an argument for and against putting certain horses together. A stranger coming into the meeting during these arguments would think that the members were being matched for a thousand dollar The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston purse instead of a blue ribbon. In these early days as many as thirty-five or forty horses were matched together, so every owner was sure to be on hand and register the customary kick as a matter of principle, and many more interested members were on hand to hear and see the fun. These meetings were always largely at- tended, and many times the roosters in the back yards of Dorchester were giving their signals that it was high time men of families were at home, when the meetings broke up. One of the prominent members of the club in these days was a well-known milkman in the Dorchester district, whose teams used to start out from his home at one o'clock sharp. He was heard making the statement that for four years his teams had started out every Tuesday morning before he arrived home. There were several other members of the club who could truthfully say the same thing, which shows the keen interest the members took in the club during the first years of its existence. S. Walter Wales never missed a Monday night meeting for seven years. W. E. New- bert never missed a meeting for eight years. H. P. Gallup has missed but one Monday night meeting of this club in fourteen years. ( ieorge H. Greenwood, the present secretary, has not missed over ten in the same length of time. D. E. Page has probably missed a dozen meet- ings in ten years, and so it goes. We might mention many more in the same line. There was no doubt but what the Dorches- ter Gentlemen's Driving Club was the leading social club in the Dorchester district, and if "by thy works thou shalt be known," the speedway on Franklin Field stands as a mon- ument to the power of these members as a po- litical organization. The work done on this particular matter is fully told elsewhere. The club was chartered on June 23, 1890, and the charter issued by William Olin. secre- tary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, shows the following names: Chas. L. Young, John M. E. Morrill, S. Walter Wales. Chas. H. Belledeu, Fred'k J. Brand. George H. Greenwood, Timothy A. Bresnahan, HoUis P. Gallup, Robert S. Fitch, and Jacob Mosser. only two of whom. Greenwood and Gallup, are active at the present writing. It would be impossible to give a detailed list of all the races held on the speedway by the members of the club, space being limited to the races that were held on the regular field days, that were held at Readville track dur- ing the first six years, and to the interclub races, which were held with the other driving clubs of greater Boston. The races held by this club at Readville were among the most interesting that have ever taken place over that historic track. Every man, woman and child that passed through the gate on the race days were in- terested in some horse entered to start. If that particular horse could go no faster than 2:40, he was just as valuable and as im- portant to the owner and his friends as if he could go in 2:06 1-2. When such men as John O'Connor, the well-known printer, who weighed 385 pounds ; Ross Woodbury, the deep-sea pilot, who weighed 296 pounds ; E. L. Hopkins, the well- known South Boston real estate man, who weighed 290 pounds ; William M. Morrison, the master builder, who weighed 283 pounds ; and Dave Biggs, the well-known contractor, who weighed 278 pounds, would get up be- hind their horses and drive in races, it meant that they were, or at least they thought they were, having some fun. Age also had no terrors for some of the members. There was a very interesting race held at one of its field days when the com- bined ages of four of the drivers totaled 268 years, and they were the youngest old men on the field that day. To the members of the Dorchester Driving Club, also, belongs the honor of staging the first handicap race for harness horses ever given in this country. This race took place at Readville on Labor Day. September 5, 1901, and the prizes were a two-minute harness, valued at $75 ; a silver ferrule whip, valued at $30, and $10 in gold for each second horse. The harness was won by the black mare, Brightness, by Tarratine, dam Nancy Pilot, owned by A. M. Newbert and driven by W. E. Newbert, with a handicap of 39 feet back of the scratch. Silkey, a chestnut mare by Nel- son, owned and driven by Fred Eldredge, with a handicap of 810 feet and three inches, took second money. The handicap race for the whip was won by Azote, a bay gelding by Constantine, owned and driven by E. O. Had- dock, with a handicap of 678 feet back of the scratch. Rex, a bay gelding by Electricity, owned and driven by Albert Fellows, was the scratch horse in this event, and won second money. The first ladies' night was held on the even- ing of December 11, 1899, in the Dorchester The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston Women's clubhouse. A fine entertainment was given, an equall)' fine supper served, and danc- ing was enjoyed until well on towards day- light. S. Walter Wales was master of cere- monies. More than 400 attended, and the suc- cess of tlie afifair was unqualified. SEASON OF 1900 The board of officials elected at the annual meeting were: President, Charles L. Young; first vice-president, S. Walter Wales ; second vice-president, Louis Pfingst ; secretary, Charles H. Belledeu ; treasurer, John M. E. Morrill; clerk, Frederick J. Brand; directors, T. A, Bresnahan, Cyril C. Blaney, Frederick J. Brand, Geo. H. Greenwood and Charles L. Bartlett; racing and speedway com- mittee.. R. S. Fitch, chairman, C. H. Belledeu, A. .S. Gushee, F. ]. Brand, S. H. Mildram, L. E. H. Tones. Geo. B. Fowler, H. P. Gallup, F. S. Eldredge, F. L. Codman, Alpheus San- ford ; membership committee, Geo. E. Griffin, \^^ E. Newbert, C. L. Hinds. During President Young's second year in office, the first public race for gate money was held at Readville, on Bunker Hill Day, June 18, and again on Labor Day, September 3. On June 18 there were four classes for purses of $100 each. The 2 145 class had six starters, and the race was won by Ashmont, owned and driven by H. P. Gallup, best heat in 2:37 1-2. The 2 :25 class had seven starters, and was an- nexed by Prince Wilkes, owned and driven by C. H. Belledeu, best heat in 2 :22 3-4. The free-for-all had five starters, which was won by Kentucky Star, also owned by Mr. Belle- deu, best heat in 2:17 1-2. The double-team race had three starters, and was won by Ran- dolph K. and Embrino, driven by J. J\L E. Morrill, whose fastest time was 2:28 1-2, which was considered very good for horses which had never been hitched together before. The Labor Day races had five classes for purses of $100 each, and a running race for a purse of $75. The three-minute trot had five starters, and was won by Azote, owned and driven by E. O. Haddock, best heat in 2:341-2. The free-for-all trot had four starters, and was won by Camden Girl, owned by John Hood, best heat in 2:22 1-2. The 2 :45 class had six starters, and was won by Gladys M., owned and driven by R. K. Clarke, best heat in 2 :24 3-4. The 2 :35 class had eight starters and was won by Lightfoot, owned and driven by T. H. (ialvin, best heat in 2:25. The free-for-all pace had four starters and was won by Landlord, owned and driven by C. L. Young, best time 2:17. C. L. YOUNG President 1899-1900 It was on this day that A. S. Gushee, owner of the well-known mare, Trinket, in the 25th year of her age. started against the record for aged horses, which at that time was 2:20 1-2. Although Mr. Gushee had never been in a race of that nature before, he drove the mare a mile in 2.20 3-4, only a quarter of a second short of the record. Considering the age of the mare, it was a wonderful performance, and both horse and driver received much ap- plause from the large crowd present. The social features of the year were the holding of a clam supper on October i, with more than 100 present, and a month later was held a stag party, at which more than 200 at- tended. The stag parties w^ere held frequently thereafter in the clubroom. SEASON OF 1901 The board of officials elected for 1901 were: President, S. Walter Wales ; first vice-presi- dent, Louis Pfingst ; second vice-president, Robert S. Fitch; secretary, Charles H. Belle- deu ; treasurer, John M. E. Alorrill ; clerk, Frederick J. Brand; directors, T. A. Bresna- han, Cyril C. Blaney, George H. Greenwood, Charles L. Young and H. P. Gallup; racing lO The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston and speedway committee, C. C. Blaney, Geo. W. D'Arcy, J. R. Stuart. Jr.. L. S. Timber- lake, Louis Tewhart. Frederick S. Gore, Mol- lis P. Gallup, George B. Fowler. R. K. Clarke, Charles L. Young, Almond S. Gushee, Wilbur C. Littlefield. Jesse Moulton and William C. Fitzgerald ; finance committee, Robert S. S. WALTER WALES President 1901-1902 Fitcli, Charles L. Young and George H. Greenwood ; membership committee, Walter E. Newbert, Cliarles L. Hinds and George E. Griffin. During President Wales' first year in office the club only held one race meeting at Read- ville, on Labor Day, September 2. There were five classes for purses of $100 each. The 2 :35 class had six starters, and was won by Aggie H., owned and driven by R. ^^'. Hickey, who in the second heat made the fastest time of the day, 2:181-2. A special slow class, always a feature with this club, had eight starters, and was captured by Brightness, owned and driven by A. M. Xewbert. in 2.43 1-4. The 2.20 trot had si.x starters, and was won by Lady Madison, owned and driven by P. J. Fitzgerald. Alice B., owned and driven by W'alter Newbert. took the third heat in the fastest time of the race, 2:22 1-2, and everybody thought that Lady Madison was beaten, but she came back strong in the fourth heat and won, finishing the race. The 2 .zi class had seven starters, and was won by Gladys M., owned and driven by R. K. Clarke, in 2 :22 1-2. The free-for-all pace had six starters, and was easy for Ken- tucky Star, driven by his owner, C. H. Belle- deu. best time, 2 iig. The second annual ladies' night was held on January 30. Thomas N. Hart, the Mayor of Boston, honored the occasion with his presence. President Wales and Treasurer Morrill had charge of the floor. Like its pred- ecessor, it was an unqualified success. SEASON OF 1902 The new board of officials were: President, S. Walter Wales; first vice-president. Louis Pfingst ; second vice-president, John M. E. Morrill; secretary, George H. Greenwood; treasurer, Robert S. Fitch ; clerk, George D'Arcy; directors, T. A. Bresnahan. Jesse Moulton. Frederick J. Brand, Charles L. ■i'oung and Almond S. Cnishee : racing and speedway committee. Almond S. Gushee. S. W'alter Wales, Fred S. Eldredge, Jesse Moul- ton, Hollis P. Gallup, George W. D'Arcy, W. \\'. Grant, Louis Pfingst, R. S. Fitch, Wil- liam P. Boutelle, Randolph K. Clarke. D. W. .Sullivan, Walter E. Xewbert, Fred S. Gore, L. S. Timberlake. Charles L. Young, William M. Brummett, Edgar O. Haddock, J. W. Lin- nehan and William J. Fitzgerald; finance committee, T. A. Bresnahan, F. J. Brand and Jesse Moulton ; membership committee, George E. Griffin, Charles L. Hinds. Dr. R. W. Balkam and E. S. Harris. During President Wales' second term in office the club held two field days at Readville. One on Bunker Hill Day, June 17, and the other on Labor Day, September i. The races on June 17 were the most interesting that the club had ever held. There were four classes, with purses of $100 each. The 2 :20 trot had nine horses, and everv horse had a large following, the grandstand pulling for their favorite to win. India Panis, owned and driven by George French ; Captain HalT, owned and driven by J. G. Cleary ; Alice B., owned and driven by W. E. Newbert ; Lady Madison, owned and driven by P. J. Fitzgerald ; Ramus, owned and driven by Cary Keith ; Newsboy, owned and driven bv J. E. Wilber; Princess Ebilo, owned and driven by F. J. Brand; Ninety-One, owned and driven by R. C. Richardson, and Gipsy The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston Felix, owned by H. G. Turner and driven by E. O. Haddock, were the horses in this class. Princess Ebilo won the race, trotting in 2:20 1-4. but not without a battle in every heat. A blanket would have covered Princess Ebilo and Gipsy Felix at the wire. The 2 -.22 pace had seven starters, and was won by Gladys M.. owned and driven by R. K. Clarke, in 2:21 3-4. The free-for-all class had tive starters, and was quickly taken by George G., owned by J. F. Fitzgerald and driven by \\'. J. Fitzgerald, in 2:18. A special slow class had twelve starters, and was won by Cartuna, owned and driven by Frank Hen- derson, the fourth trip being a dead heat with Dexter, W. L Estabrook driving, in 2 -.^2. The Labor Day, September i, races were the most bitterly .fought of any ever held by the club. Every horse in each of the classes had his particular friends in the grandstand, coupling with the fact that there were over 4,000 people present, and that it was an ideal day for racing. So important were these races considered that a professional starter was engaged and judges appointed who had no connection with the club. Two of the classes were of si.x heats, and had to be car- ried over until the following day, one event to finish two heats and the other three. There were five races, with purses of $100 each. The 2 130 class had nine horses, and was won by Yellow Boy, after going six heats. He was owned and driven by L. E. Billings. The fastest heat was in 2:24 1-2. Lacka- wanna, driven by his owner, John O'Connor, got two heats, and should have nailed the race, but he tired in the third heat. He cer- tainly had good reason in getting weary, as his driver weighed 385 pounds, and they made some picture circulating the Readville tracK. The 2 :20 trot had six starters, and was won after four hard fought heats by India Panis, owned and driven by George French. Lady Madison, the speedway champion, won the first heat in the fastest time of the race, 2:22 1-2, but the Lady was getting too old to stall off the younger horses. The free-for-all had six starters, and was very easy for the little horse. Rondo, owned by S. ^\'alter ^^■ales, and driven by that mas- ter reinsman, Fred Eldredge. Two heats, in 2:16 1-2 and 2:16, was all he had to do, and he could have easily gone three seconds faster if necessary. The 2:2^ class had five starters, and went six heats, four of which heats were trotted the first day. McNaiy's Hal, owned by R. Y. W oodbury and driven by \\ . E. Newbert, won the first heat in 2:23 3-4. Bud- weiser, owned and driven by J. W. Linnehan, annexed the second heat in 2 -.26 3-4. Captain Hall, owned and driven by A. S. Gushee, se- cured the third heat in 2 126 1-4. Grover C. owned by P. J. Fitzgerald and driven by E. O. Haddock, got the fourth heat in 2 .2/. These four horses went to the stable after the first day's racing with a heat apiece to their credit. They were so evenly matched that several hundred dollars was wagered tha night among the friends of the diflr'erent horses. Pools were sold in regular Grand Circuit style, and when the race was called the ne.xt day over Soo people were in the grandstand. Budweiser. w'hose caretaker nart put in some extra work on him after the race the day before, came out fresh and full of fight, and won the two heats necessary . land the money, in 2:26 1-2 and 2:27 1-2, but not until after a battle with Newbert and Haddock, who would have given a good part of Franklin Field to have won. The special slow class was another race carried over from the first day and decided on September 2. Two heats, one in 2:^2 1-2. the fastest of the race, had been won the first day by Bonnie Patchen, owned and driven bv T. R. Galvin, and one heat by Emma R., owned and driven by C. R. Hinds. The sec- ond day, Pholyphema, owned and driven bv Dr. R. W Balkam, came out the freshest, and won in three straight heats. The third annual ladies' night took place on February 11. President Wales and Mrs. Wales led the grand march at the dance which followed the entertainment and supper. George ^^". D'Arcy was chairman of the com- mittee of arrangements, and J. M. E. Morrill was floor director. SEASON OF 1903 The annual board of officials were as fol- lows : President, Frederick J. Brand ; first vice- president, Randolph K. Clarke ; second vice- president, J. M. E. Morrill ; secretary, George H. Greenwood ; treasurer, Robert S. Fitch , directors. S. Walter Wales, T. A. Bresnahan. Charles L. Young, Almond S. Gushee and Hollis P. Gallup ; racing and speedway com mittee, Almond S. Gushee, S. Walter Wales. George H. Greenwood, Hollis P. Gallup. Hiram A. Haven, George W. D'Arcy, \\'. W Grant, Louis Pfingst, Jacob Mosser, R. S. 12 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston F'itch. William P. Boutelle, Randolph K. Clarke. D. W. Sullivan, Walter E. Newbert, Fred S. Gore, Wilbur S. Littlefield, Fred S. Eldredge, Charles L. Young, William I\I. Brummett. Edgar O. Haddock, J. W'. Linne- han, William J. Fitzgerald and Charles L. FRED J. BRAND President 1903-1904 Hinds; finance committee, T. A. Bresnahan, S. A\'alter Wales, Albert Fellows, Almond S. Gushee ; membership committee, George E. Griffin, Dr. R. W. Balkam, E. S. Harris, Nel- son Pierce and C. M. jNIandell; clerk, George ^^^ D'Arcy. The feature of the ladies' night, held on February 12, was the presentation to the re- retiring president, S. Walter Wales, of a cost- ly gold stop-watch. President Brand intro- duced Second Mce-President Morrill, who made the presentation speech. On the watch was inscribed : "Presented to S. Waher Wales by the members of the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving club as a small token of their esteem and appreciation of his efforts in behalf of the drivina; club, while he was president. "Boston, February 12, 1903." The first banquet of the club took place at Hendrie's, on the evening of November 5, and was dedicated especially to the men. The members turned out in goodly numbers, and invited guests were present, private, political and otherwise. The members and guests were gathered around small tables, thus choosing their own companions. First \'ice-president Randolph K. Clarke was head of the commit- tee of arrangements. A fine entertainment was given and there were excellent speeches. One of the features of the evening was the presentation to A. S, Gushee, who had just completed his three years' service as chairman of the racing committee, of an easy chair. The usual matinees were held at Readville on June 17 and on Labor Day, which fell on September 7. On the first named date, there were five events, each for a purse of $100. The free-for-all attracted a lot of attention, the starters being Parker S., Rex and Lana- lord. \Mien it came to racing it was discov- ered that the first named gelding had the speed of the party, his fastest heat being m 2:17 1-4. The largest field w'as in the 2 :2^ pace, and was conducive of the best sport of the after- noon. Budweiser, owned and driven by J- W. Linnehan, grabbed ofl:' the last three heats, after finishing fourth in the opening one, which was taken by McNary's Hal. The races on Labor Day were four in num- ber. In the special slow class, the first heat was won by Sunny Jim, owned by W^ M. Brummett and driven by W. E. Newbert. Then Lucinda, owned and driven by A. D. Gould, showed by tlie unusual manner in which she won the next two heats that she had no license to be entered in the slow class. The 2 :34 pace was copped by Don W'ilkes, owned and driven by F. H. Robinson. The 2 :26 pace and 2 :22 trot was a fighting race from start to finish. The first heat was won by Brightness, owned by A. ]\I, Newbert and driven by E. O. Haddock. The second heat was captured by Captain Hall, owned and driven by A. S. Gushee. The third heat was taken by India Panis, owned by George French and driven by J. W. Linnehan. Then the fourth and fifth heats and race were won by Captain Hall. The 2:19 pace and 2:15 trot were annexed by W. W. Saylor, owned by H. R. Barry and driven by Fred Eldredge, in straight heats, the fastest in 2:18 1-4. SEASON OF 1904 President Brand was returned for a second term in office, as utider his first administra- tion the club had increased its membership, while its cash balance was about 30 per cent more than before he took the chair. The first The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 13 election of officials was held on January 4, but owing to a question of legality, a second election was held on January 18, the latter, of course, being the one that counted. It was this election that marked a new method of the selection of officials. The old way was to have the president appoint a nomination committee to bring in a list of the officers for the ensuing year. Then if there was no opposition, the election was by accla- mation. As there was seldom any opposition under this system, everything worked very smoothly, but still was not satisfactory to many members of the club. In the election of January 18, what was known as the Brand system, but which in all reality was the same as our state elections in using the Australian ballot, the plan being for open nominations of the members from the floor for the different offices and each man nominated, of course, was placed on the ticket for the members to choose and vote for in secret. Following were the officials for the ensuing year : IVesident, Frederick J. Brand ; first vice-pres- ident, Kandolph K. Clarke ; second vice-presi- dent, Almond S. Gdshee ; secretary, George H. Greenwood ; treasurer, Robert S. Fitch ; directors, H. P. Gallup, G. ^\■. D'Arcy, J. W. Linnehan, P. J. Fitzgerald, Jacob Mosser ; finance committee, Albert Fellows, Diedrich Filers, J. A. Smith ; racing and speedway com- mittee, W. E. Newbert, E. (J. Haddock, H. R. Barry, W'm. Brummett, F. S. Eldredge, F. H. Robinson, D. M. Biggs, E. S. Harris, J. R. Stuart, Jr., E. W. Berrigan, D. W. Sullivan ; membership committee. Nelson Pierce, R. C. Richardson, G. E. Griffin ; clerk, Ernest H. Morgan. Socially, there were held several big stag parties and whist parties. The annual ladies" night and concert was on the evening of April 17, and the appointments, entertainment, music and attendance were of the highest class. The second annual banquet was held on October 2y at the women's clubhouse, R. K. Clarke being the toastmaster. Members and guests were present in even greater numbers than on the year previous, many of the city officials being among those seated at the tables. It marked the closing days of the con- struction of the Franklin Field Speedway, the work having begun on August i. This really was the stellar event under President Brand's administration of two vears in office, and at the dinner the speaking on all sides was of the jollification sort. Congratulations by the politicians present were heartily extended to the president and other officers of the club in the accomplishment of their heart's desire. The speedway was completed on November 21. It was counted that the dedication of the Franklin Field course, which was held on Thanksgiving Day, would be celebrated in no uncertain manner, but the day was inclement and it was impossible to hold the races, but a goodly number of the members took part in the preliminary parade, while many others gathered along the line of the new speedway and stood in the drizzling rain in the hope that the racing might take place. The length of the new speedway was a quarter of a mile. As was customary, two racing meets were held at Readville during 1904, the first on June 17, and the other on Labor Day, which fell on September 5. The June 17 races drew out a large attend- ance, and the most interesting event of the afternoon proved to be the 2:13 trot, which was won by Authentic, owned and driven by D. M. Biggs, his time of the third heat, 2:16 1-4, being the best made during the day by a trotter. Dr. Shorb, driven by J. W. Lin- nehan, grabbed off the second heat, which gave his entry a place in the summary next to the winner. The free-for-all had a good held of starters, and was captured by Ned Wilkes. The first two heats of this race were scorchers, the opening one being in 2:13 1-4 by The Private, while the next Ned Wilkes placed to his credit in the fast time of 2:13. There were four classes decided on Labor Day. The 2 125 trot or pace was won by Billy Barlow, owned by W. P. Boutelle and driven by E. O. Haddock. The special slow class was won by Mutineer, owned and driven bv C. C. Blaney. In the fast class, the 2:18 trot or pace, after Miss Pratt had reeled off the initial heat in 2:17 3-4, John W. Linnehan gathered in the race with Budweiser, his second and third heats being each in 2:18 1-4. C. C. Blanev won the 2 135 class with Charlena. The club took part in the horse show at Mechanics Building in the Spring and carried off second prize. President Brand, with Minetta, led the Dorchester contingent of the parade, followed by J. R. Stuart, Jr., with Susie F,, D. M. Biggs with .\uthentic, M. A H The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston Nevens with Richmond, and H. A. Haven with Baroness. The cash prize of $50 was turned into the club's coffers. SEASON OF 1905 Tlie important change in the election for this year was Almond S. Gushee securing the A. S. GUSHEE President 1905 most votes for president. The contest was a strenuous one, the opposition to Mr. Gushee coming from R. K. Clarke, who had filled the position of first vice-president and always had been a hard and sincere worker of the inter- ests of the club. The friends of Mr. Clarke contended that he was more entitled to the oiTice of president than was Mr. Gushee, as the latter was second vice-president and it was, in their opinion, the proper way for the oflicers to graduate into higher positions ana not jump over anybody's head. There were 1 14 votes cast for the candidates, of which Mr. Gushee got 58, and Mr. Clarke 56. How- ever bitter the feelings were during the smoke of battle, yet, when the decision had been ren- dered, it was accepted with utmost good hu- mor by everyone, all being again reunited to work for the best interests of the organiza- tion. The complete board of officers for the year were : President, Almond S. Gushee ; first vice- president, George W. D'Arcy ; second vice- president, Jacob Mosser ; secretary, George H. Greenwood ; treasurer, Robert S. Fitch ; direc- tors, I'eter J. Fitzgerald, Fred S. Eldredge. Hollis P. Gallup, J. Rollin Stuart, Jr., and Walter E. Newbert; clerk, Ernest H. Mor- gan ; racing and speedway committee, H. R. Barry, D. E. Page, F. H. Robinson, J. F. Carey, W. A. Marsh, E. O. Haddock, J. N. Terry, R. C. Richardson, E. S. Harris, Patrick Sullivan, C. C. Blaney ; membership commit- tee. Nelson Pierce, E. P. Denn, M. E. Har- rington ; finance committee, Albert Fellows, T. A. Smith, Diedrich Filers, C. M. Mandell. C. H. Morse. ( )n January 19 was held the annual ladies' night, the affair being in charge of R. K. Clarke, and, due to his hard work, it was thought the best ever held since the inception of the club. In the Fall was held the annual banquet, the Quincy House being the scene of gaiety, and it was well on toward the small hours of morning before a large number of the members reached home and retired for rest upon their downy couches. It was during this year that the club held its last race meet over the Readville track, the same being decided on June 17, with four events. The free-for-all was for a purse of $200, the others remaining at $100 each. It was with much regret that the club gave up these regular field days, as, while the manage- ment had raised the price for the use of Read- ville track from $100 to $250, starting the new rate the year before, the race meets had come out on the right side of the ledger. In the events of June 17, General Fiske proved the best of the party in the free-for- all, winning the second heat in 2:141-2, the fastest time of the afternoon. Ornament and Budweiser had a hot battle in the 2:18 class, but the former had just enough left to wiij each trip. Goldie took the 2 :24 event in straight heats, and Roy \V'ilkes was success^ ful in the 2 :35 class, though losing the second heat to Ethel Wagner. SEASON OF 1906 The contest for president this year was be- tween George W. D'Arcy and John W. Linne- han, and each worked hard to get out the full vote and earn the honor of occupying the executive chair. The result of the polls was Mr. D'Arcy 73 votes and Mr. Linnehan 58 votes. The complete slate for the ensuing year follows : President, Geo. W. D'Arcy; first vice-presi- dent, ^^'. E. Newbert ; second vice-president, The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 15 P. J. Fitzgerald; secretary, Geo. 11. Green- wood ; treasurer, R. S. Fitch ; directors, E. O. Haddock, E. S. Harris, F. S. Eldredge, A. Fel- lows, H. R. Barry ; racing and speedway com- mittee, J. W. Limiehan, chairman, Hiram Haven, J. A. Swendeman, W. A. Marsh, W. M. Brummett, F. H. Bellows, \L A. Nevens, Geo. A. French, R. C. Richardson, A. T. Wheelock, F. H. Robinson, J. F. Carey, J. ^^■. .McEnanv, S. Wolfson ; house committee, C. L. Young, chairman. S. W. Wales, Jr., Percv Blaney. Dr. R. W. Balkam, J. X. Terrv ; membership committee. Nelson Fierce, chairman, E. P. Denn, H. P. Gallup, E. B. Swett : finance committee, D. Filers, chairman, T- A. Swett, C. H. Morse, C. M. Mandell, C. C. Blaney: clerk, E. G. Richard- son. The most successful ladies' night in the his- tory of the club up to that time was held in President D'Arcv's administration. It was held at the Women's Clubhouse, and so many were jiresent, that commodious as the quar- ters are, the rooms were almost filled to over- flowing. After the dinner, which was to all purposes a banquet, was an elaborate enter- tainment followed by dancing. Through the remainder of the Winter months, there were several gander parties held at the club rooms, and, in December, was held' the annual banquet at the Quincy House. President D'Arcy's term in office has always been looked back to by members of the club as the leading year in social prominence of the organization. The Franklin Field Speedway remained just as popular as ever, each of the Saturdays, wlien weather permitted, the racing was very interesting with a very large attendance at these weekly meeting's. D. Filers ; secretary, (i. H. tlreenwood, treas- urer, R. S. Fitch ; directors, H. P. Gallup, E. B. Swett, C. H. Morse. S. W. Wales. Jr., A. T. Wheelock ; racing and speedway com- mittee, ). E. Swendeman, chairman, A. M. SEASON OF 1907 ^^'alter E. X'ewbert was the choice of the clul) when the votes were counted for presi- dent, and, in securing this member to fill the honored position, the club rewarded the hard- est worker it had for the welfare of the organ- ization. Both day and night President New- bert worked in securing new members, the club increasing its membership more during his administration than it did during any other period in its career. The complete list of offi- cers for the ensuing year was as follows : President, W. E. Newbert ; first vice-presi- dent, E. O. Haddock ; second vice-president. GEORGE W. D'ARCY President 1005 Newbert, W. P. Boutelle, F. S. Eldredge. P. C. Blaney, E. S. Harris.. F. H. Bellows, A. H. F'itch, J. \\'. Linnehan, A. S. Gushee, R. C. Richardson, ^\^ J. Fitzgerald, R. G. Crosby. J. S. Rockwell, F. W. Hamlin ; finance com- mittee, C. C. Blanev, chairman, A. Fellows, W. M. Brummett, 6. A. French, J. ^^". AIc- Enany : membership committee, E. P. Denn, chairman, E. H. Morse, A. H. Keeler, C. E. Devereau.x, W. J. Estabrook ; house commit- tee, C. L. Young, chairman, H. C. Thayer. J. W. Mahoney, C. G. Richler, Chas. Patterson, W. A. Marsh, E. W. Berrigan ; clerk, E. G. Richardson. There was the annual ladies' night in the lat- ter months of the \\'inter as well as several gander parties held in the clubrooms, and, on December 5 was held the annual banquet at the Quincy House. Past President Gushee was toastmaster at the banquet at which 250 members and their guests attended. The visitors from the Lynn Driving Club devoted considerable of their attention in their after-dinner addresses to the defeats their club had adminis- tered to the Dorchesters in the interclub meets of the past season. i6 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston President Newbert, in speaking of the suc- cess of the club, stated that the present stand- ing had only been attained by the hardest and most faithful work on the part of the mem- bers. While the clul) has one of the best WALTER E. NEWBERT President 19U7-1908 quarter-mile tracks in the country, yet he was working hard, in the interests of the people who enjoyed the sport, to have built, the com- ing year, a grandstand at the speedway. E.x-president Fred J. Brand stated that it was his opinion that the club would at no dis- tant day own a clubhouse of its own near the speedway and that plans to that effect were being made. One of the particular features of the even- ing was the presentation to Hollis P. Gallup, by the club, of a watch-chain and charm. Mr. Gallup had done more to increase the club's membership than any other member. In re- sponse Mr. Gallup said that he had never iound it hard to sell goods when full ^-alue could be given in return. On the speedway that year matters were kept going at top speed in the number of races started and horses entered. The club, too, took part in a series of interclub meets with Lvnn, and, while the latter came off the vic- tors, yet there was the best of good feeling on the part of lioth contestants. SEASON OF 1908 Matters with the club had flourished su un- der the first year of President Newbert that he was re-elected by a very large majority, the following being the complete list of officials: President, \\'. E. Xewbert ; first vice-presi- dent, E. (J. Haddock; .second vice-president, D. Eilers: secretary, G. H. Greenwood; treas- urer, R. S. FitclY; directors, H. P. Gallup, F. O. Guild, J. W. Linnehan, F. H. Bellows, A. M. Johnson; racing and speedway committee, F. W. Hamlin, chairman, E. H. Alorse, A. M. Newbert, F. S. Eldredge, E. S. Harris, A. T. Wheelock, A. H. Keeler, A. S. Gushee, J. E. Swendeman, \V. P. Boutelle, P. C. Blanc\-, I''. B. Swett, J. N. Terry, R. C. Richardson, \\'. J. Fitzgerald ; membership committee, C. E. Dev- ereaux, chairman, C. W. Patterson, L. E. Mirram, L. Nelson, E. P. Denn, A. M. Cain, W. J. Bates, A. Briggs; finance committee, A. Fellows, chairman, G. A. French, J. W. AIc- Enany, C. T. Greenwood, H. C. Thayer. L. Tewhart, P. O'Hearn, A. J. Furbush, Geo. Johnson, Geo. Leonard ; house committee, C. L. Young, chairman. J. X. Terrv, T. A. W'ins- loe, M. F. Maher, "H. E. 6'Neil, ^^■. C. Hawkes, E. ^^^ Berrigan, H. Graham, L. Mar- tin, A. F. Spencer ; clerk, E. G. Richardson. There were the usual ladies' night and many gander parties in the clubroom, and on Decem- lier 9 was held the annual banquet at tne Quincy House. Among the speakers were Mayor Hibbard, President Brooks of the Fells- way Club, Frank J. Babbitt, president of the Lynn Club; C. J. Brown, president of the At- tleboro Club; Levi Lord, president of the Hamilton Club; J. W. Brown, president of the Brockton Club ; T. Lee Quimby, of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston, and A. H. Jewett, of the Ouannapowitt Club. In the after-dinner addresses, the speakers were enthusiastic that the driving clubs of New England form an organization for the purpose of promoting the sport. The handicap system of racing was also given a good word by President Babbitt of the Lynn Club, who thought the plan should be adopted by all the driving clubs. The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 17 On the speedway, the year was made more prominent than some of the preceding ones. The grandstand promised by the city had been completed and was much appreciated by the members and their lady friends, while the important racing event was between the Lynn and Dorchester horses, and a grand field day was held between these two clubs. Xewbert, chairman of the entertainment com- mittee, as toastmaster. The first speaker was President Brand of the Board of Aldermen, then acting as Mayor of Boston in Mayor Hibbard's absence. He went into the early SEASON OF 1909 As the result of the election this year, John W. Linnehan was elected president by a big margin, and, during his career in the executive chair, the club continued in very prosperous condition. The list of ofticers for the year was : President, J. \\". Linnehan ; first vice-presi- dent, A. M. Johnson; second vice-president, W. P. Boutelle; secretary, Geo. H. Green- wood; treasurer, R. S. Fitch; directors, H. P. Gallup, R. G. Crosby, F. W. Hamlin, A. AI. Newbert, W. J\L Brummett; racing and speed- way committee, F. W. Hamlin, chairman, A. H. Keeler, E. H. Alorse. A. S. Gushee, F. H. Bellows, L. A. Bean, L. Tewhart, A. Fellows, A. T. Wheelock, W. J. Fitzgerald, W. E. Newbert, E. O. Haddock, P. C. Blaney, J. H. Coakley, R. C. Richardson, T. A. Winsloe, A. J. Furbush ; finance committee, C. T. Greenwood, chairman, H. Buchner, T. E. Henderson, D. E. Page, E. L. Goodnow, A. Ripley, F. S. Eldredge, T. F. Cannon, John Spiers, A. J. Legg and C. C. Blaney ; mem- bership committee, E. S. Harris, chairman, E. A. Fuller, D. Filers, J. X. Terry, E, J. Xorris, W. H. Bennett," T- \\'. AIcEnany, M. F. Maher. T. J. Grift^n," Geo. E. Griffin, J. H. Casey, H. P. Gallup and C. S. Coffin; house committee, C. L. Young, chairman, W. P. Boutelle, A. AL Cain, Chas. Patterson, J. A Graham, A. M. Brown, W. J. Bates, J. Murphy, S. Bradford, L. Nelson and B. F. Tuttle ; clerk, E. G. Richardson. The social affairs of the club were equal to any, particularly the ladies' night and the an- nual banquet held on December 8 at the Quincy House. Two hundred and fifty en- thusiastic light harness horse owners and road drivers participated in the seventh annual dinner. Among those present were representa- tives from almost all of the driving clubs around Boston, as well as from the Speedway Club of Worcester. President Linnehan introduced Walter E J W. LINNEHAN President 1909 history of the club, with which he was so fa- miliar, having filled the position of president. Ex-Mayor Fitzgerald was enthusiastically greeted as he entered the banquet hall, and in his brief address spoke of equality and hu- manity as two essentials both in civic and private life. "The city of Boston," said Mr. Fitzgerald, "instead of being conducted as a stricdy business institution should be man- aged in the lines of a very philanthropic in- stitution." Senator E. A. Cowee, president of the Speedway Club of Worcester, brought the greetings of the Worcester horsemen to then- Dorchester and Boston brethren. Frank E. Morrison, secretary of the Fellsway Driving Club, President Babbitt of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Lynn, Fred C. Garmon, chairman of the board of trustees of the Alet- i8 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston ropolitan Driving Club, and E. Mark Sullivan, assistant United States District Attorney, were among the speakers. Besides the regular Saturday and holiday matinees at Franklin Field Speedway, there were held, during the Summer months, a SEASON OF 1910 Mayor Fitzgerald Leading Parade at Dedication of the Half-mile Speedway on Franklin Field grand interclub series of meets between Dor- chester, Fellsway, Lynn and Quannapowitt, each of these clubs meeting in the races, that were decided at Combination Park, Medford, Rockdale Park, Peabody, the Reading- Wakefield track, and the last session back- again at Combination. As the result of this grand contest, the large silver cup was won by the Dorchester Driving Club, and placed with all honor in the private office of the club. President Linnehan, in summing up tin; grand success of the Dorchester Club in win- ning this trophy, gave great credit to Frank Hamlin, the chairman of the racing commii- tee, who worked early and late getting tlic members to enter and start their horses in tlic several races, and in this way was Dorchestci- so well and strongly represented that it car- ried away the cup. Previous to the big interclub meets, tlie Fellsway and Dorchester Clubs had a sort of introductory clash on June 17 at Combination Park, which resulted in the defeat of the Fellsway Club by the very close score of jy points for Dorchester, to 76 1-2 points for the Fellsway. This was the closest interclub meet ever held in the history of driving clubs in New England. Of the 18 events on the card that dav, the Dorchester Club won 10. A. M. Johnson, who had been strongly identified with the club since its inception both in filling offices and by racing on the speedway, was elected president, the full ticket for the ensuing year being as follows : President, A. M. Johnson ; first vice-presi- W. P. Boutelle; second vice-president, F. W. Hamlin; secretary, Geo. H. Greenwood; treasurer. A. Fellows ; directors, A. T. Wheel- ock. J. W. Coakley, F. W. Guild, M. McDer- mott, John Spiers ; racing and speedway com- mittee, A. H. Keeler, chairman, L. Tewhart, R. G. Crosby, A. Fellows, E. L. Hopkins, F. H. Bellows, A. C. Maher, L. A. Bean, D. E. Page. E. H. Alorse, J. W. Coakley, F. S. El- dredge, and T. J. Griffin ; membership com- mittee. H. P. Gallup, chairman, J. Dunn, E. S. Harris. A. M. Cain, E. P. Denn, H. Buchner, F. ^[. Bleiler, E. J. Norris, AI. McDermott, A. Kaan and W. J. Bates ; house committee. S. Bradford, chairman, J. A. Graham. A. H. Paul, B. F. Tutde, F." F. Cannon and W. P. Boutelle ; finance committee. C. T. Green- wood, cliairman. T. E. Henderson ; clerk, John H. Buckley. The eighth annual banquet of the club was held at the Quincy House, on December 6, with 200 members and invited guests present. Mayor Fitzgerald Winning with Ralph Wick on Dorchester Day in 1912. Time 1:06 The leading speaker of the evening was Coun- cillor F. J. Brand, who characteristically termed the evening the club's annual free-for- all. The speaking was interspersed with mu- sic, and a number of capital stories with re- marks upon matinee racing and what it was The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 19 purposed to accomplish during tlie coming season. Among those who spoke were F. C. Gar- mon. president of the Metropolitan Driving Club, Daniel Paine of the Fellsway Driving Club, Harry C. Thayer, president of the Old Colony Driving Club, and Councillor T. J. Buckley, whose interest in behalf of the Franklin Field Speedway had given him a place upon the club's honorary membership list. During the year there were strenuous efforts made in securing an appropriation from the City of Boston in extending the Franklin Field Speedway from a quarter of a mile in length to that of one-half a mile. By hard work from President Johnson and his com- mittee this was finally accomplished, and work upon the course was begun the middle of July, and at odd times continued until the frost put a stop to operations that Fall. Of the principal events on the speedway was the race in July between Charley King, owned by A. T. W'heelock, and Cascade, the property of T. J. Griffin. These two crack pacers not only fought it out to the bitter end, but each lowered the previous track record to 29 seconds. The complete summary of this race is appended. Franklin Field Speedway. July i. 1910. — Class A, pacing. Charley King, blk. g. (A. T. Wheelock) i i 2 1 Cascade, br. g. (T. J. Griffin) 2 2 i j Time — 31 1-45., 30s., 20s.. 29s. SEASON OF 1911 President Johnson was re-elected for an- other year, and the following shows the complete list of officers : President, A. M. Johnson ; first vice-president, F. W. Hamlin ; second vice-president, R. G. Crosby; secre- tary, Geo. H. Greenwood ; treasurer, A. Fel- lows ; clerk, John H. Buckley; directors, H. Buchner, \\'. J. Fitzgerald, P.'O'Hearn, A. T. \\'heelock and W. H. Young; racing and speedway committee, F. W. Hamlin, chair- man, L. A. Bean, E. H. Morse, T- W. Coak- ley, T. T. Grifl^n, M. AIcDermott". C. Carroll, F. W. Clark, T. R. Fraser, A. G. Tileston, J. P. McDonald, R. Ward, J. MacDonnell, M. D., R G. Crosby, A. H. Keeler. F. S. El- dredge, F. H. Bellows, D. M. Spinnev, A. S. Gushee, W. J. Fitzgerald, H. P. Gallup, H. B. Flanders, S. W. Wales and G. O. Goudey ; membership committee, A. Fellows, chairman', J. A. Sherlock, C. M. Durland. J. \\'. Burns, Dr. W". H. Sawyer, E. P. Denn and J. F. Carey ; finance committee, H. P. Gallup, chairman, G. E. Griffin ; house committee, W. P. Boutelle, chairman, S. Bradforu, J. A. Graham, B. F. Tuttle and T. F. Cannon. The ninth annual banquet was held at the Quincv House, in December, and, like the previous ones, brought out a full house, all of the leading members of the other driving A. M. JOHNSON President 1910-11-12 clubs being present. Mayor Fitzgerald and several members of the City Council were also present. The principal event of this season was the interclub meet between the Dorchester and Springfield Clubs. Dorchester going to Spring- field. The year was an important one, inasmuch as that on Dorchester Day, June 9, was dedi- cated the new half-mile speedway at Franklin Field. Mayor Fitzgerald was the guest of honor, and showed his versatility by driving the fast trotter, Ralph Wick, 2:13 1-4, owned by President Johnson, the half-mile in i :o6. 20 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston which was considered fast for the new track, second faster tlian the record for pacers over The Mayor looked for all the world like a the speedway held by Easter Direct, owned by Grand Circuit pilot, and amply proved that he T. J. Griffin, and made on June 17. The sum- was no novice in driving the trotter. After mary: tile feat. Councillor Collins made a brief Franklin Field Speedway, July 7, 1911.— Class A, speech of introduction and presented the „ , \'^^h,- , , ^ Ralph Wick, b. Camello, blk. g. (A. M. Johnson) i i (M. McDermott) 2 2 Time — i :oi, i :03 1-4. Mayor Fitzgerald Receiving Prize Cup from Councillor Collins for Winning Race with Ralph Wick Mayor with a solid silver cup for winning the race. Then jMayor Fitzgerald dedicated the track by a short speech and singing "Sweet Adeline." Over 15,000 persons were at the speedway at the dedicatory opening. Following is the summary of the race won by the Mayor, and the first event decided over the new speedway : Franklin Field Speedway, June 9, igii. — Special race (solid silver cup) Ralph Wick, br. g. (Mayor J. F. Fitzgerald).... i Camello, blk. g. (M. McDermott) 2 Bonnie Patchen, bl. g. (H. Buchner) 3 Baron Patch, b. g. (W. J. Fitzgerald) 4 Time — i :o6. On June 30 the track record was lowered to I :o2 1-4 by Camello, owned and driven by M. McDermott, defeating Ralph Wick, Presi- dent Johnson's trotter, the last heat being in 1:02 1-4. The summary: Franklin Field Speedway. June 30, 191 1.— Class E, trot. Camello, liik. g. (M. McDermott) i i Ralph Wick, b. g. (A. M. Johnson) 2 2 Time — i :o3, i :o2 1-4. One week later the trotting record of the course received another dent, this time it be- ing Ralph Wick, President Johnson's speedy trotter, defeating Camello, and reducing the record to 1:01. It was a peculiar fact, but the mark set by Ralph W'kk was one-half a An unusual feature of the matinees of that season happened on August 18, when Miss Edith M. Gushee, a Boston school teacher, drove Manila Boy in a special heat against Cracker Boy, the latter driven by her father, A. S. Gushee. Miss Gushee held the reins ke an old-timer, and passing under the wire ■-he plied the whip to defeat Cracker Boy, which she did by a length in i :o5 1-2. Miss < lushee was a thorough horsewoman and had licen desirous of driving for some time, but I he officials of the club had refused, up to that time, to permit a woman to drive in races. SEASON OF 1912 President Johnson was re-elected to office for the third term. It was a complete distinc- tion for him to occupy that position three years, as he was the only man since the incep- tion of the club in 1899, that had been so honored. Following is the complete list of officers for the year : President, A. M. Johnson ; first vice-presi- dent, F. \\'. Hamlin ; second vice-president, P. O'Hearn; secretary, Geo. H. Greenwood; treasurer, A. Fellows; clerk, John H. Buck- ley; directors, D. M. Spinney, C. JNI. Warren, W. H. Young, T. J. Griffin, E. O. Haddock; racing and speedway committee, A. S. Gushee, chairman. J. A. Anderson, A. W. Staples, M. McDermott, P. O'Hearn, D. M. Spinnev, I. F. Griffin, C. Carroll, H. M. Slinkier, ^^■. E. Wells, J. W. Coakley, A. H. Keeler. C. M. Warren, R. G. Crosby, W. J. Fitzgerald. (3. E. Linscott, G. O. Goudey, H. Graham, E. F. Powers, W. H. Sawyer, J. O. Reay. C. C. Blaney, H. P. Gallup, W. H. Young; finance committee, A. S. Gushee, chairman, C. M. Warren ; membership committee, E. O. Had- dock, H. P. Gallup, A. V. Staples, D. M. Biggs, A. G. Tileston, H. Buchner, R. Mager, A. Briggs, F. H. Bellows and E. P. Denn ; house committee, T- T. Willard, chairman, J. W. Burns, J. P. McDonald, C. Starrett, S. Bradford, J. A. Graham, Wm. Douse, J. Mc- Grnv. RALPH WICK, 2:13 1-4 Winner of More Races Over Half-mile Tracks than Any Other Trotter in the World, and the First Trotter to Win a Heat in 1:01 at the Franklin Field Speedway Owned by A. M. Johnson The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston The club was thrown into deep grief by the death of Frederick J. Brand, who passed away on Alarch 12. His was the initial break in the line of the club's executives, and it was, indeed, a great shock to the members in re- alizing that one in the prime of manhood could be so quickly cut off. Mr. Brand was one of the charter members of the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club, being on the first board of directors. The years of I goo and 1901 he served the club in the position of clerk, and in 1903-4 he was president, these being the years of the con- struction of Franklin Field Speedway. Politically, Mr. Brand was a power in the city of Boston. He was president of the Board of Aldermen in 1909, and acting flayer in the absence of ^layor Hibbard. The social events of the year were the stag parties at the clubhouse and the tenth annual banquet at the Quincy House. The season was an eventful one on the speedway, the first of importance being the equaling of the trotting record of I :oi, held by Ralph Wick, by the noted gelding. Nut Boy, owned and driven by P. O'Hearn. This occurred on May 18, when the gelding was matched against Earl King, defeating him in straight heats, the times of which were 1:01 and I :oi 1-2. The time was the best for two consecutive heats ever made by a trotter. The summary : Franklin Field Speedway, May 18, 1912. — Class A, trot. Nut Boy, b. g. (P. O'Hearn) i 1 Earl King, b. g. (H. P. Gallup) 2 2 Time — i :oi, l.oi 1-2. In the matinee held on September 7, the record for the speedway by pacers was re- duced to I :oo flat by Manila Boy, owned and driven by A. S. Gushee, he winning the first heat in a race against Charley King. Though gaining honor in establishing the new record, yet Manila Boy was defeated in the race by his opponent, who gathered in the next two heats. The summary: Franklin Field Speedway, Sept. 7, IQ12. — Class A, pace. Charley King. blk. g. (A. T. Wheelock) ..211 Manila Boy, b. g. (A. S. Gushee) i 2 2 Time — i :oo, 1 :04 1-4, i :05 1-4. SEASON OF 1913 Riley G. Crosby, who had been very promi- nent in the afl:'airs of the club, particularly in the racing end, he having owned more horses and contested in more matinees than any other member of the club, was one of the candidates for the office of president. Mr. Crosby had filled the position of second vice-president in President Johnson's second term of office, and for an extended period had been on the board of directors and a strong factor in the racing committee. Opposing him was Frank Hamlin, who had been first vice-president under A. M. John- son's administration. Mr. Hamlin, since the early days of the club, had been an earnest and faithful worker, having served on the racing and other committees. In the campaign the admirers of Mr. Hamlin brought out the fact of his having been the real factor in the club winning the large and elegant silver trophy, in 1909, at the big interclub series of meets. Also, how he had raced horses and had, to a large extent, induced others in buy- ing speed and competing in the matinees. When it came to the vote, Mr. Crosby re- ceived the majority cast, and was duly elected to the position for the ensuing year, with the following list of officials : President, R. G. Crosby ; first vice-presi- dent, P. O'Hearn ; second vice-president, W. H. Young; secretary, Geo. H. Green- wood ; treasurer, A. Fellows ; clerk, John A. Anderson ; directors, F. H. Bellows, M. Mc- Dermott, F. S. Eldredge, A. T. Wheelock and D. M. Biggs ; membership committee, E. P. Denn, chairman, T. H. Clements, D. F. Doyle, A. Ripley, Chas. Starrett and J. A. Tilley; house committee. J. T. Willard, chairman, J. McGray, J. A. Graham, Chas. Starrett and J. W. Burns ; finance committee, C. M. W'ar- ren. chairman, and Geo. E. Griffin ; racing and speedway committee, W. J. Fitzgerald, chair- man, A. H. Keeler, A. Briggs, T. ^^'. Burns, I. H. Burns, J. W. Biggs, F. W. Calash, J. B. Chadbourne, C. M. Durland, H. P. Gal- lup, H. Graham, G. O. Goudev, H. J. Har- ris, F. ^^^ Hamlin, E. O. Haddock, O. E. Linscott, J. F. Robie, W. H. Sawyer, W. H. Young, A. C. Tileston, R. Ward. C. R. Young, O. C. Charles, M. McDermott, T. IMc- Gray, R. De\'oe. A.' S. Gushee, F. H. Bel- lows, W. E. Newbert, J. A. Anderson, E. H. Morse and P. B. Shaw. The social features of the year were the several stag parties held in the clubhouse and the annual banquet at the Quincy House. President Crosby introduced ex-President Johnson as toastmaster for the evening. The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 23 Amuiig the guests were President G. I'ray Smith of the Metropolitan Club, President G. A. Law of the Fellsway Club, and Presi- dent H. A. Brackett of the Quannapowitt Club. In the after-dinner speaking the matter generally discussed was that the members of all the driving clubs should become better ac- quainted and there should be more occasions offered where all of the clubs would meet and in this way the social part of the organization be extended. Many of the speakers believed that the future depended a great deal on the sociability of the different clubs. There was much rejoicing on the part of the members in the racing at Franklin Park Speedway, especially the ladies, on the city putting a roof on the grandstand. This was appreciated, particularly on the hot days of the Summer months. There was interclub racing during the sea- son. A big program had been arranged for Dorchester Day, twenty-two horses coming over from the Fellsway Club to participate in the interclub events, but it proved such a bad, rainy day that there was no opportunity for racing and the program had to be declared off. On May 30, in the interclub meet with Fells- way, the latter won the most points, and in the return meet between these clubs, held on Labor Day, Dorchester was victorious, this making the honors even between the two clubs. SEASON OF 1914 At the annual meeting and election of the club in January, President Crosby was re- elected to serve his second term in office, the following being the complete ticket selected for the ensuing year : President. R. G. Crosby ; first vice-presi- dent, P. O'Hearn ; second vice-president, D. M. Biggs; secretary, G. H. Green- wood ; treasurer, A. Fellows ; clerk, John A. Anderson; 'directors, J. VV. Biggs, J. H. Burns, A. Briggs, J. Dunn. S. R. Carey ; rac- ing and speedway committee. \V. j. Fitzger- ald, chairman, J. F. Robie, E. O. Haddock, A. H. Keeler, J. W. Biggs, A. T. Wheelock, O. C. Charles, A. S. Gushee, J. W. Burns, T. J. Clements, F. S. Eldredge, H. Graham, C. R. Young, M. McDermott, W. H. Minton, S. R. Carey, A. Briggs, J. Dunn, T. J. Griffin, D. M. Spinney, A. M. Johnson, J. H. Burns, P. O'Hearn, R. Ward, H. P. Gallup, \Vm. Douse, M. Green, and D. M. Biggs; member- ship committee, W. H. Young, chairman, F. G. Potter, Lee Raymond, C. M. Durland ; house committee, J. T. Willard, chairman, J. A. Graham, Chas. Starratt, J. W. Burns, VV. J. Edson, and Roy Ballard ; finance commit- tee, G. E. Griffin, chairman, E. F. Powers. R. G. CROSBY President 191.3-1914 An unfortunate occurrence happened in the early Summer, when the grandstand was de- stroyed by fire. The club immediately began work on the city government in securing a new one, and the promises were readily made that by the opening of the racing season of 191 5 a new concrete grandstand would have been erected. For some time the members had complained that the speedway was not in as good condi- tion for fast time as it should be. This was caused by the top soil breaking out in places, making the footing uncertain. After the speedway had settled from the Winter frost, the city put its employees at work and scraped oft' all of the old material from the surface and put on a new top soil, which resulted in 24 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston its being the fastest piece of racing dirt out- the Mayor, who, after waving his jockey cap of-doors. to the spectators, hustled away to meet his The first great event on the speedway came other engagements of the afternoon. The on Dorchester Day, June 6. Mayor Curley put summary : in his appearance at three o'clock, donned in Franklin Field Speedway, June 7, 1914. — Special a khaki suit and jockey cap that had been race, loaned to him by Building Commissioner R-G.^ Crosby's Jack Bingen, blk. g. (Mayor O'Hearn. As the Mayor took his seat in the ,-, "^Ir i\- '• '/^'i d i. /'aV „ , , ■ ■ T , TT -n -1 r- i_ . C. M. \\ arren 5 Color Bearer, b. g. (Mr. sulky behind Jack Bmgen, President Crosby s O'Hearn) 2 3 black trotting gelding, there were assembled Cal MacDonald's Lester W., b.g. (Mr. Crosby) *3 in the grandstand and massed three and four William H. Young's Sister Patch, b. m. (Mr. deep along the fence that separated the track ^ oung) 2 from the field fully 9,000 people, while on the ^^, , . Time— 1.06 1-2, 1:041-2. „ , , . ,, ,,- ^ , ' ' 'Changed horses m the second heat, field itself were thousands more, men, women and children. As the Mayor jogged up the On June 27 Sister Patch, owned and driven stretch to take the word in what was hoped by W. H. Young, defeated Charley King in would terminate in his reducing the record straight heats and tied the pacing record of held by ex-Mayor Fitzgerald, of i :o6, the im- the track, held by Manila Boy, at i :oo. She mense crowd kept up a constant ovation of ^on the second heat in i :oi 1-4, thus giving cheering. l^gj- ^j-jg fastest two consecutive heats ever Opposed to Mayor Curley and his Jack paced over the speedway. The summary : Bingen was Color Bearer, owned by C. M. Franklin Field Speedwav, June 27, ig^.-Class A, Warren and driven by P. O'Hearn, and Les- pace. ter W., owned bv Cal MacDonald and driven Sister Patch, b. m. (W. H. Young) i i by President Crosby. Charley King, blk. g. (\. T. Wheelock).. 2 2 i,r, ,, J • ^ i.1 • £ 1 1 Time — 1:00. 1:011-4. When the word was given to this field. Presiding Judge Horace Harris announced Interclub meets were held with the Fells- through the megaphone that the Mayor was way and Old Colony Clubs. On May 30 the coming. "The IVIayor leads at the quarter," Dorchester boys went to Combination, and was the next shout, and immediately there was were successful in defeating the Fellsways. a great crush to get a glimpse of His Honor Dorchester tackled the Old Colony at South driving his first horse race. He drove like a Weymouth on July 4, and only lost the verdict veteran, keeping the lead all the time, and by the narrow margin of two points. Charley won by a neck from Color Bearer in i :o6 1-2. King was as reliable as ever, however, bring- "That's good," said the ]Mayor at the finish, ing home a victory for the Dorchesters in his "I must try another heat." He was joked some event, and turned the track in i -.07 3-4 and from the crowd, but told them that it beat i :o7 1-4. In the fast trotting event President any political race he was ever in. There was Crosby's Jack Bingen headed the summary, more applause and the horses were off up the defeating Kaldar and Catherine C, two of the stretch for the second heat. Old Colony star trotters. In place of Lester W., who had been with- The second interclub meet was held at drawn, was Sister Patch, the ]:)acing mare. South \\'eymouth on Labor Day, September owned and driven by William H. Young. To 7. and while the Dorchester horses were again a good start the Mayor kept Jack Bingen defeated, yet they captured both of the fast busily at his work the whole half-mile, and classes. In the feature trotting event, Presi- he was obliged to in order to defeat Sister dent Crosby's Jack Bingen defeated Kather- Patch, as the latter was right at his throat ine R. and Higgins in i :o8 3-4 and i :og, latch and ready to take the lead if the trotting while Sister Patch, owned and driven by gelding made the slightest wobble. True as a William H. Young, took the measure of Edith die, the Alayor had Jack Bingen on his stride R., one of the best of the Old Colony pacing and passed the wire in record-breaking time, division, by winning the second and third the announcer calling out 1 :04 1-2. heats in i :'o7 and i :o8 1-2, Edith R. having This started the immense throng to wild captured the first heat in i :o6. cheering and the band began playing a patri- The history of the Dorchester Gentlemen's otic selection. City Councillor Walter Collins Driving Club is replete with trotters and pa- stepped forward and pinned a blue ribbon on cers which have earned for themselves promi- The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 25 tient places in the history of the professional turf of this country. Among those that can readily be brought to mind, having a national reputation, can be mentioned the trotting mare Trinket, 2:14, the champion four-year- old trotter in 1879, when she earned a record of 2:19 3-4. She was the property of A. S. Gushee. Jewett. the champion three-year-old trotter in 1879, with a record of 2:23 1-2, and later converted to a pacer, getting a record of 2:14, was for years the champion snow horse of New England. During that time he was own- ed by J. M. E. Morrill. Ethel's Pride. 2 :o6 3-4, winner of the clas- sic Transylvania stake at Lexington, Ky., and an $8,000 stake at Syracuse, N. Y., in 1905, was then the property of John Shepard. Nut Boy, 2:07 i'4' "^^'ho went all the way down through the Grand Circuit, in 1906, without losing a race, and who has won a heat at Franklin Field Speedway in i:oi, which equals the best time ever made by a trotter over that piece of racing dirt, was owned by Patrick O'Hearn. Ralph Wick, 2:13 1-4, the trotting gelding that has the distinction of having won more races over half-mile tracks than any other trotter raced in this country or Canada, and first placed the record of the speedway of i :oi, was owned by A. M. Johnson. Phoebon W'.. 2 :o8 3-4, which was owned by W. J. Furbush, and entertained the mem- bers and spectators at Franklin Field on many occasions, and on one in particular, when he and Bunker Hill raced five heats on the quarter of a mile speedway, the average time being in 30 seconds, the record for the course for a five-heat race, and which event was never fully decided as to which pacer was the better, the club giving to both a silver cup as the winner. Altro L., 2 :09 3-4, that has been a veteran in winning blue ribbons over at Franklin Field Speedway, when not engaged in mati- nees at South Weymouth, was owned by Harry C. Thaver. Kentucky Star. 2:08 1-2, a persistent race horse and one of the fastest matinee pacers in New England, was owned by C. H. Belledeu. Then can be named Parker S., 2 :o6 1-2, the property of W. J. Furbush; The Private, 2:07 1-2, owned by Harry Russell; Cascade, 2:06 1-2, Thomas Grit^n's speedy pacer; Caf- feeno, 2:07 1-4. owned by Fred H. Bellows; Ned Wilkes, 2:09 1-4, one of the gamest race horses that ever looked through a bridle, owned by I.ouis Pfingst; Mascot. Jr., 2:10 1-4, owned by John Hood ; Judge Green, 2 109, a good trotter over the Grand Circuit, owned by H. P. Gallup; Early Bird, Jr., 2:11 1-2. owned by A. E. Kenney; Senator L., 2:12, owned by John Shepard; Sanford L., 2:12 1-2, owned by T. A. Bresnahan, and George G., 2:12, owned by W. J. Fitzgerald. Bunker Hill, 2:13 3-4; B. S. Dillon, 2:14 1-4; Annie Lee, 2:071-4; Grace G., 2:05 1-4; Postman, 2:14 1-4, can all be re- membered as the property of R. G. Crosby. Rex, 2:13 1-2, the pacing gelding that held the records of the !Marshfield and South Weymouth tracks for several years, and a consistent winner at the matinees, owned by John Neal; Rondo, 2:143-4, one of the sweetest matinee horses in the club, owned by S. Walter Wales; Wilkes Brino, 2:141-2, has won many blue ribbons for his owner, A. J. Legg; Landlord, 2:16 3-4, that had the honor of defeating more horses for the cham- pionship ribbon on the Dorchester speedway in his day than any other horse, was owned by C. L. Young. While among the others are Max G., 2 :i2 1-4, owned by A. G. Turner; Rubsley G., 2: 16 1-2, owned by Jesse Moulton ; Bob Fitz, 2:17 1-2, owned by H. P. Gallup; Bonnets" O'Blue, 2:18 3-4, owned by George D'Arcy; Budweiser, 2:181-4, and Reno K., 2:15 1-2, owned by J. W. Linnehan; Susie F., 2:20 1-4, owned by J. Rollin Stuart, Jr. ; the great mat- inee trotter. Lady Madison, 2:20 1-4 who held the championship longer than any other trot- ter in the Dorchester Club, owned by P. J. Fitzgerald, and the fast but unfortunate mare, Charlena, 2:22 1-4. owned bv C. C. Blaney. * ^^^ IV^^ \ Jll :ii «P""'S "! aR " P^^H'''!, ^^gg jg^|«|||| 1 ■H NUT BOY, 2:07 1-4 The Biggest Money Winning Trotter in the Grand Circuit of 1907, and Joint Holder of the Speedway Record of 1:01 at Franklin Field. Owned by P. O'Hearn GEORGE M., 2:14 1-4 One of the Stars of Franklin Field Speedway. Owned by O. C. Charles MOLLIS P. GALLUP AND HLS TROTTERS Top:— Earl King, Winner of More Races Against Pacers Than Any Trotter in Greater Boston Bottom: Hollis Bingen, Bred, Raised and Developed into a Fast Trotter by Mr. Gallup A Sweel Gaited Trotting Mare That Has Been Prominent in Dorchester and Old Colony Club Races. Owned bv M. McDermott BUUWEISER, 2:18 1-4 One of the Crack Pacers in the Early Days of Matinee Racing That Was Never Defeated Until the Race Was Over. Owned by J. W. Linnehan JACK BINGEN, 2:22 1-4 The Trotter Mayor Curley Won with in 1:04 1-2 and Has Been a Very Consistent Matinee Winner. Owned by R. G. Crosby pt- 'W^^A ^o^^^^^ SISTER PATCH Joint Holder of Franklin Field Speedway Pacing Record of 1:00 and Fastest Two Heats of 1:00, 1:01 1-4. Owned by W. H. Young BARON PATCH, 2:18 3-4 A Money Winning Trotter on the Half-mile Tracks and a Favorite with All in Matinee Racing. Owned by Fred S. Eldredge DLMPLE. by Lothair, Jr. In All-Round Qualities the Peer of Any Pacing Mare in Greater Boston and with Speed to Tackle tlie Best. Owned by J. W. McEnany The Metropolitan Driving Club of Boston 1904 1914 — o The Metropolitan Driving Club ONE afternoon, during the Septem- ber meeting of 1904 at the Read- ville track, William D. Hmit, meeting two Boston newspaper- men, John H. Jewett and Ed- ward E. Cogswell, suggested the plan of form- ing a driving club to hold matinees over the Charles River Speedway, which course had been built at an enormous expense by the State of Massachusetts, and, despite the fact that on the year ])revious several members of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston, headed h\ Thomas C. I'lant. had erected a clubhouse and stables there, had been neglected by the great mass of road drivers of Boston as a rac- ing ground for their horses. It was there decided to approach Lemuel G. Trott, another Boston newspaper man. and by the means of articles in the daily press, to find how generously the local lovers of the light harness horse would support such a club. Mr. Trott was enthusiastic when informed of what was in the air, and took hold of the project with Jewett and Cogswell to have it a big suc- cess. A call for a meeting of the road drivers of Greater Boston to meet at Young's Hotel. Room B, on Saturday, October i, 1904, at 10 A. M. attracted a goodly gathering. The call for the meeting was read by George A. Ciraves and he was elected temporary chairman, with Randolph K. Clarke as temporary secretary. In the general debate that followed, in which all present joined, it was the consensus of opinion that a driving club was the crying need in making the Charles River Speedway popular with the horsemen. It was voted to name the organization the "Metropolitan Driving Club of Boston," and to have the membership fee $5 per year. A committee to solicit members for the new club was appoint- ed, as follows: G. A. Graves, J. V. N. Stults, William H. Allen, John W. Linnehan, Frank O. Gould, Harry |. Russell, J. Henrv Nay, R. K. Clarke, C. C. Blaney, M. A. Nevens, John H. Jewett, Lemuel G. Trott and Edward E. Cogswell. Thirteen on the committee, but as events proved not an unlucky number. The permanent organization of the club was perfected on October jo. J. \'. N. Stuhs was elected president; Henry M. Whitney, (jeorge A. Graves. \\'. J. Furlnish. Isaac Sexton, M. C. Harrison and E. C. Barry, vice-presi- dents ; Monroe Goodspeed, treasurer, and Randolph K. Clarke, secretary. On account of the resignations of J. \ . N. Stults, Monroe Goodspeed and Randolph K. Clarke, a meeting of the club was called for ( )ctober 25, at Young's Hotel. The organiza- tion had so quickly jumped into popularity, in the short time the membership mounting to 250, of which, by a personal canvass, the C. H. BELLEUEU Piesident 1904-1909 (inclusive) newsjiaper trio. Messrs. Jewett. Trott and Cogswell, had secured nearly 200, Mr. Stults had come to the conclusion that the duties of president of such a hustling organization would prove too arduous for him to fulfill; this, too, was the case with Mr. Goodspeed, while Mr. Clarke's action was caused through being a candidate for president of the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club, and he thought it better not to hold official positions in two separate driving clubs. Charles H. Belledeu was elected president in place of Mr. Stults, while M. C. Harrison was elected to the posi- tions of treasurer and secretary, it being con- sidered a good plan to combine the two offices. A board of ten directors was elected, as fol- lows : C. H. Belledeu, W. J. Furbush, George A. Graves, John Shepard, M. C. Harrison, John W. Linnehan, Isaac Sexton, J. V. N. Stults, Henry M. Whitney and Monroe Good- speed. The directors then appointed J. H. Jewett presiding judge; L. G. Trott official 34 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston programmer and E. E. Cogswell starting judge of the matinee racing, Messrs. Jeweti and Cogswell being named as the matching committee. It was voted to hold ribbon mati- nees on Wednesdays and Saturdays, begin- ning with October 29, and ending Thanksgiv- ing Day. November 24, with nine silver cups to be offered for the holiday events. In the meantime, informal matinees had been held on the speedway on October 15 and 22, the racing comprising of impromptu brush- ing between the owners of the horses, without any time being taken. So many of the mem- bers came out on these occasions that at the meeting of the club at Young's Hotel on Oc- tober 25, a message was read from Thomas G. Plant and his associates, who were owners of the clubhouse and stables at the speedway, that, to further encourage the new club, the use of the clubhouse would be given the' mem- bers of the Metropolitan Club on race days, beginning with the matinee of November 2. Thus it was that the initial blue ribbon mati- nee of the Metropolitan Driving Club was held on October 29, 1904. Superintendent John S. Oilman not only had the speedway in excellent condition, but through his efforts a telephone connection had been made from the starter's post to the judge's, at the half-mile pole, to be used in timing the heats. Some very close racing was the feature that day. The winners of the races were Miss Monroe (Goodspeed) in 1:12; Scotia ( VV. J. Fur- bush) in 1:14: Susie K. (Belledeu) in i:ii; Special Boy ( W. J. Furbush) in 1:061-4; Axtello (Harrison) in 1:05; and John Shep- ard drove his pole team. Altro L. and Prom- ise, in I :o8 1-2. At the conclusion of the races, Mr. Shepard announced to the press representatives and the members present that he was open to meet any pole team in New England with his pair of trotters, for fun and glory. So great was the rivalry among the mem- bers to possess one of the nine silver cups on Thanksgiving Day that more than fifty horses were entered, and forty-five took the word, there being from four to seven starters in each class. Rain falling after three events had been decided, the remainder of the card was raced the following Saturday, with the fol- lowing cup winners : T. J. Donnolly's My Chance (Crowley) in 1:071-4. T. J. Donnolly's Madeline Electrite "(Crowley) in I :og 1-2. W. J. Furbush's Montana Maid (Furbush) in 1.07. W. J. Furbush's Scotia (Furbush) in 1:081-2 Thomas T. Murray's Pat L. (Crowley) in i :o5. M. C. Harrison's Axtello (Harrison) in 1:033-4, C. G. Peck's Nigira (Peck) in i :i3. T. D. Blake's Pensive Maid (Parker) in i :o6. W. T. Furbush's Phoebon W. (Furbush) in 1:041-2. The fast trot, won by Axtello, was a thrill- ing four-heat race, John Shepard's Altro L., C. H. Belledeu up, winning the opening heat in I :o4. Then Walter Farmer captured the second heat with Fashion in I 105. In these heats A. W. Turner's Max G., M. A. Nevens up, was barely beaten at the wire. Axtello then won the next two heats, and by taking the third in 1 103 3-4 placed a, new speedway record for trotters. A new speedway record for pacers was, also, set by Phoebon W., cov- ering the half-mile in i :o4 1-2. The directors immediately announced an- other series of matinees, to close Christmas Day, with four silver cups for prizes. These were a champion cup for the trotter winning the fastest race, and a point cup for the trot- ter winning the most points in the series. Two cups were offered the pacers under the same conditions as the trotters. In spite of the cold weather, and racing over frozen ground, wonderful interest was manifested by the members of the club ; in fact, on December 7, with a couple of inches of snow. Superintendent Oilman ran his scraper.s over the course, permitting seven well-filled classes to be decided, on very good footing. It was on this date, also, that the members of the club received a severe jolt upon arriv- ing at the speedway, that came near disor- ganizing the club. They found that the club- house and stables had been closed to them, as per order from the owners of the property, and though it was a particularly blustering afternoon the members and spectators were obliged to witness the sport from the side- walks, while the horses had no shelter between heats, excepting what blankets the grooms happened to have in covering them. A move- ment was started by the directors of the Met- ropolitan Club to erect a clubhouse and stables of their own, and securing the land adjoining the other clubhouse upon which to build their new home. Events which developed immedi- ately made this action unnecessary, thanks to Walter B. Farmer. The first sleighing of 1904 was held on De- cember i_i, and the next Saturday was the initial snow matinee of the club, with eleven classes and twenty-seven starters. \\^ith the beginning of the sleighing season, the Select- men of Brookline issued a notice forbidding racing to sleigh over the Beacon Street boule- vard, which for years had been the sleighing grotmd for the horsemen of Boston. This so stirred up a lot of road drivers, who in the order thought they saw a movement to com- The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 35 pel them to race over the Charles River Speed- way, that a committee of them went to Henry M. Whitney, a citizen of Brookline, and asked him to intercede for them with the selectmen in having the ban removed. Mr. Whitney suc- ceeded in doing so, but it proved later that Beacon Street boulevard, as a popular resort in racing to sleigh, was doomed. Old-Tinie Winter Scene on Beacon Street Boulevard This was brought about by the action of the Boston newspaper men, Alessrs. Jewett, Cogs- well and the Trotts, Frank G. and L. G., who made a round robin that no attention be paid, by writing press stories, of those using the boulevard to sleigh, but that long accounts be given to the racing and brushing going on at Charles River Speedway. It was surprising how quick was the result ; in a few days the Beacon Street boulevard was deserted by owners of fast trotters and pacers, and the Charles River Speedway was crowded. Walter B. Farmer, as previously stated, proved the power that was the real making of the club, when on December 21 (matinee day), he personally presented to every man woman and child that lined the sidewalks, his signed invitation to use the clubhouse as his special guest on that afternoon, and on every matinee afternoon in the future, until further notice. As may be imagined, the independent action of Mr. Farmer caused the owners of the property great concern; in fact, to an ex- tent that after a few days they sold the club- house and stables to the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston, the majority of whom were members of the Metropolitan Club, the direc- tors of which, at a special meeting, leased the property to the Metropolitan Driving Club for one year. With the assurity of a home for one year, at least, it was a happy crowd of members 'hat assembled at the clubhouse on Christmas Day to witness the final matinee of the series. and the presentation of the cups won. Walter B. Farme'- won the champion cup for trotters with Fashion, his fastest race being in I :o6 1-4, 1 :o6 1-2 and i :o6 1-2. E. C. Smith won the point cup for trotters with Lady Hilton. The champion pacing cup was won by Harry J. Russell with The Private, M. A. Nevens doing the driving, in i :o6 1-4, i :o6 1-4 and I :o6 1-2, while the pacing point cup was awarded to L. E. Seeton, the owner of Fred H. One bright feature in the matinees of the Fall of 1904 was C. W. Marks, of Chicago, a Boston born boy, who shipped from Chicago for racing on our speedway his three horses, Tom Keene, 2:04 1-4, Carlio M, 2:09 1-4, and Fanfaron. 