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HON. JAMES M. CURl.EY
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. W. Linnehan and E. E. Cogswell

From the Press of

Atlantic Printing Company

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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 countrv 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 on
May 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. Griffin, 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 gi^anted 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 Mayor
Quincy, allowing the west side of Blue Hill
Avenue between Talbot Avenue and Morton
Street to be used for a speedway, several mem-

bers 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 oflicer 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.

Finally 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 Wales, 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 were held in
Central Hall on Center Street, Monday nights,
where the 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 speedway 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

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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. lie
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. George
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. Morriil, S. Walter Wales, Chas.
"H. Belledeu, Fred'k J. Brand, George H.
Greenwood, Timothy A. Bresnahan, Hollis 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 :o6 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-
iiind 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 3'oungest 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
mone3^

The first ladies' night was held on the even-
ing of December 11, 1899, in the Dorchester

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Women's clubhouse. A fine entertainment was
given, an equally line 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 the affair was unqualified.

SEASON OF 1900

and driven by 'J'. M. (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.

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. J. Brand, S. Pi. Mildram.
L. E. H. Jones, Geo. B. Fowler, H. P. Gallup.
F. S. Eldredge, F. L. Codman, Alpheus San-
ford ; membership committee, Geo. E. Griffin,
W. 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 :45 class had six starters, and the
race was won by Ashmont, owned and driven
by H. P. Gallup, best heat in 2 ■.;^y 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. M. 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 2 124 3-4. The 2 ;35 class had eight
starters and was won by Lightfoot, owned

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 were 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. Morrill ; clerk,
Frederick J. Brand; directors, T. A. Bresna-
han, Cyril C. Blaney, George H. Greenwood,
Charles L. Young and H. P. Gallup ; racing

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and speedway committee, C. C. Blaney, Geo.
W. D'Arcy, J. R. Stuart, Jr., L. S. Timber-
lake, Louis Tewhart, Frederick S. Gore, Hol-
lis P. Gallup, George B. Fowler, R. K. Clarke,
Charles L. Young, Almond S. Gushee, \\'ilbur
C. Littlefield, Jesse Moulton and William C.
Fitzgerald; finance committee, Robert S.

S. WALTER WALES
President 1901-1902

Fitch, Charles L. Young and George H.
Greenwood ; membership committee, Walter
E. Newbert, Charles 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. W.
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.
Newbert, in 2.43 1-4. The 2.20 trot +iad six
starters, and was won by Ladv Madison,
owned and driven by P. J. Fitzgerald. Alice
B., owned and driven by Walter 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 :22 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 -.ig.

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; secretar)?, George H. Greenwood;
treasurer, Robert S. Fitch ; clerk, George
D'Arcy ; directors, T. A. Bresnalian, Jesse
Moulton, Frederick J. Brand, Charles L.
Young and Almond S. Gushee ; racing and
speedway committee. Almond S. Gushee, S.
Walter Wales, Fred S. Eldredge, Jesse Moul-
ton, HoUis P. Gallup, George W. D'Arcy,
W. W. Grant, Louis Pfingst, R. S. Fitch, Wil-
liam P. Boutelle, Randolph K. Clarke, D. W.
Sullivan, Walter E. Newbert, 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. Balkan! 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 every
horse had a large following, the grandstand
pulling for their favorite to win. Lidia Panis,
pwned and driven by George French ; Captain
Half, 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
Gary Keith ; Newsboy, owned and driven by
J. E. Wilber ; Princess Ebilo, owned and
driven by F. J. Brand ; Ninety-One, owned
and driven by R. C. Richardson, and Gipsy

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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 five starters, and was quickly taken by
George G., owned by J. F. Fitzgerald and
driven by W. 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. I. Estabrook driving, in 2 :32.

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 six 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 :30 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. Walter Wales, 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 necessar}^. The 2 123 class had five starters,
and went six heats, four of which heats were
trotted the first day. McNaiy's Hal, owned

by R. Y. Woodbury and driven by W. E.
Newbert, won the first heat in 2 123 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 2:26 1-4. Grover C,
owned by P. J. Fitzgerald and driven by E. O.
Haddock, got the fourth heat in 2 127.

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 different
horses. Pools were sold in regular Grand
Circuit style, and when the race was called
the next day over 800 people were in the
grandstand. Budweiser, whose caretaker nad
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 1
land the money, in 2 :26 1-2 and 2 -.zj 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 2:32 1-2,
the fastest of the race, had been won the first
day by Bonnie Patchen, owned and driven by
T. R. Galvin, and one heat by Emma R.,
owned and driven by C. R. Hinds. The sec-
ond day, Pholyphema, owned and driven by
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 W. D'Arcy was chairman of the com-
mittee of arrangements, and J. AL 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, T- 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.

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Fitch, 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 M.
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. Walter Whales, Albert Fellows, Almond S.
Gushee ; membership committee, George E.
Griffin, Dr. R. W^ Balkam, E. S. Harris, Nel-
son Pierce and C. M. Mandell ; clerk, George
W. 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 Vice-President Morrill, who
made the presentation speech. On the watch
was inscribed :

"Presented to S. Walter 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 driving 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 Vice-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 comnaittee, 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. When it came to racing it was discov-
ered that the first named gelding had the
speed of the party, his fastest heat being ni
2:17 1-4.

The largest field was in the 2 123 pace, and
was conducive of the best sport of the after-
noon. Budweiser, owned and driven by J. W'.
Linnehan, grabbed off 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 the 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 Wilkes,
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. M. 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 under 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

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election of officials was held on January 4,
hut 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
liiethod 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 ttie
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 :

President, Frederick J. Brand ; tirst vice-pres-
ident, Randolph K. Clarke ; second vice-presi-
dent, Almond S. Gushee; secretary, George
H. Greenwood ; treasurer, Robert S. Fitch ;
directors, H. P. Gallup, G. W. 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. O. Haddock, H. R.
Barry, Wm. Brummett, F. S. Eldredge, F. H.
Robinson, D. M. Biggs, E. S. Harris, J. R.
Stuart, Jr., F. W. Berrigan, D. W. Sullivan ;
membership committee. Nelson Pierce, R. C.
Richardson, G. E. Griffin; clerk, Ernest H.
Morgan.

Sociall)^, 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, entertainnient.
music and attendance were of the highest
class.

The second annual banquet was held on
October 27 at the women's clubhouse, R. K.
Clarke being the toastmaster. jMembers 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 years 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
2 J.

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, bemg the best made during the day
by a trotter. Dr. Shorb, driven by J. W. Lin-
nehan, grabbed ofif the second heat, which
gave his entry a place in the summary next to
the winner.

The free-for-all had a good field 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 by
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. Blaney
won the 2 :35 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 Authentic, M. A.

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Nevens with Richmond, and H. A. Haven
with Baroness. The cash prize of $50 was
turned into the club's coffers.

SEASON OF 1905

The 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
office of president than was Mr. Gushee, as
the latter was second vice-president and it
was, in their opinion, the proper way for the
officers to graduate into higher positions ana
not jump over anybody's head. There were
114 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, Peter 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,
J. A. Smith, Diedrich Filers', C. M. Mandell,
C. H. Morse.

On January 19 was held the annual ladies'
night, the aff'air 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 wiiT
each trip. Goldie took the 2 124 event in
straight heats, and Roy Wilkes was success^
ful in the 2 :35 class, though losing the second
heat to Fthel Wagrner.

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, W. E. Newbert; second vice-president.

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P. |. Fit/gerald ; secretary, Geo. li. 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. Linnehan, chairman, Hiram
Haven, j. A. Swendeman, W. A. Marsh, W.
M. Brummett, F. H. Bellows, M. A. Nevens,
Geo. A. French, R. C. Richardson, A. T.
Wheelock, F. H. Robinson, J. F. Carey, J, W.
McEnany, S. Wolfson ; house committee,
C. L. Young, chairman, S. W. Wales, Jr.,
Percy Blaney, Dr. R. W. P.alkam, J. N.
Terry : membership committee. Nelson
Pierce, chairman, E. P. Denn, H. P. Gallup,
E. B. .Swett; finance committee, D. Eilers,
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'Arc^•'s administration. It was
held at the Women's Clubhouse, and so many
were present, 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,
when weather permitted, the racing was very
interesting with a very large attendance at
these weeklv meetings.

SEASON Ot 1907

\\'alter E. Newbert was the choice of the
club 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.

D. liilers ; secretary, Ci. ii. Grccnwond, treas-
urer, R. S. Fitch; directors, H. P. (iallup, E.
B. Swett, C. H. Morse, S. W. Wales, Jr.,
A. T. Wheelock ; racing and speedway com-
mittee, 1. E. Swendeman, chairman, A. M.

GEORGE W. D'ARCY
President 1905

Newbert, W. P. Boutelle, F. S. Eldredge, P.
C. Blaney, E. S. Harris.. F. Yi. Bellows, A. H.
Fitch, J. W. Linnehan, A. S. Gushee, R. C.
Richardson, W. J. Fitzgerald, R. G. Crosby,
J. S. Rockwell, F. W. Hamlin ; finance com-
mittee, C. C. Blaney, chairman, A. Fellows,
W. M. Brummett. G. A. French, J. W. Mc-
Enany ; membership committee, E. P. Denn,
chairman, E. H. Morse, A. H. Keeler, C. E.
Devereaux, W. J. Estabrook; house commit-
tee, C. L. Young, chairman, H. C. Thayer, J.
W. Mahonev, 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 Winter as well as several
,s;-ander 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.

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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 club 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.

Ex-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 Mollis P. Gallup,
by the club, of a watch-chain and charm. A'Ir.
Gallup had done more to increase the club's
membership than any other member. In re-
sponse Mr. Gallup said that he had never
found it hard to sell goods when full value
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
Lynn, and, while the latter came off the vic-
tors, yet there was the best of good feeling on
the part of both contestants.

SEASON OF 1908

Matters with the club had flourished so 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, W. E. Newbert ; first vice-presi-
dent, E. O. Haddock ; second vice-president,
D. Eilers : secretary, G. H. Greenwood ; treas-
urer, R. S. Fitch ; 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. Morse, A. M.
Newbert, F. S. Eldredge, E. S. Harris, A. T.
Wheelock, A. H. Keeler, A. S. Gushee, J. E.
Swendeman, W. P. Boutelle, P. C. Blaney, E.
B. Swett, J. N. Terry, R. C. Richardson, W. 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. Mc-
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. N. Terry, T. A. Wins-
loe, M. ^F. Maher, H. E. 6'Neil, W. C.
Hawkes, E. W. 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-
ber 9 was held the annual banquet at the
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 Ouimby, 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.

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On the speedway, the year was made more Newbert, chairman of the entertainment com-

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.

SEASON OF 1909

As the result of the election this j'ear, 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 officers 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. M.
Newbert, W. M. Brummett ; racing and speed-
way committee, F. W. Hamlin, chairman, A.
H.Keeler, E. H. Morse, A. S. Gushee, F. H.
Bellows, L. A. Bean, L. Tewhart, A. Fellows,
A. T. Wheelock, W. T- 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. N. Terry, E. J.
Norris, W. H. Bennett, T- W. McEnany,
M. F. Maher, T. J. Griffin^^ Geo. E. Griffin,
J. H. Casey. H. P. Gallup and C. S. Coffin;
house committee, C. L. Young, chairman,
W. P. Boutelle, A. M. 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 afifairs 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 f.rom almost all of the driving clubs
around Boston, as well as from the Speedway
Club of Worcester.

President Linnehan introduced Walter E.

mittee, as toastmaster. The first speaker was
President Brand of the Board of Aldermen,
then acting as Mayor of Boston in Mayor
Hibliard's absence. He went into the early

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 their
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 Met-

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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 the
grand success of the Dorchester Club in win-
ning this trophy, gave great credit to Frank
Hamlin, the chairman of the racing commit-
tee, who worked early and late getting the
members to enter and start their horses in the
several races, and in this way was Dorchester
so well and strongly represented that it car-
ried away the cup.

Previous to the big interclub meets, the
Fellsway and Dorchester Clubs had a sort of
introductory dash on June 17 at Combination
Park, which resulted in the defeat of the
Fellsway Club by the very close score of '^']
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 day, 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.
I'ag-e, E. H. Morse, 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. M. Bleiler, E. J. Norris, M. McDermott,
A. Kaan and W. J. Bates ; house committee, S.
Bradford, chairman, J- A. Graham, A. H.
Paul, B. F. Tuttle, F." F. Cannon and W. P.
Boutelle ; finance committee, C. T. Green-
wood, chairman, 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 presenr.

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

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purposed to accomplish during the coming
season.

Among those who spoke were F. C. Gar-
mon, president of the MetropoH'tan Driving
Ckib, 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 Speedwa}' 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 Jul}^, 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. Wheelock, 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 i

Cascade, br. g. (T. J. Griffin) 2 2 i 2

Time — 31 1-4S., 30s., 29s., 2gs.

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, W. J. Fitzgerald, P. O'Hearn, A. T.
Wheelock and W. H. Young; racing and
speedway committee, F. W. Hamlin, chair-
man, L. A. Bean, E. H. Morse, J. W. Coak-
ley, T. J. Griffin, M. McDermott, C. Carroll,
F. W. Clark, J. 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. Spinney, 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. W. Burns!

Dr. VV. 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. Bradford, J. A.
Graham, B. F. Tuttle and T. F. Cannon.