2:11 1-2, and he certainly had great sport witli his fleet trio. A sad occurrence that season was the trot- ting mare, Aladeline Electrite, owned by T. J. Donnolly, dropping dead in the third heat of her race on November 30, after having won the initial heat of the event in i 109 1-2. This was the only accident of the season. In the matinee held on December 24, ^l. C. Harrison won a heat to sleigh with Axtello in 1:12, which still remains (1914) the Charles River Speedway record for a half- mile to sleigh. SEASON OF 1905 The first matter of importance coming be- fore the officials of the Metropolitan Driving Club of Boston, in 1905, was accepting the invitation of the Concord (N. H.) Driving Club for an intercity matinee on February 15, the event to be held over the Concord (N. H.) Speedway. It was a big day in that city, the Governor of New Hampshire holding his bi- ennial reception and ball in the evening, while the racing, in the afternoon, attracted an im- mense crowd. The one great feature was John Shepard driving his pole team. Promise and Altro L., an exhibition heat in 37 seconds. As the clean-stepping pair of trotters, hitched to a natty Perrin sleigh, with their 71-year-old owner holding the reins, swept over the course with the Governor seated beside him, there was a coiitinuous ovation from the start to the finish. As to the racing, sad to relate, not a winner was returned for the ^Metropolitan Club, Concord horses earning all the glory for ;heir owners. The events were quarter-mile heats, and in Class A trot "Lo" Currier's Plural defeated A. W. Turner's Alax G. Best time, 32s Class B trot went to H. G. Kil- kennv's Charlev Benton, beating C. H. Belle- 36 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston deu's Susie K. and H. J. Russell's Picture Hat. Best time, 36s. Class C pace was won by John Marston's William L., defeating C. H. Belledeu's Dart. Best time, 32 i-2s. Class D pace went to H. A. Stonely's Tom Arnold, beating H. J. Russell's The Private, and J. W. Linnehan's Rex. Best time, 32 i-2s. A banquet was held after the races, at the Eagle Hotel, in honor of the visiting horse- men from Boston, when Mr. Shepard was in- troduced by the Governor as the best known gentleman driver in New England. The crowd cheered long and loud. There was much sleighing on the Charles River Speedway during this Winter, the fast trotting events being very exciting between T. G. Plant's Alice Carr, 2:09 i"4; John Shepard's Altro L., 2 rog 3-4 ; and Walter Far- mer's Fashion, 2:15. The struggle for honors of champion trotter of the speedway finally narrowed down to between Alice Carr and Fashion, the latter having the better of the argument in the earlier clashes, but Alice Carr showing her superiority by a slight margin in the closing matinees, and thus gaining the dis- tinction of snow champion for the season. A special meeting of the board of directors was held on April 22. William D. Hunt was elected a member of the board in place of John W. Linnehan, who had resigned. Mi. Hunt was also made chairman of the racing committee, and it was voted to give four sil- ver cups for the Spring series of matinees, to begin May 6 and close June 24. On account of a postponement, the last matinee was July I, the cup winners for this series being as fol- lows : Trotters Speed cup— Isaac Sexton's Tom Phair. Point cup— George P. Johnson's Alice Sliedd. Pacers Speed cup — William McPhee's Whiffet. Point cup— William Steele's Lady Rose. A noteworthy feature of the series was Tom Phair winning all of his starts, seven in all. and lowering the speedway trotting record, held by Axtello, from i :o3 3-4 to i :o3 1-4. The second annual meeting of the club was held at Young's Hotel on October 3. The election resuhed as follows: C. H. Belledeu, president; G. A. Graves, H. M. Whitney] W. J. Furbush. Isaac Sexton, Charles H. Traiser and W. D. Hunt, vice-presidents; M. C. Harrison, secretary and treasurer. Board of directors, C. H. Belledeu. W. J. Furbush, G. A. Graves, John Shepard, M. C. Harrison, W. D. Hunt. Isaac Sexton, J. V. N. Stults, Charles H. Traiser and M. Goodspeed. Mr. Hunt was reappointed chairman of the racing cominittee. It was voted to offer four silver cups for the Fall series of matinees, to begin October 1 1 and close on November 30 ; also to change the day of matinees from Sat- urday to Wednesday, as luany of the mem- bers were unable to leave their business duties on Saturday afternoons. The winners of the silver cups in the Fall series were : Trotters Speed cup — W. D. Hunt's Curta. Point cup — Isaac Se.xton's Tom Phair. Pacers Speed cup — W. H. Emerson's Louise E. Point cup — A. E. Kinney's Early Bird, Jr. In this series both the trotting and pacing records of the speedway were lowered, as in the matinee of November i, Curta. driven bv CURTA, 2:13 1-4 Winner of Speed Cup in 1905, Making Speedway Record to Wagon of 1:02 1-4. Owned by W. D. Hunt C. H. Belledeu. reduced the previous mark of I ;o3 1-4, made by Tom Phair, to i :02 1-4, and the same afternoon Charlie Lockwood drove Louise E. a winning heat in i :o2, the former pacing record being the I :o4 1-2 by Phoebon W. SEASON OF 1906 It proved that this year was a history-mak- ing period for the club, as in the month of January it was incorporated, and on Febru- ary 2, at a meeting of the incorporators at 73 Tremont Street. Room 923, the Metropoli- tan Driving Club of Boston received its char- ter from the State of Alassachusetts. This act required a new election of officers, as under the charter the annual election shall be held on the second Wednesday of January of each year. Dues to the chartered club were placed The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 37 at $io annually, and life nicnibership upon payment of a fee of $150. Not all of the vice-presidents and board of directors being elected at the meeting held on February 2, the complete list of officers was concluded at a meeting held on the 24th, at the same place, the following being elected for the year, the board of directors having been increased from ten to fifteen in the mean- time : C. H. Belledeu, president ; A. S. Bige- low, C. W. Leonard, John Shepard, Frank G. house and stable at Charles River Speedway, the minutes of the meeting reading as follows : Upon motion of Charles H. Traiser, seconded by George A. Graves, it was voted that the corporation purchase of Albert S. Bigelow and others acting as trustees of the Charles River Speedway, club, stable and the real estate and per- sonal property, situated upon the Charles River Reservation, Brighton, heretofore occupied and used by the Gentle- men's Driving Club of Boston, and METROPOLITAN CLUBHOUSE Purchased on February 24, 1906, from a Syndicate, Headed by Thomas G. Plant Hall, H. M. Whitney, J. V. N. Stults and Monroe Goodspeed, vice-presidents; M. C. Harrison, secretary and treasurer. Board of directors, C. H. Traiser, G. A. Graves, W. D. Hunt. H. M. Whitney, John Shepard, C. H. Belledeu, F. C. Gannon, W. J. Furbush, Isaac Sexton, H. J. Russell, L. N. Cushman, M. C. Harrison, M. Goodspeed, A. J. Furbush, and M. A. Nevens. Executive committee, W. D. Hunt, G. A. Graves, Isaac .Sexton, A. J. Fur- bush, and C. H. Traiser. It was at the meeting held on February 24 that the vote was passed to purchase the club- that in consideration of the release of the subscribers under the trust upon which said property is now held, that each of said subscribers, Albert S. Bigelow, John E. Thayer, John Shep- ard. Chas. Whittemore, George G. Hall, C. W. Marks, Walter B. Farmer, James A. Hathaway, William D. Hunt, C. W. Lasell, Benjamin Pope, Henry C. Jackson, Arthur H. Alley, George F. Leonard, George A. Graves, B. F. Button, George A. Litchfield, B. W. Currier, Ralph B. Williams, Thomas D. Blake, E. C. Swift, 38 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston Charles H. Traiser, George R. Woodin, Charles W. Leonard, C. H. Belledeu, George R. Hall, Frank G. Hall, Stearns R. Ellis, George W. Norton, George A. Fales, Francis P. Sprague, Caleb S. Spencer, John O'Connor, and P. B. Bradley, be and hereby are elected to hfe membership in the Metropolitan Driving Club of Boston, and that for the purpose of efifecting said purchase the treasurer be authorized and directed to issue to each of said subscribers an agreement that in the event of the dissolution of the Metropolitan Driving Club of Boston, this corporation will pay to each of said subscribers the amount subscribed by him under said trust for the purchase of the "Charles River Speedway Club Stable" of said property, and in the event of the assets of the Metropolitan Driving Club of Boston not being sufficient to pay in full the amount so subscribed, that each of the above mentioned subscribers shall be paid the amount due him in proportion to the assets of this corporation at the time of such dissolution. On motion of Charles H. Traiser, seconded by W. D Hunt, it was voted that in considera- tion of the transfer to this corporation of all the assets of the unincorporated association heretofore known as the Metropolitan Driv- ing Club, that the entire membership of said association be admitted and are hereby ad- mitted to membership in this corporation and that all members hereby admitted are to be exempt from dues until after October i. 1906. At a meeting of the directors on April 7. the resignation of M. C. Harrison as treasurer and secretary was presented and accepted, and upon the motion of C. H. Traiser it was voted to proceed to the election of a secretary and treasurer, and W. D. Hunt was declared elected upon receiving the whole number of votes cast. Thomas G. Plant was elected a life mem- ber of the club on May 11, and on August 27 was purchased about 3,715 feet of land ad- joining the clubhouse. The executive com- mittee recommended on December 11, that the annual dues for all new members be $20 for the first year, from the first of January, and $10 per year thereafter. The house-warming was held by the club on December 26, about 100 members being pres- ent. It was the first time that a business meeting had been held in the clubhouse since it became the property of the Metropolitan Club. The improvements in the clubhouse and the new stables met with the approval of those members present. The matinees of the season of 1906 attracted a liberal list of entries and starters, and were productive of good contests, though none of the speedway records were lowered. Two cups were offered for the Spring series and four for the Fall series, and resulted as fol- lows : SPRING SERIES Point cup for trotters — Monroe Goodspeed's Zambia. Point cup for pacers — A. J. Furbush's Chief Wilkie. FALL SERIES Trotters Speed cup — F. E. Burnham's Bert S. Point cup — C. H. Belledeu's Dash. Pacers Speed cup — A. J. Furbush's Chief Wilkie. Point cup — A. J. Furbush's Marchwood. At the conclusion of the regular Fall series of matinees the directors of the club thought that, on account of the expenditure of so much money in renovating the clubhouse and build- ing new stalls in the stables, it would be advis- able not to give any ribbons or cups for the snow racing, thus saving that much for the treasurer to expend in other ways, perhaps more necessary. Therefore, when the sleighing came in De- cember, the racing was of the impromptu character until the 30th of the month, when one race was put on which was won by Col- bath, owned by A. C. Furbush, in five closely contested heats. The result of this race clearly demonstrated that it was a mistake not to have had ribbons and cups given for the Winter season. There- fore, several of the prominent members of the club devised a scheme to raise by subscrip- tion sufficient funds to purchase trophies and ribbons for events to be decided while the sleighing lasted. SEASON OF 1907 The first event of importance was the an- nual election of officers which resulted as fol- lows : President. C. H. Belledeu ; vice-presi- dents, A. S. Bigelow, John Shepard. AI. Good- speed, H. M. Whitney, C. W. Leonard, F. G. Hall, J. \'. N. Stults ; secretarv and treasurer, W. D. Hunt; directors, A. H. Parker, C. A. Graves, C. H. Belledeu, Isaac Sexton, M. Goodspeed, F. C. Gannon, C. H. Traiser, W. T. Furbush, John Shepard, W. D. Hunt, G. H. Hicks, H. j. Russell, A. J. Furbush, L. N. Cushman, and M. A. Nevens. Executive committee, G. A. Graves, Isaac Sexton, A. J. Furbush, C. H. Traiser, and W. D. Hunt. In the first week of January came the an- nouncement from the Fasig-Tipton Co., of The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 39 New York through their Boston representa- A. J. Furbush's br. m. Loma (Mr. Furbush) 2 2 tive. Wilbur L. Duntley, that they had do- J' ^"""'^ "''• ^xf^^P-L^-^s'' s^aTi ^ ^ nated a cup for the champion snow trotter of . '' , ,. . . <-! r-i 1 -o- „_ c.^„„^,„^,, +1-.^ f^^^l-,-,T f^ Ko Hunt prizes (for trotters), second division, the Charles River Speedway, the trophy to be ^v. J. Bates' ch.g. Welchman (Mr. Trout) i 2 i won two years before becoming the property Salter Cobbetfs eh. m. Wavelite (Mr. Cob- of the winner, and all contesting horses to be bett) 3 i 2 driven by bona-fide owners, all aspirants to W. J. Furbush's b. g. Little Ben (Mr. Fur- race three days in each week of sleighing, bush) ...... .^ 2 ,3 3 quarter-mile heats. The Metropohtan Driv- ^'"""^ iA^-^^-, 34 i-4s., 345. ing Club of Boston was made custodian of the ^^."""t prizes (for trotters), hnals. =■,,,, 11 1 i I Vv- J. Bates ch. g. W elchman (Mr. Trout) i cup and all contestants were compelled to be ^ g Ralston's b. g. Little Bill (Mr. Ral- members of that body. ston ) 2 Following this liberal offer from the New Time— 33s. York horse sale firm, came other donations \v. J. Furbush prizes (for pacers), from the club members. John M. Brison gave A. J. Furbush's ch. g. C. E. Jordan (Mr. a cup, a sweepstakes event for pacers, open to ,- '/'^i'f^ ■,■ ; — '„ ' ; ' „' ' ■/■,'/ ' \.' ; ~ ' ' V r 1 , 1. 1 t ^ J M. A. Nevens b. g. Rob B. (Mr. N evens) i 2 2 members of the club, the same to go to the one p^^d Furbush's gr. g. Outcast (Mr. Fur- winning the greatest number of races during bush) 3 3 3 the sleighing season. Fred Horton, of Provi- Time— 333-45, 35s., 32 i -2s. dence, a member of the club, gave what wa;. Horton cup (for trotters). called the Horton cup, to go to the fastest Thomas G. Plant's blk. m. .\lice Carr (Mr. trotter of the Winter. Then, there was, too. „ "'/"V ''.",■ W 'V^:"W'^.'W ' ' , r ■ jT ui 1 \ i 1 • Fred Horton s br. m. Alga \V. (Mr. Belle- a number of prizes of blankets, oats, whips. ^^^^^ a ^ ^ ^ etc., the largest contributor being W. D. Hunt, Isaac Sexton's br. li. Tom Phair (Mr. his offerings being described as the Hunt Se.xton) 3 3 prizes which went for trotters not taken care Time— 32 3-45., a 3-4s. of by the Horton cup ; and W. J. Furbush Pacing Championship, filled the gap by taking care of the pacers not ^^_- ^- Bennett's cli. g. Mardel (Mr. Ben- eligible for the' Brison cup. _ wXm Emerson's 'bn'm.' Louise eV (Mr. ' ^ ' On V ebruary 26 came the final sleighing Lockwood ) 2 i 2 matinee for these trophies. There were so Time — 323-4S., 323-4S., 32 1-45. many starters for the Hunt prizes that the event was divided in two divisions, the winner On March 6 there was decided an event for of each to race off the final. H. B. Ralston the valuable cup, that was donated to the won the first division with Little Bill and W. J. club by an unknown member, between Mer- Bates won the second with Welchman. In the cury Wilkes, driven by Al Furbush, and Ma- final between these two horses, the latter jor, owned and driven by D. Nelligan, and proved the best and took the prize and honors, was won by the former, thus giving him three For the pacing championship, Mardel secured victories, which were required to make him the the Brison cup by defeating Louise E., while property owner of the cup. C. E. Jordan proved the best of the ones The important feature of the Summer rac- starting for the Furbush prizes. i"g came on October 16, when Mack Mack, There was great interest in the event for - :o8, owned and driven by George A. Graves, the Horton cup, as the contests through the made his debut in the matinees, meeting the Winter had been very close between Alice fast gelding. Chase, 2:071-4. During the Carr, Alga W. and Tom Phair, and this race. Summer Mack Mack had been participating in being a deciding one, brought a tremendous f^e matinees at the Readville track, there hav- crowd to the speedway. The cup went to i"g been nothing fast enough for him to meet Alice Carr in straight heats. However, she had "i the free-for-all trotting class at the speed- a stiff battle in each, in the first one barely ^^"ay. but with Chase again in condition, he winning right at the wire. After the race was brought over to give him a battle. Thomas G. Plant returned the Horton cup to Much to the surprise of the large number the club for further competition. The first of spectators present. Chase reeled oft' the leg of the Fasig-Tipton cup was won by Tom first heat in i :oo 1-4, a clean cut of two sec- Phair, and remained with the club according onds from the record of the speedway proper, to conditions for further competition the next I" the ne.xt two heats, however. Mack Mack Winter. held his opponent safe when it came to the Chailes River Speedway, Feb. 26, 1907.— Hunt ^^^^ hundred yards, and showed his rare turn prizes (for trotters), first division. of Speed by taking his second heat in i :oo 1-4, H. B. Ralston's b. g. Little Bill (Mr. Ralston) i i thus equaling what Chase had previouslv ac- 40 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston complished. He then came back so strong in the tliird heat that the time was ann,-t-in,-o nf I' irst poiiit cup — A. C. Furbush's Forest Bingen. course. Un account 01 tne importance 01 r, 5 . ^ •^ ii- 1^ r- 1 ..• t j r\ , •=^- ^ i . Second point cup — \\ alter Corbett s Lord Quex. these two races, the complete summary is given, as follows: Pacers Champion cup — A. J. Furbush's Chief Wilkie. 58s. Charles River Speedway, June 22, 1909, Class E, Speed cup— W. J. McDonald's Claymos, i :oo 1-4, pacing. I :oi 1-2. A. J. Furbush's b. g. Chief Wilkie (Furbush) i i pjrst point cup— J. D. Thompson's Dean Swift. W. J. McDonald's b. g. Claymos (McDonald) 2 3 Second point cup— F. \V. Dorr's Toppan Boy. H. J. Reid's ch. g, Edwin S. (Furbush) 4 2 Jesse Eddy's b. g. Sir Albert S. (Garmon)... 3 4 FALL SERIES Time— 59s , 58s. Trotters Class I trottino- Champion cup — L. Fred Sanborn's Billie J., i :02. W. J. Furbush's b'. m. Louise G. (Fur- Speed cup— W. J. McDonald's Dodie K., 1:021-4, bush) 1 3 4 I I •03- Walter Corbett's blk. g. Lord Quex Point cup— Harry W ood s Susie F. (Ralston) 3 i 2 2 Second point cup — H. H. Cook's Billy Ross. F. C. Garmon's blk. m. Martha G. Cup for trotter winning the most heats in 1:10 or (Garmon) 2 4 i 3 slower — T. H. Hubbard's Blue Clay. J. W. Coakley's ch. g. Crown Prince (Coakley) 4 2 4 4 Pacers Time — 1:03, 1:021-2, 1:003-4. 1:011-4. Champion cup — \\ . J. McDonalds Claymos, 1:00. Speed cup — W. J. McDonald's Chief Wilkie, i :oo 3-4, At the conclusion of the Fall series of mat- „ V°'- ,,. ^ „ ^ , , ^ ■ r- , , ,,r r. 111 C11 1 .1 ^^ Point cup — vv. J. rurbushs Louise G. mees, John \\ . Horey, who had hlleu the po- g^^^^^ ^^.^^^ cup-W. J. McDonald's Blue Light, sition of chairman of the race committee for Cup for pacer winning the most heats in i :o7 or two years, was called into the main office in slower — C. J. Newcomb's Chester Boy. the clubhouse and presented with an elegant gold watch. Superintendent Oilman was not „„.„„,, „„ ,„,„ forgotten by the members of the club, and bH-AtsUJN Ut IVIO was the recipient of a fur-lined overcoat. . ^ , T , , , Air Dorev's work, as chairman of the race -^ meeting of the directors was held on Jan- committee, could not have been excelled. It nary 7. when it was voted that the initiation fee was a particularly hard proposition, anyway, 1°' ^hat month be waived and that special ef- to please the members racing their horses, and ^^rts be made m securing new members. It was to match the different entries so that the rac- 'ilso voted that the cups for Spring and Fall ing would prove interesting, but in this Air. series of matinees in the future be purchased Dorev proved verv successful. ^f '>' '" ^'^f year and placed on exhibition, and Superintendent (lilman had, since the open- ^^ter the dose of each series of matinees, that ing of the speedwav. worked almost dav and *e awarding of the cups be within two weeks, night to have that' piece of racing dirt the ^^ was also voted that in the future the docu- fastest in the country, and that he had sue- '"^nts and records of the racing seasons be ceeded was amply attested by the feeling ex- turned over to the executive committee for ap- pressed by the active members of the club. P'^'^. , . . , , , , , , On October 14, the driving club gave its The annual meeting of the club was held first horse show, that was in everv way a pro- o" January 12. and the following officers were nounced success. About 2,000 spectators wit- ejected for the ensuing year: President, F. C. nessed the show from the clubhouse, in teams. <-f ™°" ' vice-presidents, A. S. Bigelow, F. G. and on foot The largest winner of the after- Hall. C. \\ Leonard. H. M. Whitney, John noon was Airs. Larz Anderson, with the sta- Shepard. AI. Goodspeed, J. V. N. Stults; ble of W. C. Jewett a close runner up. A treasurer. C. H. Dow ; secretary, W. L. Dunt- long program was finished without a hitch, ey ; directors John Shepard, C, H. Belledeu, the work of the judges giving general satis- V\ .J. Furbush, AI. Goodspeed, Isaac Sexton, faction. H. L. Camp. Aliddletown. Conn.. P.- \ Garmon, ] V. N. Stults, A. J. Furbush, judged all the classes, with the exception of f;- -^- ^f-y'«^>; ^- H. Dow, B. \\. Gove, the events for trotters and pacers, in which ^enry \\oocl, 1,. W. Carpenter, \\ . B. he was assisted bv T. ^^ N. Stults and Arthur ^^""f'^V ^- ^^^y^erry; executive commit- L. Power of the 'driving club. ^^' W Carpenter, F. C. Garmon, C. H. Following are the prize winners for the ^^""l' V V' ^^l'^^^^"' C- C. Alayberry, A. J. Spring and Fall matinee racing series: Inirbush. Isaac Sexton. On a rising vote the retiring president. C. H. SPRING SERIES Belledeu. was given a general expression of Trotters good will and esteem for his great executive Champion cup— F. C. Garmon's Martha G, 1:003-4. ability, demonstrated the three years that he The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 43 guided the club. At the conchision of the elec- tion of officers, the record of the racing com- mittee was accepted, and on motion of A. \V. Davis a vote of thanks was tendered Chair- man J. W. Dorey for his excellent work dur- ing the season o; igoy. With the retirement of Mr. Dorev fr^^.. ^-iy-^i^.- .W '^^K^^KK^^^'i - -^jtk ORALE, 2:17 1-2 (Winning a Heat for Mr. McDonald) ECCE VOLO CASTLE TODD Well Known Members of the Metropolitan Club C. C. MAYBERRY JESSE EDDY SAM B. HASTINGS GEORGE W. NORTON GEORGE A. GRAVES Chairman of First Meeting Held in Organizing the MetropoUtan Chib BRONSON, 2:12 Owned and Driven by G. A. Graves. Champion Trotter of Charles River Speedway in 1913-14, and Held Half-mile Speedway Track Record of 2:14 1-4. Won $4,395 in Professional Racing the Season of 1914. Photo Was Taken at Goshen, N. Y. V''. ■^ ..^^^ * Wfc ^ CHIMES BELL, 2:09 3-4 Owned and Driven by George F. Leonard. Fastest Green Trotter to Wagon in 190S, Earning a Record of 2:14 1-4 .r . H'-] _^| /^^^^^■pf ^'^ WF% yf^TP^K^Ws € ■ ^■P*.- LOTTIE FALLIS, 2:20 1-4 Matinee Record to Wagon of 2:15. Owned and Driven by Arthur H. Alley FellsTvayi Driving Club of Somerville 1908 1914 COMBINATION PARK, MEDFORD A HOT FINISH STABLE SCENE---Walking the Horses Between Heats Fellsway Driving Club BELIEMNGthat Somerville was the center of a big territory filled with humanity who were lovers of the horse was the incentive for the forming of a driving club by the fol- lowing thirteen well known horsemen of that city : James I. Brooks, Frank E. Morrison, George M. Davis, Harry W. Litchfield, F. S. McKown. Daniel Paine. G. L. Davis, Fred B. Brown, A. Towle, William Patten, George N. Coyle, G. M. Welch, and William Garland. These men met on March 7, 1908, in the directors' room of the Colum1:)ia Building, in Somerville, and officially organized them- selves as the Fellsway Driving Club. After electing F. E. Morrison secretary pro tern, an adjournment was made for the following Friday evening, which fell on the 13th. While it is noticeable that the club was con- ceived b}- thirteen men, and held its first meeting on Friday the 13th, it might be fieemcd b\- superstitious people that it started under adverse circumstances, but the history of the club has since well proved that such was not the case. On this Friday evening, James I. Brooks presided, and, after he had deliberated on the obiect of the new organization, was held the first election of officers, which resulted as follows : President, James I. Brooks ; vice-president, George !\T. Davis ; treasurer, Harrv W. Litchfield ; secretary, Frank E. ^Morrison : directors, B. R. Cobb, Georfre H. Cross, John ]\L Temple, George A. Law, F. S. Mclvown. Fred M. Viles, James Hen- nessey, George Carter, and A. E. Kenney. Fred Morrill was elected chairman of the racing committee and Frank Morrison as secretary, while Daniel Paine had charge of the ribbons. One important matter taken up was the appointing of a committee. Amos W. Shep- ard. chairman, to interview the Metropol- itan I'ark Commission on the location of a speedway which the club members decided ihey wanted built a half-mile long. The meeting closed with a very interestmg talk on speedways and future prospects by .Al- bion Towle, George M. Davis, .-\. E. Jones, .\. F. Kennev and George Coyle. So rapid was the growth of the club that at the very next meeting, held on March 27, there were thirty-five members present. Permanent quarters were secured at 2 1-2 Franklin Street, Somerville, which was called the Fellswav Clubhouse, and arrange- ments were made fur the purchase 01 fur- niture to have the room comfortable for the use of the memljers. It was further decided that the clul) hold weeklv meetings, Friday JAMES I. BROOKS President 1908-09 and 1911 being the dav chosen. A committee was aj)- pointed to wait upon G. A. Graves about securing the use of Combination Park for matinee racing. The by-laws of the club were adopted on April 3, one of which was that the dues shall be $10 per year, payable $5 semi-annually, in advance. The members met in their new clubroom the evening of April 10, and they were much pleased v.'ith the way the committee had ar- ranged the spacious room. The racing committee brought in a report that the rules governing matinees held by the Fellsways be the same as those already in use by the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club. At the meeting held on April 17, the com- mittee reported that the iMetropolitan Com- mission, while favorable for the building of a speedway, saw no way of doing it that year. It was then decided that the commit- tee find out the condition of the back-stretch of old ]\Iystic Park, as Mr. Brown, of the racing conuiiittee, claimed that it was in per- fect shape for racing of (|uarter-mile heats. 62 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston This committee's report was so favorable that at the next meeting the club decided to lease Mystic Park for its matinees that sea- son. Arrangements were then made to measure off a quarter of a mile and mark It with flags, and Ranee Wentworth was se- lected the starting judge. In the matinees ic was thought best to give two ribbons for each race, a blue and a red. Samuel Harris, to boom the club, contributed a track har- ness, the winner to be decided during the Sununer. Befcire the adjournment of the meeting the club voted to donate S25 to the Chelsea Fire Sufferers, which was the first, btit proved not the last act of charity rendered by the organization. The first matinee was held at JMystic Park the first week in May, and the members turned out in full force with their horses, enjoying a good afternoon sport. So many were in attendance that it was found advis- able to build judges' stands, one for the starter and the other at the finishing post. On ^lav J7 it was voted that a grand- stand be erected opposite the wire at the finish, and also decided that the harness, given by Mr. Harris, be awarded to the owner of the horse winning the most number of points. .\ silver cup was put up for a prize bv President Brooks and Secretary Morrison, for the horse winning the fastest l-.cat. On June i the club had increased to such jirojjortions that they felt like seeking new fields, and voted to enter into correspondence with the Ouannapowitt Club for the purpose of holding an interclub meet over the Read- ■ng-\^'akefield track. .\t the following meeting the Dorchester Driving Club, hav- ing learned how fast the Fellsways were jumping into popularity in their section of Greater Boston, sent an invitation to join them in an interclub meet to be held at Franklin Field Speedway and this meet was decided on July it. G. .\. Law was ai^pointed on the board of directors on July i ^. and immediately be- came active in the affairs of the club. At a later meeting brown was adopted as the club color, to be worn in all interclub meets. The first meeting held over Combination Park was on Labor Day, and was a success in everv particular ; in fact, to use up some of the extra funds it was decided to purchase a pool table in order that the members of the club might keep in practice at their club- room during the long \Yinter evenings that would soon be at hand. On October 3 the club met the Quanna- powitts at Combination Park in an inter- club meet, which in every way was another money maker. It was then decided to wait upon G. A. Graves and lease Combination Park for the year 1909, for a sum not to exceed $2000 with full privileges. Messrs. Thyng, Simpson and Dr. Richardson were appointed the com- mittee to attend to this. After seeing Mr. Graves, the report was that he would not think of leasing the park for less than $3000. The club then came back with an offer to split the difference, and call it $2500, and that President Brooks be added to the com- mittee to wait on Mr. Graves. Upon again seeing the owner of Combination Park, it was found that he would consider $2600, which price was agreeable, and, upon the motion of Secretary Morrison, it was voted that the club be incorporated and close the Combination Park proposition with Mr. Graves. However, it being found out later that i\lr. Graves would lease the track for $2200 for the club's use on twenty-four Saturdays and five holidays, this was thought a better proposition than the one of $2600 and all jirivileges. and the $2200 offer was duly ac- cepted. At a meeting held bn December Q, the prizes for tlie season were given out, the President's Cup for the fastest heat made during the season being won by William Patten's John O'Donald. and the harness presented b^ W. H. Harris was won b\- H. \V. Smith's' Rovce \\'. SEASON OF 1909 The lease of Combination Park was signed on Januarv 13, and was the first business transacted that year. In the month of Jan- uarv, too, was held at the Quincy House in Boston, the first banquet of the cluli, with about 200 on hand. After-dinner speaking by invited s:tiests from other clubs and by mem- bers of the Fellsway, and a good musical entertainment, made the feast one long to be rememliered ■ by those fortunate in being present. In Columbia Hall, Somerville, in Feb- rnarv, was held the first ladies' night. The pentle sex were present, not only from the Fellsway Club but accompanied by members of the other drivine: clubs. Dancing and a luncheon, also magic work by Walter Xew- bert. of the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driv- ing- Club, made the occasion very enjovable. The annual meeting took place on March 3, and the following ofificers were elected for The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 63 the ensuino- year: I'resident, James 1. Brooks: first vice-president, George M. Davis : seco'id vice-president, Daniel Paine ; secretary, Frank E. Morrison ; treasurer, [larry \\'. Litchfield: directors, E. H. King- man. ^^^ ^^'. Sprague, Knapp Forshner, B. i<. Cnhh. Geo. A." Law, W. W. Croft, A. Taylor, F. S. :McKo\vn, H. W. Smith, Dr. W. H. Hitchings ; clerk, F. E. Morrison. Interclub races were held with the Dor- chester Club on June 17, and that Sumnier were decided the interchih meets between the Fellsway, Ouannapowitt, Lynn and Dor- chester Clubs. The last named club won the elegant silver cup, the Fellsways finishing second : certainlv very creditable work. On the evening of September 29, Presi- dent Brooks was awarded the whip given oy the club as a prize to the mcmlier getting the largest number of members for the six preceding months. Since the inception of the club, the ladies had been very strenuous in their efforts to have the organization a big success. In ciearinir several of the earlier debts of the club, the women held socials, card parties and rummage sales, the proceeds going into the treasury of the club. Then, the magnifi- cent flag that swept over Combination Park was made bv the women admirers of the Fellswa>-s. In fact, the storv was never de- nied that the real working secretar^• of the driving club was ^frs. Frank E. Morrison, which iirobably accounted for the pains taken m a complete record of the events that t ranspired. In return fur all this labrir. the members concluded that the least the\' could do for the women was to extend to them the privilege of using the clubroom afternoons for meet- ings and social -gatherings, and, at a meet- ing held November to, it wis so voted. At the very last meeting held bv the club that year, in partial navment for the work IMrs. ^Forrison had done, a Christmas and Xew ^.'ear present was voted to he sent to her in the form of a check calling for $20. .\ busy driver in the matinees during the season was Charles R. Forshner, who won eight blue ribbons, came twelve times sec- ond, seven times third, and twice fourth, a total of 20 races. He won with Tower Rov, owned bv ^1. .\. Pero, the $85 matinee cart, and with Alice F.. a suit of horse clothing. The club lost two of its most valued mem- bers during the year in Dr. J. E. Richardson and Ranee Wentworth. Both were en- thusiastic horsemen and thoroughly at heart in everything beneficial to the club, or advancement of the horse. SEASON OF 1910 In the mnnth o; January- the first impor- tant occasion was the annual bancpiet, held at the Ouinc>" House, Boston, and, as in the pre- vious ones, were present officials from all the neighboring driving clubs and the le;id- ing politicians of Somerville. .After-dinner speeches and vaudeville, with plenty of sing- ing and music, made the evening a memor- able one. Ir. I'ebruary was held the ladies' night, with dancing, luncheon, and an entertainment. There was h large, joyful party present. Arrangements were completed early in the vear with George A. Graves for the leasing of Combination Park for the season of iQio. ^^'ith committees present at the Ouincy House from eacli of the five driving clubs of Greater Boston it was decided to hold a grand championship interclub series of matinees at Combination Park during the Summer months, the winning club to re- ceive a valuable silver cup, the emblem to represent the drivins?- club championship of Xew England. .All these events were to be decided over the Medford track, and the five clubs to take part were the Eellswav, Dor- chester, Aletropolitan, Ouannapowitt, and Lvnn. From each club ten horses were to be iiicked, five of the best trotters and the five fastest pacers. This made a field of fifty horses to take the word on racino- days, there being ten races on tl;e card, with five lior^es in each event. The annual election of officers was held on March 2. with the following result: Presi- dent. Daniel Paine : first vice-president, L. Fred Sanborn; second vice-president, Chas. \\'. Thyng; third vice-president, George A. Law : fourth vice-president, James S. AIcRae; treasurer, Geo, M. Davis; secre- tary, Frank E. Morrison ; directors. Tames T. Brooks, Harrv W. Litchfield. William \V. Sprague. Charles iM. Lockwood, P.. R. Cobb, Geo. N. Coyle, Frank S, ]\[cKown, A. Jame- son. W. A. Rice, Chas. Forshner. With the election of Air. Paine to the chair of honor, the club o-ave a rising vote of thanks to James I. Brooks, the retiring president, in having cleverlv steered the craH through the dangerous rapids in the early davs of tlie club. John W. Dorev was elected chairman of the racing committee. and his work throughout the Summer was verv com- mendable, giving satisfaction to all the mem- bers that raced horses under his classifica- tion. .At a meeting held on Alay 18, Represen- 64 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston tative Sidney B. Keene reported to the club that the bill for the new speedway had passed both the House and Senate and that the Park Commissioners had been authorized to survey the course and give an approximate cost of building a speedway. Mr. Keene DANIEL PAINE President 1910 Dresented President Paine with the pen that the Governor signed the speedway bill with. However, through some slip or miss, the Fellsway Club, up" to this time (1914), have not had their speedway, which looked ?o certain at the time Representative Keene addressed them. As the result of the interclub matinees, the championship cup went to the -Metro- politan Club, second place being taken by the Fellswav Club, which was considered excellent work for the club in beating out for positions organizations like thei' Dor- chester and Lvnn Clubs, not to mention the Ouannapowitt. The prize winners of 19T0 were as fol- lows : Trotters Championship cup— L. Fred Saiiliorn's Billy J.— Fastest heat, i :os. First point cup— C. E. Twombly's The Doctor. Second point cup — C. R. Forshner's Alice F. Third point cup— F. H. Odams' Charles H. Fourth point prize — W. A. Rice's Shimosa. Fifth point prize — B. W. Pike's Raritan. Sixth point prize — John Kennedy's May Barnes. Seventh point prize — M. A. Pero's Tower Boy. Eighth point prize — F. L. York's Peacemaker. Trotter winning the least number of heats — F. H. Odams' Lady Almont. Trotter averaging slowest time — J. F. Sterling's Dixie. Owner driving his horse in the most heats — Harry Davis' Earl W. Pacers Championship cup— J. I. Brooks' Young Chimes- Fastest heat, I :05. First point cup — F. S. McKown's Fifene. Second point cup — F. E. Morrison's Decima Deane. Third point cup— G. M. Welch's Watchman. Fourth point prize — Fred Brown's Independence. Fifth point prize — P. Hagerty's Mamie H. Sixth point prize — E. A. Sears' Captain Hall. Seventh point prize — G. N. Coyle's Ella Hal. Eighth point prize — H. J. Foster's Ben Agan. Pacer winning the least number of heats — Jack Wil- son's George S. Pacer averaging slowest time — E. H. Kingman's Grenadier. Note. — Charles R. Forshner during the season drove in si.\ty-three races, winning twenty firsts, twenty- tv. o seconds, fifteen thirds and six times fourth. SEASON OF 1911 The annual banquet took place on January 3, at the Hotel Langham, it being thought a good ide;i, for one season at least, to trv a new banquet hall instead of holding it in the same old place. There was the usual num- ber of after-dinner speeches, and the enter- tainment committee gave an excellent musi- cal program and vaudeville. Most of th^ members, at the conclusion of the dinner, adjourned to the nearest bowling alleys and indulged, until closing time, in finding who was the crack pin splitter of the club. This was not decided, however, as Frank Morri- son, George Coyle, and a couple of others asserted that their form was not up to the average on account of being physically un- fit, after the heavy banquet dinner, and so the bowling championship for individuals was left to be determined at another session. The annual election was on January 4, and resulted in James I. Brooks once more hav- ing the position of president. The other ofificers were as follows: First vice-presi- dent, Chas. W. Thyng ; second vice-presi- dent, ^^^ W. Sprague ; third vice-president, Harrv O. Davis; fourth vice-president, .Asa Pritchard : treasurer, Geo. M. Davis ; secre- tary, F'rank E. Morrison ; directors, Dan.iel Paine, L. Fred Sanborn, W. W. Sprague. A. H. D. French, Chas. W. Thyno-. W. A. Rice, Chas. M. Lockwood, Knapp Forshner, Geo. A. Law, Harry W. Litchfield. On Marcli 2Q, was completed all arrange- ments with G. A. Graves as to terms for the lease of Combination Park for the ensuing year, and the lease was signed bv the club. There was a mix-up in getting the difl^er- ent driving clubs together for another series of interclub meets, it having been found that the Lynn and Ouantiapowitt (riubs had dropped out and the Metropolitan Club would not consider racing at all. if hopples were to be used. The club then voted to get into commmiication with the Dorchester Club, with the object of arrang- The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 65 ing dates during the season for an interclub meet. This was later done, and a couple of very excellent meetings were decided. On Thanksgiving night was held the an- nual dance and whist party, a large number of members anrl their wives and guests be- ing present. The affair was such a success that it was then decided to hold another the next February. While there were no prizes ofifered for the season, yet the records were kept the same as though silver cups were u]) for trophies. In one or two instances silver cups were of- fered for handicap races and on single events, but nothing for the season's races. At the conclusion of the Summer matinees, the racing committee found the following was the standing of the horses : Trotters Fastest lieat — L. Fred Sanborn's Fred C. — i :o6 3-4. Fastest heat in seven races — James Hennessey's Leach Girl — i :og. First point — F. H. Odams' Lady Almont — 95. Second point — H. J. Foster's Virginia Dare — 92. Third point — C. E. Twombly's Doctor — 86. Fourth point — J. R. Sterling's Dixie — 8s. Fifth point— A. H. French's Phyllis F.— 77. Pacers Fa<;tp.;t Kent ' '^^'^°''"'= Coyle's Ella Hal— 1:05 fastest Heatj^y ^ Sprague's Outcast— i 105 Fastest heat in seven races — F. Morrison's Decima Deane — i :o7. First point — J. Brown's Independence — 80. Second point — P. Malanson's Teddy K. — 57. Third point — Roger Hagerty's Mamie H. — 54. Fourth point — A, J. Carpenter's The Kid — 35. Note. — C. R. Forshner drove in sixty races of 133 heats, winning twenty races and forty-two heats. A. H. D. French drove in thirty-five races of eighty-six heats, winning twelve races and twenty- nine heats. SEASON OF 1912 On January 3 was held the annual election, and qtiite a change was noticeable in the selection of the officials for the ensuing year. James I. Brooks, complaining that the club took much of his time from his business, would not run again for president, and the same was true in the instance of Frank E. Morrison, who. had been the secretary ever since the club was instituted. The members of the club chose George A. Law, a promi- nent citizen of Arlington, for the presidency, while C. E. Twombly, who had always don", much for the welfare of the club, was select- ed for the position of secretary. The com- plete result of the election follows : President, Geo. A. Law ; first vice-presi- dent. Dr. W. H. Hitchings ; second vice- president, Chas. R. Forshner ; third vice- president, H. O. Davis: fourth vice-presi- dent, Fred Pirown ; secretary, C. E. Twom- bly ; treasurer, Geo. M. Davis; directors, C. M. Lockwood, Dr. W. H. Hitchings, John Stackpole. Chas. Thyng, W. W. Spraguc, Chas. R. Forshner, C. M. Marinoni, Geo. N. Coyle, A. L. Baker, H. O. Davis. President Law took the chair immediately upon bis election and the new administra- GEORGE A. LAW President 1912-13-14 tion's first act was passing a vote of thanks to Messrs. Brooks and Morrison for their energetic lalior in behalf of the organization m the years they had so faithfully served in their official capacities. The annual banquet was held on February 20, at the Ouincv House, there being 125 present. Many of the after-dinner speakers were in favor of holding a number of inter- club meets during the season, even more than had been the case in previous years. It was the general idea, too, that Combination Park should be leased, and several of the inembers thought that action should be taken, in a more forcible manner, toward having the State begin work on the proposed speedway. The usual entertainment of music and vaudeville was rendered and all voted that the evening had been a very pleasant one. On the 27th. the club kept up its round of merry-making by indulging in a whist party and dance, which was greatly enjoyed. In fact, so much so, that it was decided to hold public whist parties at the clubroom every Saturday evening, although, for the evening of April 4, Newcomb Hall, in Somerville, 66 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston was engaged for the whist playing and danc- ing. On April iq, the club opened its racing- season with an interclnb meet with the Metropolitans. This was only the beginning of what proved to be an active season on the turf, as, during the Summer, the Fellsways had contests with Dorchester and Quan- napowitt, meeting each of these clubs at least twice. Terms having been agreed upon, Combina- tion Park was once more leased for the sea- son by the club, and all papers signed and passed on April 3. C. M. Marinoni, thinking that it was a good plan to have something up of value in the style of an emblem, to keep for the sake of memory and associations, donated an elegant silver cup to be awarded the trotter winning the most heats during the season. The Fellsway horses having shown, in many instances, so much speed early in the .season, several of the members got chips on their shoulders, which finally ended in issuing a defi that the Fellsway Club would meet any other club in Greater Boston, each to pick I heir best trotter and fastest pacer, and the match or matches to determine the champion- ship club for the year. This challenge was sent to each and every club. Unfortunately, however, none of the clubs appeared to realize that they would be any gainer in having such a race, so the event never took place, and the incident is used only to prove the gameness of the men owning horses in the Fellsway Club, they never being afraid to go out to tackle any horse. A defeat was only taken in the best of good graces. As had been the case in the past number of seasons, Charles R. Forshner was the leading driver for the year, he having taken the word in sixty-one races, of which he won twenty- four, was twenty-four times second, nine time third, and came fourth in four races. SEASON OF 1913 The annual election was held on New Year's night, and, with the counting of the ballots, it was found the following were elected for the ensuing year: President, Geo. A. Law ; first vice-president, Dr. W. H. Hitchings ; second vice-president, G. M. Mar- inoni ; third vice-president, H. J. Foster ; fourth vice-president, W. A. Smith; secretary, C. E. Twombly; treasurer, Geo. M. Davis; di- rectors, G. AI. Alarinoni, Chas. R. Forshner, Chas. M. Lockvvood, O. E. Linscott, John Stockpole, H. A. Pero, C. E. Twombly, Geo. N. Coyle, Chas. Thyng, L. H. Taylor. On January 7, at the Quincy House, was held tlie annual banquet, with the usual good time, after-dinner speaking, etc., the affair, as usual, bringing members and guests together on a friendly footing that insured the cement- ing of friendship and btirying of any hatchets that had been created in the speed contests of the previous months. At the meeting, held on January 8, it was the voice of the members that the future wel- fare of the club would be benefited greatly were cups and other trophies to be given at the end of the racing season. In response to this appeal, there was a gen- erous donation of prizes, the most prominent of which were President Law offering a sil- ver cup for the trotter winning the most heats ; Secretary Twombly, a silver cup for the pacer winning the fastest heat ; G. M. Marinoni, a silver cup for the trotter win- ning the fastest heat; H. S. Campbell, twenty- five bushels of oats for pacer winning the most heats; Charles Lockwood, $10 in gold for the trotter winning the highest num- ber of points; O. E. Linscott. $10 in gold for the pacer winning the highest number of points ; E. W". Pike, a blanket for the trotter winning the second highest number of points ; Dr. Harris, a horse suit for the pacer winning the second highest number of points; the Fellsway Driving Club, $5 in gold for the trotter winning the third highest number of points ; the Ladies' Auxiliary, $5 in gold for the pacer winning the third highest number of points. President Law then again came to the front with the offer of a gentleman's sweater for the trotter winning the fourth highest number of points ; Charles R. Forsh- ner donated $5 worth of horse shoeing for the pacer winning the fourth highest number of points, and the Boston Badge Co. donated six beautiful ribbons for awards. The annual ladies' night ball was held on April 30, and was successful, the club being benefited quite materially in a financial way. It was decided to lease Combination Park again, and the papers were passed on March 26. At the same time arrangements were en- tered into for racing with the Dorchester Club, and invitations extended to other of the local driving clubs to meet the Fellsway at the Medford track. The first interclub meet with the Dorchesters came on May 30. By motion of the club, it was made compulsory that all the members in the events be com- pelled to wear the club colors, brown silk caps and white suits, and, when necessary, the club to furnish them. The second grand ball and whist party of the club took place in Newcomb Hall, on De- The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 67 cember 30, and there was a large gathering of the members and invited friends, and it was fully as successful as any that had previously been held. In the matinee season, there was great in- terest manifested in the series of races be- tween A. T. Wheelock's pacer, Charley King, of the Dorchester Club, and E. R. Whitman's pacing gelding, Joe K., representing the Fells- way Club. The most of these matches were half-mile heats, although Joe K. headed the summary over his rival at the mile distance. The particularly sensational clash was at the interclub meeting between the Dorchester and Fellsway Clubs on June 17, when the former organization won the rubber meet by si.xty-one points to Fellsway's forty-eight, and Charley King had to turn the track in i :o4 to defeat Joe K., by a narrow margin. This was the fastest heat by a pacer that year over a half- mile track in Greater Boston. The prize win- ners for 1913 follow: Trotters Cup for fastest heat — H. J. Foster's J. C. L., i :o8 1-2. Cup for most heats — W. J. Forsyth's Billy C. First point prize ($10) — C. E. Twombly's Doctor. Second point prize (blanket) — G. Horsman's Ed King. Third point prize ($S) — E. A. Ware's Chubby Boy. Fourth point prize (sweater) — L. H. Taylor's Prince Henry. Ribbon specials — James Hennessey's Luther Moko; B. W. Pike's Baratan; H. S. Campbell's P in Pom. Pacers Cup for fastest heat j C. M. Marinoni's Billy Baggs. I :07 1-2 / D. T. Dever's Big Tramp. Prize for most heats (25 bushels of oats) — O. E. Linscott's Lady Belle. First point prize ($10) — .\. Carpenter's The Kid. Second point prize (horse suit) — C. R. Forshner's Billy Bingen. Third point prize ($5) — C. A. Law's Fellsway Boy. Fourth point prize (horse shoeing) — J. F. Starling's W. R. E. T. Ribbon specials — L. J. Wood's John W. ; J. F, Miles' Ben Barney; A. G. Nichols' Willoughby. A sad happening to the members of the club was the death of William Garland, of Somerville, one of the charter members of the club, and whose ever cheerful and optim- istic disposition had done much to bring the club to its flourishing condition. Resolutions of condolence were extended to his near rela- tives. The breach made in the club by his loss was deemed irreparable. SEASON OF 1914 The annual election took place on January 7, George A. Law being once more honored with the unanimous vote of the club. The complete result of the election follows : Presi- dent, G. A. Law; first vice-president, Dr. Hitchings ; second vice-president, G. M. Mari- noni ; third vice-president, Jas. Hennessey ; fourth vice-president, C. M. Lockwood ; treas- urer, G. M. Davis; secretary, C. E. Twom- bly ; directors, John Stackpole, Chas. Forsh- ner, Geo. L. Davis, C. M. Marinoni, Chas. L. Ellis, A. J. Carpenter, Geo. A. Law, C. M. Lockwood, C. E. Twombly, O. E. Linscott. The annual banquet, held at the Quincy House, was up to the high standard always set by the club, and, according to the expres- sions of the horsemen, the future of matinee racing was very bright. President Law ex- tended a welcome to the members and invited guests, and asserted that the matinee sport would be obliged to go to racing mile heats, in place of the half-mile affairs, as the public was apparently much more interested in horses going the full distance. President G. Pray Smith, of the Metropoli- tan, opened his after-dinner address by a com- pliment to the horsemen in being the most honorable in business matters, and that he could not call to mind any time the horsemen had resorted to crookedness, if perchance one fellow member would get the worst of it. He was delighted that the driving clubs were working shoulder to shoulder for the good of racing. He said that the horse had done vast- ly more to develop this country than is usu- ally believed. He had hopes that eventually the "Mets" and Fellsway Clttb would merge into one driving club, that would have no su- perior in the entire country. President R. G. Crosby, of the Dorchesters, said that it was the hope of his club to have, in the near future, an adequate stable for the accommodation of visiting members and horses at the Franklin Field Speedway. President C. H. Playdon, of the Quanna- powitt Club, urged the driving clubs to be- come interested in the building of good roads, that being the crying necessity of the present era. As it is today, the majority of the state roads are made entirely for the use of auto- mobiles, and there should be a portion on each side, with suitable footing for the driving of the light harness horse. It would also prove a matter of greater safety for those who en- joy driving, instead of motoring, as the auto- mobiles would have the entire middle of the road for their use, and the teams would keep to each side. It was voted, on February 25, to lease Com- bination Park for the season of 1914, and ar- rangements were completed for the signing of the lease. 68 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston The matinee season opened on April 20 with a rush, all of the classes receiving a lib- eral list of entries. The free-for-all was par- ticularly well filled with fast racing material, the following taking the word : Ruth D.. Miss Adbell. Ethel S.. Manila Boy and Robert Kernan. The event was won by J. O. Reay's Ruth D., in straight heats, in the fast time of I :o5 1-4 and 1 ;o6. which, for so earlv in the season, was considered remarkable. Ethel S. was second to the winner the first heat, while Miss Adbell was beaten by Ruth D. the second heat by a close margin. There were several interclub meets held during the Summer, the club going to the Reading track in conflict with the Ouanna- powitts. and the Ouannapowitts returning the favor at Combination Park, and also there was a meeting with the Dorchester Club, at the club's home track. At the close of the racing season the follow- ing was found to be the standing of the club's horses in prizes won : Trotters First point prize — C. E. Twombly's Doctor — 53. Second point prize— E. .\. ^^■are■s Chubby Boy — 48. Third point prize — M. Leach's Baron G«->-nn — 34. Fourth point prize — G. Horsman's Ed King — 28. Fifth point prize — G. Reid's Xut Axwonhv— 15. Sixth point prize — \\'. J. Fors\-th's Billy C.— 14. Pacers First point prize — C. E. Twombly's Manila Boy — 64. Second point prize — A. J. Carpenter's Robert Ker- non — 59. Third point prize — G. .\. Law's Fanny M. — 49. Fourth point prize — L. J. Wood's John \V. — 47. Fifth point prize — B. La Croix's Little Dan — 44. Sixth point prize — O. E. Linscott's Lady Belle — 43. First prize for winning most heats-— G. A. Law's Fanny M. — 46. Second heat prize — C. E. Twombly's Manila Boy — 45 Third heat prize — O. E. Linscott's Lady Belle — 38. Fourth heat prize — L. J. Wood's John W.— 38. Fifth heat prize — B. La CroLx's Little Dan— 36. First prize for most starts— C. E. Twomblv's Manila Boy— 19. Second prize for most starts — G. A. Law's Fannv M— 17. F.\NNV _M.. 2:24 1-4 Always in the Thick of the Racing Battle, Both in Cluh and Interclub Meets Owned bv G. A. Law Ladies' Auxiliary of the Fellsway Driving Club Top Row, reading from left to right:— Mrs. F. E. Morrison, Mrs. I,. H. Phelps, Mrs. O. E. Linscott, Mrs. A. B. Pritchard Lower Row:— Mrs. A. J. Carpenter, Secretary; Mrs. C. W. Thyng, Vice-President; Mrs. Agnes M. Cornwell, President; Mrs. C. R. Forshner, Treasurer IN the Summer of 1909 was organized the Ladies" Auxihary of the Fellsway Driving Club, and in numerous way.'' did it prove of vast importance in the advancement of the Fellsway Club. Al- most from the start the ladies added to the ma- terial benefit of the club by holding social functions, the revenue derived being used in securing comforts and articles of necessity re- quired by the driving club. The large flag that flouts from the flag-pole at Combination Park on race days was made by the Ladies' Auxiliary, while the present clubroom in Franklin Street was almost en- tirely the result of the auxiliary's work. Li raising the funds the auxiliary held dances, whist parties, luncheons and many odd little gatherings that would bring in the nifty penny. It has always been active, at the pres- ent time ( 1914) holding weekly meetings on Wednesday afternoons, in the Fellsway clubroom. The first list of officers of the aux- iliary was as follows : President, Mrs. J. W. Litchfield; vice- president, Mrs. T. S. McRae; treasurer, Mrs. F. S. ^TcKown ; secretary, Airs. Frank E. Mor- rison. The officials for 1914 were: President, Mrs. Agnes M. Cornwell; vice-president, Mrs. C. W. Thyng; treasurer, Mrs. C. R. Forshner; secretary. Mrs. A. J. Carpenter. Well Known Members of Fellsway Club ^H H|^^H^^H^gv h. ^^^Eb^^ ^M 1 1^9 r ^^^H n ^^H ^ A ^ GEORGEIN. COYLE One of 13 Who'Organized the Club FRANK E. MORRISON Club's First Secretary E. R. WHITMAN C. M. LOCKWOOD DOCTOR Perhaps the Best Known Matinee Trotter in Greater Boston, He Having Raced for Nine Consecutive Seasons and a Constant Prize Winner. Owned and Driven by C. E. Twombly LADY BELLE A Popular Mare with the Patrons and Members of the Fellsway Club Matinees at Combination Park. Owned and Driven by O. E. Linscott Well Known Members of Fellsway Club BRADFORD R. COBB HUGH J. MORRISON # : . r- < ft. L' 'jJ^^^V 'MM ( Hi ■^--«iiii '"' <^f ^*'^atkW^- .\ «^ ARGOT LAD, 2:17 1-2 Prominent in the Matinees of the Fellsway Driving Club. Owned by George M. Davis and Driven by G. L. Davis, Who is Seen at the Gelding's Head The Old Colony Driving Club 1908 1914 South Weymouth Track FREE-FOR-ALLERS ON THEIR WAY THE STABLES-READY FOR THE NEXT HEAT The Old Colony Driving Club THE Old Colony Driving Club, from the humble first member- ship of five, who, at that time, were members of the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club and, residing on the South Shore, had to drive quite a distance from their homes to race on the Dorchester Speedway, has grown within the past three years to be one of the largest and most enthusiastic, as well as prosperous, driving clubs in New England. The club draws its membership from Quincy, Wey- mouth, Braintree, Whitman, Abington, Rock- land and Hingham. The racing ground of the club is at South Weymouth, directly in the center of this ter- ritory, and they have one of the best half-mile tracks, with spacious grandstands and sixty- two as fine horse stalls as there are in New England. All of these things have a great bearing on the success and prosperity of the club, coupled with the interesting races held every Saturday and holiday during the season, which begins April ig and ends November i. On holidays the club features extra attrac- tions and charges admission at the gate. On all other racing days admission is free. On a returning trip home from an annual election of the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driv- ing Club, one night in December of 1907, Harry C. Thayer, H. P. Hobart, W. H. Foss and George French, of South Braintree, with B. C. Wilder, of Hingham, talked over the matter of organizing a driving club for .the horsemen of the South Shore, and the leas- ing of the South Weymouth track. Meetings were held in the stable office of Harry Thayer, at 19 Stafford Street, South Braintree, where, around the hot stove during the cold Winter evenings, the Old Colony Driving Club was born with the five members mentioned above. After preliminary arrangements had been completed, a call was sent out to the horse owners in the several towns to meet at Mr. Thayer's stable office on January 24, 1908. In the meantime, each one of the five button- holed every horse owner he met and talked the proposition over in true advertising solici- tor's style. On the evening of the meeting, so well had the promoters done their work that the stable office was not large enough to accommodate the number gathered. So, after a few remarks from Mr. Thayer, who stated the object of the meeting, adjournment was taken to Odd Fellows' Hall, for the evening of January 31. In the meantime, their friends in the Dor- chester Gentlemen's Driving Club, not wish- ing to lose them as members, tried to influ- ence these five against the proposition by try- ing to convince them that the adventure was a foolish one and could not be made a success. Much of this reasoning was caused from the fact that some years previous there had been a club, called the South Shore Driving Club, which had leased the South Weymouth track to give horse races for purses and gate money. This club had put the name of driving clubs in bad with the horsemen of that vicin- ity. They had horses named as entered in their races who never appeared. They had classes advertised to start with ten and twelve horses, guaranteeing to the paying public in- teresting races with large fields of horses. These interesting races never took place; in fact, the horses advertised had never been en- tered. The public was fooled so many times that it became disgusted and refused to at- tend the races. But despite all this, Mr. Thayer and his associates felt that they could gain back the good opinion of the horsemen and racegoers of the South Shore by being careful of what- ever they might do. So on the evening of January 31, when the meeting was called to order in Odd Fel- lows' Hall, there were nearly fifty horse own- ers present. After the usual routine business necessary to organizing, there was a general discussion for and against the proposition, but the opposition was very small. The promoters at this point appreciated the fact that, if they were to pull the thing through to a success, they must carefully se- lect their otficials. So the following slate was made up and elected unanimously : President, Col. A. C. Drinkwater, one of the leading horse breeders of New England ; vice-president. Lot Lohnes ; secretary and treasurer, Theron L. Tirrell; directors, Geo. A. French, W. H. Foss, B. W. Shaw and Frank P. Fay ; racing committee, Harry C. Thayer, E. H. Waite, H. P. Hobart, Lot Lohnes, B. W. Shaw, W. F. Drinkwater, A. R. Hobart, Joseph A. Haley, C. S. Han- naford and John J. Hanley; membership com- mittee, Robert R. Stocker, James Ford, Jo- seph A. Haley; finance committee, J. Marcus 76 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston Arnold, H. Parker Hobart, J. W. Ford; house committee, John J. Hanley and F. A. Oliver. All were leading business men and residents of the several towns before men- tioned on the South Shore. After the election of officers and the ap- pointing of committees for the ensuing year, it was voted that tlie weeklv meetings of the COL. A. C. DRINKWATER President 1908 club, which had been duly christened the Old Colony Driving Club, be held during the Win- ter in different halls, on account of the mem- bers being so widely scattered, some living as much as twelve to fifteen miles away. In holding these meetings at the hall in each town in the club's territory, there was sure to be a representative gathering from the place where the meeting was held, and. at the same time, all the members would eventually have a meeting of the horsemen in their own vicinity. In the Summer months it was decided that there would not be so many members to at- tend the meetings. Therefore, the essential matter before the club would be in having the race committee assemble weekly to match the horses in the races to be decided on Sat- urdays. Mr. Thayer kindly offered the use of his stable office for this purpose, and, it being central for the race committee, they accepted the use of it. It was also voted to lease from the Wey- mouth Agricultural and Industrial Society the half-mile track and entire plant at South Weymouth, for the use of the Old Colony Driving Club. Just as soon as the weather softened, at the end of Winter, work was begun on the plant in improving the stable, grandstand and the race track, so that at the opening, held on April 20, the 19th falling on Sunday, the plant had been so thoroughly renovated that an agreeable surprise awaited those present. \Vhile a number of the members of the new club were also affiliated with the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club, yet it was, in their opinion, a wise move to prohibit the use of hopples in the matinees at the South ^^'ey- mouth track. The result of this action was immediately demonstrated in the number of trotters that started in the races in proportion to the pa- cers, the former outnumbering the side-wheel- ers at least three to two. When a lot of the men owning horses along the South Shore found that the racing was to be with horses not wearing the straps, they immediately joined the organization, bought a fast trotter or a free-legged pacer, and started in to have some fun. So it was that the Old Colony Club rapidly grew into distinction, even more so than its promoters dared to dream. There were eight events scheduled for the first day's racing of the new club, and while the afternoon was cold and rainy, yet all that had entered put in an appearance, while the grandstand was well filled with horse-loving residents of that vicinity. In the first event of the afternoon, one of the starters was the trotting gelding, Altro L., owned and driven by Harry C. Thayer. While he lost the race, yet he took the first heat in I :io 1-2, which placed a record for other trot- ters over the track to shoot at. It is a pe- culiar instance that of all the horses that raced that season for the club, Altro L. was, in the Fall of 1914, the only one left in the matinee events of the club. The summary of the first matinee follows : So. Weymouth, April 20. 1008 — ^Class A, trot. Willie John (Ford) 2 i i Altro L. (Thayer) i 2 2 Hulman (Littlefield) 3 3 dr Time— I :io 1-2, i :ii, I :li. Class B, trot. India Panis (French) 2 I 1 Willie J. (Cushman ) i 2 2 Time— 1 ;I3, 1 :io 1-2, i :I3- Class C, trot. Lassie (Hannaford) 3 i i King Bruce ( Wilder) i 2 2 Eagle Bell (Ford) 2 3 3 Time— I :I7, 1 :I3 1-2, 1 -iS- The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 77 Class D, trot. Patricia (Fay) i i Molly Pitcher (Reed ) 2 2 Time — I :20, i .26. Class E, trot. Queen Lily (Waite) i i Billy Boy (Stocker) 2 2 Time — i :-|o 1-2, i 141. Class F, trot or pace. Nina (Wilder) I i Katrina ( French ) 2 2 Black Bess ( Baker ) 3 3 Time — i :I7, 1 :i8. Class G, trot or pace. Yankee Girl ( Baker ) i i Mizoleta (Shaw) 2 2 Sontie (Oliver) 3 3 Time — i '.2g, i -.23. Class H. pace Cleio ( Soule ) 2 i i Scotch Oil ( F'ord ) i 2 2 Time — i :I9 1-2, i ;I5, 1 -.17 1-2. During that season there were held over the South Weymouth track 21 regular mati- nees and three interclub meets, including the one held by the fair. In the same time, the racing members competed away from home with tlie Brockton Club, with Dorchester, and another interclub meet with Brockton during the Weymouth Fair. Not content with these, they visited Brockton, in October, for the final session away from home. In the interclub meet with Brockton, held June 27, Old Colony won by 40 points to ^J points for their rivals. On the first day of August, Brockton visited the Old Colony and were beaten, 55 points to 43 points. The meeting between the two clubs at the Wey- mouth Fair, September 24, resulted in Old Colony getting 23 points, to 18 for the Shoe City boys. The final session between the clubs, held at Brockton on October 17, was taken by Brockton, they scoring 53 points to Old Colony's 41. The Old Colony horses competed against Dorchester at Franklin Field Speedway on August 8, the result being in favor of the Dorchesters by the overwhelming score of J2 1-2 points to 17 1-2 points. This was the worst beating the South Shore representatives ever received. It being the first year of their career on the turf, it taught them many valu- able lessons in the art of interclub racing. On September 7 was the three-cornered interclub meet at the South Weymouth track, in which Dorchester scored 75 points, (Jld Colony _j3 points, and Brockton 25 points. During the season the trotting record was reduced to I :o7, the following being the way the record fell : May 9, India Panis stepped in 1:10; May 23, Willie John in 1:08 1-2; July 4, Altro L., in 1:08; September 12, Altro L. defeated Czarina in i 107 3-4 ; Sep- tember 26, Altro L. defeated Willie John in 1:07. For the pacers. Winter quarters found the record placed at 1 105. The method of accom- plishing this is shown by the following : April 20, Cleio started the pacing record by winning in I :i5; April 25, Czarina lowered it to i :io; May 23, Nina B. turned the track in 1:09; May 23, Czarina dropped the record to i 105. The race committee, after thoroughly going through the performances for the Summer, found the following were the winners of the season's trophies : PRIZE WINNERS Trotters Gold mounted whip for fastest average time — Harry C. Thayer's .\ltru L., i :io9-io. Blanket for greatest number of heats — D. F. Daley's Aquiline. Horse suit and knee pads for the greatest number of points— B. C. Wilder's Nina — 61 1-2. Pacers Cooler for fastest average time — J. F. Young's Ka- lanos — T :i2 1-8. Blanket and surcingle for greatest number of points — E. L. Soule's Cleio— 38- SEASON OF 1909 At the annual election held in January, the following was the result: President, Lot Lohnes; vice-president, H. C. Thayer; secre- tary and treasurer, T. L. Tirrell; directors. Col. A. C. Drinkwater, Geo. A. French, J. B. Reed, B. C. Wilder; racing committee, E. H. Waite, chairman; A. R. Hobart, H. P. Ho- bart, J. F. Young, G. A. French, B. W. Shaw, M. F. Drinkwater, Jas. Ford, D. F. Daley, D. W. Hart ; membership committee, A. S. Marsh, O. W. Watson, S. A. Litchfield; finance committee. J. B. Reed, B. C. Wilder and R. D. Stetson ; house committee, A. F. Clapp, -Max Schraut and Nat'l Ells; auditing committee, C. C. Pendergast, H. C. Thayer and T- F. Young; entertainment committee, J. F." Young, H. C. Thayer, H. P. Hobart, J. A. Haley and C. F. Cavanagh. The first annual banquet was held in February, and was a pronounced success, the dinner, entertainment and after-dinner speeches bringing forth praise from all. With Lot Lohnes, the president, and a lot of good men, hard workers, on the committees, the season proved a very successful one on the track. The membership grew very rapidly and the attendance on holidays and field days of the club was very creditable indeed. On May 31 was held an interclub meet with Dorchester and, on July 5, the local club had a session with the Brockton horsemen. Both of these meets aroused a great deal of interest. 78 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston A number of prizes were given which cre- ated an unusual amount of rivalry between the members. At the conclusion of the season's matinees, it was found that the following had captured the trophies. PRIZE WINNERS Trotters Director's cup (value $25) for winner of most races — B. C. Wilder's Nina. Cup (value $25) for fastest average time— T. A. Cushman's Willie J. Cup (value $15) for winner of most points that never before started in club's races — J. J. Buck- ley's Duffy's Malt. Cup (value $lo) for the fastest time in winning races — M. F. Drinkwater's Winaka. Sonoma Girl harness (value $50) for winner of most points — B. C. Wilder's King Bruce. Bristilian service fee (value $25) for starting and finishing in greatest number of races — S. A. Litch- field's Starling. Racing bridle (value $10) for winner of most heats — D. Frank Daley's Aquiline. Turkey (value $6) for winner of greatest number of races, including matches — B. C. Wilder's King Bruce. Blue ribbon winners — A. A. Davenport's Lady Samp- son, A. R. Hobart's Miss Panis. A. S. Marsh's Campwood. Pacers Racing committee cup (value $50) for winner of most points — E. H. Clapp's Dolly Lincoln. Cup (value $25) for fastest average time — Lot Lohnes' Sunderland King. Cup (value $15) for winner of most points that never before started in club's races — E. F. Maher's Louise D. Cup (value $10) for the fastest time in winning races — H. P. Hobart's Nina B. Carriage robes (value $25) for winner of most races — J. Cummings' Fire Bug. Blue ribbon winners — C. E. McKenzie's Kathleen, D. F. Bates' Oswego Boy, Lot Lohnes' Maud Mil- ler. SEASON OF 1910 1 he following shows the officers elected at the annual meeting: President, B. C. Wilder; vice-president, D. Frank Daley; secretary and treasurer, T. L. Tirrell; directors. Lot Lohnes, A. S. Marsh, G. A. French, S. A. Litchfield; racing committee, J. F. Young, H. Miller, E. H. Waite, H. C. Thayer, G. A. French, A. R. Hobart, J. W. Ford, T. A. Cushman, D. F. Daley and Jas. Cummings ; member- ship committee, A. S. Marsh, S. A. Litchfield and Wm. Gilligan; finance committee, D. W. Hart, M. C. Sproul and E. H. Waite; house committee. Max Schraut, D. F. Daley, A. S. Marsh. Matters were kept humming during the ad- ministration of B. C. Wilder, both on the track, where the matinee and interclub events brought forth big fields of starters and great enthusiasm from both the members and the spectators, and at the weekly meetings during the Winter, where refreshments were served and after-luncheon speaking was indulged. In every way the club prospered and kept branching _ out. The annual banquet brought out the best there was in the club. In awarding the prizes for the season, it was found that Harry Thayer's Altro L. was the king of trotters, and J. W. Linnehan's Budweiser had put it over the pacers. For the point prizes, S. A. Litchfield's Starling made the most for the trotters, and George Eieal's '^'oung Bayard got the highest count for the pacers. PRIZE WINNERS Trotters Time cup — H. C. Thayer's Altro L. Point cup — S. A. Litchfield's Starling. Pacers Time cup — J. W. Linnehan's Budweiser. Point cup — George Beal's Young Bayard. Note. — ^In 1910 were held 234 races with 573 heats, racing 398 trotters and 278 pacers. SEASON OF 1911 The annual election resulted as follows: President, D. Frank Daley ; vice-president, Jas. F. Young; secretary and treasurer, L. L. Kennedy; directors, B. C. Wilder, T. L. Tir- rell, A. R. Hobart and S. A. Litchfield; rac- ing committee, Jas. F. Young, chairman, E. H. Waite, H. C. Thayer, H. P. Miller, A. R. Hobart, H. P. Hobart, A. S. Marsh, Geo. Beal, Jas. Cummings and B. C. Wilder; house committee, E. H. Waite, A. R. Hobart, A. S. Marsh. Matters were kept humming in both a so- cial way and on the track during the year, there being interclub meets with the nearby driving clubs, and each Saturday and holiday there was the regular matinee held at the South Weymouth track. In February was the annual banquet. There was a lot of rivalry during the Sum- mer for the valuable cups offered for the sea- son, and when it came to sifting out the vic- tors, it was found the following were the fortunate ones. PRIZE WINNERS Trotters Time cup— J. W. Ford's Willie John. Point cup- -,H. C. Thaver's Altro L. Pacers Time cup — E. F. Mahar's Onward March. Point cup — J. F. HoUis' Thistle. Note. — ^In 191 1 were held 234 races with 553 heats, racing 375 trotters and 291 pacers. The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 79 SEASON OF 1912 At the annual election, the following were placed in office for the ensuing year : Presi- dent, Jas. F. Young ; vice-president, S. A. Litchfield ; secretary and treasurer, L. L. Kennedy ; directors, B. C. Wilder, E. H. Waite, b, Frank Daley, H. P. Hobart ; racing committee, D. Frank Daley, chairman, J. W. JA.MK.S F. YOUNG President 1912 Ford, G. A. French, J. T. Buckley, W. H. Gilligan, A. R. Hobart, H. P. Miller, Thos. MacKenzie, C. H. Richards, S. B. Totman. In the selection of James F. Young for president in 191 2, the members of the Old Colony Driving Club thoroughly believed in recognizing a hard worker in the interests of the organization. President Young had been identified with the racing committee from the inception of the club. In 1909 he worked under Chairman E. H. Waite. The following year he accepted the office of chairman of that committee, which he held through 191 1. Any person familiar with the duties of chairman of the racing committee realizes the difficulty of fulfilling the position to the sat- isfaction of the members racing horses. Pres- ident Young had accomplished this in a way that was almost miraculous. Far from being unpopular, he was really liked best by the men who had raced under him. Both as a handicapper and as the starting judge, he had become vastly more appreciated in their es- timation, his gijod judgment and diplomacy having made him a lot of friends. It was thus easy to see that the season of 1912 was destined to be one of the most pros- perous in the history of the Old Colony Driv- ing Club. President Young not only kept matters humming on the track, but in a social way. That Winter was held in Odd Fellows' Hall, Quincy, a banquet at which were in at- tendance the presidents and leading officials of other clubs in Greater Boston and Brock- ton. It was one of the real good times that so much help to cement into friendship the mem- bers of the club with those belonging to other driving clubs. It was found at the close of the season that the following were successful in winning the trophies. PRIZE WINNERS Trotters Time cup — J. W. Ford's Willie John. Point cup — T. A. Cushman's Willie J. Pacers Time cup— J. B. Reed's Edith R. Point cup — I. R. Anderson's Benjamin. Note. — In 1912 were held 195 races with 472 heats, racing 341 trotters and 216 pacers. SEASON OF 1913 Following are the officials that were elected for the ensuing year: President, Harry C. Thayer ; vice-president, Henry P. Miller ; sec- retary and treasurer, M. C. Sproul ; directors, John F. Hollis, Thos. Green, H. P. Hobart and J. F. Young; breeding committee. Lot Lohnes, M. F. Drinkwater, S. A. Litchfield; racing committee, J. F. Young, chairman, H. P. Miller, H. P. Hobart, E. H. Waite, A. R. Hobart, Lot Lohnes, B. C. Wilder, D. F. Daley, Thos. Green and J. W. Ford; membership committee, A. R. Hobart, E. C. Wilcox, and D. F. Daley; finance committee, E. H. Waite, Geo. Beal and C. F. Cavanaugh ; house committee, H. P. Hobart, C. H. Rich- ards and C. E. MacKenzie ; auditing commit- tee, R. D. Stetson, B. C. Wilder and T. A Cushman. It had always been with rare foresight that the members of the club selected their leading officials. This was manifest by the electing of Harry C. Thayer as the chief executive of the club. President Thayer was one of the five that instituted the Old Colony Driving Club, and, from that very opening night to the present time, his heart and soul have been in the prosperity of the organization which he helped to found. President Thaver not onlv used his influ- 8o The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston ence in every way in having the club grow stronger in numbers and finance, but he used his check book in increasing the quahty of the horses in the matinees. One venture of his was the purchase of the trotting mare, Kath- erine R., 2:11 3-4, from Trainer Harry Jones, Rushville. Ind. This naturally led other in- HARRY C. THAYER President 1913 fluential members of the chil) to dig into their pockets for racing material that would be ca- pable of giving President Thayer's new pur- chase a real horse race. In the Winter was held another banquet in Ouincy, and the after-dinner speaking was a revelation to many present. G. Pray Smith, of the Metropolitan Club, expiated on the good accomplished by any driving club that prohibited the use of the hopples, and said that during the coming season there would be interclub meetings between the Metropolitan and the Old Colony, as the only two clubs in Greater Boston that barred the straps. There was a big delegation present from the Dorchester Club, the feelings between the Old Colony and that club always having been of the very best. Somehow the remarks about the hopples did not sit very easily on their nerves, and, among others, President R. G. Crosby spoke right out in the meeting and said that his club, the Dorchesters, was will- ing to meet any and all clubs in Greater Bos- ton, and it was the sentiment of its members that they were fully as strong in racing ma- terial as any of the driving clubs. He, further- more, said that the Dorchesters were not bound down to using hopples on their horses, but they did so because in the beginning it was popular with all horsemen to use the straps on pacers when the occasion required. In this way many members of the Dor- chester Club had purchased pacers that, in order to race their best, had to wear hopples, and it would be a big injustice to these mem- bers in preventing their use. It was wholly on account of justice that the club still con- tinued upholding the hopples. President Thayer gave a very interesting talk, saying that he hoped that the coming months would see a lot of friendly rivalry be- tween the driving clubs, and that the Old Col- ony Club intended being a participant in many of the interclub events. He knew the senti- ment of the club was favorable to going out and meeting other clubs, and it was his opin- ion that w'hen it came to interclub racing, the Old Colony was fully as well fortified in fast trotters and fast pacers as any club in not only Greater Boston, but in New England. In the interclub meets of 19 10, the Metropolitan had won the prize cup, the emblem of the championship of New England. He hoped that ere the season of 1913 had closed, the Old Colony and the Metropolitan would have met, and the supremacy of the two organiza- tions be firmly decided. Among other speakers were Col. A. C. Drinkwater, first-president of the Old Colony and the breeder of the noted stallion, Cochato (3), 2:11 1-2; S. Walter Wales, past presi- dent of the Dorchesters; Harry C. Briggs, past president of the Brockton Club; Fred Beachey, publisher of the American Horse Breeder ; J. O. Reay, the owner of many valu- able racing horses in the present and past, and Edward E. Cogswell. \\'ith the counting up of the awards at the close of the season, it was found that Presi- dent Thayer had bought wisely in securing Katherine R., as she had not only captured the point prize, but on Atigust 16, in a race against Van Dyke, she equaled the track rec- ord of I :o~. which Altro L. had held for five years. The pacers, too, had demonstrated a lot of speed, as on two occasions during the season the record had been lowered. On June 28, Miss \\'inifred, the property of H. W. Waite, and driven by John Daley, won the The DrivingXlubs of Greater Boston race, and paced one of her heats in i :o4, thus chopping off a whole second from the previ- ous pacing record of the course, made by Czarina in 1908. Benjamin, on August 16, tied the record of i 104 by going to beat i :q^. Henjamin was the property of E. L. Edes, and was driven in his successful eft"ort by I. R. Anderson. Among the new trotters that raced in the matinees was Kaldar, purchased by S, B. Totman. and noted as one of the winners in the American Trotting Derby of 1909. The cups for the season were awarded as follows ; PRIZE WINNERS Trotters Time cup — S. B. Totmaii's Kaldar. Point cup — H. C. Thayer's Katlierine R. Pacers Time cup — I. R. Anderson's Benjamin, Point cup — C. E. MacKenzie's Kathleen. Note — In 1913 were held 194 races with 470 heats, racing ;}3() trotters and 215 pacers. brilliantly than the others was the winning of Benjamin in the fast pacing class over Sister Patch, the pacing queen of the Dorchester Club, the gelding turning the track in i :o8 and I tor. SEASON OF 1914 The annual election resulted as follows; President, Henry P. Aliller; vice-president. Rector D. Stetson ; secretary and treasurer, M. C. Sproul ; directors, D. F. Daley, T. H. Green, J. F. 'Young, S." B. Totman. In February was held the annual banquet, in Fogg's Opera House, South Weymouth, and among the invited guests was a liberal representation from the Dorchester Club. In the after-dinner speaking, plans were pro- posed which eventuated in the holding of the interclub meets that were decided later in the season. President Miller spoke very enthusiastically over the continued success of the Old Colony Club in its matinees keeping up to the stand- ard. Though in many of the older clubs of Greater Boston, there had been a decided fall- ing off in the number of starters, the racing members of the Old Colony continued to stick by the ship in good style, with the result that each Saturday there was a first-class racing card decided. It was President Miller's idea that the coming season should find the club's horses meeting those of Dorchester, and, if possible, he would like to see a series of meet- ings held with the Metropolitan Driving Club. The first contest between the Dorchesters and Old Colony took place at South Wey- mouth on July 4. There were fourteen classes on the card, and the final result was in doubt until the very last race had been decided, Old Colony only winning by the close margin of 45 points to 43 for their rivals. While all of the events were particularly interesting, yet the one that showed up more HENRY P. MILLER President 1914 Charley King, owned by A. T. Wheelock, of the Dorchesters, who had for so many seasons been the bearcat for all comers, was pitted against Edith R,, of the Old Colony, the other starter being Teddy Bingen, who also rep- resented the Dorchesters. Charley King was as reliable as always, and reeled oft' the event in I :o7 3-4 and 1 107 1-4. Another pacer that covered himself with credit was Chato, owned and driven by Fred H. Bellows, who represented the Dorchesters, though a member of both of the clubs. Chato defeated Pauline and Redondale, both of the Old Colony, stepping his heats in i -.lo 1-2 and I :o8 1-2, and clearly demonstrated to those who saw him perform the brilliant pro- fessional career in store for him later in the season. In the trotting events, the fastest ])erform- ers were Jack Bingen, owned by President R. G. Crosby, of the Dorchesters, and driven by Fred Eldredge ; Kaldar, entered by S. B. Totman of the Old Colony ; Catherine C, owned and driven by Ezra Waite of the same club, and Silence, with Hollis Gallup, the vet- eran of the Dorchesters, in the sulky. These horses were in Class B, and the event was, de- cided in the order named. Kaldar won the first heat in i 109 3-4, but afterwards Jack Bingen was first in i 109 and i 109 3-4. 82 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston Another split-heat race was that taken by The Guy, of the Old Colony, who won the second and third heats in i :i3 1-4 and i :i3, after losing the first heat to George M., owned and driven by O. C. Charles of the Dorches- ters. in i :i6. Mary Mc, owned and driven by M. McDermott of the Dorchesters, proved quite a factor in the final heat, The Guy only beating her by a neck, in the fastest time of the race. With the excitement at fever pitch on ac- count of the two clubs being nearly together in points at this late stage of the racing card, Class N, for pacers, kept everybody on tiptoe until the decision was rendered. Red Bird won for Old Colony in three heats. Orange Girl taking the first trip in 1:14, and then the former catching the judge's eye in I :i2 1-2 and i :ii 1-2. The second interclub meet held betweei-^he Dorchesters and Old Colony was on Labor Day, September 7, at the South Weymouth track, and resulted in a much easier victory for the Old Colony than the one of July 4, the visiting club only getting 35 points", while the home boys were gathering a cluster of 58 points. In the fast pacing class, the local flyer. Miss Vassar, owned by James F. Young and driven by Millard Drinkwater, defeated Ben- jamin in I :o6 1-4 and i :o6 1-2, which was quite a surprise to many of the admirers of the latter. In Class B pacing, Sister Patch, of the Dorchesters, was pitted against Edith R., of the Old Colony, while Fred Eldredge, of the Dorchesters, was the other starter with joe King. Edith R. landed the first heat in i -06, thus beating the fastest time made by the free-for-allers. Sister Patch then came to the front, winning in i -.oy and i :o8 1-2. Trixie S., that had been purchased earlier in the season by R. D. Stetson of the Old Colony, was in the event against Color Bearer and Harry Direct, both of the Dorchesters, while Teddy Muscovite was the other starter and represented the home club. Trixie S. made short work of winning, and her time was I :o9 3-4 and i :i2. For the trotters, in the feature event was President Crosby's Jack Bingen, of the Dor- chesters. Katherine R., Harry C. Thayer's entry for the Old Colony, and Higgins, who also represented the local club, while Hollis Gallup came over from Dorchester with Si- lence. Jack Bingen was not to be denied the victory, he stejjping the circle in i :o8 3-4 and I :o9. An event not in the list of interclub races was between Kaldar and Miss Lake, the lat- ter c>wned by H. C. Thayer, the distance be- ing mile heats. The former headed the sum- mary in 2:22 1-4 for the fastest heat. Though defeated. Miss Lake showed great improve- ment ; in fact, this mare had come very fast in the last year of her handling and critics predicted that, before her retirement from racing, she would make a creditable record. Not since the inception of the club had there been so successful a racing season. On each Saturday there were held from eleven to four- teen different racing events with a liberal num- ber of starters in each, and, to show how well matched the contestants were, the races aver- aged three heats, showing that in most in- stances the winners did not have an easy time in securing the blue ribbon. With most of the matinee clubs working hard to hold their own, it was refreshing to the admirers of amateur sport to note the flourishing condition of the C)ld Colony Club. The winners for the va- rious cups and prizes for the season were as follows : PRIZE WINNERS Trotters Cup (value $10) for winner of fastest heat — H. W. Waite's The Reckoning, i :o8 3-4. Harness (value $35) for winner of the greatest number of points — H. C. Thayer's Miss Lake, 79. Horse clothing (value $20) for fastest average time in winning mile races— ^. Frank Daley's The Sen- ator. Stop watch (value $15) for winner of second great- est number of points — J. W. Totman's Kaldar, 72 1-2. Carriage robe (value $10) for fastest average time in winning races — H. W. Waite's Catherine C. Wool sweater (value $10) for starting and finishing in greatest number of races — C. H. Williamson's George W. Traveling bag (value $10) for winner of most points and never before competed in club's races — C. I. Swan's Higgins. 