The ninth annual banquet was held at the
Quincy House, in December, and, like the
previous ones, brought out a full house, all of
the leading members of the other driving

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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 versatilit)^ by driving
the fast trotter, Ralph .Wick, 2:13 1-4, owned
by President Johnson, the half-mile in i :o6,

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which was considered fast for the new track.
The Mayor looked for all the world like a
Grand Circuit pilot, and amply proved that he
was no novice in driving the trotter. After
the feat. Councillor Collins made a brief
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Councillor Collins for Winning Race

with Ralph Wick

Mayor with a solid silver cup for winning
the race. Then Mayor 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, 191 1. — 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 :02 1-4 by Camello, owned and driven by
M. McDermott, defeating Ralph AVick, 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, blk. g. (M. McDermotO i i

Ralph Wick, b. g. (A, M. Johnson) 2 2

Time — I :03, 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 i :oi. It was a peculiar fact, but
the mark set by Ralph Wick was one-half a

second faster than the record for pacers over
the speedway held by Easter Direct, owned by
T. J. Griffin, and made on June 17. The sum-
mary :

Franklin Field Speedway, July 7, 1911. — Class A,
trot.

Ralph Wick, b. g. (A. M. Johnson) i I

Camello, blk. g. (M. McDermott) 2 2

Time — i :oi, i :03 1-4.

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
like 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
(jushee was a thorough horsewoman and had
been desirous of driving for some time, but
the 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, th^^^ ^^^ been so
honored. Following is the complete list of
officers for the year :

President, A. M. Johnson ; first vice-presi-
dent, F. W. Hamlin ; second vice-president,
P. O'Hearn; secretary, Geo. H. Greenwood;
treasurer, A. Fellows ; clerk, John H. Buck-
ley; directors, D. M. Spinney, C. M. 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,
T. F. Griffin, C. Carroll, H. M. Minkler, W. E.
Wells, J. W. Coakley, A. H. Keeler, C. M.
Warren, R. G. Crosby, W. J. Fitzgerald, O. 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, J. T. Willard, chairman,
J. W. Burns, J. P. McDonald, C. Starrett, S.
Bradford, J. A. Graham, Wm. Douse, J. Mc-
Grav.

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

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The club was thrown into deep grief by the
death of Frederick J. Brand, who passed
away on March 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 ofif.

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 1900 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 Mayor
in the absence of Mayor 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 i :oi
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 i

Earl King, b. g. (H. P. Gallup) 2 2

Time — i :oi, i.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, 1912. — Class A,
pace.
Charley King, bik, g, (A. T. Wheelock) ..211

Manila Boy, b. g. (A. S. Gushee) i 2 2

Time — i :oo, i 104 1-4, i 105 1-4.

SEASON OF 1913

Riley G. Crosby, who had been very promi-
nent in the affairs 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; director;;, 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. War-
ren, chairman, and Geo. E. Griffin ; racing and
speedway committee, W. J. Fitzgerald, chair-
man, A. H. Keeler, A. Briggs, J. W. Burns,
J. H. Burns, J. W. Biggs, F. W. Calash, J.

B. Chadbourne, C. M. Durland, H. P. Gal-
lup, H. Graham, G. O. Goudey, H. J. Har-
ris, F. W. Hamlin, E. O. Haddock, O. E.
Linscott, T. F. Robie, W. H. Sawyer,
W. H. Young, A. C. Tileston, R. Ward, C. R.
Young, O. C. Charles, M. McDermott, J- Mc-
Gray, R. DeVoe, 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.

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Among the guests were President (i. Pray
Smith of the Metropolitan Club, President
G. A. Law of the Fellsway Club, and Presi-
dent H. A. Bracket! 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 oft'.
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. W. Biggs, J. H.
Burns, A. Briggs, J. Dunn, S. R. Carey; rac-
ing and speedway committee. W. 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, Wm.

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, W.
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
off all of the old material from the surface
and put on a new top soil, which resulted in

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its being the fastest piece of racing dirt out-
of-doors.

The first great event on the speedway came
on Dorchester Day, June 6. Mayor Curley put
in his appearance at three o'clock, donned in
a khaki suit and jockey cap that had been
loaned to him by Building Commissioner
O'Hearn. As- the- Mayor took his seat in the
sulky behind Jack Bingen, President Crosby's
black trotting gelding, there were assembled
in the grandstand and massed three and four
deep along the fence that separated the track
from the field fully 9,000 people, while on the
field itself were thousands more, men, women
and- children. As the Mayor jogged up the
stretch to take the word in what was hoped
would terminate in his reducing the record
held b)' ex-Mayor Fitzgerald, of i :o6, the im-
mense crowd kept up a constant ovation of
cheering.

Opposed to Mayor Curley and his Jack
Bingen was Color Bearer, owned by C. M.
Warren and driven by P. O'Hearn, and Les-
ter W., owned by Cal MacDonald and driven
by President Crosby.

When the word was given to this field.
Presiding Judge Horace Harris announced
through the megaphone that the Mayor was
coming. "The Mayor leads at the quarter,"
was the next shout, and immediately there was
a great crush to get a glimpse of His Honor
driving his first horse race. He drove like a
veteran, keeping the lead all the time, and
won by a neck from Color Bearer in i :o6 1-2.

"That's good," said the Mayor at the finish.
"I must try another heat." He was joked some
from the crowd, but told them that it beat
any political race he was ever in. There was
more applause and the horses were off up the
stretch for the second heat.

In place of Lester W., who had been with-
drawn, was Sister Patch, the pacing mare,
owned and driven by William H. Young. To
a good start the Mayor kept Jack Bingen
busily at his work the whole half-mile, and
he was obliged to in order to defeat Sister
Patch, as the latter was right at his throat
latch and ready to take the lead if the trotting
gelding made the slightest wobble. True as a
die, the Mayor had Jack Bingen on his stride
and passed the wire in record-breaking time,
the announcer calling out 1 104 1-2.

This started the immense throng to wild
cheering and the band began playing a patri-
otic selection. City Councillor Walter Collins
stepped forward and pinned a blue ribbon on

the Mayor, who, after waving his jockey cap
to the spectators, hustled away to meet his
other engagements of the afternoon. The
summary :

Franklin Field Speedway, Jvine 7, 1914. — Special
race.
R. G. Crosby's Jack Bingen, blk. g. (Mayor

Curley) I i

C. M. Warren's Color Bearer, b. g. (Mr.

O'Hearn) 2 3

Cal MacDonald's Lester W., b. g. (Mr. Crosby) *3
William H. Young's Sister Patch, b. m. (Mr.

Young) 2

Time — i :o6 1-2, i 104 1-2.

*Changed horses in the second heat.

On June 27 Sister Patch, owned and driven
by W. H. Young, defeated Charley King in
straight heats and tied the pacing record of
the track, held by Manila Boy, at i :oo. She
won the second heat in 1:01 1-4, thus giving
her the fastest two consecutive heats ever
paced over the speedway. The summary :

Franklin Field Speedway, June 27, 1914. — Class A,
pace.

Sister Patch, b. m. (W. H. Young) I I

Charlej' King, blk. g. (A. T. Wheelock) . . 22
Time — i :oo, i :oi 1-4.

Interclub meets were held with the Fells-
way and Old Colony Clubs. On May 30 the
Dorchester boys went to Combination, and
were successful in defeating the Fellsways.

Dorchester tackled the Old Colony at South
Weymouth on July 4, and only lost the verdict
by the narrow margin of two points. Charley
King was as reliable as ever, however, bring-
ing home a victory for the Dorchesters in his
event, and turned the track in i 107 3-4 and
I :o7 1-4. In the fast trotting event President
Crosby's Jack Bingen headed the summary,
defeating Kaldar and Catherine C, two of the
Old Colony star trotters.

The second interclub meet was held at
South Weymouth on Labor Day, September
7, and while the Dorchester horses were again
defeated, yet they captured both of the fast
classes. In the feature trotting event. Presi-
dent Crosby's Jack Bingen defeated Kathar-
ine R. and Higgins in i :o8 3-4 and i :09,
while Sister Patch, owned and driven by
William H. Young, took the measure of Edith
R., one of the best of the Old Colony pacing
division, by winning the second and third
heats in t 107 and i :o8 1-2, Edith R. having
captured the first heat in i :o6.

The history of the Dorchester Gentlemen's
Driving Club is replete with trotters and pa-
cers which have earned for themselves promi-

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nent 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 2 114,
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 :o7 1-4, who 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 1:01,
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 :o9 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. Thayer.

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 Griffin's speedy pacer; Caf-
feeno. 2:07 1-4, owned by Fred H. Bellows;
Ned Wilkes, 2 :09 1-4, one of the ganiest 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 :o9, 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.,
2:12 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. RoUin 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 by C. C. Blaney.

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

HOLLIS P. GALLUP AND HIS 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

MARY Mc.

A Sweet Gaited Trotting Mare That Has Been Prominent in Dorchester and Old Colony

Club Races. Owned bv M. McDerniott

^'<S- ^'.Hiii'ii;!

BUDWEISER, 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

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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

DIMPLE, by Lotliair, Jr.

In AU-Round Qualities the Peer of Any Pacing Mare in Greater Boston and with

Speed to Tackle the Best. Owned by J. W. McEnany

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ONE afternoon, during the Septem-
ber meeting of 1904 at the Read-
ville track, William D. Hunt,
meeting two Boston newspaper-
men, John H. Jewett and Ed-
l. Cogswell, suggested the plan of form-
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 previous several members of the
Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston, headed
by Thomas G. Plant, 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. Graves
and he was elected temporary chairman, with
Randolph K. Clarke as temporary secretary.
In the general debate that follo\yed, 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,
John W. Linnehan, Frank
J. Russell, J. Henry Nay,
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 10. J. V. N. Stults was
elected president; Henry M. Whitney, George
A. Graves, W. J. Furbush, Isaac Sexton,
M. C. Harrison and E. C. Barry, vice-presi-
dents ; Monroe Goodspeed, treasurer, and
Randolph K. Clarke, secretary.

William H. Allen,
O. Gould, Harry
R. K. Clarke, C.

On account of the resignations of J. V. N.
Stults, Monroe Goodspeed and Randolph K.
Clarke, a meeting of the club was called for
October 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. BELLEDEU
President 1904-1909 (inclusive)

newspaper 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

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programmer and E. E. Cogswell starting
judge of the matinee racing, Messrs. Jevveti
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 (W. 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. Donnelly's My Chance (Crowley) in i ;o7 1-4.
T. J. Donnolly's Madeline Electrite (Crowley) in

1 :09 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 1:05.
M. C. Harrison's Axtello (Harrison) in 1:033-4,
C. G. Peck's Nigira (Peck) in 1:13.

T. D. Blake's Pensive Maid (Parker) in 1:06.

W. J. 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 :o5. 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 i :03 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
scrapers 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 14, and the next Saturday was the
initial snow matinee of the club, with eleven
classes and twenty-seven starters. With 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
ground 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-

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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-Time Winter Scene on Beacon Street
Boulevard

This was brought about by the action of the
Boston newspaper men, Messrs. 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. Farmer 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 wi'th 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 with his fleet trio.

A sad occurrence that season was the trot-
ting mare, Madeline 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 1 109 1-2. This
was the only accident of the season.

In the matinee held on December 24, M. 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 continuous 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
iheir owners. The events were quarter-mile
heats, and in Class A trot "Lo" Currier's
Plural defeated A. W. Turner's Max G. Best
time, 32s Class B trot went to H. G. Kil-
kenny's Charley Benton, beating C. H. Belle-

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deu's Susie K. and H. J. Russell's Picture
Hat. Besl 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 Ahce Carr, 2:09 1-4; John
Shepard's Altro L., 2:09 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. ^Ir.
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 Shedd.

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 103 3-4 to 1 103 1-4.

The second annual meeting of the club was
held at Young's Hotel on October 3. The
election resulted as follows : C. H. Belledeu,
president; G. A. Graves, H. M. Whitney,
W. J. Furbush, Isaac Sexton, Charles PI.
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 committee. It was voted to offer four
silver cups for the Fall series of matinees, to
begin October 11 and close on November 30;
also to change the day of matinees from Sat-
urday to Wednesday, as many 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 Sexton'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 by

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
1 :03 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 :04 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 Massachusetts. 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

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37

at $10 annually, and life membership 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 purch'ase 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. Garmon, 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.
W^illiams, Thomas D. Blake, E. C. Swift,

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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 life
membership in the Metropolitan Driving
Club of Boston, and that for the purpose
of effecting 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. i

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 Dasli.

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, M. Good-
speed, H. M. Whitney, C. W. Leonard, F. G.
Hall, J. V. N. Stults ; secretary 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-
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New York through their Boston representa-
tive, Wilbur L. Duntley, that they had do-
nated a cup for the champion snow trotter of
the Charles River Speedway, the trophy to be
won two years before becoming the property
of the winner, and all contesting horses to be
driven by bona-fide owners, all aspirants to
race three days in each week of sleighing,
quarter-mile heats. The Metropolitan Driv-
ing Club of Boston was made custodian of the
cup and all contestants were compelled to be
members of that body.

Following this liberal offer from the New
York horse sale firm, came other donations
from the club members. John M. Brison gave
a cup, a sweepstakes event for pacers, open to
members of the club, the same to go to the one
winning the greatest number of races during
the sleighing season. Fred Horton, of Provi-
dence, a member of the club, gave what was
called the Horton cup, to go to the fastest
trotter of the Winter. Then, there was, too,
a number of prizes of blankets, oats, whips,
etc., the largest contributor being W. D. Hunt,
his offerings being described as the Hunt
prizes which went for trotters not taken care
of by the Horton cup ; and W. J. Furbush
filled the gap by taking care of the pacers not
eligible for the Brison cup.