56. Horse boots (value $7.50) for winner of greatest number of races — .'\. A. Davenport's Sampson Maid. Open bridle (value $6) for winner of most heats — C. E. -A-bbott's Stella Nelson. Blue ribbon winners — E. C, Wilcox's Nelsa Benton, W. H. Foss' Warren H., Sandy Rulston's Patriot, and D. M. Biggs' Annie M. Pacers Silver cup (value $10) for winner of the fastest heat — H. W, Waite's Miss Winifred, i :05. Harness (value $35) for winner of greatest number of points — T. E. McKcnzie's Doubtful, 63 1-2. Stop watch (value $15) for winner of second great- est number of points — I. R. Anderson's Benjamin, S7 }-2- Carriage robe (value $10) for fastest average time in winning races — J, F. Young's Miss Vassar, aver- age I :09 1-4. Traveling bag (value $10) for winner of most points that never before competed in club's races — E. F. Maher's Pauline. Horse boots (value $7.50) for winner of greatest number of races — B. A. Burke's Blix. Blue ribbon winners — H. P. Hobart's Jefferson Mc- Kerron, John Dwyer's Bobby. Note. — -In 1914 were held 620 races with 1,553 heats, racing 356 trotters and 264 pacers. Well Known Members of Old Colony Club >»*-■■ MATTHEW C. SPROLL Secretary-Treasurer 1913-14 FRED H. BELLOWS Also Member of Metropolitan and Dorches- ter Clubs KALDAR, 2:17 1-4 Winner of Third Money in 1909 Readville Handicap and a Sterling Matinee Trotter. Owned by S. B. Totman and Driven by J. W. Totman KATHERINE R., 2:113-4 Joint Holder, with Altro L., 2:09 3-4, of Matinee Trotting Record at South Weymouth Track of 1:07. Owned and Driven by Harry C. Thayer EDITH R., 2:18 1-4 Has Raced with Success in Matinees of Old Colony Club for Four Seasons. In the Cart is George Reed, Grandson of George Reed, One of the Original Founders of the Weymouth Agricultural Society on Whose Track Edith R. Races. Owned by Josiah B. Reed Rector Damon Stetson and His Horses FANCY P., Trial 2:22, and CHARM P., Record of 2:10 Considered the Best Pole Team of Trotters on the South Shore TRIXIE S., 2:14 1-2 Mr. Stetson's Crack Pacer in Old Colony Club Matinee Races ,j«l_ ^ mmgngjugi^^ 1 - ! mm^'iK:-:^^ ^^^hi m '•^ ^-^9Wf 9^E im^H .-J -«^ r fl ^.^ ii; -i g^$^-*^ &^^HP^H ' .^i m ,.■""-.- ^" ESPi^i -^ei ■J A i^^^^^irn ■ '~~ ^ €*M ■K*.- - -_.4,_^.^ '•"'^' -» '■^Jt^-^- ■=rr--^l^ BttHfiHi BENJAMIN, 2:2h 1-4 (Trial, 2:17) Joint Holder of Matinee Pacing Record at South Weymouth Track of 1:04. Owned by E. L. Edes and Driven by I. R. Anderson GEORGE \V. One of the Best Known Matinee Performers of the Old Colony Club in the Local and Interclub Meets. Owned and Driven by George H. Williamson. The Quannapowitt Driving Club 1907 1914 Reading- Wakefield Track SHOWING HOMESTRETCH AND GRANDSTAND WINNING BY A HEAD STABLES SEEN IN BACKGROUND The Ouannapowitt Driving Club WITH driving clubs representing the several sections of Greater Boston, the fever spread to Reading and the surrounding towns in 1907, the dyed-in-the- wool horse lovers believing that there was sufficient material at hand to form a driving club. So it came about that in the month of May, of that year, the following called a meeting that was held in Reading, and the Quanna- powitt Driving Club was the outcome : George A. Cowdrey, J. C. Alacomber, H. A. Brackett, George A. Shackford, T- B. Wilkinson, C. D. Wells, Dr. C. H. Playdon, and A. H. Jewett. The election of otTicers was made after the announcement of the call of the meeting, with its object, had been read, as follows: Presi- dent, J. C. Macomber ; vice-president, G. A. Shackford ; treasurer, G. A. Cowdrey ; secre- tary, H. A. Brackett. On account of the club's membership being so widely scattered, it was decided that the organization not attempt having a social side in its affairs, outside of holding a banquet each year, and possibly a ladies' night. It was voted that the annual jneetings be held each January, in Odd Fellows' Hall, Reading. The first business of the club was the leas- ing of the Reading-Wakefield half-mile track to hold its matinee races over. It was also de- cided that on holidays there be held, in con- nection with the racing, a horse show, with the entry to come from the local residents owning good horseflesh. The first season of matinee racing proved fully as successful as had been anticipated, the membership of the club rapidly growing, as the result of the wholesome rivalry in rac- ing for the ribbons awarded to the first, sec- ond and third horses in the summary of each event. SEASON OF 1908 At the first annual election, President Ma- comber was re-elected for a second term, G. A. Cowdrey being the vice-president, H. A. Upton the treasurer, and A. H. Jewett the secretary. The first annual banquet was held on Janu- ary 14, in Hawthorne Hall, Melrose. Arthur H. Jewett was toastmaster. Among the guests were Hon. Levi S. Gould, county commission- er of Middlesex County; President Walter E. Newbert and Frank W. Hamlin, of the Dor- chester Gentlemen's Driving Club ; Dr. W. H. Ximiness, of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Lynn; A. W. Davis, of the Metropolitan Driving Club; S. M. Lawrence, Lexington, and Frank E. Witherell, of Woburn. After- dinner speeches were made by the ones named and by Thomas B. Brady, Melrose ; Walter S. Parker, Reading; J. B. Wilkinson, Melrose; G. A. Shackford, Reading, and H. A. Upton, North Reading. On June 6, the Lynn Club visited the Read- ing track, and in the interclub meet won 10 of the 18 races from Quannapowitt. The fea- ture event was won by Al Ray, the property of Eben Phillips, of Lynn, though Directum- wood, the Ouannapowitt pacing champion, owned by J. B. Wilkinson, made the winner march a heat in i 105 1-2. Fast time was made on June 17, the trot- ting mare Dehesia, owned and driven by Thomas Brady, defeated the pacer, Directum- wood, in I :09 1-2 and i :o7 1-4. Baron B., the property of W. H. Bird, stepped fast, too, his heats being paced in i :o8 and i :o8 1-4. Another feature was the open air horse show. The Quannapowitts visited the Lynns at Rockdale Park on July 13, and the result was a victory for the Lynn Club, they winning 11 out of the 16 events on the card. It was decided by the officials of the club that the second annual banquet be held in De- cember, in place of waiting a month later. This came off at the Quincy House, Boston, on December 16, and Arthur H. Jewett was toastmaster. The after-dinner speakers from visiting clubs were President Walter E. New- bert, of the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club; President F. J. Babbett, of the Gentle- men's Driving Club of Lynn, and President James I. Brooks, of the Fellsway Driving Club. Following the entertainment and after- dinner speeches, the awards of the cups for the season just closed were made, the winners being : PRIZE WINNERS Cup for fastest time trotter in ten races — E. Gerry Emmons' Belle Stirling. Cup for fastest time pacer in eight races — W. H. Bird's Baron B. Cup for most races — B. A. Russell's Kellerton. Cup for hardest luck — Henry Mellon's Strong Hal. Cup for most ribbons in ladies' driving class — Miss Myrtle Wells' Woodland. Cup for most ribbons in men's driving class — Wil- liam P. Pierce's Black Beauty. 90 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston SEASON OF 1909 The result of the second annual election was as follows : George A. Shackford, presi- dent; G. A. Cowdrey, vice-president; H. A. Brackett. treasurer ; A. H. Jewett, secretary. A peculiar happening was President Shack- ford taking a residence out of the State m about two weeks after his election. G. A. Cowdrey. the vice-president, was thus called upon to fill the executive chair for the year. During the year many improvements were made in the grounds and stands at the Read- ing- \\'aketield track, while the club finished the season with a neat balance on the right side of the ledger. The club took part in the big interclub meets with Dorchester, Fellsway and Lynn, a complete account of which is related else- where in this book. The principal racing event for the members alone was two handicaps held on October 23. The one for trotters was won by Levi Herr, owned by D. Morin, while the pacing handicaji went to Nellie S., driven out by Belle Parks, Vice-President Cowdrev's little mare. SEASON OF 1910 The third annual meeting and election of the club was held on January 11, when the following officers were elected for the ensu- ing year : President, George A. Cowdrey ; vice-president, W. H. Nichols ; treasurer, H. A. Brackett ; secretary, W. P. Pierce ; clerk, A. H. Jewett ; directors, G. A. Cowdrey, W. H. Nichols, W. P. Pierce. H. A. Brackett, C. D. Wells, F. Churchill, C. J. Bolton and W. C. Barrows. After the business of the evening was de- cided, a collation was served in the banquet hall. This was followed by speeches, amusing stories, and vocal and instrumental music. President Cowdrey gave a talk on "Hopples and Exhibitions Against Time." The straps were "cussed" and the exhibition miles freely discussed. The annual meeting filled the place of the banquet, and it was decided to have a colla- tion, with some entertainment, at monthly meetings, to be held up to the opening of the racing season. In the Winter the club laid out a three- eighths of a mile course on Lake Quanna- powitt, Wakefield, over which was enjoyed ice racing for a couple of weeks. On race days was served hot coffee, with the prover- bial doughnut. Early in the season, President Cowdrey purchased the trotting gelding, Crown Prince, 2:17 1-4. and, in the matinee of June 22, he defeated three of the fastest pacers owned in the club, and reduced the trotting record of the track to i :o6 1-2, which, in 1914, still remained the mark to shoot at. Another record-breaking performance oc- curred in the matinee of July 4, when the GEORGE A. COWDREY Acting President 1909 President 1910 pacer. Ginger B., 2:181-4, the property of William Pierce, lowered the pacing record of the course to i 105, and it still stood as the best in 1914. The club took part in the big interclub meets with the Metropolitan, Fellsway, Lynn and Dorchester, that were decided at Combi- nation Park, the complete account of which is related elsewhere in this book. SEASON OF 1911 The fourth annual meeting and election re- sulted as follows: President, AL F. Clarke; vice-president, H. A. Brackett; treasurer, William B. Pierce ; secretary, A. H. Jewett. On July 16, the Lynn Club visited the Quannapowitt at the Reading- Wakefield track, and won the interclub meet by 49 points to 17, capturing nine out of the ten races. In the return meet between the two clubs, on the following Saturday at Rockdale Park, the Lynn horses were again victorious, the standing being: Lynn, 36; Quannapowitt, 31 points. The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 91 SEASON OF 1912 The annual meeting and election resulted as follows: President, AI. F. Clarke; vice- president, J. B. Wilkinson ; treasurer, A. H. Tewett ; secretary, H. W. Wevmouth ; clerk, \V. P. Peirce; directors, M. F. Clarke, J. B. Wilkinson, H. W'. Weymouth, A. H. Jewett, H. P. Hubbard, Fred Churchill, W. F. Gib- bons, George A. Cowdrey and A. W. Simpson. The first business attended to by the new administration was having the club incorpo- rated and chartered by the State. A new addition to the club's pacers for the matinees was the purchase of the gelding, Boraldo, 2.21 1-2. by J. B. Wilkinson. There was racing on the ice on Lake Quan- napowitt, and during the Summer months the weekly matinees over the Reading- Wakefield track, which were up to the standard of pre- vious vears. SEASON OF 1913 The annual meeting and election resulted as follows: President, Herbert A. Brackett ; vice-president. W. H. Nichols: treasurer, HERBERT A. BRACKETT President 1913 M. F. Clarke; secretary, ^^'. H. Weymouth; clerk, ^^^ F. Gibbons; directors, H. A. Brack- ett. W. H. Nichols, W. H. Weymouth, M. F. Clarke, C. D. Wells, A. H. Simpson, G. A. Cowdrey and C. J. Bolton. The club held an interclub meet with the Fellsway at Combination Park, on July 8, and carried ofl:' the honors by the close score of. 49 points to 47 points. Quannapowitt won five of the nine races scheduled, came second four times and third in four of the events. (Jn July 22, the Fellsway made the return interclub meet by visiting the Reading-Wake- field track, and again met with defeat, the points being, Quannapowitt, 64; Fellsway, 45. The local club won all of the races with the exception of two. Once more were the Quannapowitt horses on the winning end, as over the Rockdale Park track they defeated Lynn, on August 10, by 49 points to 45 points. It was decided by the club and several of its members that it would prove beneficial were prizes offered for the season's matinees and, as the result, the club donated a $10 gold piece ; President Brackett, a prize cup; M. F. Clarke, a prize cup ; and Dr. C. H. Playdon, a $5 gold piece. At the close of the season's matinees, it was found the winners were as follows: PRIZE WINNERS Trotters Chib prize, $10, for horse winning the most points — H. P. Hubbard's Mary Robbins — 50 points. President's prize cup for winning- most races—- C. D. Wells' Border W.— 7 races. Pacers Cup for horse startinsj in greatest number of races and Vv'inning the most points — H. W, Weymouth's Helen L, — 13 races. -)8 points. Dr. Playdon prize, $5 (consolation), for start- ing in most races and winning fewest points — N. M. Guillow's Banty — 11 races, 32 points. SEASON OF 1914 The annual meeting and election of the club resulted as follows : President, Dr. C. H. Playdon ; vice-president, W. F. Gibbons ; treas- urer, M. F. Clarke ; secretary. H. ^^^ Wey- mouth ; clerk, Jason Zurikes ; directors. Dr. Plavdon, W. F. Gibbons, H. \\'. \\'evmouth, M.'F. Clarke. A. Simpson, H. P. Hubbard, Fred Churchill, W. H. Nichols and N. M. Gaillow ; racing committee, l\l. F. Clarke, chairman, G. F. McDonald, H. W. Wey- mouth. The club held four interclub meets, two each with Lynn and with Fellsway. On Au- gust I, the niembers entertained the Lynn Club at the Reading-Wakefield track, and de- feated them by 62 points to 38 points. The following Saturday they visited Rockdale Park, and, for the first time in two years, they were beaten by Lynn, the standing be- ing, Lvnn, 52 points; Quai-majxiwitt, 43 points. 92 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston There was one race alone on the card that was well worth going a long way to see, the fast trotting class, between Dehesia, Awning 1>R. (.. H. Pl.AYDON President 1914 Boy, Crash and Mary Robbins. Crash, driven by his owner, Mr. Tassinari, was given the in- itial heat over the Quannapowitt entry, Dehe- sia, though the gelding paced a lot of the way. The time was I :io 1-2. The pacing of Crash and decision of the judges started the fun. The second heat was given to Dehesia in 1:1 1 1-2, though Awning Boy finished ahead, but he was placed last, as Charles Mc- Govern. his owner and driver, had cut in too soon in taking the pole in the first turn. Then, amid great cheering, the Lynn trotter. Awn- ing Boy, annexed the third heat by a neck from Dehesia. It was now do or die for Quannapowitt, and Edward Brady, to better the conditions, as he thought, turned Dehesia over to his son, Paul, to team the fourth heat. It proved a good move, as the game little mare won in the fastest time of the race, i :io. On August 15, the Ouannapowitts went to Combination Park and tackled the Fellsways. winning by the narrow margin of 36 points to 34 points. Some of the members of the Fells- way complained that one of their members, a Mr. \\'ood, withdrew Billy F. in Class F, after having finished second in the opening heat, as, had he only come last the second trip, the two points would have tied Quannapowitt, while a second position would have beaten them a point The return interclub meet between the two clubs was held at Reading, on August 22. and the Fellsway horses were badly outclassed, the defeat being the worst one ever recorded in interclub racing in the history of Greater Bos- ton, the final standing being, Quannapowitt, 50 points ; Fellsway, 9 points. TOM SMELZEY, 2:18 1-2 When 29 Years Old He Won Many Races Over Reading Track, and Made Friends by His Gameness. Owned and Driven by Henry W. Weymouth, Secretary 1912-13-14 DEHESIA, 2:23 1-4 By Bingen, 2:06 1-4, Dam Zembia, 2:11 1-4 (a great pole mare). Dehesia Began Racing in Matinees of Quannapowitt Club in 1907, and Was a Blue Ribbon Winner in Season of 1914, the Only Horse in Matinees Since Opening of Club. A Big Winner of Cups and Blue Ribbons, and a Favorite witli All. Owned and Driven by Edward Brady, Melrose, Mass. BORDER W. One of the Prominent Trotters of the Quannapowitt Club. Winner of President's Cup in 1913. Owned and Driven by Charles D. Wells HECTOR K., 2:29 1-4 Sired by Seumanee. Besides Having Speed, is the True Type of a Gentleman's Driver. Owned and Driven by W. H. Nichols BESSIE WILKES Always a Contender in Her Races Against the Best in the Ouannapovvitt Club. Owned and Driven bv Fred Churchill The Gentlemen's Drivini Club of Lynn 1904 1914 Rockdale Park, Peabody >^,,^^ -///'-*t, A LYNN HORSE WINNING AFTER A HEAT The Gentlemen's Driving Club of Lynn THE Gentlemen's Driving Club of Lynn was conceived by a few members of a local social club, which held informal meet- mgs in the stable of Alden Southwortli (Tilton Hall). This small club- room was known by the name of The Mis- sion, and during one of its services in the Winter of T904, some one of the horse en- thusiasts suggested that the City of Lynn ought to have a driving club. Alden South- worth, a well known contractor and amateur horse trainer, was the prime mover in organ- izing the horsemen, and was ably seconded by Frank H. Thompson, who, in later years was destined to fill many important positions in the Lynn Cluli, such as clerk and official starter. These two zealous workers were fortified by the able assistance of D. Fortin, S. Walter Simonds, and Walter F>. Moore, in the carrying out of their ideas, and, it was under Mr. Moore's suggestion that the club closel\- followed, in incorporation and subsequent methods of transaction of business, the Dor- chester Gentlemen's Driving Club. In fact, the Lynn organization have looked upon the Dorchester Club as a child would look upon its parents, and the most kindly feelings have always existed between the members of both clubs. The small beginning developed a few months later into a permanent organization, including the names of the most prominent citizens of Lynn and surrounding towns. The object in the formation of the club was : primarily, to stimulate an interest in horse matters : and, secondly, to secure a speedway for the City of Lynn, which was subsequently accomplished, the State appro- priating the necessary money and the club donating out of its treasury liberally for the campaign. The Lynn horsemen used the speedway for about three years, and then, owing to the condition of the land with its constant settlement and depressions, it was deemed unsatisfactory and the club turned to racing at Rockdale Park, Peabody. the speedwav being in use only a few Winters and then entirely abandoned. The first meeting of the club was held on June 26, 1904, when \\'illiam La Croix was elected president; Walter B. Moore first vice-president; S. Waltei;^ Simonds, sec- ond vice-president; Clifton Colburn, treas- urer; Herbert L. Sawyer, secretary; Samuel G. Brown, clerk. The first regular racing matinee of the club took place on October 7, 1904, at the WILLIAM La CROIX President 1904-05-06 Saugus track, and all the events were de- cided to wagon. There was a notable gath- ering of horsemen at the meet, many coming from Danvers, Hamilton and other places from a distance. SEASON OF 1905 At the annual election President La Croix was again unanimously chosen to fill the highest chair of the club, with W. B. Moore as first vice-president; S. W. Simonds, sec- ond vice-president : Clifton Colburn treas- urer : E. E. Bray, secretary, and S. G. Brown as clerk. The first annual l:)anr|uet was held in Feb- ruarv, and particular attention was paid in having present the officers and leading mem- liers of other driving clubs in Greater Bos- ton. President F. J. Brand and Director The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston J. VV. Jinnehan, of the Dorchester Driving Club. Walter B. Farmer and John Shep- ard of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston brought the greetings of their clubs and a most pleasant evening was spent in talking over matters of interest to the light harness horsemen present. A special meeting was called in April to find the sentiment of the members in the leasing of Rockdale Park, Peabody, for the season, but the members voted to reject the proposition, although the club raced over Rockdale on Labor Day. hiring the track for that day only. On October 21, the club had its first inter- city meet, tackling the Dorchester Club over the latter's track. SEASON OF 1906 President William La Croix was elected his third term for president at the annual meeting held in January, the other officers l)eing as follows : First vice-president, W. B. Moore : second vice-president, S. W. Si- monds ; treasurer, Clifton Colburn ; secretary, E. E. Bray : clerk, S. G. Brown, this being the same retinue of officials as the previous year. The club had now grown to an organiza- tion of upward of 150, with every member's dues paid for the year, a very creditable showing under the secretaryship of Elmer E. Bray. The annual banquet of the club was held Dorchester Club Members at Lynn's First Interclub Meet at Rockdale Park Back Row, reading from left to right:— G. A. Frencli, A. S. Gushee, F. J. Brand, E. G. Richardson, Dr. Babbitt, Lynn; J. Mosser, P. J. Fitzgerald, J. E. Swendeman, J. H. Jewett Front Row:— E. E. Bray, Lynn; R. S. Fitch, J. M. Carey, S. G. Brown, Lynn; G. H. Greenwood, G. W. D'Arcy, S. W. Wales, F. H. Thompson, Lynn. Sitting:— J. W. Linnehan, C. C. Blaney The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 99 in February, and, like the previous one, was a great success. A party of twenty from the Dorchester Club was present. All of the after-dinner speakers were strong in voicing the opinion that the future of the club cer- tainly was filled with promise. The speed- way was about to be constructed and other matters were moving satisfactorily to those greatly interested in the club. On Labor Day, Dorchester visited the Lynn Club at Rockdale Park, and so wide was the interest in Lynn, and the surround- ing country, that the grandstand was filled to overflowing, the quarter-stretch had its full quota of spectators, while the railing next the inner field was lined with horses at- tached to vehicles that were filled with people. SEASON OF 1907 This was a most eventful year m the career of the club, matters of importance following one another in rapid succession. Of course, first came the annual election. Dr. F. J. Babbitt received the election of president, William La Croix declining to fill the chair again, saying he had ushered the club through its babyhood days and now, while he was willing to act as adviser, if necessity required, still he thought the hard work of the club should fall on other shoulders. Believing that Dr. Babbitt should have a strenuous co-partner in the liard work that was mapped out for the chili that year, the selection of Sam Brown was made for first vice-president, while Elmer E. Bray was elected second vice-president : Clifton Colbnrn, cashier of the Manufac- turer's Bank of Lynn, was re-elected to the ofSce of treasurer; and Dr. W. H. Ximiness secretary. The third annual banquet was held on February 14, and this was indeed a gala occasion. Members of the Dorchester, Felisway and Boston clubs were out in force. The .speedway was rapidly nearing comple- tion, the driving club having for three years put in its entire energy in securing it. There was a hearty endorsement, too, in hav- ing the club buy Rockdale Park. On October 22, the purchase of Rockdale Park was completed and came into the possession of the club. The purchase of this .property was made possible through the personal efforts and influence of the late president, William La Croi.x, who was ably assisted by Clifton Colburn. Mr. Colburn had not only worked hard in getting the track, but it was through his efforts that the club secured a nice suite of rooms in Union Square, which were made the headquarters, or clubhouse, for the members. In accomplishing this Mr. Colburn brought to bear a great influence on the owners of the property in order to obtain the lease. After purchasing Rockdale Park, the club laid out $1,000 on the property in loaming DR. F. J. BABBITT President 1907-1911 (inclusive) the track, ploughing up the infield, and erecting new stables. It was considered by the members an ideal outing spot for the Summer and that, nearer home, was the speedway which could be utilized during the sleighing season. With" Rockdale Park, a speedway, and a comfortable clubhouse, the affairs of the organization were now all that could be desired. At frequent occasions it was deemed a good proposition to entertain the other driving clubs of Greater Boston with interclub meets, and in this way, not only giving good wholesome amusement to the members of the driving clubs, but also to the citizens of Lynn and surrounding districts. On June ly was held an interclub meet with the Dorchester Club on the Dorchester speedway, the return meeting with that club being held at Combination Park on July 4. For the first time the club offered silver cups for the winners of the season's racing, and when the committee had gone through the records it was found the following were the winners : lOO The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston Trotters Championship time cup — W. La Croix's The Sail- orman — I :o8 1-4. Point cup — W. La Croix's Sally March. Pacers Championship time cup — T. \V. Fogg's Lady Laurin, 1:03. Point cup — J. G. Fadden's Sunderland King. SEASON OF 1908 At the annual election Dr. F. J. Babbitt was re-elected president ; first vice-president, E. E. Bray: second vice-president, Eben B. Phillips ; treasurer, Clifton Colburn ; secre- tary, Charles Cliambcrlain ; clerk, S. G. Brown. The customary banquet was held in Feb- ruary, the political fathers of the City of Lynn being:;' present, as were prominent offi- cials from other driving clubs. A real old- fashioned jollification took place, the club being in a most flourishing- condition and everything apparently insuring the }ear to coine to be one of prosperity. There was much racing on the Rockdale track during the season, members of the club coming forward with large donations for the prizes to be contested for, the list likely to be one of the very largest that had been avvarded by any of the Greater Boston clubs. The following is the list of prize winners : Trotters Championship time cup — Frank J. Linnehan's Rose Mack. I :o_7 3-4. Championship heat cup — Levi Lord's General. L. H. Phillips cup — F. J. Linnehan's Rose Mack. Lynn Daily Item cup for most heats in 1:113-4 or better — George Cnkeley's Forrest W. E. B. Phillips cup — Levi Lord's General. W. F. Newhall cup — William La Croix's King Bin- gen. Cochato prize (service fee of stallion) — Levi Lord's General. Arfrida prize (service fee of stallion) — James G. Croscup's Red Oak. Pacers Championship time cup — T. W. Fogg's Lady Lau- rin, I :05. Championship heat cup — William La Croix's Rose Direct. F. J. Linnehan cup — T. W. Fogg's Lady Laurin. Lynn Theatre cup — E. B. Phillips' Al Ray. Race Committee cup — J. G. Fadden's Sunderland King. Torrence-Vary prize (one ton of hay) — William La Croix's Rose Direct. Other Prize Winners W. F. Smith's prize (suit of horse clothing) — John A. Wood's Fanny B. E. E. Bray's prize (suit of horse clothing) — E. B. Phillips' Al Ray. W. H. Hutchinson's prize (stable outfit) — E. Gerry Emmons' Regent. J. G. Fadden's prize (stable outfit) — A. A. Pitman's Lady Nance. S. H. Dane's prize (whip) — Charles G. Wilson's Walter M. H. H. Fullam's prize (two-stall awning) — M. J. Healey's Dare Devil, Jr. House Committee prize (stop watch) — W. C. Whit- tredge's O. S. W. Robinson-Brockway prize (street blanket) — George S. Manson's Gipsey Girl. Ranno Saddlery Co. prize (harness) — L. H. Phillips' Mink McGregor Z. S. Richard's prize ($15 of shoeing) — Joseph G. Fadden's Sunderland King. Richard McGlue prize ($15 of shoeing) — George S. Manson's Prince. T. & B. prize (chair) — J. V. Ingraham's Pertrina. M. Plumslead prize (carriage robe) — Charles Ma- son's Helen R. M. J. Healey prize (box of oranges), driver having hardest luck — Mertie L. Paige. Besse-Rolfe prize (dress suit case), driver appearing in the most attractive and appropriate uniform — Frank H. Thompson. H. J. Pearce prize (meerschaum pipe) — William La Croix's Sally March. SEASON OF 1909 Again was Dr. Bal^bitt re-elected to fill the office of president at the annual meet- ing of the club. The first vice-president was E. E. Bray ; second vice-president, E. B. Phillips ; treasurer, Clifton Colburn ; secre- tary. Charles Chamberlain ; clerk, S. G. Brown. During the year there were held the usual banquet and weekly matinees over Rock- dale Park, but, in general, the club contin- ued on the even tenor of its way, there being very little of an unusual character to men- tion, except the big interclub meets between Lynn, Dorchester, Fellsway and Ouannapow- itt. In this series of matinees the Lynn horses did excellent work, though they fin- ished third in the list, getting 127 points for the series, while in the second meeting of the series they secured more points than any of the other clubs. At the close of the matinee season, the race committee. Eben B. Phillips, chairman, an- nounced the following prize winners : Trotters Time cup — Won by Eben B. Phillips' Croesus. Point cup — Won by Levi Lord's General. Pacers Time cup — Won by True W. Fogg's Lady Laurin. Point cup — Won by A. Hunson's Miss Manager. SEASON OF 1910 Dr. Babbitt was once more chosen to per- form the duties of president of the club and was unanimously elected at the annual meet- ing, E. E. Bray filling the position of first The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston vice-president : E. J!. I'liiilips, secund \ice- president ; Charles Chamberlain, secretary and treasurer, and the ever reliable Sam G. Brown as clerk. This season was held the big interclub meets between the Metropolitan, Fellsway, Dorchester, Ouannapowitt, and Lynn, all of the events being decided at Combination Park. In this series of matinees th^ Lynn Club finished third, only fifteen points back of the ^Metropolitans, and five points in the rear of the Fellsway Club, which finished second. Even with all the local racing at Rock- dale Park, interclul) meets, the Winter banquet and other diversions, C. J- McGov- ern, one of the enthusiastic members of the club, concluded to try an outside diversion liy entering his horse. Awning Boy, in a three-quarter mile handicap race at Com- bination Park. ]\Iedford. Then he was very happily pleased with winning the race, and the time was announced as i 148. Soon after, however, he discovered that under the National Trotting Association rules, any horse winning a heat at a distance greater than a half-mile and under a mile secured a record or bar. This caused Mr. McGov- ern considerable worriment, as he had counted on starting Awning Boy in a few professional races, and had supposed that he was eligible to the slow classes. Finally ^Ir. McGovern carried his case before the board of appeals of the N. T. A., in New York, and they declared that inasmuch as Awning Boy had earned a record of i :48 it would havf= to stand, making the gelding eligible only for the free-for-alls. Nat- urally, this ruling put Mr. McGovern out of vi'inning any of the rich stakes, like the M. i.*i: M., the Massachusetts, etc. The prize winners for the year of lyio follow : Trotters Championship time cup — E. B. Phillips' Croesus. Point cup — Levi Lord's General. Pacers Championship time cup — T. W. Fogg's Lady Laurin. Point cup — A. Hanson's Miss Manager. SEASON OF 1911 Dr. Babbitt still continued to receive the most votes for president of the driving club, as, at the annual meeting in January, he was elected to sit in the big chair for another term, making it his fifth consecutive year in the office. Other officers were : First vice- president, E. E. Bray ; second vice-president. E. B. Phillips ; secretary and treasurer, Charles Chamberlain : clerk, S. G. Brown. The club decided early in the season not to participate in any more interclub meets, or rather a big interclub meet like the pre- vious year with the events to be decided at Combination Park. If similar to the sea- son of 1909, when the several clubs met at each of the tracks in rotation, thus having one of the series at Rockdale Park, the Lynn Club would act differently in being a l)ary to intercltib racing. At the conclusion of the club's Summer of matinee racing at Rockdale, the following were awarded the cups for the year: Trotters Championship time cup — F. J. Linnehan's Rose Mack, I :07 3-4, i :07, i -.07. Point cup — C. J. McGovern's Awning Boy. Pacers Championship time cup — E. B. Phillips' Reliance, 1:043-4, 1:041-4. Point cup — A. Hanson's Dewey Dumas. SEASON OF 1912 Tb.ere was a change in the list of officials at the annual election. Dr. Babbitt refusing anv further honors in that line. While he ELMER E. BR.\Y President 1912 said he wanted to be a good fellow and would always have his heart'si interest in the welfare of the club, yet he thought that five years in harness gave him the privilege of sitting on the side lines for a while and watch how somebodv else could do it. The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston His successor was Elmer E. Bray, who had been Dr. Babbitt's right hand bower for a number of years, having in succession, filled the offices of secretary, second vice- president, and then first vice-president. E. B. Phillips was made first vice-president, Sam G. Brown, second vice-president, and the secretary and treasurer was Charles Chamberlain. During this year occurred the work-horse parade, modeled after the one held so many years with pronounced success in Boston. The event was held on June 17. President Bray was responsible for Lynn having this parade, as it was entirely through his per- sonal efforts and self-sacrifice that the afifair was instituted. President Bray even went so far as to say that any financial shortage he would personally be responsible for. In this connection, it may be well to state that President Bray was the man who secured the major portion of the subscriptions _ for the splendid drinking fountain in Washing- ton Square, Lynn, which was bought by. or through the Society of Prevention of Cru- elty to Animals. There was the usual interesting racing of the club at Rockdale Park during the Sum- mer months, while in the Winter the sport to sleigh was done on President Street, in Lynn, which was put in shape by the club and policed by the city. The cup awards for the year follow : Trotters Championship time cup— E. B. Phillips' Croesus. Point cup — Levi Lord's General. Pacers Championship time cup — Charles Nason's Pat Haynes. Point cup — Leonard Phillips' Lady Russell. SEASON OF 1913 Though loath to have Elmer E. Bray give up the reins of governmentship he had held but a single year, and also to step aside from active work in the club's interest, yet Mr. Brav was firmly decided in the matter, as he could not see where his valuable services were now as necessary as in the years gone by when the club had to get out of its creeping clothes and grow into long pants. With Mr. Bray eliminated, the choice of the club naturally fell on Eben B. Phillips, the well known horseman, wdio the year be- fore had filled the position of first vice-pres- ident and in no less than four terms the office of second vice-president. Sam G. Brown a twenty-four-hour-a-day worker in the interests of the club was elected side partner to President Phillips, he being made vice-president. The ofiice of second vice- president was eliminated, but for secretary and treasurer, J. M. Harriman was elected EBEN B. PHILLIPS President 1913 in place of Charles Chamberlain who had held the important position of secretary for five years. Sam Brown also received the ap- pointment of clerk. During the season there were several in- terclub races held at Rockdale Park, and return meets when the club's horses visited the Reading track and Coinbination Park. As the result of the series of matinees be- tween themselves the winners of the annual club prizes were as follows : Trotters Championship time cup — F. L. Morse's Willie John. Point cup— R. T. Rockett's Estell Boy. Pacers Championship time cup — H. T. Birdsey's Mardel. Point cup — S. L. Marden's Kitty Napes. SEASON OF 1914 At the annual election, the club rewarded Samuel G. Brown with the presidency, the war horse of the organization, who had been in fighting armor in the interests of the club ever since its inception, being one of the few that originally instituted the club from the old "mission boys." A. J. Hollinsworth was elected vice-president, J. M. Harriman The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 103 was re-elected to the office of secretary and treasurer, wliile A. ti. Wood was appointed clerk. On being notified of his election, Pres- ident Brown addressed the members in his well known inimitable wa}', which frequently SAMUEL G. BROWN President 1914 brought forth prolonged applause from those within hearing distance. The following is a portion of liis address : "Fellow members of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Lynn : For many years I have associated with all of you in a more or less detailed manner having, as you know, been one of the original few that brought this organization into existence. In these years T have filled all of the positions that the club can give its members, from clerk, starting judge, handicapper and general man- of-all-work until now it is my privilege, through the courtesy of my brothers present, to fill the highest honor in their ]30wer to bestow upon me. It is with becoming mod- esty that I will state that my ambition in life has now been fully achieved in having the honored place of president of this grand and good club, which stands for good fel- lowship and the love of that noble animal — the horse. "Tonight my mind goes back to the scene of 1904. when we were just branching out into a driving club and held our initial mat- inee over the old Saugus race track. Well I remember how John Shepard, the dean of Boston road drivers, came out to see his close friend. Mr. (,'urrier of L\nn, win one of the events with the well kiii:>\vn trotter, El Paso. "Even through the jmssing of years, in my mind's eye comes many of the celebrated horses that have been owned by the Lynn club, such as: The Sailorman, 2:14 1-4, that in the intercity meet at Combination Park between five clubs defeated Mack Mack, 2:08; Chase, 2:07 1-4; Crown Prince and Carl C. trotting the second heat in I :o3 3-4. This fast gelding was the prop- erty of our late lamented member, William La Croix, who during his connection with the driving club did such excellent work in bringing about the prosperity we have since been blessed with. His death will always be remembered by the members of this club and true horsemen of Greater Boston, with the deepest of regret. "Then, my thoughts drift along to that great little pacer. Reliance, 2:11 1-4, owned by Eben R. Phillips that, at the same inter- club matinee won his race and made a New England record for pacers over a half-mile track by titrning the course in i :oi 1-2. Pat Haynes with a record of 2 '.oj, was also owned by a member of the Lynn Club. The matinee trotter, Croesus, 2:19 1-2, who for two whole seasons was invincible, getting a mat- inee trotting record of i :o6 over Combina- tion, raced many years for us. Lady Laurin, 2:13 1-2, was one of the Lynn star perform- ers taking a matinee record over Rockdale Park at i :o3, and also winning a race at Combination Park, where the average time of her heats was i 103 1-2. The name of Rose Mack was also conspiciious on our list, she being at all times up to the heat in I :o6 or i -.oy on the trot. Later, we owned the campaigner, Peter Sterling, 2:11 1-2, and still we cannot forget Lady Nance, 2:18 1-2, the chestnut mare owned by the late Mr. Pitman, which was one of the most reliable of matinee performers, nor Widlar, 2:16 3-4, that Lincoln Pedrick raced so successfully. "The coming season we expect to see in our own matinees, and those with rival driving clubs in interclub meets, the fast pacing gelding, Kid Downey, 2:16 1-2 and T. E. P., both of which should race over our half-mile track on Saturday afternoons in I :o7 or i :o8. "I will now assert that in following the example of the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club, and, in later years the Fells- way Club, that I look back with great pleas- ure to many social appointments which we interchanged and earnestly believe that our thorough organization, with its code of by- I04 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston laws and I mention racing rules, taken from the clubs , are accountable to a great degree, J. MARC HARRIMAiN Secretary-Treasurer 1913-14 if not entirely, to whatever success we have had. "In closing, I will say, furthermore, while we are still racing horses and holding prom- inent inlerchil) meets, yet at the same time, we, nor hardly any of the driving clubs, have exactly the same racing material, as far as calibre, that we had several years ago. We have lost through death many of our en- tliusiasts and wealthy horse owners, men who were financially able to keep horses for matinee purposes. At the same time we have now a membership role of upwards of 200 members, and we intend to keep right on racing liorses at the same old Rockdale Park." There was a successful season of matinee racing at Rockdale Park, and two interclub meets were held with the Ouannapowitt. the club in turn going to Reading track and en- tertaining their neighbors at home. The hon- ors were divided, as each club secured the most points at their own track. In the season's matinees the following were the prize winners : Trotters Time Cup — Frank Morse's Willie John. Point Cup — C. E. Burns' Hazel Delmar. Pacers Time Cup — H. M. Brewer's Kid Downing. Point Cup — Walter Hackett's F. E. P. HENRY H. FULLAM Charter Member of Lynn Club and Prominent in Matinee Racing Big Interclub Matinees of Greater Boston Driving Clubs PHOEBON VV., 2:08 3-4 Made World's Record of 2:16 1-4 to Ice in Fifth Heat of Winning Race over Half-mile Track at Ottawa in 1907, and Received a Valuable Silver Cup. Owned and Driven by W. J. Furbush PICTURE HAT One of the Handsomest Trotters in Greater Boston and a Perfect Driving Horse. Owned and Driven by Harry J. Russell Metropolitan vs. Concord, N. H. FIRST of the important interclub jjrize for a double-seated sleigh was awarded races held in Greater Boston was to Caleb Chase, who with his family occupied between the Metropolitan and an elegant vis-a-vis, drawn by a pair of short- Concord (N. H.) Driving Clubs tailed horses, at the Charles River Speedway, In the evening a banquet was held at the on February 12, 1907. The invitation to the Quincy House. Nearly 300 sat down to the New Hampshire horsemen was given by the dinner, and everyone had a jolly good time, members of the Mets in return for the royal Compliments were showered upon the Met- good time the home boys had had in the inter- ropolitan Club by President H. H. Dudley and club meeting held in Concord on February other members of the Concord Club. The first 15, 1905. speaker of the evening was Mayor Fitzgerald, While the day was the most severe of the who eulogized the horse, and was enthusias- entire Winter, yet the footing could not have tically received. Perhaps the most important been better than that day at Charles River, and speech was that of Chairman de Las Casas the visitors and home horsemen had a thor- of the Metropolitan Park Commission. Mr. oughly enjoyable occasion. About eighty of de Las Casas went into the history of the the husky sons of the Granite State came on building of the Charles River Speedway. Pres- the first early train, and later trains brought ident Newbert of the Dorchester Club spoke still more. The cold weather did not prevent in favor of holding a big convention of all the a large attendance at the speedway, the Sol- driving clubs of New England in this city at diers Road being filled with sleighs of all de- an early date. Other speakers were A. S. scriptions, while the sidewalks were lined with Perrin of Buflfalo, Edwin A. Bayley and T. spectators, all muffled to their eyes to keep Lee Ouimby. Summary of the races : out the strong wind. While there were twelve races scheduled, '^'''Ychw^^"'''' ^P"''"'''^^' ^'''- '"' 'W-Class A, yet the Concord members not having entries HugrTafie.n's b. m., Canterbury Girl (Tal- in Classes E and F, it was decided by the lent) C i 1 committee, comprised of members from the A. J. Furbu.sh's ch. g., C. E. Jordan (Furbush) two clubs, that in settling the afternoon's dis- „ ; ■;;■;,: ■•■;■•, w : — ; ■ • „■. — ■••■■• ^ - ,,,,,•■,?. , ■ ^, D- J. Nelhgan s b. g., Major (Nelligan) B .. 33 pute the club wmnmg the most races m the l N. Cushman's br! m.. B.. 4 4 ten should be declared the conqueror. Time— 33s., 321-45. The sport proved very thrilling, it being nip and tuck for the honors to the very finish, the '--'^^^ ^- trottmg. Metropolitan horses scoring six of the ten w r rTb'.n^ t ^^w" ^I't'^rr ^k ^VV r ' ' ^ ^^, , , 11 , . r TT-, "• ^- (-orbett s ch. m., V\ avelite (Corbett) B 3 2 events through the e.xcellent showmg of Wll- J. E. Marsfon's b. g., William L. (Marston) C 2 3 Ham Emerson's pacing mare, Louise E., and H H. Cook's b. g., Billy Ross (Cook) B 4 4 W. F. Bennett's gelding, Mardel, each of Time— 33 i-4s., 33 i-4s. which stepped heats in 31 seconds in defeat- ^lass C. pacing. mo their speedy opponents. M. P. Collins' ch. g., Apollo (Collins) B. . 2 i i The Concord Club, however, besides win- M. A. Nevens' b. g.. Gen. Fiske (Nevens) ning four of the races, came in for additional ^ i 3 2 glory in capturing the Van Naman cup for ";,.a;)"c''^"''^'' ^' ^'' ^"'"''°" (^=>"'3- the fastest heat of the day which went to the ^'^^" Time— 348^355 331-45 ^ ^ -5 rapid fire little gray gelding, Amos R., who tramped of? the first heat in 30 1-2 seconds. t>^I^*^ D, trottmg. In connection with the racing there was a nin) T".'. . .^.•'. . . .'. .^ ' '^'■°' i 4 , carnival parade which was a pronounced sue- G. P. Smith's ch. g., Sunoio Dudley (Dunt- cess. George Leonard gave a valuable silver ley) B 2 i 3 cup for the most "old-fashioned" rig on the ^ ,^- Doherty's ch. g., Alclay H. (Bigley) road, which was won by Miss Margaret W. t m tt" Mr,Vr;ii'c' 'k u V I- ' ' ;»t" ' "+ ^ ^ •n ,, J .,, .-',-_ S . . J- M. h.. Morrill s b. m., Helvetia (Mor- Pope, the red ribbon gomg to Mrs. Benjamm rill) B 335 Pope, and the yellow ribbon to A. L. Power. J. E. Fitzgerald's b. g., Vesper (Fitzger- There were twentv entries in this class. The ^'^) ^ 6 6 4 prize for the best 'pony turn-out was won by "^'c^mJ^'^B'"'"''''' '"'' ^" '^''°' ^^^ ^^^^' Miss Agatha Kendall, of Brookline. A special '""^ Time-34 3-4s.,' 37 'i-Vs'.,' 34' 3-45: ^ ^ ^ ROB B. Winner of Quarter-mile Heat in 30 Seconds at Franklin Field Speedway. Still Remained in 1914 Track Record to Sleigh. Owned and Driven by M. A. Nevens BILLY WILKES, 2:18 1-2 Prominent in the Matinees at Charles River and Franklin Field Speedways Owned and Driven by E. S. Morse The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 109 Class E, pacing H. G. Kilkenney's b. m., Angle Wilkes (Kil- kenney) C i i H. G. Reld's b. g. Colbath (Reid) B 2 2 Henry Wood's b. g., Nyphen (Wood) B 4 3 F. H. Fay's b. m., Embrino (Fay) B 3 4 Time— 33 3-4S., 33 3-4s. Class F, trotting. W. J. Bates' b. h., Binjolla (Trout) B.... 3 i I A. H. Fitch's b. g., Hills Boy (Dr. Fitch) B 2 3 2 W. J. Furbush's b. g., Little Ben ( Furbush ) B I 2 dr Fred Ames' b. m., Clara Peck (Ames) B.. 4 4 dr Time— 34 i-2s., 34s.. 34s. Class G, pacing. J. E. Marston's b. m.. Velnor (Marston) C... i i C. S. Johnson's b. g., Rob B. (Nevens) B.... 2 2 WiUiam La Croix's b. g.. Max C. (Trout) B.. 3 3 Time— 34s. 33 i-^s. Class H, trotting. F. L. Merrill's b. g., Norvet (Ralston) B i i F. E. Burnham's b. g.. Bert S. (Gibbons) B.. 22 H. F. Miller's b. g.. Happy Jack (Duntley) C 3 3 F. C. Garmon's b. g.. Hulman (Garmon) B.. 44 Time— 33 3--4S., 3^ i-4s. Class K, pacing. William H. Emerson's b. m., Louise E. (Lock- wood ) B I I L. E. Currier's b. g., Palatka Jr. (Currier) C 2 2 Time — 31 1-4S., 31s. Class L, pacing. W. F. Bennett's ch. g., Mardel (Bennett) B.. 11 N. A. Dunklee's ch. g., Red Rex (Dunklee) C 2 2 Time— 31 3-4S-, 31 s. Class N, trotting. F. B. Horton's br. m., Alga W. (Belledeu) B 3 I I F. E. Smith's ch. m., Nancy Nelson (Smith) B I 3 3 T. G. Plant's blk. m., Alice Carr (Plant) B 222 John Cruikshank's b. g., Stam B. (Cruik- shank) C ' 4 4 4 Time— 32 i-4s , 33 i-4s., 33s. Class R, Pacing G. W. Rice's g. g., Amos R. (Rice) C 1 i \\illiam La Croix's g. g., Tiger (Trout) B.. 22 Arthur H. Parker's b. h. Ha! Ensign (Ralston) B 3 3 Time — 30 i-2s., 32 1-4S. Dorchester Wins Big Four-Cornered Interclub Silver Cup AFTER considerable agitation at the meeting of the committees from the four driving clubs, it was finally decided to hold a grand interclub series of racing between the Dorchester, Fellsway, Lynn and Quannapowitt Driving Clubs, two of the meets to be at Combination Park and one each at Rockdale Park, Peabody, and the Reading- Wakefield track. It was decided by the com- mittee that in scoring points the first horse in each race was to be credited with five points, the second horse three points, and the third horse one point. In case of a tie for second or third place, the horses standing equal in the summary must go another heat to decide which was to be credited with tlie points in dispute. On June 26, 1909, at Combination Park, Medford, was held the first meeting in the series of interclub matinees. It was a fore- gone conclusion that the racing would be of a sensational order, as included among the list of entries from the four clubs were no- ticed the names of the following horses : Pacers — Cascade, 2 :o6 1-2 ; Louise G., 2 :o8 1-2 pacing and 2:21 trotting; Aintree, 2:103-4; Jimmy B., 2:11 1-4: Reliance, 2:11 1-4; Lou- ise E, 2:11 3-4, and a matinee record to wagon of 2:10 3-4; Lady Laurin, 2:13 1-2; and B. S. Dillon, 2:14 1-4; trotters— Altro L., 2:09 3-4; Talpa, 2:09 3-4; Lord Quex, 2:101-2; Tom Phair, 2:141-4; Axtelloid, 2:15 1-4; and Hawkins, 2:16 1-4. The honors of the afternoon were secured by the Dorchester Club winning thirteen points more than its nearest opponent, Fells- wa\-, and taking five of the twelve events on the card. John W. Coakley won the fastest race of the day, for a trotter, with Crown Prince, the second heat of his race being in I :05 1-4. Knap Forshner with King's Heir, and Charley Bailey with Aintree, were the stars in the pacing division, the former win- ning the race and a heat in i :o5 1-4, while Aintree scored the second heat in i :o4 3-4. Lady Laurin and Cascade also had a bitter fight, with the honors going to the former, the fastest heat in i :o5 1-2. The second interclub matinee of the series was held on the home grounds of the Lynn Driving Club, at Rockdale Park, Peabody, on July 24. All of Lynn, it seemed, turned out to see the races, the grandstand and quarter- no The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston stretch being packed with spectators. The racing was very interesting, and, after a se- vere contest, the Lynn Club were returned the victors for the afternoon, by the close margin of a single point, having earned 36, to their nearest competitor, Dorchester, which got 35. Sam G. Brown, of Lynn, was the starting judge, and his excellent work was appreci- ated by all. The feature event proved to be between Directumwood and Lady Laurin, the former winning through the clever driving of El- dredge, the master reinsman of the Dorchester Club. Another very closely contested race was Reliance beating Cascade. For the trot- (;i;m;r.\i,, i.m 1-4 Defeated Major Dillard at Combination Park, and a Star Field of Trotters at Rockdale Park in Interclub Meet. Owned and Driven by Levi S. Lord ters. General, owned and driven by Levi Lord, defeated a crack field of starters, while an- other race that kept the crowd on tiptoes un- til the winner was announced was Croesus de- feating Crown Prince, the third and final lieat being in the fast time of i :oy. The interclub series now moved to the Wakefield-Reading track, the home of the Quannapowitt Club, the meeting being held on August 21. A peculiar feature of this occa- sion was that thirty minutes before the first race was called there was a mere handful of people in the grandstand, and when the word was given for the first heat of the afternoon, not a seat could be found for those who were tardy in arriving, so quickly had the grandstand filled to overflowing. Showing how evenly matched the horses were, Dor- chester scored the most points of the after- noon by three points over Fellsway, while the latter was only two ahead of Lynn, thus only five, points between these three clubs. The big race was between Reliance and Directumwood. The meeting between the two at Lynn had aroused a lot of feeling between tlie admirers of each of the fast pacers. The first heat both raced head and head the entire half-mile, and were so closely aligned at the wire that the judges could not separate them and were obliged to announce a dead heat, the time being I :o4 3-4. The second heat looked like a repetition of the first to the quarter, but at this point Reliance moved out in front and won by a couple of lengths in the same time as the first heat. The last trip Reliance led all the way, winning handily in I :o3 1-2, which lowered the track record i 3-4 seconds, held by Al Ray. Dorchester was successful in Class H, for trotters, Harry C. Thayer taking the event with Altro L., the first heat in i 109 1-2, while another interesting trotting class was that won by Walter Corbett with Lord Quex, the sec- ond heat in i :o8 1-2. The closing matinee of the series of inter- club racing was held at Combination Park, on September 25, and while the afternoon's racing resulted in Fellsway getting 42 points to 36 for Dorchester and 30 for Lynn, yet in the entire series Dorchester was returned the victor by securing 152 points, Fellsway 131, Lynn 127, and Quannapowitt 45, which gave to the Dorchester Gub the elegant silver cup that was the trophy for the club winning the series. Without the opposition of Reliance, Direc- tumwood had an easy time winning his event. The real stirring races of the afternoon were the victories of Louise E. over Lady Laurin, and of Croesus, in Class K, each of these horses having to step in i 107 3-4 to win their respective events. POINTS WON IN INTERCLUB MEETS Clubs Dor. Fells. Lynn. Quann. First Matinee 45 32 30 n Second Matinee .... 35 24 36 12 Third Matinee 36 33 31 20 Fourth Matinee 36 42 30 2 Total Points 152 131 12/ 45 Combination P.\rk, Medford, June 26, 1909. Class A, trotting. The Christian, b. g. (Forshner) F i i Billy Ross, b. g. (Bailey) D 2 2 Claynette, b. m. (La Croix) L 3 3 Adonis, b. g. (Rice) Q 4 4 Time — i :io 1-2, i :ii Class B, pacing. Edith R.. ch. m. (Rideout) F i I Go See. b. g. (Gushee) D 2 2 Chesterhallis, bik. g. (Gibbons) Q 3 *4 VVinola, b. m. (Delano) L 4 3 Time — i :io, i ;o8 1-2. *Won heat to decide tie for third place. The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston III Class C, trotting. General, b. g. (Lord) L 2 i i Major Dillard, gr. g. (Trout) D i 2 2 Time — 1:091-4. 1:121-4. 1:10. Class D, pacing. Lady Laurin, b. m. (Page) L I I Cascade, br. g. (Coakley) D 2 2 Major M., b. g. (Rideout) F 4 *3 Blue Light, ch. g. ( Brackett) Q 3 4 Time — i :o6, i -.0$ 1-2. ♦Won heat to decide tie for third place. Class E, trotting. Croesus, br. g. (Phillips) L i I Oleander, b. g. (Brackett) Q 3 2 Hawkins, blk. g. (Trout) D 2 4 Axtelloid, ch. g. (York) F 4 3 Time — I 107 3-4, i :o8 1-2. Class F. pacing. King's Heir, ch. g. (Forshner) F i 3 I Aintree, b. g. (Bailey) D 2 I 4 Directumwood. b. g. (GifFord) Q 322 Charlena, b. m. (Blaney) L 4 4 3 Time— I :05 1-4. 1:043-4, 1:051-2. Class G, trotting. Crown Prince, ch. g. (Coakley) D i I Capt. Higginson. b. g. (Wood) L 2 2 Talpa, b. m. (Forshner) F 3 3 Time — i :o6 1-2, i :05 1-4. Class H, pacing. B. S. Dillon, ch. g. (Ralston) D i 3 i Bonnie Belle, ch. m. (Rideout) F 3 i 2 Belle Sherwood, b. m. (Foster) Q 2 2 3 Time — i :os, i :o6 1-2, i :o6. Class I, trotting. Louise G, b. m. (Bailey) D i i Lord Quex, b. g. (Ralston) F 2 2 Time — i :07 3-4, I :o6 1-2. Class J, pacing. Jimmy B., b. g. (Phillips) L I i Dr. Band. b. g. (Richardson) D 2 2 Pat L., ch. g. (Crowley) F 3 3 Time — i :09 3-4, i :i i. Class K, trotting. Ginger, b. g. (Eldredge) D i i Shimosa, b. m. (Rice) F 3 *2 Forrest W., b. g. (Page) L 2 3 Hampshire Boy, br. g. (Cowdrey) Q 4 4 Time — i :o8, i :io 1-2. *Won heat to decide tie for second place. Class L, pacing. Krispen, blk. g. (Coakley) D I i Helen R., b. m. ( Page ) L 2 2 Grey F., blk. g. (Thyng) F 3 3 Time — i :og. i :io. Rockdale P.^^rk, Pe.abody, July 24. 1909. Class A, trotting. May Barnes, b. m. (Collins) F 2 i i Prince, ch. g. (Manson) L I 2 2 Umpire, b. g. (Eldredge) D 3 3 3 Time — i :I3, i :I4, i :i4. Class B, pacing. Go See, b. g. (Eldredge) D i i General Fiske, b. g. (Croft) F 2 2 Lady Brazilian, g. m. (Gibbons) Q 3 3 Time — l :I3 1-2. I :lo 1-2. Class C, trotting. Billy Ross, b. g. (Bailey and Furbush) D.. 3 I I .Owning Boy, b. g. (McGovern) L i 2 2 Tower Boy, b. g. (Pero) F 233 Time — 1:121-2, 1:12, 1:111-4. Class D, pacing. Belle Park. b. m. (Gibbons) Q 2 i i Dr. Band, b. g. (Richardson) D i 3 2 Charlena, b. m. (Blaney) L 3 2 3 Time— I :li, i :I4 1-2, i ;ii i-4- Class E, trotting. Forrest W., br. g. (Cokeley) L Walk-over Time— I :i0 3-4, i ;il. Class F, pacing. Reliance, b. g. (Burke) L i i Cascade, gr. g. (Coakley) D 3 2 Bonnie Belle, ch. m. (Rideout) F 2 3 Time — i :o8 3-4, I :o7. Class G, trotting. Nancy Nelson, ch. m. (Small) L i i Louise G., b. m. (Bailey) D 2 2 Time — i :09, i :09. Class H, trotting. General, b. g. (Lord) L i i Oleander, b. g. (Brackett) Q 2 2 Lord Quex, b. g. (Ralston) F 3 3 Altro L., blk. g. (Coakley) D 4 4 Time — i :I2, 1:12. Class I. trotting. Croesus, b. g. ( Phillips ) L 2 I i Clown Prince, ch. g. (Coakley) D I 2 2 Time — i :09. i :li. I :07. Class J. pacing. Directumwood, b. g. (Eldredge) D I I Lady Laurin. b. m. (Young) L 2 2 Time — i :o6 1-2, i :o8 1-2. Class K, pacing. Edith R., ch. m. (Rideout) F I I .\intree. b, g. (Bailey and Furbush) D 2 2 Time — i :ii, i :07 1-4. Class L. pacing. Gagnaunt, ro. g. (Jameson) F 2 i i B. S. Dillon, ch. g. (Ralston) D i 3 2 Chesterhallis, br. g. (Gibbons) Q 323 Time — i :o8, i :07 3-4, I :07 1-2. W-\kefield-Re.\dixg P.\rk, August 21, 1909 Class A, pacing. Go See, b. g. (A. S. Gushee) D 2 i i General Fiske, b. g. (W. W. Croft) F i 2 2 Charlena. b. m. (C. C. Blaney) L 3 3 4 .\da B., b. m. (H. C. Barrows) Q 4 4 3 Time — 1:071-2, 1:063-4, 1:071-4. Class B, trotting. Baron Patch, b. g. (W.J.Fitzgerald) D I I Autobon. b. g. (G. Davis) F 2 2 Forrest W., br. g. (George Cokelev) L 3 3 Oilwood, b. g. (C. H. Bolton) Q." 4 4 Time — i :i2, i :i0 3-4. Class C. pacing. Reliance, b. g. (F. M. Burke) L o I I Directumwood, b. g. (T. J. Griffin) D o 2 2 Pat L., ch.g. (E. R. Whitman) F 3 3 3 Time— I :04 3-4. ' :04 3-4. i :03 1-2. The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston Class D, trotting. Nancy Nelson, ch. m. (F. C. Smith) L 2 i i Tower Boy, b. g. (M. A. Pero) F i 2 2 Fred M., ch. g. (D. H. Fowle) Q 3 3 3 Time — i :ii, i :io, i :io Class E, pacing. Lady Laurin, b. m. (T. W. Fogg) L i i Cascade, br. g. (J. \V. Coakley) D 2 2 Edith R., ch. m. (H. W. Litchfield) F 3 3 Time — i :07 1-2, i :o6 1-2. Class F. trotting. Croesus, br. g. (E. B. Phillips) L i i Maxine, b. m. (H. B. Hubbard) Q 3 2 .\my, b. g. (Paine) F 2 3 Time — i :i2. i :i4 1-4. Class G, pacing. Onward March (A. H. Fitch) D i i ^\■e Lead (M. Healey) F ' 3 2 Belle Park (J. B. Wilkinson) Q 2 3 Time — i 107 3-4, i :o8. Class H, trotting. Altro L., blk. g. (H. C. Thayer) D i i Frank L.. b. g. (C. M. Harrison) Q 2 2 General, b. g. (Levi Lord) L 3 3 May Barnes, b. m. (E. Collins) F 4 4 Time — i log 1-2, i :io. Class I, pacing. Gagnaunt, r. g. (E. H. Kingmond) F i i Chesterhallis, br. g. (A. H. Jewett) Q 2 2 Minola, br. m. ( C. J. Delano) L 3 3 Time — l 109, l ;lo. Class J, trotting. Lord Quex, b. g. (W. Corbett) F i i Rose Mack, b. m. (F. J. Linnehan) L 2 2 Oleander, b. g. (E. G. Emmons) Q 3 3 Ginger, b. g. (P.Buckley) D 4 4 Time — i :09 1-4. i :o8 1-2. Class K, pacing". Miss Ormond. b. m. (J. F. Fitzgerald) D i i May H., ch. m. (D. H. Fowle) Q 2 2 Ginger B., b. m. (J. L Brooks) F 4 3 Bobby B., b. g. (E. B. Phillips) L 3 4 Time — i :io 1-2, i :o8. t Class L, trotting. Billy Ross, b. g. (H. H. Cook) D i 3 i Chazy Belle, b. m. (A. Worthylake) F 2 i 2 Twin Prince, ch. g. (W. F. Rose) Q 4 2 3 Clarity Barrymore, b. m. (F.J. Linnehan) L 3 dr Time — 1:14, 1:15, 1:15. C0MBIN..\TI0N P.\RK, MeDFORD, SePT 25, IQOQ. Class A, trotting. Autobon, b. g. (Davis) F i i Awning Boy, b. g. (McGovern) L 2 3 Billy Ross, b. g. (Furbush) D 3 2 Time— I :i3 3-4, i :i3 1-2, i :I4. Class B, trotting. Ginger B., b. m. (Forshner) F i 3 i Billy C, b. g. (Page) L 3 i 3 Go See., b. g. (Beane) D 2 2 2 Time — 1:10, 1:13 1-2. i :ii 1-2. Class C, trotting. Baron Patch, b. g. (Fitzgerald) D i 3 i General, b. g. (Lord) L 2 i 2 Tower Boy, b. g. (Pero) F 3 2 3 Time — i :I2, i :I2 1-2, i -.13. Class D. trotting. The Jap, wh. g. (Furbush) D i i Am}', b. m. (Paine) F 2 2 Maxine, b. m. (Gibbons) Q 3 3 Time— I :i5 1-4, i :I5 3-4. Class E, pacing Miss Ormond, b. m. (Crowley) D i i Edith R., ch. m. (Rideout) F 2 2 Wildlock. b. g. (Spofford) L 3 3 Chesterhallis, b. g. (Gibbons) Q 4 4 Time — I :o8, i :07. Class F. trotting. Tom Phair, br. h. (Forshner) F i i Shila, b. m. (Page) L 2 2 Time — i :io, i :o8 1-2. Class G. trotting. Rose Mack, b. m. (Page) L i i Kitty Giltner. b. m. (Forshner) F 2 2 Time — i :i2, i ;ii 3-4. Class H, pacing. Directumwood, b. g. (Griffin) D i i Dr. Ware, b. g. (Mason) L 3 2 Major M., b. g. (Rideout) F 2 3 Time — i :07 1-4, i :o7. Class I, pacing. My Star, ch. g. ( Hickey ) D i i Independence, b. g. (Nelson) F 2 2 Time — i :I7 1-4. i 113. Class J. pacing. Louise G.. b. m. (Furbush) D i i The Welchman, b. g. (Forshner) F 2 2 Time — i :i2 3-4, i ;12 1-2. Class K, trotting. Croesus, br. g. (Phillips) L i i Billv J., b. g. (Sanborn) F 2 2 Carl C, b. g. (Hickey) D 3 3 Time— I :07 3-4, i ;o9 3-4. Class L, pacing. Louise E., b. m. (l~ox) F i i Lady Laurin. b. m. (Page) L 2 2 Time — i :07 3-4. i :o8. Class M. pacing (for Dorchester Driving Club horses). Bud Posey, b. g. (Richardson) i i i Rosemont, b. m. (Eldredge) 223 Budweiser. b. g. (Barnard) 3 3 2 Billy K., gr. g ( Bleiler ) 4 4 4 Time — i :io 3-4. i :09, i :ii. Class N, pacing (for Dorchester Driving club horses). Helgamite, b. m. (Bellows) i i 2 2 i Fred R.. b. g. (Richardson) 2 2 i i 2 Time — 1:21, 1:18, 1:18, 1:191-2, 1:221-4. Metropolitan Earns Title of Champion Driving Club of New England DURING the Winter of iyio over- tures were made to the Aletro- poHtan Driving Club, by the other (greater Boston driving clubs that were in the interclub series of matinees the year before, to have the Met- ropolitan join them in a series to take place the coming Summer. This was finally agreed upon, with the condition that all of the meets take place over Combination Park, and to be six in number. It was further agreed that the points made in the races would be as follows : First horse, five points; second horse, three points; third horse, two points; and fourth horse, one point. In case of two or more horses standing equal in the summary at the conclusion of the race, the one standing the best in final heat to receive the additional point and preceding position in the summary. In the early Spring months there was a great hustle between the members of the five clubs to secure material that would prove of benefit to their respective organizations in carrying away the elegant silver cup that was to be given to the club winning the most points in the series. Thus, wlicn the matinee season opened, or later during the matinees, the following galaxy of equine stars w-ere among those entered in the events. Trotters — Chase, 2:07 1-4; Mack Mack, 2:08; Monroe, 2:10 1-2: Peter -Sterling, 2:11 1-2; Ralph Wick, 2:13 1-4; Dodie K.. 2:13 1-2: The .Sailorman, 2:14 1-4; and Hawkins, 2:16 1-4. While Croesus. 2:i(j 1-2, and Dehesia. 2:2;^ 1-4, did not have as fast a record a;^ some of the others, yet they had a great deal of speed, and their admirable way of trotting gained for them general admiration from the spectators. Pacers — (Gallagher, 2:03 1-2; Cas- cade, 2:06 1-2; Edwin S., 2:08; Frank S., 2:08 1-4; Louise (i., 2 ;o8 1-2; Phoebon \V., 2:08 3-4; Billy Patten, 2:09 1-4: Easter Direct, 2:09 1-2; Reliance, 2:11 1-4: Young Chimes. 2:11 1-2; .\intree. 2.10 3-4; Dean Swift, 2:12 1-4; johnny Smoker, 2:12 1-2; Lady Laurin, 2:13 1-2: Charley King, 2:14 1-4: and Decima Deane, 2:14 1-4. The first matinee was held on July <). and the honors for the afternoon went to Lynn with 30 points, Fellsway getting 24, Metropol- C;HARLEY king, 2:14 1-4 Winner of Four Races in Five Starts in Big Interclub Meets of 1910. by Adna T. Wheelock Owned and Driven 114 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston itan 22, Dorchester 21, and Quannapowitt last with 14 points. The fastest event was won by Charley King, owned by A. T. Wheelock of Dorchester, who paced his second heat in I :04 1-2. The next best performance by the pacers was made by Reliance, from the Lynn Club, beating a fast field, the last heat, in i :o5. For the trotters, The Sailorman, owned by William La Croix of the Lynn Club, did sur- prisingly well by stepping two heats in i :o5. Dehesia, the property of Thomas Brady of the Quannapowitt Club, marched ofi with a heat in I -.O/ ; Billy F., from Fellsway, in i 107, and Willie John, owned by W. J. Ford of Dor- chester, his second heat in i :o6 1-2. The second matinee came on July 16, and, after five races had been decided, rain called the balance of the program off. The Fellsway and Quannapowitt Clubs were tied with 13 points each, Dorchester got 11, Lynn 9, and Metropolitan 8. In the fast classes Re- liance won the pace quite handily and Haw- kins the trot. There was some genuine horse racing at the third matinee of interclub meets at Combina- tion Park, on July 23, the honors going to the Metropolitan Club with 29 points, Lynn and Dorchester getting 22 each, and Fellsway and Quannapowitt 18. Reliance won the feature event of the day, though Cascade captured the first and fastest heat in i 104. Louise G. reeled off a heat in I :o5 in her event, as did Aintree in his class. The best work by the trotters was The Sailor- man winning his heat in i :o5 1-4, Rose Mack a heat in i :o6, and Dehesia one in I -.07. The fourth weekly matinee of the interclub program was on August 6, and resulted in the Metropolitan getting 30 points, the most of any club, Fellsway 2/ points, while Dorches- ter earned 26, Lynn 19, and Quannapowitt 6. This put the Mets in the lead for the series. A new factor entered the field in the fast pacing mare, Easter Direct, who appeared against Reliance and others of that class, and made good the promise of her friends in the Fellsway Club by capturing the event in straight heats, the second one in i 104 3-4. The Mets had out a pretty slick one, too, in Edwin S., who reeled off his second heat in 1 105, the same time that was made by Lady Laurin in her class. But if there was plenty of fun in the pacing events, then the trotting classes were regular hurrahs in the way they fairly burned up the track. Chase, the trotting gelding that had been raced by C. H. Belledeu so successfully on the Charles River Speedway, had been purchased by Chauncy Sears of Fall River, and made his debut in Class F against The Sailorman and Mack Mack. The last named gelding George Graves had been racing in matinees over the Readville track under the colors of the Boston Driving Club. Whea the smoke of the battle cleared in this event, it was found that Chase headed the summary with two heats in the remarkable time of I :o3 3-4, I :04 1-2. The next interclub matinee came on Au- gust 13, and the largest crowd of the season was attracted by the announcement that the celebrated pacer, Gallagher, 2:03 1-2, had been purchased by J. O. Reay and E. F. Adams, of the Metropolitan Club, and was going to make his appearance in Class D against the stars of the interclub meets. Bob Thompson drove the gelding, and while he did not have any picnic, yet the judges saw him first at the wire by a margin of a half-length each time, and, in winning these heats, he lowered the track record to I :o2 1-4, and came back in his second heat in i 103 1-4. Easter Direct drove him out in the first in- stance, and Reliance got the place the next time. A very close second to Gallagher in secur- ing honors of the day were Lady Laurin and Louise G., the latter stepping off the first heat in 1 :03 3-4, and was then barely beaten by Lady Laurin in i :o3 1-4 and i :04 1-2. An- other whirlwind pacer to take part was Billy Patten, who was out to take the measure of Edwin S., but just fell short, though making the winner tramp the last heat in i 104 1-2. Then to show there was no hard feeling, Charley King and Billy Baggs hooked up in a tremendous battle, Billy getting the first heat in 1 105. After that Charley King had all he could do to stall oft' Pointer Patchen, the final heat being in i :o4 1-2. Remembering the decision of the previous week, (George Graves was out with blood in his eye to take the measure of Chase with his Mack Mack. The first heat went to Chase in I :o6 3-4, The Sailorman being the contender. Then Mack Mack came to life and annexed the second one in i :o6 1-2, just nipping Tlie Sailorman a few feet from the wire. The third heat was another duel between these two, Mack Mack barely getting the verdict, in the fast time of i :o4. Ralph Wick took part in this interclub entertainment for the first time, he being en- tered in Class G. and the champion half-mile campaigner of the world won easily, turning the track the last heat in i :o6. Geiger, from the Metropolitan, in his event reeled off a tri]) in I :o(). Rose Mack and Monroe each did a heat in i :o6 1-4, and Willie John kept busy The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 115 the second heat of his race by negotiating it in I :o6 1-2. The points for this session stood : Met- ropohtan 31. Fellsway 27, Lynn 22, Dorches- ter 21, and Quannapowitt 6. The final interckib meet was held at Com- bination Park on August 20, and the result of the afternoon's races gave Lynn 28 points, Fellsway 26, Metropolitan 25, Dorchester 21, and Quannapowitt 11. The Metropolitan won the handsome silver cup, the trophy for the club winning the most points in the series, the score showing 145 for the Charles River Speedway horsemen, 135 for Fellswax, 130 for Lynn, 122 for Dorchester, and 68 for Quannapowitt. With the cup went the honor of the champion driving club of New Eng- land. The trotters held the center of the stage in this matinee, and to square things as they should be, George Moore of Lynn, driving William La Croix's good trotter, The Sailor- man, headed the summary over his bitter rivals. Mack Mack, Chase, etc. The last heat of his event was in i :o3 3-4, just equaling the trotting record of the track, made by Chase on August 6. Reliance and Louise G. were right on edge in their pacing race, and, to the surprise of all, the mare made Reliance pace in i :oi 1-2 the last heat of the event, which lowered the record of the track, recently made by Galla- gher. Other notable features were Edwin S. winning in I :04 1-4, Billy Patten in 1 104 1-2, and Charley King in I 104 1-2. POINTS WON IN INTERCLUB MEETS. CLUBS Mcts. Fells. Lynn Dor. Quann. First Matinee .... 22 24 30 21 14 Second Matinee .. 8 13 11 i.? Third Matinee .... 29 18 22 22 18 Fourth Matinee ..30 2; ig 26 6 Fifth Matinee .... 31 2y 22 21 6 Sixth Matinee 25 26 28 21 11 Total Points ... 145 135 130 122 68 P^iRST M.\Ti.NEE. July 9. 1910. Combination Park, Medford, Class A, Pacing. Dr. Ware, b. g. (Charles Mason) L 2 i i Ella Hal, b.m. (C. N. Clough) F i 5 5 Kremella, b. g. (A. M. Johnson) D 3 4 2 Dean Swift, br. g. ( T. Trnut )M 4 2 ? Ada B., b. m. (H. C. Barrows) Q 5 3 4 Time — 1 :07 1-2, i :o8 1-4, i -07. Class B. trotting. Geiger, blk. g. (A. J. Furbush ) M t : Awning Boy, b. g. (Charles McGovern) L 2 3 Bonnie Patchen, br. g. (H. Buckner) D 4 2 Kitty McGregor, ch. m. (W. Patten) F 3 5 General C. br. g. (W. F. Gibbons) Q 5 4 Time — i :o9 1-2, i .09 1-4. Class C, pacing. Outcast, g. m. (W. F. Sprague) F i I Phoebon W., br. g. (A. C. Furbush) M 2 2 Billy Bags, ro. g. (M. F. Clarke) Q 3 3 Mi.xedwood. blk. g. (M. J. Healy) L 4 4 Onward March, b. g. (F. H. Bellows) D 5 5 Time — i :o6, i :o6 3-4. Class D. trotting. Billy F., b. g. (L. F. Sanborn) F i I Rose Mack, b. m. (F. J. Linnehan) L 2 2 Louise G.. b. m. (W. J. Furbush) M 3 3 Oleander, b. g. (E. G. Emmons) Q 4 4 Baron Patch, b. g. (W. J. Fitzgerald) D 5 S Time — I :o7, I :07 1-2. Class E, pacing. Reliance, b. g. (E. B. Phillips) L i i .\intree, b. g. (W. W. Croft) F 2 2 Ginger B., b, m. (W. B. Pierce) Q 3 3 Cascade, br. g, (T. J. Griffin) D 3 4 Tony D.. g. g. ( E. S. .\dams) M 4 dr Time — i :o5 1-2, i :05. Class F, trotting. Willie John, br. g. (J. W. Ford) D I I Croesus, br. g. (E. B. Phillips) L 2 2 Major Dillard, gr. g. (J. Trout) M 3 3 Maud Bland, b. m. (W. F. Gibbons) Q 4 4 Time — i :o7, i :o6 1-2. Class G, pacing. Billy C. b. g. (W. C. Clark) L 2 i i Johnny Smoker, blk. g. (H. B. Ralston) M i 5 2 Prairie Queen, h. m. (J. R. Trazier) D.... 5 2 3 Harrv Wilkes, b. g. (Fred Rideout) F ? 3 4 Maud F., blk. m. (D. Leary) Q 4 4 5 Time — J :g6 1-2, i :o8, i ;o6. Class H, trotting. The Sailorman, b. g. (William La Croix) L.. i i \'ictor C, g. g. (J. Trout) M 2 3 Fred C. b. g. (L. F. Sanborn) F 4 2 Carl C, b. g. (P. O'Hearn) D 3 4 Crown Prince, ch. g. (G. A. Cowdrey) Q.... 5 5 Time — i :05, i :05. Class I. pacing. Charley King, blk. g. (A. T. Wheelock) D. . i i Emily, b. m. (J. O. Reay) M 4 2 F. E. R., b. g. (W. F. Gibbons) Q 2 4 Decima Deane, b. m. (F. E. Morrison) F.... 3 3 Lady Laurin, br, m. (F. J. Linnehan) L 5 5 Time — I :o6 1-2, i :04 1-2. Class J, trotting. Dehesia, b. m. (Thomas Brady) Q i i Klondyke, br. g. (M. McDermott ) D 2 2 Dodie K., blk. m. (W. J. McDonald) M.... 4 3 Hawkins, blk. g, (E. H. Merrow) F 3 4 Peter Sterling, br. g. (J. Cullen) L 5 5 Time — i :a8, i :o7. Second M.^tinee, July 16, 1910. Combination Park. Medford, Class A, trotting. Hawkins, blk. g. (E. H. Merrow) F i i Klondyke. br. g. (M. McDermott) D 4 2 Dehesia, b. m. (T. F. Brady) Q 2 4 Dodie K.. blk. m. (W. J. McDonald) M 3 3 Time — 1 :07 1-2. i :o6 1-4. Class B, pacing. Kremella, b. g. (A. M. Johnson) D I i Dr. Ware, b. g. (Charles Mason) L 3 2 Ella Hal. b. m. (W. W. Croft) F 2 3 Harry M.. g. g. (F. Churchill) Q 4 4 Time — i :o6, i :o6 3-4. ii6 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston Class C, trotting. Geiger, blk. g. (A. J. Furbush) M i ^ I Isabelle. b. m. (B. W. Weeks) F 2 2 Baron Patch, b. g. (W. J. Fitzgerald) D 3 3 Maud Bland, b. m. ( W. F. Gibbons) Q 4 4 Time — i :o8 i-2, i :o8 i-2. Class D, pacing. • Billy Baggs, r. g. (M. F. Clark) Q i 3 I Decima Deane, b. m. (F. E. Morrison) F. .514 Dean Swift, br. g. (J. Trout) M 3 2 2 Billy C, b. g. (W. C. Clark) L 245 Manila Boy, b. g. (J. W. Wentworth) D.. 4 5 3 Time^i :o7 1-2, i :o8, i :io 1-2. Class F, pacing. Reliance, b. g. (E. B. Phillips) L I i Ginger B., b. m. (W. B. Pierce) Q 2 2 Cascade, br. g. (T. J. Griffin) D 3 3 Tony D., g. g. (E. S. Adams) M 4 dr Time — i :os 3-4, i :o6. Third Matinee, July 23, 1910. Combination Park, Medford, Class A, trotting. Dehesia, b. m. (Thomas F. Bradv) Q I i Hawkins, blk. g. (E. H. Merrow) F 2 2 Willie John, br. g. (W. J. Ford) D 3 3 Time — i :o8, i :o7. Class B, pacing. Phoebon W., br. g. (A. C. Furbush) M i i Billy Baggs, r. g. (M. F. Clark) Q 2 2 Kremella, b. g. (A.M.Johnson) D 3 4 Billy C, b. g. (W. C. Clark) L 5 3 Outcast, g. m. (W. Sprague) F 4 5 Time — i :o6 1-4, i :o6 1-2. Class C, trotting. Rose Mack, b. m. (F. J. Linnehan) L i i Monroe, b. g. (Dr. Jackson) M 3 2 Billy J., b.g. (L. F. Sanborn) F 2 3 Klondyke, br. g. (M. McDermott) D 4 4 Time — i :o8, i :o6. Class D, pacing. Reliance, br. g. (E. B. Phillips) L 2 l i Cascade, br. g. (T. J. Griffin) D i 2 3 Ginger B., b. m. (W. B. Pierce) Q 3 5 2 Miss Cadmus b,.m. (A. C. Furbush ) M 4 3 .=; Young Chimes, b. g. (K. Forshner) F.... 5 4 4 Time— I 104. i 104 3-4, 1 :o5 3-4- Class E, trotting. The Sailorman. b. g. (William La Croix) L.. 1 l Fred C, b. g. (L. F. Sanborn) F 3 2 Crown Prince, ch. g. (G. A. Cowdrey) Q.... 2 3 Victor C, g. g. (J. Trout) M 4 4 Time— I :05 3-4, i :05 1-4. Class F, pacing. Louise G., b. m. (W. J. Furbush) M i I Charley King, blk. g. (A. T. Wheelock) D. ... 2 2 Ladv Laurin. br. m. (F. J. Linnehan) L.... 3 3 W. H. B., b. g. (W. H. Bird) Q 4 4 Time — i :05 1-2, i :o5. Class G, trotting. Geiger, blk. g. (A. J. Furbush) M 2 i i Baron Patch, b. g. (W. J. Fitzgerald) D.. 124 Marine, b. m. (H. P. Hubbard) Q 4 3 2 Awning Boy, b. g. (Charles McGovern) L 3 4 3 Time — i :09 1-2, i .09, I :io. Class H, pacing. Aintree, b. g. (W. W. Croft) F 2 i i lone, b. m. (R. G. Crosby) D i 2 2 Mixedwood, blk. g. (M. J. Healey) L 3 3 4 Emily, b. m. (J. O. Reay) M 4 4 3 Maud F., blk. m. (D. Leary) Q 5 dr Time — i :o6. i :05, i :05 1-4. Class I, trotting. Dodie K., blk. m. ( W. J. McDonald) M i i General C, br. g. (W. F. Gibbons) Q 2 2 Isabelle. b. m. (B. W. Weeks) F 3 3 Time — 1 :io 1-4, i ;io 1-2. Class J. pacing. Manila Boy, b. g. (J. W. Wentworth) D i i Country Guy, ch. g. (M. Buffington) M 4 2 Decima Deane, b. m. (F. E. Morrison) F.... 2 4 Dr. Ware, b. g. (Charles Mason) L 3 3 Time — i :07 1-4, 1 :07 1-2. Fourth M.\tinee, August 6, 1910. Combination Park, Medford, Class A, pacing. Harry Wilkes, b. g. (F. Rideout) F I 1 Manila Boy, b. g. (Eldredge) D 2 2 Dean Swift, b. g. (J. Trout) M 3 3 Dr. Ware, b. g. (Page) L 4 4 Ada B., b. m. (H. C. Burrows) Q 5 5 Time — i :o8, 1 107 3-4. Class B, trotting. Geiger, blk. g. (Bailey) M i i Baron Patch, b. g. (W. J. Fitzgerald) D 2 2 Awning Boy, b. g. (C. McGovern) L 4 3 Major Green, ch. g. (Thyng) F 3 4 General C, br. g. (W. F. Gibbons) Q 5 5 Time — I :o8 3-4, i :o8 3-4. Class C, pacing. Easter Direct, b. m. (L. P. Trembley) F.... I i Reliance, b. g. (Page) L 2 2 Ginger B., b. m. (W. B. Pierce) Q 3 3 Cascade, br. g. (Morgan) D 5 4 Louise G., b. m. (Bailey) M 4 5 Time— I :05, i :04 3-4. Class D, trotting. Hawkins, blk. g. (K. Forshner) F i i Rose Mack, b. m. (O'Brien) L 2 2 Victor C, g. g. (J. Trout) M 4 3 Dehesia, b. m. (Thomas F. Brady) Q 3 4 Time — i :07 1-2, i :o6 1-2. Class E. pacing. Edwin S.,ch. g. (H. H. Reed) M I i Outcast, g. m. (W. Sprague) F 2 2 Kremella. b. g. (A.M.Johnson) D 4 3 Billy Baggs, r. g. (M. F. Clark) Q 3 5 Billy C. b. g. ( W. C. Clark) L 5 4 Time — i :o5 1-2, i :05. Class F, trotting. Chase, b. g. (Chauncy Sears) M i 1 The Sailorman, b. g. (William La Croix) L. . 32 Mack Mack, b. g. (George Graves) F 2 3 Crown Prince, ch. g. (G. A. Cowdrey) Q.... 4 4 Carl C, b. g. (P. O'Hearn) D 5 S Time — i :03 3-4, I :04 1-2. Class G, pacing. Lady Laurin, br. m. (James O'Brien) L I I Aintree, b. g. ( W. W. Croft) F 2 3 lone, b. m. (R. G. Crosby) D 4 2 Phoebon W., br. g. (A. C- Furbush) M 3 4 W. H. B., b. g. (W. H. Bird) Q 5 5 Time — i :05 i-4i i :05. The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 117 Class H, trotting. Klondvke, br. g. (M. McDermott) D 3 I I Dodie K., blk. m. (W. J. McDonald) M.. 133 Little Bill, b. g. (A. Jameson) F 2 2 2 Maxine, b. m. (H. P. Hubbard) Q 4 4 4 Noble Grand, b. h. (M. Page) L 5 5 5 Time — 1:081-2, 1:07, 1:061-2. Class I, pacing. Charley King, blk. g. (A. T. Wheelock) D.. I i (Miss Cadmus, b. m. (A. C. Furbush) M.... 3 2 Mixed wood, blk. g. (M. J. Healey) L 2 4 Voung Chimes, b. g. (K. Forshner) F 4 3 Maud F., blk. m. (D. Leary) Q 5 5 Time — I :o6, I :o6 1-4. Class J. trotting. Willie John, br. g. (W. J. Ford) D i r Billy J., b. g. (L. F. Sanborn) F 3 2 Monroe, b. g. (Dr. Jackson) M 2 3 Oleander, b. g. (E. G. Emmons) Q 4 dr Time — I :o7, i .oy. Fifth Matinee, Ai'gust 13, igio. Combination Park, Medford, Class A, trotting. Geiger, blk. g. (Thompson) M i i Billy J., b. g. (Forshner) F 3 2 Baron Patch, b. g. (Fitzgerald) D 2 4 Awning Boy, b. g. (McGovern) L 4 3 General C, br. g. (Gibbons) Q 5 5 Time — i :o8 1-2, i :o6. Class B, pacing. Aintree, b. g. (Forshner) F i i Dr. Ware. b. g. (Page) L 4 2 Dean Swift, b. g. (Trout) M 2 4 Kremella. b. g. (Eldredge) D 3 3 Ada B., b. m. (Barrows) Q 5 5 Time — I :o8 3-4, i ;o6. Class C, trotting. Mack Mack, b. g, (Graves) F 5 i i Chase, b. g. (Babin) M i 5 3 The Sailorman, b. g. (Moore) L 2 2 2 Crown Prince, ch. g. (Gibbons) Q 3 3 4 Carl C, b. g.'