On February 26 came the final sleighing
matinee for these trophies. There were so
many starters for the Hunt prizes that the
event was divided in two divisions, the winner
of each to race off the final. H. B. Ralston
won the first division with Little Bill and W. J.
Bates won the second with Welchman. In the
final between these two horses, the latter
proved the best and took the prize and honors.
For the pacing championship, Mardel secured
the Brison cup by defeating Louise E., while
C. E. Jordan proved the best of the ones
starting for the Furbush prizes.

There was great interest in the event for
the Horton cup, as the contests through the
Winter had been very close between Alice
Carr, Alga W. and Tom Phair, and this race,
being a deciding one, brought a tremendous
crowd to the speedway. The cup went to
Alice Carr in straight heats. However, she had
a stiff battle in each, in the first one barely
winning right at the wire. After the race
Thomas G. Plant returned the Horton cup to
the club for further competition. The first
leg of the Fasig-Tipton cup was won by Tom
Phair, and remained with the club according
to conditions for further competition the next
Winter.

Chailes River Speedway, Feb. 26, 1907. — Hunt
prizes (for trotters), first division.
H. B. Ralston's b. g. Little Bill (Mr. Ralston) i i

A. J. l*"urljush's br. m. Loma (Mr. Kurbush) 2 2

J. Bean's ch. g. Captain (Mr. Bean) 3 3

Time— 34 1-2S., 33 3-4S.

Hunt prizes (for trotters), second division.
W. J. Bates' ch. g. Welcliman (Mr. Trout)- i 2 i
Walter Cobbett's ch. m. Wavelite (Mr. Cob-

bett) 3 I 2

W. J. Furbush's b. g. Little Ben (Mr. Fur-
bush) 2 3 3

Time— 34I-2S., 34 i-4s., 34s.

Hunt prizes (for trotters), finals.
'W. J. Bates' ch. g. Welchman (Mr. Trout) I
H. B. Ralston's b. g. Little Bill (Mr. Ral-
ston) 2

Time — 33s.

W. J. Furbush prizes (for pacers).
A. J. Furbush's ch. g. C. E. Jordan (Mr.

Furbush ) 2 i i

M. A. Nevens' b. g. Rob B. (Mr. Nevens) i 2 2
Fred Furbush's gr. g. Outcast (Mr. Fur-
bush) 3 3 3

Time— 33 3-4S, 35s., 32 i-2s.

Horton cup (for trotters).
Thomas G. Plant's blk. m. Alice Carr (Mr.

Plant) I I

Fred Horton's br. m. Alga W. (Mr. Belle-

deu) 2 2

Isaac Sexton's br. h. Tom Phair (Mr.

Sexton) 3 3

Time— 323-4S., 33 3-4S.

Pacing Championship.

V\. F. Bennett's ch. g. Mardel (Mr. Ben-
nett) I 2 I

William Emerson's br. m. Louise E. (Mr.

Lockwood) 2 I 2

Time— 32 3-4S., 32 3-4s., 33 i-4s.

On March 6 there was decided an event for
the valuable cup, that was donated to the
club by an unknown member, between Mer-
cury Wilkes, driven by Al Furbush, and Ma-
jor, owned and driven by D. Nelligan, and
was won by the former, thus giving him three
victories, which were required to make him the
property owner of the cup.

The important feature of the Summer rac-
ing came on October 16, when Mack Mack,
2 :o8, owned and driven by George A. Graves,
made his debut in the matinees, meeting the
fast gelding, Chase, 2 107 1-4. During the
Summer Mack Mack had been participating in
the matinees at the Readville track, there hav-
ing been nothing fast enough for him to meet
in the free-for-all trotting class at the speed-
way, but with Chase again in condition, he
was brought over to give him a battle.

Much to the surprise of the large number
of spectators present. Chase reeled off the
first heat in i :oo 1-4, a clean cut of two sec-
onds from the record of the speedway proper.
In the next two heats, however. Mack Mack
held his opponent safe when it came to the
last hundred yards, and showed his rare turn
of speed by taking his second heat in i :oo 1-4,
thus equaling what Chase had previously ac-

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complished. He then came back so strong in
the third heat that the time was announced
I :oo 1-2. This race was decided over the up-
per road.

The result of the Spring and Fall matinees
for the cups were as follows :

SPRING SERIES.
Trotters
Speed cup— Isaac Sexton's Tom Phair.
Point cup — C. G. Newcomb's George Lee.

Pacers
Speed cup— A. J. Furbush's Chief Wilkie.
Point cup— A. ]. Furbush's Al Ray.

FALL SERIES
Trotters
Speed cup— C. H. Belledeu's Chase.
Point cup — F. H. Gannon's Hulman.
Second point cup — J. A. Craig's Lady Klondyke.
Third point cup— E. Phillips' Gloria Rex.

Pacers

Speed cup— E. Phillips' Al Ray.

Point Cup — M. F. Maher's Belle Gold.

Second point cup— A. T. Watts' Elmwood.

SEASON OF 1908

The annual election was held on January 8,
and resulted as follows: President, C. H.
Belledeu; vice-presidents, A. S. Bigelow, H.
M. Whitney, F. G. Hall, J. V. N. Stults, John
Shepard, C. W. Leonard, and Monroe Good-
speed ; secretary and treasurer, W. D. Hunt;
directors, A. U. Parker, C. H. Belledeu, C. H.
Traiser, W. J. Furbush, L. N. Cushman, W.
D. Hunt, M. Goodspeed, G. A. Graves, Isaac
Sexton, F. C. Ciarmon, G. H. Hicks, E. A.
Bayley, J. V. N. Stults, A. J. Furbush, and
John Shepard ; executive committee, J. V. N.
Stults, W. D. Hunt, Isaac Sexton, C. H. Trai-
ser, A. J. Furbush, W. B. Farmer, and E. A.
Bayley.

On February 3, the resignation of George
A. Graves w^as accepted from the board of
directors, and Walter B. Farmer was elected
in his place. Then, on February 12, C. H.
Traiser resigned from the board of directors,
as did W. D. Hunt, from the board and as
secretary and treasurer. Charles H. Dow and
Cyrus C. Mayberry were elected to take the
place of the two members that resigned, and
the latter was also elected to the executive
committee. Charles H. Dow was made treas-
urer of the club, and Wilbur L. Duntley the
secretary.

There was very little sleighing during the
Winter, a day now and then, and it was only
by extreme effort that the owner of the Fasig-
Tipton cup was decided. Isaac Sexton, with
Tom Phair, secured the trophy by exactly win-

ning the necessary five races, as required un-
der the conditions.

In the Spring matinee of June 30, the speed-
way proper being heavy from showers, the
racing was done on Soldiers', or as called, up-
per road, and it developed, with the strong
wind that blew directly in the rear of the
horses, to be an afternoon of extreme speed.
In the first place, Claymos, owned and driven
by W. J. McDonald, stepped off a winning
heat in 57 3-4 seconds, and Phoebon W. was
right at the winner's heels up to three lengths
from the wire, when he went to a break.

The important feature of the Fall series was
Harry Wood's gelding, Sid Axworthy, on No-
vember 3, setting a new mark for the upper
read speedway for trotters by winning the
first heat of his race in 58 3-4 seconds. About
all the winners that day lowered their previous
efforts in matinee racing, Tom Phair doing a
heat in i :oo 1-2, while Billy Ross stepped off
one in i :02 1-2.

There had been so much agitation about
double-team racing that the racing committee
finally decided to put an all-star racing bill for
horses hitched to pole, to take place on No-
vember 24. There was a scurrying around
of the members in securing mates for the
horses each owned, in order to head the sum-
mary and have the distinction of being the
owner of one of the pair to trot, or pace, the
fastest heat of the day.

When the entries were aniiounced it looked
as though Tom Phair and Jim Ferry, that
were matched against Dodie K. and Talpa,
would be the star trotting event of the after-
noon. While for pacers. Cinch and Reliance
against My Star and Phoebon W. was the
principal attraction.

The initial heat of the fast trot was marred
by Dodie K. and Talpa running away with
A. J. Furbush. It looked, at one time, like a
very nasty mix-up in which the lives of several
spectators and those in the nearby teams were
in danger, and only through the bravery of A.
Jameson, of Somerville, who caught and hung
on to the horses until he brought them to a
standstill, was this prevented. Tom Phair
and Jim Ferry spanked oft' two rattling heats
in I :o5 and i :o6 1-4, and later, to show that
they were the kingpins of the speedway hitched
to pole, they won a heat from Martha G. and
The Baron in i :o6 1-4.

For the pacers. Cinch and Reliance de-
feated My Star and Phoebon W., without a
waver, tramping their heats in the fast time of
I :04 1-4 and i 105 . It was in every way the
greatest afternoon of double-team racing that
had been held in Boston for vears, if ever be-

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fore, and on that account the complete sum-
mary of the events is herein given :

Charles River Speedway, Nov. 24, 1908, Class A,
trotting.
Isaac Sexton's br, h. Tom Phair and S. L.

Tingley's gr. g. Jim Ferry (Page) i t

A. J. Furbuslrs blk. m. Dodie K. and W. J.

McDonald's b. m. Talpa (Furbush) 2 dr

Time— I :0S, i :o6 1-4.

Class B, pacing.
A. J. Furbush's ch. g. Cinch and b. g. Reliance

(Furbush) i i

W. J. Furbush's ch. g. My Star and Miles Hol-

den's br. g. Phoebon VV. (Furbush) 2 2

Time i :04 1-4, I :o5.

Class C, trotting.
W. J. Furbush's b. g Carl C. and Harry Wood's

b. ra. Susie F. (Furbush) I i

George D. Merrill's b. g. Earl King and H..H.

Cook's b. g. Billy Ross (Merrill) 2 2

Time— I 124 1-4. i -.17 1-4.

Class D, pacing.
J. W. Coakley's ch. g. Red Echo and ch. g.

Wildwood (Coakley) i 1

H. G. Reid's b. g. Colbath and L. A. Beane's

b. g. Go See (Beane) 2 2

Time — 1:121-4, 1:091-4.

Class E, trotting and pacing.
H. C. Reid's b. g. Colbath and L. A. Beane's

b. g. Go see (Beane) i

F. C. Garmon's blk. m. Martha G and Jesse

Eddy's blk. g. The Baron (Garmon) 2

Time — i :09.

Class F, trotting.
Isaac Sexton's br. h. Tom Phair and S. L.

Tingley's gr. g. Jim Ferry (Page) i

F. C. Garmon's blk. m. Martha G. and Jesse

Eddy's blk. g. The Baron (Garmon) 2

Time — i :o6 1-4.

The result of the Spring and Fall series of
matinees is told by the following prize win-
ners :

SPRING SERIES
Trotters
Champion cup — C. H. Belledeu's Chase.
Speed cup — A. J. Furbush's Dodie K.
First point cup — Walter Corbett's Lord Quex.
Second point cup — H. H. Cook's Billy Ross.

Pacers
Champion cup — W. J. McDonald's Claymos.
Speed cup — W. J. Furbush's My Star.
First point cup — E. S. Morse's Edith J.
Second point cup — J. D. Thompson's Dean Swift.

FALL SERIES

Trotters
First speed cup — C. H. Belledeu's Chase.
Fastest average heats — A. J. Furbush's Dodie K.
First point cup — Walter Corbett's Lord Quex.
Second point cup — H. H. Cook's Billy Ross.
Third point cup — J. Doherty's Alclay H.
Slow trotting cup — D. A. Thompson's Patricia.
London harness — A. J. Furbush's Dodie K.
The Wood cup — A. J. Furbush's Dodie K.
The Daniels cup — A. J. Furbush's Dodie K.
The "hard luck" cup — Fred Furbush's Forest Bingen.

Pacers

First speed cup — W. J. McDonald's Claymos.

Fastest average heats — h'rank M. Burke's My Star.

First point cup — E. S. Morse's Edith J.

Second point cup — J. D. Thompson's Dean Swift.

Third point cup — S. Schoolman's Colbath.

Slow pacing cup — E. A. Fuller's Bobby Patchen.

The "hard luck'' cup — C. A. Thompson's Lanter.

The John Shepard cup for women road
drivers to single hitch, which had been under
dispute since the Winter before, was awarded
to Mrs. H. H. Cook.

SEASON OF 1909

For the third term C. H. Belledeu was given
the office of president, the election being on
January 13, and the other officers were as fol-
lows : A^ice-presidents, A. S. Bigelow, H. M.
Whitney, F. G. Hall, John Shepard, C. W.
Leonard, Monroe Goodspeed, J. V. N. Stults ;
treasurer, C. H. Dow ; secretary, W. L. Dunt-
ley ; directors, John Shdpard, C. H. Belledeu,
' W. J. Furbush, Monroe Goodspeed, Isaac Sex-
ton, F. C. Garmon, A. J. Furbush, E. A. Bay-
ley, C. H. Dow, B. A'V. Gove, Henry Wood,
B. W. Carpenter, R. A. Spaulding, Walter B.
Farmer, C. C. Mayberry; executive commit-
tee, F. C. Garmon, C. H. Dow, C. H. Belle-
deu, A. J. Furbush, Isaac Sexton, B. W. Car-
penter, C. C. Mayberry.

It was voted to adopt blue as the club's
color in all interclub meets. On November
24, the resignation of R. A. Spaulding, from
the board of directors, was accepted and J. V.
N. Stults was elected in his place.