(O'Donnell) D 4 4 5 Time — 1:063-4, 1:061-2, 1:04. Class D, pacing. Gallagher, b. g. (Thompson) M i i Reliance, b. g. (Page) L 3 2 Easter Direct, b. m. (Trembley) F 2 4 Ginger B., b, m. (Gibbons) Q 4 3 Cascade, br. g. (Kinsley) D 5 5 Time — i :02 1-4, i :03 1-4. Class E, trotting. Rose Mack, b. m. (O'Brien) L 2 i 2 i Hawkins, blk. g. (Forshner) F 4 2 i 3 Monroe, b. g. (Bailey) M i 4 4 2 Dehesia, b. m. (Brady) Q 3 3 3 dr Time — i :o6 1-4, i :o6 1-4, i :o6 3-4, i :o6 1-2, Class F, pacing. Lady Laurin, br. m. (O'Brien) L 2 i 1 Louise G., b. m. ( Bailey) M i 2 2 Frank S.. br. g. (Forshner) F 4 3 3 B. S. Dillon, ch. g. (Eldredge) D 3 4 4 Maud F.. blk. m. (Leary) Q 5 5 dr Time — 1:033-4, 1:031-4, 1:041-2. Class G, trotting. Ralph Wick, b. g. (Paige) D i 3 1 Octavia, b. g. (Dorr) M 4 i 2 Derby Directly, br. g. (Carpenter) L 2 2 3 Fancy Frank, blk. g. (Trembley) V 3 4 5 Maxine, b. m. (Gibbons) Q 5 5 4 Time — i :oy 3-4, I :07 1-2, I :o6. Class H, pacing. Edwin S., ch. g. (Bailey) M I i Billy Patten, b. g. (O'Neil) F 3 2 lone, b. m. (Eldredge) D 2 5 Mixedwood, blk. g. (Healey) L 4 3 Harry M., g. g. (Churchill) Q 5 4 Time — i :04 1-2, I :04 1-2. Class I, trotting. Willie John, b. g. (Ford) D 4 I i Little Bill, b. g. (Ralston) F i 3 2 \4ctor C, g. g. (Trout) M 2 2 3 Barronette, blk. g. (Gibbons) Q 3 4 4 Noble Grand, br. h, (Page) L 5 5 5 Time — i :o8 3-4, i :o6 1-2, i :c~. Class J, pacing. Charley King, blk. g. (Wheelock) D 3 i i Billy Baggs, r. g. (Clark) Q i 5 5 Pointer Patchen, ch. g. (Sullivan) F 4 3 2 Billy C, b. g. (Clark) L 523 Miss Cadmus, b. m. (Furbush) M 2 4 4 Time — I :05, i :04 1-4, i :04 1-2. Sixth Matinee, August 20, 1910. Combination Park, Medford, Class A, trotting. Little Bill. b. g. (A.Jameson) F i i Alfredi, b. h. (J. Wells) L 2 2 Geiger, blk. g. (A. J. Furbush ) 3 3 Baron Patch, b. g. (W. J. Fitzgerald) D 5 4 Barronette, blk. g. (W. M. Christie) Q 4 5 Time — i :09, i :o8. Class B. pacing. Edwin S., ch. g. (H. H. Reed) M i i Frank S., br. g. (J. Sullivan) F 3 2 Lady Laurin, br. m. (F. J. Linnehan) L.... 2 3 B. S. Dillon, ch. g. (F. A. Winslow) D 5 4 Maud F., blk. m. (D. Leary) Q 4 5 Time — i :04 1-4, i :04 1-2. Class C, trotting. The Sailorman, b. g. (William La Croix) L.. 11 Mack Mack, b. g. (George Graves) F 2 2 Crown Prince, ch. g. (G. A. Cowdrey) Q.... 3 4 Chase, b. g. (Chauncy Sears) M 5 3 Carl C, b. g. (P. O'Hearn) D 4 5 Time— I :o5, i :o3 3-4- Class D, pacing. Billy Patten, b. g. (W. O'Neil) F i i Barbara D., ch. m. (A. J. Furbush) M 3 2 Captain Sampson, g. g. (F. M. Burke) L.... 2 3 Ada B., b. m. (H. C. Barrows) Q 4 4 irime — I :o6 1-4, i :04 1-2. Class E, trotting. Monroe, b. g. (Dr. Jackson) M i i Rose Mack, b. m. (F. J. Linnehan) L 3 2 Dehesia, b. m. (T. F. Brady) Q 2 3 Remsen Robinson, b. g. (J. Miller) F 4 4 Time — l :07 1-2, i :07. ii8 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston Class F, pacing. Reliance, b. g. (E. B. Phillips) L i i Louise G.. b. m. (W. J. Furbush) M 2 2 Ginger B.. b. m. (W. B. Pierce) Q 3 3 Cascade, br. g. (T. J. Griffin) D 4 4 Time— I :03 i-2, I :oi i-2. . Class G, pacing. Ralph Wick, b. g. (Peter Allen) D i i Hawkins, blk. g. (E. H. Merrow) F 3 2 Derby Directly, br. g. (F. M. Burke) L 2 3 Maxine, b. m. (H. P. Hubbard) Q 4 4 Octavia, b. g. (H.Wood) M 5 5 Time— I :o7 3-4, i :o7. Class H, pacing Mixed wood, blk. Manila Boy, b. g y. (M. J. Healey) L i I (J. W. Went worth) D.... 2 2 Miss Cadmus, b. m. (A. C. Furbush) M 3 3 Aintree. b. g. (W. W. Croft) F 4 4 Time — i :o6 1-2, i :o6 1-2. Class I. trotting. Willie John, b. g. (W. J. Ford) D i I Victor C. g. g. (J. Trout) M 2 2 Harry Brino, br. g. (Thompson and Brooks) F 3 3 General C, br. g. (W. F. Gibbons) Q 4 4 Time — i ;o6 3-4, i :o6 1-2 Class J. pacing. Charley King, b. g. (A. T. Wheelock) D i I Pointer Patchen. ch. g. (J. Sullivan) F 3 2 Billv Baggs, r. g. (M. F. Clark) Q 2 4 Billy C, b. g. (W. C. Clark) L 5 3 Leanone. blk. m. (P. Smith) M 4 S Time — i :o6, i :04i-2. Kenoza Club Defeats Fellsways by Taking Four of the Races Ox September 30, 191 1, the Ke- noza Driving Club of Haverhill met the Fellsway Club on the home grounds of the latter, at Combination Park, in an inter- club meet, which resulted in the visi- tors taking four of the seven races, al- though the Fellsways succeeded in capturing live of the seven red ribbons. The track was heavy from recent rains, which made the time slow. The feature event was the meeting of Wilkes Heart, 2:061-4, owned by Warren Kimball, of Haverhill, Dr. Chase, 2:101-4, owned by L. F. Sanborn, and Demarest, 2:061-4, the property of W. J. McDonald, the last two named racing under the colors of the Fells- way. Wilkes Heart reeled off the race in straight heats, driven out by Dr. Chase, and made the fastest time of the afternoon, I :o8 1-2, I :o9. The fastest pacing event was won by Simons, from the stable of A. Wallace, of Haverhill, his principal opposition coming from Decima Deane, the property of Frank Morrison of the Fellsway Club. The sum- mary : Combination Park, Medford, Sept. 30, 191 1. — Class A, trotting. Wilkes Heart, b. g. (W. Kimball) H i i Dr. Chase, ch. g. (L. F. Sanborn) F 2 2 Demarest, b. g. (W. J. McDonald) F 3 3 Snowbird, gr. g. (P. Doherty) H 4 4 Time — i :o8 1-2, i :o9. Class B, trotting. La Buda, b. m. (McDonald) F 2 i 1 Dehesia. b. m. (T. F. Brady) F i 2 2 Belle Chime, b. m. (E. C. Miller) H 3 3 3 Time— I :I2 1-2, i :ii 3-4, i :I2. Class C, trotting and pacing. Watchman, b. g. (Welch) F i 1 Go See. b. g. (Fitzgerald) F 2 2 Mascal, b. g. (R. P. Wood) H 3 3 Time — 1:161-4, 1:143-4. Class D, pacing. Richard Griffin, b. g. (Minkler) F i i Epping Boy, gr. g. (J. Dugan)_ H 2 2 Johnny D.,' b. g. (G. A. Leathers) H 4 3 Maud C, b. m. (Cromwell) H 3 4 Time — i :I3 1-2, I :I4. Class E, pacing. Dan S., b. g. (Fred Rowe) H i i Paul Boone, b. g. (J. Fuller) H 2 2 Independence, ch. g. (F. Brown) F 3 3 Doctor, b. g. (Twombly) F 4 4 Time — i :I2 1-2, i :i3. Class F, pacing. Simons, b. g. (A.Wallace) H I I Decima Deane. b. m. (Morrison) F 2 2 Joe Harris, b. g. (Miller) H 4 3 Bessie H., bl. m. (Hartz) F 3 4 Time — i :il, i :I2. Class G, pacing. Upper Dyke, b. g. (H. W. Watson) H i 1 Color Bearer, b. g. (W. Gowan) F 2 2 Time — i :i4, I :I2. Facts and Anecdotes of Prominent Events of the Turf ARTHUR H. PARKER Breeder of the World's Champion Trotter-- Uhlan, 1:58 Uhlan, the World's Champion Trotter, His Breeder and His Trainer I'.v Edward E. Cogswcl For sczrii years Mr. Cogsz^'cll i^'as Turf Edi- tor of the Boston Traveler, and for eight years held a similar position on the Boston American. He zvas Nezi' England correspondent for the Horse Reziezi', Trotter and Pacer, and the Asso- ciated Press during these years. Before taking lip iieii'spaper zvork Mr. Cogszvel! conducted a public training stable at Beacon Park, at Mystic Park and in the employ of such noted breeders as B. D. U'hitcomb. U\ H. Moody. Com. George Perkins, etc.. zcinning one season the John B. Clarke prize in lozvering all Nezc Hampshire records by a trotter bred in the Granite State. This he accomplished zt'ith the mare Thetis. Mr. Cogszvell was born in Roxbury. Mass., and is en- rolled as an Honorary Member in the Metro- politan. Dorchester, and Ecllszcay Priz'iiig Clubs. UHLAX, I :58, the fastest trotter in the world, as is very well known, was bred by Arthur H. Parker, owner of the Shawsheen River Stock Farm, I'.edford, Alass. In the Fall of 1900 Mr. Parker purchased from Dr. H. L. Alderman, of Lexington, Alass., the mare Blonde, by Sir Walter, Jr., 2:18 1-4, and another mare, for which he paid $450 for the pair. In the Spring of 1901 Blonde was bred to Bingen, 2 :o6 1-4, the produce being Lexington, that afterwards took a matinee record of 2:15 1-4. The latter being a small and disapi>ointing foal, Mr. Parker didn't breed Blonde in 1902, but Lexington showed so much promise when a yearling that he bred her back to Bingen in the Spring of 1903. and the following year she produced Uhlan. Ed. McGrath, trainer at Shawsheen Farm, did nothing with Uhlan until the Fall of 1905. and then started working him to cart, but the only gait he seemed to have was a saddle gait, and it took ^IcGrath two weeks to get him out of it, and the only way he could do it was to run him out. He kept at him this way until he finally got him on the trot. Uhlan was driven on the snow that Winter, and on April 28. the following Spring, won a race over the farm track of half-mile heats in i :22 1-2, and two weeks later he worked a half mile in i :i7. He was then turned loose for ten weeks. Then, taken up and driven a little and sent to Readville, where, right off, he stepped a mile in 2:28, one-quarter in 35 seconds. The following Winter, 1906 and '07. Mr. Parker took him over to Charles River Speed- way, where he most favorably impressed a great many people who saw him step. Mr. Parker offered him for sale for $1,500, but found no takers. Early in May, he started in a race of half-mile heats against aged horses over the farm track, winning in i :ii 1-2, I :iO, and 1:12. Mr. Parker took him to Readville early in July, and started him in three mati- nees of the Gentlemen's Driving Club, winning all in straight heats, one in 2:21 1-4. Charles Sanders, of Salem, Mass., was favorably impressed by the colt's performance, and asked Mr. Parker to put a price on him, and ]\lr. Parker named $2,500. Two or three clays later Mr. Parker worked Uhlan a mile for ^Ir. Sanders in 2:20. and repeated in 2:161-4. Mr. Sanders bought him at once, and the following week drove him a mile to wagon in a winning race in 2:13 3-4. Uhlan's racing career in iyo8, as a four- year-old, was under the charge of Robert Proctor, the well known Readville track trainer and driver, who won with the noted gelding all the races with the exception of one. taking a record of 2:07 1-4. The season of 1909 Trainer Proctor had Uhlan in rare condition, as at the Cleveland track, he made Hamburg Belle establish a new world's race record for trotters, of The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 2:01 1-4. in order to beat him. The race was apparently what Uhlan wanted to shape him up. as at Readville, he turned the tables on the mare, and the result of the race caused C. K. G. Billings, the multi-mil- lionaire of Chicago, 111., to buy Uhlan from Mr. Sanders for $35,000. With the change of ownership the horse was taken from Mr. Proctor and given in charge of Mr. Billings' trainer, Charles Tanner, who the following year gave him a record of i 158 3-4. Before retiring him from the turf, Mr. Tanner suc- ceeded in still further reducing Uhlan's rec- ord by giving him a mark of i 158, in the sea- son of 1912. Mr. Tanner, who had the handling of the world's greatest trotter in all of his record breaking heats, and even toured Eu- rope with him, even so far as the distant land of Russia, exhibiting him before the crown heads of the European countries, has fre- quently given Mr. Proctor great credit for the condition that Uhlan was in when received by him, and the marvelous performances which he afterwards made. It is due to Mr. Proctor that we quote what Mr. Tanner has said, as follows : "I want to pay Proctor the compliment of saying that the condition in which Uhlan then was, considering what had been done with him, was the best possible evidence of the skill with which he had been prepared and trained. While it was reserved for me to make him a true two-minute trotter, Proctor had already demonstrated that he was close to one in the Randall track race in which, trotting outside Hamburg Belle all the way, he had finished at her throatlatch in 2:01 1-4 — which, all things considered, was nearly, if not fully, equal to a dress parade mile in two minutes, with everything in his favor. "He came into my hands in absolutely per- fect physical condition. There was not a pimple visible upon his legs, he was stout and fresh, carrying as much or more flesh than when I first saw him weeks before, and he had all his 'whizz.' His manners also testified to the care with which he had been educated. In public his deportment has always been so good that few people, perhaps, have any idea how liighly organized he really is. "I hardly need to say that any horse which trots in two minutes must be keyed high, but that is no reason why they should not have good manners. It is easy to render them bad- mannered, however, and Uhlan could have been spoiled early in his career, had he not been handled judiciously. He is not only high- strung, with a decided will of his own, but he IS also a very wise horse — I have come in con- tact with few as brainy and that had as much true individuality. "That I found him so tractable I think one of the most creditable things in connection with his development and something upon which Proctor can justly pride himself. "It was on Wednesday that Uhlan was bought and I shipped him to the Randall track at once, for there was to be a matinee there the next Saturday and Mr. Billings was coming on from New York to take his first drive behind him. This being the case. I asked Proctor to be on hand also, in order that he might "put us next' to the gelding's pecul- iarities, which he did exhaustively, taking great pains to explain everything which he thought would be essential for us to know. "The day in question proved a very un- pleasant one, cold and raw, with a slow track. In consequence, Mr. Billings did little more than jog Uhlan, driving him a mile in 2:14 3-4, to wagon, only, with the last quarter in 30 3-4S., after Proctor had driven him a mile to sulky in 2:05 1-2, the last half in I :oi 1-2, which he did so easily that Mr. Bil- lings was much pleased with him. "About his shoeing. It has already been published that I made some quite radical changes in this from the methods employed by Proctor, so I may as well say that I did, but in doing so I do not want to be under- stood as criticising the way in which Proctor balanced him. When a trainer can do what Proctor did with Uhlan, what call is there for criticism? However, he balanced him, as bal- anced he certainly must have been. But every trainer has his own ideas of gait and balance, and likes to apply them. If I changed Uhlan, it was not because I wanted to criticise Proc- tor, but because I wanted to rig the horse my way and see if he would not go good so rigged. It shows what a great horse he was that he could break records rigged both ways. Probably if he was then to have passed into the hands of some other trainer, he might have made changes in him to correspond with his own ideas, and he would have continued to break records." Uhlan was trained on what has been called the "mile upon mile" system. Of course he was given some brush work, but the most he got he gave himself. He did this the davs he was jogged. It was his habit to "light out," in- variably, at some time during his exercise, and sprint a hundred yards or so about as fast as he could go. Sometimes he would only do this once, sometimes he would do it two or three times, and he was generally allowed to have his way about it. This, as much as anv- thine:, made him always have his speed with him. His track work was chiefly given him The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 123 with a view of enaljlin^^ him to carry his speed. Going into the breeding of Uhlan, it is found that his dam, Blonde, was bred by Dr. Harry L. Alderman, of Lexington, Mass., who owned Brunette, the dam of Blonde, which he pur- chased from his father. Dr. Alderman says that Blonde had plenty of spirit and a will of her own. It would never do to flash a whip on her. She had a lot of natural speed, and would have been a very fast trotter had she not met with an accident when she was a two-year-old and injured one of her hind legs, which proved permanent in its nature. He tried to train her, but after she got to a certain point in her training this trouble al- ways developed, and he gave it up in disgust. At that, right out of his road wagon, hitched to a sulky, Jere O'Neil drove her a quarter in 35 seconds. Uhlan inherited his tremendous speed, as is shown, not only from his sire and dam, but his grand-dam. Brunette, as well. Trainer John Trout, for a number of years manager of the Club stables at Charles River Speed- way, drove Brunette in all her races, and gave her a record of 2:30 1-4. In speaking of Brunette, Mr. Trout gave her career, while in his hands, as follows : "Brunette was a black mare, standing I should say, over 15 hands, well proportioned, and carried plenty of flesh upon her ribs, good all over till you got down to her hocks, which were pretty bad, and she gave me a good deal of trouble to keep her in racing form, in fact, I had to cocaine her very freely in order to get her to race at all. It was her weakness here that was the ultimate cause of her break-down. She was sent to me the Spring of 1887, when I and my son, Allie, were located at Mystic Park. She was then owned by Dan Beckler. I had seen the mare before she came to me, at Beacon Park, where she impressed me favorably. I started her for the first time in a 2 150 class, at a one-day meeting, held over the old half-mile track then called Norfolk Park, Readville, Mass. This was on June 17th, and she won very handily in straight heats. I started her eight times that year and she won six races for me. One race at Haverhill she was off, and I had to draw her after she had gone four or five heats. The other race was the one in which she broke down in the first heat, and never afterwards started. "She was trained some the following Spring by Jock Bowen at Mystic Park, but she could not stand the prep. She was a game, level-headed mare, and as pleasant a driver as I ever had to do with. She never made a break, was absolutely dependable under all circumstances and conditions, and I could place her wherever I liked, race her in behind other horses, or lay her along beside them, and whenever I got ready to move, a cluck and a touch of the whip on the shoulder was all sufficient. She knew what was wanted of her, and she was always there with the goods to deliver. "As a matter of fact, she was a much faster mare than her record would indicate, for I drove her a mile in a work-out over the Tilton (N. H.) half-mile track in 2:19 1-2, timed by at least two outside parties, and when you re- call that those were high-wheel sulky days, you will appreciate that was going some. "Brunette carried her head quite low, with her ears pricked forward, as if she had her at- tention fixed on something ahead of her. She was a good, clean-gaited trotter, but carried her hind feet a little to the outside in passing by her front feet. She had fairly good action, but not excessive. She was always a good doer, never missed a feed. I think I can see some of her gait in her wonderful grand-son, Uhlan, though she never had the high action in front that he has. "Brunette was brought from Kentucky with another mare by W. C. France, and the pair was traded to Dick McGlue of Lynn, who drove them to pole. I think he sold' her to a man who resided near Beacon Park. In any event, I used to see the mare over there be- fore she came into the possession of Dan Beckler. Mr. France, I believe, tried to trace the breeding of Brunette, and he told me that he learned that she was sired by a saddle horse, and that her dam was trotting bred. This is about all that I know regarding her breeding, but I do know that she was a wonderful trot- ter for those days.'' ARTHUR H. PARKER.-Breederof Uhlan Since his advent in the breeding of the light harness horse, Mr. Parker has made a name for himself with the topmost breeders of this country. At Shawsheen River Farm, Bedford, where Lilian was bred, is one of the best locations in the vicinitv of Boston for the rearing and developing of voung horses. It is situated on an elevation that permits of one to look for miles up the valley of the Shawsheen River. On the farm are three mansions, as, besides Mr. Parker, his two brothers reside in homes erected and furnished with the ele- gance of wealth. Good, commodious barns contain every comfort for their inmates, as, besides the horses, are kept a herd of cows, the milk supply being sent to I'oston. The 124 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston laml is in the highest state of cultivation, considerable of it being used for market gardening, the product of which also goes to Boston. A number of years ago Mr. I'arker had training stables erected on a plot of land be- yond the other buildings, and close by was built a half-mile track. The footing on (liis track is excellent, fully equal to that found on any two-lapped course in the country. It is here that Mr. Parker, with his trainer. Eddie McGrath, spends his happiest hours in developing youngsters. With keen eyes, he watches their improvement. Impromptu races are held between Mr. Parker and his brothers during the Summer at the track. It is a practice for each to pick a favorite youngster, possibly when it is a suckling or a yearling, and the three agree to a match race when the colts are either two or three years old. Every effort is exerted in bring- ing the colts to the wire in condition to win, each taking as much interest in his pet as though to win a big futurity stake valued at thousands of dollars. Older horses in training are often matched one day to race the next, one of the brothers possiblv believ- ing that with a different driver the horse will be able to trot faster. When Mv. I'arker decided to become the breeder of the trotting horse, his advent was most spectacular. None present at the [- ! Give me a dollar a day, eh ! Probably he thinks that a dollar would last me as long as it does him, and if it did it would last several days!" It is said that in the early days of Mystic "Uncle Jock" was in a race over that course, driving a horse heavily backed to win. He had won a heat, but another had three when he came to his stalls and ordered the boys to get his horse out into the air as soon as jiossible. "A\'hy, the race is over," said one of tlie grooms to the veteran. "Don't tell me that — I know m\- liusiness," was the answer made. Down to the judges' stand went "Uncle Jock" behind his horse when the heat of the other race on was over. Seeing none of the horses in his race on the track he asked the judges what the trouble was, and they laugh- ingly told him the event was completed. Immediately those in hearing distance set up a roar, but it did not disconcert "Uncle Jock" at all, for as he climbed out of the sulky to allow the bov to take the horse back to the stable, he grufiflv said : "Well, that's all that beat me." CH.\PTER VI Lexington, Mass., Has the Honor of Having First Driving Club THE town of Le.vington, Mass., which occupied such a prominent place in the early history of our country, should be as well known as the home of many of the fore- most horsemen of bygone days. Just after the Civil War the leading gentlemen of the place organized the Lexington Driving Club, and built the half-mile track where William O'Neil has trained his horses for many years. The race course was completed in 1865, the year before Mystic track. The members of that old driving club were James S. Monroe, who owned among others the good old-time trotting stallion, Lexington, which Bob Flanders campaigned, and Colonel William A. Tower, who always had the best to be bought for road purposes, his last horse being Argentine, 2:21 1-4. It was at Air. Tower's stable that Luther Ames, the well-known trainer, first started. He was at Mystic Park for several years, and afterward had charge of B. D. Whitcomb's stock farm at Stratham, N. H. Colonel Tower's son, Richard, was a noted amateur whip in Boston. \VI! I IAN! O.NEIL Who is Located at the Lexington Track Others of the old members were Major Lorin W. Muzzey, a veteran of the rebellion, and at the time the owner of several good campaigners ; Lyman Stratton, later a mer- chant of Concord, N. H., William Witcher, who had the chestnut trotter Romeo, with which he took great pleasure of winning a race every year at the Middlesex County Fair at Concord; Frank Alderman, long known as one of the best colt educators in the state, and whose son. Dr. Harry Alder- man, is now the leading veterinarian of the town ; John Cummings, at that time the larg- est leather manufacturer in the state ; John E. Dodge, a veterinary dentist in Boston, and who was one of the first trainers at the track; Colonel Eben Stone and George B. Pierce, who owned farms near the track ; the latter for a number of years owned Tom Patchen. Then there was the old village blacksmith, William Ham, who always had a trotter, as did later his sons, Walter and Joseph Ham. The next driving clubs in Greater Boston, that we have note of, were organized in the early part of 1882. They were known as the South Boston Driving Club and the East Boston Driving Club. The principal object 138 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston of these organizations was, apparently, in holding interclub meets at Beacon Park a couple of times each year. After a few years these clubs ceased to exist. Nothing more was done in the forming of driving clubs until January 25, 1899, when the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston was organized with the object of building a $10,000 clubhouse at Readville track, and the holding of matinee races at the same place. The officers of that club were: Presi- dent, Albert S. Bigelow ; vice-presidents, J. Malcolm Forbes, Col. J. E. Thayer, George E. Perkins ; treasurer, Frank G. Hall ; secre- T. LEE OUIMBY Secretary G. D. C. 1899-1914 (inclusive), and Sec- retary-Treasurer of League of Amateur Driving Clubs tary, T. Lee Quimby ; directors, George B. Inches, E. C. Swift, Harry Burnett, Charles Whittemore, John Shepard and B. F. Button. An initiation fee of $100 was one of the mo- tions passed at the meeting. This club held matinee races in the Summer months up to the close of 1913. Somerville was early in the field in the revival of matinee clubs, catching the fever through the construction of the Charles River Speedwav, which was expected to be opened in the Summer of 1899. In January, of that vear, it was organized, with the fol- lowing list of officers: President, W. F. Al- meder ; vice-president, George AI. Davis: secretary, H. B. Furlong: treasurer, H. W. Litchfield : directors, L. H. Brown, R. D. Wentworth, Fred Preston, Bard Palmer and William Barstow. Though the Somerville Driving Club started out with brilliant pros- pects, yet only for a few years did it survive, internal dissension being the reported cause of its dropping out of e.xistence. Another club among the list of those that have since outlived their usefulness, was the Shav/mut Driving Club, which was instituted by the business men of the South End Dis- trict of Boston on March 15, 1899. Follow- ing the election of officers a petition was opened asking the Boston Park Commission- ers to set aside a strip of ground on the southerly side of Franklin Field to be used for a speedway. The officers of the club were : President, E. A. Pickard ; vice-presi- dent, Charles B. Wooley; treasurer, A. G. Robinson ; secretarv, A. L. Stark ; directors, A. G. Robinson, 'E. A. Pickard, M. A. Nevens, B. W. Stark, A. W. Davis, H. A. Haven and A. L. Stark. The club started with the membership of about eighty, but i-2. He then successfully handled horses for Dr. Fowler of Moodus, Conn.; 1. H. Richardson, owner of the Thorndak Stock Farm, Andover, Mass.; Commodore (ieorge Perkins, Webster, N. H. ; and for Edwin Rice. In running the clubhouse for the members of the Metropolitan, "Happy Jack" is cer- tainlv in his right element. As a host he is always bubbling over with good humor, can tell a storv well, and has the magnetism that attracts friends. A day spent with "Happy Jack" was never lost. It only served to pro- long a man's lite in making him feel kinder to mankind. CHAPTER XII Trainer E. D. Either Who Made %m' Three World's Champions EDWIX D. HITHER was born in Charleston, Me., in 1851, and re- ceived his education in the schools of his native town. When seven- teen years of age Mr. Bither began an apprenticeship in the profession of which he has since become one of the most prominent members, and for three years he was asso- ciated with Foster S. Palmer of Bangor, Me., who brought out and developed General Knox. In 1871 ^Ir. Bither availed himself of Horace Greeley's advice and went West, and m 1875 he entered the employ of J. I. Case, Racine, Wis. In 1879 Mr. Case visited Kentucky and purchased of Col. West, of Georgetown, several colts and fillies, and largely owing to the advice of George Brasfield, a black youngster was included in the lot. How little any then present imagined the plain- looking black yearling was one day to be the reigning king of the turf, and the first trotter to put the magical figures — 2:10 — on the board. Sbortlv after this Mr. Case made another visit to Kentucky and this time purchased The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston of Major H. C. McDowell, three youngsters, Phallas, then a two-year-old, being among the number. In 1882, when he was four years old, Jay- Eye-See's first real work began, for pre- vious to that time he had never been sent a EDWIN D. EITHER full mile at speed. In 1883 he trotted seven- teen races, his winnings being $22,500. His campaign was one of the greatest on record, commencing at Louisville, Ky., on Mav 11, defeating Charley Ford in straight heats and continuing on through the circuit in an un- interrupted series of victories, closing at Chi- cago on October zt,. It was the most re- markal)le campaign ever made bv a five-vear- old. In 1884, Jay-Eye-See was started eight times and at Providence, R. I., on August i, he acquired his world renowned record of 2:10. At Belmont Park, August 15, to beat 2 :o9 3-4, he made two unsuccessful efforts, his time being 2:11 and 2:10 1-4, these being the fastest consecutive two miles then ever trotted or paced. Phallas made his appearance on the turf in 1883 and electrified the trotting world by winning the 2 :40 class at Cleveland, Ohio, June 5 and 6, his fifth heat being in 2:18 1-4. July T4 he defeated Adelaide and Index, and five days later trotted the memorable race against Majolica, Felix and Index, the first named winning the opening heat in 2:17, and Phallas the last three in 2:161-2, 2:20, 2:21 1-4. At Cleveland, August i, Duquesne. who had just acquired a record of 2:173-4, and Phallas came together, the former win- ning the first heat in 2:191-4, and Phallas the next three in 2:15 1-2, 2:21 1-2, 2:17 1-2. In the second heat Phallas could have then easily beaten the best stallion record of 2:15 1-4, had Either realized how fast he was going, and not taken the horse back when he found the heat safely won at the head of the stretch. After several more victories, the horse went into Winter quarters with a rec- ord of 2:13 1-2. In 1884 Phallas appeared severi times. First in Chicago, July 4. when he had a walk- over. On the 14th, at the same place, he met Catchfly, Clemmie G., and Fannie W'itherspoon, in which Catchfly started a great favorite, an'.l being a still greater one after winning the first heat in 2:193-4. P)ither now showed the backers of the favor- ite on how slender a foundation their hopes rested, as he sent Phallas to the front, trot- ting; the next three heats in 2:15 3-4, 2 :i6 3-4 and 2:13 3-4, the latter being the world's stal- lion record and the fastest fourth heat ever trotted at that period. Phallas was again a great nurse in 1885. .\t Cleveland, July 4, he met the bay stallion, Ma.xy Cobb, who had acquired the record of 2:131-4 at Providence, on September 30, 1884. This was expected to prove the great- est race of modern times, but it w-as over when he reached the half-mile pole in the second heat, and Phallas put three straight heats to his credit. Later he met and de- feated Majolica in slow time, that game lit- tle gelding being in no condition for a bruis- ing race. Two defeats by Harry Wilkes, in the latter of which Phallas pulled up lame, ended the turf career of this famous horse, which was then retired to the stud. -After having been with Mr. Case for fif- teen }ears, ]\Ir. Either in 1890, severed his connections and associated himself with the .\llen Farm in Pittsfield, Mass. Here he secured control of what was destined to be another world's record-breaking performer in the stallion, Kremlin, who placed the record for entire horses at 2:081-4 at Xashville. Tenn., on Xovember 5, 1892, and one week later, at the same place, still further reduced the world's record to 2 :o7 3-4, the fractional time of the mile being in 0:32 1-4, i :03 1-4, I :3.S. and 2 :o7 3-4. Previous to this Kremlin had gathered to himself the $10,000 stallion race at Mystic l^ark, and the famous Transylvania stake at Lexington, Ky., where he met the highest classed field of horses that had ever heard the bell ring up to that time in the history of the trotting turf. He started in the race in the second tier, there being thirteen horses in the The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 149 event, and then grabbed uff tlie race in straight heats. The betting was heavy, the odds before the initial heat being as follows : Anderson's Nightingale, $65 ; Hamlin's Nightingale, $55; Kremlin, $50; Walter E., $30; Little Albert, $20; Hazel Wilkes, $15; Greenleaf, $15; and rest of the field, $10 and $5 each. In his memorable campaign it must be re- membered that Kremlin was but a five-year- old, and it was then considered a phenom- enal feat for a stallion to gain a world's stallion record at that age. All over the country the daily press had l)ig headlines on the front pages saying, ''Great is Krem- lin ! Great is Either !" Out on the coast, Kremlin had a most worthy opponent, in Stamboul, fighting to take from him the stallion crown. While Kremlin was performing in the l^almy air of Tennessee, Stamboul was considered as having a slight margin the better of him in the rare autumnal days of the Pacific coast and a kite-shaped track to travel over. Mr. Either was at the Allen Farm for five years and, besides the famous Kremlin, he campaigned for Wm. Russell Allen, the owner of that noted stock farm, the trotters Elista, 2:20 3-4; Erava, 2:14 1-2; Tom Ar- den, 2 :i6 1-4, etc. Another very prominent stallion cam- paigned by Mr. Either was Lynne Eel, 2:10 1-2, which, besides winning many races in the hottest of company, captured two heats in a Transylvania stake. With Lady Geraldine, owned by Isaac Goff of Provi- dence, he won the Horse Review Futurity, the two-year-old filly going in 2:26 1-2. Later this mare gained a record of 2 :o8. In 1905 Mr. Either opened a public train- ing stable at Readville, he being the first train- er and driver to locate there after the con- struction of the track. Since that period he has devoted himself almost entirely to the development of matinee trotters, among those having been in his stable being Mack Mack. 2:08: Curta, 2:13 1-4; .AJondra, 2:18; Mike Agan. 2:10 1-2, and Eronson, 2:12. Mr. Either did all of Eronson's preparatory work in his well-known campaign of 1914, in which races he was driven by his owner, George A. Graves. It is a matter worth\- of mention that, in 1892, Mr. Either, in a published letter, made the assertion that the time would come when some youngsters would trot quite as fast when two and three years of age as they would ever go. With the great improve- ment in breeding, in training and in the tracks, he then saw the feasibilitv of devel- oping the speed in youngsters to such an extent that it would be their ultimate limit. With, a three-year-old pacing filly, Anna Eradford, going close to two minutes in 19 14, and the trotting stallion, Peter Volo, in his three-year-old form, going his third heat in 2:03 1-2, it certainly looks as though the prophecy made by Mr. Either twenty- two years ago was very near a living fact. Air. Either joined the Metropolitan Driv- ing Club in 1914, and also belongs to the fraternal order of Masons. He resides at Readville. Alass. Racing Only for the Pleasure and Sport To Be Obtained H( )W often is heard the expression, "There is nothing in it. It does not pay to own a trotting horse." Why men who own fast trotters and pacers should invariably assume this attitude with regard to the sport has always been a puzzle. A man who owns a well-bred harness horse, either for the purpose of driving on the road, racing in matinees, or following the circuit, does so, or should do so, purely for the pleasure and sport that he derives therefrom. While it is possible that he may derive some pecuniary benefit, the presumption that he should always do so is ridiculous. There is no reason in the world why a man should derive a profit from his pleasure or sport with the horse any more than he should derive pecuniary benefit from following the pastime of golf or the sport of yachting. A prominent business man is authority that his golf club connections, from which he enjoyed not over fifteen days' sport for the entire season, cost him over $1,000, and that he considered it money well spent. If the average horse owner would look at the matter in the same light, he would agree that his sport is cheap at the price he pavs for it. Suppose he had to put up the price of a first-class-, horse for a >'acht, and then pay a crew for filing it, and a watchman to stay with it over night, with the only possible emolument ^n occasional silver cup ? This, be it understood, refers onlv to the gentleman owner : the driver, trainer and caretaker are in the sport as a business, and should derive a profit commensurate with their ability. True, there are also those who breed arid raise horses for the pleasure of it. rather than for any desire for profit, and the pleasure derived from the breeding of a possible world beater, or prize winner, is re- ward enough for the time and monev spen* in this pursuit. Equine Portrait Painters Who Have Won Fame (By Everett L. "Percy" Smith) OF our painters of horses in action, the late W. Scott Leighton, of lloston, was facile princeps. His landscape work toward the end was excellent, and he got atmos- phere into his skies. As a colorist he rivaled, it is my individual pleasure to con- sider, the great Meissonier. I saw him, back in the 70's, working on an action piece, its subject the snip-nosed Smuggler, 2:15 1-4, the champion trotting stallion from 1876 to '84, and, in a way, was a pupil of his at his Century Building studio, corner of Washington and Winter Streets, Boston. He gave instruction gratis, and was my kindest instructor of all. Like- wise, he always claimed my assistance as critic of action effect, though in but one in- stance that I recall was I of actual assistance. That was while he was working on his big canvas, "Here They Come," for which he received $3,000, and derived much revenue from photogravure reproductions. These readily sold at $10. One forenoon he was puzzled because none of several sketches for the central figure, Charlie Thorn on a break, satisfied. I recall taking a crayon and sheet of wrapping paper, and, by twisting the head one side, convinced him horses usually "break to one side," and that, directly behind the poll, a bend of their necks is necessary to give that half-plunging action just before they catch to their stride. He finished his figure that fore- noon, and, if I do say it, there's not a better horse "on a break" in oils. Later he pre- sented me a rapidly executed facsimile sketch, 8x10, of Thorn alone, and various other tributes, trifles to him, golden to me. Li his "Three V'eterans," to be seen in the corridor beyond the ladies' entrance at the Adams House, he shows therein his versa- tility, and the three dray horses there posed include a strawberry roan, the best color work in existence as concerns a horse. His "Labor Day," that yielded $1,000, was a masterpiece. One of the horse's quarters were chafed, and his treatment of the bare hide scarce could be bettered. A galled shoulder also was well executed. It is in a very low key. Leighton delighted in painting poultry and excelled. Ever did he have a "set" of fowl caged in his anteroom at the studio for constant study. The coloring of a brown leghorn cock ever is truthful, and the rich tint of the hackle and tail feathering abso- lutely beyond criticism, I believe. Alexander Pope's "Peacocks in Central Park," his sketches of dogs and still life were grand, yet he could not paint horses, cattle or fowl as did Scott Leighton. Mr. Pope's (assisted by Emil ("arisen) "Calling Out the Hounds," in the corridor of Hurlburt's Hotel, a gigantic canvas, was much admired and has been recently done over. All visitors to the Mur- ray Hill Hotel cafe recall Mr. Pope's "Polo Players," his still life work, and crated Bos- ton terrier, while, in the reading room, above, is a fine dog piece, showing English and Gordon setters, with shotgun, game Ijag and accessories — a well remembered piece. Returning to Leighton, many who "went through," in 1880, recall having seen him at work from life in their roomy boxes painting the set, reproduced at $50 by subscription, in color, comprising Capt. Lewis, 2:20 1-2, our first "plow-horse," that Horace Brown raced so well ; Clingstone, then in Charlie Predmore's hands and at 2:19 3-4; Black Cloud, 2:171-4, that had the stringhalt so prominently, and Edwin Thorn, 2:161-4, though the Thorn piece was furnished a land- scape background. He told me how much he received for the set, yet it is forgotten. It was a delightful privilege watching Leighton in his studio, painting his superb action pieces, "Hickok and St. Julien" (he also painted it with a Charter Oak Park backing) : "Bair and Maud S.," with a road and countryside landscape background. Also, about this time, he painted "Mill Boy The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 151 and Blondine," with John Shcpard driving; "Edward and Dick Svviveler," with Alurphy up, at Fleetwood Park : "Billy D., with running mate." for J. B. Barnaby ; and, later, a new set for reproduction on the limited subscription plan, at $25 the pair, and com- posed of "]\Ir. W'ork behind Edward and Swiveler,'' and "Mr. \'anderbilt behind Aldine and Maud S." \'er_\- likely these were painted for their respective owners, yet 1 have seen a very few reproductions and pur- chased the set at the figure mentioned, truthfully reproduced by our very best chromo lithographers, Prang & Co. No painter worked harder than did Scott Leighton, and I have known him to have above 100 sketches and partially under-way pictures in the studio at one time. All of his "sales'" were successes, and today his work brings very high prices, though seldom offered. No one could paint young fowls as did he, and he ever could be found at Bates I'arm in the Spring, making studies of the little Lamberts, Abrahams, Cobdens or Wedgewoods. In cattle work he also was successful, but his best work and best loved was in the line of road scenes with his sub- jects at speed. One season he made the fatal error of copying some few of Adolph Schreyer's pieces with their Arabian horses and war- riors, but the press took him to task severely for it. Fortunately, the "break" did no per- manent injury, professionally or financially. No painter of horses ever was as favored 1)>' orders at remunerative figures as was he. once he got to be known. He painted nearh- all New England sires of note. .\ verv creditable piece by him that New Yorkers may see is the portrait of Eva, 2:23 1-2, lianging at Durland's, though it showed age and was somewhat in need of retouching when I saw it last, three or four years since. Well do I recall watching Leighton paint the humorous road scenes depicting the vil- lage parson in his "one-hoss shay" cleaning up the road, and also a sleighing piece that he did, which for truthfulness of detail were both excellent. Years ago he did these, long before he gave over his time seriously to his life work. He leased a stable in the heart of Boston, where he worked from life, and at- tended many autopsies at the abattoir to study anatomy thoroughly. All in all. Leighton was our very best j^ainter of the light harness horse, and, too, the most pro lific and versatile. Years, years ago we had here Theodore Marsden and an old deaf mute named Mitchell, both of whoni did very hcavv por- traits, painting over and over, rarely using the palette or oils. Of them, Alarsden was by far the better. He worked directly from life, rarely even sketching in his subject with a crayon. His "Godfrey's Patchen," showing the sire of Hopeful in his bo.\, was his best, and was warm in color treatment, somewhat lacking the true stable atmosphere, I ever considered, though it has had many admirers. Few ex- celled this old painter as to securing expres- sion of the eye, in painting stallions more especially, and he always gave his subjects plenty of bone and fought away from high finish or overdoing. His landscapes handi- capped him badly. Mitchell, always "hard up," accepted mere pittances for his work, $100 rarely being paid him, where Leighton received, usually, from $250 to $500 for much smaller canvases. The "Hopeful" that Mitchell painted was his best work, and the spots the little gray had on the hoofs are there true to life. The late C. B. Fish has left many excel- lent canvases. "Dan Mace and Hopeful," in which the little gray is shown at speed to a red Portland cutter, is easily Fish's best work. His reproduced work is often en- countered, and "Ambassador," almost "face- on" ; "Axtell" and "Sunol" in their stalls were well sold. In stall work he employed neither blanket decorations, straw effect nor aught else than grained wood sheathing, and usually painted their foretops braided in ribbons, just as they, of course, were, though a rather stiff and unpleasant method of treat- ment. Also, he ignored the purple lake "sheen." In his portrait work of their drivers, I think Fish can scarce be faulted. His pose of Dan Mace is good, while the Doble, in his "Xancy Hanks at Speed" piece, shows the veteran with that well remembered half smile, and one is impressed that it is l\Ir. Doble and not some mere lay figure. The Albany horse painter, Vanzandt, did some superb work. I saw him at Glen.s; Falls, twenty years ago, working on Delmar, 2:t6 3-4, for the late W. E. Spier. In Frank Ferguson's office I once saw a reallv clever piece wherein John Murphy is riding some trotter whose identity I just at the moment do not recall. One of the grandest things in horse por- traiture is the "head of a trotter" over the mantel of the clubhouse at the Empire Citv track, and yet I cannot recall the artist, a woman, by the way, I think, who did it. My impression is that it is a portrait of Nut- shell, raced first by Charlie Sigourney and later by E. R. Bowne. The work is rarely executed and every detail as to harness, to is: The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston the minutest "runner"' or ■'billet" on the straps, true to the dot. Gean Smith's work lacks versatility, yet one thing he does do, and it is to have_ the driver actually driving. The "Cobwebs" at s]jeed that hangs in Hon. Nathan Straus" office is one of his best. You can tell a Gean Smith at one glance always. No more rapid worker lives in the field of horse portraiture, and he easily can sketch in a 24x30 canvas and rub in the sky and landscape all inside one workday. A very capable painter is Miss E. L. Seavey, formerly of Vermont or Quebec, 1 forget which. She did "Bellini" rarely well, and, variously, has painted horses, though 1 would consider her field lay in cattle work, after having seen a complete set that she painted to the order of Howard Willetts, of Gedney Farm, at White Plains. Her land- scape work is almost beyond criticism. At Mr. Hamlin's Delaware Avenue Stables, in Buffalo, I several times saw a mammoth canvas, "Mambrino King," on parade, led by a darky, or, better, "lugging" the colored groorn along as he strode the turf. W. W. Cross painted it, and it must be 10x15 feet in area. It was a spirited pose painted in Cross" broadest manner, the work largely having been done with his palette knife and the paint was actually "caked on," so heavily daubed was the landscape division of the piece. Many have seen it, and reproductions have adorned, in half-tone form, the Village Farm catalogues many times. All that Cross painted for the "grand old man of Buffalo"' pleased the owner, though, compared to a Leighton, they were crude indeed. Never to have known Cameron or A. J. Schultz, though Fve seen the latter sketch- ing Wedgewood, 2:19, years ago at the Rates Farm, I must pass them. Many of Currier & Ives' reproductions are signed "Cameron," and are of horses prior to the' 2:10 era. A colored draughtsman, hardly artist, named Johnson, did stipple work years ago, though hardly finished work. Herbert .S. Kittredge, lamented by all who have seen his black and white at work in the latter 70's and at the close of the Wallace's Monthlv's career, recall his splendid outline and anatomical understanding, yet I've never seen anything by him in color. Kittredge's (h'awing of Beausire I think his best. Also there was Cecil Palmer, whose study of Nutwood on stone is grand, even to that white splash on the inside of the hock, where is the "issue." He did stallions for stock farm owners in black and white, though I never saw a painting from his studio. At Stony Ford, in the old smoking room. one can see many examples painted by a man named "Scott," I think. All are very good, as concerns the horses, though lacking in sunshine effects or excellence of landscape work. Yet they were painted thirty or more \e rs ago, I suppose, when our leading painters considered it beneath them to do animals, and but "rummies" were supposed to paint a horse, even on an order. Today Boston has in Wilbur L. Duntley one who is doing excellent work. I have WILBUR L. DUNTLEY Secretary Metropolitan Club 1908-14 (inclusive) always thought he followed Marsden in his endeavors, so likely he was a pupil of the Maiden, Mass., artist. It is likely the best effort of Mr. Duntley was the painting "A Dash for a Fortune," the illustration of Allen Winter winning the $50,000 American Trotting Derby ; and the work in oil of the noted Uhlan, holder of the world's trotting record. The "Alta Axworthy," with Mr. Thomas up at speed, and his portrait of the lamented "Nightingale," have created favor- able criticisms. In A. J. Furbush's stable at Brighton is a superb crayon and wash por- trait of Chief Wilkie, entitled "King of the Speedway," which is true to life. A paint- ing, similarly posed of the same subject, also is clever. Mr. Duntley is kept very busv the year round at his Boston studio. Robert L. Dickey and George Ford Morris do excellent work in oils, while Ford Morris is indeed proficient in water color work and sepia. Mr. Dickey's portrait of "Oakland Baron" was much admired up at Poughkeepsie, in Mr. Ruppert's house at the The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston track. He held an interesliny exhiljition of his work in Chicago some years ago, and is now located in New York City. Mr. Dickey lias achieved fame, also, as a cartoonist, his very clever work in that direction on the Horse Review being one of the particularly brilliant features of the enterprising turf publication. He is a cartoonist, too, of a clean vein of hu- mor, his drawings never leaving a scar of re- gret in the memory of his subjects, so deli- cately are they handled. I.eigh S. Toman. S(jn (if the editor of the Trotter and Pacer, has made a favorable name for himself in reproductions of color exair.ples in issues of holiday numbers. He appears at his best in decorative work. It is [ileasing to note that he overcomes the tend- ency to employ a camera to sccvre his ])oses, as never will that sort of work be considered by a critic as "art." It is a fact today very few can earn a living depending on painting mere ordered work, and the advertising line of work seems to offer but little of commercial encourage- ment. Any painter, to stoop to paint some piece intended merely to advertise, had bet- ter put asid^ his la^-otit, put on overalls and dig ditches if he must work or starve. Where one has leisure, loves the work, and need not worry as to the commercial side, painting horses, if one Init could have Bingaras to work from, is mightx' interesting as a pastime. It ever seems strange that so man\- who will pay high prices to purchase horses can hardly be induced to order a portrait at above, say, $50, whereas one almost always finds in the homes of the wealthy some paint- ing of a favorite dog, and the work of the Dutch cattle painters or ^lonKs' splendid sheep pieces command ready sale. The late J. Malcolm Forbes, brother-in-law of that true-blue sportsman, the late Colonel Henry S. Russell, once told me he cared absolutely nothing for an oil painting of a horse, yet would pay as much as painters asked could lie but secure photographs, absolutely true to life, of equal areas. He showed me some magnificent photos of Nancy Hanks, and remarked, "They are perfect, no painting of her possibly could please me as well." A very liberal man and wealthy, he yet commis- sioned some colorist to paint his beautiful vaclits, "Puritan" and "Mayflower," though to he sure one could hang a yacht piece in one's reception room where a portrait of a horse would be considered only eligible to hang in a den, billiard room, corridor, stable, office or loungino- room. CHAPTER II A Reminder of the Days When the Pool Box Told the Odds OH. for a return of those good old (la\s we likeh, I think it was all framed up by the horsemen, the judges and the track people for the yellow horse to win." I really had to laugh. I won't say that races were never "fixed" at Readville, but that the management and the judges they employed had ever been impeached by public opinion in such a matter was news to me. I asked him if he knew who the judges of that race were and who the directors of the association were at that time, and he ad- mitted that he did not. So I told him that the judges of the race were the late Col. Henry S. Russell, Mr. William Russell Allen and ]\Ir. Horatio N. Bain ; listed the directors by starting with Col. John E. Thayer as president, J- Malcolm Forbes as vice-presi- dent, and so on down through the list. This imposing list of names and the further information that no occupant of the judges' or the timers' stands (the one on the outside and the other on the inside of the track) had seen the finish other than as announced served to exonerate the judges and manage- ment from implication in his mind. Still, a great many people remain of the The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 159 opinion tliat somehow a mistake was made and that Charley Herr won that heat and was entitled to the race. "Uncle" Davy Cahill, of course, will go to his grave believing that liis horse won it. Only the other day, in speaking of the event, J. L. Tarleton, of Lex- ington, Ky., said to me that John Kelley (the driver of Charley Herr) died believing he won that heat. I think there is some mistake about this, as Mr. Kelley told me — not at the time of the race, but a year or two afterwards — that he did not win it. But, at that, in heats as close and as fiercely contested as was that one, the opinion of a driver of a contesting horse is of little value. Certainly, Mr. Kelley was too busy, too much occupied at the moment to be in a position to say whether the horse he drove, or Ketcham"s mount, won that heat. To return to the stallion race, I remember as if it were yesterday of going into a meet- ing of the directors to suggest a stallion race. The signs and conditions for a feature event seemed most auspicious. Neither before, nor since, have there been so many stallions of the first flight, or horses seemingly so evenly matched, in training. Moreover, Mr. Forbes, vice-president, and a potent factor in the councils of the associa- tion, had, in Bingen, Peter the Great and Arion, three strings to his bow for such an event, and as Mr. Thayer always welcomed a chance to make reputation for the associa- tion (of which he was the head), provided it appeared to have a fair chance of success, I felt pretty certain that the stallion race would l)e added to the program of the Breeders' meeting that year. I suggested to the directors the giving of such an event, but had not stated the size of the purse that seemed best, when Mr. Forbes suddenly turned to me and said: "Mr. Tewett, how many stallions do you think would be entered in such a race for a purse of $20,OCO?" The size of the purse suggested brought nil at (ince to attention, and I replied, "seven," naming six and taking it as a matter of course that Mr. Forbes would name one or luore of his three. "."Vud how many people would pay to see such a race?" and my replv was from eight thousand upward, and added that I thought such an event would increase the betting revenues of the meeting by $1,000. 1 had suggested that the entrance fee should be, as usual at that time, five per cent to enter and five per cent additional from winners, which, with a minimum of four en- tries, would make the net cost of the race $16,000. As the receipts from entrance fee and gate receipts seemed likely to cover this amount, when Mr. Forbes said, "I move, Mr. President, we give this race for a purse of $2o,oco," all the directors were enthu- siastic and the race was on. I he success of this, the greatest of all stal- lion races, is a matter of history. Twelve stallions were named and more than 8,000 people paid to see it. Seven horses started, two of which had not been named originally, a provision of the conditions allowing such substitution on payment of a certain per cent of the purse. Arion started for Mr. Forbes, in place of Peter the Great, who did not train well that season, having trouble with his feet, and Jupe was substituted for Poin- dexter by Mr. Lawson. A "near-starter" was Dare Devil, afterward owned by Mr. I^awson. Mr. Hamlin finally figured his horse would lose more in reputation than any cash equivalent that would accrue to him from the race would offset, and the hand- som.e one stayed in the stable. I had hoped to get this horse to start in place of Monterey, who had been nominated by Col. Thaver under unusual conditions. This horse, owned in California, had taken a record of 2:091-4 the previous season and shown great flights of speed, but his un- steadiness indicated a lack of class. His owner thoroughly believed in him, however, and wrote me most eloquently as to his merits ; but, alas, his finances would not ad- mit of engaging his horse. "Barring acci- dents," his engagement was equivalent to winning, so his owner stated, and I have never doubted that he believed all he claimed for his horse. I showed this letter to Col. Thayer one dav, remarking that it was the hardest con- ditional entrv to decline of my experience. He read the letter, and its eloquence had its effect on him, as Mr. Thayer had regretted much that he had been unable to help the fortunes of the race by an entry from his own stable. He instructed me to write the owner that he w^ould name the horse in the race, ])ay the entrance and, in case the horse won any part of the purse, the entrance money was to be refunded, the balance he could have for himself. With everything to win and nothing to lose, that inevitable "accident" turned up and the owner was unable to avail himself of the proffered opportunity, and I am of the impression that the horse never came East that season. When the entries to the race closed, it i6o The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston promised the glorious contest that fmally resulted, but the morning opened upon a race which foreshadowed a practical walk- over for the mighty Cresceus, with the real contest centering about the struggle for second money ; but gallant Charley Herr literally "came out of the West," arriving only the day before from Fort Wayne, Ind., where the previous week he had won a six- heat race, and put up a contest with Cres- ceus, which made it the greatest of all stal- lion races. So little were his chances con- sidered that he brought but $30 in a pool of $2,360, while Cresceus was barred in the pooling after the selling of a few tickets, in which he sold at odds of about five to one over the whole field. After the first heat the odds were Cresceus $60, field $100, and before the third heat the field sold for $200 and Cresceus $75. The time of the five heats was 2:07 1-4. 2:07 1-4, 2:07 1-4. 2:07 1-2, 2:08 3-4. I remember of Tim ^lurnane saying to me after the third heat, as I for a minute watched the cooling out of Cresceus, "Oh, Mr. Jewett, won't they ever stop putting in these heats in 2:07 1-4?" ]\Ir. I-vetcham at the time stood leaning against the shed ; he was very pale and looked extremely tired and anxious. The summary of the race ; Readville, Mass., Sept. 27, 1900. — Free-for-all trot. Stallions ; purse. $20,000. Cresceus, ch. h., by Robert McGregor (G. H. Ketcham) 3 2 i i i Charley Herr, b. h., by Alfred G. (J.Kelly) I I 2 2 3 Grattan Boy (Miller). 4-3-3-3-2; Arion (Titer), 2-6-5-5-5; Lord Vincent (Splan), 5-4-4-4-4; Ben- ton M. (Marble), 6-5-dis.; Jupe (Gatcomb), dis. Time — 2 :07 1-4, 2 :o7 1-4, 2 :o7 1-4, 2 107 1-2, 2 :o8 3-4. Average time, 2 :07 3-5 ; winner's average, 2 :07 5-6. CHATTER 111 Judges Help Scott Hudson Re- cover Trotter Stolen from His Stable THl'^Rl'; are many interesting inci- dents occurring during the race meetings that the general patrons of the sport never hear about, and very many are quite tragic right at the time they happen, particularly to the persons identified in the troul)les. Such was the case at Readville track during one of the Grand Circuit meets, but I finally by shrewd headwork straightened the whole affair out to the satisfaction of the different parties concerned. Here is the story : in the night a horse in the stable of Scott Hudson was, with the aid of our watchman, secretly transferred to that of Monroe Salis- bury. Scott had been training the horse all the season and had him during the previous Winter. He found he was good, and entered him through the line, but found that there was a matter of more than $1,000 in suspen- sions to settle before he could be started. The horse was good and the stispensions were paid by Hudson, who won well with him, but at the time of the Readville meet- ing the sum total of his winnings did not offset the charges against the horse. The owner wanted to take him away from Hud- son, but the latter would not consent until charges were met, and the result was as stated above. The ruddy complexioned Hudson waxed angry about the matter and expressed him- self strongly to me as to the part our watch- man had played in the affair, and I felt obli- gated to help him recover his horse. A lawyer was called in, and we found that in order to replevin the horse (Mr. Hudson being a non-resident) it would be necessary to give a bond for $15,000, twice tlie value placed on the horse. This Mr. Hudson was willing to do, but it then occurred to me that we could get possession of the horse with the aid of the trotting rules. The horse was entered to start on the following dav. and in Hudson's name, I suggested that Scott declare the horse in, pay the entrance and name himself to drive. When the race was called the horse ap- peared with Ben Walker up. The judges, who had been put wise, told Mr. Walker that Hudson was named to drive the horse, and they v.-ould not consent to a change of drivers, and directed \^'alker to turn the horse over to Hudson, who was standing on the track and awaiting this action. On getting possession of the horse, Scott drove him immediately to his stable, re- moved the harness and boots and sent them with the sulkv to the Salisbury stable. Then, equipped witli sulky, boots and harness of his own, reappeared on the track, won the race, and another, with the same horse, later in the week, when the differences between owner and driver were settled and the horsp turned over to the Salisbury stable the fol- lowing week at Providence. I never knew a mean man to own a good horse. — Eben Holden. Horses win the race not so much by their vigor as by the impulse of the driver. — Al Hamnd. How the Fastest Piece of Racing Dirt in This Country Was Secured (By John W. IJniiehan ) JUST before the Dorchester Driving Club was chartered, or on Alay I4> 1900. to be exact, the first gun was fired by the club members for a permanent speedway for the horsemen of Dorches- ter and vicinity. S. Howard Mildran, a member of the Common Council from Ward 24, intro- duced an order for a speedway on the Talbot Avenue side of Franklin Field. A hearing" was given by the Board of Park Commission- ers, after a petition signed by over 2,000 of Bo.ston"s most prominent citizens had been presented to them, and they decided that if the Dorchester Driving Club members could secure an appropriation of $25,000 from the City Government to pay for the work of con- struction, they would grant the request of the petition. It was noticed particularly by the members of the committee present that the Commissioners smiled when they announced this decision. It was then up to the members of the club to get. the special appropriation of $25,000 through the City Government and the Mayor's signature attached. Then began some of the finest political work ever pulled oflf in Boston. My readers must understand that there were seventy-two members in the Common Council and thirteen members in the Board of Alder- men. A majority of the finance committee of both branches of the government had to be in favor of the appropriation before it could be reported out of the committee. Then a ma jority of both boards, sitting separately, had to be secured to pass the appropriation. It would be impossible to mention by names all the members of the City Government that showed their friendship for the driving club while this order was on its way ; but to How- ard Mildran and Herbert Burr, members in the Council from Ward 24, and James M. Curley, now Mayor, and John E. Baldwm, in the Board of Aldermen, the club and Dor- chester citizens owe their speedway. To Ed- ward G. Richardson, at that time the press representative of the club, we also owe much. Assisted by these men, the order passed botli branches of the City Government and was signed by Mayor Thomas Hart, late in 1900. Then a committee of the Dorchester Club members appeared before the Board of Park Commissioners, who, then and there, refused point blank to grant the request of the club, and, when they were reminded that they had promised to grant this request if the club could secure the appropriation of $25,000, they frankly admitted that, at the time they made that promise, they had not the least idea that the club members could get any such ap- propriation through the City Government and that they thought they were perfectly safe in putting the club members ofl: with that prom- ise. It was an angry committee which left the Park Commissioners' oftice, and an angry club membership that met the next Monday night in Central Hall, the club's meeting place at that time. They had the $25,000 appropria- tion, but no place to spend it. The fight was then on to prevent this money from being transferred for other purposes until the club members could get the Park Rnard to see things in a different light. In this matter E. G. Richardson, the City Hall reporter for the Transcript, and press repre- sentative of the club. Aldermen Curley and Baldwin were always on guard, and every time that the Park Board made a move to transfer this money for other purposes than originally intended, Curley or Baldwin blocked their game. Things drifted along in a discouraging man- ner until Mayor Collins came up for re-elec- tion in 1902. A committee from the , club waited upon him to find out what his disposi- tion was in the matter of compelling the Park Commissioners to grant the club's request. This committee consisted of F. J. Brand, R. K. Clarke. S. Walter Wales, A. S. Gushee, J. W. Linnehan, W. E. Newbert, George H. (ireenwood, H. P. Gallup, J. M. E. Morrill, R. S. Fitch, Albert Fellows" and E. G. Rich- ardson. When the proposition which the committee had to suggest was put up to Mayor Collins, he turned completely around in his chair and said, "What, a race track on Franklin Field? Why, the old settlers of Dorchester would turn over in their graves at such a thing; no. no, any place but Franklin Field." It was then that the Dorchester Club mem- bers rounded up the .South Boston and Ja- l62 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston maica Plain clubs, amalgamated as it were, with the idea of getting a speedway some- where in the vicinity of Dorchester. The South Boston boys suggested the Strandway, or the Old Colony track bed, near the calf pasture, but things drifted along with very little satisfaction and no results. Meetings were held in several places, one particularly, in the home of J. M. E. Morrill, at which nearly seventy-five prominent horse- men from South Boston, Jamaica Plain. Mat- tapan and Dorchester attended. Finally the officials and board of directors were notified to attend a meeting one Sunday morning in their clubrooms in Codman Square. J. M. E. Morrill, although not a member of the board, attended by invitation of President Brand. After considerable discussion as to the proper way to go about it, it was voted that a com- mittee of three be appointed to carry out the matter of compelling the Park Commissioners to grant a location for a speedway to a finish, and $500 was appropriated for the use of the committee in furthering their object and for such necessary expenses as might occur. This committee consisted of P. J. Fitzgerald, George W. D'Arcy and J. W. Linnehan. The committee met the next day and organized with Fitzgerald as chairman and Linnehan as secretary. It was agreed that the committee should work individually and separately, and report results weekly. When a member of this committee inter- viewed Alderman Curley and told him that the directors of the club had appropriated $500 to be expended in the way of advertise- ment and the collecting of signatures to peti- tions to be presented to the City Government, Mayor and Park Board, the Alderman advised against it. "Don't let your committee spend one cent ; you don't need to. You have a ma- jority of the Common Council and the Board of Aldermen with you now and they will stay with you until the finish. Bring all the influ- ence you can on the Mayor to have him com- pel tlie Park Commissioners to grant you a location for your speedway, but don't spend a cent of the club's money in this matter." When this matter was mentioned to Alder- man Baldwin he practically gave the same ad- vice as Alderman Curley, and it might be well to mention right here that not one cent of this $500 was ever expended by this committee throughout their whole transaction. When this conversation was reported to P. J. Fitzgerald at a meeting of the commit- tee, he said, "That is just what I expected from Jim Curley. It is now up to us to go after Mayor Collins, and we had better see him individuallv, not collectivelv." After three visits to the Alayor's office, J was allowed to see him. I opened up by say- ing, "Mr. Mayor, as a member of the Dor- chester Driving Club committee on a speed- way, I have come to see you about granting a location in Dorchester for a speedway where the Dorchester horsemen can race their horses." "How many of you are on that committee?" asked he. "I had P. J. Fitzgerald in here yes- terday. He is set for a speedway on Franklin Field. You men must be crazy to ask for .1 race track on that field. Why, you will kill more people there in a year than were killed at the battle of Bunker Hill." "Mr. Mayor," I inquired, "did you ever drive a horse in a race?" "No," he replied, "I never drove a horse in my life, and I would not know what to do with him if he should go faster than a walk." "Well," I said, "it would be of no use for me to argue the question with you." "No," he answered, "Fitzgerald gave me all the argument I wanted yesterday, but I prom- ised him to look into the matter and I am coming out some Saturday to see you boy3 race your horses at Mattapan." I thought to myself, here is where I can get a chance to spend some of that $500, so I said, "Mr. Alayor, if you will come out next Saturday, I will send a carriage for you at whatever hour you may designate." "No, you won't," he quickly responded ; "when I go I will go with my own driver and horses that I know will not run away with me." That Mayor Collins did visit us at ]Matta- pan and see us race, and then went to Frank- lin Field and looked over the ground where the present speedway is, and became interested enough to take the matter up with the Park Commission, and had a quarter of a mile speedway laid out, is a fact, and was due en- tirely to P. J. Fitzgerald, who was a personal friend. That the Dorchester Driving Club had starting judges' stands and a grandstand builr is due to the late Mayor Hibbard, who was for years, while postmaster, a member of the club. To tell the story of how the speedway was extended from a quarter to a half-mile track during the Fitzgerald administratif)n would be only a repetition of the first part of this story. The only difference was that, in- stead of having to deal with a man, as Mayor, who had admitted that he knew nothing about a horse, in fact, was afraid of them, the com- mittee had to deal with a man who, although lie had never owned a fast horse, had driver The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 163 them on the speedway on several occasions, and who had ridden them at the heads of pa- rades Hke a regular Napoleon. When a committee of the club went to the Mayor and told him that they wanted the speedway extended to a half-mile, he readily agreed that they should have it ; and when he visited the speedway one race day with his Board of Park Commissioners and explained to them what was wanted, they objected be- cause of the expense and the amount of land it would take. He quietly said, "Mr. Chairman, you under- stand what these boys want. See that they get it." An-d President Johnson and his com- mittee gave the Park Board no rest until the work was finished. That the club got the extra thousands of dollars to complete this work through the City Government was due again to the assist- ance! rendered by Mayor Curley,then Alder- man, Alderman F. J. Brand, a past president of the club. Councillor T. J. Buckley, and Dan McDonald, now chairman of the City Council, and Edward G. Richardson. To these men the horsemen of Dorchester, South Boston, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury and Hyde Park, as well as those that enjoy the races from the side lines each week, owe a lasting debt of gratitude. w CHAPTER H An Amateur Driver in His First Professional Race — Trouble A-plenty l.\T were }'uur feelings and how did it seem to you when driving in your first profes- sional horse race?" is a ques- tion that is often asked of me by friends. Tlie same question has probably been put to every amateur driver. "Can you remember how you felt?" is another question asked. "Can I remember my first race in a sulky?" Well, I will never forget it, not if I live to be a hundred years old. My first professional race was at Rockland, Maine, on August 5, 1902. The class was a 2:30 trot or pace; purse $250, and the number of horses starting, fourteen, were driven by some of the best- known drivers in Maine at that time. "Hod" Nelson, Ira Woodbury, Jim Kirby, Ed Morri- son, Ira Pottle and Charles Webb were among these drivers. I had purchased, the September previous from a party in Ohio, the five-year-old geld- ing, Budweiser, by Bud Crook, that had never seen a race track up to the time that I brought him East. In the opinion of my friends I had BUDWEISER, 2:18 1-4 Equine Hero of the Rockland (Me.) Race 164 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston been "stung," got a gold brick, etc.. and for a while it did seem as if my friends had the right dope. However, I won the first race that I ever drove him in for money, which, as before stated, was in Rockland, Maine. He also won for me at Readville (Dorchester Driving Club's Field Day), at Marshfield and at South Weymouth, and all in one year. These vic- tories gave me more real satisfaction than if 1 had won the Chamber of Commerce, for Budvveiser beat to a frazzle horses owned by the very friends that were sure I had been gold-bricked when I bought him ; but I started to tell of my first race for money. Lon and Walter Newbert were partners with me in the dyestuff business at that time. They were Maine boys and used to spend their vacation in Rockland, where their parents re- sided. It is necessary to state in this story that Mr. Xewbert, their father, was the chair- man of the board of assessors of the city of Rockland. One day Walter received entry blanks for two-days' horse racing to be held in Rockland in connection with Old Home Week. One of the conditions of entry was that all horses must be owned by citizens of the state of Maine. Walter had Alice B., a trotter with a mark of 2 -.22 1-2, and he was going to enter her in the 2 :2o class. Lon suggested that I sell him Budvveiser, and he would enter him in the 2 :30 class, pay all expenses, and that he could be shipped down with Alice B. I said, "Go ahead and take him." So Lon made out a check for $300, in payment for Budvveiser, and I gave him a bill of sale of the horse and deposited his check in my pri- vate drawer in the safe. Budvveiser was then duly entered in Lon's name and shipped on the Bangor boat to Rockland. Two days before the race took place Walter and I went to Rockland. Lon was to follow the next day. to be there to drive the horse. Just before Lon was leaving Boston some- thing came up in the matter of business that com]3elled him to give up the trip, so he tele- graphed us to Rockland that he could not go ; but for us to get someone to drive Budvveiser. Well, I decided to do the driving myself. When the race was called it was found that Budvveiser had drawn tenth position in the field of fourteen horses that turned for the word. As only four horses could score abreast I was in second place in the third tier, with horses in front of me, horses behind me and horses alf around me. We scored seven times before getting the word. "The charge of the Light Brigade" was not a patch on each one of these several scores, with "Hod" Nelson, who had the pole with the gelding, Geiger, yelling like an Indian. Well, at last we were off. I had an idea at that time that the proper place for me was out in front, so I set sail in true speedway style to win the race in the first quarter of a mile. I passed all and began to creep up on Nelson, who was leading. Just as my horse got to his sulky wheel he looked around, and when he saw who it was he gave one of his characteristic yells and began carrying me over on the grass at the outside of the track, until finally I could go no further, so I then pulled toward him and our sulky wheels began to grind. I was not frightened, but I was as mad as any frothing dog ever seen, and we both be- gan to hand out conversation that would not look good repeated here. However, we finally got clear driving again, and I finished fourth. Just imagine my surprise to then hear the announcer say in giving the positions of the horses : "Budweiser tenth." Newbert's Rockland friends, on the quarter- stretch and in the grandstand, urged me to go to the judges" stand and claim my rightful position. This I did, and, for the first time in my life, stood before the monarchs of all they surve)-. I didn't know one man in that stand. Nei- ther did I know, at that time, that judges at a horse race are supreme in all things. The starting judge was the well kniivvn Maine turf writer. Milton Hatch. I made my protest, saying: "Gentlemen, you have placed me tenth, but there is no ques- tion but what I finished fourth. I can bring a hundred men up here who will sustain me in the statement that I finished fourth.'" One of the judges replied: ''My dear su", we are judging this horse race, and we placed you tenth, and that is the position that you will start the next heat in." Now what do you think about that? "Why," I declared, "you are a gang of crooks."' Wow, wow ! Hatch here took a part in the conversation bv saying: "Young man, do you realize where vou are ? Do you know that these gentlemen can put you, and your horse, out of business for those words ?" In sheer ignorance and being thoroughly angry, I retorted: "Why don't they do it, then? but i still say that if they don't give me the position that I earned, which is fourth, they are a gang of cheats, and you are no better." All this time the crowd on the track and in the grandstand were shouting to me, "Stick to it." At last Hatch took me bv the arm and said The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston i6s in a conciliating manner : "Tush, lush, I know you must mean all right. Now please me by going down and getting your horse ready for the next lieat." Being very stuffy over having been wronged, the next heat I scored down in fourth horse place, and Hatch gave the word to a good start while I was in that position. Again my speedway education came to me and I mentally told "Bud that it was in front for us or nothing," and in front we went. This time there was no question where I finished. Good judges, and perfect strangers to me, said that I had distanced over half the horses in the race, but they were all declared in and started when w^e scored for the third heat. At the finish of this heat, too, a number of the horses w-ere behind the flag, but only two were declared out. The fourth heat was the same. "Nothing to it" — and I had won the first race that I had ever driven in for money. A Mr. Wiggins then entered the judges' stand and protested Budweiser as a rmger, claiming that he had a mark of 2:10, and -ny winnings were held up. They also made a claim that the gelding, while entered by Lon Newbert, was not owned by him, and that Mr. Newbert was not a citizen of Maine. This, of course, placed us in bad all around. I knew that I could prove a clean bill of health for Budweiser when it came to a show- down, so when we got back to the hotel we called Lon up on the long-distance 'phone and told him our experience, explaining to him that it was up to him to prove that he owned the horse, and that he was a citizen of the state of Maine. By direction of Lon, Walter got his father to make out a tax bill for the years 190 1-2 against Lon Newbert, Lon mailing a check payable to the treasurer of the city of Rock- land, for these two poll tax bills. I instructed my bookkeeper to take the check, which Lon had made out in payment of the horse, and deposit the same to my account in the bank. Li due time we sent the cancelled check in payment of the horse and the two years' tax bills of Lon Newbert to W. H. Gocher, of Hartford. He ordered the association to pay Mr. Newbert his money, $125, before they opened the gates for another race at the Rock- land track. Hatch afterwards explained to me that there was one man in the stand, who acted as judge that day, that could not show a clean bill of health to Mr. Gocher, if it was put up to him, which was the reason that the judges did not put Budweiser and myself out of busi- ness, and that I had acted so bold and fearless that they immediately thought that I had the goods on them, in having inside information regarding this particular man. But I didn't; it was pure ignorance on my part, as I had no idea of their power in the premises. I know better now. CHAPTER HI A Dead Game Sport Ruins a Bril- liant Racing Prospect HOW a good horse can sometimes be spoiled on the speedway and that It doesn't always pay to be too game a sport was never bet- ter shown than in the race be- tween Charlena, 2:22 1-4, and Rubsley G., 2:16 1-2, on the Blue Hill Avenue Speedway in the Fall of 1902. The pacer, Rubsley G., was one of those old- fashioned race horses that would race all day and then come out ready for more. I had seen him race many times and admired him very much. He was owned by Jesse Moulton, and his home was in Gallup's stable. Charlena was owned by C. C. Blaney. She was an extremely fast mare, very high-spir- ited, but of delicate constitution. She had shown many miles in her work in 2:15, or bet- ter, and looked like a beautiful racing pros- pect. One night at the club, during recess, the talk started on the most consistent race horse in the club. I could not see any but Rubsley G., and said so. For an everyday, rain or shine horse, there was nothing to it but Rubsley G. Anyone that is acquainted with Mr. Blaney knows that he would not possibly agree with that, especially as he was sure that he had the best horse in his own stable. They also know that in an argument of that nature, with him, it is put up or shut up, and that is what came to pass before the argument was finished. The proposition, finally, was that the two horses race quarter-mile heats, best three in five, on three consecutive Saturdays, rain or shine, snow or ice, for $150; $50 for each race. The first race day was bitter cold. The opening heat was won by Charlena, the second by Rubsley G., the third by Charlena, and the fourth and fifth by Rubsley G. The cold wind had chilled the mare so that by the time the fifth heat was started she was fairly frozen up. The second race day was rainy and the ground was mud to the horses' fetlocks, but the going suited Rubsley G., and he won in four heats. The third race day the speedway was in a terrible condition, very rough and frozen and not fit for mules to walk over, not to mention 1 66 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston racing horses. I suggested to Blaney that we call the race off and each draw down $25. "What, quit? Why," Blaney said, "not on your life." We would have that race and on that day, if we never had another. Others tried to change his decision, but it was no use. In the first heat, and while in the lead Charlena broke and cut her quarter and Rubs- ley G. won the heat jogging. The next heat Charlena pulled up lame and the race was over. A dead game sport had put one of the best racing prospects in the club out of commis- sion, and no one regretted it more than I did, and many times wished that it never had hap- pened. Twenty-five dollars of my money went for a set of horse clothing for Rubsley G., $25 for a blowout for the boys the next meeting night, and $25 to purchase a solid silver mounted whip, as a prize to the horse winning the most races on the speedway the next season, the hrst prize of that value ever given in the Dorches- ter Gendemen's Driving Club. The whip was won by Princess Ebilo, owned by F. J. Brana. She won eight races on the Blue Hill Avenue .Speedway during the season. How the Champions Passed the Last Years of Their Life ( ISy Charies T. Harris of The Horse Review) Editor's Note. — What became of the frottiiic/ and pacing champions after their racing days zuere over? When in the height of their turf careers they entciaiucd immense throngs at all of the important racing centers of the country, and their names zvere by-zvords in innumerable households. With the passing of the old-time favorites the question frequently arises as to their ultimate fate. The zvriter ably relates these facts. THE TROTTING CHAMPIONS LADY SUFFOLK, 2:29 1-2, the first trotter to beat 2:30 in harness, was a gray, foaled in 1833, and started as a six-year- old in long-distance races. Her first mile better than 2 130 was in 2 -.28, under saddle, July 4, 1843, at the Beacon (L. L) course, in which race she defeated Beppo and Independence. The next week she defeated Beppo and the pacer Oneida Chief, lowering her saddle record to 2:26 1-2. On October 13, 1845, ^Iso over the Beacon course, she beat Moscow, after five heats, trotting one of them in 2 :29 1-2. This was her best harness rec- ord, although she raced up to 1852, in har- ness, under saddle and to wagon. She had a wonderful career for her time, being on the turf fourteen years, in which period she won eighty-three races and was beaten forty-one times. Lady Suft'olk died on Long Island. Although several times bred, she never had a foal. For many years her mounted skin was on exhibition in the wareroom of the Brew- ster Carriage Co., on upper Broadway, New York. Highland Maid, 2 127, who succeeded Lady .Sufifolk, was a bay, foaled 1847, and began racing in 1853, but her career was very brief, as the records show but four races to her credit, only one of which was a victory. Her record of 2 127 was made in the second heat of a race won by Flora Temple, and in the following heat Highland Maid was distanced. Her record was tied by the gelding Tacony the following month. This mare, as a race winner, was a failure, albeit a world's record maker. Highland Maid produced several foals. During her later years she was owned by George C. Hitchcock, of New Preston, Conn. Flora Temple in August, 1859, set the mark at 2 :22, when she beat Princess in a match, and equaled the record in September at Baltimore, in another match she won from Princess. The bob-tailed mare then made her way westward, first showing at Kalamazoo, where she defeated Princess and Honest Anse, trotting the final heat in 2:19 3-4, which was then regarded as an amazing perform- ance. This mile was Flora Temple's supreme eft'ort, her next fastest mile being 2:20 1-2, in the match with Ethan Allen and running mate at the close of her racing career. Flora Temple ultimately passed to the late Aristides Welch, proprietor of Chestnut Hill Stud, near Philadelphia, afterward known as Erdenheim. She produced several foals for Mr. Welch be- fore her death in 1877. Dexter a brown gelding, foaled in 1858, was the first of the great trotters that was bred The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 167 in conformity with latter-day ideas. The track career of this champion covered but three years, from 1864 to 1867, and in that time he performed in harness, under saddle and to wagon, winning forty-six contested races at various hitches and distances, one to three miles, and was defeated but four times. His first essay against time was in October, 1865, to beat 2:19 under saddle, and he went the distance in 2:iS 3-4. His next time trial was in 1866, to beat his saddle record, and he failed. The third was to beat the harness record of Flora Temple, starting August 14, 1867, at Buffalo, and in the second trial he trotted in 2:17 1-4. After Dexter's last race he was bought by Robert Bonner for the un- precedented sum of $33,000. Mr. Bonner drove him on the road for some years, and up to a year or two before his death, in 1888, Dexter was one of New York's "social lions" in horse circles. After Dexter reigned the incomparable Goldsmith Maid. She was a bay, foaled in 1S57. All told, in the twelve years she was on the turf, she trotted 135 races, winning 91. She also won 19 contests in which the three heats were in 2 :20 or better. Her total of heats, in races and against time, was 332. .September 2, 1874, found her at Mystic Park, where she started against 2:14 3-4, and cut the mark to 2:14, a record which stood for four years. Goldsmith Maid was retired to the breeding ranks at Fashion Stud, Trenton, N. J., at the age of twenty-two. The last pub- lic appearance of the Maid was at the first National Horse Show, in 1884, at JMadison -Square Garden, when she was paraded in the ring with the ex-champion stallion Smuggler, 2:15 1-4, who defeated her in 1876 at Cleve- land, in one of the greatest old-time races in the Grand Circuit. She died in September, 1885, at Fashion Stud, in her twenty-eighth year. Rarus, 2:13 1-4, was more celebrated for race quality than beauty. He was the fourth gelding to figure as a world's champion. A bay, foaled 1867, he took his world's record in 1878, against time, in the third heat beating 2:14. This was at Buffalo, August 3. He then became an exhibition horse, trotting a few matches with Hopeful and Sweetzer, the pacer, the best miles he trotted subsequent to his record being 2:13 1-2, which he did twice. Rarus trotted in all 185 heats in 2 130 or bet- ter, and won 43 contested races. After his mile in 2:13 1-4, August 14, 1879, ^t Roch- ester, he was sold to Mr. Bonner for $36,000, and died his property in 1892, aged twenty- five years. St. Julien, 2:11 1-4, the next world's cham- pion, was a bay gelding, foaled 1869. October 25, 1879, he started at Oakland, Cal, to beat 2:13 1-4, the world's record, held by Rarus, and won in 2:12 3-4. One of the most inter- ested witnesses of this feat was General U. S. Grant. In 1880 St. Julien was brought East, and August 27, at Hartford, he started to beat 2:11 3-4, his own time record, made at Roch- ester, August 12, and trotted the second heat in 2:11 1-4. St. Julien was returned to Cali- fornia in 1883, and turned out, free to roarn where he liked. More than ten years after, the old horse was missed from his usual haunts, and a search revealed his moldering bones in a gully, where he had died months before. Jay-Eye-See, 2:10, the twelfth world's trotting champion, was a bony-built black gelding, foaled 1878, and the first extreme record holder that was Southern bred. He was bought when a two-year-old by the late Je- roane I. Case, of Racine, Wis. In 1884 Ja^•- Eve-See was an exhibition horse, starting in eight specials. August i he started over the new Seth Griffin track at Providence, R. I., to beat 2:10 3-4, and trotted the second heat in 2:10 fiat. This put him at the top, but his reign only lasted twenty-four hours, as the next day Maud S. trotted in 2 :o9 3-4 at Cleve- land. From his fourth year Jay-Eye-See had a hind foot that was liable to give way at any time, and his retirement in 1884 was none too soon. The little black gelding emerged from retirement in 1892, but this time as a pacer, making his first start to beat 2:25, and 2:17 was himg out for him. At Chicago he paced in 2 :o8 3-4, then went to the kite track at Independence and paced in 2 :o6 1-4, which record he never beat. Jay-Eye-See was the first and only world's champion that ever held a double record, i. e., at both gaits. After 1892 he was a pensioner of the Case family, at Racine. Wis., and lived to the ripe age of 31 years, dying in June, 1909. Maud S., who deposed first St. Julien, then Jay-Eye-.See. in short order, was a golden chestnut, foaled in 1874, at famous Woodburn Farm. The story of her sale to William H. V^anderbilt, when a four-year-old, for $21,000 and the attempts of various trainers to get into her good graces, until William W. Blair proved to be the "only" man, is an oft-told tale. Maud S. was one of the few world's champions that never suft'ered defeat, although her contests against other horses were com- paratively few. She started four times against the watch in 1884, and on the third essay, at Cleveland, she beat the record of Jay-Eye-See by trotting in 2 :o9 3-4. A few days later she became the property of Robert Bonner, who paid $40,000 for her, and made her last start The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston that year at Lexington, where she again low- ered the record, this time to 2 :o9 1-4. In 1885 she made but two pubHc starts, the first of which was at Cleveland, where she lowered the record — the seventh tim.e she "beat the world" — to 2 :o8 3-4. Maud S. was repeatedly bred, but failed to get with foal. After her death, in March, 1900, a post-mortem ex- amination revealed the fact that, owing to uterine malformation, conception by her was an impossibility. Sunol, bred at Palo Alto Farm in Califor- nia, was foaled in 1886. In 1891, against time, at Stockton, Cal, she made her record of 2:08 1-4. This made her the youngest trotter that ever held the world's championship. Mr. Bonner paid $41,000 for her, when a three- year-old, in 1889, but at his death she had never been bred. She then passed to John H. Shults, and produced two foals. Later she passed to A. B. Coxe, Paoli, Pa., and ^May 5, 1909, breathed her last, aged twenty-three. Nancv Hanks, foaled 1886, was the first champion to have the advantage of the bike sulky. At Chicago, in August, 1892, hooked to the new styled vehicle, she trotted in 2 :o7 1-4, a new world's record, and the same month was at Independence, where she beat that record two seconds. A month after she was at the "four-cornered" track at Terre Haute, where she put the high water mark at 2:04. In 1893 she passed to the late J. Mal- colm Forbes, owner of the Forbes Farm, Ponkapoag, Mass. Of all the world's cham- pions, Nancy Hanks has done the most for the perpetuation and progress of the trotting type. She died the property of Edward and Joseph Madden, Hamburg Place, Lexington, ky. Nancy Hanks was succeeded by Alix, 2:03 3-4, who, in 1894, reduced the world's record by a quarter-second. Alix was a bay, foaled 1888. September 6, 1894, at Indian- apolis, she started against the 2 :o4 of Nancy Hanks, and trotted in 2 :04 3-4. which she cut the next week at Terre Haute to 2 :o4. Next, at Galesburg, she tried again, and measured the mile in 2 :o3 3-4. This mile earned her the coveted championship position, and although she tried repeatedly the remainder of that sea- son and in 1895 to do better, the efforts were fruitless. In 1898 Alix was sold by the late Morris J. Jones to F. C. Sayles, of Pawtucket, R. I. Alix died October 19. iqoi. aged thir- teen years, one of the shortest lived of all the trotting champions. The successor of Alix was The Abbott, when once more a gelding "led all the rest." However, his reign was brief. The Abbott was a bay, foaled 1893 at Village Farm. The year 1900, his initial start was August 22, at Readville, to beat 2 :o6 1-4, which he did in 2 :o5 3-4. August 30, at Providence, he trot- ted in 2 :o4 3-4, and September 6 was at Hart- ford, where he started to beat the wagon record of 2 :o9 1-4, and won in 2 105 1-4. The following week, at New York, he went against 2 :o4 3-4, and trotted in 2 :o4. The Abbott was then shipped West, starting at Terre Haute against 2:04, trotting in 2:03 1-4, which lowered Alix's record. The Abbott died February 19, 1904, the property of J. J. Scannell, Peekskill, N. Y. Cresceus was the first, and is still, the only stallion to hold the world's trotting record. He was foaled in 1894. The close of 1900 found him with a record of 2 104. He had twelve starts that year, the majority being against the watch. The stallion in 1901 was regarded as the strongest claimant to the trot- ting throne, and when the Grand Circuit con- tingent reached Columbus, after having first touched 2 :o2 3-4 at Cleveland, Cresceus trot- ted in 2:02 1-4. From 1901 to 1903 he was carried all over the country as an exhibition horse by his breeder and owner, George H. Ketcham, of Toledo, O., who, in 1905, sold him to I\I. W. Savage, owner of Dan Patch, who in turn sold him to Capt. Tchmertzin, of St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1908. Cresceus is the only world's champion trotter ever ex- ported to Europe. Lou Dillon, i :^8 1-2, Sidney Dillon's daughter, a chestnut, was foaled in 1898. Of all the world's champions, none had a briefer or more meteoric career. She was bred m California, where she was educated and first trained. The news of her remarkably fast workouts led to her sale to C. K. G. Billings, in May, 1903, and July 4, 1903, Lou started on her unprecedented public career at Cleve- land. L'nlike preceding champions, she did not work her way up from the ranks. To the contrary, she was a born star, and her maiden start was against the 2 103 3-4 of Alix, but she failed to beat it, trotting in 2:04 1-4; bu. the week after she accomplished the task, trotting in 2:03 1-2, which again, on July 31, she reduced to 2 :o2 3-4. She tried to beat this mark next at Brighton Beach, and failed. The next week she was at Readville, where she trotted in 2 :oo. Going \Vest, she started at Cleveland, in September, to beat Maud S.'s 2 :o8 3-4 to high-wheel sulky, and the mile was in 2 -.05. In October she was at Lexington, starting against 2 :04 3-4 to wagon, and placed the record at that hitch at 2:01 3-4. Her next start was at Memphis, where she beat Major Delmar for the Gold Cup, trotting the two heats, each to wagon, in 2 104 3-4. Her great The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 169 mile, in 1 158 1-2, was made at the same meet- ing, four days later, Loti starting against 2 :oo. October 28 she went against her wagon rec- ord of 2 :oi 3-4, and beat it by a well-rated mile in 2 :oo flat. In 1909 she made her memorable exhibition tour of Europe, aston- ishing the public in Germany, Russia and Austria by her marvelous speed, after three years spent in the harem, although in foal at the time. She is still the property of C. K. G. Billings, of Chicago. Next, and last in the line of trotting cham- pions, comes the mighty Uhlan, a bay gelding, foaled in 1904, and bred by Arthur H. Parker, Bedford, Mass. In 1907 Mr. Parker sold the gelding to Charles Sanders, of Salem, Mass., for $2,500, and that Fall, in a matinee race to wagon, he won in 2:13 3-4. He was turned over to Robert Proctor to train, and in 190S got a record of 2:07 1-4. The following sea- son Uhlan, at Cleveland, forced Hamburg Belle to a new world's race record for trot- ters, of 2 :oi 1-4, and later, at Readville, de- feated the mare, earning a race record of 2:03 1-2, which still remains (1914) the world's race record for trotting geldings. He was sold after the Readville race to C. K. G. Billings, of Chicago, for $35,000, and Charles Tanner became his trainer and driver. Be- fore going into Winter quarters, in 1910, he had taken a record of i :58 3-4, made at Cleve- land against time, and a wagon record of 2 :oi. Uhlan failed to lower his best mark in 191 1, his mile against time at Lexington, Ky., of 1 :59 1-2, being his best effort. However, he accomplished the remarkable feat of trotting the Goshen, N. Y., half-mile track in 2 :o2 3-4. the world's record for a twice-around course. He also got the world's record, to wagon, of 56 1-4 seconds, and twice tied Lou Dillon's wagon record of 2 :oo, C. K. G. Billings driv- ing him in one of the heats, which marked a new world's record driven by an amateur. The season of 1912 Uhlan was, early in the year, shipped to Europe with several others of Mr. Billings' stable, and driven exhibition heats. He was particularly appreciated by the Russians, who marveled at his tremendous speed. Returning to the United States, he was put in shape by Mr. Tanner for trips against the watch. At Lexington, Ky., on October 8. he lowered the world's trotting record to i :58, and did so in the open (without aid of a windshield). At the same meeting, LHilan. hitched double with Lewis Forrest, who was bred by a New Hampshire man, lowered the world's pole record to 2:03 1-4, a reduction of 4 1-2 seconds. With his retirement from the turf. Uhlan still remains the property of Mr. Billings. On pleasant forenoons in Central Park, New York, can frequently be seen the famous gelding, gaily stepping along the saddle paths with his owner up, and by Mr. Billings' own words, Uhlan is a perfect saddle horse. THE PACING CHAMPIONS The first horse to beat 2 130 was the pacer Drover, ridden under saddle by Hiram \A'ood- ruff in 1839, in a race. But saddle records do not count in this narrative, so the champion- ship in harness began with Unknown, the chestnut gelding, in 1844, who beat Fairy Queen to wagon in 2 123. Unknown seems to have had but this one race to his credit, and he never afterward paced near his record. The pacing record of 2:23 stood for seven years, when the roan gelding Pet lowered it to 2:21 1-4, cutting this the next year to 2:18 1-2. Then Pocahontas, the stout chestnut daugh- ter of Irons' Cadmus, set a mark that stood at the top for a long term of years. This old- time champion did not figure in many races, but few as they were, they were all victories. Her last race was June, 1855, at the old Union Course, Long Island, when she beat Hero, both to wagon, distancing her opponent in the first heat in 2:171-2. This remarkabL mare was foaled 1847. In 1854 she was racer' by Otis Dimmick, and then passed to Jas. D. McMann, who drove her to her record. Woodmansee sold her in 1856 to R. S. Denny, Watertown, Mass. In 1870 she was owned by John G. Wood, West Millbury.. Mass., and from Wood passed to Amasa Sprague, of Providence, R. I., whose property she died in 1873 or 1874. In 1869, the dun gelding Yankee Sam. date of foaling and breeding unknown, cut the pac- ing record to 2:161-2. He started racing in 1866 and made his last appearance in 1872. Out of eleven races he won six. His world's mark was made Oct. 21, 1879, at Ulrichsville, Ohio, in a winning race with Shackelford, Maggie Mitchell and Grey Dan, pacing the first, third and fifth heats in 2:19 1-2, 2:16 1-2, and 2:19 1-2. As to what became of him his- tory is silent. The next notable pacing champion was Sleepy Tom, chestnut gelding, foaled 1868, and a son of Tom Rolfe, the son of Pocahon- tas. When a three-year-old, his owner, Isaac Dingier, of Bellwood, Ohio, had him trained and he paced a few races but won none. In 1873 he won one race and got a record of 2:401-2. The following year a cold settled in his eyes and he began to go blind, winning but one race. One winning race in 1875 ^^'^s to his credit, with his record reduced a" half- I/O The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston second. In 1876 ]Mr. Dingier sold him to one Millard, who treated him brutally, and traded him to William H. Corry, of Zenia, Ohio, for "the crippled colt Gum Elastic Bill, an oroide watch and a quart of bad whisky." Corry sold him to Steve C. Phillips for $2. 50 and a jug of rye. Phillips raced him until he sold him in 1879 to Joe Udell, of Wisconsin, for .'|;6,ooo. In 1878 Sleepy Tom won seven races, with the best mile in 2 :2i 3-4. His first win- ning race in 1879 ^'^-^ ^^ Jackson, Mich., where he beat Rowdy Boy, Lucy, Bay Sally, Mattie Hunter and Sleepy George, taking a record of 2 -.17 1-4. He won also at East Sagi- naw, Toledo, Louisville, Columbus, Cincin- nati, and Chicago, beating practically the same fields. At Chicago he made his world's rec- ord, pacing the last heat of a five-heat battle in 2:12 1-2, beating Mattie Hunter, Lucy and Rowdy Boy. From that time on the quar- tette were known as "The Big Four." He won in all thirty races out of fifty-six starts. L'dell sold Sleepy Tom late in the fall of 1882 to Dr. Olin, of Chicago, who drove him in his medical practice. After passing through sev- eral other hands the old fellow finally met a tragic death, perishing in a burning stable in a small Indiana town in 1885. Sleepy Tom was succeeded as pacing cham- pion by Little Brown Jug, a brown gelding, foaled in 1875. In 1880 he was purchased by H. V. Bennis, of Chicago, for $3,000, and placed in the hands of "Knapsack" McCar- thy, and did not appear in public again until the next year, 1881, when his career was comet-like, culminating at Hartford, Conn., Aug. 24, where for a purse of $2,000 he beat Mattie Hunter and Lucy, pacing three con- secutive heats in 2:113-4, 2:113-4, and 2:12 1-2. He won ten races that season, and this, in connection with his world's record, caused his purchase, the next year, by Com- modore Kittson, of St. Paul, at a price said to have been $15,000. He proved a dear pur- chase, however, as he went lame soon after and did little good, winning but two hippo- drome races and going several disappointing exhibitions. His history thereafter was of ups and downs, as he passed through many hands, finally descending to nearly the lowest round of the ladder ; but at last, his condition be- coming known, he was rescued and taken back to Teimessee, where he was pensioned at Ewell Farm, and died in peace and plenty when well along toward his thirtieth year. The bay gelding Johnston, that succeeded "The Jug," was foaled 1877. This horse was the most remarkable of the pacers in the ante- Dneumatic tire days. He was known prior to his fifth year as Charley M., but E. H. Smith, of Chicago, who purchased a controlling interest in him, changed the name to Johnston, in honor of Peter V. Johnston, who trained and first raced him. Every start by Johnston in 1883 was a victory, and he closed that year with a world's record of 2:10, his last three starts being against time. After his 2:10 rec- ord was made he was sold to Commodore Kitt- son for $20,000. Driven by John Splan, he made eleven starts in 1884 under the Kittson colors, five of which were unsuccessful tilts against his own record, until October 3, at Chicago. He was started that day over the Garfield Park track with Richball, each to beat their records. Johnston, driven by Splan, suc- ceeded, pacing the first quarter in 32s., the half in I :o3 1-4, and the mile in 2:06 1-4, which is still the unbeaten mile by a harness horse to high wheels over a circular track. In 1886 he was sold to Frank Siddals, of Philadelphia, for the reported price of $12,500. Siddals started him sixteen times in 1887, six of which were winning contested races, two to wagon, the others exhibitions. His wagon record of 2 :i4 1-2 was made in a losing race with Harry Wilkes to sulky. Johnston was then consigned to a Lexington sale and passed to Col. John \\'. Conley, of Chicago, at a cost of $3,900. Col. Conley turned the horse over to Budd Doble, who drove him eight times against the watch in 18S8. In 1889 Johnston paced in 2 :o6 1-2 at Cleveland, and in 2 :o6 3-4 at Hart- ford. He was sold in 1890 to C. F. Dunbar, of Bufifalo. Age was telling seriously on Johnston, and 1891 was his last year of racing, but he was good enough when sixteen years old to pace a mile in 2:10 over the half-mile track at Youngstown, Ohio, driven by his owner. Johnston died in the late nineties at Buffalo, having been well cared for to the last. Mascot, the bay gelding by Deceive, foaled 1885. was the first champion to beat 2 :o5, ty- ing the trotting record of 2 :o4 made by Nancy Hanks in 1892, at Terre Haute, over the same track and at the same meeting. As a seven- year-old, in W. J. Andrews' hands, he showed much higher form, and his last appearance for the year, at Terre Haute, where he met Guy and Flying Jib and was defeated, but he won the first heat in 2 :o4 — a world's record. In 1893 Mascot made nine starts, six of which werf bracketed. His best race of that year was in July, at Detroit, where he defeated Hal Pointer, Major Wonder. Flying Jib. Guy, ^Manager and Blue Sign in the hottest pacing contest of the campaign. The heats were in 2 :o7, 2 :o4 1-2, 2 :o6 1-4, 2 :o7 1-2, 2 :o7 1-2, of which Mascot won the second, third and fifth, the fastest five-heat race of the period. In 1895 IMascot became the property of the late The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 171 L. G. Tewksbury, of New York, who used him for road driving. Thence he passed through many hands, East and West, and was last heard of in South Dakota. Robert J., the next pacing champion, was a bay gelding, foaled 1888. 1894 was the "ban- ner year" for Robert. He made sixteen starts, in but one of which he was not credited with races or heats won. He encountered the very flower of the pacing division and came off with flying colors. He beat stout Joe Patchen at Chicago, setting the record for three pacing heats. At Fort Wayne he vanquished Mascot and Flying Jib, marking himself down to 2 :03 3-4, and at Indianapolis again beat Joe Patchen, 2 :o2 1-2 being his record when the smoke blew over. His other winnings were over Joe and John R. Gentry, and at Terre Haute, against time, he earned the championship rec- ord of 2:01 1-2. During the best part of his career he was owned at Village Farm, East Aurora, N. Y., and driven by Ed. Geers. He then passed to L. G. Tewksbury, who toured him in exhibitions with John R. Gentry and drove him on the New York speedway. Fi- nally he was repurchased by the Hamlins and retired at Village Farm, ostensibly to end his days in peace, but not long after the death of the elder Hamlin, in 1905, the turf world was shocked to learn that an employee of the farm, tiring of caring for him, had deliberately killed him in a most brutal way. Thus died one of the greatest and gamest pacers that ever lived. It was now destined that a stallion should for the first time hold the championship pac- ing record. This was John R. Gentry, "the little red horse," who was foaled in 1889. He raced from 1892 to 1900. In 1894 he closed with a record of 2 :o3 3-4, having been sold in the Summer for $10,000 to Holt & Scott, of Graham, N. C. In 1895 began his series of duels with Joe Patchen, in which the two proved so evenly matched. At Dubuque that year he equaled his record of 2 103 3-4 in a third heat. In the early spring of 1896 he was sold at public sale to William Simpson, for $7,600. He was started eleven times that year, with varying success. Late in September he was at Rigly Park, Portland, Me., where he started against Robert J.'s 2:01 1-2, and paced in 2:001-2. John R. Gentry afterward be- came the property of the late E. H. Harri- man, Goshen, N. Y. Heretofore the majority of the pacing champions were mainly trotting bred, but a year after John R. Gentry had made his rec- ord, the Clown passed once more to a member of the Hal family, a pacing strain that has stuck to that gait with remarkable tenacitv. This was Star Pointer, a bay horse, foaled 1889, who first saw the light in Tennessee. He was sold as a yearling to J. W. Titley, a Penn- sylvania breeder, who started him as a two- year-old and gave him a record of 2:341-4. He next appeared in his five-year-old form as a member of the Geers stable, and from 1894 to 1899 was among the turf stars of the first mag- nitude. At the close of the campaign of 1896, previous to which he was purchased by Ed. Mills, of Boston, and passed into Dave Mc- Clary's hands, he was credited with 2 :o2 1-4, which was the time of the first heat of a win- ning race at Mystic Park, where he beat Frank Agan and Robert J. His ever-mem- orable year on the turf was 1897, when he started sixteen times, the majority matches, or against time. After a few victories early in the season he started in August at Readville to beat the record of John R. Gentry, and put the high mark at i :59 1-4. This, the first crossing of the 2 :oo line by a harness horse, made a tremendous sensation, as was natural, and the time of the quarters shows how splen- didly he was rated: the first in 30s., the sec- ond in 293-43., the third in 29 1-4S., and the fourth in 30 1-4S. Nearly all the other starts of this king among horses were against time. In 1898, he equaled his record, at Columbus, and paced in 2 :oi 1-2 at Detroit. Three miles in 2:00 and better in one season was a great feat. His only two starts in 1899 were at Hart- ford, where he paced in 2 :oo, and at New York, where he was beaten in the free-for-all stallion race by Joe Patchen and John R. Gen- try and retired from the contest permanently broken down. After a few seasons in Ohio. Star Pointer was taken to California, making several seasons there, and was then taken back to his old home in Tennessee. Foaled 1896, the brown stallion Dan Patch, 1 :55 1-4, from the day he started in 1900 to the close of his racing career in 1902, never suft'ered defeat in a contested race. He paced fifty-seven heats in the three years against other horses, and lost but two. This record was paralleled by but two other world's cham- pions, Maud S. and Nancy Hanks, the trot- ters. The first mile paced by Dan Patch that was better than 2 :oo was at Providence, Aug. 29, 1902, when he stepped in i :S9 1-2 to beat 2 :oo 1-4. All his subsequent starts were against time. His first heat in 1903 was a half in 57 3-4 seconds at Columbus. His next was a mile in i :59 behind a runner, at Brooklyn, .Again at Columbus he equaled his record. At Lexington he started to beat 2:01 1-2 to wagon and paced in i :59 1-4. At Macon, Ga., he paced two miles in 4:17, to beat 4:19. At Memphis he made his record mile for that year 172 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston in I 06 1-4, and at the same meeting lowered the wagon record to i :57 1-4, and the half- mile mark to 56 seconds. Seven miles in 2 :oo and better were to his credit when he retired to Winter quarters in 1903. In 1904 Dan started only five times, lowering his record to 1 156 at Memphis. In 1905 his first mile bet- ter than 2 :oo was at Hamline, where he paced in 1 :5y 1-2, five days after pacing in i :57 1-2 over the same track. At Lexington he again paced in i :56, and two days later made his best technical record, I 155 1-4. He then went If) Memphis, where he paced against time, in the open, in 2:00, 1:591-4, 2:00 and 1:58. He started six times, beating 2:00 in every efifort. Six starts were also made by him in 1907, but his best mile that year was in 1 :57 1-2, at Phoenix, Ariz. Two miles better than 2 :oo were paced by him in 1908. Dan's last exhibitions were in 1909, starting six times, five of them with Minor Heir. With windshield he paced in i -.55 flat, which rec- ord, however, does not stand as a technical one, and 2 :o2 3-4 to high wheels, behind a run- ner, which latter performance is a record. Dan Patch is owned by M. ^^^ Savage, Min- neapolis, Alinn. Incidents in Eventful Career of Noted Driver, Dan Mace (By James O'Neill) Editor's Note. — Dan Mace, in his day, zcas the most noted trainer and driver of the trotting horse in the country, and none is more capable for relating the inside stories of some of his principal races than James O'Neill, zvho, besides attending to all of his clerical work, keeping his books and correspondence, etc., zvas manager of his blacksmith shop. Mr. O'Neill remainei zvith Mr Mace until the time of his death, on April 19, 1885, the result of bright's disease. Mr. Mace ivas 52 years old when he passed azvav, and in his ivill he left Mr. O'Neill the blacksmith shop. It zvas in 1875 that Mr. Mace got Hopeful, 2:14 3-4, the noted trotting gelding that zvas bred by the late Benjamin D. Whitcomb, former president of the Nezv England Trotting Horse Breeders' Association. Mr. O'Neill, in the Trotter and Pacer, re- ferred particularly to the campaign of this famous trotter, and of Darby, 2:161-2, the season of 1879 through the Grand Circuit, zvhen Hopeful's net zvinnings atnouutcd to the neat sum of $21,000, but to let Mr. O'Neill give his ozvn version of the particular events in Mr. Mace's life : AT the close of the campaign of 1879 Dan came in the office one forenoon and asked that the bill of Thomas P. Wallace, of New York, owner of Darby, be made out with the check for the amount due him. After figuring up the account, I handed Mace the check for $14,000, and hours later he re- turned and, throwing the check on my desk, said: "Mr. Wallace carefully went over the account. He then asked me if I had not robbed myself, and insisted that I keep the en- tire amount." That afternoon I destroyed the check. This will show the kind of patrons the noted trainer and driver had around him. For several years the racing associations through Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, etc., had been oft'erihg Mace big inducements to bring his string of campaigners out over their tracks. This was in the seventies; about 1878, I believe. He had that Spring, at Point P>reeze, nineteen horses. "Knap" McCarthy did all of the conditioning, and Dan would run over to the track two or three times every week to drive them, so as to be able to find which he thought good enough to take away racing. Of the best ones in his stable I recall Hope- ful. Richard, Darby, Midnight, Red Jim, Ella Jones and Kitty Jacks. Those New Yorkers who had horses with Dan were in the habit of going every Sunday to the track to see their horses work. When it came to shipping W^est it proved that only si.x of the number were considered fast enough to take along, such as Hopeful, Darby, Midnight, and three others. His first start was in the Michigan Circuit, opening up at Adrian and then Jackson, where he met defeat with his pet trotter Hopeful, by a mare called Proteine, owned in Cincinnati. Of course, this made Dan sore, but worse was yet in store, as at Toledo, a few weeks later, Proteine did the trick to Hopeful over again, The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 173 the latter having the thumps. After the race Dan was the most down-hearted person you ever saw over the defeat, while, on the other hand, the owners of the mare were equally overjoyed. In the heat of their enthusiasm they challenged Dan for another race to come ofif the following Monday week at Cleveland, offering to back Proteine against Hopeful at $2,000 to $10,000. This proposition Mace refused, telling the owners of the mare that both horses were en- tered in the free-for-all at Cleveland, on Thursday, and they would then have the ( hance of betting just as much money as they wislied. It proved to be a great betting race, J^roteine ruling a heavy choice over the field. I\Iace rather liked the improvement in Hopeful since his defeat at Toledo, and in the selling ilown of the starters had an order in the pool box for all of those cheap tickets. When the sun went down over the hills that evening Proteine had received her Waterloo. Hopeful was her conqueror. The owners of the mare were out over $10,000 on the result of the contest, as they had been so positive that she was invincible they backed her to the limit. It is perhaps needless to state that a. good share of that money went in cashing Mace's tickets. When we read of horses trotting half miles in from I :oi 1-2 to 1 103 nowadays we are apt to think it quite a feat, but it should be stated that it was very common- to see Hope- ful step to the half in his races in i 103 and I 104, and in those days there were no bike sulkies, while the tracks were not nearly as fast as is now the case. With the conditions pertaining at the present period I firmly be- lieve Hopeful would easily have raced in bet- ter than 2:10. I'll relate a neat coup that Mace engineered at Ionia, Mich., and executed at Quincy the following week. He had a little trotter named Gossip, Jr., entered in the slow classes against a very fast horse from Cincinnati called Big John, and the owners of the latter were up there to make a killing. Nothing but taking oft' the pool box would suit them. Big John was made a big favorite, while Gossip. Jr.. was selling for a song. Mace played his gelding to win $1,500, and won the race, but at that he had little confidence in Gossip, Jr., as he was unreliable, sometimes taking it into his head to sto]), when he couldn't be moved an inch. Well, the next week at Grand Rapids, be- fore the race, Dan worked Gossip, Jr., and said that he did not like him^ and if he was made favorite he intended playing against him, for he had no idea he was capable of winning. The betting proved to be Gossip, Jr., $100; field, $40. Mace sent in an order to play the field. Gossi]), Jr., took the initial heat in 2:28, making him a bigger favorite at $100 to $30 over the field. Dan continued playing out his hand by sending another order into the pool DAN MACE box on the little end. However, Gossip, Jr., was again first to the wire in 2 -.zj. This caused little betting before the third heat, but Dan had field tickets knocked oft' to him in a way not to arouse suspicion. Scoring for the heat Gossip, Jr., began his antics ; he would break, sulk, and behaved so badly that the judges had finally to send oft' the field without him. He caught the distance flag. W^ow ! ! ! How the crowd did yell and storm about, declaring at the top of their voices it was one of Mace's slick tricks. To satisfy the public, the judges called it no heat, and put up a prominent Western driver in Dan's place. It made no difference, however, as Gossip. Jr., was done for that day and made his standstill breaks, getting the flag again. That night when Mace went to town, the first thing he did was to go to the freight sta- tion to find out what it would cost to ship Gossip, Jr., to Trenton, N. J., where he was owned by Henry M. Smith, of the Fashion P'arm. ^Vhile making the arrangements to ship, a reporter slipped into the freight ofifice and sat down on a barrel. He had both ears wide open to catch any news of the race of that afternoon for his paper ; there had been so much talk over it. In some way Dan knew 174 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston * "I have had bad luck enough with that who he was, but did not let on. Before leav- jug the office he remarked to the freight agent : iiorse. Now that he has broke me I am mighty glad to get rid of him." In the next morning paper the reporter showed he had grabbed the bait, hook and all, as there was a column and a half story telling how Gossip, Jr., had broke Mace and the party with him, and as a result the gelding had been shipped home. The truth of the mat- ter was that Mace's winnings were $9,800. One of the lovable characteristics of Mace was his fondness for children. When we struck Quincy, 111., he went to one of the prominent members of the association, John Allen, originally a Providence man, whom Dan had known previous years in the East, and made arrangements that on Thursday, the day he was down to exhibit Hopeful, all of the school children and little orphans would be ad- mitted free. Then Dan ordered a big ox killed and roasted in the infield for a barbecue. He paid all of the expenses. The management bought a floral wreath to put on Hopeful. It certainly was a great day for the kids in Quincy. The week before this at Danville, 111., Mace had been thrown from the sulky and had his shoulder dislocated, so that he was compelled to drive Hopeful at Quincy with one hand, his other one being in a sling. It was so pain- ful that after the mile, on alighting from the sulky, he fell to the ground in a faint. Imme- diately the children rushed to the track and set up a great cry, believing that their bene- factor was seriously injured. There were over 7,500 persons in the grandstand, too, that were greatly concerned as to Mace's condition. Fifteen minutes after being taken to his stable he revived and appeared again in the quarter- stretch. When the children and crowd saw that he was all right, the most spontaneous burst of applause came forth that was ever heard on a race track. Everybody fairly went wild. Mace drove many match races on wnich large suins of money depended. One occurred at the old Prospect track, near where the Gravesend running track was located. It was between Edward and Richard. Frank Work owned the former and Foster Dewey, Richard. The match was for $5,000 a side, making $io,oco up. The day of the race was cloudy, but Dan went prepared, as that forenoon he had a pair of mud shoes (shoes calked) slipped on Rich- ard, for the event was play or pay. Johnny Murphy did the honors behind Edward. It began to rain before the opening heat, making the track heavy and slippery. Edward was a big favorite. Richard won the first heat in 2:21 1-2. When it came to the second the continued rain had made the track deep in mud, but Dan had the big advantage through his shrewdness in having Richard shod in iinticipation of the weather. The mud shoes told the story, as the race was over in straight heats, Richard winning. I think that the last race that Mace drove was at Springfield. Mass., August 29. 1883. In the race were such horses as Overman, J. B. Thomas, Romero, Minnie A., and Josephus, the last being the property of the late David Stephenson. Mace was engaged to drive Jo- sephus. There had always been great rivalry between Hickok, who had Overman, and Mace. Rain had made the track quite heavy, but Dan was particularly anxious to defeat Hickok on any account. Mace drew the pole, and next came Overman. One of the drivers in the race was Jimmy Golden. Now it should be borne in mind that Jo- sephus was not the gamest trotter ever bred. He won the initial heat in 2:21 1-2, but was very tired. Mace had the management roll the track before the second, to settle the mud some. After a desperate finish Josephus cap- tured the second heat right in 2 :2o, but he fairly staggered the last end of the route. It surely looked all over for Mace to win, but right here was where his wonderful sagacity came into play. No sooner had Josephus reached the stall, at the conclusion of the heat, than Dan sent for the blacksmith and had him take the heads off the nails in one of the forward shoes, so that when he came out for the third heat the shoe would fall off. W'hen this happened the judges gave Dan the requested time to have the shoe replaced, but before he got round for the heat nearly an hour and a quarter had passed, and Josephus was then well rested. It was not easy for Mace to w'in, though, as never in all of his career on the turf did he drive a harder or more clever heat. By almost riding the gelding on the back he just man- aged to reach the wire a neck to the good. The time of the heat was 2:21 1-2. Many who • had seen Dan drive for years have declared it was the best race he ever drove. The Hickok party lost a large pot of money on the result, and a portion of it went into Mace's pocket. This was Dan's last race. All the time Mace was doing somebody a good turn. I can call to memory once when away racing we came to a meeting where he met a man with a horse entered who had not the money to pay the entrance fee. This ap- The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 175 ])ealed to Dan, and he settled for the fee. Not that alone, as when the afternoon of the race came, he drove the horse for the man, and got second money. His price for driving in a race was always high, but in this instance he gave his services free. The following evening I happened over to the railroad depot, and who should I meet going away but the man Mace had assisted. Now he had not paid back to Dan that money for entrance on the horse, so T hurried over to the hotel and told Dan that the man he had befriended was skinning out without settling with him. He said to me: "Let the poor fellow go ; he may need the money in another place." There is no doubt that at one time Mace was worth over $100,000, but at his death, in 1885, he left little property, as he had lost the most he had in bad speculations. His habits were temperate, and in the last iive years of his life he quit smoking entirely, and only occasionally took a glass of wine. Weil-Bred Horse with Quality and Soundness is Best for Business ( Hy Henry C. Merwin ) Permission of An. Horse Br:-.-Jcr Editor's Note. — There is no person more capable of knozving the future of the zvork-horse than Henry C. Merzvin, president of the Boston Work-Horse Relief Asso- ciation, therefore, his statement of facts must prove of immense benefit to all identified zvith the business horse. SIX years ago, the Boston Work-Horse Relief Association (then called the \\'ork-Horse Parade Association) is- sued a small pamphlet, written by Gilbert Tompkins on the work-horse and the automobile. As the result of a careful investigation made by him for the association, Mr. Tompkins strongly advised horse breeders in the ^^'est to raise as many good animals as their farms would support. If this advice had been followed, everybody concerned would now be better off. The price of work-horses is much higher than it was six years ago, and all signs indicate that it will go higher still. For long hauls, the auto-truck may be, and probably is, more economical than horses, but, for short hauls, the case is just the opposite. The use of the commercial car is increasing, no doubt, but the increase is very slow, indeed — and is more apparent than real. In many cases, prominent concerns are using auto- trucks, leased to them at a low rate, with the ex- pectation that the advertisement thus obtained will compensate for the loss in rental. In other cases, the use of the automobile is an experi- ment, and such experiments usually end in dis- aster. We hear frequently, it is true, of busi- ness concerns that are buying or hiring auto- cars, but, im the other hand, we hear fre- quently of other business concerns that are giving them up as being economically impos- sible. The cost of repairs and the deprecia- tion are enormous. At the Boston Work-Horse Parade, in 1913, there were 1,225 entries, as against 1.062 en- tries the year before. It was estimated that the number would have been about twenty-live greater had it not been for the competition of the automobile. In other words, the loss oc- casioned by the automobile amounted to about two per cent of the total number of entries. Nothing very alarming in that ! Unless some startling improvements are made, which will greatly lower the cost or in- crease the durability of the commercial auto- mobile, there is no prospect of any serious competition between it and the horse for many years to come. In fact, some mechanical en- gineers believe that the horse will never be superseded for short hauls. "The horse," they say, "is the most economical machine yet invented." But let no one think that he can make money by raising an inferior work-horse ; let no one breed an old worn-out mare, or a mare with any constitutional unsoundness, or tendency to unsoundness. The produce of such stock will seldom be sold at a profit — to say nothing of the cruelty involved in breeding horses which are almost certain to suffer from pain- ful lameness before they reach middle life. Buyers now demand work-horses that have soundness and quality, and the whole tendency is in that direction. Beauty in the work-horse has now a recognized value as an advertise- ment. Who are the men that are making monev as master teamsters in our great cities? 176 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston They are the men who have the best horses and treat them the best. Some time ago, when I was praising the horses of a particular truckman to a man en- gaged in a different branch of the horse busi- ness, he replied, "Oh, that fellow; why he spends every cent that he makes on those fine blankets and the brass-mounted harness that he uses ; that isn't business."' Well, I took pains to inquire, and I found that this enthu- siastic, extravagant truckman had laid up $100,000 in twenty years! On the other hand, if you find a truckman with thin, gaunt, un- cared-for horses, you find a man who has hard work to keep out of bankruptcy. It is the custom in Boston and, I presume, in all cities, for master truckmen to assign particular wagons and horses for use by a par- ticular customer : that is, the wagon is reserved mainly, often wholly, for the customer's use, and both his name and that of the truckman appear on the wagon. These regular custom- ers are beginning to complain, I am glad to say, if the horses that haul the vi'agon with their name on it, do not come up to a high standard. "Why don't you have a fine horse on my wagon?" they say to the truckmen. '■\Miy don't you exhibit in the Parade?" "Why don't you paint that wagon and clean tip the harness ?'" There is another reason why quality in the modern work-horse is demanded. The life of a work-horse in the city is now a very strenuous one. The streets are so slippery especially in Winter, that he is in constant danger of falling ; and, when the going is bad, the horse gets very tired before the end of the day. Now we all know that a well-bred horse will keep on his feet better and, in case of a fall, will get up much quicker than a coarse- bred one. The coarse-bred horse, if tired, is often ready, and even glad, to fall, and, once down, he is perfectly willing to stay down ; whereas, the well-bred horse will leap to his feet, if possible. There are, of course, many exceptions, but this, as all horsemen know, is trite as a general statement. Then, again, the coarse-bred horse is much slower to recover from illness or injury — es- pecially when the blood is affected. For ex- ample, at the free hospital for horses, main- tained by the Boston Work-Horse Relief Association, there have been an aston- ishing number of cases of blood-poisoning, which originated from some cut on the foot or leg — sometimes from interfering. This is a trouble peculiar to the city, and the "vets'" say that, in these cases, as probably in all other cases of injury or illness, the well-bred horse makes a quicker recovery than the poorly-bred one. Quality, therefore, as well as soundness, is necessary in the brood-mare. Sell the mare with coarse hair, overhanging eyelids, meaty legs, ragged hips and a sloping rump, and breed from the fine-haired, large-eyed mare with clean legs, hoofs of close texture, well- cut sears and smooth hips. The demand for work-horses like this is much in excess of the supply. A carload of such horses was recently brought from the West to Springfield, Massa- chusetts, arriving on a Saturday. A truck- man in Boston, who heard of their arrival, took a train at 2 or 3 o'clock Sunday morning and thus got the pick of the lot — a pair for which he paid over a thousand dollars. The next train brought another Boston truckman. Express horses are, perhaps, even more scarce. Percheron mares, bred to trotting stallions of good bone and substance, should produce such horses. There is also a large demand for horses to draw milk wagons and bakers' wagons. These wagons, with their loads, are now so heavy that they require a 1 400 pound horse, and he must do his work at a trot. It is not easy to find a horse of that weight who is light enough on his feet to trot without pounding himself to pieces. The de- mand for this kind of a horse is rapidly in- creasing. As for tlie carriage horse and the roadster, their future depends upon the securing of sep- arate macadamized roads for horse-drawn pleasure vehicles in the parks and suburbs of the cities. If it should thus become possible for a man — and still more for his wife — to take a drive in a carriage without the prospect of meeting sudden death at the hands of some reckless or drunken chauffeur, the carriage horse and the roadster would come back, I be- lieve to a great extent. There are hundreds of people who would like to take a daily drive, but they have been scared out of this innocent and wholesome amusement, and have sold or given away their horses. Minorities always have to fight for their rights, and the horse owners in this country have surrendered theirs without a struggle. R. G. CROSBY FOR THIRD TERM It is certain that Riley G. Crosby will con- tinue in his official office of president of the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club in 191 5, he having received the unanimous nomination at the club's meeting, held on Dec. 7, 1914. It will make his third term in the executive chair. John Shepard Tells of Racing to Sleigh On the Mill Dam and Beacon Street JOHX SHEi'ARD. the veteran lover of good horses, relates the following of old-time racing on the Mill Dam ;ind Beacon Street lioiilevard: "The gentlemen of the road would often give me a trotter which they considered a bit 'gone by,' and, as a general rule, I could take him and beat the very horse the big fellows fancied most. They said it was be- cause 1 made so much noise l.)fhind the horse, but I don't believe it. "Personally, I think the reason for my success lay solelv in my energetic driving. "I remember one instance, when I sold Dick Swiveller to Frank \\'ork for pretty close to $12,000. "We were driving duwn the Harlem road, and by the time we reached '(Jabe' Case's 1 had passed everything except Work, who was driving Swiveller. Naturally, I didn'! like ti^ embarrass Mr. Work right in front of all the people who were out, and so T had to pull my horse away over to the other side of the road. "Mr. Work, of course, didn't know of this episode, and he was much i)Ieased with Swiveller's performance. "Then there was another incident nearer Iiome which I like to remember. I was tak- ing Thomas Plant out, in Boston, with a fine pair of horses. 'We went along merrily for a time, and I could see that my comjianion was turning something over in his mind. Finally, after a long silence, he said : " 'Mr. Shepard, I want to tell you some- thing. Some time ago I had a wonderfull\- fast horse which could beat everything in sight, and I was very anxious to get an op- portunity to beat you. At last, after many days of good sleighing, I got out on the Brookline road and found you, and we started together. " "The horse I was drixing would make frequent breaks, InU would always steady down again and recover without losing anv- thing.^ " 'You were trotting Reina at a gcnd clip, and when we got down the road a bit, right in front of a big crowd, my horse lir^ike, and you turned around and said: "Let him run, that gait will suit me as well as anv other," and we went right dnwn witlmut any acci- dent. " 'When we turned to go back, I asked \ou to tr)- that once more, because I didn't like you to beat me that way. You said no, that you wouldn't start in cold blood for any- thing, but that if I would go back to Cool- idge's Corner with you, you would be glad to trot with me. " 'Well, we went back, and several other gentleiuen with horses accnni]Kinicd us to see JOHN SHEPARD the brush and try to get in front of you, so that I could beat you, an event which would have afforded them great i)leasure. " 'When we got to the corner, everyone turned around, and the whole file of us started off at once. We had gone a quarter of a mile or so, when to our surprise we saw that you were not with us, and so we pulled up to wait for you : at this you whipped up and came down the road on the jump, and when you were near us, you yelled for us to go ahead. We all started off, but many o." the horses broke and some couldn't move off fast enough, and you, with skilful driving, got through. Then I made up my mind it was no use trying to beat you, and we all followed you down. Yes, Mr. Shepard, Reina was a good mare. She l^eat every- thing that came out on the snow.' 178 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston "One time Arloch Wentworth, one of the wealthy men in those days, came up to my house, as he often did, and went out to the stables to look over the horses. " 'John,' said he, pointing to Reina, "give me that mare : she's getting old. and you won't want her much longer.' " 'No," said I, "I might sell her to you for $i,oco.' "But Arloch wanted her as a gift, and held out for her. tried to be a Christian, but driving Sundays was one of my pet sins. \\'ell, we arranged, perfectly fairly, to have the horse turn about one everv second day, and I always tempted the devil by taking her Sundays as well. "The second horse I bought turned out better still for me. "There was a man living out Grove Hall way who owned a fine bit of horseflesh. This man, too, was a good Christian. He went to church everv Sundav, but he had no ETHEL'S PRIDE, 2:06 3-4 The Best Trotter Owned by John Shepard, the Dean of American Reinsmen "After a bit I said : 'Arloch, Til give you Reina on one condition. As you say, she won't be much use to me after a time. Now, you like money pretty well, bitt it won't be of any use to you when you depart this life. I'll tell you what ; you make the Young AJen's Christian Association a present of $100,000 and you can have Reina.' "And at last he took the of?er. True, he didn't do it right away, but after thinking it over for c|uite a while he came up one day and told me that he had arranged the en- dowment, and when he died the association got the money. "The first horse I ever bought was in partnership with another man. I got the better of the deal in one way. This other chap was a good Christian, and couldn't be induced to sfo drivinsr on Sundav. I alwavs compunctions about going and coming be- hind his horse. Moreover he had no com- punctions either about passing me on the way without great difficulty. "He talked so much about this that I de- termined finally I'd get a horse that would beat him. I looked about, and after a bit I bought a nice fellow called 'Old Trot.' I paid S.'^co, and agreed to give $25 more if he turned out well. "Well, sir, that horse did turn out excel- lently well, especially on the Sabbath, I am pleased to say, and the man got his $25. '"Xot long ago, my son, who is now 57 vears old, was telling me that as long as he could remember I was matching horses, and he wondered that I never got a pair. As a matter of fact, I had several good ones. I used to sive awav manv of mv best horses to The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 179 my friends after I had had the best years out of them, but nowadays everybody has auto- mobiles. A number of years ago I tried a new experiment. I sent two horses to the New York auction, e.xpecting to get $2,000 or $3,000 for them. Instead, I got only $500 for one and $385 for the other. But both of them found good homes. "Senator L., the one that went for $385, beat the best horse in New York afterward, and his owner wrote me that the silver cup he won was worth more than $1,000 to him. "About twenty rears ago T bought a horse at Hartford for $10,000. He trotted a race for !ue the same afternoon, and with his wm- nings he cost me $8,500. Next day I sold hiuT to William Rockefeller for William H. Vanderbilt at $15,000, and Mr. Vanderbilt was so pleased that at Saratoga afterward he talked to me about him for an hour. The horse had gone double for him with Maud S., breaking the world's record at that time for the mile in 2:15 1-2. "The best horse I ever owned was Ethers Pride. She cost me $10,000, but she soon won tlic $10,000 purse at Syracuse." Boston Blue Was First Trotter to Beat Three Minutes (By The A^eteran) IN the Summer of 1820 an advertise- ment appeared in a paper published in Boston in which the Boston Jockey Club offered to give a purse of $1,000 to any horse which would trot a mile in three minutes. The paper containing this announcement came to the notice of Orrin B. Palmer, who lived near Waterville. Me. A short time previous he had secured a rangy, close-cropped bay gelding, who had a slanting or very oblique shoulder, and whose legs stood well under him. The horse stood about 15.2 hands high and weighed nearly T,oco pounds. Such is the description which Mr. Palmer gave to Hall C. Burleigh, of Vassalboro, who was an expert horseman and a breeder of prize Hereford cattle. The horse had been used for two seasons by David Nourse in towing scows and long boats up the Kennebec River from Augusta to Waterville. After Mr. Palmer had used the horse a little while he found he had a trotter with a great burst of speed for those days, and privately timed him on the ice where the footing was very smooth and solid. When the offer of the Jockey Club came to Mr. Palmer, he determined to go to Bos- ton and make a try for it. He immediately fixed up a gig out of an old pair of chaise wheels and, hitching his horse to it. started for Boston. On his way he called on his brother-in- law, at Exeter, N. H., and stopped over night. He said nothing of his business to Boston until morning, when he informed his brother-in-law what he was going for. The Exeter man was quick to catch the idea, and it was agreed that he should take a vessel and go to Boston with a big sum of mone>- to bet on the horse. :Mr. Palmer and the brother-in-law arrived in Boston in good time. The horseman from the Kennebec soon made a match to beat three minutes with the approval of the Jockey Club. The trial came off over the Lvnn turnpike, where a mile course was measured off. The gelding had been named Zuarrom, and by that name he still is known in the annals of'early Maine trotters. In this race, to please someone's fancy, the horse was entered as Boston Blue. The traditions of earlv trotting around Lynn and Salem are to the effect that Boston Blue trotted a mile in better than three minutes. The race was made with competent judges at the start and finish, with two men on runnmg horses accompanying the trotter to see that he did not indulge in breaks or try the run- ning game himself. A good deal of money was" wagered on this first great trotting race near Boston where time was vanquished. Mr. Palmer and his brother-in-law won more than $800, and the Jockey Club gave the $1,000, as they had agreed. The time of the mile was 2m. 57s. In 1853 Mr. Palmer visited Hall C. Bur- leigh at'his home in Vassalboro and related the storv as it now appears. There isnb doubt as to its authenticity, nor was the time considered fast by Mr. Palmer, who related that there were other horses in his vicinity, near Waterville, as fast or faster than the horse who was the first to demonstrate that a mile in three minutes was easy. Shying in Horses and the Best Way to Remedy Fault (By Trainer) IT is a widely held opinion that defective eyesight is a very common cause of shy- ing in horses, but as a matter of fact, such is by no means the case. Unques- tionably defective vision not infre- quently accounts for a horse being a shyer, yet it is nothing like so frequently a cause of shying as it is generally held to be. The principal and most usual cause of the habit of shying in horses is nervousness or fear, the horse shying at some object or other because it is afraid of it, even though it can plainly see it. Habitual shyers are usually either of a highly strung or nervous tempera- ment, such as is commonly met with in well- bred horses, or they are of a very timid dis- position. It is, of course, well known to horsemen that by far the largest proportion of shyers are mares. The habit of shying is nothing like so often met with in geldings as it is amongst mares, and entire horses are but very rarelv given to shying. The reason why this is so is obvious when it is remembered that most usu- ally the cause of shying is nervousness or fear. Mares are as a rule of more excitable or nerv- ous temperament, and more often of a timid disposition than geldings, the latter generally being of a more equable temperament than the former, though there are exceptions, of course, while entires are usually very high-couraged. Hence one does not find an entire shying on account of nervousness or fear, as a rule, and geldings do so much less frequently than mares. A great many — in fact, it may be said, most — young horses are more or less given to shy- ing when they are first put to work, owing to their being unfamiliar with many objects they see, and consequently afraid of them. When they are taken up to be broken in, voun horses, moreover, are very commonly inclined to be somewhat nervous at first, and' this nat- urally renders them very liable to shy on the slightest provocation; but as a rule tliey cease the habit of shying as soon as they be- come accustomed to the sights of the road. and lose their erstwhile greenness and nerv- ousness. Hence the fact that a raw and un- made young horse shies very easily and fre- quently is a matter of no importance, and no notice need be taken of it, seeing that it is only natural it should do so in view of i greenness, and that in all probabiHty the habit will pretty soon cease of its own accord whe once the young animal's natural nervousnes.s and greenness wear ofif. Sometimes, however, this habit of shying at unfamiliar or strange objects from pure nerv- ousness or fear — which is so general among young, unmade horses when they are being broken in — persists long after the young horse's education has been completed, and proves itself to be quite incurable, it often- times, indeed, gradually becoming worse in ' such cases. Here we have the confirmed shyer which nothing will cure. The habit, how- ever aggravating it is, is the horse's misfor- tune, not its fault, seeing that it is the result of a highly nervous temperament, or of a too timid disposition ; hence it should be kindly and patiently dealt with. In some fortunate case it may be possible to cure it by dint of careful management and patience before it gets too firmly rooted, but more generally it is impossible to eft'ect a com- plete cure when the shying persists after the horse has been thoroughly trained and become fully used to the road ; and mostly it is in these circumstances a case of "once a shyer, always a shyer." When once the habit of shying has become firmly established, and when it is due to nerv- ousness, the chances are much against the horse ever being broken of it. It may, per- haps, be improved, if the horse is in the hands of a careful and patient rider or driver, who knows how to deal with it, and takes the trouble to do so. At best, however, one must always be on the qui vive with such shyers, and one is never safe with them, while in many cases the habit is, or becomes, so bad that the animal afflicted with it is a wholly unsafe conveyance, and not fit to be in a pri- vate stable. There is no doubt about it that in a good many cases horses which shy on account of nervousness are rendered worse in this re- spect by improper or injudicious treatment ; in fact, the habit is often established in young horses solely in consequence of gross misman- agement. It is but too common a thing for The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston i8i the rider or driver of a young horse to force it past an object at which it is shying by the infliction of punishment with whip or spur, and by jabbing it in the mouth. Nothing could be worse than to do this. After this wron;^ headed practice has been repeated a couple of times the young horse (horses have excellent memories, especially for disagreeable things ) learns to remember that it is punished on shying, and thus whenever it shies it expects punishment to follow immediately, which nat- urally greatly increases its fears, and causes it to swerve all the more badly, or to attempt to run away. The fear of punishment, more- over, renders the animal much more inclined to shy, as in these circumstances it does not shy at an object so much as at the punishment which it expects to follow. It does not take long to convert a young horse of a nervous temperament, and which is by nature inclined to shy somewhat easily, into a confirmed and incurable shyer by such senseless treatment. The proper way to manage a young horse when it shies is to treat it kindly and with patience. On no account must it be punished in any way for shying. Its fear or nervous- ness should be allayed by speaking quietly to the animal, by patting it on the neck, etc. — in brief, by cajoling it, as it were — that will readily calm it. If it objects to go past an object on account of its being afraid of it, it should be coaxed, in order to induce it to pass the same. It is quite wrong to force it to pass the object by means of punishment. It is a good plan to allow a young horse to have a good look at any object for which it evinces much fear, it being coaxed to go close to it and to smell at it, so that the animal may con- vince itself that it is harmless and that its fears are groundless. If this is done, the horse will probably take but little or no no- tice of the same object next time it passes or encounters it. It is easy enough, as a rule, to overcome and eradicate the propensity t. shy which arises from greenness and nervous- ness in a young, unmade horse, by power and patient management. Not infrequently horses are addicted to the habit of shying or swerving at certain objects merely as the result of light-heartedness, or of an excess of high spirits, due to their being very fresh or under-worked and full of oats. In such cases a horse will shy at objects with which it is quite familiar, and of which it ordinarily takes no notice whatever, and very often, in addition to shying or swerving, the animal bucks or kicks up its heels at the same time, when it is being ridden. This mischiev- ous or playful — though often very awkward and annoying — kind of shying, which is caused by an exuberance of spirits, is prac- ticed only while the horse remains fresh, and ceases as soon as the animal settles down to its work and has expended its superfluous enerofx'. Amateur Racing Creates Big Demand for Our Outclassed Trotters FURE^lOST in the promotion of amateur racing in this country is Harry K. Devereux, of Cleveland. He is therefore a very capable man to cpiote when expressing his views of the value of the amateurs to trotting in- terests. Just where the amateur and the speedway stand today in the sporting world was vividly stated by Mr. Devereux in the Horse Breeder, as follows : "Perhaps the most serious thing that con- fronts our breeding interests is the lack of demand for the outclassed racer and the animal not desired or fitted for breeding pur- poses. This condition, born of the grow in the use of the automobile, has become apparent to all. The difference in the value of such horses and those desired for racing or breeding has become so great that the breeder must become discouraged, for com- paratively few of his produce can hope for a remunerative market. And what will the result be? 'Tt does not seem prolxible that we will ever go Ijack to driving on the road, which gave a good market for the cheaper horse. Then, will we have enough trotters bred to support our tracks, or will some other use for the cheaper horse appear that will again encourage the large extension of breeding in- tere-^ts? "If such a thing comes to pass, I cannot imagine what it may be, unless it were the larger development of matinee clubs and speedways. From them alone now comes the demand for our outclassed trotters, or those not fitted for breeding, and, while there are a large number of such clubs and l82 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston speedways in the country, their demands for material covers only a very small part of the material at hand. It then certainly behooves every breeder, horseman or horse lover to encourage, in every way possible, the growth and extension of this manner of sport. "It is a sport of comparatively recent development, and, at the outset, met with but little encouragement from our horse in- terests, and many rebuffs. It would seem that it might be susceptible of development if pushed a little, for it has thrived and grown with little of that. It's a strange man that does not love a horse, and the majority oi men, who have the price, would love the ownership of one or more, could they find use for them. "One of our horse papers, in 1912, criti- cised the management of the Lexington (Ky.) meeting, because they saw fit, as ex- pressed, 'To cater to the amateurs,' and, fur- ther, they had the nerve to say that it was this method which killed the Memphis Trotting Association. The fact is that one of these amateurs they saw fit to fire at built the Memphis track and paid each year a large loss there in endeavoring to make a trotting meeting popular in that hotbed of running horse people. He probably spent more in this venture and generous act to en- courage the trotting game than was ever spent by one man before. "It is easy to recall the unpleasant and un- kind things said of the amateur and his actions by some of our turf papers a few years ago, when matinee racing, as it is called, was first inaugurated. The formation of the League of Amateur Driving Clubs was severely criticised, its members were held up to ridicule and matinee racing laughed at, while the horsemen themselves waxed hot and wrathful when any associa- tion permitted a wagon or amateur race to be held during its meeting. "To me, it always seemed that antagonism to this sport (amateur racing) was a blow always at the goose that lays the golden egg. Who puts up the money to build tracks, to train horses, to campaign them, to buv horses and to drive? Who, but the amateur! And, if you can add to his number by encouraging him to drive, does that not help all around? "Fourteen years ago the Gentlemen's Driving- Club of Boston, in order to stimulate the interest in amateur driving, offered a valuable trophy, with open competition, the only stipulation being that the contestants must be trotters, driven to wagon by ama- teurs. Competition for this cup caused much interest, and it is conservative to say that over $100,000 was spent by the amateurs foi horses to race for it. "Previous to this the amateur clubs had been conducting their matinees, at which no gate admission was charged, and while efforts had been made to get the National Trotting Association to recognize them and distinguish the difference between profes- sional and amateur, and between technical records and amateur records, it was with no success, but, instead, there was an understanding that these matinees were not regular meetings and no records could attach to the horses winning the cups and ribbons. "At the first contest for the Boston Cup, the winner trotted one heat in 2:10, which was faster than the then existing wagon record. "I immediately began a discussion as to whether this horse had not acquired a tech- nical record in winning this cup for the club he represented. The argument waxed warm, and the majority of the turf papers took the side that the horse should be penalized with a record. So hot grew the debate, that it became personal. The amateurs were accused of being undesirable members, of playing the game unfairly and, altogether, tb.ey were roundly flailed. Some of the articles written on this subject would make funnv reading now. "The outcome of this controversy was .t decision on the part of the National Trotting Association to the effect that the horse had acquired a record for winning a race, by their rules, at what was not a public meeting and for winning nothing. This was a bomb in the amateurs' camp, as it put all previous winners in races of this kind in a position tO' he protested, and was a serious blow to fur- ther racing of this character. "A fight then began between the amateurs and the National Trotting Association,, which, after much feeling on both sides, re- sulted in the National and American Associa- tions both enacting legislation favorable ta the amateur. Since then he has thrived, and there is a matinee club in most all towns that have a track. "Calm deliberation will prove the benefit this has been to our trotting horse interests, and to encourage and foster their further growth will help, in a large measure, to solve the problem put up to our breeders and horsemen through the remarkable achieve- ments of the pushing and ever zealous, though not always truthful, automobile manufacturer and salesman." Pete Supposed to Have a Cinch but Buck Dickerson Won the Race (By J. B.) THE late John tlood, who had a wide circle of close friends throughout New England, was one of the first members of the Dorchester Driv- ing Club. Long before the days of this club, however, Mr. Hood owned the boss of the snowpath on River Street, the speeding ground for residents of Hyde Park, Milton, Dorchester, Quincy, Atlantic, etc., in the trotting gelding Bob. While without a known record, yet Bob held all comers for sev- eral Winters. Trotters with marks right at 2 :20, and it was the day of the high wheel, were brought to the snow course to take the measure of Bob, but the efforts always proved fruitless. Likely the most satisfaction Mr. Hood ever had was with the pacing gelding Buck Dick- erson, 2 :25 1-2, a Grand Circuit star in the eighties. He purchased him in the fall of 1889. That season on the snow, for some rea- son. Buck was a huge failure, not being able to make even a presentable display of speed. The following Spring so much talk was made about Mr. Hood being gulled in buying the pacer that finally it led to a match over the Readville track, then a twice-around, known as Norfolk Trotting Park, with a trotting gelding named Pete, but afterward found out to be Peter, 2 :28. A Dr. Stuart dug up this Pete, or Peter, and, letting a few in on the secret, made the match with Mr. Hood for $400 a side, play or pay. So great was the interest that on the day of the race, September 2, a crowd of 2,000 paid admission at the gate. Henry Nay, then lessee of Readville, had leased the track for the oc- casion, receiving $50, and the agreement was that the track receipts went to the victor. Mr. Nay, finding out who Pete was, wagered what he received for the track on that gelding to win. James \\'ilde, of Quincy, was starting judge. Just before the first heat a pool of $400 more was raised to back Peter and flung at Mr. Hood. He was game, and came back, and the $800 was placed in Mr. Wilde's hands. Outside of this Mr. Hood had wagered $600 against some $750 a few days previous to the race that was posted in divers hands. James O'Donnell. still a trainer at the Read- ville track, had the mount back of Peter, while iidward Cogswell came over from Mystic to drive Buck Dickerson for Mr. Hood. Read- ville track was very slow, being deep in sand, causing the narrow steel-tired wheels of the high-wheel sulky to sink in a couple of inches. At the word Peter, at the pole, went away at an awful clip under the adverse conditions, getting to the quarter in 34 seconds. Around the lower turn Buck began to close the gap, and at the half, in i :io, was just on even terms. Here Peter called enough, making so bad a break that when Buck Dickerson jogged under the wire in 2 129 1-2, Peter was some 200 yards in the rear. The distance judge, having wagered $25 on Peter, refused to drop the flag. After a wran- gle of half an hour the judges decided to let him start again, but that one heat had taken all that was in the gelding. Buck Dickerson winning handily the second heat in the slow time of 2 133. Dr. Stuart drove Peter the third heat, but was beaten away off in 2 -.^y. Mr. Hood never tired of relating about this race and how he was expected to be on the other side of the killing. It was well mapped out, but Dr. Stuart and his friends failed to consider what they were up against in the Dickerson pacer. Later Buck Dickerson was sold to A. J. Legg, of Dover, N. H., who thought so much of the gelding that, at his death, he left in his will he ne\-er be sold out of the faniilv. WAR COST $305,000 HORSE DEAL \\'. E. D. Stokes, the New York and Ken- tucky horseman, lost a $305,000 trotting horse deal by the war of 1914. George Speaks was captured in London as a spy and retained at Scotland Yard. He previously came to Amer- ica, acting for the Austrian and Russian Gov- ernments, and secured a contract for forty services of Peter the Great, fifty of Peter Donna and fifty of Peter Volo for $80,000. ^ Austrian and Russian Governments had op- tion for purchase of Peter the Great, 2:07 1-4; Peter Donna. 