Records over the speedway proper were set
skiting on June 22, Superintendent Gilman,
not only having the course on feather edge,
but the day itself being conducive to fast
time. Chief Wilkie, 2 :i2 3-4, set a new record
for two heats by a pacer by covering the half-
mile in 59 and 58 seconds, respectively.
The last heat was the fastest ever made over
the speedway proper, though Claymos, last
year, paced a half on the upper road in
57 3-4 seconds.

The race of the afternoon, however, was
the fast trotting class in which the double-
gaited mare, Louise G., pulled off a hard-
earned victory at the end of the fourth heat.
The daughter of Alclayone finished ahead in
all but the second heat, but the judges very
properly set her back last for pacing in the
third heat. Fred Garmon's trim little black
mare, Martha G., came out of the contest,
while not the winner, yet covered with glory,
as, by taking the third heat in i :oo 3-4, she
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the trotting record over the regular speedway
course. On account of the importance of
these two races, the complete summary is
given, as follows :

Charles River Speedway, June 22, igog. Class E,
pacing.

A. J. Furbush's b. g. Chief Wilkie (Furbush) i i

W. J. McDonald's b. g. Claymos (McDonald) 2 3

H. J. Reid's ch. g. Edwin S. (Furbush) 4 2

Jesse Eddy's b. g. Sir Albert S. (Garmon) ... 3 4
Time — 5gs , 58s.

Class I, trotting.
W. J. Furbush's b. m. Louise G. (Fur-
bush) I 3 4 I

Walter Corbett's blk. g. Lord Quex

(Ralston) 3 i 2 2

F. C. Garmon's blk. m. Martha G.

(Garmon) 2 4 i 3

J. W. Coakley's ch. g. Crown Prince

(Coakley) 4 2 4 4

Time — 1:03, 1:021-2, 1:003-4, 1:011-4.

At the conclusion of the Fall series of mat-
inees. John W. Dorey, who had filled the po-
sition of chairman of the race committee for
two years, was called into the main office in
the clubhouse and presented with an elegant
gold watch. Superintendent Oilman was not
forgotten by the members of the club, and
was the recipient of a fur-lined overcoat,

Mr. Dorey's work, as chairman of the race
committee, could not have been excelled. It
was a particularly hard proposition, anyway,
to please the members racing their horses, and
to match the diiJerent entries so that the rac-
ing would prove interesting, but in this Mr.
Dorey proved very successful.

Superintendent Oilman had, since the open-
ing of the speedway, worked almost day and
night to have that piece of racing dirt the
fastest in the country, and that he had suc-
ceeded was amply attested by the feeling ex-
pressed by the active mem'bers of the club.

On October 14, the driving club gave its
first horse show, that was in every way a pro-
nounced success. About 2,000 spectators wit-
nessed the show from the clubhouse, in teams,
and on foot The largest winner of the after-
noon was Mrs. Larz Anderson, with the sta-
ble of W. C. Jewett a close runner up. A
long program was finished without a hitch,
the work of the judges giving general satis-
faction. H. L. Camp, Middletown, Conn.,
judged all the classes, with the exception of
the events for trotters and pacers, in which
he was assisted by J. V. N. Stults and Arthur
L. Power of the driving club.

Following are the prize winners for the
Spring and Fall matinee racing series :

SPRING SERIES

Trotters

Champion cup — F. C. Garmon's Martha G, 1:003-4.

Speed cup — W. J. Furbush's Louise G., i :03, j :oi 1-4.
First point cup — A. C. Furbush's Forest Bingen.
Second point cup — Walter Corbett's Lord Quex.

Pacers
Champion cup — A. J. Furbush's Chief Wilkie, 58s.
Speed cup — W. J. McDonald's Claymos, 1:001-4,

I :oi 1-2.
First point cup — J. D. Thompson's Dean Swift.
Second point cup — F. W. Dorr's Toppan Boy.

FALL SERIES
Trotters
Champion cup — L. Fred Sanborn's Billie J., I :02.
Speed cup — W. J. McDonald's Dodie K., i :o2 1-4,

I :03.
Point cup — Harry Wood's Susie F.
Second point cup — H. H. Cook's Billy Ross.
Cup for trotter winning the most heats in I :io or
slower — T. H. Hubbard's Blue Clay.

Pacers
Champion cup — W. J. McDonald's Claymos, i :oo.
Speed cup — W. J. McDonald's Chief Wilkie, i :oo 3-4,

I :oi.
Point cup — W. J. Furbush's Louise G.
Second point cup — W. J. McDonald's Blue Light.
Cup for pacer 'winning the most heats in i :o7 or

slower — C. J. Newcomb's Chester Boy.

SEASON OF 1910

A meeting of the directors was held on Jan-
uary 7, when it was voted that the initiation fee
for that month be waived and that special ef-
forts be made in securing new members. It was
also voted that the cups for Spring and Fall
series of matinees in the future be purchased
early in the year and placed on exhibition, and
after the close of each series of matinees, that
the awarding of the cups be within two weeks.
It was also voted that in the future the docu-
ments and records of the racing seasons be
turned over to the executive committee for ap-
proval.

The annual meeting of the club was held
on January 12, and the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year : President, F. C.
Oarmon; vice-presidents, A. S. Bigelow, F. O.
Hall, C. W. Leonard, H. M. Whitney, John
Shepard, M. Ooodspeed, J. V. N. Stults;
treasurer, C. H. Dbw; secretary, W. L. Dunt-
ley; directors, John Shepard, C. H. Belledeu,
W. J. Furbush, M. Ooodspeed, Isaac Sexton,
F. C. Oarmon, J. V. N. Stults, A. J. Furbush,
E. A. Bayley, C. H. Dow, B. W. Ck)ve,
Henry VVood, B. W. Carpenter, W. B.
Farmer, C. C. Mayberry; executive commit-
tee, B. W. Carpenter, F. C. Oarmon, C. H.
Dow, C. H. Belledeu. C. C. Mayberry, A. J.
Furbush, Isaac Sexton.

On a rising vote the retiring president, C. H.
Belledeu, was given a general expression of
good will and esteem for his great executive
ability, demonstrated the three years that he

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guided the club. At the conclusion of the elec-
tion of officers, the record of the racing com-
mittee was accepted, and on motion of A. W.
Davis a vote of thanks was tendered Chair-
man T- W. Dorey for his excellent work dur-

ing- the season of igoc).

With the retirement of Mr. Dc

fr

FRED C. GARMON
President 1910-1911 and part of 1912

the racing committee, G. Pray Smith was
elected in his place as chairman. H. H.
Cook was made official handicapper, a new
office for the club.

At a meeting of the club held March 4,
several changes were made in the racing rules.
One was the racing off of a tie at the end of
a race for a position, and that the horse start-
ing shall have one point, and any horse hav-
ing a walk-over shall have two points.

The second horse show of the club was held
on May 19. With the record breaking crowd
present, and the list of entries so large, it was
imperative that the judging of the classes be-
gin in the middle of the forenoon, and even
then it was not concluded until after sunset.
In the event for speedway trotters, H. H.
Cook won the silver cup and blue ribbon with
Billy Ross, while in the class for speedway
pacers the silver cup and blue ribbon were
taken by the speedway champion, Chief Wil-
kie, the property of W. J. McDonald. Miss
Eleanora Sears was one of the most conspicu-
ous figures of the day, winning three blue
and four red ribbons with the horses she
drove. The officials were H. L. Camp, Middle-
town, Conn. ; S. A. Maurvais, Millet, Mass. ;

A. L. Power, Norwell, Mass., and J. B. Stults,
Boston, Mass.

A review of the racing events showed that
the contests were as liberally supported and as
closely contested as had always been the case
since the inception of the club, and, while the
sport was exciting, yet no new speedway rec-
ords were made.

On the evening of July 8, at the clubhouse,
the trophies for the Spring series were award-
ed. The speed cup differed from the time cup
inasmuch that it was for the fastest average
time in a winning race, while the time cup
was for the fastest heat. The winners were :

SPRING SERIES
Trotters
Time cup — Chauncy Sears' Chase, i :oo 1-4.
Speed cup — W. J. Furbush's Louise G., i :02 1-2.
First point cup — B. W. Gove's B. R. C.
Second point cup — W. J. McDonald's Dodie K.
Slow Cup — T. H. Hubbard's Blue Clay.

Pacers
Time cup — Henry Reid's Edwin S., I :oi.
Speed cup — E. F. Adams' Tony D., i :02 3-4.
First point cup — E. S. Morse's Billy F.
Second point cup — C. C. Mayberry's Claberta.
Slow cup — A. I. Nelson's Red George.

FALL SERIES
Trotters
Time cup — F. L. Sanborn's Billie J., I ;02 1-4, i :02 1-2.
Speed cup — B. W. Gove's Victor C, i ;o3 1-4, i :04.
First point cup — A. I. Nelson's Dandy Jim.
Second point cup — W. J. McDonald's Munroe.
Slow cup — H. B. Ralston's Cinnamon Girl.

Pacers
Time cup — W. J. McDonald's Chief Wilkie, i ;02.
Speed cup — E. S. Morse's Billy F., I :04 1-4, i :04 1-2.
First point cup — C. A. Thompson's Johnny Smoker.
Second point cup — A. C. Furbush's Louise Direct.
Slow cup — M. F. Maher's Lady Pinewood.

SEASON OF 1911

The annual meeting was held on January
II, and the following officers were elected:
President, F. C. Garmon; vice-presidents,
A. S. Bigelow, F. G. Hall, C. W. Leonard,
H. M. Whitney, John Shepard, M. Good-
speed and J. V. N. Stults ; treasurer, C. H.
I)ow ; secretary, W. L. Duntley ; directors,
John Shepard, C. H. Belledeu, W. J. Furbush,
C. S. Spencer, Isaac Sexton, F. C. Garmon,
W. J. Lovell, A. J. Furbush, E. A. Bayley,
C. H. Dow, B. W. Gove, Henry Wood, B. W.
Carpenter, A. L. Power and C. C. Mayberry ;
executive committee, A. L. Power, C. H.
Dow, A. J. Furbush, C. C. Mayberry, F. C.
Garmon, C. H. Belledeu and W. J. Lovell.

It was voted at this meeting that horses, to
be eligible to start in interclub races, must
have started in at least three res^ular matinees

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over the home track, and to have been owned
by a man who has been a member of the ckib
for at least three matinees. Furthermore, that
the Metropohtan Driving Club would not par-
ticipate in interclub racing unless hopples were
barred in the contests.

So successful was the clambake, held in the
Fall of 191 1, that the club agreed to make it
an annual affair, the same to be left in the
hands of the entertainment committee.

At the regular meeting of the club, the res-
ignation of E. A. Bayley as director and mem-
ber of the club was accepted, much to the re-
gret of the members, who appreciated the
earnest efforts he made in promoting the in-
terests of the organization.

The annual horse show was fully as suc-
cessful as the preceding one, and was handled
admirably by Edgar Power, E. A. Fuller and
A. W. Davis. Later in the year, Maurice E.
Dimond was elected chairman of the horse
show committee.

The owners of fast trotters and pacers were
out in full force, as usual, during the racing
season, and there was keen competition for
the prizes offered. A feature of the wind-up
of the Spring series was a dinner and dance
at the clubhouse. Before the members and
ladies sat down to the banquet table, the cups
and ribbons were awarded to the winners of
the various classes, Arthur Power, the official
starter for the club, presenting the trophies.

At the conclusion of the Fall series, a no-
table fact that came to hand was that W. J.
McDonald's Chief Wilkie had, during his
speedway career, raced nearly one hundred
heats close to a minute, and in one of the mat-
inees that Fall he stepped two successive heats
in 59 1-4 seconds. During the season he had
taken the word in 18 regular races over the
Charles River Speedway, winning 17 of them.
This left no doubt, of course, that he was
clearly entitled to the distinction of champion
of all pacers owned by members of the club.
The prize winners for the year were :

SPRING SERIES
Trotters

Time cup — E. H. Marrow's Hawkins, i :02 1-2.

Speed cup — C. A. Thompson's Margate, I :02 1-4.

First point cup — T. H. Hubbard's Patricia.

Second point cup — F. C. Garmon's Torreon.

Slow cup— W. J. McDonald's Castle Todd, 1:193-8,

First special ribbon — Edgar Power's Prince of Mo-
naco.

Second special ribbon — O. H. Johnson's Silence.

Third special ribbon — E. J. Scanlon's Nancy Old-
tield, I :07 2-3.

Pacers
Time cup — W. J. McDonald's Chief Wilkie, i :oo 1-2.
Speed cup — J. O. Reay's Wesley Summers, i :os.
First point cup — C. C. Mayberry's Claberta.

Second point cup — J. D. Thompson's Edith R.
Slow time cup — T. J. Watt's Elmwood 1:125-8.
First special ribbon — I. Buffington's Country Boy.
Second special ribbon — E. S. Morse's Billy F.
Third special ribbon — M. F. Maher's Lady Pinewood.

The battle for cups in the Fall matinee
series by the horses of the Metropolitan Driv-
ing Club was very keen, and, in several in-
stances, the lucky horse got the trophy by the
narrow margin of one point. During the Fall
season 330 horses started in the ten matinees,
as compared with 304 in the Fall series of
1910.

Following is the official list of cup winners.
As three pacers were tied with 30 points, the
cups, according to rule, went to those having
the fastest average time, hence Lady Pinewood
and Chester Boy received the awards.