2:08 1-4; and Peter Volo, a three-year-old, with a record of 2:03 1-2, of $225,000, making a total of $305,000. War prevented carrying out the contract. Robert Bonner Made It Popular for Gentlemen to Own a Trotter T (J no man arc the amateur tlrivers of America so much in- delned as to that grand gentle- man and ])rince of amateur sportsmen, the late Robert Bon- ner. It was he who made road driving the one all-absorbing sport and popular pastime away back in the forties, and it was his acts which took that distinctly American product, the trotter, out of the hands of gamblers and elevated him to such distinction as made him ROBERT BONNER sought after ])y men of refinement and wealth. Robert Bonner paid what were, in the earlier days, fabulous prices for trotters, and retired them from the track to comfortable quarters and his own private use. The first team to trot a mile faster than 2:30, was owned and driven by Mr. Bonner. In i86r he hitched Flatbush Maid and Lady Palmer together, and drove them a mile over Union Course, Long Island, in 2 .2~. At that time the feat was of such extra- ordinary character as to attract wide atten- tion, and its credibility was questioned by gentlemen of such character that a doubt was expressed quite frequently as to the authenticitv of the record. ]Mr. Bonner was a gentleman who kept liis own counsel, but later events proved that he was not only annoyed by these reports, but decided to prove to the world conclit- sively that the time was not only correct, but that the team was capable of repeating the performance. On May 10, 1862, Mr. Bonner arranged with the management of the club at Fashion Course, I-ong Island, to start the team against their record of 2 -.z"/, and on that day, in the presence of a large crowd of repre- sentative gentlemen, including a great many of those who had doubted the previous per- formance, j\Ir. Bonner drove Flatbush Maid and Ladv Palmer a cleverlv rated mile in 2 :26. It is needless to say that when this mile was finished and the time was announced, the a])plause which followed clearly demon- strated that all doubt regarding the ability of this then sensational team was removed. Three days later, on May 13, Mr. Bonner drove the same team two miles in 5:01 1-4, the first mile being in 2:26 1-2. Until the advent of the pneumatic sulky, after which world records followed each other in such rapid succession, Mr. Ronner became the owner of almost every champion trotter. He paid $35,000 for Dexter, 2:17 i-|; $40,000 for ]\Iaud S.. 2:08 ,3-4; $41,000 for Sunol, 2:08 1-4; $20,000 for Edward Everett, and gave $36,000 and another mare for Pocahontas, 2 :26 3-4. Pocahontas was a remarkable mare, having shown her ability in 1878 to trot close to 2 :20, to wagon, and in 1880 Mr. "Allie" Bonner, a son of Robert, drove the mare a full mile in 2 :i7 1-2. All of the animals mentioned as having been owned by Mr. Bonner are now dea'' Dexter and Maud S. lie side by side at East \'iew Farm, and a monument bearing an appropriate inscription has been erected 10 their memory. The efforts of ^Ir. Bonner resulted in bringing into active participation in ro;id driving, that famous gene"al a;id President of the United States, U. S. Grant: Wm. H. \'anderbilt, Frank Work, Shepard Knapp, D. S. Hammond and many other gentlemen of that character, who became known through- out the world as members of the "Sealskin Driving Brigade" of New York. Radical Changes in Care of Race Horses in Past Ten Years H( iRSKS nowadays race in much higher flesh than they did years ago, due largely to the fact that they are not sweated with heavy clothes," writes an old-time horseman. "The old idea seemed to be that horses must be 'drawn tine" in order to race in their best form, and in the process of 'draw- ing" them the muzzle played a star part. On race days horses were ahvays muzzled and many trainers also used these feed preventers on their steeds half the time. We now allow the horses to eat practically all the hay they care for, but I can remember when it was rationed ofif carefully — sometimes weighed. Hoods are very rarely used now, but formerly they were about the most important article in a racer"s kit. I have seen caretakers get a hard call-down when they peeled the hood back enougli to use the scraper on a horse's neck, it being the custom to scrape imder the hood. "It was not an unusual thing to get instruc- tions to jog the horse you w'ere caring for five or six miles after a hard race in the 'good old days." I suppose this was done in order to cool the steed out gradually. It was a shame to see horses piled with blankets and the sweat running oft them in streams, when we were cooling them out after a race. They would pant and show every sign of distress, but il was 'the w^ay to do things' at that time, and of course no one figured that it was a bad one for the horses. "Soaking tubs have largely followed sweat blankets into the scrap heap, but it took years to discover that their use was injurious to the feet. Constant soaking, often in very warm water, softened the horn of the feet, and, if a horse had corns or thrush, the water aggra- vated instead of helped the troubles, ^^'e used to poultice feet with turnips and bran, and while this treatment may have had some vir- tue, clay, as used nowadays, is probably of more benefit. Always after a hard race a horse's shoes were removed, and when reset the nails were put back in the old holes. "The gait of trotters has changed radically during the past thirty years, and, for that mat- ter, is constantly improving as the horses be- come better bred. All the old trotters used to break, in fact, their trainers taught them to be shifty and easily caught after a tumble. There were very few pure gaited ones, too, most of them having a hitch in their motion, resulting, no doubt, from the fact that they were more inclined to scalp and speedy-cut than the mod- ern type. We didn't know wdiat square toes were, and that method of balancing alone would have been a big help to our faulty gaited ones, had we known of it. "Monroe Salisbury was the first trainer I saw who appreciated the fact that excessive jogging dulled a horse's speed; two or three miles was as much as he permitted his horses to be jogged, and he always ordered the boys to step them along and not keep them out jog- ging at a snail's pace. "Another great feature of change is the fact that drivers do not take hold of their horses as they did in the long ago. Light hands came into vogue with such trainers as Mace, the Goldsmiths, and Splan. We used to see big, powerful drivers leaning back, the lines wrap- ped around their wrists, pulling with all their might. Of course there were exceptions, but nearly all the old-time teamsters were very strong in their arms. If our finely balanced trotters of the present were driven in the old 'strong arm' fashion, many of them would be pronounced quitters ; also they would soon go bad gaited as a result of being doubled up. "As I stated in the beginning of this story, vast imjH-ovement has been made in all de- partments of horse training and care, but there is one feature that, in my opinion, has not been improved upon. This is the care of the racers' legs. The boys nowadays sop some strong wash on the legs of their horses and, after hitting them a few licks with their hands, wrap a fold of cotton around them, slap on a bandage, and let it go at that. I still follow the old plan of hand-rubl)ing the legs several times during the day, also at night and early in the morning. To massage legs properly they must be kept damp with a sponge and the rubbing must be done gently. "It is not well to rub too hard or take hold of the tendons too tightly. If you rub the leg till it is perfectly dry and then keep up your treatment, it will heat, thus causing fever. Be sure to keep it wet and don't be afraid that you will do too much hard work in this line — ■ 1 86 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston there is no danger of the average boy over- exerting himself, however. '"At present strong, irritating liniments are used on legs, and I regard the method as very harmful. Also, I think bandages are made too much use of, especially those underlaid with cotton. When you see the hair ridged and crimped like a fluting iron, you can put it down that the blood has congested in the skin, and that is certainly bad. Years ago the only wash we used was home made. I always use a combination of Medford rum and witch hazel when I can get it, diluting it so as to make it about one-quarter strength." RIG, PACER, IN OUTLANDISH WINNER OF RACE A follower of the race track is apt to see many funny happenings, but the limit was at the opening of the St. Albans. Vt., track. This occurred in August, 1897, and, as the management of the newly constructed half- mile course had well advertised the first meet- ing, the attendance ran into thousands each day, packing the grandstand to the top. On the second day of the meeting the initial race on the card was for pacers eligible to the 2 :29 class, in which nine horses were entered to take the word. For an hour previous to the calling of the horses the early and rapidly increasing crowd had been having plenty of sport with a French- Canadian, who was contentedly jogging around and around the course a fat-looking mare in about the oddest appearing rig ever seen at the races. The harness had evidently been in use many a year, and was gray from the lack of clean- ing, while both of the blinkers and the saddle were in strips from constant wear. The water- hook, too, was gone, and the check rein was held in place by a roll of white twine. The harness was a thing of beauty compared to the sulky. It was a home-made affair and never painted. The shafts were straight from the axle, on top of which was a soap box for the seat, so arranged that the lettering showed from the rear. A set of bicycle wheels were held in position by two pieces of scantlings, sawed off at the proper length. The Canadian wore an old slouch hat, over- alls and jumper. The overalls were tucked in a pair of long top boots. The crowd devoted the spare time before the calling of the races in hooting and jeering the outfit. Cries of "Start her up, Pierre!" "Show us some speed!" "What will you take for the whole show?" etc., were railed at the Cana- dian from all parts of the grandstand. The judges, too, enjoyed the sport till the horses came on the track for the tirst heat ol the afternoon, and then they yelled to the man to get off' the track with his mare, but it was soon evident that the English language was a mystery to him, and there was nobody around that could talk French. Finally the marshal of the track rode up to the mare on horseback and led the mare off the track by the bridle. Xo sooner had he been put oft' the track than around the grandstand he jogged the mare and re-entered the track at the other entrance. As can be imagined, the entire crowd was now in an uproar at the proceeding. The marshal in no gentle manner run liis saddle horse around the track, and grabbing the mare once more by the bridle led her off' the course in quick order. The 2 :29 class pacers had scored several times when another crazy acting Frenchman rushed into the judges' stand. This one could talk broken English. Then the judges told the drivers in the stretch to blanket their horses. In a few minutes, to the amazement of all,, who should appear on the track but the orig- inal Frenchman and his mare. It seems that he had been entered in the race all of the time, and the name of his mare was Paucette. while his own was A. Tetreault, from some place near to Montreal. But the crowd had still another surprise coming, as after losing a couple of heats Pau- cette took the third, and when the Frenchmarr returned to the wire the cheering could be heard for miles, judging by the volume of sound that belched forth from the grandstand. A heavy shower then descended and the racing was postponed until the next day, when the French mare won the two heats necessary to head the summary. In some quarters it was thought the makeup was on account of the mare being a ringer, which caused an investi- gation, but it resulted in finding that every- thing was straight. TROTTER, THE ABBOTT, 2 :03 1-4 CARVED ON SCANNELL MONUMENT In Calvary Cemetery, New York, was erected in 1914 a tall, striking monument to- the memory of Florence Scannell — the hand- some, daring, young Tammany "Florrie" of almost half a century ago. who was shot to- death in a political row in December. 1869. His brother, John J. Scannell, long-time fire commissioner of New York, boyhood friend of Richard Croker, and still a Tammany sa- chem despite his years, placed the tribute in Calvary. John was present when "Florrie"' was murdered. John, some three years later, shot to death the man who was supposed to be his brother's slayer — Thomas Donohue. The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 187 The avenger was tried twice for murder. The first time the jury disagreed; the second time he was acquitted on the ground of in- sanity, but was released after a brief stay in an asylum, from which he emerged to gather political honors and wealth. It is entirely of granite, this monument. Atop is a life-sized figure of Florence Scan- nell as he was whefi he was shot down, in his twenties — a tall, smooth-faced young man in a frock coat, without a hat, holding open with one hand the pages of a 'book, presumably a prayer book. C3n one face of the six-foot square base is his name, with the dates of h^s birth and death. On another face is a blani" space left open for the record of John J. Scannell. On the other two sides are curious carvings. One shows John J. Scannell at home with his family. He is sitting at a table with his wife, his mother and his j'oung children, reading from a book to them. This is supposed to be a typical Scannell home scene. The remaining face of the base shows a famous trotting horse — The Abbott — which John J. Scannell once owned and which was the dearest possession of his life, rivaled only by his famous house in Saratoga when that resort was in its heyday, which was known as the Chateau Ophelia. On the monument the horse is shown in a meadow, with a barn in the distance and a run- ning brook in the foreground. It is an ex- tremely unusual decoration for a tombstone, but so great was John J. Scannell's affection for his trotter that he insisted The Abbott's portrait in stone should be along with his own (vet to come) and his brother's. HE MADE TWO MEN SPEAK ( )ne of the Ijest known characters in former years of the Eastern tracks was a cliocolate colored individual known to all as ■'Senator" Bennett. He hailed from the State of Virginia, hut at one time and an- othei; has visited all of the prominent track-^ in the country. One evening he dropped into a popular turf resort in Boston, and was telling what hard luck he had had that year with the ponies. "Why,"' declared he, "it almost equals the season that I took out a negro friend of mine and we never turned a winninp- trick." Several at once asked for tl^e truth of the occurrence. "\\'el!." said the "Senator," "I'll tell you low it happened. This friend of mine came into a fortune of $Too,oco through the deatl' of his father. He was deaf and dumb, yet I had been with him so much that I could work the finger language like an old veteran. So I fingered out to him that the wav to double his money was to go with me ami play the races. He agreed. We had one continual streak of hard luck from the start. Finally, I heard of a good thing that was Looked to come ofif at a track some 500 miles away, and we went to get some of the coin. I got him to draw $20,000 from the bank. We played it all on the race and lost. That night we had a room with two beds in it, and what was my amazement along in the night to be aroused by my friend shaking me, and as I sat up he said: 'This is too darn tough for me; I'm going to quit both you and the horses.' I had made him speak !" All present let a roar of laughter out as the '"Senator" finished, and the proprietor of the place was so amused that he turned to- the group and said : "Boys, I'll buy on that story." "There," quickly remarked the "Senator," "now I've made another man speak, too." FRANK HOWE KIDS ENGLISH- MAN Murray Howe, at one time secretary of the Memphis race track, had a brother Frank, who was noted as a practical joker. .Murray tells a story about his playful brother. Seated with a group of horsemen was an Englishman named Lake. He was a person of wealth and had been entertaining the party with accounts of his hunting trips in the Indian jungles, shooting tigers, etc. Frank stood it for some time, and then broke in. addressing his conversation to the hero of the tiger episodes, as follows : ''Your experiences in the jungles have in- terested me greatly, and I hope that before you return home you will find it possible to accompany me on what I'm sure you will find the most novel hunt of your life. I'll take you to the Indian Territory and give you an opportunity to shoot a few of our American Indians. The sport is extremely thrilling. You will never forget it to your dying day. Just now is the close season and the Indian agents keep a sharp eye out that no one shoots more than two in a sin- gle month. October is the open month when one can shoot as many as he can find Though it was the close season last month, I shot three — one more than the law allows. I had to sneak the extra one out. Last Oc- tober I got thirteen of them before dinner in one day." The Englishman said that he had read a lot about the Indians and the agents. Ar- rangements were then and there made be- tween the two for an Indian hunt the next October. The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston PRIZE WINNERS OF DORCHES- TER CLUB IN SEASON OF 1914 There was a large list of prizes offered by members and friends of the Dorchester Gen- tlemen's Driving Club for the horses racing at the Franklin Field Speedway in the season of 1014, which inclined to keep competition at a high pitch up to the last matinee, held on Thanksgiving- Day. A review of the list shows that every prize was well worth the trouble in winning. Following is the complete list of winners which is placed in this section of the book on account of the Dorchester Club racing so late it was impossible to give the winners in the regular space allotted to the cltib's history : Trotters Silver cup, value $30, for fastest average time in six winning races — R. G. Crosbj-'s Jack Bingen, average 1 :04 1-4. Silver cup, value $30, for winning greatest number of heats in I :o8 or better — M. McDermott's Mary Mc, 17 heats. Silver cup, value $25, for winning fastest heat in winning race — Hollis Gallup's Silence, i :04 3-4. First point prize, road cart, value $65 — Won by George M., with 96 points. Second point prize, harness, value $30 — Won by Jack Bingen with 84 points. Third point prize, suit of horse clothing, vahie $15 — Won by .\my's Baby with 83 points. Fourth point prize, silver cup, value $10 — Won by Dot with 72 points. Fifth point prize, silver cup, value $10 — Won by May McKinney with 65 points. Sixth point prize, blankets, value $10 — Won by Mary Mc, with 64 points. Seventh point prize, cup, value $8 — Won by Peter Red Bell with 61 points. Eighth point prize, chest of horse medicine — Won by Lister W., with 46 points. Ninth point prize, cooler, value $5 — Won by Quo Vadis with 40 points. Tenth point prize, cooler, value $5 — Won by Gal- lup's Todd with 37 points. Eleventh point prize, breezer, value $5 — Won by Green Mountain Boy with 34 points. Twelfth point prize, whip, value $5 — Won by Billy Bingen with 32 points. Thirteenth point prize, cooler, value $5 — Won by Silence with 31 points. Fourteenth point prize, breezer, value $3 — Won by Baron Patch with 31 points. Pacers Silver cup, value $30. for fastest average time in six winning races — W. H. Young's Sister Patch, aver. I :02. Silver cup, value $30, for winning fastest average time in six winning races, without the hopples — C. M. Warren's Color Bearer, aver, i :o6 1-4. .Silver cup. value $25. for winning most heats in I :o7 or better — A. T. Wheelock's Charley King, II heats. First point prize, road cart, value $65 — Won by Sister Patch with 80 points. Second point prize, silver cup. value $23 — Won by Sunshine with 73 points. Third point prize, blanket, value $15 — Won by Mark's Bell, Jr., with 51 points. Fourth point prize, silver cup, value $10 — Won by Hattie B., with 46 points. Fifth point prize, blankets, value $10 — Won by Color Bearer with 41 points. Sixth point prize, blanket, value $10 — Won by Mona Maid with 35 points. Seventh point prize, silver cup, value $8 — Won by Charley King with 34 points. Eighth point prize, chest of horse medicine — Won by Harry Direct with 31 points. Ninth point prize, cooler, value $5 — Won by Jenny F., with 30 points. Tenth point prize, cooler, value $5 — Won by Knox Gelatine Baby with 26 points. Eleventh point prize, cooler, value .$5 — Won by C. E. R., with 26 points. Twelfth poi'-it prize, breezer, value $5 — Won by Shamrock with 21 points. Thirteenth point prize, whip, value $5 — Won by Dob- son with 20 points. Fourteenth point prize, whip, value $5 — Won by Windsor B., with 19 points. Colt Prizes First, C. M. Warren's Alpine Echo; second, J. W. Burns' Ralph Bingen ; third. D. M. Biggs' Annie M. FIRST HORSE SHOW WAS HELD IN SPRINGFIELD, MASS. IN 1853 The first horse show of national impor- tance in North America was held in Spring- field, Mass., October 10 to 13, in the year 1853. The affairs of this pioneer equine ex- position were in the hands of George ^NI Atwater, and with the profits of this initial show and the successful ones which followeil was built Hampden Park, for many years one of the po])ular mile racing tracks of New Eng- land. At the first horse show, in 1853, the great shov/man, P. T. Rarnum, judged the ponies in the infield of the temporary fair ground, w'hile Budd Doble drove in races on the track. The site of these festivities, which marked an era in the career of the American horse, was a vacant lot in Springfield, owned by the United States Government, now cov- ered by the United States armory buildings. A temporary grandstand, stalls and other buildings were erected for the first horse show and a half-mile track laid out for the occasion. Such men of national reputation as Riifu Choate, Edward Everett and Oliver Wendell Holmes were numbered among the guests of the association on its opening show, and later, in 1857. when Ham]jden Park was inaugurated, the address of the day was made bv Rev. Henrv Ward Beecher. A bad horse eats as much as a good one. — Myster. Biographies and Portraits of Driving Club Members and Prominent Horsemen of New England The Hillanddale Farm RESIDENCE— Front RESIDENCE— Side FRANK L. WHITCOMB, The Proprietor RESIDENCE— Rear Grand View from Residence The Hillanddale Farm (Cont.) Hay Barn and Carriage House Garage and the "Den" Blacksmith and Carpenter Shop Side View of Stables Farm House The Hennery Biographies FRANK L. WHITCOMB Frank L. Whitcumb was born in Alontsello, Minn., in 1858. Soon after his birth his par- ents returned to their former home' in the state of Maine. In 1874 he came to Boston and entered the employ of Benj. D. Whit- comb, 29 Wareham Street, as apprentice in the building and contracting business. In 1883 he started in business for himself at 13 Broad- way, Cambridge, afterwards removing to 19 Wareham Street, Boston, where he is at pres- ent located. Mr. Whitcomb is one of the large firms of Boston in the building and contracting business, having among his patrons wealthy residents of Brookline, Newport, Bar Harbor, Lenox, etc. He is a member of the Metropol- itan Driving Club, the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston, and the Quannapowitt Driv- ing Club. He also belongs to the B. A. A. and the Odd Fellows. While ]Mr. Whitcomb has a very select stud of trotters, yet in the years 1913 and 1914 he devoted the most of his spare time in the re- construction of his stock farm, situated in the towns of Concord and North Sudbury, only twenty miles from the State House. Beacon Hill, Boston. Mr. ^^'hitcomb named his farm Hillanddale which aptly describes the surrounding countrv. The residence is beautifully situated, it being a quarter of a mile from the public road and reached by a broad and winding drivewav that is lined by a neatly-trimmed hedge. The residence has an elevation of four hundred feet, thus permitting of a magnificent view of miles away, and in all directions. The resi- dence, too, has every convenience of a city home, in having running water, electric lights and heated by steam, etc. In the farm are two hundred acres and, not least to be thought of. is a beautiful pond cov- ering eighty acres, that nestles between the hills and is entirely fed by springs, the water passing analysis as being perfect. From this pond comes the water used in the residence and barns. The land is very fertile, growing the best of hay for the equine occupants of the stables, while the pasttires are perfect for browsing during the Smnmer months. All of the farm buildings are in perfect condition, everything being span and clean. In most instances the buildings were built by Mr. W'hitcomb in the past two years, and, in cases where the former farm buildings were used, they have been re- modeled to such an extent as to be practically r.ew. .About tlie residence and barns are several drix'es. with the lawns and the landscape ar- ranged to equal any surrounding the suburban homes of Bro(jkline or of Wellesley Hills. The expense in transforming the estate to its present beauty must have been enormous. To enjoy every comfort with his many friends, Air. Whitcomb constructed in the building with the garage and the carriage and harness rooms, a den for himself and guests, in which is fitted a billiard and pool table. In this retreat are spent many enjoyable evenings during Mr. \Vhitcomb"s Simimer at the farm. Mr. Whitcomb, from a mere lad, was pas- sionately fond of horses. When twelve years of age he broke to harness the afterwards fa- mous trotting gelding. Hopeful. 2:143-4, and so well did he educate the gelding that, when his uncle B. D. Whitcomb, took him to Bos- ton to use as a driving horse, he found him as steady and reliable as thotigh always used to city sights. A number of years ago Mr. Whit- comb began breeding a few mares he brought from the farm of his uncle in Stratham. N. H., where \\'oodbrino. 2:25 1-2, stood and perpet- uated a family of trotters. The result was a number of foals that matured into very fast trotters. These were developed by Ralph Har- rison, head trainer for Air. Whitcomb at Hill- anddale Farm, but at that time located in Reading, Alass. At the head of these trotters is the royally bred stallion, Neno Bingen, 2:22 1-4, by Bin- gen, 2 :o6 1-4, out of Jane, trial 2 :20, by Har- binger. Another fast performer is Aliss El- eanor, 2 :29 1-2, and with speed to race in 2:12, by Bingen, out of the dam of Neno Bin- gen. Then, there is Miss Todd, by Todd, 2:143-4. out of Su Su, the great brood mare. With little training Miss Todd worked in 2:13 1-2; Evelyn, by Todd, another of Jane's colts, is capable of getting a low record when given the racing test. Sister Todd, by Todd, out of Zu Zu, is one with better than 2 :20 s]3eed and all ready to be campaigned. Lady Whitcomb was a very nervous filly, but, since having been bred, has become much better mannered. She has a tremendous tiu-n of si)eed. Mildred ^^"hitcomb, by Cochato, 2:11 1-2, dam Alta Bird, is coimted by ex- cellent judges as destined for a brilliant ca- reer on the turf. Edwin C, by Cochato, out of Zu Zu, is also a smooth going trotter. At the opening of the half-mile track at Charles River Speedway, in April, 1912, Mr. \\'hitcomb brought over to the course a sam- ple of his trotters to try for the silver cups that were offered for the day's sport. Neno Bingen ARTHUR L. POWER Official Starting Judge of Metropolitan Club JOHN N. MACLEOD Treasurer Metropolitan Club 1914 CHARLES E. AUSTIN Well Known Member of Metropolitan Club JUSTIN EDWARDS President Bay State Short Ship Circuit 194 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston won his race and cup handily, as did Aliss Eleanor her event. The latter was pitted against a fast field of trotters, including Do- die K., 2:13 1-2, but she won easily in straight heats, the last one in i ;o8 1-2. While Mr. Whitcomb spends his Summers at Hillanddale Farm, his \\' inter residence is at 14 Farrington Avenue, Allston, Mass. ARTHUR L. POWER Arthur L. Power was born in Boston in 1859, and attended the public schools of his native city. His first work was for Xathan- iel Tufts, manufacturer of gas meters, 42 Stul- liury Street, Bo.ston. In 1880 he entered the emplov of A. Corse, as traveling salesman. He went to New York :n 1882 as the X. E. representative for Gledhill, Meinken & Har- ris, wall papers. The following year he en- gaged with Robert S. Hobbs & Co., wall papers, where he remained for seven years, and the last eighteen years has been mill agent for l'"r. I leek & Co., of Xevv York, wall paper manufacturers, ^Ir. Power hav- ing the Boston office at '.01 Tremont Street.' ]Mr. Power has been prominent in the rac- ing of the Metropolitan Club, which organ- ization he joined in its early days. Xot only has he raced several horses in the matinees, but for several seasons has been the official starting judge. He served, too, on the board of directors. Among the horses he raced at Charles River Speedway were : L'Empereur, 2:25; Alice Wilkes (3), 2:171-4; David S., 2:271-2; Persilica, 2:273-4. by Baron Wilkes; Prince Simmons, !)y Simmons, and Toreador. Mr. Power is a director in the Marshfield Agricultural & Horticultural So- ciety, and manager of the horse department. He has been a big help in putting the Marsh- field Fair on the map of leading Massachu- setts I-'airs. Mr. Power resides in Xorwell. Mass. JOHN N. MACLEOD Joiix X. Macleod was born in Stornoway. Province Quebec, in 1872. From 1887 to igo3 he was engaged in railroad work for the Canadian Pacific, Boston & Maine, and Xew York, X^ew Haven & Hartford Rail- ways. He then entered in the wholesale coal business, being at present vice-president of the Spring Coal. Co., 50 Congress Street. Bos- ton, RIass. ]\Tr. Macleod is a member of the ^Metropolitan Driving Club, of which he was treasurer in 11)14. He did excellent work for the club in his official capacity, his ex- tended business career having been a distinct benefit in administrating the financial afifairs .^f the organization. Mr. Macleod resides in X''ewton Center, I\Iass. JUSTIN EDWARDS Justin Fdw-\rds, a member of the Gentle- men's Driving Club of Boston, and who served on the executive committee, is best known to horsemen as the father of the Bay State Short Ship Circuit, but previous to that honor he campaigned the pacing mare, Owaissa, 2 :c6 3-4. In 1913 Mr. Edwards made strenuous ef- forts in organizing the half-mile tracks of Massachusetts into what might be a compact race circuit. This he did for the elevation of the sport, and to give the owners of local horses the opportunity of earning money in the early Summer, in place of remaining in idleness the most of the year, or until the Fall fairs. His efforts in that year proved unsuccessful. ]\lr. Edwards did not despair, but he kept strenuously at work, so that in the Spring of 191 4 he saw his efforts cul- minate in success. The r.av State Short Ship Circuit opened at Combination Park, Medford, and racing was held at the prominent half-mile tracks in this state and one track in Rhode Island, at Hillsgrove. aud proved a tremendous success, considering that the meetings were conducted without the financial benefits of a pool box. So successful were these series of meetings that plans were made in the Fall for a ban- quet to be held in Boston, in January. 1915. at which time would be perfected the ar- rangements for even a larger circuit in the coming year. Mr. Edwards was rewarded for his zealous work in behalf of the circuit bv being elected president for 1915. INIr. Edwards is a licensed starting judge, and has performed good services at different tracks. He has always been greatly interest- ed in the South Framingham Fair and, it was his connection with that association, that first gave him the idea of the Short Ship Cir- cuit. In racing he was identified on the pro- fessional turf with Willie Robbs, 2:14; Dr. Shorb, 2:161-4; Xerissa, 2:213-4; and C)waissa, 2 :r/) 3-4, which, after her retire- ment from the turf, was a producer of ex- treme speed. ^Ir. Edwards resides at WeHes'ev Hills, Mass. C. E. AUSTIN C. F. Au.STiN, one of the quiet wurkers of the Metropolitan Club, which he joined in 1907 and served two years on the entertain- ment committee, is one of the successful business men of Boston. In 1884 he en- tered the employ of Jacob Alitchell and C. H. Woodbury, importers of crockery, china and glass, at 56 Pearl Street, and later a) 76-92 Pearl Street. Upon removal to their present location, s^'^^S'^^'O Atlantic Avenue, they in- CHARLES H. BELLEDEU First in Directing the Affairs of the Metropolitan Club 196 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston corponited under the name oi .Mitchell, Woodbury, & Co. :\Ir. Austin, by tireless in- dustry and sterling worth, a number of years ago became one of the firm. He resides at 46 Pleasant Street, Methuen, Mass. CHARLES H. BELLEDEU Ciiari.es H. Belledeu was born in ^^"est Deer Pslc. Me., in i860, and was graduated from the local schools of his native town. His first work in Boston was in 1879 as a car- penter's apprentice for a .Mr. JJlford. in the North End. After serving three and a half years, he entered the employ of ,'. and C. A. Noyes, builders and contractors,' 5 Province Court, Boston, and, in 1S8S he bought out the interest of J. Noyes and soon after became the sole owner of the business. He remained in Province Court until 1908, when he re- moved to Wareham Street. Due to ill health he retired from business in 1913. ^Ir. Belledeu was one of the very first mem- bers of the :\Ietropolitan Driving Club, one of the charter members of the Dorchester Driv- ing Club, and a member of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston, where he served on the executive committee for five years. \\"hile Mr. Belledeu was the first secretary of the Dorchester Club, and did much for' that or- ganization in the early days when its meeting place was at Morrill's Hall, yet his connection with the Metropolitan Club so far superseded the others in importance, that it is in that particular light he stands so prominent in the matinee field. Mr. Belledeu was the first president of the Metropolitan Driving Club and held that of- fice for six consecutive years. He was, there- fore, in the executive's chair when that par- ticular piece of furniture was, to all intents and purposes, located on the sidewalk at Charles River Speedway. When he retired from office, though, the club was owner of its own property and had, for a long time, been in most thriving circumstances. In 1905 Mr. Belledeu was a most zealous worker in having the clubhouse at Charles River Speedway transferred from a syndicate, headed by Thomas G. Plant, to the Metropoli- tan Driving Club. Finally, in order to accom- plish this, he was obliged to stand sponsor for the sum of $5,000. In taking this obligation Mr. Belledeu fully understood that were the Metropolitan Club to dwindle out, it would be the last of racing at Charles River Speedway, and would leave him the sole owner of a club- house located in a part of the city where no- body wanted one. But in no way did Mr. Belledeu consider the possibility of such a fact arising, so firm was his conviction in the future sticcess of the driving club of which he was at the head. As was afterwards proved, his faith in the enterprise was well substantiated. It was in the last year of Mr. Belledeu's reign as president, 1909, that he conceived the idea of a half-mile track to be located between the speedway proper and the Charles River. He talked this over with a few members of the club and they agreed that it looked feasible, provided the ^Metropolitan Park Commission- ers could be induced to go ahead with the project. Mr. Belledeu had several talks with Super- intendent Gilman, of the speedway, regarding the possibility of having the half-mile track and Mr. Gilman was very enthusiastic over its construction, believing that with this addi- tion the Charles River Speedway in every way would certainly be the best in the whole coun- try. In interviewing the Metropolitan Park Com- missioners, disappointment was in store for Mr. Belledeu and his followers, in their stating that lack of funds would prevent them from building the half-mile track in the very near future. He related this downfall to ^Ir. Gil- man. The latter cheered him up by saying there were tons of ashes dumped at divers places during the year, and that he would see in the future that they were put on the rnarsh- land, which had been surveyed for the half- mile course. This Mr. Gilman did for almost three years or, to be exact, until the season of 191 1. \Mien the grade of the marshland had been raised to the proportions required, and all the expense necessary for the Park Com- missioners would be in covering the ashes with loam, they readily consented to do so. and, as is well known, the half-mile track was opened for racing in the season of 1912. To give ]Mr. Belledeu's complete career in amateur racing would require a volarne of space in itself. His fun horses included Kentucky Wilkes, 2:21 1-4: Ludlow, mati- nee, 2;T()I-4: Black Diamond. 2:321-4 (a great snow horse); Susie K., 2:241-.?. mati- nee record. 2:14; Ben H., 2:12 3-4; Xed Winslow, 2:123-4; Chase, 2:071-4. Ken- tucky Star. 2:08 1-2, which Mr. Belledeu drove a mile in 2:031-2; Haynes, 2:233-4; Doctor G.. 2:21; Dash, 2:16 3-4, matinee record, 2:12, etc. Mr. Belledeu was the first one to drive at speed over the Charles River Speedway as, on the day it was opened to the public, he started Kentucky Star in the contest with other aspirants to be first over the course, and Kentucky Star was easily the winner. In 1906 r^Ir. Belledeu won twelve races with Kentucky Star, driving him in 2:093-4, to wagon, in one of the events at Readville. He was the winner of tlie first race, and the W.\RD W., 2:09 1-4 Marching it off for His Owner, Bert W. Gove E. D. M., 2:14 1-4 All Ready to Score for the Word at Charles River Speedway. Driven by A.J. Furbush The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston first blue ribbon given by the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston. One matinee clay he won all of the races at Readville, captur- ing six cups, one each with Aline. Susie K., Dash, Altro L., Promise, and Kentucky Star. This was featured by the Boston newspapers as "Belledeu Day." He has won hundreds of ribbons, and has a large collection of silver cups, of all sizes and values, to show visitors. One is the big championship pacing cup, given by the Boston Club, which he won four times with Prince Wilkes. He also drove four winning races for the champion- ship trotting cup, which was called the "Per- petual Cup." with Ben H., Altro L., Promise, and Dash. The conditions being that the owner must win with the same horse in three con- secutive seasons. Mr. Belledeu's victories did not secure him the trophy, he not owning all of the horses that he drove. I\Ir. Belledeu came very near to buying Uhlan when he was a two-year-old. Mr. Parker having him that Fall at the Charles River Speedway, ^Ir. Belledeu entered into negotiations with the object of buying him for $1,500 and, again the next Summer, he nibbled' at the proposition, but Charles Sand- ers proved the fortunate man in securing the prize. An event that Air. Belledeu often alludes to was the defeat of Landlord, at that time the champion pacer of the Dorchester Club. The racing was then over the Blue Hill Avenue Speedway. ^Nfr. Belledeu had pur- chased Kentucky Star and immediately after challenged Mr. Young, the owner of Land- lord, for the championship. It was not easy for Kentucky Star to win, however, for Landlord made him go four heats in 29. 29 1-4, 29 3-4 and 29 3-4 seconds. In one season Mr. Belledeu drove in "S races to matinee wagon, of which he won 33 firsts. Among the horses he drove that year, besides his own, were those of ^Messrs. Shepard, Bradley and Bigelow. Mr. Belledeu is a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner. He resides at 70 Roslin Street, Dorchester, ?\Iass. C. S. SPENCER C. S. Spencer was elected president of the Metropolitan Driving Club in the season of 191 2 in place of Fred C. Garmon, who re- signed. Not caring to resume the office for the year of 1913, he was finally prevailed upon to accept a position on the board of directors, and as chairman of the executive committee. Owing to a sudden change in his business aiYairs, which necessitated the removal of his residence to New York City, he was com- pelled, in February of 1913, to resign from the Metropolitan Club, much to the regret of all the members. During the Spring series of matinees, in commemoration of what Mr. Spencer had done for the club, there was set apart one day in his honor, and one of the biggest crowds ever seen at the speedway were assembled to enjoy the afternoon's rac- ing. Mr. Spencer has owned and raced some of the best trotters and pacers that have taken part in the racing at the Charles River Speedway. Of his trotters can be men- tioned Creighton, 2:08 1-4; La Boudie, 2:10; jay Kay, 2:15 1-2; Commodore Bingen, 2:17 3-4; The Lookout, 2:171-4; Orale 2:17 1-2, and Harry Bingen, 2:19. Of the pacers he has owned can be mentioned Miss Adbell, 2:06 1-4; Ethel Direct, 2:11 3-4; Ethel S., 2:15 1-4; Bon \'iew. 2:15 1-4; Mattic Alarch. 2:14 1-4, and Antifriction, 2:14 [-4. ARTHUR H. ALLEY Artiii'r H. Alley, whose place of business is 38 Hawlev St.. Boston, has a very wide ac- quaintance throughout New England. For many years he was closely identified with the matinees at Charles River Speedway and at the Readville track, with the trotting mare, Lottie Fallis, 2:20 1-4, and a matinee record to wagon of 2:15. Mr. Alley is a life mem- ber of the Metropolitan Club, and on the board of directors of the Gentlemen's Driv- ing Club of Boston. Air. Alley resides in Norwood. Mass. G. PRAY SMITH G. Pray Smith was born in Northumber- land, N. H.. in 185 1, and received his educa- tion in the schools of that town. In 1895 he opened a mining office in Boston, and was always in business for himself in that line and in promoting, which has taken him to all parts of the country. He is an expert on explo- sives. He joined the Metropolitan Driving Club in 1905, and. after filling several posi- tions of importance in the club, was elected president in 1913, and for a second term the following year. He has been for six years national president of the P. O. S. of A., an organization of 300,000 members. Mr. Smith has been a diligent worker in the interests of the Metropolitan Club, and has missed but very few of the matinees, when he has been in Boston, since becoming a member. For a number of years he has been the announcer of the winners and positions of the horses in the matinees, and it is well worth a trip to the speedway to hear the clear enun- MARTHA G. (Matinee Record), 1:00 i-4 One of the Brilliant Matinee Trotters of 1914 at Charles River Speedway. Owned and Driven by John W. Ellis MISS ZOMBRO (by Zombro) Dam, Miss Cains, Half-Sister of Sterling McKinney, 2:06 1-4. Owned and Driven by V. C. Bruce Wetmore The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston ciation and pleasing way in which he renders ihe judge's decisions. Mr. Smith has been identified with many of the horses that have raced at Charles River Speedway, and with many that have made fast records in professional races throughout New England. The most prominent horse with which he was connected was a half-in- terest in the famous campaigner, Joe Patchen, 2:01 1-4. Mr. Smith resides at 34 Park St., Newton, ^ilass. ALMON J. FURBUSH Almon j. FuRBUSH was born in Lebanon, Me., in 1859. He received his education in the town schools of his place of birth and was graduated from the ISerwick High School. His first work in Boston was ni 1883, as a grocery clerk for J. H. Nute. I'he following year he started in business for himself, opening a grocery store at 329 Washington Street, Brighton. He later opened a sale stable, where he is still lo- cated, at 200 'A'ashington Street, Brighton. He was one of the first members to join the Metropolitan Driving Club, and served on the board of directors and filled the office of treasurer. He also belongs to the Knights Templar, Knights of Pythias and Golden Cross. So prominent has been Mr. I'urhush in the matinee racing at the Charles River Speedway that to leave out his name, and the horses that he drove, would be to greatly depreciate the length of the sum- maries. He has owned and sold 211 horses with records from 2:031-4 to 2:30. among the fastest being My Star, 2:033-4; Xathan Straus, 2:03 1-2; Doris B., 2:05 3-4, the holder, at one time, of the world's record to ice of, 2:131-4; Frank Wilson, 2:061-4, the holder of a half-mile ice record (straight- away) of 58 3-4 seconds ; Claymos, 2 :o7 3-4 ; Phoebon W'., third heat in 2 :c8 3-4 ; Edwin S., 2:08; Chief W'ilkie, 2:123-4, that de- feated more than a hundred different pacers and never lost to a pacer but what he, in turn, defeated that same horse. He was also Winner of fourth money in the $15,000 pac- ing handicap at Readville, the distance be- ing one and a half miles, and was timed, separately, at the rate of 2:10 for the mile. Mr. Furl)ush resides in Brighton, ]\Iass. BERT W. GOVE Bert W. Gove was born in Nahant, Mass., in 1875, ^"fl was graduated from the local schools of his native town. His first work in Boston was in 1893 at the Ouincy Market, He started in business for himself, in i8q6, at 54 Beach Street, Boston, opening a fish mar- ket, and is still in the same line, under the firm name of Gove & Mollins, with stores at 156 Federal and 152 Summer Streets, Bos- ton. He joined the Metropolitan Driving- Club in 1904, when it was organized, and has served on the board of directors. He also be- longs to the fraternal order of Masons. Mr. Gove has been prominent in matinee circles, having owned Ward M., 2:09 1-4; Victor C, 2:10 1-4; Billy Wilkes, 2:29 1-2; Billy H., 2:10 3-4; ]\Iiss \'assar, 2:17 1-4; Clontarf Jr., 2:24 1-4; B. R. C, afterwards raced in Canada under the name of Prince Rupert, 2:191-4; Mardel. 2:151-4, and the famous matinee trotter. Earl King, afterwards owned by Flollis Gallup. Mr. Gove resides at 2^ Hooker Street, Allstnn, Mass. JOHN W. ELLIS John W. Ellis was born in Woonsocket, R. I., and joined the Metropolitan Driving Club in 1914. He is one of the successful business men of his native state, and presi- dent and manager of the Providence Gas Co. Mr. Ellis has owned a horse having speef for the past fifty years, and enjoys the sport of amateur racing as well now as ever. He has never raced a horse for money or a purse, owning them for their good road qnalitics or for speedway purposes. In illustration of his devotion to his horse is of on? he purchased when a four-year-old and gave a lespectable burial when he was twenty years old, and he always declares that the horse was the best he ever owned. The season of 1914, Mr. Ellis raced the prominent speedway performer, Martha G.. and was very successful with her in the matinees at Charles River Speedway, win- ning many blue ribbons, she, as alwavs. being a hard proposition to beat. In the handling of this mare, Mr. Ellis showed he was adept in driving. Coming to the club almost a stranger, many supposed that the racing part (if the sport was new to him, but the experience of fifty years of brush driving on the road had its benefits, as was soon demonstrated by the expert way he drove the little black mare to repeated victories. Martha G. had made history at Charles River Speedway in the hands of Fred G. Garmon, wh.en. in tlie Spring series of 1909, she won the chamijion cup for trotters, and earned a record of i :co 3-4, the same taken in the third heat of her race. When she first came to the speedway she was capable of showing only about a 2 :40 gait, but her im- provement was rapid, and it was but a short time before she was capable of racinar with the fastest trotters in the club. Mr. Ellis re- sides at Woonsocket. R. I. JOHN O. REAY A Member of Several Driving Clubs andlHas Owned Some of the Fastest Pacers Raced in New Engh nd The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston V. C BRUCE WETMORE \'^. C. Bruce W'etmore, who became a member of the MetropoHtan Driving Ckib in IQ14, is one of the leading electrical mer- chants of Boston, being senior member of the firm of Wetmore-Savage Co., at 76 Pearl Street. While one of the new members of the ckib, yet he entered the sport of matinee racing with the spirit that promises well for his future success on the speedway. The horses he raced in 1914 were Miss Zombro and Merrywise, the latter with a trial of 2:18 1-4 over a half-mile track, and these two gathered in their share of the blue ribl)ons. He also owns the speedy mare, Fancy Maid. Mr. Wetmore is a member of the B. A. A., Boston Yacht Club, Exchange Club, the Algonquin Club, and belongs to the Masonic fraternitv. He resides at Westford, Mass. J. O. REAY J. O. Reav was born in Eminence, Ky., in 1872, and was graduated from the Eminence College. He came to Boston in 1900, as man- ager of the Queen City Printing Ink Co., lo- cated at 125 Purchase Street. He joined the Metropolitan Driving Club in 1909, the Dor- chester in 1910, the Hampden Club of Spring- field in the same year, and the Old Colony in 1912 ; and, as he also belongs to the Elks, he can be called quite a joiner, particularly of matinee clubs. He was on the matching com- mittee of the Metropolitan the season of 1912. Mr. Reay's native town was located forty miles from Lexington, and, as is well known, the atmosphere of the "blue grass"' country !ias always produced a lover of the horse, so it was in the case of the subject of this sketch, who might well be said to have been born and raised among horses. In the first eight years of his residence in Boston he was so busy establishing his busi- ness that being interested in horses was out of the question ; but in 1908 he branched out and purchased of Benjamin A. Ball, of the New York Life Insurance Co., two brood mares and two colts. He sold one of these mares, Lantar, 2:13 1-4, to Dr. C. A. Thomp- son, who matineed the mare in Iht Metropoli- tan Club races for several years. The other mare. Pure Gold, he bred to I5ingen, 2 :o6 1-4, the produce being Gold Bingen, 2:21-1-4. Gold Bingen, as a two-year-old, showed promise of being a fast trotter and was sent to Tommy Murphy, at Macon, Ga., to winter and train. As a three-year old he showed a mile in 2:14. Gold Bingen, in his four-year- old form, was given a few races by ]\Ir. Reay, but went lame and was sent to Springfield, Ohio, for a season in the stud. In 1912 he was at the home of Great Heart, in Cold- waler, Mich., and during the season of 1914 he was in blemingsburg, Ky., at Hart Bros. Farm. In 1908 Mr. Reay bought \"esta Boy, 2 :o5 1-4, and won thirteen out of fourteen races with him in the free-for-alls over New England tracks. The only race he lost was to John McEwen at Brockton Fair, and he won two heats in the race. His greatest race was when he defeated Jenny W. at Nashua, X. H., just after she had made a Vermont state rec- ord at Barton, \'t He was matched to race for $2,oco at Great Barrington with Aileen ^^'ilson, 2 :o2 1-2, in 1909, but the race had to be called of? on account of the lameness of \'esta Boy. The old war horse, Gallagher, 2:03 1-2. won ten straight races for Mr. Reay over half-mile tracks, breaking four track records, an.d was the largest' money-winning pacer in New Eng- land in the season of 1910. He appeared at the big interclub meet of the Greater Boston Driving Clubs at Combination Park, that sea- son, and defeated Reliance and a good field of fast pacers in I :02 1-4 and i 103 1-4, materi- ally helping the Metropolitan Club to win the championship driving club cup. He next owned We Lead, 2 117 1-4, and then Goldie Dillard. 2:11 1-4, Cresceus Boy, Onoto B., Ed. Direct, and George Decker. The first horse that he ever matineed was George Decker, with the Metropolitans at Charles River Speedway, and he was the worst puller that a man could imagine. Mr. Reay got John Trout to drive the gelding one after- noon, and when he found out that even he could not hold him, it so discouraged Mr. Reay tliat he gave him a quick sale. He then bought Wesley Summers, with which he had great success in the amateur races during 1912, he winning the point cup with nine firsts and one second, the only horse beating him being Chief Wilkie, and he had beaten the Chief the week before in a handi- cap race, having -a fifty-foot start. Wesley Summers won 39 points out of a possible 41, the largest percentage of points that any pacer ever won at the Metropolitan Club races. While owned by Mr. Reay he won 21 blue ribbons and six reds in 27 starts. Russell Pointer, 2:22 1-4, was the next ]mcer Mr. Reay owned and he had a lot of enjoyment in beating Mardell and Spim on one Winter's afternoon, but for some reason Russell Pointer and his owner did not get along very well and they parted company. Mr. Reay then bought the pacer. Kid Downey. 2:16 1-4, that he had seen finish sec- ond at Bangor. .Me., in the big races there in 1913, in 2:121-4. ^Ii". Reay had trouble irk LOUISE E. (Wagon Record), 2:10 3-4 Only Boston Winner in Big Intercliib Meet at Readville Track. Owned by William H. Emerson GEORGE N. (by AJliewood), 2:09 1-2 He Has a Trial at Readville of 2:07 1-4. Owned and Driven by Fred C. Garmon 204 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston getting Kid Downey to step around the turns Louise E.'s principal amateur events will at the Charles River half-mile track without here be given space, and a worthy name she breaking, and the result was that he wer^t made for herself. In the season of 1905 she the way of the previous ones— to a new owner, won the speed CLip at the Charles River At the Old Glory sale, the Fall of 1913, Air. Speedway, lowering the pacing record to Reay bought the pacing queen, Ruth D., ! :o2, a reduction of 21-2 seconds from the 2:061-4, her record made over a mile track, previous record, made by Phoebon W. and that had won a heat in 2:06 1-2 on a half- In 1906 was the great interclub meet at mile course. In the Spring series of 1914 she Readville track, in which competed the fast- made Chief Wilkie lower the track record to est trotters and pacers owned in the Cleve- I :o4. and the week before that she had won a land. New York, Syracuse, Memphis and very creditable victory over the Chief. On June Boston Driving Clubs. T\Ir. Emerson and 22. 'she equaled the same mark, in a race with Louise E. represented the Boston Club, the Miss Adbell, the matinee marking the occasion mare being driven by George A. Graves, of the opening of the new club stables. Ruth There were thirteen races in the meet, and, D. has the credit of being the only pacer hold- had it not been for Louise E., the Boston club ing equal honors with Chief Wilkie at the would have passed without having secured a Charles River half-mile track, as each has the single victory. track record of i 104 and defeated each other Pitted against the daughter of Gov. Bod- once in the only two races in which they met. well were the best amateur pacers in the The Fall of" 1914 Mr. Reay bought the country, eligible to the 2 :i3 pace. Few. even pacer, Star Patch. 2:041-4. of her friends, had an idea that Louise E. Not only is Mr. Reay an enthusiastic mem- could more than make a decent showing, but ber of several driving clubs, he always being the result demonstrated of what material she within reach when anything is to be accom- was made In straight heats she led the field plished or wanted, but Mrs. Reay is equally to the wire, and the second one w^as in the as fond of the sport as is her husband. She last time of 2:103-4. a whole second faster is an active member of the Ladies' Auxiliary than her professional record, mafle later to of the Metropolitans, doing much in promot- sulky. The complete summary of the event ing the organization with her sister members, follows : Mr. and Mrs. Reay reside at Newton High- Readville, Mass., Sept. 4, 1906. 2:13 class, pacing; lands, Mass., and have three beautiful chil- pnze, $100 cup t • it J W . H. tmerson s (Boston) b. m., Louise r.. aren. (Mr. Graves) i i F. G. Jones' (Memphis) blk. g.. William O. WILLIAM H. EMERSON (Mr. Jones) 3 2 William H. Emerson is one of the leading ^'(MV^^wnn ^^^"'"''^ '"'' '"" "^"'■'''"' - 3 business men of Boston, with his address at q^^^^;. r' "^.Hall's" ( BoVtonV' b." m.! 'Neflie 's'. 184 Summer Street. He was one of the early (Mr. Hall) 4 4 members of the Metropolitan Driving Club, Dr. H. D. Gill's (New York) ch. m.. Sue as he was also of the Gentlemen's Driving .^ix (Mr. Gill) ...... .... 6 5 cib lie nas ctisu wi Lii^ -jv. .-, \\alter Termvn s (New \ork) b. g., Barnetto Club of Boston, and the Fellsway Club. He (Mr. jermyn) 5 6 is past president of the Boston Shoe Asso- ' Time— 2:12, 2:103-4. ciates, which office be held three years. The following Winter, or to be exact, on Mr. Emerson was very prominent in the February 12, 1907, Louise E. again came to matinees of the Metropolitan Club at Charles ji^^. rescue of the iiioston horses, the occasion River Speedway, and the amateur meets at b,eing the interclub meet between the Metro- Readville, his favorite being the pacing mare, j.olitan and Concord, N. H., clubs at the Louise E., 2:11 ,-^-4, and with a matinee record Charles River Speedway. In this series of of 2:103-4, to wagon. The Fall she was a races the ^Metropolitan succeeded in winning two-year-old Air. Emerson purchased Louise six of the ten events, but it was the une.x- E., from the Alartin Farm, Pittsfield, Ale. pected defeat of the Concord entry, Palatka. She was delivered to Air. Emerson the fol- Jr., by Louise E. that gave the home club the lowing Spring, when she was first fitted to a "honors. The time of the heats was 31 1-4 set of shoes. and 31 seconds. Charles Lockwood developed the mare, Anotlier victory of merit for the trim little teaching her to go without the aid of hopples, niar.e. was at Combinaion Park, Aledford, on and started her in a few professional races the September 25. 1909, in the interclub meet be- season she was a four-year-old. The follow- tween the Dorchester, Lynn, Ouannapowitt ing season she took the word in nine races, and Fellsway Clubs. Louise E. represented winnirg two and getting second money in Fellswav in this turf battle, and she was four. against Lady Laurin. from the Lynn Club. k ROBERT E. THOMPSON Well Known Trainer and Driver J. VERNON STEELE One of the First Members of Metropolitan Club ^.,i^ .*w^ \ ';^MSB >^^^B^^^ JOHN M.IJOHNSON A Successful Breeder of Trotters MONROE GOODSPEED Old-Time Road Driver 2o6 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston bnt the race was over in straight heats. Louise E., in 1910, went to New York, and was prominent there on the speedway, she racing with the best pacers for several seasons. In the Fall of 1914 she was purchased by Dr. J. D. Thompson, she once more coming to the Charles River Speedway. Mr. Emerson re- sides in Newton, Mass. FRED C. GARMON Fred C. G.^umon was born in Laconia, N. H.. in 1858. and was graduated from the Tilton, N. H., Seminary. In 1892 he entered the employ of Browning, King & Co., of Bos- ton, and showed such ability as a business man that he soon became manager of their large clothing store. He became, later on. one of the firm of Leopold Morse Company, Boston, where he remained until 1913. With the open- ing of the John F. Fitzgerald Clothing Co., ^Ir. Garmon became manager of the con- cern. He joined the Metropolitan Driving Club in 1904. He is also a member of the Masons and of the Elks. Mr. Garmon has been on the board of directors, one of the ex- ecutive committee, and in 1910 was elected president of the Metropolitan Club, which po- sition he held for three terms, with the excep- tion of a few months, when he resigned on ac- count of press of business matters and was succeeded for the remainder of the vear by C. S. Spencer. Mr. Garmon has always been a prominent factor in the matinees of the club. He is very apt in the handling of a horse, his clever work with Martha G. being one of the sensations of amateur racing in Greater Boston. Tak- ing this mare with the speed capacity of about 2 :40. he started her improvement until she was acknowledged one of the fastest trotters on the Charles River Speedway, one of her winning heats being in i :oo 3-4. She was later sent to Providence, and there became champion of the speedway bv earning a rec- ord of I :02 3-4. the sjjeedway of that city hi-- ing somewhat slower than that of the course used by the Metropolitan Club, and, in 1914 she was again one of the stars at Charles River Speedway. Mr. Garmon raced in the I'^all series of 1914 the stallion George N., bv Al- liewood, 2:09 1-2, out of Litde Better, 2 ;ii 1-4. that had worked Readville track in 2:07 1-4. Others of prominence that Mr. Garmcii has raced in the matinees are Hulman, 2:13 1-4; Torreon, 2:16; Mattie March. 2:141-4: Red Bird, 2:20; Mokello, 2:201-2; Nettie Margrave, 2:201-2; George Scofifield, 2:24 1-4; Alvolo, 2:24 3-4, and Forest Bin- gen with a matinee record of i :o3. Mr. Gar- mon resides at 889 ^^'atertown St., West New- ton. Mass. w. J. McDonald W. J. McDonald in his twenty years in Boston at the head of the real estate busi- ness at 95 Milk Street, has placed his name along with the foremost men who are identi- fied in the city's affairs. He is on the board of directors of the Real Estate E.\- change, which governs all dealings in real estate in Greater Boston. He is also (in the board of directors of the Market Trust Co. and the Massachusetts Trust Co. Xot only is Mr. McDonald a power in his Ijusiness. but he is recognized in horse cir- cles as owning the leading matinee stable of New England. It was in 1906 that he be- came a menilier of the Metropolitan Club, just the time that the club was in need of stirring members, filled with red blood of en- ergy, and, in Mr. ^McDonald, the organiza- tion secured one who has since been a big aid in placing it in the position it now holds among the driving clubs of all New England. This he has accomplished, mostly, with his matinee horses, as, while he has been most liberal with his wealth on all occasions when called upon, \'et the only official office he could be induced to hold was on th.e board of directors. It was perhaps fortunate that for h:s start in s]ieedwav racing his first performer was the pacing gelding Claymos, 2:073-4, for not only did this gelding give Mr. McDonald many a good ride to victory in the fast pacing events, but one afternoon he tramped the half-mile on the upper road, straightaway, at the Charles River, in the remarkable time of 57 3-4 seconds, \vhich is still the record for that piece of racing dirt. \\'ith such speed as this there can be no wonder that tlie spirit of racing was thorough- ly imbued in the veins of Mr. IMcDonald, and that since those days he has steadily strength- ened his string of matinee and speedway horses. In liis day John Shepard was well known as the king-pin of Boston road drivers, but iiis stable barely covered more than a couple of fast trotters at any one time. George (i. Hall long held the top as the owner and driver of matched pairs that could sweep all before them when pitted against rival pairs, but neither Mr. Shepard nor Mr. Hall have at- tempted to boom the speedway sport, possi- bly for the reason that both liad arrived at the age when it was deemed imprudent for them to partake in speedway- racing when this sport became popular. Be that as it may. however. Mr. McDonald is one who realizes real happiness when in the thickest of speedway battle. Sitting back of one of his fleet-footed trotters or pacers in LADY HILTON Winner of Point Cup of Metropolitan Club the Season of 1904. Owned by E. C. Smith, and Mrs. Smith is Holding the Halter ^C^ ur^ K ■*"*'^'^SH!*!fer< \*' IJ ^K ' F^^I^EdEx""*^ ' ' ''jSy M'LLE SILVER A Picture in Conformation and in Action. Owned by A. G. King, Cambridge, Mass. 208 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston combat with an opponent, giving him a race for the honors from start to finish, and at the very end barely liaving snfficient speed to win by inches, is tonic to his nerves that noth- ing else can duplicate. Like any true sportsman, of course, Mr. McDonald dearly loves to dri\e the winner. If he finds that what he has in equine Hesh has not the ability to more than hold its own it has been his motto to buy another with that capacity : hence it is that his stable ot today, and in the past few years, has won more than four hundred blue ribbons in competi- tion with the fastest trotters and pacers in Greater Boston. . 'Mr. McDonald is a natural horseman. From the beginning he had tlie rare ability of gettmg from a horse all that he could give in a race. In this, possibly, j\Ir. McDonald w'as fortunate in having secured for his tutor, at his start in matinee racing, so able a reins- man and all-around horseman as A. J. Fur- Ijush. First in the heart of Mr. McDonald comes the grand pacing gelding. Chief W'ilkie, 2:123-4, who held the ].'acing championship of Charles River SiJcedwa}' for eight sea- sons. In winning mor'j than 100 races he placed the straightaway record for the regu- lar speedway at 58 seconds, his opening heat that dav being in 59 seconds, and is joint holder of the half-mile track record of i :o4, made in the Spring series of 1914. He has to his credit that no pacer ever defeated him but lie, in turn, was later returned the con- queror. The ones having won from Chiet W'ilkie are, however, about as scarce as hens teeth. On the snow Chief Wilkie has a rec- ord of 29 3-4 seconds, the speedway record. In the trotting gelding Demarest, 2:06 1-4, Mr. McDonald t)wne(l the champion of his gait at the speedway. The }'ear of 1912 Demarest never met with a defeat, either in the Spring or the Fall series. In a winning race iie secured the trotting record of I :o4 3-4 for the half-mile track, wdiile over the straightaway he has won a heat in I :oo 1-4. Don Labor. 2:051-4, was purchased by Mr. McDonald in the season of 1914, and raced in the Fall series of matinees. As he was started with hardly any training, having Ijeen running out the early part of the year, he never was in proper condition to display his best efforts. Much better things are ex- pected from him in the sleighing and in the 191 3 matinees. Of the other present occupants of the Mc- Donald matinee stal)le that have been promi- nent in the Charles River Speedway races are: Miss Adbell, 2:061-4: LaBoudie, 2:10; Directum Regent, 2:091-4; Orale, 2:171-2, trotting, 2:161-4, pacing; The Counsellor, 2:17 1-4; Mendell, 2:21 ; Ecce Volo, 2:29 1-4; Mediumore, 2:12 1-2; Hal-at-Law, 2:10 3-4; \'irginia Hill, 2:17 1-2 ; Anita Knight, 2 :20 1-4, and Castle Todd. Mr. ■McDonald resides in Allston, Mass. JOHN IvI. JOHNSON John I\I. Johnson was born in Xorwalk, Conn., in 1856, and received his education in the schools of that city and in ^Malone, X. Y. He started in the wool and tanning business in St. John, X. B., in 1879. and later also had large interests in Calais, Me., of which cit\ he was IMayor for three terms and rep- resentative in the State Legislature. So ex- tensive became his business that, in 1900. he opened offices in Boston for the conducting of the wool and tanning output. Mr. Johnson is a member of the fMetropoli- tan Club and of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston. He filled the position of vice-president of the fMetropolitan in 1914. He is also a member of the Xational Trotting Association, and in the past has been presi- dent of the Xew England Trotting Horse Breeders' Association, president of the Elaine Breeders' Association, president of the Grand Circuit, and director in the American Trot- ting Horse Breeders" Association of America. When eighteen years of age \h. Johnson bought his first colt, and it took every cent that he had. But the venture proved unsuc- cessful, as tlic colt got kicked and had to be killed. The next dip in the horse line was in buying a brood mare by Mambrino Charter, which he bred to Olympus, selling the foal for S7C0 to go West. His first real trotter was Lady Sim. 2:31 1-4, which secured the honor of holding the Maritime record for mares. Later he got the pacer. Ituna, 2:10, and she earned the Maritime record for pacing mares. He bought Kwanon, 2:121-4, at the Allen Farm, when he was a colt, and after racing him sold him to George \'an Dyke for $3,500. In 1898 ^Ir. Johnson purchased at the l-orbes' sale, held at the Forbes Farm, the Ijrood mare. Fanella. 2:13, at that time car- rying Sadie ^Mac. 2:06 1-4, wh.ich foal he sold when she was a yearling for $4,000. Todd, 2:143-4, he bred and sold when a two-year- old for $4,coo. He was one of the syndicate that purchased Cochato for $io,cco, and the colt later won the Hartford Futurity and was sold for a large sum. 'Sir. Johnson bought the Forbes Farm, in I'onkapoag, Mass., and renamed it the John- son Farm. In his breeding venture he was most successful, the list of high-priced and record trotters he bred and owned being a WM. RUSSELL ALLEN Proprietor of the Famous Allen Farm Photo from Boston Globe SIMON W. PARLIN Prominent Turf Editor HENRY W. BURRESS The Weil-Known Starting Judge The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston most extensive one, as the following amply shows : Direct Hal, Jr., 2 :o6 1-2 ; Electric Todd, 2:09 1-2; Directum Regent, 2:09 1-4; Nancy McKerron, 2:10 1-2; The Exponent, 2:11 3-4; Capt. Aubrey, 2:07 1-4; Todd's Echo, 2 :2i 1-4; Echo Todd, 2:26 1-4; Auella, 2:20 1-2; Lizzie Gerow, 2:191-2; Tom Phair, 2:141-4; Guiterman (2), 2:241-2; Melva J., 2:101-2; George Gay, 2 :i6 1-2 ; Mayor Todd, 2:18 1-4 ; Day Book, 2 :o9 3-4 ; Directum Miller, 2:051-4; Lord Roberts, 2:071-4; Silver Baron, 2:101-4; Baron Silver, 2:253-4; Oakley Baron, 2:23; Aquilin, 2:193-4; Prodigal Bingen, 2 :i6 1-2 ; Dingola, 2 :i3 1-4 ; Nellie Boca, 2:183-4; Craydon, 2:183-4; Arion Todd, 2:151-4; Bingen the Great, 2:19 1-2. Mr. Johnson besides Fanella, before men- tioned, has owned the prominent brood mares Nancy Hanks, 2:04; May Fern, 2:111-2; Rubber, 2:10; Ligera, 2:273-4, the dam of Bingara ; Delagoa, dam of Melya J., 2 :io 1-2 : Improvidence, 2:12; Regent's Last, dam of Direct Hal, Jr., 2 :o6 3-4, etc. Mr. Johnson resides in the Back Bay, Boston, Mass. MONROE GOODSPEED Monroe Goodspeed was born in Montgom- ery, Vt., in 1842. His first work in Boston was driving a team, in i860, for Michael Ale in Medford. He then went to work for Ed Holmes in Medford, after which he returned to his native town for a spell and, returning to Boston, drove horse-cars. He started in business for himself in 1865, being one of the firm of Collins & Chase, expressmen in Brookline. In 1874, in partnership with Willard Stone, he opened a boarding and sale stable in Brookline. Soon after Mr. Stone died and Mr. Goodspeed run the busi- ness himself. He is now located in the boarding and hacking stable at 316 Washing- ton Street, Brookline. Mr. Goodspeed was one of the originators of the Metropolitan Driving Club. He at- tended the first meeting held in Young's ?Iotel and was elected the club's first treas- urer. He has since held the office of vice- president and l)een on the board of direc- tors. In the inception of the club Mr. Good- speed secured many new members. He joined the Dorchester Driving Club in 1908. Mr. Goodspeed has always been one of the leading road-drivers of Greater Boston and, occasionally, he owned a trotter for profes- sional racing. Among those that he has owned were the Whitney Horse, that thirty years ago could trot in 2 :3o, which was then very fast; Zambia, 2:14 3-4; Mahlon, 2:13 1-4; Navarro, 2:22 1-4; Beadle, that was a noted performer on the Mill Dam twenty- five years ago; "The Colt," noted on the snowpath, and kept by Mr. Goodspeed until he was twenty-three years old, when he had him killed; Helen Gould, 2:14 1-4; Starlight, 2:28 1-4; Olivette, 2:31 1-4, one of the most stylish mares ever seen in Boston or vicinity ; and Goodspeed, with a matinee record of I :o2 1-2, the last trotter Mr. Goodspeed drove in matinee racing. Mr. Goodspeed also bred, in connection with Henry M. Whitney, the noted performers, Miss Whitney, 2 :o7 1-2, and Whitney, 2:121-2. Mr. Goodspeed re- sides at 19 ^^■averly Street, Brookline, Mass. ROBERT E. THOMPSON Robert E. Thompson was born in Colerain, Mass., in 1868, and was graduated from Arms Academy, Shelburne Falls, Mass. His first work in Boston was in the employ of H. B. Goodenough, Brighton, in the capacity of foreman. Later, in the same year, he opened the stable business in Brighton for himself, selling, boarding and training horses, where he is still located. Mr. Thompson was one of the first mem- bers of the jVIetropolitan Driving Club, and is also in the fraternal order of Masons. He has been a leading representative in the mati- nee racing at Charles River Speedway ; not only driving his own trotters and pacers in the events, but has usually been kept busy handling the reins for other members of the club. During the Summer months, too, Mr. Thompson devotes considerable of his time in touring the local half-mile tracks and pick- ing up some of the purses offered in profes- sional racing. In this way he has given the following their records: Ben Locanda, 2:103-4; Whit- ten Wilkes, 2:14; Gracie Baron, trotting, 2:181-2, pacing, 2:201-2; On Wilkes, 2:141-2; Lady Bingen, 2:161-2: Mokello, 2:20 1-2; Tony D., 2:161-4; Ed Wilkes, 2:131-4; Aristocrat, 2:251-2; Binjolla, 2:173-4; Evelyn B., 2:291-2, and Commo- dore Bingen, 2:173-4. r)thers he raced, but did not give records to were: My Star, 2:033-4; Mattie March, 2:141-4; Gallagher. 2:031-2; Alice Blair, Barbara B., 2:151-4; Frank S., 2:081-4; Outcast, 2:171-4; Bon View, 2:151-4; Candy Girl, 2:171-4; McEwen Belle, 2:181-4; Captain Sampson, 2:121-4; Peter Reed, 2:191-4, winner of second money in $5,000 stake at Augusta, M'e., in Hanks' Circuit, and Jay Kay, 2:15 1-2. Mr. Thomp- son resides at 36 Surrey Street, Brighton, Mass. SPIM, 2:15 1-4 A Prize Cup Winner in 1912 at Charles River Speedway; also of a Faber Cart. Owned by Dr. J. D. Thompson DEAN SWIFT, 2:12 1-4 Winner of Prize Cups in Seasons of 1908-09 at Charles River Speedway. Inset — Dr. C. A. Thompson, Who Drove Dean Swift The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston WM. RUSSELL ALLEN Wm. Russell Allen is known in all quar- ters of the globe as the breeder of trotting horses of fashionable and prepotent blood, but very few persons are aware of the reason for Mr. Allen having his extensive breeding estab- lishment — the Allen Farm — in Pittstield, Mass. It is quite well known liow he was a success- ful business man in the Southwest, amassing a large fortune, and now owning vast interests in that section. With this fact in mind it might be supposed that Mr. Allen would have located his farm in some part of the \\'est or the Southwest. In locating at Pittsfield, though, Mr. Allen came back to the old family homestead. His grandfather was the first minister in Pitts- field and took part in the Revolutionary War at the battle of Bennington, Vt. Mr. Allen's grandfather lived on what is now a part of the Allen Farm, nearly it not quite lOO years ago, and Mr. Allen's father built a home in Pittsfield, in 1857, and bought another farm in 1865, which has not been out of the family since and is also now a part of the Allen Farm. Mr. Allen, when a boy, spent ten years in Pittsfield, which intensified his longing, while in the Southwest, to return late]- in life to the scenes and associates of his youthful days. The breeding operations of the proprietor of the Allen Farm commenced in 1873, when two fast road mares were bred to Waltham, a son of Hambletonian (10). From these mares came one colt and one filly. The filly was called Pansy, from which descended twenty-nine trotters in 41 years. Of these five secured records, six are still owned at the Allen Farm, five have died, while the re- maining 18 sold for $6,425. To illustrate the large proportions in which the breeding of trotters has been carried on at the Allen Farm : In twenty-four years, to the close of 1913, 834 horses were bred and 146 horses purchased, a total of 980. Of these 776 horses were sold and 98 died, leav- ing at the farm io6 horses. Of the total num- ber bred and bought, 233 have taken records of 2 130 and better, and it must be remem- bered that 63 of the total were under two years of age. In the years that Allen Farm has been conducted there have been sold from its stables trotters that have gone to nearly every state in the I^nion, while twenty-four have gone to Europe and thirty-three have gone to Canada. During the twenty-four-year period named, there have been used at the farm seventy stallions, and their success in siring pre- cocious speed is demonstrated by the fact that thirtv-five of their get have taken records when two years of age, and fifty-five earned their way into the 2 130 list at three years of age. Space would not permit of giving the com- plete list of fast performers bred at the farm, like Baden, 2:05 1-4, the largest money-win- ner of any single season on the turf, and Belvasia, 2:061-4; Bergen, 2:063-4; Binvo- lo, 2 :o7 3-4, etc., but it may possibly be better used in telling of a few of the noted stallions. Kremlin, 2 :o7 3-4, i\Ir. Allen bought when a two-year-old and had trained to the world's trotting stallion record. It was likely the grand turf career of this stallion which brought the Allen Farm more prominently before the public. In his five-year-old form he was not only the champion, but he won the Transylvania stake over a crack field of starters, and in his campaign secured the race records at Mystic, Narragansett, and the Lexington, Ky., tracks. This was a great test that he was not a fair weather trotter. While Kremlin has made a name for him- self in the stud, both through his sons and daughters securing fast records, and, while seventeen of his sons have their get in the list, yet the great nick has been in blending the blood of Kremlin with that son of Bingen, — the remarkable sire of speed, Bingara. This Mr. Allen did through the daughters of Kremlin. The result of this cross has been amply demonstrated in the public careers of such trotters as Bisa, 2:101-4; Bergen, 2 :o6 3-4 ; Bismya, 2 :09 1-4 ; Binvolo, 2 :o7 3-4, and about twenty others of prominence. Bingara was a yearling when purchased by Mr. Allen, and he was never trained, never raced, and never afterward off the farm. Be- fore Mr. Allen bought him he had worked, as a yearling, an eighth in 19 seconds, which makes it reasonable to believe, that had he received a season's traming he could have gained a record of merit. However, his suc- cess in the stud has been so great that it is fortunate that he was not placed on the turf for a year. From the very beginning Bingara gave promise of what a brilliant future there was for him, as, when five years of age, he got one in the list, the two-year-old Birri, 2 :28 3-4. The next year, when only six, he had three new performers in Binvolo (2), 2:15 1-4; Barra (2), 2:291-2; and Bisa (3), 2 :27 3-4, and timed in a race in 2 :o8 3-4. When seven years of age Bingara's list was increased by five more trotters, and so the increase has been each year since. Of the total number of his foals that have been trained, over 70 per cent have taken records of 2 :30 or faster. Of other stallions standing at the farm are VERNAG, 2:21 1-2 A Blue Ribbon Trotter in Metropolitan Club Matinees of 1914. by Edgar F. Power Owned and Driven ROSE BINGEN One of the Promising Young Trotters in the Metropolitan Club, by James E. Fitzgerald Owned and Driven 214 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston Todd Swift, 2:15 1-4, by Todd, 2:143-4, out of the great brood mare, Wyneta, by Wilkes Boy, 2:241-2; the staUion Belgrad, by Bin- gara, dam, the great brood mare, Kama, by Kremhn ; and the stallion Bertini (3), 2:22 1-4, by Bingen, 2:061-4, dam Kiel (3), 2:293-4, by Kremlin. No man attends to commercial affairs with better system than does Mr. Allen m running the Allen Farm. With the system of bookkeeping is included the period of gestation of each mare bred, the per cent of the foals that are colts or fillies, a bay in color, or a chestnut, or a brown, or a black, or a gray. The weight of each colt and filly is also recorded at birth. For a lover of horses, indeed, is the trip to the Allen Farm a treat, and one can well spend several days in going about the farm, seeing the trotters, stallions, brood mares and youngsters, and enjoying the grand scenery for which Pittsfield is famous. J. VERNON STEELE J. Vernon Steele was born in Jamaica Plain, Mass., in 1881, and received his educa- tion in attending schools located in at least six of the different states of the Union. In 1899 he entered the employ of J. Abbott Clarke, Arlington, Mass., as clerk in his real estate office. He started in business for him- self in the Fall of 1903 in the manufacturing of Gillian horse boots, etc., at Canton, Ohio. He is at present in the wholesale produce business, 29 South Market Street, Boston, Mass. He became a member of the Metropolitan Driving Club in 1905, and also belongs to the Masons and the Somerville Lodge of Elks. Mr. Steele has been interested in owning a fast horse since a boy, but his first step into prominence was with C. E. H., trial of 2:16 1-2, with which he was king-pin of the Arlington snowpath for two Winters. In 1905 he owned the mare, Lady Rose, which he raced with success in the matinees at Charles River Speedway, winning the point cup for pacers in the Spring series of that season. In professional racing, Mr. Steele became prominent in the campaign of Gvi> Walnut, 2:081-4, who was raced over the mile tracks with credit. He also had out the gelding, Lexington, 2:17, that headed many summaries over the half-mile tracks. Mr. Steele resides in West Somerville, Mass. Smith & Co., wholesale dealers in butter, cheese, eggs and poultry at ^Ti Commercial Street, Boston, in 1892, where he is still en- gaged in business. He was one of the original members of the Metropolitan Driv- ing Club, and of the Fellsway Driving Club, and also belongs to the Masonic order and the Elks. In the first season of the Metro- politan Club matinees, at Charles River Speedway in 1904, Mr. Smith, with hii hand- some, clean-gaited trotting mare, Lady Hil- ton, won the point cup over a large held of contestants. Among others that he raced in the matinees were: Lady Wilkes, Baron, Belle Mack, Victor C, Dotty Direct, Baron Gwynne, Barney, etc. Mr. Smith resides at 22 Hudson Street, Somerville, Mass. ERNEST C. SMITH Ernest C. Smith was born in East Bethel, Vt., in T876, and attended the schools cf Mel- rose, Mass. He entered the employ of A. M. SIMON W. PARLIN A history of horsemen of New England, in fact of America for that matter, would be deficient if a reference to the personality and labors of Simon W. Parlin were omitted. So long did his nimble pen record horse events and build incontrovertible arguments on the value of thoroughbred blood in the American light-harness horse, that his biography as written here is all too brief. Mr. Parlin began in 1876 to write articles of horse interest for the American Culti- vator, out of which grew the American Horse Breeder in 1882. From that day until 1912. when he retired to his native state of Maine, Mr. Parlin's editorial comment on equine matters, and his historical articles, were read throughout the civilized world and ac- cepted as authentic. In all of his many discussions with various editors and spasmodic critics, he stoutly and intelligently maintained his position, and. in fact, he was so well fortified with knowledge of his subject, that he was an antagonist worthy of any disputant's steel. Mr. Parlin's book, the "American Trotter," enjoyed a large circulation, and is a classic of horse literature. Mr. Parlin is a Civil War veteran, he serving in a Maine Cavalry Company throughout the war. He was the first secretary of the New England Trotting Horse Breeders' Association in the days when the Breeders' meetings were held at historic Mystic Park. A scholar, patriot, and withal a gentleman, dignified, kindly, and lovable, the life of .Simon W. Parlin will ever be a source of inspiration to those whose good fortune it has been to know him. HENRY W. BURRESS Henry W. Burress was born in Canal Dover. Ohio, in 1842. and always said that J. HENRY RICHARDSON AND HIS THORNDALE STOCK FARM, ANDOVER, MASS. The Former Home of Noted Stallion, Daniel Lambert, and Now the Home of the Royally-bred Stallion, Seumanee 2l6 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston he received his education in the best school on earth, "hustling for bread." Wh.en ii years of age he began riding running horses at tracks located in the states of Ohio and Kentucky. Later in life he opened a public training stable in the Middle West, and had some of the best trotters and pacers of his time in the sulky. Colt training was Mr. Burress' special hobby, and he points with pride to having broken and trained i\iaud S., when she was a two and a three-year-old, and declares she was perfect in deportment, not- withstanding all that was said against her habits. He developed The Moose, which was Canada's greatest trotter of the high wheel sulky days. He owned the stallion Passen- ger (3), 2:30, sire of Passenger Charm, 2:13 1-4, etc., and also owned Jack Shackle- ford, 2:22; Sister Passenger, Wm. B. Fasig, 2:241-4, and a number of others. New England horsemen, though, know Mr. Burress better in the capacity of a starting judge than in the training of horses. It was in the year 1887 that he appeared in the East, his work in the stand being at the Old Sau- gus track for James O. Gray and W. F. Hitch- ings. His career v/ith the starter's flag was very successful, his skill in getting the fields of horses away with little scoring and on their gait, being greatly appreciated by both the horsemen and the grandstand occupants. Mr. Burress started horses through New England, the South, Southwest and in Canada. In his wide experience in the judges' stands all over the country, Mr. Burress invented the Time Announcer, which flashes the time of the heats almost instantaneously to every part of the course, while another valuable acquisition is his designating numbers, arm and saddle back. These inventions are be- coming generally used at the leading race tracks. Mr. Burress resides in Salem, N. H. DR. JOSEPH DOUGLAS THOMPSON Dr. Joseph Douglas Thompson was born in Sackville, N. B., in 1876. He received his early education in the schools of his native town, and was graduated from Acadia Col- lege and the Ijaltimore (Md.) College of Dental Surgery. In 1900 he opened a dental ofifice in Newton Upper Falls, Mass., and is located at present at 11 56 Walnut Street, Newton Highlands, Mass. He joined the Metropolitan Driving Club in 1905 and has served on the nomination and other commit- tees. He is also a member of the Masons, Odd Fellows, Encampment and Arcanum orders of fraternity. Dr. Thompson has always taken a great interest in matinee racing, particularly on the Charles River Speedway. Soon after becom- ing a memb£r, which was in the earlier days of the club, his name appeared with those entering horses and, from that time to the present, he has taken a very prominent part. His partiality was a speedy pacer; one capa- ble of leading the way, but not of tlie hop- pled variety. One long remembered by the devotees of matinee racing in Greater Boston was Dean Swift, 2:12 1-4. In the Spring series of 1908, this smooth-going little gelding captured the second point cup for pacers. In the Fall series he was again the winner of the second point cup, and in 1909 he carried away the first point cud in the Spring series. With Editii R., 2:181-4; Dr. Thompson won the second point cup for pacers the Spring of 1911. The season of 1912 the doctor first raced his well-known pacing gelding, Spim, 2:151-4, and in the Spring series won the first point cup, having cap- tured thirteen heats in the average time of 1:0811-13; and ihe also won a Faber road cart. Another that the doctor owned and raced, that cut a wide swath in local matinee circles, was Trixie S., 2:141-2, the pacing mare Dick Lawrence campaigned with suc- cess for several seasons on the professional turf. This mare proved equally at home on the speedway, and won many a clever victory for the doctor before he sold her to R. D. Stetson, of the Old Colony Driving Club, where the mare's chain of victories was continued. Dr. Thompson resides at 15 T'orest Street, Xewton Highlands. Mass. CHARLES A. THOMPSON, M. D. Charles A. Thompson, M. D., was born in Sackville, N. B., in 1872. He attended the Sackville Superior School, College for Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Md., and was also graduated from the Harvard Medical School. He began the practice of medicine in 1897, opening an office in New- ton Highlands, where he is now located. Dr. Thompson joined the Metropolitan Driving Club in 1906. He served on the board of directors for two years. He is also a member of the Massachusetts Medical Societv, Newton Medical Society, and is a Knight Templar, an C)dd Fellow, and also belongs to the Royal Arcanum, and United \Vorkmen. In matinee racing Dr. Thompson has been a devoted enthusiast. In the matinees held at Charles River Speedway his name and his liorses have occupied a most prominent position. In the season of 1910 he won the first point cup for pacers, in the Fall series, with Johnny Smoker, 2:12 1-2. In the Spring series of 191 1 he won the speed cup Photo from Bo WALTER B. FARMER He Proved the Right Man at the'Right Time for the Metropolitan Club DANIEL H. HOLMES Well Known Member of Metropolitan Club Who Resides in Saybrook, Conn. JOHN H. FARNUM One of New England's Leading Turfmen 2l8 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston for trotters with Margate, 2:08 1-4, winning a heat in i :02 1-4, and the average time for two heats being i :02 7-8. Others of promi- nence that he matineed were Lanter, 2 :i3 1-4; Patricia, Spim, 2:15 1-4; Alchato, etc. Dr. Thompson resides at Newton Highlands, Mass. EDGAR F. POWER Edgar F. Power was born in Boston, Mass., in 1868, and was graduated from the Boston grammar and high schools. His first work in Boston was in 1886, learning the coffee business in the employ of Chase i'^ Sanborn, with which firm he is now travel- ing representative. Mr. Power joined the Metropolitan Driving Club in 1906, and has served on the house committee. He is also a Mason, Odd Fellow, and a member of the Cottage Park Yacht Club, and fourth presi- dent of the Cape Cod Council, Travelers' Association. Mr. Power is one of the racing powers o' the Charles River Speedway. He was always horsy from his toes up, it being his one particular fad, and he would never own any fjut a good trotter or pacer. Among those he matineed with success were Allenka, 2 :i3 1-4 ; Vernag, 2:21 1-2; Roscoe, 2:12 3-4; Billy Baggs, 2:22 1-4; Edgar Audubon, Beulah Ongate, Lotta Crabtree, Dandy Wilkes, etc. Mr. Power has taken a prominent part in the development of Winthrop, Mass., where he resides. Up to the Fall of 1914, he had built forty-three houses in that town, believ- ing it the right way, with the disposing of them to good families, in booming his town. J. HENRY RICHARDSON J. Henry Richardson can, in every particu- lar, be styled a self-made man. When enter- ing the age of manhood, he was employed in a m.ill at 50 cents a day and, later, in a hat shop receiving 85 cents a day. Not long after this, he made his appearance on the famous old Mile Ground of Boston with the two noted trotters, Belle Shacket, 2:271-2, and Carrie T., 2 :26 1-4, which were the top- notchers of that time on the snowpath. He started in business for himself in 1875, opening the "Mammoth" boarding stable in Portland Street, Boston, where he remained eighteen years. After a short stop in the Bowdoin Square stable (Ned May- nard's noted stable), he located in the Cos- mopolitan stable, -16-54 Pitts Street, where he has been in business the past twenty-one years. Mr. Richardson was one of the first members of the Metropolitan Drivinc; Club, of which he is a life member, and also be- longs to the Ouannapowitt Driving Club and the Kenoza Driving Club of Haverhill, Mass. Mr. Richardson was very prominent in professional and amateur racing with Twang, 2:18 t-2; Whitney, 2:121-2; Princess Mo- quette, 2:081-2; Miss Whitney, 2:071-2, which he developed, and Chain Shot, 1 :o6 1-2. These horses won important victory after victory that gave them big head lines in the morning horse column of the daily newspapers during their racing period. Carrie T., 2:261-4, was the property of j. O. Whitton, but she w^as driven in the majority of her appearances on the snow- path by Mr. Richardson. For two Winters this mare defeated the fastest on Boston's speed ground and she was always open to meet all comers at any time. Mr. Richard- son is counted one of Boston's most pro- ficient reinsmen, being light-handed and of rare judgment when driving in a close race. No man knows how to hook a trotter — right — better than he, and his stables have always been models of neatness. Twenty-five years ago he purchased, from the David Snow heirs, the Thorndale Stock F'arm. in Andover, Ma'^s., which property has since developed into a very valuable asset, much of it being marketable for build- ing purposes. There are 200 acres in the estate, which cuts 350 tons of hay (when purchased by Mr. Richardson it only cut 68 tons). On the farm is a good half-mile track for the development of the youngsters sired h\ the royally-bred stallion, Seumanee, by Bingen, 2 :o6 1-4, out of the great brood mare, Red Tape, 2:241-4, the dam of four trotters in the list, by Prodigal, 2:16. The buildings at Thorndale Farm are commo- dious, conveniently situated and always kept in perfect repair and tidiness. Mr. Richardson takes great pride in Thorndale, which, before he purchased it, can be remembered by old-time horsemen as the home of the famous stallion, Daniel Lambert. iMr. Richardson can well be de- scribed as one man who certainly made good with horses. He resides in x\ndover, Mass. WALTER B. FARMER Walter B. Farmer was born in Arlington, Mass., in 1878. and, after attending the local schools of his native town, was graduated from Goddard Seminary, Barre, Vt. He was one of the first members of the Metropolitan Driving Club, and of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston. He is also a member of the B. A. A., Paleface Gun Club, the Exeter Gun Club, and the Boston Yacht Club. The existence of the Metropolitan Club is very probably due to Mr. Farmer. He was MOLLY L., 2:25 1-4 The Dam of This Well-known Speedway Performer is the Prominent Brood Mare, Dreamwold Brownie, by Ashland Wilkes. Molly L. is Owned and Driven by George Lovell The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston certainly a live wire in the early races of that organization and in shaping its destiny. In the Fall of 1904, when the clouds hung low and gloomy for the members in being dispos- sessed of the clubhouse which they had been using on matinee days, it was j\Ir. Farmer that succeeded in bringing the iron from the fire. It had seemed impossible that there was any way of the club surviving, without a home for themselves and to shelter their horses, ex- cepting that land be purchased near the speed- way and a clubhouse and stables erected thereon. In the financial condition of the club, it having been in existence only a few weeks, this solution looked very precarious. Mr. Farmer solved the problem, however, by issuing invitations to all of the members and their friends, who were witnessing the after- noon's racing in the cold, out on the sidewalks. These invitations were good for use in the clubhouse on matinee days until revoked by Mr. Farmer. Immediately, with the use of the clubhouse by the Metropolitan members in this unex- pected manner, the owners of the property en- tered into arrangements whereby it eventually passed to the Metropolitan Club. With the ownership of the property and chartering of the club, Mr. Farmer became one of the life members, and up to the present day, his ac- tive work in the early history of the club is frequently referred to by the old members. Both with the Metropolitan and the Gen- tlemen's Driving Club of Boston, Mr. Farmer was very prominent in the matinees. He owned a number uf horses with speed, but the one of them all that stands out prominent is the little gelding Fashion, 2:15, not excepting Ar- lington, 2 :09 1-2, which he raced successfully in the Readville matinee races. The races which Fashion, Alice Carr, and Tom Phair had to sleigh will never be forgotten. So closely were these horses matched in speed that excitement ran high as to which of them would be the winner. This was true each time that they started. Mr. Farmer was one of Hie cleverest ama- teur reinsmen in New England, and it is doubtful if there was his superior in the country. He was cool-headed, light-handed, game, and nursed a horse along, when tiring in a gruelling finish, like a professional driver. So capable was Mr. Farmer with the reins that he was constantly in demand by owners of matinee horses to drive for them in the races. In the past few years, Mr. Farmer has not been seen as much at the speedway as could be wished. His pleasant smile and cheering word have been missed by Im horde of friends and acquaintances and it has been the hope that with each return of the matinee season, among the list of entries would be seen Mr. Farmer's name with a fast trotter. Mr. Farmer resides at 75 Sewall Ave., Brookline, ?