FALL SERIES
Trotters
Time cup — W. J. McDonald's Demarest, i :04 1-4.
Speed cup — W. J. McDonald's La Boudie, i :02 1-4.
First point cup — W. J. McDonald's Castle Todd.
Second point cup — D, M. Holmes' Major Dillard.
Slow cup — G. W. Norton's Ned Norton, i -.ly 1-2,
1:18.

Pacers
Time cup — W. J. McDonald's Chief Wilkie, 59 1-4S.
Speed cup — S. B. Hastings' Star Lilly Bingen,

I :03 1-8.
First point cup — C. G. Newcomb's Chester Boy.
Second point cup — M. F. Maher's Lady Pinewood.
Slow cup — W. J. Lovell's Helen L., I :I7 1-2, i :i8.

SEASON OF 1912

For the third successive year Fred C. Gar-
mon was elected president of the driving club
at the annual meeting, held on January 10, the
other officers being as follows : Vice-presi-
dents, John Shepard, T. H. Hubbard, J. AC N.
Stults," A. H. Parker, M. Goodspeed, A. J.
Furbush, and C. H. Belledeu; treasurer, C. H.
Dow; secretary, W. L. Duntley; directors,
F. C. Garmon, W. D. Hunt, C. H. Dow, W. J.
McDonald, Geo. F. Leonard, Henry Wood,
W. J. Furbush, C. S. Spencer, B. W. Gove,

A. H. Power, C: C. Mayberry, Geo. D. Mer-
rill, W. J. Lovell, A. H. Parker, and E. H.
Kingman ; executive committee, F. C. Garmon,
C. S. Spencer, C. H. Dow, Geo. F. Leonard,

B. W. Gove, A. H. Power, and C. C. May-
berry.

Superintendent Gilman having promised
that the new half-mile track, located opposite
the clubhouse and between the straightaway
speedway and the river, w^ould be ready for
racing on April 19, it was voted by the club
that the occasion be celebrated with a
grand opening day, which would include a
horse show and matinee racing, members of

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other clubs to be invited to send their horses
and participate on that occasion.

The excellent services rendered by G. Pray
Smith and Jesse Eddy on the racing commit-
tee in the past year were recognized by the
club giving them a vote of thanks and the
president appointing them to again serve in
the same capacity the ensuing year.

At the directors' meeting held on January
25, Mr. Eddy resigned as secretary of the
racing committee, and W. D. Hunt from the
board of directors and racing committee. The
vacancy of Mr. Eddy was filled by the selec-
tion of J. O. Reay, while Mr. Hunt's place on
the board of directors was taken by A. J. Fur-
bush.

So much pressure was brought to bear on
Mr. Eddy that, at the directors' meeting held
on February 21, he was once more put on the
racing committee, with the position of secre-
tary and clerk. While Mr. Eddy felt that his
business connections were such that it was al-
most impossible for him to spare the required
time in filling the position, yet he did not dis-
appoint the active racing members of the
club and accepted the position for, at least,
the coming season.

It was decided, too, at this meeting that the
horse show on April 19 be abandoned and the
day be given entirely to matinee racing.

On June 24 there was a surprise sprung on
the members by President F. C. Gannon re-
signing his position as president and director.
It was voted by the board to lay the resigna-
tion on the table, as they were loath to lose
the services of Mr. Garmon during the bal-
ance of the year, and it was thought that pos-
sibly, by communicating personally with Mr.
Garmon, he might be prevailed upon to change
his mind and hold the chair. It was said the
reason that Mr. Garmon tendered his resigna-
tion was on account of his business. The
board held his resignation on the table until
the meeting held on November 18, at the very
end of the Fall series of matinee racing, when
they elected C. S. Spencer p-esident, to serve
the unexpired term of Mr. Garmon.

With the use ot the half-mile track for rac-
ing, there was an impetus for the members to
take part in the matinees, many more horses
taking the word in the Spring series than had
ever before in the early portion of the year.
To the credit of Superintendent Gilman, the
footing was very good for a track just built,
and with use kept constantly improving, the
time made in the different races showing that
at no time was it very slow.

The best heat by a pacer over the half-mile
track for the Spring series was made by Chief

Wilkie on June 18, when he stepped in
I :o5 1-4.

A peculiar condition prevailed in the trot-
ting division, as, on July 9, three horses placed
the record at the same notch, and each was a
starter in the same race. First away was A. J.
Furbush, winning the first heat with W. J.
McDonald's Demarest in i :o7 1-4. Then the
second trip Mr. McDonald, himself, won with
La Boudie, and in the third, Chauncy Sears
stepped his trotter. Major Wellington, around
the track in i :o7 1-4. The event, by the way,
was won by Demarest, who trotted the fourth
heat in i :o8 1-4.

SPRING SERIES
Trotters
Time cup — W. J. McDonald's Demarest, I :o7 1-4.
Speed cup — Chauncy Sears' Major Wellington,

I :07 1-4,
First heat cup — A. J. Furbush's Velzora (11 heats).
Second heat cup — W. J. McDonald's Castle Todd (ro

heats).
First heat cup — (4-year-oIds and under) — H. B.

Ralston's Hector K. (12 heats).
Second heat cup (4-year-olds and under) — H. B.

Ralston's Codare (11 heats).

Pacers
Time cup — W. J. McDonald's Chief Wilkie, i :05 1-4.
Speed cup — W. J. Furbush's Will Be Sure, I :o6.
First heat cup — J. D. Thompson's Spim (13 heats),

average time, 1:0811-13.
Second heat cup — B. W. Gove's Mardel (13 heats),

average time, 1:1023-26.

The executive committee decided that for
the Fall series there would be no cups offered
for prizes, the incentive to win being consid-
ered sufficient with the awarding of ribbons
for the different races.

The principal feature of the series was
Demarest, owned by W. J. McDonald, on Oc-
tober 18, lowering the half-mile track record
for trotters to i :o6 3-4, a reduction of one-
half second. On October 19, over the straight-
away speedway, Chief Wilkie paced a heat in
I :oo, wdiile on the same afternoon Demarest
trotted his heat in i :oi, both of these per-
foriners being the property of W. J. McDon-
ald. On November 19 Frank M. Burke, owner
of the Fatherland Farm in Byfield, Mass., and
who resides in Ipswich, Mass., brought to the
Charles River Speedway the pacing mare,
Miss Adbelj, with the intention of defeating
Chief Wilkie, if such a thing were possible,
and it proved that it was, as that afternoon
the champion met his Waterloo, the time be-
ing I :oi 3-4. However, in justice to the de-
feated king, it can be said that he was far
from being in his best condition, and it was
only that Mr. McDonald did not wish to dis-
appoint the large crowd that had been attract-
ed by the event, that he started him at all in
the race.

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SEASON OF 1913

The annual meeting of the club was held
on January 8, with President C. S. Spencer
presiding. Following the reading of the
minutes of the last annual meeting, the elec-
tion was held and G. Pray Smith was elected
president for the ensuing year. Vice-presi-
dents, John Shepard, A. H. Parker, W. J.
Furibush, C. H. Traiser, L. F. Sanborn, C. B.
Holden, C. G. Newcomb ; treasurer, C. H.
Dow ; secretary, W. L. Duntley ; directors,
C. S. Spencer, G. D. Merrill, G. W. Norton,
A. J. Furbush, C. H. Dow, T. H. Hubbard,
C, A. Thompson, G. Pray Smith, W. I.
Lovell, G. H. Hicks, W. J. McDonald, A. L.
Power, R. E. Thompson, E. H. Kingman, and
C. C. Mayberry ; executive committee, C. S.
Spencer, W. J. McDonald, C. H. Dow, T. H.
Hubbard, C. C. Mayberry.

At a meeting of the directors on January
i6, it was voted, on the motion made by C. C.
Mayberry, that any director who failed to at-
tend every executive meeting of the board
shall be asked to resign. This was on account
of so many of the members of the board ac-
cepting the position when elected, and then
apparently forgetting that there was any such
office for the remainder of the year, so far as
attending the meetings. It was also decided
at this meeting that with the election of W. D.
Hunt as chairman of the race committee, it
would be left to him entirely in the appointing
of his associates and a clerk. A. W. Davis
was chosen to fill the position of press agent,
in place of Wilbur L. Duntley, who had held
the office since 1908.

On February 18 the resignation of C. S.
Spencer, as director and chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee, was received and accepted,
and the board of directors voted that Presi-
dent Smith be instructed to notify Mr. Spen-
cer of the sincere regrets of the club that his
business in New York was such that it neces-
sitated his taking a residence there and sever-
ing his connections with the Metropolitan
Driving Club. W. D. Hunt, not caring for the
office of chairman of the racing committee,
C. C. Mayberry was given the position, with
the power to choose his associates and a clerk.
The board voted on March 13 to purchase
about 100,000 square feet of land, of which
they had an option, located on the boulevard
adjoining the clubhouse, and to be erected
thereon a stable, and, also, to have certain
improvements made in and around the club-
house, the sum of money to be expended not
to exceed $20,000.

On July 24 the board met and voted that

a hall be finished in the clubhouse, as per plans
of W. J. McDonald.

E. H. Kingman resigned his position as di-
rector in July, and C. H. Dow the office of
treasurer. W. J. Furbush was elected to take
the place of Mr. Kingman, while A. J. Fur-
bush accepted the position of treasurer. On
November 14 George A. Graves and W. D.
Hunt were elected to the board of directors.

G. PRAY SMITH
President 1913-14

Appreciatmg the expense for the State in
keepmg in repair the entire mile of the
straightaway speedway, the members of the
driving club had come to the opinion that it
was quite unnecessary to compel the State to
maintain the last half-mile of the course. The
result of this was that, at a regular meeting
of the directors, on April 4, J. O. Reay made
the motion, which was carried, that the lower
half-mile of the Charles River straightaway
speedway course be abandoned, and that a
committee consisting of Messrs. McDonald,
Mayberry and Davis wait upon the Metropol-
itan Park Commission and convey the vote of
the club.

Sleighing was limited during the Winter, the
month of February furnishing the largest
supply. On the 14th of that month. Chief

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Wilkie lowered the quarter-mile record for
pacers, to sleigh, by winning the first heat of
a winning race in 29 3-4 seconds. Miss Adbell,
owned and driven by Frank Burke, was his
opponent. The Spring matinees furnished sev-
eral matters of racing interest. On June 3,
Chief Wilkie lowered the pacing record of the
half-mile track to i :04 3-4, going against time.
June 17 Major Wellington reduced the trot-
ting record for the half-mile track to I :o6 1-4,
and in securing the honor won a very com-
mendable race, as the following summary
shows :

Charles River Speedway (1-2 mile track), June 17,

1 :o6 1-4.
Major Wellington, b. g. (Chauncy Sears) 2211

Demarest, b. g. (W. J. McDonald) 13 3 2

Orale, br. m. (W. J. McDonald) 3 i 2 3

Time — 1:091-4, 1:071-2, 1:061-4, 1:081-2.

On May 30 was held the testimonial mati-
nee to ex-President C. S. Spencer, whose
business, as mentioned above, was calling him
to reside in New York City. There was a large
crowd out to do honor to the departing mem-
ber of the club, and on all sides were heard
expressions of regret that so valuable a mem-
ber was lost to them.

The prize winners for the Spring series of
matinees were as follows :

SPRING SERIES
Trotters
Time cup — Chauncy Sears' Major Wellington

1913, Class I, trotting.
Speed cup — W. J. McDonald's Demarest, l :07 1-4.
First point cup — W. J. McDonald's Orale (40 points).
Second point cup — C. C. Mayberry's Margate {37
points).

Pacers
Time cup — W. J. McDonald's Chief Wilkie, i :04 3-4.
Speed cup — W. J. FurbUsh's Will Be Sure, i :o6 1-2.
First point cup — George W. Norton's George N. (43

points).
Second point cup — A. C. Furbush's Ethel Direct (35

points).

There were no cups offered for the Fall
series. A notable addition to the racing fra-
ternity was George A. Graves with his trotter,
Bronson, 2:12, and he amply proved how val-
uable a speedway trotter he was by defeating
his field week after week.

On November i he set a trotting record for
the half-mile track at 2:18 3-4, beating Major
A'Vellington, Morine and La Boudie. There was
a great deal of interest manifested in this race,
as many thought they would see the downfall
of Bronson by the mare Morine, owned and
driven by Sam Hastings, that had been very
successful in the professional races of that
season, getting a record of 2 109 1-4 at Colum-
bus, O. The week following Bronson again

defeated the same field in straight heats, ancf
further reduced the track record to 2:15 1-4.
In the pacing division Chief Wilkie, as had
been the case for a number of seasons, con-
tinued to hold the championship.

SEASON OF 1914

The annual meeting and election of officers
of the Metropolitan Driving Club was held at

JOHN S. OILMAN

Supt. of Charles River Speedway. His Hard

"Work Made the Plant Perfect for the

Amateur Horsemen

the club on the evening of January 14, and
the following officers were elected for the en-
suing year : President, G. Pray Smith ; hon-
orary presidents, C. H. Belledeu and F. C.
Garmon ; vice-presidents, John Shepard. W. D.
Hunt, J^ M. Johnson, A. H. Parker, G. G.
Hall, Chauncy Sears, A. W. Hastings, War-
ren Kimball, Frank Burke, Fred H. Bellows,
C. B. Holden, L. F. Sanborn, C. G. Newcomb,
and G. A. Law ; secretary, W. L. Duntley ;
treasurer, John N. MacLeod ; directors, G.
Pray Smith, George D. Merrill, George H.
Hicks, George W. Norton, T. H. Hubbard,
W. J. Lovell, W. J. McDonald, C. C. May-

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berr)', A. J- Furbush, W. J. Furbush. George
A. Graves, Dr. C. A. Thompson, A. L. Power,
R. E. Thompson, C. H. Traiser ; executive
committee, W. J. McDonald, George A.
Graves, C. H. Traiser, C. C. Mayberry, and
G. Pray Smith.