\[ass. JOHN H. FARNUM John H. Farnum was born in Mansfield, Conn., in 1862, and attended the public schools of his native town. When nineteen years of age he came to Boston and secured employment as a marketman, and in 1885 he went into business for himself, under the name of Farnum & Co., 65 Clinton St., deal- ers in wholesale fruit and produce. He is still located at the same place, under the firm name of J. H. Farnum & Son. He is a member of the Metropolitan Driving Club and belongs to the order of Masons. Mr. Farnum has been one of the main sup- ports of professional horse racing in New England for a number of years. His maxim was always to buy the best, price being no object so long as he got one that could go out and win races. The racing career of Mr. Far- luim is very closely identified with that of Walter R. Cox, the famous trainer and driver, as the latter has had his horses to campaign, dating back nearly to his rapid rise in his profession. Naming over the most prominent that Mr. Farnum has owned and had raced in the Grand Circuit for large purses and in stake races are Joe Jointer, 2:05 1-4; Argot Boy, 2:0,^ 1-4: Earl, Jr., 2:01 1-2; The Bosun, 2:05 3-4; Lady Wanetka (2), 2:10, that as a two-year-old was second in 2 :o4 3-4, and was timed that heat, separately, in 2 :o5 1-4. She was sold by Mr. Farnum a few weeks pre- vious to this race for $12,500. Branham Baughmann, 2:04 1-4, has been well described as the "iron horse." This celebrated pacer was campaigned year after year, and was al- ways there or thereabouts when the money was paid ofl^. As Mr. Farnum has well said in describing the stallion : "There were other pacers having more speed than he, and that was the only reason, of course, why he has had to take a back seat in some of his races, but ior what he could do, he was (if the kind that could always be depended upon to de- liver his best." Mr. Farnum resides at loi Summer Ave., Reading, Mass. DANIEL M. HOLMES Daniel M. Holmes was born in East Had- dam. Conn., in 1845, and attended the schools of his native town. He first worked for Charles Spencer, of Moodus, in 1863, as a blacksmith's helper. In 1866 he opened a PRIZi; \\INMN(; lOUR-IN-HAND The Property of Jefferson Bradbury, Brookline, Mass. THE MONTANA, 2:18 1-2 One of the Greatest of Half-mile Track Campaigners. Owned and Driven by A. I. Nelson The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston blacksmith shop of his own in Madison, Conn. At present he is in the family grocery business at Saybrook, Conn. He is a member of the Metropolitan Driving Club, and is so greatly interested in the matinees that he comes to Boston to nearly every one held at the Charles River Speedway. He has been promi- nent in these events with his horses, having raced Rob B., 2:213-4; Elsie M., 2:221-4; Minturn, 2:16 1-4; Bingen Flower and Major Dillard. The last two named, while they have no record, are possessed of plenty of speed. Mr. Holmes resides in Saybrook, Conn. GEORGE LOVELL George Lovell, with his brothers, William J. and John S., have one of the largest mar- ket gardening farms in Watertown that there is in the vicinity of Boston. Despite the time taken in running so extensive a business, yet Mr. Lovell finds time to enjoy himself on matinee afternoons at the Charles River Speedway, he having been a member of the Metropolitan club since its inception. Among those that Mr. Lovell has driven in the matinee events are John Thomas, 2:15 1-4; Avenar M., trial 2:17 1-4; Molly L., 2 :25 1-4, and some thirt)- others that have beaten 2 :30. He is also owner of the well known brood-mare, Dreamwold Brownie, foaled in 1899, by Ashland Wilkes. This mare, though only fifteen years old, has pro- duced twelve foals, never having missed a single season since bred. Five of her foals have trained to beat 2:30, though only one of them, Molly L., 2:25 1-4. was put in the list, Mr. Lovell taking more pleasure in developing and driving them for his own amusement. Mr. Lovell resides at 85 Orchard Street. Watertown, Mass. GEORGE H. HICKS George H. Hicks was born in Readsboro, Vt., in 1847, and received his education in the local scliools of his native town. His first work in Boston was in 1865 in the grocery store of Charles A. Barker, in Sulli- van Square, Charlestown. Two years later he started in business for himself, opening a small grocerv store in Russell Street, Charles- town. Later he went into the milk business, where he remained until 1874, when he be- gan the handling and training of gentlemen's horses, and horses for speed. He is at pres- ent interested in the restaurant, bakery, and real estate business, his restaurant being at 180 Portland Street, Boston, with the bakery located in Cambridge. He was one of the first members of the Metropolitan Driving Club, and served on the board of directors. He has been a member of the B. A. A. for twenty-four years. The first horse that Mr. Hicks owned was Robinson Crusoe, which he gave a record of 2:42 in 1874, then counted a very creditable performance. Later he got hold of Back- man Maid, 2:25 1-4, and she proved a good race mare for him by winning a lot of races. He sold her to J. Malcolm Forbes for $2,500. His next race performer of distinction was ?ilay Bee, 2 :24. This mare won a seven heat race at Hartford, Conn., against the best in her class. She was little considered before the start of the event, bringing only $50 in pools calling for more than S800. INIr. Hicks thought well enough of her to have quite a number in his pocket. He leased old Beacon Park in 1887 and was located there until 1896. He sub-leased the plant to Wesley P. Balch for the noted $io,oro stallion race between Alcryone and Xelson, which was the last stallion race Mr. Balch gave. While at Beacon Park he had meetings in connection with the Eastern Cir- cuit, of which he was a member and which began at Norfolk, Va., then on to Philadel- phia, to Beacon Park, to Mystic Park, to old Saugus track, to Providence, to Albany, or to old Fleetwood track, in New York. This brought the annual meeting at Beacon Park the last week in May. New England drivers then trained horses to be ready that early in the season to take part in the racing events. In connection with ^Ir. Hick's regime at Beacon was the intense interest taken through the sleighing season. It was no unusual hap- pening for a thousand hitches to be at the ])ark on pleasant afternoons. One Winter he gave a high cost whip for the trotter stepping the fastest mile to sleigh. This was won by ex-Mayor Curtis' gelding. Champion, in 2:31, driven by Jack Trout. Others making good time were Carrie T. in 2 :34. and Back- man Maid in 2:35. A noteworthy sporting event of that period was a match race between Merty Downing's John L. Sullivan, and a roan gelding owned by John Craig, for $1,200. A lot of money was waged on the result of the contest, which was won by Mr. Craig. One of the most consistent horses raced by Mr. Hicks, and that likely won him the most monev of any he owned, was the pacer, G. O. Taylor, 2:151-4. Out of the 113 heats he raced in two seasons, he was first or second in 106 of them, and only made two breaks, caused by being run into by other horses. Selling G. O. Taylor, and his net winnings on the turf, brought to Mr. Hicks' bank ac- count a credit of over $7,000. Among others raced with success bv Mr. COD ARE (by Cochato), 2 11 1-2 Coming from the Rear and Winning a Heat Through the Homestretch at Charles River Speedway. H. B. Ralston Driving Phot,, from Bosloti Globe GLENARD, 2:151-4 Winner of 2:20 Trot at Readville on Oct. 22, 1914. Owned and Driven by John W. Coakley 224 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston Hicks were : Dynamite, 2 :20 3-4 ; IMay Bee, 2:24; Belle Franklin, 2:28 1-4; Peerless Ben, 2:26 1-4; Rare Ben, 2:26; Susie Owen, 2:26; Steve Maxwell, 2:211-2; News Boy, 2:27; Dick, 2:121-2; R. W. S., 2:291-4; Lulu Mapes, 2:15 1-4; Ben Wilkes, 2:17 1-4; Mat- tie K. Snell, 2:24; Happy Girl, 2:27 1-2; The Nun, 2:24 1-4; Maggie G. Middleton, 2 :20 3-4 ; Blanche Douglas, 2 129 ; Captain George, 2:29; Lady Cutts (tr.), 2:21 ; Wilkin, 2:27 1-2; Centella, 2:21 ; Kitty Morris, 2:30; Carleton, 2 :28, etc. After leaving Beacon Park Mr. Hicks was for two years connected v^'ith his brother, J. T)der Hicks, in running Granite State Park, Dover, N. H. In the building of Combina- tion Park, Medford, Mr. Hicks was one-third owner of the property with J. Tyler Hicks and Arthur Hicks. Up to the year 1905, Mr. Hicks was manager of Combination Park, Medford, and gave electric light racing and vaudeville shows evenings, during the Sum- mer months. Here, too, was the big Elks Fair and Carnival. It was at Combination Park that Joe Patchen made his then world's half-mile record for pacers, of 2:041-4, and Cephias set the world's half-mile record for trotters at 2:111-4. Mr. Hicks resides at Winchester, Mass. speed was in his butcher wagon, from which he took him and won a $100 handicap race at Combination Park. Mr. Nelson resides at 890 Broadway, West Somerville, Mass. A. I. NELSON A. I. Nelson was born in Sweden, where he received his education. His first work in Boston was in the grocery and provision store of Charles Porter. In 1903 he started in business for himself, opening a grocery and provision store in Davis Square, Somer- ville, where he is now located. He joined the Metropolitan Driving Club in 1906, and was one of the earlv members of the Fellsway Club. Mr. Nelson has always been prominent in the matinees of the clubs to which he belongs and, with the success that he has had, it is peculiar that all of his horses were worked every day, excepting the ones they raced, in his butcher carts. One afternoon, at Charles River Speedway, he carried ofT three blue ribbons, winning with Red George, Nancy, and Max C. Among the horses he has owned were Johnny Wilkes, Jr., Lord Krimnel, Independence Boy, Nancy, Charles Hubbard, 2:12 1-4, winner of a heat at Charles River Speedway in i :oi t-2, and of nine blue and two red ribbons in eleven races ; Bard L., Dand\- Jim, Baron Liege, and the war horse. The Montana, 2:18 1-2. Dandy Jim, in the season of 19T0, captured the first point cup of the Metropolitan Club and, during the series, 54 trotters competed against him. The first that Mr. Nelson knew of Dandy Jim having JOHN W. COAKLEY One of the leading horsemen of New Eng- land is John W. Coakley, and he has had experience in all degrees of the sport, hav- ing been owner, trainer and driver, manager of a racing stable, and conducted public auc- tion sales of fast trotters and pacers. It was in the early nineties that the fol- lowers of the turf first became acquainted with Mr. Coakley. He was then trainer for Charles Whittemore, owner of the Lookout Farm. South Natick, Mass., and had on the New England tracks the stallion, Rockaway, to which he gave a record of 2:17 1-4. In the years of 1897-98 Mr. Coakley held a series of speed sales, the first in Walker's stable in Portland Street, and later in Wash- ington Street, above Northampton Street. In the meantime he was manager of a Wash- ington Street hotel for a short time, and later became interested in the laundry busi- ness, entering the employ of Mr. Smith, own- er of Star Pointer, i -.^g 1-4, the first pacer to beat two minutes. He then ooened the Blue Ribbon laundry in Lincoln Place, near the Hotel Langham, where he is now located in business. While Mr. Coakley has owned a number of fast trotters and pacers in recent years, yet his best trotter was Belvasia, 2:061-4, a big winner down the Grand Circuit, and his fastest pacer was Aileen Wilson, 2:021-2. Mr. Coakley is known as a clever reins- man. Walter Cox thinks well enough of his management in the sulky to have often secured him to drive races for him. At Cleveland he won a rich stake for the Dover, N. H., driver with Esther W., 2 :g6 1-4. In the Hanks' Circuit in Maine, in 1913, he won two $5,000 stakes with Baring. 2:121-2, and got second money in another stake. In 1914 he campaigned his own trotter, Glenard, 2:151-4, by Moko, with success. Mr. Coakley resides in Dor- chester, Mass. HANCE B. RALSTON Hance B. Ralston was born in Nova Scotia in 1865, and attended the public schools of his native town. His first work in Boston was in the employ of a Mr. King, blacksmith, in 1885. He opened a blacksmith shop of his own in 1896 in Brighton, where he is still located. Later he added to his duties the training and driving of horses, and now has L. FRED SANBORN A Strong Advocate of Speedway and Matinee Kv 226 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston charge of the new AletropoHtan Club stable at the speedway. Mr. Ral.ston was one of the first members of the Metropolitan Club, and has been prominent in its matinee affairs. Besides his amateur racing. Mr. Ralston each season takes a few weeks in visiting the local half-mile tracks with a select string of trotters and pacers, and usually with success. He is known as an expert in the development of young speed, and is partial, himself, in getting hold of a colt, and then watching him improve. Among the horses Air. Ralston has de- veloped and driven to records are the follow- ing; Ella Hal, 2:151-2; Miss Adbell. 2:061-4; Ethel Direct, 2:113-4; Luzaro, 2:181-4; Tony G., 2:181-4; Lord Ouex. 2:101-2; Susie Star, 2:211-2; Genevieve, 2:181-4; Yates, 2-171-2: Little Bill. 2:20 1-4; Wavelite, 2:24 1-4; Pee Wee, 2:281-4; Nelson, 2:251-4; iMy Chance. 2:171-4. etc. Mr. Ralston resides in Brigh- ton, ]\rass. L. FRED SANBCRN L. Fred S.\nborx. now of Medford, Mass., and until recently an active member of the Metropolitan and Fellsway Driving Clubs, was born in Danvers, Mass., in 1879. His father, in Fred's boyhood days, generally had a road horse, but when Fred was about fifteen his father bought Dinah Wilkes, 2 :33, a trot- ter who could hold her own in a brush to either dirt or snow. Soon after her purchase the Salem News "Man About Town" quoted May- or Peterson, of Salem, as telling his friends how a boy with a black mare beat him on the Danvers road. Later, the Salem News, in a front page ar- ticle, told of a runaway through Danvers Square, in which a Concord buggy was over- turned on top of a boy who clung to the reins after being pulled to his feet by the runaway horse, righted the buggy with one hand, suc- ceeded in stopping the horse, and drove leis- urely back through the square as if nothing had happened. Fred's first horse of his own was a road mare who pulled two men to a buggy, a sur- veyed mile, on the road in three minutes. Next he bought an erratic green trotter, which Fred couldn't keep on a trot, but Knapp Forshner drove a quarter on the back-stretch of Old Mystic in 32 1-2 seconds. Then Colonel, 2:18 1-4, a sore-toed pacer, was pur- chased, and on the first snowfall, Fred, in :i newly purchased Perrin sleigh, started for the Charles River Speedway on a Saturday afternoon all by his lonesome, the result be- ing featured in Sunday's Boston Herald, "Un- known young man with a horse, later identi- fied as Colonel, 2:181-4, cleans up all com- ers on Charles River snowpath." Colonel was pensioned for life and Robin- bird, 2 :29 1-4, purchased from Albert H. Mer- rill, the Danvers speed merchant, a boyhood neighbor of Fred's, as was also purchased Billy J., 2:17 1-4, Fred C, 2:11 1-4, etc. Billy J. won three cups for Fred, stepping the half- mile track at Combination Park in 1:05, and the Charles River Speedway a fast heat, one season, in i :02, and winning the fastest two heats in another series in i :02 1-4 and i :o2 1-2. Fred C. 2:111-4, record over a half-mile track, was bought at a Chicago sale, at a long price, as he had trotted the fastest mile in a race over any half-mile track in the country, the previous season. However, Fred C. proved to be a better mile horse than a half mile one. and he was sold to go to England, where he made a new trotting record for that country and raced with fair success some twenty-four races there, the following season, against hoppled pacers. With Luther Moko, 2:15 3-4, Fred won two four-heat races, one five-heat race, also a red ribbon at the Park Riding School Horse Shov/- all within two weeks, and then he was sold soon after. Dr. Chase, 2:10 1-4, was a steady going trotter and was never beaten over a head by the best trotters around Boston. Oth- ers, either owned or matineed by Fred, were Kelpa, 2:263-4; Mystic, 2:221-4; Chestnuts, 2:24 1-2; Maud C, 2:13 1-4; Reuben L., 2 :23 1-4 ; Freda, 2 :29 1-2 ; and Star King. Fred now acknowledges having been con- nected with a "Ringing Case," as when he bought Fred C, 2:11 1-4, he matineed him as plain Fred, named after himself, as he said, until Editor Trott, who knew the horse on sight, gave him away in the Boston Globe. The last time Fred was seen in public hold- ing the ribbons was when he, by request, drove Luther P., a noted pttller, who had been beaten the previous week at Charles River Speedway viith a "Professional" up, halves in i :20, but whom Fred piloted to a popular and long shot victory in time as fast as i :i6. over a horse generally capable of stepping in 1:12, and au- other contestant who could always go ni 1:14 to 1:15. The following week, under similar conditions, but with another driver behind Luther P., Luther was badly beaten by the same horses, as he materially missed Fred's reinsmanship, and Luther's opponents missed Fred's musical voice. Fred, after four years of pleasurable sport with the aforementioned horses, now says, "Never again !" and has given up horses en- tirelv on account of the condition on Boston MISS DE FOREST, 2:05 1-4 Champion Pacer (Fall Series 1914) at Charles River Speedway. Owned and Driven by Franli M. Burke .M ^' ^toM ^ ^'^M^^ >^i b^ EDITH DIRECT, 2:11 3-4 Extensively Campaigned Both in Professional and Amateur Races in 1914. Owned and Driven by A. C. Furbush 228 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston and suburban roads. During his horse career he had various chances to serve as an officer of the two matinee clubs to which he belonged, but the only office he ever accepted was thai of vice-president of the Fellsway Club ; but he has also been named for several years among the vice-presidents of the Metropolitan Driving Club. We feel that Fred's heretofore unpublished advice to those still in the matinee sport may be of value. He says, "The life of the mati- nees today depends on securing new horses as often as possible, trading or new purchases, make news and arouse new interest in own- ers, drivers and the public. That's the reason I was always ready to either buy or sell and, in the very short space of four years, owned thirteen horses and two colts, most of them one at a time." Fred will also be remembered among horse- men, and particularly among Cox and Coxs Army at Dover, N. H., as the imported base- ball pitcher who pitched Cox and his Army to a lo-inning victory in a ball game with a team of Doverites, for which Fred got due credit in Dover and Boston papers. FRANK M. BURKE Frank M. Burke was born in Rowley, Mass., in 1878, and was graduated from the Newburyport High School. In 1898 he be- gan the manufacturing of heels at Ipswich, Mass., where he is still located. He was one of the early members of the Metropolitan Driving Club and he often brings his star trotters and pacers to compete in the mati- nees at the Charles River Speedway. Mr. Burke is the owner of one of the l^est racing and matinee stables in New England. Me drives his own horses in most instances, thus deriving a great deal of sport by so do- ing. Among the horses that he has owned are: My Star,' 2:03 3-4; Miss DeForest, 2:05 1-4; Reliance, 2:11 1-4; Miss Adbell. 2:06 1-4; The Alderman, 2:16 1-2; Higgins, 2:16 3-4; Troas, 2:12 1-4; Morine, 2:09 1-4. etc. He is also the owner of the widely known Fatherland Stock Farm in Byfield, Mass., where he is engaged in breeding, raising, and the development of trotters. He has on his establishment many highly-bred and fast record mares, which he is breeding to the best stallions. The result will be that in a few vears Mr. Burke will have the en- joyment of driving in races colts of his own breeding. .Mr. llurke resides at Ipswich, Mass. town and in Rochester, X. H. His first work v.as in 1888, for his brother, A. J. Furbush, in the grocery business. He started in business for himself in 1904, running a boarding stable and real estate business at 66 Davis Street, West Newton. He was one of the first members of the Metropolitan Driving Club, and was very active in induc- ing new members to join. ^Ir. Furbush has always taken a leading part in the matinee racing at Charles River Speedway. Among the most prominent trotters and pacers he raced were Fred H., 2:12 1-4; Jay Kay, 2:15 1-2, winner of a five- mile race on the ice at Montreal : Luc\- Posey. 2:103-4; Ethel Direct, 2:113-4; Alattie March. 2:141-4; Dart, 2:081-4. King Regent, 2:16 1-4; Oracle Baron, trotting, 2 :i8 1-2, pacing, 2:21 1-4; Bon View, 2:15 1-4 : Aliss .\dbell, 2:061-4: Edwin S.. 2:08; Outcast, 2:17 1-4, who was not beaten on the Dorchester Speedway for two years. Mr. l-'urbush and his brother, W. ]., had a niiist interesting race to sleigh one after- noon, a number of years back, on the New- ton Boulevard. While all that w'as waged was a bushel of clams, the loser to be at the expense of a clambake for the friends of both parties, yet the event aroused a lot of interest in the Xewtnns. ]\Ir. Furbush, named Fred H.. while W. J., nameci ?i[azie Sidney. After five red-hot heats Fred H. se- cured the honors, and there was a bi.g cele- bration that evening, .A.. C. Furbush being the leader. Along with matinee racing Mr. Furbush has also been greatly interested in profession- al racing and, usually, started a horse capable of getting its share of the purse. In 1914, he had campaigned the pacing mare, Ethel Direct, who, in nine days won four races, and in eighteen days secured seven second moneys. In that year she started altogether in twenty-two races. Mr. Furbush •-esides at 66 Davis Street, West Newton, M.iss. A. C. FURBUSH .\. C. Furbush was born in Lebanon. Me., and attended the local schnds of his native BENJAMIN POPE Benjamin Pope, of the large business firm of Curtis & Pope Lumber Co., 744 Albany -Street, Boston, has been strongly identified with the light harness horse. He is a life member of the Metropolitan Driving Club, was one of the early members of the Gentle- men's Driving Club of Boston, and also be- longs to the Brookline Country Club and the Algonquin Club. One of the first trotters owned and raced by Mr. Pope was Mrs. Jack, 2 :24 1-4, which since has become a great brood mare. He then purchased Miss Pratt, 2:171-4, which, after being campaigned, both professionally and on MISS MARGARET WINSLOW POPE DRIVING "MADEMOISELLE" A Consistent Horse Show Blue Ribbon Winner MISS PRATT, 2:17 1-4 BILLIE TAYLOR A Head and Head Race Through the Homestretch at Readville. Miss Pratt Owned and Driven by Benjamin Pope 230 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston the amateur turf by Mr. Pope, was put to breeding, and she is now one of the most noted brood mares in the country. She has produced for Mr. Pope The Leading Lady (3), 2:07, the world's record for a three-year- old trotter when made; The Minute Man, 2:21 1-4; Chorus Girl, 2:20; The Understudy, 2:26 1-2; The British Soldier (3), 2:17; and Friendly Chief, yearling trial of 35 seconds for a quarter-mile. A daughter, too, of Miss Pratt produced DenaU (i), 2:291-4, and which in 1914, when two years old, worked a mile in 2:12 1-4. He also owned the stallion. King Peter, 2 :20 3-4. Mr. Pope has a stock farm in Concord, Mass., widely known by the name of Stony- meade Farm, which comprises 150 acres. This establishment contains everything re- quired on a gentleman's model farm. AH of the buildings are spacious, the soil fertile, and the adjoining country noted for its beauty. Mr. Pope enjoys himself immensely at Stony- meade. Miss Margaret Winslow Pope, the daugh- ter of Mr. Pope, is, too, interested in horses, but her preference is the high actor and splendid saddler. With Mademoiselle she has won blue ribbons and cups at numerous horse shows. E.xperts agree that this mare is in a class by herself. It is said that her sire was Bingen, 2 :o6 1-4. At any rate, she is capable of showing 2 :20 speed hitched to a wagon. Another blue ribbon winner for Miss Pope is the handsome saddle mare, Virginia, which never was defeated in the show ring. She is up to trotting a 2 :40 gait, and, hitched double with Mademoiselle, the two make a spanking team. Mr. Pope resides in Concord, Mass. JEFFERSON BRADBURY Jefferson Br.^dbuky was born in Houghton, Me., in 1859. He attended the local schools until sixteen years of age, when he started out for himself, and has never since been in the employ of any man. In 1893 he satisfied himself that Brookline, Mass., was a good place in which to open a modern, up-to-date boarding- and sale stable, and he constructed the one where he is now located, at 56 \\'in- chester Street. He joined the Metropolitan Driving Club in the first year of its ex- istence, and is, too, a member of the Order of Masons. Mr. Bradbury has bought and sold up- wards of io,coo horses, among his customers having been C. R. Milliken, of the Glen House, White Mountains, and the Ricker Bros., of Poland Springs. He also assisted James Sanborn, of the firm of Chase & Sanborn, Boston, in starting his prominent stock farm at Poland, Me. Most of the lirood mares on the farm were purchased by 2\ir. Bradbury in Chicago. Among the fast trotters and pacers that have passed through Mr. Bradbury's hands are Queen, 2:311-4, one of the stars of thirty years ago ; Bonnie Doone, 2 :38, that he, thirty-two years ago, sold for $1,050 to E. D. Morgan, of New York; Bloodmont, 2:321-4, which twenty-seven years ago won a big stallion race at Presque Isle, Me., and was then the real "cock of the walk" in that section ; Dr. Kilburn, that, as a two-year-old, made the state of Maine record of 2:31 1-4; John Moore, that, as a three-year-old, made the state of Maine record of 2 -.22 3-/ Almah, by Cochato, out of the great brood mare. Regent's Last, and, as a four-year- old, trotted a mile in 2:10, and a half in 1:01. at Readville; Stanley C, 2:141-4, counted the best race horse in Maine in his day, and who w^on second money in a nine- heat race, at Lewiston, being first or second in each of the heats ; Wotan, 2 :iy 3-4, that he sold for $5,000; Mars, 2:133-4, the stallion that has been siring speed at Presque Isle, Me. ; Lord Arley, with a trial of 2:101-2, for which $5,000 was refused. The only horse that Mr. Bradbury ever matineed was Tony D., 2:141-4, which he raced at the Charles River Speedway and won heats in 1:03 1-4; Pot Roast, 2:21 1-4. which he sold to go to Philadelphia, where he earned a matinee record of i :oo. Mr. Bradbury resides at 21^ Harvard Street, Brookline. Mass. GEORGE A. GRAVES George A. Graves was born in Newton, Mass., in 1852, and received his education in the schools of that city. In 1869 he w-ent to work as clerk for his father, Chester H. Graves, distiller of alcohol at 35 Hawkins St., Boston. In 1873 he became a member of the firm, the title having been changed to C. H. Graves & Sons. Mr. Graves was one of the original members of the Metropolitan Driving Club, the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston, and the Fellsway Driving Club. In the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston, he filled the position of director, a member of the executive committee, and president of the club in 1914. In the Metropolitan Club, he served on the board of directors and as chairman of the executive committee. In the organizing of the ^Metropolitan Driv- ing Club, ^ilr. Graves was made chairman pro tem., in the very first meeting held at Young's Hotel, in the bringing of the horsemen of Bos- ton together for the object of combining into a club. He has always been very prominent in its aft'airs, and to his excellent business ik '^ y^P ^ fei^ jdlra p r^ H m M 1 Bi ^^^^^H^ IWPfcr^-r;'*^., .MISS NAOMI HKVMir ()n"l>K;Mr\ ' Winner of Two Blues and One Red at Brighthelmstone Horse Show, June 5, 1914 LINA PRUE (Matinee Record), 2:18 1-4 Besides Speed a Perfect Type of Gentleman's Driver. Owned and Driven by George H. Hicks 232 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston judgment can well be ascribed the prosperity of the club. In the racing he has always been one of the leaders, and it has been an established fact that in any race in which he had horses his opponents would have to step fast in order to carry off the blue ribbon. Among those that he owned and drove in the matinees are Dick, 2:121-2: Ben Wilkes, matinee record of 2:15; Lulu Alapes, 2:15 1-4; Miss Leander, 2:25 1-4; Lina Prue. matinee record of 2:181-4; EHska, matinee record of 2:20; The Keepsake, 2:18 1-4; G. O. Taylor, 2:151-4; Joe Bassett, 2:231-4; The Only One, 2 :20 1-2 ; Uncle Ed, matinee record of 2 :24 ; Tom Gillig, yearling record of 2 -37 3-4 ; Mack Mack, 2 :o8 ; and Bronson, 2:12. Of all these horses there are none that equal the trotting gelding, Bronson. This gelding had been campaigned for several years by Henry Titer with varying success. He was known to have a lot of speed, but after winning a heat, he did not seem to be capa- ble of getting the necessary three heats to head the summary and, for that reason, had lieen counted a trifle "soft." Bronson was finally sold at auction in New York and, early in 1913. his new owner raced him on the New York Speedway, during that Spring winning with him the President's cup by beating all the best trotters in New York City. He was sold to Mr. Graves in August of that year and brought to Boston, where he was raced in the matinees of the Gentlemen's Driving Club at Readville for three weeks, and then won a race to wagon for the cham- pionship of Boston. After this he was taken to the Charles River Speedway and started \n eight races during the Fall season, all of which he won, trotting a mile over the half- mile track in 2:15 1-4. hiiched to a cart. On this day the track was in far from its best con- dition, being soggy from recent rains. Bronson was carefully wintered at Read- ville by E. D. Either and was entered in the Spring races of the Short Ship Circuit at Combination Park, Medford, at Haverhill, Worcester, and South Framingham. At Ha- verhill he won one heat from Margaret Drui- en in 2:131-4. In these races he won first money once, at \\''orcester, and was three times second. At South Framingham he made Earlwood L. turn the track in 2:12 1-4 to beat him by a neck. He was then taken to the Charles River Speedway and raced once, low- ering the track record for trotters to 2:14 1-2, to cart. His next start was at Alonroe, N. Y., on August II. in the 2:24 trotting stake of Si, 000, which he won in straight heats in 2:15 1-2, 2:14 1-2, and 2:14. He then raced at Goshen, N. Y., in the 2 :20 trot for amateur drivers, it being a stake valued at $2,000. This event he also won, trotting his second heat in 2:12 and the last one in 2:123-4, the final quarter in 32 seconds. The following week he raced at Middletown, N. Y., in the 2:24 class, purse $1,000, winning in 2:13 1-4, the track record for trotters. He was then shipped to the Rockingham Fair, Salem, N. H., and on September i, ni the 2:17 trot, purse $500, he gathered in first money without losing a heat, the final one be- ing in 2:12. From there he went to Hart- ford, Conn., and on September 7, he won a $2,000 stake very easily in straight heats, the fastest in 2:133-4. His last professional start was at Brockton, on October i, where he won the 2:iC) trotting stake of $1,000, the fastest heat in 2 :i4 1-4. The record of Bronson, under the very clever reinsmanship of Mr. Graves, was nothing short of sensational. Many experts of horses were inclined to jibe Mr. Graves in his purchase of Bronson, but the proof has been that he was the best purchase that could possibly have been made, the little trotter be- ing fearless, easy to drive, always on a trot, and honest as the day is long. It was pre- dicted the season of 1914 that he had speed enough to turn a good mile track, like Colum- bus, in 2:06 or 2:07, and in 1915 the oppor- tunity may be given of seeing how near true this prediction may be. In his ten professional starts, in 1914, Bronson was seven times first and three times second, his total winnings amounting to the neat sum of $4,395. This was certainly a won- derful fun horse for a gentleman driver like Mr. Graves, for outside of the money that he earned, it was very likely that his owner, if asked, would say that he had earned in solid enjoyment four times that amount. Mr. Graves resides in Newton. Mass. GEORGE F. LEONARD George F. Leonard, one of Boston's most successful business men, first became inter- ested in the trotting horse about twenty-five vears ago, and soon after was made president of the Bennington (Vt.) Driving Club, and drove a horse to victory at their first meeting. .\ few years after this he was prime mover in the- organization of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston, and served that club on the i>oard of directors and the racing committee for a number of seasons. During this time, ^Ir. Leonard won a large number of silver cups and numerous blue ribbons with sucli good trotters as Chimes Bell, 2:09 3-4; Fred MISS MARY MURPHY and "ROYAL CHARLIE" Winner of Twenty-three Blue Ribbons at Prominent Horse Shows HIGH ROLLER and HIGH LADY Prize and Blue Ribbon Winners, Either Double or Tandem. Owned and Driven by M. F. Murphy GEORGE G. HAI.L His Many Matched Pairs of Fast Trotters Have Made Ilini Famous in Horse Circles KARI,\ BIRD. JR., 2:11 1-2 Winner of Readville Race, to Wagon, in 2:113-4. One of Few Pacers to Defeat Kentuckv Owned and Driven by George Robinson Hall 1 Boston HeraM GI.ORI.\ \VILKE.S (Matinee Record), 2:18 1-4 Winrer of Fcur Silver Cups and Club Trotting Championship One .Season at Readville Track. Owned and Driven by Frank Gardner Hall ^36 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston Ames, 2:20 3-4. matinee record 2:15 1-4; Lucky Jim, 2:20 1-4; Charley King, 2:14 1-4; Pierpont Morgan (2), 2:27 3-4, and a half-mile matinee record of i :o2 ; Southern Spy, matinee record of i :o5 1-2, and Belhun. 2 :23. One season Mr. Leonard won every start he made with Pierpont Morgan in the Readville matinees. On August 23, 1905, Mr. Leonard won a hard fought race with Chimes Bell, and gave her a matinee wagon record of 2:14 1-4, which was the fastest mile to wagon by a green trotter made that year. For his victor\' he w-as given a large set of tulnilar chime bells. Mr. Leonard was one of the first members of the Metropolitan Driving Club, and soon after joined the Dorchester and Fellsway Clubs, W'here he was active and a help in many ways. He has been on the board of directors, and served on other committees in the Metropolitan Driving Club. It has always been a great pleasure to Mr. Leonard to drive that good, all-around road horse, Southern Spy, that won all of his races the first season out. and has to his credit a large number of silver cups that he captured in the show ring. For six years he was a constant winner of blue ribbons and, in 19 14, he was as sound as a colt. It was for a number of years Mr. Leon- ard's opinion that early racing over the ;Massachusetts half-mile tracks would be beneficial to horse owners and the breeders of the light harness horse, but he was not able to l:>ring this about until 1914 when, with the assistance of Justin Edwards and Samuel B. Hastings, the Bay State Short Ship Circuit was started with Mr. Leonard president, and it proved an unqualified success. At the meeting of the Circuit Stewards at Young's Hotel, Boston, on November 18, 1914, Mr. Leonard, not desiring the presidency another term, was made one of the executive com- mittee in the continuation of the circuit for the year 1915. I\Ir. Leonard resides in Brookline. ^tass. JOHN L. OILMAN John L. C.ilm.xx was born in Newfields, N. H.. in 1859, and was graduated from the schools of Exeter, N. H. His first work in Boston was in the wholesale dry goods de- partment of Jordan Marsh Co. in 1878. In t886 he opened a hotel and cafe, at Revere Beach, and continued in this business for iiimself for fourteen years. He has been an honorary member of the I\[etropolitan Driving Club since its organi- zation, and the success of the club is largely due to the efforts of Mr. Gilman, as he has been superintendent of the Charles River, up- per division, Metropolitan I'ark Commission since 1899, which in part takes in the Charles River Speedway. Constant vigilance, with good judgment, made the straightaway soeedway one of the very fastest in the whole country. The half-mile track was constructed by Mr. Gilman having his employees dump ashes over the marsh and afterward the loam top- soil, that completed the track, was put on. There was some opposition on the part of the Metropolitan Park Commissioners in building a half-mile track, they believing that the expense would be too much for them to burden the taxpayers with. C. H. Belledeu, then president, had explained his plan of the half-mile circle going between the speedway proper and the river. After visiting the Aletropolitan Park Commissioners, Mr. Belle- tleu informed Mr. Gilman of what was their decision, to which the latter replied: "You leave that to me, Mr. Belledeu, we have tons and tons of ashes, and I will make that plot of land the dumping place for these ashes. It will take only a short time before the ground required will be filled in and then the Metropolitan Park Commissioners can look it over and see what a slight expense will put on an additional cover of loam and complete the half-mile track." What happened and how it came out, tlie members of the club now well know. The half-mile track is one of the best outdoors. ;ind is greatly enjoyed by the horse-loving public of Greater Boston. Mr. Gilman has always been alert in keeping in per- fect condition the straightaway track, the half-mile course, the horse show ring, and all of the other appointments at the speedway. Mr. Gilman is a member of the Masons. Pequossett Lodge, Watertown, and of the Neptune Lodge of Odd Fellows, Revere. He resides at 52^ Western Ave., Brighton, ^lass. FRANK G. TROTT Frank G. Trott was born in Council Blufl's. la., in 1871. After receiving his education, he entered partnership with his father, Lemuel G., in the publishing of a turf paper, .Spirit of the Hub, where he remained from 1889 to 1896. In the Spring of the latter year he went on the Boston Globe as assistant to Allen Lowe, and became turf editor, with complete charge of that depart- ment, on January i, 1898, where he has since remained. Mr. Trott has been a valuable aid in pro- moting the horse interests of New England with his clear cut and concise accounts of the racing and of the men prominent in its JOHN H. JEWETT First Presiding Judge at Charles River Speedway; Helped to Organize Metropolitan Club; Turf Writer on Boston Herald LEMUEL G. TROTT Who Helped Organize Metropolitan Club and Was First Programmer FRANK G. TROTT Turf Writer on Boston Globe EARL W. FARNl-M Turf Writer on Lvnn Item 238 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston affairs. He is a devoted admirer of the light harness horse and enjoys nothing better than spending his spare time at the race tracks, working out some of the fast horses. In the Winter season, Mr. Trott is an enthusiast of ice-boat racing, he having owned some of the fastest boats that have raced on the ponds north of Boston. Mr. Trott resides at \\'inchester, Mass. LEMUEL G. TROTT Lejiuel G. Trott was born in Woolwich, ^le., in 1844. After attending Kent's Hill Seminary, he was graduated from Bates College. He started tlie Spirit of the Hub, a weekly turf paper, in 1887, a publication that was much appreciated by the horsemen dur- ing its years of existence. With the dispos- ing of the Spirit of the Hub, j\Ir. Trott was associated with several of the Boston daily papers, gathering the local turf news of im- portance. Mr. Trott was one of the instigators of the Metropolitan Driving Club, his series of articles arousing the local horsemen to the first gatherings held in Young's Hotel. It was he who engaged the room at that hostelry for the initial meeting m the organ- ization of the club. After the club was started he was an earnest worker in securing members, and was the first official pro- grammer in the matinees at Charles River Speedway. Mr. Trott met his death in a railroad accident in 1908, and his sudden demise was a distinct shock to his horde of friends and acquaintances throughout New England. He had spent nearly a lifetime in the interests of the trotter and pacer, and had seen the sport and the breeding farms grow to one of the most important industries of this section of the country, the trouble days of racing liaving just begun when his death occurred. EARL W. FARNUM Of the newspapermen who have been closely connected v>-ith various activities of horsemen and who are still enthusiastic turf writers, Earl W. Farnum, sporting writer of the Lynn Item, the largest daily in Essex county, is among the more prominent. Nearly five years in Lynn has made something of a Bay Stater of him. but he is a native of Providence, R. I., and for many years was the leading sporting writer of "Little Rhody," as sporting editor of the Providence Tele- gram and the Tribune which succeeded it. During that period he was a familiar con- tributor to the American Horse Breeder and other turf papers. He has a rich store of memories of road racing in Providence ana Narragansett Park Grand Circuit sport. In 1910 Mr. Farnum published the New England Horse Journal in Providence. It was a lively weekly while racing flourished at Narragansett Park, Hillsgrove, and \\'oonsocket and, when forced to succumb because of the changed conditions, it re- funded every dollar advanced. In Lynn Mr. Farnum has done much to kee]-) interest alive in the horse. In 1912 his work as secretary of the Lynn Work-Horse Parade helped materially in the turning out of more than 500 horses, the biggest parade of the kind New England has ever had, with the exception of the Boston parades. In 1913 he was made matchmaker of the Lynn Driving Club's championship matinees, at Rockdale Park, and the season was one of the most interesting and successful that club had enjoyed for some time. For three years he had served in the judges' stand, witliout missing a meeting. In recognition of his services, he was made the third honorary member of that club. Similar honors have l)een conferred upon him by other clubs, the first being by the Providence Driving Club a dozen years ago. Over a period of 15 yeprs, ]\Ir. Farnum has been a familiar figure in the press box and among the "regulars" of New England rac- ing. Before that time he had become an en- thusiastic road driver in Elmira, N. Y., while studying law with a relative, and learned some of the angles of the sport by association with such horsemen as Harry Hersey, since famous as the pilot of Dan Patch, Jud Par- sons, B. T. Birney, Lish Gulick and other horse spirits of the Chemung Valley. This knowledge was of value when he entered newspaper work, as the racing at Narragan- sett Park, of that period, had no difficulty in being recognized in Providence as the "sport of kings." CYRUS C. MAYBERRY Cyrus C. ]\I.\vp.erry was born in Casco, IMe., in 1851. After passing the common schools of his native town, he was graduated from the Bridgton (^le.) Academy, and the Brj-ant & Stratton Business College of Bos- ton. His first work in Boston was in 1872 as accountant for C. R. Richardson & Co., Water Street. Later he was employed in the law office of Judge G. A. Upton, and was admitted to the bar in 1882, since which time he has conducted a law and real estate office at 28 School Street, Boston. Mr. Mayberry was one of the first mem- bers of the Metropolitan Driving Club. In the early days of the club he was greatly E. L. SHARPNECK Well-Known Member of Metropolitan Club and a Crack Bowler JOHN W. CAWLEY One of Metropolitan Club's Silent Workers KNAPP FORSHNER Leading Trainer and Driver in Greater Boston 240 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston interested in iiKlucing horsemen to join. He has served on the executive committee, board of directors, and was chairman of the racing committee in 1913-14. ^Ir. Mayljerry has been closely identified in the history of both the Saugus and Mystic tracks. The former he purchased, in the Fall of 1883, in company with three other men. He employed J. A. Snow for secretary and they gave race meetings for four years. He sold the track to (). S. Roberts in 1889, but bought it back a year later, being one of a syndicate of ten Lynn men. Soon after he sold the racing plant to George A. Engleman and others, owners of Brighton Beach race course. In 1903 Mr. Alayberry headed a syndicate of land owners and purchased the famous Mystic Park, in Medford, from Horace Willis and the widow of Thomas J. Alex- ander. The land was cut into building lots, and in 1914 it was practically covered with dwellings, with rhe exception of tlie back- stretch of the race track. j\[r. Mayberry was owner of the Island View Farm. Whitefield, X. H., and later bought the Mayberr}- Farm in Casco. Me., where the well known stallion William .\lbert, 2:16 T-2. heads his stud of brood mares. He has bred, had developed and raced, Ben \\'ilkes. 2:17 1-4; Domino, 2:16 1-2; Tonuny L., 2:19 1-4; Bertmont, 2:181-4: Dr. Billings, 2:181-4: Cleoberta, 2:201-2: Prince Albert, 2:241-4: Leoberta. 2:26 1-2: Mordica, 2:20 1-4: Zephyr, 2:21 3-4; Frank Albert, 2:22 1-4: Montbert, 2:22; Xancy Bingen, 2:15 1-4: Cassandra, 2:24 1-2, and more than ico others. Mr. Mayberry resides at 9 Stetson Street, Brook- line, ]\Iass. E. L. SHARPNECK E. I.. .'-^iiARPNECK was born in Parker,-- burg, W. \'a.. in 1855. He attended tli-; schools in Council Bluffs. Iowa, completing his studies with a thorough course in mechani- cal euEjineering. He started in business for himself as an inventor and mechanical engi- neer, spending several years in Chicago. In 1900 he came to Boston and located in the Tremont Building, and in the past few years he has had a suite of offices at 88 Broad St. ]\Ir. Sharpneck is known throughout the coun- try in his chosen field of mechanical engineer- ing and as an inventor. He has placed on the market many patents that are in constant use. His anti-friction roller bearing is being taken" up by the prominent railroads of the United States and Canada. Air. Sharpneck joined the Metropolitan Club in 1914, and while he has owned several high-class driving horses, yet he has not invested in speed horses to the present time. Despite that, however, he is frequently seen at the speedway on the days of matinee racing, and it is predicted by his friends that the time is short before he gets the fever so badly that the result will be his buying a fast trotter or pacer. Mr. Sharpneck's hobby, out- side of his home life, is bowling, at which he is recognized as one of the cleverest amateurs in Greater Boston. He resides at Winthrop Highlands, Alass. KNAPP FORSHNER Kn.\pp Forshner was born in Wallace, Cumberland County, X. S., in 1865, and re- ceived his education in the schools of his native town. His first work was in 1884, making jewelry in the shop of Draper, Pate & Bailey, Attleboro, ]Mass. He started in business for himself in 1894, in Xorth Attle- boro, opening a sale and boarding stable and dealing in coal and wood. He is a member of the Metropolitan, Fellsway, and Dorches- ter Driving Clubs. Mr. Forshner first became interested in horses at Xorth Attleboro, where he con- ducted a public stable at the local half-mile track. Leaving Xorth Attleboro, he located at Combination Park, and was then in the hotel business in Brighton. After that he removed to Providence, where he was in the stable business and run a horseshoeing es- tablishment, also trained a ;tring of horses at Xarragansett Park for Fred E. I'erkins, the owner of the track property. When Xarragansett was turned over for the use of the running horse, ]\[r. Forshner removed to Hillsgrove. R. I., selling out his business in Providence. He then returned to Aled- ford, where he ran the Medford Inn and stable, and trained horses at Combination Park. His next venture was in the horse- shoeing business in Haverhill, 2\Iass., and running a public training stable in Kenoza Park. There he remained one year, when he returned to Boston and bought a grocery and provision business, which he disposed of in the Spring of 1914, that season training horses at the Charles River Speedway. Mr. Forshner, during his extended turf career, gave records to about twenty-five of his own horses, from 2:10 to 2:30, and fully as many were given their records by him that were owned by other parties. Ke had good success with the pacing mare, Edna B.. 2 :C9 1-2, the season of 1914, winning four free-for-alls getting second money four times, and fourth money once. The times that he was second, he was defeated by the almost invincible half-mile pacing gelding of that EDWIN B. RICE Owner of the "Bi$ Four" of New England Anaconda, 2:01 3-4; John M. Royal R. Sheldon, 2:04 3-4, and The Friend, 2:05 1-4 World's Double-Gaited Champion ANACONDA, Pacing, 2:013-4; Trotting, 2:09 3-4 (John Trout Up) After Securing His Pacing Record Anaconda, without the Aid of Hopples or Heavy Shoeing, Earned His Trotting Record, the Combined Time of VVhicli is Nearly Three Seconds Faster Than to the Credit of Any Otiier Harness Horse. Anaconda Was the Property of Edwin B. Rice, One of Boston's Foremost Horsemen The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 243 \ear. Fred W. Edna 11. was owned in part- nership by Mr. Forshner and John H. Weeks, of Brookline. In the handling- of trotters and pacers, Air. Forshner has been successful, he having been particularly ex- pert in the balancing of trotters. Mr. Forsh- ner resides in Maiden, ]\Iass. JOHN W. CAWLEY John W. Cawlev was born in East Haver- hill, N. H., in 1866, and received his educa- tion in the public schools of that town. In 1888 he accepted a clerical position with the Standard Oil Co., which was his first work in Boston. Three years later he started in business for himself, opening a brokerage office at 53 State St., where he is still located. He became a member of the Metropolitan Driving Club in 1914, and promises to be one of the real active members of the organiza- tion. He owned Lothair, 2:19, and enjoys iiugely tlie matinees at Charles River .Speed- way. Air. Cawley resifles in Rrmikline, .Mass. JESSE EDDY Jesse Eddy was born in Fall River, Mass., in 186S, and attended the grammar and high schools of his native cit}-. In 1S89 he entered the employ of A. Shuman & Co., clothiers of Boston, and is now identified with the same business, being employed by the John F. Fitz- gerald Clothing Co. Mr. Eddy joined the Metropolitan Driving Club in 1906. He has been a member of several of the committees, the most important being the racing commit- tee, of which he was secretary from 1908 to 1912. While holding this position he became, if possible, even more popular with the mem- bers racing horses on account of his thor- ough impartiality, each and every man own- ing a horse being the same to him when it came to classifying them in a horse race. Of the horses that Mr. Eddy has owned can be brought to mind -Sir Albert S., 2:03 3-4; The Baron, 2:19 1-4; Brown Bess, trial 2 128, and Bobby Patchen. Mr. Eddy is a member of the fraternal lodge of Masons. He resides at ;^t, (Jtis St., Afelrose, Mass. SAMUEL BOUVE HASTINGS Samuel Bouve Hastings was born in Alalden, Alass., in 1875, and attended the ]niblic schools of that city. His first work in Boston was in 1893 for his father, A. \A'. Hastings, senior member of the firm of A. W. Hastings & Co., dealers in windows and doors, at 134 Friend Street, Boston, Mass. He started in business for himself in 1902, with the retirement of his father from the firm. He joined the Metropolitan Driv- ing Club, being among the first memliers. and is also a member of the Elks and the Boston City Club. Mr. Hastings has I)een strongly identified with the professional and amateur sport for a number of years and has owned the best. Among those that he has raced are : High- ball, 2:033-4; The Ideal Lady, 2:091-4; Morine, 2:091-4; Mansfield, 2:051-4; Chimes Hal, 2:06 3-4; Doctor C, 2:13 1-4; etc. Mr. Hastings is very capable in the driving of a trotter or pacer, as was demon- s;rated at the Brockton Fair, in 1914, when he got up behind the pacer, Dick Direct, and won the race in several seconds faster time than what the same horse was defeated in earlier in the week. Mr. Hastings resides at Lexington, Mass. GEORGE W. NORTON George W. Norton was born in Cam- bridge, Mass., in 1857, and attciulcd tlie schools of Allston, Mass. His first work was for his father, Edward H. Norton, manufacturer of soap. In 1882 he succeeded his father in the soap business, in Cambridge, where he is still located. He was one of the first members of the Metropolitan Driving Club, of which he is a life member, and has served on the board of directors. He also belongs to the B. .-\. A. MrT Norton is one of the leading matinee enthusiasts, as well as having been promi- nent on the professional turf. Among those he has raced for cash prizes were: Sallie Hook, 2 :09, and also a matinee record to wagon of 2:o<); The Shah, 2:103-4; Jim Corbett, 2:15: Walter Roberts, 2:161-2; etc. He is the breeder and owner of the sterling trotter. The Mason, 2:17 1-4, that won more money in the Bay State Short Ship Circuit in 1914 than any other trotter, having $1,625 to his credit in nine races, of which he got five firsts, two seconds, and once each a third and a fourth. .\fter the Spring-field meet. The Mason fame to his true racing form, and from then oij was unbeaten in the circuit, win- ning his next five remaining stake engage- ments and losing only three of the eighteen heats which he raced at Northampton, Hills- grove, Taunton, Marshfield, a-nd Fitchburg. The Mason was out of the mare, Fly-a-way, 2:29 1-4, which Mr. Norton drove on the road and raced during the sleighing season on Beacon Street Boulevard for many seasons. With her retirement from active work, he bred Fly-a-way to Alliewood, 2 :09 1-2, the result being Tlie Mason. Mr. Norton resides in Lexington. Mass., where he has a very comfortable stock farm, which is called the Peacock Farm. 244 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston T. LEE QUIMBY T. Lee Quimby was born in Stanstead. Quebec, Canada, in 1864. He attended tbe Stanstead Wesleyan College and was grad- uated from ]\'lcGill University. His first work was writing for the daily newspapers, starting on the Montreal Star, and later being with the Montreal Herald and then the Canadian Sportsman. In 1902 he came to Boston, taking the position of manager of the American Horse Breeder, where he remained until the publication changed ownership. He is at ]:iresent interested in llie sale agency at 220 Devonshire Street, Boston. Air. Ouimby was one of the first mem- bers of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of ISoston, and at the initial election in 1889, was elected to the office of secretary, which posi- tion he has since filled. He is also secre- tary and treasurer of the League of Ama- teur Driving Clubs, that comprise a mem- bershi]i of clubs representing the lareer cities in the country, like Cleveland, New York, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, etc. In his position on the Horse Breeder, and m his ofiicial capacity with the matinee sport, Mr. Ouimby has always been active in furthering the interests of amateur rac- ing. His articles were instructive. i)ithy, well-balanced and, withal, contained the true enthusiasm, ably inspired by the writer, well versed in his chosen sport. In his office of secretary he was zealous in the eleva- tion of matinee racing to the highest scope, believing that the American trotter was the best horse bred in the world for the use of gentlemen. Mr. Ouimby has indulged in matinee rac- ing, having owned several ,that he raced in the events of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of l^oston. He resides at 132 Apple- ton Street, Arlington Heights, Mass. WILBUR L. DUNTLEY Wilbur L. Duntlev was born in Rochester, N. H., in 1871, and after passing the schools of his native city attended Dartmoutr: Col- lege. He came to Boston in 1897 to work for the Boston Herald in the art department. y\fter several years with tiiat paper, he be- came connected with the American Horse Breeder and other publications. He wos one of the prime movers and manager in the re- organization of Rockingham Park, Salem, K. H., into one of the biggest annual fairs of Xew England. Mr. Duntlev has a wide reputation as an artist, he having painted some of the most celebrated horses on the American tnrf. In recent years his painting of I'hlan. and ijie "A Dash for a Fortune," the illustration of the fantous $50,000 race, is considered by critics the work of a master. He is at present engaged in his chosen vocation of placing on canvas prominent horses in action. Mr. Duntley joined the Metropolitan Driv- ing Club in igcS, and was elected secretary that year, which office he has since held. His partiality for the horse has led him to en- gage in racing both as an amateur and in the professional field. He has owned and de- veloped seven trotters that raced in better than 2:16. Of the ones prominent in mati- nee racing are: Enoch 'W., 2:16 1-4; Margate, 2:08 1-4; Una D., 2:27 1-4; Clontarf, Jr., 2:241-4; etc. Mr. Duntley resides at 1141 Commonwealth Avenue, Allston, Mass. W. J. FURBUSH W. J. FuRBtTSH was born in Lebanon, Me., in 1865, and received his education in the local schools of his native town. His first work in P)Oston was in 1886, in the grocery store of his brother, A. J. Furbush, in the Brighton district. He started in business for himself in 1891, opening a grocery and pro- vision store in West Newton, where he is at present located at 64 Chestnut Street. He was one of the, first to join the Metro- politan Driving Club, of which he is a life member. He was very active in its affairs, having served on the board of directors and as vice-president. He is also a charter mem- ber of the A. O. U. W. Mr. I'urliush has been for years very strongly interested in horses, he having owned and raced some of the best that have left Massachusetts. One never to be forgot- ten was the pacing gelding, Phoebon W., 2 ;c8 3-4. which record he obtained the third heat of his race at Saugus track and is stifi the track record. This gelding was raced by Mr. Furbush in the Provinces and Can- ada and one season he won every race in which he started. r)n tlie ice at Ottawa he gained the tlien world'^ record bv winning the first heat of his race in 2:16 1-4, and was rewarded witJi a silver cnp by the association for his performance. ( )n this event was waged .$22,oco in the pool box. In this meet- ing he won the 2 :c6 pace on Tuesday and the free-for-all on Friday in the same week. Mr. Furbush sold Phoe!)on W. for $3,500, but later he bought him back and he is now owned Ijv himself and bib brother, A. C, who intend that he shall die their property. Other horses of importance campaigned or matineed by Mr. Furbush were Parker S., 2:061-2; Coney. 2:02; My Star, 2:033-4; Louise G., pacing, 2:08 1-2, trotting, 2:21. The last named captured the speed cup given by The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 245 the ^letropolitan Driving L'lulj for trotters in the Spring series of lyoy, winning her fourth heat in 1:01 1-4. In the Fall series of that year, she won the point cup for pacers, and in the Fall series of 1910, she was placed to trotting again, capturing the speed cup with a winning heat of I :02 1-2. Then came from his stable Paul Revere, 2:071-2; Col. Taylor, 2:091-2, winner of a tive-niile race at Montreal ; Red I'epper, 2:171-2; jMazie Sidney, trial 2:131-4, win- ner of the championship ribbon for two sea- sons at the Franklin Field Speedway, and, when Air. Furbush sold her, he gave the rib- bon- back to the Dorchester Driving Club to again be raced for. Others nut before men- tioned were Young Clon, 2:131-4; General Fiske, 2:143-4, and some 150 more with records in 2 :3o or better. Mr. Furbush re- sides at 66 Davis Avenue, \\'est Xewton, Mass. HARRY J. RUSSELL H.\RRV J. Rus.sELL. twenty-live years ago, opened a real estate and investment office at ytj ]\lilk Street, Boston, which he has, by con- slant application and good business judg- ment, developed into one of the largest in the city. He joined the Metropolitan Driving Clul) at its first meeting in Young's Hotel, and, when the second meeting came about, put in ten new members, paying their dues with his personal check. He also belongs to the Dorchestei- and the Gentlemen's Driving Clubs of Boston. Air. Russell has one hobby — a good road horse, and always has him hooked right. Probably no horse was better known in Greater Boston than Picture Hat, and he was in every way what his name designates — a picture. He had 2 :20 speed, was a free driver and perfectly mannered, which, with beauty, made a great combination of cjuali- ties to be foimd in one horse. Hitchef! •double with Addison A., the pair would give a person a most magnificent ride, not think- ing anything of stepping ofif a thirty-mile journey in one afternoon. In the early days of racing at Charles River Speedway, Mr. Russell, besides Picture Hat, had in the matinees the fast pacer, The Private. 2:07 1-2, that was driven by ^l. A. Nevens, Queen Elizabeth, Jessie K., 2:26 1-2; Kidnapper, 2:24; Frank Herdic, 2:17 1-4: Kitty Wilkes, 2:24 1-4. etc. Mr. Russell resides at 4^17 Massachusetts .\venuc. Pi(Tston. LEWIS WHITAKER Lewis Whitaker was born in Stanstead, Conn., in 1831. He received his education in the schools of New Hampshire, \'ermont and Massachusetts, his parents moving from one to the other of these states while he was a young man. His first work in Boston was in 1848, in the employ of Daniel Whitaker, soap manufacturer, in Jamaica Plain. In 1852 he started in the soap business for himself in Jamaica Plain, and, five years later, opened a provision store there. After running this three years, he disposed of it and. in 1861, he started in the tallow business, locating in Roxbury, where he remained forty-two years, retiring from business when he was seventy years of age. Mr. Whitaker is a member of the fraternal order of Masons. Mr. Whitaker was long identified with the professional turf of New England. He was a patron of the noted driver, J. J. Bowen. His first venture was with the trotter Hazor, that gained a record of 2 :27. He then got the good money-winning performer. Magic, 2:25 1-4. Then, in turn, came White Socks, 2:20 1-2, wdiich had every indication of being one of the most valuable trotters of his period when his turf career was cut short by his sud- den death. This was a severe blow to both Mr. Whitaker and "PTncle Jock," but did not deter Air. Whitaker from further investment in high-class trotters. His next venture was Jesse Hanson, 2:13 3-4, that was campaigned i^ver mile tracks for several seasons with success. Refina, 2:08 1-2, will long be re- membered by horsemen in her succession of hard-fought victories. From the tap of the bell, for the first heat, she was never left out of the reckoning. The last of Mr. Whitaker's racing was done with the pacer, John T., 2 :o9 1-4, which he owned in partnership with Sanford Small. This gelding was driven in his races by Lester Dore, as Mr. WbH-' considered it too dangerous for Mr. Bowen to drive in races at his old age. Mr. Whita- ker resides at 47 Ocean Street, Dorchester, Alass. EVERETT L. SMITH Everett L. Smith was born in Quincv, Mass., in 1865, and attended the Dwight Grammar School in Boston, and w^as gradu- ated from the Bryant & Stratton Commercial College. He entered the employ of Cumner- Jones Co., tailors' trimmings, in 1884, it be- ing his first work in Boston. In later years he was identified as turf correspondent for the metropolitan papers of New York and Chi- cago, and of many of the leading weekly pub- lications devoted to the interests of the light harness horse. Mr. Smith is a member of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston and the B. A. A. of Boston." Mr. Smith has been very prominent on die Thomas J. Griffin and His Horses ALFRED KING (2), 2:28 1-4 FRANTELL (2| (by Walnut Hall) Two Very Promising Colts. Frantell Is in $85,000 Worth of Futurity Stakes to Be Raced in 1915. Alfred King, When Three Years Old, Worked in 2:15, a Half in 1:04 1-2 Thomas J. Ciriffin and His Horses (Cont.) CASCADE, 2:06 1-2 Joint Holder, with Charley King, of Franklin Field Quarter-mile Speedway Record of 29 Seconds. He Was Prominent in Interclub Meets 248 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston amateur turf, having owned over 150 horses with records of 2:30 or better, among the number being Ward M., 2:09 1-4; Sherman Clay, 2:05 3-4; Gijes Noyes, 2:05 1-4; Sena- tor L.. 2:12; Billy H., 2:10 3-4; and I'.rothcr JMilro', 2:14 1-2. While Mr. Smith has owned many horses with speed, yet the one he feels the most pride in is Quilberta, foaled on Mav 14, 191 1, and which he bred himself. This filly took a trotting record, on August 6, 1913, of 2 :29 3-4, as a two-year-old. This was at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., over a very heavy track; in fact, so bad was the footing that one of the horses racing that afternoon could not go faster than around 2 130, and a week later stepped in 2:17 1-2. Quilberta is bred in the purple. She w'as sired by Bingara, which at thirteen years of age had 75 with records between 2 105 1-4 and 2 :30, and has four sons and five daughters that have either sired standard speed or have produced it. Her dam is Regal Lassie, 2:26 1-4, by Ralph Rex, 2:26 3-4. Regal Lassie had three foals before she died, in 1913. Zaida secured a record of 2:09 1-4, Lester M. appended a matinee record of 2:14 1-2, over a half-mile track, and Quil- berta. the equine subject of this sketch. Ralph Rex was a son of the mighty Ralph Wilkes, 2 :o6 3-4, son of Red Wilkes. Second dam of Quilberta was Cune Lass, the dam of Cristo, 2:17 1-4, by Palatka, son of Nutwood, 2:18 3-4. Third dam, Cuneiform, dam of Cascade, 2:06 1-2, and Silvia, 2:19 1-4, by Lord Russell. Fourth dam, Englewood, dam of Kurburn, 2:20, by Belmont. Fifth dam. Woodbine, dam of Wedgewood, 2:19, and Woodford Mambrino, 2:21 1-2, etc., by Woodford. Mr. Smith has not only made a reputation as a turf authority, but his very clever work with the brush has given him a name among artists, his work in oil of some of the famous trotters having brought him agreeable criti- cism from men with rare judgment in equine art. A peculiarity of Mr. Smith is the super- stition of seeing the new moon over his right or left shoulder. He would rather pay $50 to some good cause than see a new inooii over his left shoulder. In illustrating this is told the following: In 1907, the year Mr. Smith visited Au- stralia, he mentioned the fact one evening be- fore leaving Boston that he was afraid he was in for a siege of hard luck, as he hap- pened to look at the new moon over his left shoulder. His friends took this with a lot of incredulity and jollied Mr. Smith consider- ably over' the way he felt. Watch the lesult; That evening, on returning home. Mr. Smith was held up on the Boston Common and had a twenty-stone diamond horseshoe pin taken, a twelve-ride ticket between Boston and \\'est- boro, and $48 in currency. On the other hand, here was a time when he glimpsed the new moon over his right shoulder. It was about the last of pool-selling at Springfield. Mass. Henry Pope's Boss H. was touted heavily to win, as he had been timed in better than 2 :2o the week before. Among those opposing him in the race was the little trotter, George A., owned by Eugene and George Aver of Boston. Mr. Smith was obliged to stand at the edge of the crowd when Col. Morse opened up the selling, and he thought the Colonel w'as ofl^ering Boss H. at $10, so raised both hands, and fingers spread out, to indicate he would like a supply of ten tickets at that market. Morse knocked down the order, and when Mr. Smith went for his tickets, they read, George A., $10, in total pools of $130 to $180. It so happened that Mr. Smith had not cash enough to hedge off, so he had to let this stand. Well, Boss H. made a bad break in the first turn the first heat and was distanced by at least one-eighth of a mile, the heat being won by Geo. A., driven by Tom Marsh, as were also the two heats following and the race. George A., having been rated as a "morning glory," Mr. .Smith never would have invested counterfeit moiie\- nn him, but having seen the new moon over his right shoulder, ot course, fate ]nit his money on the winner, as he has al- ways believed, and the result was that his bank account was increased by over $1,300. Mr. Smith resides in Westboro, Mass. EUGENE S. MORSE EuGENi^ S. Morse was burn in WatLM'ville, Me., in 1850, and received his education in Brookline, Mass., where he was graduated from the high school. In 1876 he first began work in Boston, engaging with G. M. Win- slow & Co., dealers in coal. He started in the retail coal business for himself in 1896, at lOU Medford Street, Charlestown, where he is still located. Mr. Morse is a member of the Metri^pol- itan, Dorchestci and F'ellsway Driving Clubs. He joined the Dorchester Club in 1904, and was a charter memljer of the other two clubs. He also belongs to the Masons, the National Lancers, Boston Light Infantry, Coal Exchange of Boston, and the Chamber of Commerce. For many years Mr. Morse was in the thick of battle on the speedw^ay with his fast string of pacers, and it was a merry kind o'. a wiggler that was capable of taking his measure. Among those best GKORGE H. GREENWOOD Secretary Dorchester Club 1901-1914 (in- clusive) P. OHEARN First Vice-President Dorchester C:iub 1914 JOS. F. O'CONNELL Congressman from Tenth District the Term of 1906-07 GEORGE E. GRIFFIN Active Worker in Dorchester Club 250 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston known that he drove were liilh- Wilkes, 2:181-4: Edith J., 2:141-4, and Billy F., 2 -.11 1-4. Each of these was the recipient of several of the season's cups at the iVIetro- politan Club races. Mr. Morse resides at 18 Thayer Street, Brookline, Mass. ble that compares with an)' in the city. Mr. Hall resides at 78 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. GEORGE G. HALL George G. Hall was born in Tiverton, R. L, in the homestead settled by his fore- father, William Hall, who was the first re- corded taxpayer of that settlement, back in 1638. Coming to Boston he entered the hotel business, being manager of the Parker House for eleven years. J. Reed Whipple tilled the position of steward at the same hotel. Messrs. Hall and Whipple began business for them- selves by opening Young's Hotel in 1876, and in 1883 they opened the Adams House. Later on Mr. Hall assumed the sole ownership of the Adams House, Mr. Whipple taking Young's Hotel. For many years Mr. Hall has been the king- pin of New England in owning and driving matched pairs of fast trotters. He was fa- miliar in the road days of the old Mill Dam, Mile Ground, Arsenal Road and Beacon Street boulevard. It was a sight never to be forgot- ten to see Mr. Hall go over the speed grounds behind one of his speedy pairs of trotters. He had in Bervaldo, 2:081-4, and Don Labor, 2 :o5 1-4. the fastest pair ever owned by a New England man. Other pairs that made fame for Air. Hall throughout the whole country were Tomah, 2:10, and Eddie B., 2:143-4; Kim, 2:133-4, and Lexington, 2:231-4; Bessie Brown, 2:123-4, and Regal Lassie, 2:261-4; Kallar and Nethersole ; Actress. 2 :26 3-4. and Lady Preston, 2 :30. which stepped a mile in 2 :23 ; Genie L., 2:18 1-4, and Alta, 2:17 1-2. which trotted Mystic Park in 2 :22 1-4. Mr. Hall is at present driving "together Bervaldo and Harry Mac. The fastest mile ever made by a pair of trotters in New England with horses owned by the same man, is to the credit of Tomah and Eddie B., they turning Read- ville track in 2:13 1-4. Mr. Hall has owned more than 400 trotters with records of 2:30 and better, a record never approached by any other man in New England, and perhaps not in the entire country by one using the horses for their own personal road driving'. Mr. Hall is a life member of the Metropoli- tan Driving Club and a charter member of the Gentlemen's Driving Club, of Boston. He also belongs to many social clubs of Boston. .\t Portsmouth. R. I., he owns a valuable stock farm, the residence having all of the conven- iences of a city home of wealth, and the barns containing all modern improvements. In Bos- ton he has, at 12 Byron Street, a private sta- GEORGE ROBINSON HALL George Robinson H.\ll was born in New Bedford, Mass., in 1871, and received his pre- liminary education at the Somerset and Prince Schools in Boston, and was graduated from the New Bedford High and Friends' Acad- emy, New Bedford. He has devoted his life in the hotel business, being connected with his father, George G. Hall, in the Adams House, Boston, Mass. Mr. Hall is a life member of the Metropoli- tan Driving Club and one of the first to join the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston. He also belongs to the B. A. A., Tatassit, and Bos- ton Yacht Clubs, the Sons of Revolution, and the Colonial War Decendents. Mr. Hall has been one of the foremost road drivers of Boston, and was greatly interested in matinee racing at Readville. He dififered from the other members of his family in en- joying a fast pacer, as well as a trotter, and he earned the reputation of being a clever reinsman in either road brushing or in mati- nee racing. Among the well known horses he has owned, and won many races with, are Nellie S., 2:12 1-4; Early Bird, Jr., 2:11 1-2; Little Wonder, 2:161-4; Cinch, 2:081-4; Geiger, 2:15 3-4; Dick Berry, 2:11 3-4; Sid Barnes, 2:161-4; Harry, 2:19; Belgard, 2:16 1-4; Dora Wilkes, trial, 2:20; Dividend (matinee), 2:19 1-4, etc. Besides his horses, Mr. Hall derives great pleasure in hunting and fishing in Maine. Mr. Hall resides at the Adams House, Boston, Mass. FRANK GARDNER HALL Fr.'\nk Gardner Hall was born in Boston in 1873, and was graduated from the .'Mien School in Newton and Milton Academy. Air. Hall has a historical line of ancestry, as, on his father's side, they settled in Rhode Island in 1638, while, on his mother's side, he traces fourteen times to the Alayfiower, through Elder Brewster, Alyles Standish, John Alden, etc. Air. Hall is a born horseman, from his earlv days having had access to his father's stable of trotters. Later in life he had his own horses to drive. With Col. John E. Thayer he organized the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston, the first driving club of the country in the Amateur League of Driving Clubs. In the club he filled the offices of treasurer, on the board of directors and the executive com- mittee. He is a life member of the Aletro- i^olitan Club, and belongs to the Brookline Country Club, B. A. A., and Boston Yacht Club. Joseph W. Burns and His Horses .