After remarks by the new treasurer and by
VV. J. McDonald, relative to proposed building
operations of the club, which were received
with much applause, a silver ice cream set was
presented to the president and Mrs. Smith, the
latter the president of the Ladies' Auxiliary.
and the token of esteem was received by Mr.
Smith with appropriate words of thanks.

It was voted by the club that no prizes,
other than ribbons, be given for the racing
awards of 19 14.

field that enjoyed the sport were George
Leonard with his handsome trotter, Southern
Spy; William Lovell with Margaret L., and
Fred Gannon with Mokello, each of these
horses showing up excellently in the snow
matinees that they took part in.

\\'hile there were no cups offered for the
series of races, yet there was plenty of inter-
est manifested, the racing being of a very
brilliant order. Ruth D. made her initial start
on the dirt on May 16, and showed her speed
by defeating Chief Wilkie and taking the sec-
ond heat in 1.05 r-2. On the 19th of the same
month. Chief Wilkie, to show that he was not
a dead toad in the puddle, turned the tables on
Ruth D., not only beating her in straight heats,
but lowering the half-mile track pacing record

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Dedicated on July 25, 1914. A Perfect Home for the Horse in Its Sanitary and Model Construction

At the directors' meeting, on April 29, it
was voted that the club colors be blue and
gold, and that in case of postponement of any
Tuesday matinee that the meet be held on the
following Saturday.

Again this Winter the lovers of sleighing
had but little of their favorite sport, the snow
only lasting for a couple of weeks in the
month of February. The racing fraternity
were greatly excited over the arrival of a new
Roman in the pacing field, J. O. Reay having
purchased the prominent mare Ruth D.,
2 :o6 1-4. This mare had been campaigned for
several years over both mile and half-mile
tracks with pronounced success, and it was
openly stated by Mr. Reay and his friends that
it was the hope of the admirers of Ruth D.
that she displace Chief Wilkie for the pacing
championship.

For some time, too, Frank Burke had had
at his Fatherland Farm the pacing mare Aliss
De Forest, 2 .-05 1-4, and when the sleighing
arrived she was shipped to the Mets' club
stable. Among others new to the matinee

to I :o4, the first heat, and capturing the second
heat in i :o6.

On May 26 Demarest reduced the half-mile
record for trotters on the two-lapped track to
I :o4 3-4, defeating Major Wellington in
straight heats.

The warmest battle of the Spring series oc-
curred on June 2, when Ethel Direct won her
race in five grilling heats and in which event
all four of the starters succeeded in annexing
a heat. The summary of this race is appended :

Charles River Speedway (1-2 mile track), June 2,
1914 — Class I, pace.
Ethel Direct blk. m. (A. C. Furbush) 3
The Pink Lady, b. m. (A. G. King) 4

Spim, b. g. (C. A. Thompson) 2

Miss Vassar. ro. m. (B. W. Gove)., i

Time — 1:13, i :o8 i-2, 1:10, 1:111-2, 1:091-4.

Bronson was never in so good condition as
in his Spring races, which was later proved
by his remarkable professional campaign over
the half-mile and mile tracks, where he won
many races for his owner and driver, G. A.
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trotters owned in the club, and defeated them taking ten laps around the interior to make a

in straight heats, lowering the previous rec- mile. The stable must make a valuable addi-

ord of the course to 2:141-2, as per sum- tion to the already perfectly equipped quarters

mary: of the club.

July 7, 1914— Class F, trot— (1-2 mile track). The annual clambake was held on Co-

Bronson, b. g. (G. A. Graves) i i lumbus Dav, October 12, and the affair was

Major Wellington, b. g. (C. Sears) 2 3 a gala one', the club holding in connection

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Xin,g 2:151-2 2 14 1-2 '"■ band concert, and a whole atternoon 01

very closely contested racing on the speed-

The dedication of the new stable was held v/ay. About 250 gathered in the south end

on July 25, with 2,500 spectators present to of the new stable for the clambake spread,

see the matinee racing. It was a perfect day which was served under the direction of the

for the occasion, and the members were hos- Ladies' Auxiliary. One of the largest

pitably entertained by the Ladies' Auxiliary crowds ever at the speedway saw the racing

of the club serving a sumptuous luncheon in and horse show and enjoyed the music,

the clubhouse. Every inch of space in the clubhouse was

Invitations had been extended to the other occupied by the members and their guests,

driving clubs of Greater Boston, and quite a About twenty-five members of the club had

liberal entry from them had been received in a dinner at the Revere House on Oct. 23. The

the seventeen races on the card. When the feature event of the evening was the presenta-

day's sport was concluded, it was found the tion to George A. Graves of a finely executed

Fellsways had won two blues, three reds, and oil painting of himself and his trotting geld-

one yellow ribbon ; the Ouannapowitts one ing, Bronson, the work of Wilbur L. Duntley.

blue, three reds, and one yellow ribbon ; and President Smith rnade- the presentation

the Dorchesters, one blue, one red, and two speech. Following the dinner was discussed

yellow ribbons. the improvement of the clubhouse.

In the fast pacing event, Ruth D., driven by Following a meeting in the clubhouse the
Robert Thompson for Mr. Reay, equaled the members and their wives and guests enjoyed the
half-mile pacing record of i :o4, held by .Chief evening of Oct. 30 with a Hallowe'en party
Wilkie over the circular track, by defeating which was given under the auspices of the
Miss Adbell in straight heats, in the second Ladies' Auxiliary. The clubhouse was pret-
one making her fast time. In the feature trot, tily decorated with Hallowe'en novelties, and
W. D. Hunt's Mike Agan, driven by G. A. games of the night were held, including bob-
Graves, headed the summary, and won the bing for apples, potato race, etc., for which
first heat in 2:17 3-4. prizes were presented. A fortune-teller also

Between heats the members critically exam- caused much merriment. Dancing was en-

ined and favorably commented on the model joyed in the main room, \vhile whist was

and sanitary construction of the new stable, played in the reception room.

Itwas found there were stalls for 54 horses, Of the Fall series of matinees there were

with offices for the trainers and sleeping two prominent features, the superiority of

rooms for the grooms. The stalls are located George A. Graves' Bronson in the fast trotting

so as to give each plenty of light and fresh class and Frank M. Burke's series of victories

air, being all "outside rooms," as it were. A with Miss De Forest in the fast pacing events,

good point, too, was giving so much space on The popular little trotting mare, Martha G.,

the inside of the stable, that in bad weather the property of J. W. Ellis, was also a consist-

the horses could be jogged under cover, it onl> ent blue ribbon winner.

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Metropolitan Driving Club

SIX years ago a ladies' auxiliar}- to a
gentlemen's driving club was un-
known, but G. Pray Smith had long
fostered the thought that some day
there might be such an organization
connected with the Metropolitan Driving Club
of Boston.

The subject was discussed with the members
of the club until in January, 1909, when, at an
entertainment held in the clubhouse, Mr.
Smith was requested to appoint a committee
whose duties would be to organize a Ladies'
Auxiliary to the Metropolitan Club, and the
following ladies were placed on the commit-
tee: Mrs. W. J. McDonald, Mrs. A. J. Fur-
bush, yirs. Fred C. Gannon, Mrs. Wilbur L.
IDuntley and Mrs. G. Pray Smith.

Owing to the numerous social engagements
of the ladies it was not until the latter part of
February that a meeting, called by Mrs. VV. J.
McDonald, was held. Mrs. G. Pray Smith
was elected chairJady, and then was born an
organization, unique in its name and its ob-
ject.

One week later, on IMarch 5, the first regu-
lar meeting was held ; the work of the com-
mittees was ratified, by-laws adopted and offi-
cers elected. No precedent guided this young
organization. They were obliged, as it were,
to blaze the way through unoccupied ground,
but from the very first business principles
were strictly adhered to, with the result that
the auxiliary have always been a thoroughly
organized working power, with this object in
view : "To cement the bonds of friendship
and advance the social interests of the Metro-
politan Driving Club."'

The membership consisted of the mothers,
wives, sisters and daughters of the members
of the Metropolitan Club. The dues were
placed at $3 per year, which entitled the mem-
bers to many social advantages. The auxil-
iary colors adopted were blue, which, set in a
gold border, made a very pretty pin for the
members. The following are the first officers
of the auxiliary :

President, Mrs. G. Pray Smith ; first vice-
president, Mrs. C. H. Belledeu ; second vice-
president, Mrs. W. L. Duntley; secretary,
Mrs. Nellie Dorey; treasurer, Mrs. A. J. Fur-
bush. Executive board — Mrs. F. C. Garmon,
chairlady; Mrs. H. H. Cook, Mrs. Jesse Eddy,
Mrs. AV. J. McDonald and Mrs. G. D. Merrill.
Entertainment committee — Mrs. W. J. McDon-
ald, chairlady ; Mrs. A. J. Furbush and Mrs.
B. W. Carpenter. Hospitality committee —
Mrs. B. W. Gove, chairlady ; Mrs. A. J. Fur-
bush. Mrs. H. E. Prescott, Mrs. C. E. Austin,
Mrs. J. T. Bailey and Mrs. J. Brigham.

In 1910 the only change in the list of offi-
cers was Mrs. F. C. Garmon being elected
secretary in place of Mrs. Nellie Dorey. The
following year, Mrs. H. E. Prescott took the
position of secretary. In 1912 the officers
were the same, with the exception of Mrs.
G. D. Merrill becoming second vice-president.
In 1913 Mrs. G. D. Merrill was first vice-presi-
dent, and the second vice-president was Mrs.
J. D. Thompson, the other officials being re-
elected.

After four years existence the members,
feeling that there was a call for their activities
outside of social duties, entered the realm of
charity, and in the Spring of 191 3 raised,
through the generosity of their friends, and
especially the members of the Metropolitan
Club, a fund for the Floating Hospital; out
of this fund, in June, 1913, they paid $250 to
the Floating Hospital for a permanent bed for
five years, to be known as the Ladies' Auxil-
iary and Metropolitan Driving Club Bed, and
thus showed to the general public that the,
members of the auxiliary and of the M. D. C.
were not devoted entirely to pleasure, but that
they wished to assist the unfortunate. A smail
balance was left in the fund, which is still held
sacred for the use of the Floating Hospital.

At the annual election in 1914 the result was
as follows : President, Mrs. G. Pray Smith ;
first vice-president, Mrs. G. D. Merrill; second
vice-president, Mrs. J. D. Thompson ; secre-
tary, Mrs. H. E. Prescott; treasurer, Mrs.
A. J. Furbush. Executive board — Mrs. W. J.
McDonald, chairladv ; Mrs. F. C. Garmon,
Mrs. A. C. Furbush, Mrs. B. W. Gove and
Mrs. A. I. Nelson. Entertainment committee
— Mrs. F. C. Garmon, chairlady; Mrs. R. E.
Thompson and Mrs. J. O. Reay. Hospitality
committee — Mrs. H. E. Prescott, chairlady;
Mrs. A. C. Furbush, Mrs. J. Brigham, Mrs.
C. B. Holden, Mrs. J. N. MacLeod, Mrs. E. C.
Smith and Mrs. D. MacNevin. House com-
mittee— Mrs. Jesse Eddy, chairlady; Mrs. B.
W. Gove. Flower committee — Mrs. J. D.
Thompson, chairlady; Mrs. D. MacNevin and
Mrs. A. I. Nelson.

Mrs. Smith has held the position of presi-
dent throughout the entire history of the
Ladies' Auxiliary, and, to her earnest en-
deavors the big success of the auxiliary was
largely due. She has excellent executive abil-
ity that has enabled her to enroll about her a
sincere body of workers. It is well known to
the members of the Metropolitan Club that any
affair taken in charge by the Ladies' Auxiliary
will be taken well care of and brought to a
most successful finish.

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W. J. McDonald's Matinee Horses

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CHIEF WILKIE, 2:12 3-4 (W. J. McDonald Driving)

Winner of Nearly One Hundred Heats in Close to a Minute. f He Holds Straightaway Speedway Record,

Pacing, of 58 Seconds, and Joint Holder of Half-mile Track Record of 1:04. Was Pacing

Champion of Charles River Speedway for Eight Seasons

W. J. MCDONALD'S MATINEE HORSES—Continued

MISS ADBELL, 2:06 1-4

LA BOUDIE, 2:10

DEMAREST, 2:06 1-4 (Trotting a Fast Heat for Mr. McDonald)

DON LABOR, 2:05 1-4

DIRECTUM REGENT, 2:09 1-4

W. J. MCDONALD'S MATINEE HORSES---Continued

THE COUNSELLOR, 2:17 1-4

MENDELL, 2:21

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 Metropolitan Club

=^:^l

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.

CHIMES BELL, 2:09 3-4
Owned and Driven by George F. Leonard. Fastest Green Trotter to Wagon in 1905,

Earning a Record of 2:14 1-4

LOTTIE FALLIS, 2:20 1-4
Matinee Record to Wagon of 2:15. Owned and Driven by Arthur H. Alley

FellsAvay Driving Club
of Somerville

908 1914

COMBINATION PARK, MEDFORD

A HOT FINISH

STABLE SCENE- --Walking the Horses Between Heats

Fellsway Driving Club

ELIEVING that Somerville was the
center of a big territory filled with

B 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 Columljia Building,
in Somerville, and officially organized them-
selves as tlie 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 by thirteen men, and held its first
meeting on Friday the 13th, it might be
deemed by 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 Fridav evening, James I. Brooks
presided, and, after he had deliberated on
the object of the new organization, was held
the first election of officers, which resulted
as follows: President, James I. Brooks;
vice-president, George M. Davis ; treasurer,
Harrv W. Litchfield ; secretary, Frank E.
Morrison ; directors, B. R. Cobb, George H.
Cross, John M. Temple, George A. Law, F.
S. McKown. Fred M. Allies, James Hen-
nessey, George Carter, and A. E. ICenney.
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 Park Commission on the location of a
speedvv'ay 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, A. E. Jones,
A. E. Kenney 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
FraP-klin Street, Somerville, which was
called the Fellswav Clubhouse, and arrange-

ments were made for the ]jurchase of fur-
niture to have the room comfortable for the
use of the members. It was further decided
that the club hold weekly meetings, Friday

JAMES I. BROOKS
President 1908-09 and 1911

being the day chosen. A committee was a[)-
pointed to wait upon G. A. Graves about
securing the use of Combination Park for
matinee racing.

The by-laws of the clul3 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 with 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 Metropolitan Com-
mission, wdiile 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 IMystic Park, as Mr. Brown, of the
racing committee, claimed that it was in per-
fect shape for racing of quarter-mile heats.

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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 oft' a quarter of a mile and mark
it with flags, and Ranee 'Wentworth was se-
lected the starting judge. In the matinees
it 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 wmner to be decided during the
Summer.

Before the adjournment of the meeting
the club voted to donate $25 to the Chelsea
Fire Sufferers, which was the first, but
proved not the last act of charity rendered
by the organization.

The first matinee was held at Mystic 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 May 27 it was voted that a grand-
stand be erected opposite the wire at the
finish, and also decided that the harness,
given bv Mr. Harris, be awarded to the
owner of the horse winning the most nmnber
of points. A silver cup was put up for a
prize l5y President Pjrooks and Siecretary
M.orrison, for the horse winning the fastest
heat.

On June i the club had increased to such
])roportions 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-
hig-Wakefield track. At 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 11.

G. A. Law was appointed on the board
of directors on July n;, 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 every 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 Winter evenings that
would soon be at hand.

On October 3 the club met the Ouanna-

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 foimd 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 JMr.
Graves.

However, it being found out later that
Mr. Graves would lease the track for $2200
for the club's use on twenty-four Satttrdays
and five holidays, this was thought a better
proposition than the one of $2600 and all
privileges, and the $2200 offer was duly ac-
cepted.

At a meeting held on December 9, the
prizes for the 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 by W. H. Harris was won by H.
W. Smith's Rovce W.

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 field at the Quincy House in
Boston, the first banquet of the club, with
about 200 on hand. After-dinner speaking by
invited guests from other clubs and by mem-
bers of the Fellsway, and a good musical
entertainment, made the feast one long to be
remembered by those fortunate in being
present.

In Columbia Hall, Somerville, in Feb-
ruary, was held the first ladies' night. The
gentle sex were present, not only from the
Fellsway Club but accompanied by members
of the other driving clubs. Dancing and a
luncheon, also magic work by Walter New-
bert. of the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driv-
ing Club, made the occasion very enjovable.

The annual meeting took place on Alarch
3, and the following officers were elected for

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63

the ensuing- year: President, Jiimes J.
Brooks ; first vice-president, George M.
Davis ; second vice-president, Daniel Paine ;
secretary, Frank E. Morrison ; treasurer,
Liarry \V. Litchfield ; directors, E. H. King-
man, W. W". Spraguc, Knapp Forshner, B.
R. Cobb, Geo. a! Law, W. W. Croft, A.
Taylor, F. S. McKown, 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 Summer
were decided the interclub meets between
the Fellsway, Ouannapowitt, Lynn and Dor-
chester Clubs. The last named club won the
elegant silver cup, the Fellsways finishing-
second : certainly very creditable work.

On the evening- of September 29, Presi-
dent Brooks was awarded the whip given
b}' the club as a prize to the member 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
clearing 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
Fellsways. Li fact, the story was never de-
nied that the real working secretary of the
driving- club was Mrs. Frank E. Morrison,
which probably accounted for the pains taken
in a complete record of tlie events that
transpired.

Iv. return for all this labor, the members
concluded that the least thev 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 w=is so voted.

At the very last meeting held bv the club
that year, in partial navment for the work
Mrs. Morrison had done, a Christmas and
New Year present was voted to be sent to
her in the form of a check calling for $20.

A 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 Bov,
owned bv M. A. 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

Li the nii.inth of January the first impor-
tant occasion was the annual banquet, held at
the Ouincy House, Boston, and, as in' the pre-
vious ones, were present officials from all
the neighboring driving clubs and the lead-
ing ]3oliticians of Somerville. After-dinner
speeches and vaudeville, with plenty of sing-
ing and music, made the evening a memor-
able one.

In February was held the ladies' night, with
dancing, luncheon, and an entertainment.
There was a 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 igio.

With committees present at the Quincy
House from each 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 driving club championship of
New England. All these events were to be
decided over the Medford track, and the five
clubs to take part were the Fellswav, Dor-
chester, Metropolitan, Ouannapowitt, and
Lynn. Froni 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 racins" days,
there being ten races on the card, with five
horses 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.
W. Thvng: third vice-president, George A.
Law; fourth vice-president. James S.
McRae; treasurer, Geo. M. Davis; secre-
tarv, Frank E. Morrison ; directors, James T.
Brooks, FTarrv W. Litchfield, William W.
Sprague, Charles M. Lockwood, B. R. Cobb,
Geo. N. Coyle, Frank S. McKown, A. Jame-
son. W. A. Rice, Chas. Forshner.

With the election of Mr. 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 craft
through the dangerous rapids in the early
davs of the club.

John W. Dorey was elected chairman of
the racing committee, and his work
throughout the Summer was very com-
mendable, giving satisfaction to all the mem-
i)ers that raced horses under his classifica-
tion.

Al a meeting held on May 18, Represen-

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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

i>resented '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 Fellsway 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 1910 were as fol-
lows :

Trotters
Championship citp — L. Fred Sanborn's Billy J. —

Fastest heat, i :o5.
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. II.

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 :o5.
I irst 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 sixty-three races, winning twenty firsts, twenty-

tv. o seconds, lifteen thirds and six times fourth.

SEASON OF 1911

The annual banquet took place on January
3, at the Hotel Langhain, it being thought
a good idea, for one season at least, to try 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 the
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 chaiupionship for individuals was
left to be determined at another session.

The annual election was on January 4, and
resulted in James T Brooks once more hav-
ing the position of president. The other
officers were as follows : First vice-presi-
dent, Chas. W. Thyng; second vice-presi-
dent, W. W. Sprague : third vice-president,
Harrv O. Davis: fourth vice-president. Asa
Pritchard ; treasurer, Geo. M. Davis ; secre-
tarv, Frank E. Morrison ; directors, Daniel
Paine, L. Fred Sanborn, W. W. Sprague, A.
K. D. French, Chas. W. Thyne, W. A. Rice,
Chas. M. Lockwood, Knapp Forshner, Geo.
A. Law, Harry W. Litchfield.

On Marcli 29, 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 differ-
ent driving clubs together for another
series of interclub meets, it having been
found that the Lynn and Ouannapowitt
Clubs 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 communication with the
Dorchester Club, with the object of arrang-

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65

ing' dates dnrino- tlie season for an interclul)
meet. This was later done, and a couple of
very excellent meetings were decided.

( )n Thanksgiving night was held the an-
nual dance and whist party, a large number
of members and their wives and guests be-
ing present. The afifair was sucli a success
that it was then decided to hold another the
next February.

While there were no prizes offered for the
season, yet the records were kept the same
as though silver cups were up 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 heat — L. Fred Sanborn's Fred C. — 1:063-4.
Fastest heat in seven races — James Hennessey's

Leach Girl — i :og.

First point — F. H. Odaras' 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 — 85.

Fifth point — A. H. French's Phyllis F. — tj.

Pacers

FpQtpst- FTpat 3 '^'^"'■"^ Coyle's Ella Hal— I :05
fastest Heatj^ jj_ Sprague's Outcast— i :oS

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 heals, winning twelve races and twenty-
nine heats.

SEASON OF 1912

On January 3 was held the annual election,
and quite 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 done
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 Rrown ; secretary, C. E. Twom-

bly; treasurer, (]eo. M. Davis; directors, C.
M. Lockwoocl, Dr. W. H. Hitchings, John
Stack]iole, Chas. Thyng, W. W. Spraguc,
Chas. R. Forshner, C. M. Marinoni, Geo. N.
Coyle, A. L. Baker, FL (3. Davis.

President Law took the chair immediately
upon his 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 labor in behalf of the organization
m the years they had so faithfully served in
their official capacities.

The annual bancjuet was held on February
20, at the Quincy 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
members 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,

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was engaged for the whist playing and danc-
ing.

On April ig, the club opened its racing-
season with an interclub 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 Ouan-
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
their 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. M. Marinoni, Chas. R. Forshner,
Chas. M. Lockwood, O. E. Linscott, John
Stockpole, H. A. Pero, C. E. Twombly, Geo.
N. Coyle. Chas. Thyng, E. H. Taylor.

On January 7, at the Quincy House, was
held the 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 burying 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 Eaw 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 ofifer 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-

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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 sixty-one
points to Fellsway's forty-eight, and Charley
King had to turn the track in i 104 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 ($5)— 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 ,m

Pom.

Pacers

Cup for fastest heat ( C M. Marinoni's Billy Baggs.

I :o7 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)— A. 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 inuch 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 horsemeti 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 Club 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 Ouanna-
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.

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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 i :o6, which, for so early 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 Quanna-
powitts, and the Quannapowitts 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 ihe club's
horses in prizes won :

Trotters

First point prize — C. E. Twombly's Doctor — 53.
Second point prize — E. A. Ware's Chubby Boy — 48.
Third point prize — M. Leach's Baron Gwynn — 34.
Fourth point prize — G. Horsman's Ed King — 28.
Fifth point prize — G. Reid's Nut Axworthy — 15.
Sixth point prize — W. J. Forsyth'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. A. Law's Fanny M. — 49.
Fourth point prize — L. J. Wood's John W. — 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 Croix's Little Dan — 36.
First prize for most starts — C, E. Twombly's Manila

Boy— 19.
Second prize for most starts — G. A. Law's Fanny

M.— 17.

FANNY M., 2:24 1-4
Always in the Thick of the Racing Battle, Both in Club and Interclub Meets

Owned by G. A. Law

Ladies' Auxiliary of the Fellsway
Driving Club

Top Row, reading from left to right:— Mrs. F. E. Morrison, Mrs. L. 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' Auxiliary of the Fellsway
Driving Club, and in numerous wayy
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 floats 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.

In 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. J. S. McRae; treasurer, Mrs.
F. S. McKown ; secretary, Mrs. 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

GEORGEIN. COYLE
One of 13 Who Organized the Club

FRANK E. MORRISON
Club's First Secretary

E. R. WHITMAN

C. M. LOCKWOOD

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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

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

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THE STABLES-READY FOR THE NEXT HEAT

The Old Colony Driving Club

THE Old Colony Driving Club,
from the humjjle 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 grovi'n 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 19 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 ]\Ir. Thayer, who stated the object of

the meeting, adjournment was taken to Odd
Fellows' Flail, 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 officials. 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

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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 the weekly meetings of the

PlititD by Chickcnng

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 useof
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.

While 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 W^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 outnunAering 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, 1908 — ^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 :il.

Class B, trot.

India Panis (French) 211

Willie J. (Cushman) I 2 2

Time— I :I3, i :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, i :i3 1-2, i :i3-

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Class D, trot.

Patricia (Fay) i I

Molly Pitcher (Reed) 2 2

Time — I :2o, i :26.
Class E, trot.

Queen Lily ( VVaite) I I

Billy P)Oy (Stocker) 2 2

Time — i :40 i-2, i :4i.
Class F, trot or pace.

Nina (Wilder) i i

Katrina ( French ) 2 2

Black Bess ( Baker) 3 3

Time — i 1:7, i :i8.
Class G, trot or pace.

Yankee Girl (Baker) I i

Mizoleta (Shaw) 2 2

Sontie (Oliver) 3 3

Time — i :29, i :23.
Class H, pace

Oeio (Soule) 2 i i

Scotch Oil ( Ford ) i 2 2

Time — i:igi-2, 1:15, 1:171-2.

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 the Brockton Club, with Dorchester, and
another interclub meet with Brockton during
the We)'mouth 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 2/, Old Colony won by 40 points to 37
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. Old
Colony 43 points, and Brockton 25 points.

During the season the trotting record was
reduced to i :oy, 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
I 107.

For the pacers. Winter quarters found the
record placed at i :o5. 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 Altro L., i : 10 9-10.
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 — i;i2i-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 J. 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.

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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 $10) 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. Olapp'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.

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
Beal's Young 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 Beat's Young Bayard.

Note.— In 1910 were held 234 races with 573 heats,
racing 398 trotters and 278 pacers.

SEASON OF 1910

The 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 Win. 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

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. Thayer's Altro L.

Pacers
Time cup— E. F, Mahar's Onward March.
Point cup— J. F. Hollis' Thistle.

Note.— In 191 1 were held 234 races with 553 heats,
racing 375 trotters and 291 pacers.