--=-■:. -*■ . 'xVP RALPH BINGEN (by Teddy Bingen), 2:15 1-4 Dam Dot, by Brazilian, 2:22 3-4 DOT with Her Baby Foal, ADDIE ECHO DOT Hitched to Cart. She Was a Prize Winner at Franklin Field Speedway in 1913 252 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston Mr. Hall was particularly active in matinee racing at Readville track, and of the New Eng- land Breeders' Association, in which he held the position of treasurer for seven years. He was one of the official timers for several years at Mystic Park, and later held the same ofiice at the Readville meetings. Not only can Mr. Hall drive a trotter well, hitched to a wagon, but he is expert in hand- ling double teams. At Readville he drove the pair, Tomah, 2:10, and Eddie B., 2:14 3-4, a mile in 2:13 1-4, the fastest mile in New Eng- land by a pair of trotters from one stable. In one season at Readville he won twenty-one blue ribbons in the matinees. Among the fast trotters he has owned and raced can be called to mind, Kim. 2 :i3 3-4 ; Cinch, 2 :o8 1-4 ; Xelly S., 2:121-4; Ethelwyn, 2:141-4; Lexington, matinee record, 2 -.2^ 1-4 ; Cora AMlkes, matinee record 2:221-2; Miss Strike, 2:141-4; Dora Wilkes, My Budd, Pauline, 2:241-4; Bel- gard, 2:161-4, Gloria \Mlkes. Mary Glenor, 2 :24 1-2, etc. Belgard he used for a brood mare, and she produced Belle Todd, trial as a three-year-old of 2:191-4. He had trained in 1914 a two-year old out of Belgard. named Gardner Hall, which was timed in 2 :20 1-4. Besides the horses. Mr. Hall has a fancy for yachting, having owned two cup winners, while on the edge of the White Mountains he has a large camp, with motor boats and fitted with all the comforts of camp life. He is an ardent motorist, having driven his car over a hundred thousand miles without an accident. Mr. Hall in his business life has been con- nected with his father, George G. Hall, in the Adams House. Boston, where he resides. MICHAEL F. MURPHY MiCH.\EL F. ^luRPHV. whose stable of blue ribbon winners is located at 4-5-6 Byron Street and 90 Chestnut Street. Boston, has devoted his whole life in the horse business. He takes great pride in developing horses into prize winners and disposing of them to the wealthy owners of high-class hitches. Mr. Murphy declares that today there is a greater call for real good horses than ever before, his only trouble being in getting hold of enough to supply the demand, ^^■hat is needed, too. are suitable roads for the enjoy- ment of driving and riding. Mr. Murphy was very fortunate in the Win- ter of 1914-15 in having in his stable blue ribbon winners of all classes. The most of these were the stars in the Horse Show Cir- cuit of 1914, their names being familiar to all devotees of horse shows, as follows : Advance Guard. Reliance, Royal Charlie, Lady Gray- ling, Doris, Dignity. Royal High Lady and Roval High Roller, 'Bonny and Brandy, etc. ROWLAND WARD Rowland \\'.\rd was born in Sheffield. England, and received his education in the schools of his native country. His first work in Boston was as meat cutter, in 1888. for Thomas \\'ard. In 1895 he started in business for himself, opening a provision store in Hyde Park. He is now the owner of a livery and boarding stable in Hyde Park. He joined the Dorchester Driving Club in 1910, and is also a member of the Odd Fellows. Among the horses he has raced at the Franklin Field Speedway are Lizzie Pandit, matinee record 2:20; Zaza C, matinee record 2:16, and Chatsworth, that has won heats in his events in r :o8. Mr. Ward resides at 17 Westmin- ster St., Hyde Park, Mass. JOSIAH B. REED Josi.\ii B. Reed was born in South \\"ey- mouth in 1862, and was graduated from the public schools of that town. He first went to work in Boston as salesman for Stone & Forsyth, in 1889. and remained with them for twenty-five years. On January i, 1914, he en- tered the firm, as treasurer, of \\'hitney Bros.. Inc., wholesale dealers in paper and twine, at 84 Chauncy St., Boston. Mr. Reed was one of the charter members of the Old Colony Driving Club and has served on the board of directors. He has been prominent in the mat- inees at South ^^"eymouth and in the inter- club meets, the fastest performers he has owned being Edith R., 2:18 1-4, the sweet little pacing mare that is so popular in am.i- teur racing of Greater Boston, and ^lollie Pitcher, who gained a matinee record of 2 :2S. and was often a heat winner at South Wey- mouth in around I :i4. Mr. Reed resides in South ^^'evmouth. ^lass. O. C. CHARLES O. C. Ch.\rles was born in Fryeburg. Me., in 1864, and received his education in the public schools of that town. His first work in Boston was in 1887, in the employ of \\'. B. Blakemar, who was in the milk business. He started a milk route of his own in 1894. in Dorchester, and is now in the boarding, bait- ing and sale stable business at 174 Hampden St.. Boston. He joined the Dorchester Driving Club in 191 1, and is also a member of the I. O. O. F. and the A. O. U. W. Mr. Charles has participated in the matinee racing since becoming a member, his two best known horses at Franklin Field Speedway being George M., 2:14 1-4, and Hector, that has won heats in 1:1 1. Mr. Charles resides at 2y Albion St., Roxburv, Mass, LISTER W. (3), 2:25 1-4 Winner of First Race Having Five Starters at Franklin Field Speedway. Owned and Driven by Calvin MacDonald LADY MADISON, 2:20 1-4 One of the First Trotting Champions of the Dorchester Club. Peter J. Fitzgerald Owned and Driven by 254 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston EDWIN B. RICE Edwin B. Rice was born in East Bostou, Mass., in 1879, and was graduated from the East Boston schools and Chauncy Hall School, Boston. Mr. Rice has had on the Grand Circuit and the New England tracks the great- est galaxy of pacing speed of any horse owner in all New England. The "Big Four" he cam- paigned will ever be green in the memory of horsemen, viz.. Anaconda, 2:01 3-4; John M., 2:02 3-4; Royal R. Sheldon, 2:04 3-4; and The Friend, 2:05 1-4. Anaconda still remains the champion double-gaited performer of the world, as, besides having a pacing record of 2 :oi 3-4. he gained a trotting record of 2 :o9 3-4 under the name of Knox Gelatine King, the com- bined time of both gaits being 2:05 1-4. This is nearly three seconds faster than his near- est competitor, Tay-Eye-See, whose combined record is 2 :o8 1-8. Anaconda's wonderful sweep of the Grand Circuit, under the man- agement and driving of Jack Trout, was the particular feature of that season. John i\I. holds the world's champion pac- ing record to wagon, for a half-mile, his time of I :oo 1-4, made at Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 23, 1903, never having been beaten. In the sea- son of 1904 he gained the then world's four- heat pacing record, losing the first heat of the race to Dan R., the second heat to Gallagher, and then winning the third and fourth heats in 2 :o3 1-2 each. Royal R. Sheldon was one of the most prominent pacers that was ever campaigned from New England. He is joint holder of the Saugus track record of 2 :o7, made the first heat of a race and driven by Mr. Rice himself. Phoebon W. has the third heat rec- ord for the track of 2 :o8 3-4, The Friend was a certain two-minute pacer, but meeting with an accident his turf career was cut off when just in condition for a series of sweeping victories in his class. These "Big Four" do not constitute all of the good horses that Mr. Rice has owned and raced. There was Sufreet, 2 :o6 1-4, which on July 15. 1905, at Pittsburgh, Pa., made the then world's amateur pacing record to wagon for four heats, she winning the first and fourth heats, the second going to Lady May and the third one to Terrace Queen. Among the others which have made turf history of credit for themselves are Helen R., 2:08 1-2; L. L. D., 2:09: Darius, 2:09: Art Alto, 2:08 1-4: Fred H., 2:12 1-4; Orianna, 2:12 1-2: Chief \\'ilkie. 2:12 3-4; Baron March. 2:13; Regulus, 2:18 1-4; Provider, 2:18 1-2; Ponemah. 2:25 1-4; Perhaps, 2:26, etc. While Mr. Rice has successfully driven in many races, yet he delights in relating of the one which he won at Rockland, Me. The track association of that town hung up a purse of $500 for a free-for-all, and Mr. Rice went down there with L. L. D., with the idea he could pick up some soft money. But the state of Maine people had no idea of losing the big end of a $500 purse without making a big struggle. The judges waived distance ; then one pacer was slated to go after L. L. D., while the others jogged around the track. It proved, in this way of racing, a tough battle, but Mr. Rice finally won in seven heats. Another event of pride to Mr. Rice is winning a large silver cup at Combination Park. Medford, with his trotting mare, Pone- mah. The other starters in the race didn't figure Mr. Rice had the slightest chance in getting the trophy, hence the victory proved all the sweeter in landing. One event that Air. Rice will never forget happened when the racing to sleigh in East Boston was in Chelsea Street. He had the trotting mare. Orianna, and one of the reins broke when racing. Having lost control of the mare, Mr. Rice jumped into a snowbank when he saw the East Boston Ferry landing just ahead. A moment later and over went Orianna, sleigh and all, into the harbor. It was more than one hour before the mare was rescued, but she sufl^ered no after results from her long dip in the salt water. Mr. Rice re- sides at the Hotel Touraine, Boston, Mass. JAMES E. FITZGERALD James E. Fitzger.m.d was born in East Boston in i860, and attended the schools of that section of Boston. When 17 years of age he expended all the money he had and could raise — $15 — in buying a horse and outfit at the old Brighton horse market, and started out peddling potatoes and later added meats to his list of articles. In buying a $15 rig to start business, Mr. Fitzgerald, in comparison, has since sold horses for prices running up to $1,500. When Mr. Fitzgerald got out of the peddling line he opened a liquor store at 145 Everett Street, East Boston, where he re- mained for twenty years, then removing to 25-27 Orleans Street, East Boston, his pres- ent location. Mr. Fitzgerald came naturally in his love for fine horses, as his father was one of the leading horsemen of Boston. Forty-six years ago (1868) Mr. Fitzgerald saw his first horse race. It was at the Saugus track. His father had matched Miller's Damsel to trot twenty miles in one hour and fifteen minutes. She had gone the distance, as determined by three men, but the opposition contended that the mare had only circled the course nineteen times. Mr. Fitzgerald, senior, wasted little time in JAMES CAMPBELL Old-Time Boston Horseman and Patron of J. J. Bowen ALDEN H. WOODARD Who Became Noted in Developing the Lambert Breed of Trotters JOHN F. 1)1 NN The South Boston Horseman in Dorchester Club FRANK I. WILKINS Well Known Member of Dorchester Club 2s6 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston argument, but ordered that Miller's Damse! be driven another mile, which she did in the fast time, for the whole distance, of twenty- one miles, in ih., urn., 7s. To see this race, which he had heard discussed so much, Mr. Fitzgerald secreted himself in the robes under the seats of the wagon that took the party to the track. From that time ]\Ir. Fitzgerald has been a constant attendant of race meetings, and he has owned many fast trotters and pacers. He joined the ^letropolitan Club when it was or- ganized, and is also a member of the Dor- chester Club. He is a life member of the Boston Lodge of Elks, and belongs to the fraternal orders of Foresters. Knights of Columbus and the A. O. H. Among the best known horses owned and raced by Mr. Fitzgerald can be mentioned Dick, 2:12 1-2; Lockheir, 2:23; Tilly Cline, 2:16; Tee Dee Gee, 2:19 1-4; Bonnets O" Blue, 2:18 3-4; Cato, 2.23 1-2; Jack, a great snow horse ; H. R. B.. another which made fame on the snow ; \\"atchmaker Patchen, which Denny Keefe took to England and won many races : Blacksmith Maid, trial of 2 :o8, which Eddie Switzer broke from being a rank puller. Mr. Fitzgerald induced the later prominent local trainer and driver, Mertie Page, to come to Boston from Laconia, X. H., securing him the position of assistant trainer for C. E. ]\Iosher, from which position he soon had on the circuit the pacing gelding. Charley P., 2:18 1-2. owned by Charles Pinkham of Lynn. Mr. Fitzgerald resides at 205 Webster Street, East Boston, Mass. THOMAS J. GRIFFIN Thom.\s J. Griffin was born in W'altham, Mass.. in 1875. and attended the Lowell School in Boston. After working in several lines of business, including the running of a milk route in Somerville, he finally learned the trade of mason. In 1902 was organized the John F. Griffin Company, building con- tractors. 15 Merchants Row, of which Mr. Griffin was one of the firm. Later the office was removed from Merchants Row to 17 Milk Street, where it is now located. Mr. Griffin joined the Dorchester Club in 1907, and the same year became a member of the Metropolitan and the Fellsway Clubs. He has served on the board of directors of the Dorchester Club. He is also a member of the T!oston Lodge of Elks, and the Dorches- ter A. A. In both matinee and professional racing Mr. Griffin has been strongly identified. The most of his amateur sport he has enjoyed at the Franklin Field Speedway. The tirst he raced for the ribbons was a green trotter named Pontosuc. He then got Edith R., 2:18 1-4; Red Echo, 2:17 1-4: and Lee Burns, 2:14 1-4, that for a time was champion pacer of the Dorchester Club, with a speedway record of 30 seconds. Directumwood, 2:201-4. was one of the fastest ever on the Franklin Field Speedway, as in 14 races, the season of 1909, he only lost one heat, and gained a record of 29 1-4 seconds, which has remained the best for the speedway, for a pacer without the hopples. Another whirlwind was Johnny Agan, 2:05 1-4, one of the fastest pacers, by record, ever raced at Franklin Field. With Easter Direct, 2:09 1-2, Mr. Griffin secured the pac- ing record for a half mile at Franklin Field, she marching off the distance in 1:01 1-2. Then Cascade, 2:061-2. brought a lot of credit to the (iriffin matinee stable, in defeat- ing Chief Wilkie at the Charles River Speed- way, being the first pacer to perform the trick over that course. He also earned a record of 29 seconds, the third heat of a race, at Franklin Field, which mark was later tied l)y Charley King, and still stands the best over the old quarter-mile course. W"nh Geraldine Mr. Griffin won seven out of nine races. She was a green mare, not having been raced professionally. But the best of all of Mr. Griffin's liorses was the trotter, Worthy Prince. 2:11 1-4, which he bought wh.en three years old at the Xew York sale for S600. The following sea- son he had him trained at the Rockingham Park track, and he improved to a mile in 2:17 1-2. During the Grand Circuit meeting and fair Mr. Griffin tried hard to sell the stallion to a Xew York man, and would have accepted S500, possibly less, for the trotter, but to the utter discouragement of INIr. Griffin, the .Vew Yorker would not do busi- ness. The next S])ring, Worthy Prince was given to "Whitey"' Crowley to train, and the horse did finely. On July 22 he was given his first race, at Montreal, there being fourteen starters in the event. It was handy, however, for Worthy Prince to win, he heading the summary in straight heats and getting a record of 2:14 1-4. That year he won six of his nine races, and lowered the trotting rec- ord for Marshfield track to 2:141-4. In 1914 he was given to James O'Brien to train at Rockdale Park, and won three straight races, lowering his record to 2:11 1-4 over a half-mile track, when he was sold for Sfo.ccn. by a large margin the most money ever secured for a horse by any member of •be Dorchester Club. "Long Shot" Co.x later SUNSHINE. 2:15 1-4 A Blue Ribbon Performer in Matinees of Dorchester Club. Owned and Driven by James F. Lvnch C. E. R., 2:21 1-4 Pacing a Fast Heat at Franklin Field Speedway. Owned and Driven by John H. Burns 258 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston worked Worthy Prince in 2:051-2, at Co- lumbus, the last half in i ;oi 1-2. At the New York sale, of 1914, 1\It. Gnmn i;urrhased three horses for his stable, Keller- ville l-ad, 2:121-4, he got for fun on the speedway, but the two youngsters he expects will be heard from on the turf. Alfred King (2), 2:28 1-4, by King Bellini, 2:12 1-4, trotted a quarter at Combination Park, right ofif the cars from New York, in 31 seconds. In the Summer he had trialed in 2:15, last half in I :o4 1-2. Frantell, the two-year-old colt by Walnut Hall, 2 :o8 1-4, is in $85,000 worth of futurities. He has a very neat way of going. Experts figure that Mr. Grififin secured a cou- ple of prizes. Mr. Griffin resides at 153 Har- vard Street. Dorchester, Mass. 1 orses that he owned and raced are Queenie, 2 -.22 1-4, and Ben G., who, although without an official record, was known to have plenty of speed. ]\lr. Griffin resides at 175 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, Mass. GEORGE H. GREENWOOD George H. Greenwood was born in West- boro, Mass., in 1853, and was graduated from the schools of his native town. He came to Boston in 1876 and opened a retail tobacco store in Boylston St., near Washington St., where he remained for thirty-five years. He then disposed of this business and entered the real estate business, locating at 2 \\'ashington St., Roxbury. He was a charter member of the Dorchester Driving Club, the first two years being on the board of directors, and since that time filling the office of secretary. He also is a member of the Masons. Mr. Greenwood has been the right man in the right place for the Dorchester Club, and his strenuous work in their behalf has always been fully appreciated. He rarely misses a meeting of the club, and has a very clear con- ception of what should be done in unraveling any of the knotty problems that frequently arise. He has never been partial to owning a fast trotter or pacer, but has taken his pleas- ure on the road with a trim-going gelding named Prince G. So many years was Prince G. owned by Mr. Greenwood that he certainly became a member of the family. Mr. Green- wood resides at 56 Melville Ave., Dorchester, Mass. GEORGE E. GRIFFIN George E. Griffin was born in Lowell, Mass., in 185 1, and received his education iri the public schools of that city. He came to Boston and entered the grocery and pro- vision business in 1885, being a junior mem- ber of the firm Jaques & Griffin, located in Ashmont. Mr. Griffin was one of the original members of the Dorchester Club, and an active worker on several of the committees, the principal one being the entertainment committee. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F. and Roval Arcanum. Among the JOSEPH W. BURNS Joseph W. Bl'rxs was born in Freetown, Prince Edward Island, and attended the schools of his native place. He came to Boston in i8g8, going to work as a carpenter. Of late years he has been foreman for the firm of Cruckshank & Russell, builders. He joined the Dorchester Driving Club in 1910, and has never missed a meeting, nor scarcely missed a matinee race, being one of the first on the track and ready to meet all comers. Among the horses he owned is the hand- some trotting mare, Dot, which was bred by his father, a well known horseman of Free- town, P. E. I. She was brought to Boston when two years old, and was sired by Brazilian, 2 :22 3-4, out of Lady Burns, trial 2 :2D, by Westlawn ; second dam, Nellie B., by Gladstone, 2 :28 1-4. Dot was one of the leading trotters of the Franklin Field Speedway in 1913, being winner of one of the first prizes given for the season. She was a great drawing card in the matinees for five years, and won over 100 ribbons, besides many valuable prizes. Dot is the dam of two foals, Ralph Bingen, a handsome bay stallion Ijy Teddy Bingen, 2:15 1-4, son of Bingen, 2 :cG 1-4, and Addie Echo, foaled in 1914, by Echo Todd, 2:26 1-4, by Todd, 2:14 3-4. Not only have Dot and Ralph Bingen speed, but each has won blue ribbons in the horse show ring. Mr. Burns resides at 32 Callen- der Street, Dorchester, ]\Iass. CALVIN MACDONALD Calvin M.\cDon.\ld was born in Gulf Shore, Cumberland County, N. S., and received his education in the local schools of that place. About twenty years ago he went over the Rocky ?. fountains, working in Tacoma, Seattle. Port Blake, and Minot, North Dakota. He first came to Boston in 1896, and entered the employ of the Boston Elevated Railroad. In 1903 he went to New York and remained there three years. He started in business for himself, in 1909, as a piano mover, which business he is still occupied in, at 564 Washington Street, Boston, He joined the Dorchester Driving Club in 1912, and also belongs to the Order of Odd Fellows. From the time he was a young man, Mr. MacDonald was interested in owning a fast horse. Twenty years ago he had Fred Ellison, which was noted in Nova Scotia as David M. Biggs and His Horses ANNIE M. (3) Racing MARY B (2) (Inset— J. W. BIGGS) MARY ANN and 6 Mos. Foal (Inset— D. M. BIGGS) GRACE B. ANNIE M. (3) to Halter 26o The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston one of tlie fastest ice horses in that section. He then got hold of the mare, Nancy Belle, and later of Skyscraper, by Uncle Sim, 2:20 1-2, and Jenny Deane, a daughter oi Gen. Williams, 2 :32, that had a reputation as a brush horse to road. Mr. MacDonald's racing on tlie Franklin Field Speedway has been with the Kentucky bred trotter. Lister W. (3), 2:25 1-4, whici record he obtained at Lexington, Kv. He secured a matinee record of i :o6 1-4 at Franklin Field Speedway, and won twenty- five blue ribbons and only one white in two seasons. He has also in his collection four special blues, one special red, and one special white, and a silver cup for points, that he won in matinee victories. In 1914 he won the first race of the season at the speedway. On November 7, of the same year, he won the first five-heat race ever given under the auspices of the Dorchester Club, defeating Hattie B., Bingen Light, George M., and The i\Ionk in three heats, finishing fourth the first one and then outracing the field the next two. Showing the caliber of the horses in this race, the following week Bingen Light defeated his field in 1:061-2 and 1:071-4. In Lister W.'s matinee racing he has defeated some of the stars of the speedway, among the number being Nut Boy and Knox Gelatine Baby. Mr. MacDonald is interested in the black fox industry at P. E. I., and owns profitable mining properties in Colorado. He has a Summer residence at Pugwash, N. S., the barns and stable being surrounded by shade trees an.d called one of the prettiest locations in that country, and has also a farm at Gull Shore, N. S. Mr. MacDonald resides at 2; Dartmouth Street, Boston, Mass. JAMES CAMPBELL James Campbell is one of the oldest and best known horsemen in New England, he having for years had a racing stable, both of the light harness horse and of the runners. For thirty years he has been engaged in the restaurant and liquor business at 41 Merrimac Street, Boston, one of the favorite resorts for horsemen of Greater Boston. Of the fast horses owned and campaigned by Mr. Campbell was Sclavonic, 2 :09 3-4, which was raced by the veteran driver, J. J. Bowen. He was one of the gamest pacers that ever looked through a bridle and his remark- able races at Dover, Rigby, and Providence will long stand out in the annals of the pro- fessional turf. In his race at Readville, Sclavonic was separately timed in 2 :o6 1-4. Celibate, 2:121-4, was another good horse for Mr. Campbell, this trotter's best efforts being in his winning races at Hartford, Providence and Readville. Celibate was in the hands of Trainer John Cheney. Among others campaigned by Mr. Campbell was J. C, 2:22 1-4; Toddy C, 2:29 1-4; Icelander, 2:291-4, the latter being one of his early ventures. Mr. Campbell resides at 56 Es- mond Street, Dorchester, Mass. JOHN F. DUNN John F. Dunn was born in South Boston in 1873 and attended the Lawrence Grammar School. He started work in Boston in 1885 w^ith John Guild, a baker. In 1900 he began business for himself, opening a bakery at 182 F Street, South Boston, where he is at present located. He joined the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club in 1906 and has served on the board of directors. He is also a member of five other clubs or societies, and therefore, is what might, be called a "jiner." Mr. Dunn has taken part in the matinees at Franklin Field Speedway, the best known horse that he raced being Prince of Monaco, 2 :39 1-4. Mr. Dunn resides at 35 Emerson Street, South Boston. ALDEN H. WOODARD Alden H. Woodard was born in Lowell, Mass., in 1849, ^"d attended the Colburn School of that city. His first work was for his father, Herman Woodard, clerking in the Lowell House, Causeway Street, Boston, in 1867. He started in business for himself by opening a public training stable at Mystic Park, Medford, in 1871, where he remained about twenty years. He then became half owner of the Lowell House, where he first worked as clerk. At present he is in business at 12 Washington Street, Boston. Mr. Wood- ard belongs to the Knights of Pythias. It is to the horse business, particularly, that this sketch of Mr. Woodard's life will re- fer. "Ollie," as he is known to his friends, had a wide and brilliant career as a trainer and driver. He was the midget of the sulky, weighing only 120 pounds, or perhaps a lit- tle less, it being nothing for him to pack away over 30 pounds of lead to make the 150 pounds, to rule, when he raced. This lead he wore in a belt, containing ten pounds, in specially made boots, each with seven pounds in the sole, while the Iialance was placed in the sulky cushion. ( )llie was a mere lad, in Lowell, when he drove his first race, a match at Mystic Park, which he won. During this time, too, he rode running horses in match races. Later he l)ecame noted the country over for his success with the Lambert breed of trotters. Ollie was one of the few drivers of that J. C;. MACOMBER First President of Ouannapowitt Club 1907-08 EDWIN M. SHANNON One of the Old Mystic Park Trainers ROYCE E. COLLINS Who Could Drive a Cheap Trotter Well LYLE STERLING Who Had Great Success with Woodshed, 2:09 1-4 262 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston period who went to California from the East, there being no railroad over the Rockies when he \-isited the Golden Coast, but one was completed while he was there, so he was enabled to return by rail. He refers to a race he drove in Sacramento, Cal., when he thought the starting judge gave the word. The other drivers in the race pulled up, as the bell was rung for a recall, but Ullie kept on, to win an easy heat. The judges con- tinued ringing the bell, and a Mexican rode a pony up to him nearing the quarter-pole, quietly telling him the judges desired his presence at the wire. Ollie plainly told the Mexican to go to the hot placed He was going around the track and was then on his way. Imagme his surprise when the Mexican quickly threw a lasso over the horse's head, bringing him to a stop; then he pulled the horse around by the lasso on his neck, and led him back to the wire, with "Little Ollie," mad as a wet hen, but obliged to sit tight and ride to where the Mexican intended taking him. With the Lambert family Ollie headed summary after summary of the races wdiich he, for vears, contested in. There was the stallion Aristos, 2 -.27 3-4, which he first made prominent on the turf and later the horse made good in the stud, for in those days 2:30 speed was not alwavs required to win good racing events. Old-time horsemen readilv bring to memory the consistent trot- ters John Hall, 2:241-4; Lady Foxie, 2:24 1-4, and others Ollie campaigned. Then later came R. D. F., 2:21 1-4, who was nearly invincible for several seasons over the half- mile tracks of New England, Xew York state, and Canada. There was the pacer, Brightwood, 2:19 1-4, one of the few pacers OUie handled, but he Droved just as adept in racing a wiggler as with a trotter. There were scores of others the "little man" cam- paigned, but the ones mentioned will show his success as a trainer and driver. After retiring from the training ranks Ol- lie did not forget his old love, but owned and had raced for him the trotters. Rex. 2:25 1-4; Frenzie L., 2:14 1-2, and Ornament, 2:181-4. In company with John May, who owned Pilot Knox. 2:193-4, he had a green mare in the string of John Porter, at South Framingham, jNIass., the season of 1914, that could show a lot of speed. ]\Ir. Woodard re- sides at 78 Highland Road, Somerville, INIass. w.th the wholesale paper firm of Monroe Paper Co., and is now employed by the Bos- ton Elevated Street Railway as division superintendent. IMr. Wilkins joined the Dor- chester Driving Club in 1907, and is also a member of the Union Lodge of Masons, Xew England Street Railway Club, the American Street Railway Association, Neponset Brotherhood, Boston Elevated Mutual Aid Association, Metropolitan Mutual Aid Association, Division Xo. 3, Boston Elevated Mutual Aid Association, Ashmont Improve- ment Association, South Dorchester Im- provement Association, and L'pham's Cor- ner Improvement Association. Mr. Wilkins i; on the board of directors for the Dorches- ter Board of Trade, and fills the same pcsition for the ]\Iassachusetts Co-operative Bank He resides at 1515 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, Mass. FRANK I. WILKINS Fr.\xk I. WiLKixs was born in Salem, i\Iass.. in 1862, and received his education in the Prescott and Winthrop schools, Charles- town. He started work in Boston, in 1879, JAMES F. LYNCH James F. Lynch was born in South Boston in 1870, and was graduated from the gram- mar and evening high schools of that section. His first work was for his father in the barrel business in 1885. He started for himself in 1905, following the same line, and locating at 47-53 Champney Street, South Boston. He is a member of the Dorchester Gentle- men's Driving Club, and is one of the regu- lars in attending the matinees at the Franklin Field Speedway. The horses he has raced are May Shedd and Sunshine, 2:15 1-4, both being well known in matinee circles. Mr. Lynch resides at 13 Howe Avenue. South Boston, Mass. DAVID M. BIGGS David M. Biggs was born in Little River, Kent County, N. B., in 1863, and attended the schools of his native town. His first work was for E. B. Wadsworth, in Winthrop, ]\Iass., as foreman in the livery stable. This was in 1880. Seven years later he started in busi- ness for himself, doing general contracting and teaming in Dorchester. At present he has added to his former line the sale of sand and gravel, his business address being 60-ioS ^larsh Street, Dorchester. Mr. Biggs was a charter member of the Dorchester Club and has held numerous offi- cial fKDsitions, in 1914 filling the chair of sec- ond vice-president. He became a member of the Old Colony Club in 19 12. He is an Odd Fellow. Knight of Pvthias, a member of the United .States Fat lien's Club and several other social orders. \Miile there can be no doubt of Mr. Biggs being eligible to the order of Fat Men, yet he SISTER PATCH, 2:26 1-4 The Champion for Two Seasons at Franklin Field Speedway Jogging to the Starting Stand for the Opening Heat. Owned and Driven by W. H. Young SUSIE F., 2:20 1-4 Franklin Field Speedway Trotting Champion and Cup Winner in 1904. Owned and Driven by J. RoUin Stuart, Jr. 264 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston has always derived a lot of pleasure in mat- inee racing, and in driving his own horses. Con- sidering his weight handicap, he is really a good driver of trotters, being light-handed and adept in keeping his horse on his gait and stride. His coolness and excellent nerve have won him many a good race. About his first trotter was Authentic, 2:161-4, a winner of numerous prizes and ribbons in the early days of the Dorchester Club, while Grace B., one that he raced at Franklin Field Speedway in 1913, was the winner of second prize for trotters that season. Mr. Biggs, though, takes great interest in his young and promising group of trotters, all from the brood mare, Mary Ann, by Allie- wood, 2:09 1-2, dam Emma D., 2:15 3-4, the oldest being Annie M., three years old and a prize winner in the races of 1914, by Baron May, 2 :o7 1-4, the next Mary B., two years old, by Forest, and her last being Annie B., foaled in 1914, by Gun Metal, 2:16 1-4. Mary Ann is now in foal by Aquilin, 2:19 3-4. Mr. Biggs resides at 60 Marsh Street, Dorchester. Mass. LYLE STERLING Lyle Sterling was born in Blooming Val- ley, Pa., in 1867. When a small boy his par- ents removed to Abington, 111., at which place he received his education. He first came to Boston in 1883, and entered the employ of R. M. and L. J. Sturtevant, who were en- gaged in the meat business. A year later, he went West and brought back East the noted trotting stallion, J. R. Shedd, 2:19 1-4. He started in business for himself in 1901, open- mg a public training stable at Mystic Park. He is now connected with the Somerville Fire Department. Mr. Sterling is a member of the Fellsway Driving Club, and also belongs to the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Sterling's turf career as a trainer and driver was an extended one. During the years he was on the turf he was very successful, winning many races. Among those readily brought to mind, that he campaigned, are Esperanza, 2:10 1-4; Annie Shedd, 2:14 1-2; A. S. L., 2:16 1-4; Alice Wilkes, 2:21 1-4; Elsie Mac (i), 2:473-4; (5), 2:223-4; J. R. Shedd, Jr., 2:30; Dr. Franklin, 2:24 1-2, Stephen W., 2:13 1-4; Special Boy, 2:121-4, and Woodshed, 2:09 1-4. It was with this little pacer, Woodshed, that Mr. Sterling's reputation extended far and wide. In the six years that he raced him over mile and half-mile tracks, and in never a class slower than the 2:12, he was only twice back of the money. Each season he began racing in June, and kept constantly at it until the snow ilew. Woodshed was a prime favorite with the horsemen and patrons of the race meetings wherever he was started. He could always be relied upon to put up a very stiff race, and a horse had to outclass him in order to gain the verdict. With all of his hard, grueling races, the little chestnut was made of such material that he absolutely seemed to thrive upon it. Later, Mr. Sterling won a whole lot of good races w-ith the gelding. Special Boy, and there are today many of the veteran race- goers who well remember the race at Old (Jrchard in which Mr. Sterling gave Esper- anza his record of 2:10 1-4. Mr. Sterling re- sides at 380 Somerville Ave., Somerville, Mass. ROYCE E. COLLINS RovcE E. Collins was born in Orwell, Vt., in i8fi6, and attended the district schools of h's native town. He came to Boston the Fall of 1889, and took the position of assistant super- intendent, under W. A. "Pod" Skinner, at the Bates Farm in Watertown, Mass. In 1896 he entered into business for himself, opening a public training stable at Combination Park. He remained there for several years and then entered the employ of Commodore Perkins as assistant trainer under Jack Trout. Mr. Col- lins is a Mason, having joined the Independent No. 10 at Orwell, Vt., when a few months over 21 years of age. He resides in West .Somerville, Mass. Among the most prominent horses that he has campaigned and given records to are the following: Squeezer, 2:133-4; Tennehinch, 2:161-4; Jimmie B., 2:111-4; Diversion, ^:i3 1-4; Rex, 2:13 1-2; Oriole, 2:18 1-2: Avis, 2:20 1-4, which cost only $90, and a season later was second in 2:13 1-2; J. M. B., 2:263-4: Prince Megner, 2:21 ; Call, 2:18 1-4; Alto, 2:21; Jim, 2:27 1-4; Lily, 2:19 1-2; Palmetto Prince, 2:11; Doctor L., 2:21 1-4; Thad, 2:29 1-4; Dumont, 2:20 1-4. During Mr. Collins' turf career he never had a horse that cost more than $500, which was the price paid for Tennehinch. Squeezer, the geld- ing that won many races over the New Eng- land tracks, cost only $450. The first race that Mr. Collins drove in ^Massachusetts occurred over the Worcester half-mile track, and he defeated a large field of horses in seven heats with Prince Megner. At the Saugus race track he won a race with Diversion over Colleen, 2:133-4, the latter lieing a top-heavy favorite. Before the first heat was started, Mr. Collins stood to win $2.oco on his mare. On account of Colleen being such a large favorite, there was a big kick made by her backers that the race was KLX ^by Electricity) Franklin Field Speedway Cup Winner for Trotters in 1903. Owned and Driven by Albert Fellows BETTY FENNELL Winner of Seven Blue Ribbons Before She Was 22 Months of Age. Sired by Neno Bin- gen, 2:22 1-4; Dam Su Su, by Vatican, 2:29 1-4. Owned and Driven by John Fennell 266 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston , , • , 11 1 ^11 Dover N H Tiily 30, 1898—2:13 class, trotting; not on the level, and the judges declared all "p^'^se, $500. bets and pools on the event off, thus depriving Squeezer, b. g., by McEwen (R. Col- Mr. Collins of a nice bit of change. lins, ,- • •^-^^-^-^■(Tiie;) ll^Ul^l At another time Mr. Collins was racing at ^ ^^ ^^ b. g., untraced (Loomis) i 3 i -' 3 3 3 3 Bradford N H., against old Charley Taylor, Nicola, b! g..by'Guardsman (Knapp) 4441-2244 then in his Qoth-odd year. Mr-. Collins had f^J^^^McGregor^b. s^ (Con^^^^^^^ . . 3 4 dr Diversion and Mr. Taylor the pacing gelding, !^^^ ^^^ -^ ^ ^^^^^^^ 7 6 dr Robert B.. 2:12. In the first heat Robert B. Time— 21(2 1-2, 2:141-2, 2:12^-4. -'-141-4. 2:141-4. made four long runs, and finished on a run, 2:151-2, 2:171- 2. 2:18. with Diversion lapped on him at the wire ^ SHANNON Before the start of the heat, M^ , Collm ^^^^^ ^^,^^^ ,^^^^^ .^^ p^^^^_ had invested all the money he had n the J^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^, ^j^^ 1^^^, world that his mare would win that heat. He mout . , 5/ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^.^^ .^ went into the judges" stand to call the atten- 'f^°')°- ^^- ^ ^ Shannon, tion of the officials to the long ^ns taken by ^^ for h s . ^__^^ .^ ^^^^. ._^ Portsmouth. Robert B., though satisfied in his own mind wno^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^_ that he would be awarded the heat, but went In i^««-^ne ^^^^^^^^ ^ ^^^^^V ^. ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^_ up simply to make it safe. ... . , con Park In 1883 he opened a public Much to his surprise, the starting judge said ^^^■^- ^^^^^^ f^r himself, at Beacon Park, that he was amazed that a young, bright husky .^^^\^ remained until 1887, when he re- looking fellow like Mr. Collins should come ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^.^^.^ p^^j. j^^ ^g^, j^^ entered up into the judges' stand and make a com- ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ g^^^^^^^^, Hodgdon, of Meredith, plaint against a man driving against him wHo ^^ ^ ^^^-^^^^ j^^^^^^ j^^ trained for one year, was over 90 years of age. ^^ ^g ' j,g became assistant trainer for J. J- Then Mr. Collins said. "I appreciate :\lr. g^^^.^^^ ^^ Mvstic Park, where he remained Tavlor fully as much as I think you men do ^^^^^j ^'^^^^ ^^^_ Bowen then retiring from in the stand ; but, under my present financial ^^^^jj^i^gg ^jr. Shannon is now employed by condition, I cannot in due respect to myself ^j^^ Gushing Medical Supply Co.. 164 Canal afford to give him any money, either of what 5^^^^^^ Boston. I have bet to win on the heat, or a portion ot whUg identified on the turf as trainer and the purse. Now, if you judges think so high- ^,^j^^^^ ^^^_ Shannon raced T. L. D., 2:22 1-4; ly of Mr. Taylor, why wouldn't it be the best r^^^ Lambert. 2 :23 ; Falcon, Jr. (4), 2 :2i 3-4; scheme for vou to dig into your own pockets -j^^j^^^^ g^^^ 2:17 3-4; Dixie, 2:14 3-4; Nick, .and give him the difference between the first ^.^^ ^_^, q^^^^^ 2:25; Doctor, 2:16 1-2; and second nionev, instead of asking a poor ^^^^ ^j^^^^^ 2:19 1-4; Miller Boy, 2:14 1-2; driver like me to do so? Under compulsion y^y^^i^. Maid, 2:21 1-4, etc. Mr. Shannon re- 1 am made to think that you are simply put- ^j^^^ ^^ ^^ Grafton Street, Arlington. Mass. ling your hand of charity into my pocket and robbing me to give something to Mr. WILLIAM H. YOUNG Tavlor." Willi.\m H. Young was born in Milton. In relating the occurrence later, Mr. Collins ^ass., in 1868, and attended the local schools said that the argument did not help matters. ^^ j^j^' ^^^^^y^ town. His first work was as a as old Charley Taylor ran his pacer a quarter ^^^^^ ^^^ gg,,^ §, q^^ Milton, in 1882. By of the way each heat and got first money. industrv and excellent business sagacity he Likely the biggest scoop ever turned by Mr. j^^^^^ ^^ jj^g position of manager of the con- Collins was at Dover, N. H., with the trotting ^p^,., ^^.i,e,., jt was purchased by the National "•elding. Squeezer, when he defeated a field biscuit Co.. in which place he still remains, of sev1;n horses, including the great stallion. jje joined the Dorchester Driving Club m BinCTen. 2:06 1-4. The event was won in eight ,r,c8 and has served on the board of direc- hears Mr. Collins winning the second, sixth ^^rs and as vice-president. He always owned and eighth ; Bingen grabbing off the fifth and .^ good road horse, one with speed, even seventh heats. back when brushing was popular on the One week later he again had Squeezer win River Street road. In the matinees at Frank- nin^ a seven-heat race at Old Orchard. The im Field Speedway he raced Cracker Kov horles finishing behind him were Tom Boy. with success, and later the good pacing mare. Success Ben H., Paddv D.. Webb. Dexter K. Sister Patch, 2:261-4, bvToe Patchen, and Lillian Wilkes So' creditable was the vie- 2:01 1-4, dam by Gambetta Wilkes._ She for torv of Squeezer at Dover, that the summary two seasons, was the pacine champion of tlie of the event is appended: course. Although joint holder of the record A. W. DAVIS Prominent in Promoting Horse Shows HERBERT GRAY Who Bought §400,000 Worth of Trotters for Thomas W. Lawson CHARLES D. WELLS Charter Member of Quannapowitt Club and Owner of the Prize Winning Mare, Border W. MARTIN J. HEALY A Live Wire of the Lynn Club 268 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston of \ :oo flat, she was the champion at the close of the season of 1914, of having raced the two fastest consecutive heats, in i :oo and I :oi 1-4. Mr. Young resides at 6 Medway Street, Dorchester, Mass. J. ROLLIN STUART, JR. J. RoLLiN Stuart, Jr.,, was born in Tarry- town, N. Y., in 1866, and, when a boy, went to Mihvaukee where his early education was gained. Coming to Boston he graduated from the English High School in 1884, and that year started to work as an errand boy for Whittemore, Woodbury & Co. In 1887, with others, he started the house of Pike, Ordway & Stuart, making blackings, shoe dressings, etc. This firm was incorporated in 1890 as the Boston Blacking Co., with its office in Cambridge, Mass. Mr. Stuart became a member of the Dor- chester Gentlemen's Driving Club in 1901, and has served on the board of directors. He is also a Mason and belongs to several of the social clubs of Boston. In the matinee end of the club, Mr. Stuart was very prominent with his trotting mare, Susie F., 2:20 1-4, which, in 1904, won the silver cup offered for the trotter winning the most races on the speedway and, the following year, was the fastest trotter in the club. He also owned Dempsey. 2:10 1-4; Willie Robbs, 2:14; Little Edgar, 2:10 1-2, and Vixie Adams. Mr. Stuart resides at 561 \\'ard Street, New- ton Center, l\Tass. ALBERT FELLOWS Albert Fellows was born in Athens, Me., in 1849, ^"d received his education in the common schools and academy of that city. He came to Boston in 1872 and entered the employ of Henry E. Cobb & Co., grocers. Six; years later he began business for himself in tile same line, opening a store at 163 1 Washington Street, where he remained fifteen years, then removing to Ashmont, where he iias been located twenty-two years. Mr. Fellows is one of the oldest members of the Dorchester Driving Club, of which he is a charter member. He succeeded R. S. Fitch in the office of treasurer, which he had held for seven years, to the close of 1914. He is alsc a member of the Dirigo, Odd Fellows, and r Mason. For many seasons he raced the gelding, Rex, on the speedway, and was a contender in all events in which he took part. Mr. Fellows resides at 73 Bailey Street, Dor- chester, Mass. schools in Great Shenogue, N. B. He came to P.oston in 1880, and went to work for Clark A. Wells, shoeing horses. He started in the horseshoeing business for himself in 1889, in Reading, Mass., where he is still lo- cated. He was one of the charter members of the Quannapowitt Driving Club, and has been constant in attendance and a devotee of the matinee sport ever since the inception of the club, in 1907. Mr. Wells is an Odd Fel- low and belongs to the Pilgrim Fathers. In the matinee sport, he has owned, among others. Woodland, matinee record 2:20 1-4; Orrion Wilkes, matinee record 2:18 1-2; Bolivar, 2 :30, and Border W. The last named is the one he is now enjoying his favorite sport with. She is a very handsome, good gaited trotting mare, that would take a blue ribbon in high society for her conformation and her general good points. Mr. Wells' home is in Reading, Mass. CHARLES D. WELLS Charles D. Wells was born in Richi- busto, N. B., in 1862, and attended the MARTIN J. HEALY Martin J. Healy is a member of the Lynn and Ouannapowitt Driving Clubs and owner of the trotter Saranac, 2 114 1-4, that good son of Todd, which took his record over the Haverhill track in 1914. Mr. Healy has also owned a dozen or more other fast matinee performers. He bought Saranac, as a two- year-old, for $240, and has earned more than $2,000 with him. When a three-year-old, Saranac had six matinee races and dropped his winning time from i :2o to i :o7, in the half-mile matinee races of the Quannapowitt Club at Reading track. In 1914 Saranac broke the Rockdale Park trotting record, which had been held many years by Nelson, when he stepped the Peabody two-lap track, at a matinee meeting, against time, in 2 :i8. At the opening matinee of the Metropolitan Driv- ing Club's half-mile track, an invitation affair in whicli all of the Greater Boston clubs par- ticipated, Saranac was winner of his race and a handsome trophy cup. Mr. Healy has a big fruit business in Lynn and racing horses is his only pastime. In the last dozen years he has been a promi- nent figure in many of the leading interclub matinees of Greater Boston and his good natured wit has enlivened many a race. In the famous interclub meets of Greater Bos- ton, in which Lynn was so prominent, Mr. Healy drove many races for his club. With the pacer L^ncle Angus, 2:17 1-4, he won the day against Dorchester, at Rockdale Park, with considerable fun thrown in. Mi.xed- wood. 2:10 1-4: Widlar, 2:163-4; Hazel Dell, 2:14 1-4; Peter Healy, Dare Devil, Jr., General Cord, Beauford Hall, Arthur Mc- Ivinney, and several others are among those POSTMAN, 2:13 3-4 Favorite at Franklin Field Speedway. Owned by Charles N. Starratt BLANCHE WILKES One of the Trotting Stars of Dorchester Club. Owned and Driven by W. H. Noyes BARONESS TELL (3) (by Baron Review), 2:21 1-4 Dam Lady K. Tell, Trial 2:14 1-4, Dam of Baron Tell (2), 2:29 1-4, by Axtell (3), 2:12. Owned by Lincoln Pedrick SUNSHINE, 2:15 1-4 A Consistent Winner at Franklin Field Speedway. Owned and Driven by Alden Brings 270 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston which Mr. Heal_y has owned at various times. Mr. Healy resides in West Lynn, Mass. JOHN FENNELL John Fennell was born in St. John, N. b., in 1856, and attended the schools of that city. In 1878 he came to Boston and became the manager, and was a partner with Thomas Furlong, wholesale liquor dealers. He started in the wholesale liquor business for himself in 1885, at 175 Devonshire Street, Boston, where he is still located. He joined the Dorchester Driving Club in 1906, and the Ouannapowitt Driving Club when it was organized. He also is a member of the Boston Lodge of Elks. Mr. Fennell has used for his matinee sport the trotter, Mickey, 2 :2o, and the high-bred filly, Betty Fennell, by Neno Bingen, 2:22 1-4, dam Su S.u, by Vatican, 2 129 1-4, dam of Foxy Todd, Future Todd, Miss Todd, trial 2:131-2, and Sister Todd, for which $2,500 was refused. Her second dam was Ra- chel Russell, dam of Major Mason, 2:093-4; Major Morgan, 2:14; Nelly Mason, 2:14; Odilla, 2:24 1-2, by Woodford Abdallah. Ophelia M., daughter of Rachel Russell, produced Miss Ophelia, 2:09 1-4; George Onward, 2:23 1-4; Lady Tennyson, 2:17 1-2; Star Onward, 2:14; Mattie Studholm, 2:29 1-4; Mark Onward, 2:13 1-4; Mark Night (4), 2:15 1-4, and Onfield, 2:22.' Bettv Fennell was naturally a fast filly. She won seven blue ribbons in the matinees of the Ouannapowitt Club up to the time she was twenty-two months old. When a three-year- old, with little training, she turned the Read- ing half-mile track in 2:28, and the last quarter was in 31 1-4 seconds. Mr. Fennell resides at 54 Virginia St., Dorchester, Mass. the age of twelve, and from there he went to Hanover, Mass. In 1874, at eighteen year.s of age, he started in the teaming and con- tracting business for himself in Hanover, having only one horse to begin w;ith, and with which business he is still occupied, and also has a milk route. His residence is at 102 W"illard St., East Milton, Mass., where he has lived since 1891. He joined the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club in 1907, and has been active on the committees. He has al- ways been prominent in the matinees at Franklin Field Speedway and in the Winter racing at Mattapan. Among the horses he has owned can be remembered Sunshine, 2:15 1-4, trial 2:10, and a half on the Dorchester Speedway in i :04. She stepped a quarter over the Mattapan Speedway, the Winter of 1912, in 32 1-4 seconds. LINCOLN PEDRICK Lincoln Pedrick was born in Marblehead, Mass., in 1859, and was graduated from the public schools of Lynn, Mass. In 1875 he entered the retail boot and shoe business in Lynn, in the employ of C. A. Wentworth. In 1883, Mr. Pedrick started in the boot and shoe business for himself, selling both whole- sale and retail. He is now an auctioneer, his ])lace of business being at 38 Central Ave., Lynn. Mr. Pedrick joined the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Lynn in 1910, and has served on the racing committee. Mr. Pedrick has been one of the promi- nent members in the matinee racing at Rock- dale Park, Peabody. Among those which he has been successful with are Lord of Quality, 2:21 1-4; Widlar, 2:16 3-4; Willie John, 2:21 1-4, winner of the time cup in the Lynn Club's season of matinee racing of 1912- 1913. One that Mr. Pedrick feels very proud of, and has shown him a lot of speed for the limited amount of handling she has had, is the three-year-old filly. Baroness Tell, by Baron Review, 2:21 1-4, out of Lady K. Tell, trial of 2:14 1-4, and the dam of Baron Tell (2), 2:29 1-4. Lady K. Tell was by Axtell (3), 2:12, dam by Belle K., a daughter of Dr. Herr. Belle K. produced Herr Tell, 2:17 1-4. Baroness Tell vi'as bred by Benja- min Kinsley, Terre Haute, Ind., and is excep- tionally good looking, and her gait, manners and speed are enough to convince anybody of her future, when started for a turf career. Mr. Pedrick resides in Lynn, Mass. ALDEN BRIGGS ■ Alden Briggs was born in North Peni- JOHN B. CHADBOURNE broke, Mass., in 1855, and was graduated John B. Ch.\dbouene, who resides at 54 from the public schools of his native town. Neponset Ave., Hyde Park, Mass., and is His first work was on a farm in Pembroke, at engaged in the coal, coke and charcoal busi- WILLIAM H. NOYES William H. Noyes was born in North Da- kota, in 1885, and attended the schools in that state. When eighteen years old he went to work for his father, who was in the coal busi- ness at II Hamlet St., Dorchester. With the death of his father, he succeeded to the busi- ness, which he still continues to run. He is a member of the Dorchester Driving Club, and among the horses that he raced over the Franklin Field Speedway were Gladys M., 2:21 3-4, Blanche Wilkes, The Monk, and Pauline Wilkes, with a trial of 2:18 1-4, Mr. Noyes resides in Dorchester, Mass. WELL KNOWN MEMBERS OF THE DORCHESTER DRIVING CLUB JiDGAR O. HADDOCK ADNA T. WHEII.OCK PI I I It ,1. MI/.CiKRAID EDWARD B. SWETT CAREY KEITH EZRA S. HARRIS A. M. NEWBERT FRANK L. ROBBINS SOLLY WOLFSON 272 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston ness in West Quincy, Mass., was one of the early members of the Old Colony and Dor- chester Gentlemen's Driving Clubs. Of all the horses that Mr. Chadbourne has owned, his favorite was Lyndhurst, that was capable of LYNDllLRST A Prize Cup Winner. Owned and Driven by John B. Chadbourne racing matinee heats in time around i :io. While owned by Mr. Chadbourne, she won four silver cups, besides a number of bhvi ribbons. She took the first prize time cup on.' season at Dorchester, and the same year won second prize at the Weymouth Fair. She wa-^ sired by Autograph, 2:16 1-2. A. M. JOHNSON A. M. Johnson was born in Nova Scotia, m 1863, where he received his school educa- tion. His first work in Boston was a car- penter for Lock & Flint, in 1884. In 1889 he started in the buildinQ- and contracting busi- ness for himself in Dorchester, and is at pres- ent engaged in real estate and insurance, hav- ing been located at 1468 Dorchester Ave. since 1897. He joined the Dorchester Driving Club in 1902. He has served on the board of direc- tors, was vice-president, and then president the years of 1910-11-12, he being the only president to serve three terms since the incep- tion of the club. He is also a member of the Odd Fellows, Master Workmen, the Dorches- ter Board of Trade and Massachusetts Real Estate Exchange. During Mr. Johnson's administration the quarter-mile track at the Franklin Field Speedway was extended to a half-mile course, a new grandstand for the benefit of the spec- tators was built, a new judges' stand and one also for the presiding judges erected. All of this necessitated more than ordinary execu- tive ability, as it meant getting the Citv of Boston to come to the front with appropria- tions sufficient to defray all expenditures. Mr. Johnson has always held a leading place in the speedway events of the Dorches- ter Club, and, were he only to have owned and raced the noted trotting gelding, Ralph Wick, 2:13 1-4, it would have placed his name with the foremost. Ralph Wick was without doubt one of the very best known horses in this country. During his professional career on the turf he won more races over half-mile tracks than any trotter ever known. It was Ralph Wick that ex-Mayor Fitzgerald drove at the opening of the half-mile speedway at Franklin Field, winning in I :o6. Among some of the others that ]Mr. John- son has owned and driven in the matinee and interclub meets are Belmont, 2 128 1-2 ; Rex, the trotter that gave him a whole lot of sport and was a hard proposition for all he met in his class; Alfretta D., 2:i(j 1-4: Prince of Monica, Kremella, 2:18 3-4. Mr. Johnson resides at 106 Melville Ave., Dorchester, ]Mass. RILEY G. CROSBY RiLEV G. Crosby was born in Yarmouth, N. S., in 1874, at which place he attended the public schools. When thirteen years of age he shipped before the mast and followed the sea for five years. In 1892 he went to Lynn, Mass., and apprenticed himself to learn the trade of brick mason with the firm of N. D. Davison & Co. He started in business for himself, in 1896, by building frame houses for speculation and taking sub-contracts in mason work, one of his first jobs being the laying of the brick in the public bathhouse at Crescent Beach. Mr. Crosby entered th'i firm of McDonald & Joslin Co., contractors and builders, as secretary of the corporation, in 1898. He became a member of the Dorchester Driving Club in 1896, of the Metropolitan Club in 1913, and of the Old Colony Club in 1914. He is also a member of the fraternal or- der of Odd Fellows. With the Dorchester Club he has served on the race committee, board of directors, second vice-president, and president in the years 1913-14. Mr. Crosby has the reputation of having owned and taken part in more matinee races than any other member of the Dorchester Club, besides having participated in 21 inter- club meets. The list of horses with fast rec- ords that have occupied stalls in his stable, and were owned and driven by Mr. Crosby, almost looks like the reading of the Year Book. In partiality, Mr. Crosby will fre- quently liring to attention several that he has The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 273 owned with moderate records, preferring them to the crackajacks that have stepped faster than the 2:10 mark. One of the very best that ever stepped over the Franklin Field Speedway was Mr. Cros- by's pacuig gelding. Bunker Hill, 2:13 3-4, that secured the five-heat race record in an interclub meet against the Metropolitan Club. Opposed to him was Phoebon W., 2 :o8 3-4, owned and driven by \V. J. Furbush, the con- test of five heats averaging 30 seconds to a heat. Each of the pacers had won two heats, and in the deciding one the presiding judge announced Phoebon W. the winner ; later the judges decided that Bunker Hill had won the race. To overcome this discrepancy in deci- sions, the Dorchester Club otflcials generously awarded to the owners of Bunker Hill and Phoebon W. a silver cup, so that each man points w'th pride to having won the fastest five-heat race over the speedway. \\'ith Miss Riggen, 2:14 1-4, ]\Ir. Crosby holds the seven-heat record over the old quar- ter-mile speedway at Franklin Field, get- ting it the day he defeated Capt. Hall and Miss Ormond. Then with B. S. Dillon, 2:14 1-4. he holds the three-heat record for the quarter-mile course, securing that the afternoon he defeated Rondo, 2:14 3-4, which was the champion for several years on the speedway, and Mr. Crosby had to buy more than a half dozen pacers before getting one capable of beating him. Then can be brought to mind Nellie. 2 -.26 1-4 : A'ictor, 2 ■.2<) 1-4 ; Riley G., 2 124 1-2 ; Prince (trial), 2:27; Annie Lee, 2:07 1-4; Maxfield, that is credited with winning heats in 32 seconds; Lizzie Simms, 2:18; Crispin, that stepped quarters in 30 seconds ; Rose- mont, 2:21 1-4, one of the gamest that ever looked through a bridle and honest as the day is long; lone, 2:17 1-4; Postman, 2:13 3-4; and a half-interest in Grace G., 2 :o5 1-4. In 1914 Mr. Crosby enjoyed the matinees and a few of the professional races with the gelding. Jack Bingen, 2:22 1-4. He had a lot of fun with him in amateur sport, hav- ing been rarely beaten at Franklin Field Speedway, and on Dorchester Day May- or Curley won with him in i :o4 1-2. In his intercity matinee racing. Jack Bingen defeated the best trotters of the r)ld Colony Club, viz., Katherine R., Higgins, Kaldar and Catherine C. In the interclub meet agamst Fellsway, on May 30, he also won, and m the interclub meet over the Charles River Speed- way against the Mets, he got third place. This record was a very commendable one. Mr. Crosby resides at 2iZ Boulevard Terrace, All- ston, Mass. J. W. McENANY J. W. McEnanv was born in Burlington, \'{.. in 1 85 1, and attended the schools at Pittsford, \'t., and I^Iiddlebury, \'t. He came to Boston in 1868 and, when but seventeen years of age, started in the butter and egg business for himself in what was then Union Market. In 1883 he started in the trucking business, which he has conducted since, and is now located at 15 Fulton Street, Boston. He is the owner of some of the finest horses owned in the trucking business in Boston, his two and four-horse teams having taken many blue ribbons in the annual work-horse parade, held on May 30th each year, once in particular winning a gold medal with his four-horse team. Mr. McEnany joined the Dorchester Driving Club in 1902, and has been on sev- eral of the important committees. He is also a member of the Boston Lodge of Elks, and of the \'ermont Association. While he has owned several fast driving horses, his favorite was tlie mare. Dimple, with which he stood ready to meet any of the fastest horses in the club in a friendly brush down the speedway. Mr. McEnanv resides at 80 Edson Street, Dorchester, ]\Iass. GEORGE A. LAW George A. Law was born in Bolton, Mass., in 1855. He attended the Medford schools, his parents having moved there when he was a mere lad His first work in Boston was in 1870. for the American Bank and Note Co. In 1872 he started in business for himself, running a fish market in Arlington. At pres- ent he is in the hack, boarding and livery busi- ness in Arlington, having been in the same stable which he opened in 1888. In 1906 he joined the Aletropolitan Driving Club, and was one of the charter members of the Fells- way Driving Club. He also belongs to the Royal Arcanum, Arlington Business Men's Association and the Arlington Sportsman's Club. Mr. Law was vice-president of the Met- ropolitan Driving Club in 1914. and during his connection with the Fellsway has been on several committees, board of directors, third vice-president, and for three years held the office of president. He has always owned a fast trotter or pacer, being partial, however, in driving a speedy wiggler. Among those he has raced in the matinees can be called to mind Mabel C, Minor S., matinee record 2:17 1-4; Fells- way Boy. 2:28 1-4; Ida G., 2:26 1-2; May Bingen. Fanny M.. 2:241-4; and Rose Mar- tin, matinee record 2:21 1-4. Mr. Law was first elected president of the Fellsway Club in 191 1, and it was only by 274 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston the very hardest work, combined with shrewd- ness and frugality, that he managed to bring the club to the point where it has paid off all indebtedness and has a balance in the treas- ury. Unlike any other of the driving clubs of Greater Boston, the Fellsway never had a free race course, but has been obliged to pay thousands of dollars for its privileges and. has given large cash prizes, and with all this has always met its obligations promptly, a record of which President Law is proud. Mr. Law gives a lot of credit for the suc- cess of the Fellsway Club to the able as- sistance of C. E. Twombly, secretary and treasurer of the Fellsway, in conducting the affairs of the organization, not by any means feeling that he should expect all the praise for himself in its success. For four years, to the close of 1914, Mr. Law filled the position of starting judge at Combination Park, and in some of the important matinees he has kept busy, before calling the first race, taking tickets or selling them at the gate. This all goes to show the zeal that he had in the wel- fare of the organization. Mr. Law resides in Arlington, Mass. FRANK E. MORRISON Frank E. Morri.son was born in Somer- ville, Mass., in 1877, and was graduated from the schools of that city. When a young man he went to work for his father in the pro- vision business, and started in the same line for himself in 189(1 in Somerville, where he is still located. He was one of the organizers of the Fellsway Driving Club, and worked hard to bring the organization into a foremost place with the other driving clubs of Greater Boston. He was secretary for four years. He is also a member of the Odd Fellows and the Arlington Boat Club. While in matinee racing he owned and drove Billy M., 2:29 1-4; Charmion, 2:27 1-4, yet his greatest sport was with the trim little mare, Decima Deane, 2:14 1-4. She was a winning factor in the races at Combination Park for several seasons, and gained credit for herself in the interclub meets. Being one of the family, she is assured of a home so long as she lives. Air. Morrison resides at 23 Brook Street, Somerville, Mass. C. M. LOCKWOOD C. M. LocKwooD has been closely identi- fied with race horses e\er since his youth. He became a member of the Metrorolitan Driving Club in 1905, and of the Fellsway in 1908, thus being one of \he first members in each of the clubs. In the latter orgfaniza- tion he has filled the position of chairman of the speedway and racing committee. ^Ir. Lock wood was in the employ of E. L Franklin, at Attleboro, Mass., for twelve years, and while with him raced and gave records to Rosie B., 2:27; Leida Wood, 2:29; Rebate, 2:321-4, and others. He af- terwards campaigned Likewise, 2:17 3-4; Lnogene, 2:231-4; Tom L., 2:15; Evolute, 2:101-2; Louise E., 2:113-4; Olivia F^ellini, 2:201-2, etc. He was at \\". H. Moody's farm in Claremont, N. H., in 1899, where he developed the mare, Evolute, driv- ing her a mile in 2:07 1-2, and was associat- ed with George H. Hicks for three years previous to entering the employ of Mr, Moody. He is now located at Combination Park, Medford, Mass., running a pubHc training stable, which he opened there in 1900. For the last three years he has leased Combination Park and sub-leased it to the Fellsway Driving Club for use on Saturdays and holidays. Mr. Lockwood resides in Medford, Mass. ORIN E. LINSCOTT Orin E. Linscott was born in Porter, Me., in 1875. He attended the local grammar and high school, and then was graduated from the Xew Hampton Business College. In 1895 he came to Boston and entered the em- ploy of F. L. Hazelton & Co., as book- keeper. The following year he started in business for himself, opening a retail grocery store in Boston. He is now superintendent of the ^Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Air. Linscott was one of the early members of the Fellsway Driving Club, and joined the Dorchester Driving Club in 191 1. He is also a Knight of Pythias, I. O. O. F. and a mem- ber of the Dudley Club of Roxbury. His sport on the speedway and at Combination Park has been with Alice F., Edwin R., 2:33 1-2; Laura L. and Lady Belle, the win- ner of second heat prize, season 1914, of Fellsway Club. Mr. Linscott resides at 455 Columbus Avenue, Boston. HUGH J. MORRISON Hugh J. Morrison was born in Charles- town, Mass., in 1863, and was an attendant of the Harvard and Frothingham grammar schools. His first work was in Fox's Bakery in 1880-1893, the latter year starting in the lunch business for himself in Boston, where he is still located. He became a member of the ^Metropolitan Driving Club the year that it was organized, and owned many of the fastest horses in the matinees, among which can be called to mind Pat L., 2:ifi 1-2; Alary M., 2:21 1-4, trotting, 2:20 3-4, pacing; Puss The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston ^75 Parker, 2:20 1-4; Lord Alihott, Alary Cliff, the promising young stallion,' Gun ]\Ietal, 2:16 1-4. the fast filly, Mary Metal, George M., and three fast fillies by Gun Metal. Mr. Morrison has raced a professional stable, outside of his matinee string, for a number of years, in charge of the capable trainer, J. j. "Whitey" Crowley. There is iw man that enjoys the sport any better than Mr. Morrison, and, no matter what comes his way, victory or defeat, he takes it with the same degree of fortitude. Mr. Morris Charles Guinn, and has always been a very fast piece of racing dirt, as shown by the time made in the matinees held each ^^'ed- nesday during the Summer months. The incorporators of the Hamilton Club were : Lev' S. Lord, L. E. Libby, H. S. Guinn, W. F. Kinsman, .S. C. Gould, X. J- Conrad, J. E. Dodge, H. H. Dempsey. C. S. Guinn. T. J. Broderick, and the following were the first list of ofificials : Levi S. Lord, president : W. F. Kinsman, vice-president ; Lester E. Libby, treasurer, and Hallett Guinn, secretary. The officials during the year of 1914 were- William E. Tovvnsend, president ; James E. Brady, vice-president : Lester E. Libby, treasurer ; Raymond Gould, secretary. Mr. Lord resides in Wenham. Mass. J. MARO HARRIMAN J. Marc Harkim.xn was born in West Leb- anon, Me., in 1859, and attended the Leba- non Academy, and a preparatory school. His first work was twenty-five years ago in a New York Hotel. Later he worked in a drug store in the same city. After a short period he removed to Lynn, Mass., starting in business for himself by opening a pharmacy at 248 Union Street, he being the first pharmacist to keep open all night, his doors not having been locked in ten years. He also owns the pharmacy at 81 Chatham Street. Lynn. Mr. Harriman is one of the early mem- bers of the Lynn Club, and filled the posi- tion of secretary-treasurer during the years 1913-14. He derives great pleasure in at- tending the important race meetings held in New England, believing it the right wav to enjoy one's vacation. Mr. Harriman resides in Lvnn, ]\Iass. M. A. NEVENS M. A. Nevens became prominent in the horse world in 1887, when he was super- intendent of the Highland Mew Farm, Clare- mont, N. H., the property of William H. Moody. In the ten years that Mr. Nevens was at Highland View he had in his charge an average of one hundred horses, these in- cluding the stallions, brood mares and young stock. Here he raced and gave X. L., 2:133-4, his record. Poor health forced Mr. Moody to dispose of his horses, and Mr. Xevens returned to Boston, purchasing an interest in the Priest stable in Northampton Street. Later he bought a boarding stable in Worcester Street, Boston. While connected with these stables Mr. Nevens joined the Dorchester and Metropoli- tan Clubs and was regular in attending the matinees of both organizations, his best known performers being The Private, 2:07 1-2, and Max G., 2:12 1-4. In 1905 Mr. Nevens became head trainer at The Pastures, Belfast, Me., owned by Hor- ace Chenery, and while there he developed and drove to their records, Edgemark Gift, 2:241-4; Orta, 2:163-4; Junior Ward, 2:21 1-4; Juannalita, 2:18; Marcel, 2:24 1-4; Stella Mack, 2:16 3-4, etc. Mr. Nevens, with the closing out of The Pastures, entered business in Brookline, hav- ing charge of the Jefferson Bradbury stable. In 1914 he raced at the Charles River Speed- way, with others, the trotting gelding, Ward M.. 2:091-4, for Bert W. Gove. Mr. Nev- ens resides at 56 Winchester Street, Brook- line, Mass. CHARLES SANDERS Charles Sander.s is known in the trotting horse world through his ownership of the champion trotting gelding. Uhlan, I :58, which he purchased for $2,500 from Arthur H. Parker and sold to C. K. G. Billings for $35.- 000, the complete story of which is related on pages 12 1- 1 25, inclusive, in this volume. In New England horse circles, though, it did not require that Mr. Sanders own a Uhlan for him to be well known, for he had been one of the foremost horsemen, both in having record trotters and pacers for his own road driving, for professional racing, and later for amateur sport. For about fifty-five years Mr. Sanders has been identified with the light har- ness horse, and during this period he has never sold a good horse he owned, but they had a home so long as they lived and were then buried on the farm, some twenty record horses having been buried in the equine cem- etery. It was only that he knew the excellent home Uhlan would have with Mr. Billings that he parted with the champion. Back in the sixties Mr. Sanders raced the gelding. Bluejacket, and won a number of races, though his speed limit was about 2 :40, but he could keep at that gait all of the after- noon. A ])ole team which made a name for themselves by beating all they met on the road was Little Ethan, 2:19 1-4, and Don C, 2:17 1-4. Little Thorne, 2:23 1-4; Minnie, 2:29 1-4; Rex, 2:28 1-2; Grover T., 2:26 3-4; Enoch Arden, 2:24 1-2; Jewell, 2:24 3-4; The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 287 Garrison, Jr., and Lady Alae were among the number Mr. Sanders used on the road, and in professional racing, in the days of the high- wheel sulky. With the organization of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston, Mr. Sanders became one of the early members, and he was very prominent in the matinee racing at Readville. He was also one of the first to join the Met- ropolitan Driving Club. It was during the matinees at Readville that Mr. Sanders, with three members of the Bos- ton Club, each purchased a trotter and took turns in driving them, the horse and its driver being determined on race days by drawing lots. Through driving each of the horses faster than did any of the other three owners, Mr. San- ders demonstrated his skill as a reinsman. Others he raced in the matinees were Jesse H., 2:11 1-4; Silver Glow, 2:12 3-4; Pat My Boy, 2:18 1-4, and Uhleen, the last named a full sister of Uhlan. Jesse H. was raced as a pacer, but one week after he paced in 2:11 1-4, Mr. Sanders had shifted him to trotting and drove him a mile in 2:19 1-2. In the Fall of 1914 he purchased from Benjamin Pope the promising weanling by Cochato, 2:11 1-2, out of the great brood mare, Aliss Pratt, 2:17 1-4. Mr. Sanders resides at 43 Chest- nut Street, Salem. Mass. USE OF ROAD WAGON AT MATINEES DOOMED (By G. Pray Smith) I believe that the season of 1915 will wit- ness more amateur matinee racing in this coun- try than ever before, although for a number of years the sport has been gaining in favor if not by quite as rapid strides as of late. This increased interest in matinee racing I attrib- ute largely to the fact that with the practically universal use of the automobile pleasure rid- ing on the principal thoroughfares has ceased to be a pleasure, and those whose love for a hoTse will never die have turned, in con- sequence, to the speedways for their enjoy- ment. Boston has always been a center of matinee racing and, if I remember rightly, the Dorches- ter Driving Club was the first of its kind to be organized in this country for the purpose of promoting matinee racing. Locally the out- look is of the best for all of the numerous driving clubs, with every indication that there will be more matinee racing and more horses participating in 191 5 than during the very highly successful season just closed. The or- ganization in New York last November of the American Driving Club League will, I believe, help to add impetus to the racing game. Prac- tically all of the driving clubs are to become affiliated with the league, including those in Boston, and next Fall a series of club events, open to those horses of members of any of the affiliated clubs will be held over the his- toric Goshen track. Boston boasts of as good a collection of matinee horses as any city in the country, and I believe that those local road-drivers who enter their best horses for the Goshen meeting will demonstrate to the matinee w'orld at large that the Hub still stands high in this popular pastime. Several things have combined to place mat- inee racing where it is today and to make the outlook for the future so encouraging. One of these is the co-operation the horsemen have received from the municipal authorities. This has helped matinee racing, not only in Boston, but throughout the continent. Last Summer I attended some matinees of the San Francisco Driving Club held upon a three-quarter-mile track, built by the city, with a stadium seating 6,000, also built by the city, at the finish of the course. In New York the city fathers have recognized matinee racing, and in many other places I might mention speedways have also been built. All these things are, of course, a positive benefit to the game. It is unnecessary for me to say that matinee racing furnishes diversion to a class of gen- tlemen who might, otherwise, keep too closely to their desks. They realize that fresh air and wholesome sport are to be derived from speeding a fast trotter or pacer. Also, matinee racing is not necessarily limited to men ot large wealth, although it does cost money to maintain a large matinee stable. But many a gentleman buying a horse, outclassed for rac- ing upon the tracks, for $300 or $400 finds his purchase able to beat horses that have cost several times that amount. It doesn't always follow that the highest-priced horses are the best in the matinees. That, of course, helps rather than hurts the game. More matinee horses are now available than ever before, be- cause the standard of racing in the Grand Cir- cuit is constantly becoming higher and the out- classed trotter has, as years go by, less and less chance to pav his expenses "down the big line." I think the coming season will see virtually the elimination of the road wagon in matinee racing. More and more drivers are coming to realize that the road cart, although perhaps not quite so elegant, is infinitely safer for speedway work than the road w-agon, and where matinees are held upon half-mile tracks it is next door to absolutely dangerous to attempt to use the delicately balanced road wagons. 288 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston $50,000 AMERICAN TROTTING HAD ANIMAL HOSPITAL 2,000 DERBY AT READVILLE YEARS AGO IN IVOo One must go to the Orient and look back For reference is given the summary of '"°'''^ '''^" -'°°° >'^^''^ '° '^"^' *''^ <^"^ ^"''"''' the $50,000 American Trotting Derby, which hospital known. The famous Buddhist Em- was decided at the Readville track on Au- peror of India, Asoka, whose long reign gust 25, 1908. It was by far the largest from 264 to 227 B. C. abounded in many amount of money ever raced for in the his- good w^orks, was probably, the earliest to tory of the turf. One futurity of the running establish a hospital for the treatment of turf was supposed to have a bigger sum animals. Asoka was a true humanitarian as pending, but, when the forfeits were sub- well as a most powerful sovereio-n, and tracted from the gross sum, it left the net although ruling a vast domain, "became cash value of the event considerable less jgeplv impressed by the horrors of warfare, then the $;o,ooo involved in the American -u- ' i- j • r ^ a Trott' cr iS h ■ -v"ic.iv.ciu jjg gave up his desire for conquest and '"^ •■ the rock inscriptions, which are still extant Readville, Mass.. Aug. 25, 1908. — The American record such beneficent edicts of his as the Trotting Derby, purse $50,000. A handicap dash, counseling of planting shade-trees, the dig- open to all trotters; one mile and one-quarter ceeoo • f II 1- i f • • feet) to about one mile and one-third (7,100 feet) ; S^S _oi wells, sending out of missionaries, two trial heats; eight horses to qualify in each appointment of special officers to supervise for final heat; $30,000 to the winner. $10,000 to charities, the establishing of hospitals for second. $5,000 to third, $2,500 to fourth, $1,500 to , 1 • j 1 • 1 fifth, $1,000 to sixth. humankind and animals. It is of interest to know that the last re- First Trial Heat maining of Asoka's hospitals was devoted to Bervaldo, b. g., by The Tramp (Rhodes). 6,850 ft. i animals. It covered twentv-five acres, and ^TeLd!'ch' V"(S!Uo'°?t.''; ;:::::: .•.•.•;: ; I was divided into proper wards and courts for Composer, b. g. (Lasell), 6,650 ft 4 the accommodation of the patients. When Dewitt, b. g. (McDowell), 6,goo ft 5 an animal was sick or injured, its master had Locust Tack, g. g. (McHenrv), 6,000 ft 6 1 ^ i„ • -^ ^ ^i 1 -,.11 Ralph Wick, b. g. (Dore). 6,650 ft 7 onl^ ^ bring it to the hospital, where it was Daniel, b. g. (Ernest), 6.850 ft 8 cared for without regard to the caste of its Tune — 2:463-4. owner, and where, if necessary, it found an Bononia, Suzette, Baron, Kinstress, Invader, Budd, isvlum in old a^e Uhlan, Genteel H.. and Margaret O. also started. ' • "^ ' Second Trial Heat Prince C. b. h., by Martyr (McHenry), 6,750 ft. I att CT-AD A/T \ T-T1VT1?T? CT-ATJT17 The Huntsman, b. h. (Hussey). 6,800 ft 2 ALL-STAR MATINEE STABLE Allen Winter, b. h. (McDonald). 6,850 ft 3 Peter Balta, br. g. (Snow), 6.750 ft 4 C. K. G. Billings unquestionably holds San Francisco, b. h. (Hodges), 6,800 ft 5 first place in that respect for his list of fast D^Tcorofadl'W.' ('b'^fee).- 6.000 -ft.; .•;.• i :: : 5 performers that he has raced in the matmees. Sweet Marie, b. m. (Andrews). 7,100 ft 8 which includes such trotters as Uhlan, Time— 2:52. 1:58; Lou Dillon, 1:581-2; Major Delmar, Rebecca G., Baron Alcyone. Betty Brook. Van- j .rg .... -phe Monk, 2:05 3-4; Prince of detta. Beatrice Bellini, Gold Burr. Fred C. and „-^^ /- t -n Z, ^~. r-i,„,i<>„ Wilkes Heart also started. Orange, 2:06 1-2 ; Lucille, 2:07; Charley ]\Iack, 2:07 1-4; Fleming Boy, 2:07 1-4; Fin.il Heat Tempus Fugit, 2:071-2; Equity, 2:121-4; Allen Winter, b. h., by Ed Winter (McDonald), Clarita W., 2:09 3-4: Berta Mac, 2 :o8 ; Lou Prlfce £ b. h.' ■(McHenVy)," 6;750 'ft. ! i ■.•.;■. l! i! ! 2 Billings, 2 :o8 3-4 ; Delight, 2 :09 1-4 ; Alex- San Francisco, b. h. (Hodges), 6,800 ft 3 ander, 2:09 1-2, and Louise Jefferson, Ralph Wick, b g. (Dore), 6,650 ft 4 2:09 ^-4. While for pacers there comes to The Huntsman, b. h. (Hussev). 6,800 ft 5 ■ j t -^^i r> ^ ^ „. •di„„i,i 1. Peter Balta, br. g. (Snow), 6,-50 ft 6 '"'"d Little Boy, 2 :OI 1-2 ; Blacklock, Time— 2:46. 2 :02 3-4; Albert S., 2:03 3-4: Morning Teasel, Kim, Composer, Bervaldo, Jay Kay. De- Star, 2:04 I-4; Mazette, 2:04 I-4; Angus Witt, Locust. Jack Daniel, Del Coronado, and Sweet poi^ter 2 -OI V4 ; Fred S. Wedgewood, Mane also started. ' ".,^.^^_. ^- 2:05 1-4; Prince Direct, 2:07; Hontas Note.-Purse divided : .\llen Winter $30,000. Prince Crooke, 2:07 1-2; Home Circle, 2:07 1-2, C. $10,000, San Francisco $5,000, Ralph Wick $2,500. , /- ,- The Huntsman $1,500, Peter Balta $1,000. and Greenlme, 2 :o7 3-4. Contents Page A Dead Game Sport Ruins a Brilliant Racing Prospect 1 65 A Reminder of the Days When the Pool Box Told the Odds (By Everett L. "Percy" Smith) 153 Alfred King: (2), 2:28 1-4 246 Allen Farm, The 212 Allen, Wm. Russell 209, 212 Alley, Arthur H 58, 198 All-star Matinee Stable 288 Amateur Driver in His First Professional Race — Trouble A-plenty 163 Amateur Racing Creates Big Demand for Our Outclassed Trotters (By Harry K. Dever- eux) 181 American Trotting Derby for $50,000 288 Anaconda. 2:013-4 242 Anderson, 1. R 86 Angus Pointer Well Crowned "King of All Pacers" 141 Annie M 259 Argot Lad, 2:17 1-2 72 Austin, Charles E 193, 194 Babbitt, Dr. F. J 99 Baron Patch, 2:18 3-4 30 Baroness Tell 269 Belledeu, Charles H 33, 139, 195, 196 Bellows, Fred H S3, 282 Benjamin, 2:26 1-4 86 Bessie Wilkes 94 Betty Fennell 265 Big Interclub Meets 105 Biggs, David M 259, 262 Biggs, J. W 259 Billie Taylor 229 Billy Wilkes, 2:18 1-2 108 Biographies and Portraits of Driving Club ilem- bers and Prominent Horsemen of New En.g- land 189-28T Bither, Edwin D 147, 148 Blanche Wilkes 269 Bonner, Robert 184 Border W 93 Boston Blue Was First Trotter to Beat Three Minutes (By the Veteran) 179 Bowen, J. J., "Uncle Jock" 134 Brackett, Herbert A 91, 284 Bradbury, Jefferson 221, 230 Brady. Edward 93 Brand, Fred J 12 Bray, Elmer E 101 Briggs. Alden ■ 269, 270 Bronson, 2:12 57 Brooks, James I 61, 280 Brown, Samuel G 103, 284 Budweiser, 2:18 1-4 28, 163 Burke, Frank M 227, 228 Burns, John H 257 Burns, Joseph W 251, 258 Burress, Henry W 209, 214 Campbell, James 255, 260 Carpenter, Jimmie 129 Cascade, 2:06 1-2 247 Castle Todd 55 Cawley, John AV 239, 243 C. E. R., 2:21 1-4 257 Cliadbourne, John B 270, Charles, O. C 26, Charley King, 2:14 1-4 113, Chief Wilkie, 2:12 3-4 Chimes Bell, 2:09 3-4 Churchill, Fred 94, Coakley, John W 223, Cobb, Bradford R 72, Codare Cogswell. Edward E Collin.':, Royce E 261, Combination Park, Medford Cowdrey, George A 90, Co.\-, Walter R.. "Long Shot" Coyle, George X 70. Crosby, Riley G 23, 29, 176, Curley, Hon. J. M Curta. 2:13 1-4 D'Arcy, G. W Davis, A. W Davis, G. L Davis, George M 72, Dean Swift, 2:121-4 Dehesia, 2:23 1-4 Demarest. 2:061-4 Dignity Dimple Directum Regent, 2:09 1-4 Doctor Don Labor, 2:05 1-4 Dorchester Club, History of Members at Lynn Interclub Meet Prize Winners, 1914 Winner of Interclub Meet Dot and Addle Echo Drinkwater, Col. .\. C 76, Dunn, John F 255, Duntley. Wilbur L 152, Earl King Early Bird, Jr., 2:111-2 Ecce Volo, 2:29 1-4 Eddy, Jesse 56, Edes, E. L E. D. M., 2:14 1-4 Edith Direct, 2:11 3-4 Edith R., 2:18 1-4 Edwards, Justin 193, Eldredge, Fred S 30, Ellis, John W 199. Emerson, William H 203. Equine Portrait Painters Who Have Won Fame (By Everett L. "Percy" Smith) Ethel's Pride, 2:06 3-4 Facts and Anecdotes of Prominent Events of the Turf Famous Road Drivers Whose Horses Were Kept at Sawyer's Stable Fancy P. and Charm P Fanny M., 2:24 1-4 Farmer, Walter B 217, Farnum, Earl W 237, Farnum, John H 217, Fellows, Albert 265, Fellsway Club. 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