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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, D. Frank Daley, H. P. Hobart ; racing
committee, D. Frank Daley, chairman, J. W.

JAMES F. YOUNG
President 1912

Ford, G. A. French, J. J. 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 1912, 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 good 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, Ouincy, a banquet at which were in at-
tendance the presidents arid 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.

Time cup-
Point cup-

PRIZE WINNERS

Trotters
W. Ford's Willie John.
A. Cushman's Willie J.

Pacers
B. Reed's Edith R.
R. Anderson's Benjamin.
Note. — In 1912 were held 195 races with 472 heats,
racing 341 trotters and 2x6 pacers.

Time cup — J.
Point cup — I.

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.
AVilcox, 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
Cushinan.

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 Thayer not only used his influ-

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ence in every way in having the club grow
stronger in numbers and finance, but he used
his check book in increasing the quality 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 club 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
Quincy, 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 when 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 1910, 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.

With 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 August 16, in a race
against A^an Dyke, she equaled the track rec-
ord of -T :o7, 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 Winifred, the property of H. W.
VVaite, and driven by John Daley, won the

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race, and paced one of her heals 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 :04 by going to beat i :05.
Benjamin was the property of E. L. Edes, and
was driven in his successful effort 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
cup? for the season were awarded as follows :

PRIZE WINNERS
Trotters
Time cup — S. B. Totman's Kaldar.
Point cup — H. C. Thayer's Katherine 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 339 trotters and 215 pacers.

IjrilHantly than the others was the winning of
Benjamin in the fast ])acing class over Sister
Patch, the pacing queen of the Dorchester
Club, the gelding turning the track in i :o8
and I ;o7.

SEASON OF 1914

The annual election resulted as follows :
President, Henry P. Miller ; 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 tirst-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 pn 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 inore

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 off the event
in I -.oy 3-4 and i -.oy 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 :io 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 perform-
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 HoUis 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 :09 3-4, but afterwards Jack
Bingen was first in i 109 and i :og 3-4.

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Another split-heat race was that taken by
The Guy, of the Old Colony, who won the
second and third heats in 1:13 1-4 and 1:13,
after losing the first heat to George M., owned
and driven by O. C. Charles of the Dorches-
ters, in I :i6. Mary iVIc, 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 1 114, and then
the former catching the judge's eye in
I :i2 1-2 and i :ii 1-2.

The second interclub meet held between the
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 :o6,
thus beating the fastest time made by the
free-for-allers. Sister Patch then came to the
front, winning in i 107 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 stepping the circle in i :o8 3-4 and
1 :09.

An event not in the list of interclub races
was between Kaldar and Miss Lake, the lat-

ter owned 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
Old 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 — D. 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. A. Davenport's Sampson

Maid.
Open bridle (value $6) for winner of most heats —

C. E. Abbott'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 :o5.

Harness (value $35) for winner of greatest number
of points— T. E. McKenzie's Doubtful, 63 1-2.

Stop watch (value $15) for winner of second great-
est number of points — I. R. Anderson's Benjamin,

57 1-2.
Carriage robe (value $10) for fastest average time

in winning races — J. F. Young's Miss Vassar, aver-
age 1 :09 1-4.
Traveling bag (value $10) for vi-inner of most points

that never before competed in club's races — E. F.

Maher's Pauline.
Horse boots (value $7.So) 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. SPROUL
Secretary-Treasurer 1913-14

ts

iit

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., 2:11 3-4

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

BENJAMIN, 2:26 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 W.

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 Ouannapo\vitt
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
tlie 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. Macomber, H. A. Brackett,
George A. Shackford, J. B. Wilkinson, C. D.
Wells, Dr. C. H. Playdon, and A. H. Jewett.

The election of officers 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-
tar}^ 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 pieetings 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 Prank \V. 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 Metropohtan
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 :o5 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 :o9 1-2 and 1 107 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 Ouannapowitts 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 eiglit 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.

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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 ni
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-Wakefield 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 handicap
went to Nellie S., driven out by Belle Parks,
Vice-President Cowdrey'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 :o5, 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, M. F. Clarke;
vice-president, H. A. Brackett; treasurer,
William B. Pierce ; secretary, A. H. Jewett.

On July 16, the Lynn Club visited the
Ouannapowitt 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.

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SEASON OF 1912

The annual meeting and election resulted
as follows : President, M. F. Clarke ; vice-
president, J. B. Wilkinson; treasurer, A. H.
Jewett; secretary, H. W. Weymouth; clerk,
W. 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 Ouan-
napowitt, and during the Summer months the
weekly matinees over the Reading- Wakefield
track, which were up to the standard of pre-
vious years.

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, W. H. Weymouth;
clerk, W. 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 ofi:' 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.

On 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 ofifered 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 WINNER.S
Trotters

Club prize,

points — H

points.
President's prize cup for winning most races

C. D. Wells' Border W.— 7 races.

$10, for horse winning the most
P. Hubbard's Mary Robbins — 50

Pacers

Cup for horse starting in greatest number of
races and winning the most points — H. W.
Weymouth's Helen L. — 13 races, 48 points.

Dr. Playdon prize, $5 (consolation), for start-
ing in most races and winning fewest points —
N. M. Guiilow'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. W. Wey-
mouth ; clerk. Jason Zurikes ; directors. Dr.
Playdon, W. F. Gibbons, H. W. Weymouth,
M. F. Clarke, A. Simpson, H. P. Hubbard,
Fred Churchill, W. H. Nichols and N. M.
Gaillow ; racing committee, M. 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 members, 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, Lynn, 52 points; Quannapowitt, 43 points.

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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

DR. C. H. PLAYDON
President 1914

Boy, Crash and Mary Robbins. Crash, driven
by his owner, Mr. Tassinari, was given the in-
itial heat over the Ouannapowitt 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
iun. 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,
ft 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. Wood, 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, Ouannapowitt,
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, tlie Only Horse in Matinees Since Opening of Club.

A Big Winner of Cups and Blue Ribbons, and a Favorite witii

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

Sired by Seumanee.

HECTOR K., 2:29 1-4
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 Quannapowitt Club.

Owned and Driven by Fred Churchill

The Gentlemen's Drivin;
Club of Lynn

1904 1914

Rockdale Park, Peabody

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-
ings in the stable of Alden
Southworth (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 1904, 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 Club, such as clerk
and official starter.

These two zealous workers were fortified
by the able assistance of D. Fortin, S. Walter
Simonds, and Walter B. Moore, in the
carrying out of their ideas, and, it was under
Mr. Moore's suggestion that the club closely
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 : primarih^, 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 speedway
being in use only a few Winters and then
entirely abandoned.

The first meeting of the club was held
on June 26, 1904, when William La Croix

was elected president; Walter B. Moore
first vice-president; S. Walter 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 i
as first vice-president; S. W. Simonds, sec- |
ond vice-president ; Clifton Colburn treas- i
urer ; E. E. Bray, secretary, and S. G. Brown
as clerk.

The first annual banquet was held in Feb-
ruary, and particular attention was paid in
having present the officers and leading mem-
bers of other driving clubs in Greater, Bos-
ton. President F. J. Brand and Director

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J. W. Linnehan, 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 Da}-, 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
being 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. French, 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

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ill Fel)ruary, and, like the previous one, was
a great success. A party of twenty from the
Dorchester Ckib 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 in the
career of the club, matters of importance
following one another in rapid succession.
Of course, first came the annual election.
Dr. F. T- 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
hard work that was mapped out for the club
that year, the selection of Sam Brown was
made for first vice-president, while Elmer
E. Bray was elected second vice-president ;
Clifton Colburn, cashier of the Manufac-
turer's Bank of Lynn, was re-elected to the
office 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,
Fellsway 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 jsurchase of
this property was made possible through the
personal efforts and influence of the late
president, William La Croix, 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 $T,ooo 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 L)mn and surrounding districts.

On June 17 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 :

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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. W. Fogg's Lady Laurin,

I :03.
Point cup — J. G. Fadden's Sunderland King.

SEASON OF 1908

At the annual election Dr. F. J. Babljitt
was re-elected president ; first vice-president,
E. E. Bray; second vice-president, Eben B.
Phillips ; treasurer, Clifton Colburn ; secre-
tary, Charles Chamberlain ; 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 year to
come 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 awarded 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 -.oj 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 Cokeley'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 :os.

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. F. 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. Babbitt re-elected to fill
the oflice 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 (Tolburn ; 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
verv little of an unusual character to men-
tion, except the big interclub meets between
Lynn, Dorchester, Fellsway and Quannapow-
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 tmanimously elected at the annual meet-
ing, E. E. Bray filling the posifion of first

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vice-president; E. II. Thillips, second vice-
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 the 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, interclub 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
by entering his horse. Awning Boy, in a
three-quarter mile handicap race at Com-
bination Park, Medford. Then he was
very happily pleased with winning the race,
and the time was announced as 1 148. 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
Mr. AlcGovern carried his case before the
board of appeals of the N. T. A., in New
York, and they declared that inasmuch as
Awning P'oy had earned a record of i 148 it
would have to stand, making the gelding
eligible only for the free-for-alls. Nat-
urally, this ruling put Mr. McGovern out of
winning an}' of the rich stakes, like the M.
& M., the Massachusetts, etc.

The prize winners for the year of 1910
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
pary to interclub 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,

I :04 3-4, I :04 1-4.
Point cup — A. Hanson's Dewey Dumas.

SEASON OF 1912

Th.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. BRAY
President 1912

said he wanted to be a good fellow and
v/ould always have his heart's 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.

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His successor was Elmer E. Bra}-, 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 affair
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 Rray 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. Bray was firmly decided in the matter,
as he could not see where his valuable
services were now as necessary as in the
}ears 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, who 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 office of second vice-
president was eliminated, but for secretary
and treasurer, J. AI. Harriman was elected

EBEN B. PHILLIPS
President 1913

in place of Charles Chamberlain who had
lield 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 Combination 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 WiUie 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. Harriiuan

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Vv'as re-elected to the office of secretary and
treasurer, while A. B. Wood was appointed
clerk.

On being notified of his election, Pres-
ident Brown addressed the members in his
well known inimitable way, which frequently

SAMUEL G. BROWN
President 1914

brought forth prolonged applause from those
within hearing distance. The following is a
portion of his address :

"Fellow members of the Gentlemen's
Driving Club of L}'nn : 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 power 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. C'urrier of Lynn, win one of
llie events with the well known trotter, El
Paso.

"Even through the passing 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
T :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 B. 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 turning the course in i :oi 1-2.
Pat Haynes with a record of 2 107, was also
owned by a member of the Lynn Club. The
matinee trotter, Croesus, 2 :i9 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 :g3 1-2. The name of
Rose Mack was also conspicuous 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 Saturda_v afternoons in
1 :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-
vvray 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-

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laws and racing rules, taken from the clubs
I mention, are accountable to a great degree,

J. MARO HARRIMAN
Secretary-Treasurer 1913-14

if not entirely, to whatever success we have
had.

"In closing, I will say, furthermorv., while
we are still racing horses and holding prom-
inent interclub 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 man)^ of our en-
thusiasts 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 racmg horses 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 W., 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
races held in Greater Boston was
between the MetropoHtan and
Concord (N. H.) Driving Clubs
at the Charles River Speedway,
on February 12, 1907. The invitation to the
New Hampshire horsemen was given by the
members of the Mets in return for the royal
good time the home boys had had in the inter-
club meeting held in Concord on February
15. 1905.

While the day was the most severe of the
entire Winter, yet the footing could not have
been better than that day at Charles River, and
the visitors and home horsemen had a thor-
oughly enjoyable occasion. About eighty of
the husky sons of the Granite State came on
the first early train, and later trains brouglit
still more. The cold weather did not prevent
a large attendance at the speedway, the Sol-
diers Road being filled with sleighs of all de-
scriptions, while the sidewalks were lined with
spectators, all muffled to their eyes to keep
out the strong wind.

While there were twelve races scheduled,
yet the Concord members not having entries
in Classes E and F, it was decided by the
committee, comprised of members from the
two clubs, that in settling the afternoon's dis-
pute the club winning the most races in the
ten should be declared the conqueror.

The sport proved very thrilling, it being nip
and tuck for the honors to the very finish, the
Metropolitan horses scoring six of the ten
events through the excellent showing of Wil-
liam Emerson's pacing mare, Louise E., and
W. F. Bennett's gelding, Mardel, each of
which stepped heats in 31 seconds in defeat-
ing their speedy opponents.

The Concord Club, however, besides win-
ning four of the races, came in for additional
glory in capturing the A^an Naman cup for
the fastest heat of the day which went to the
rapid fire little gray gelding, Amos R., who
tramped of¥ the first heat in 30 1-2 seconds.

In connection with the racing there was a
carnival parade which was a pronounced suc-
cess. George Leonard gave a valuable silver
cup for the most "old-fashioned" rig on the
road, which was won by Miss Margaret W.
Pope, the red ribbon going to Mrs. Benjamin
Pope, and the yellow ribbon to A. L. Power.
There were twenty entries in this class. The
prize for the best pony turn-out was won by
Miss Agatha Kendall, of Brookline. A special

prize for a double-seated sleigh was awarded
to Caleb Chase, who with his family occupied
an elegant vis-a-vis, drawn by a pair of short-
tailed horses.

In the evening a bancjuet was held at the
Quincy House. Nearly 300 sat down to the
dinner, and everyone had a jolly good time.
Compliments were showered upon the Met-
ropolitan Club by President H. H. Dudley and
other members of the Concord Club. The first
speaker of the evening was Ma3'or Fitzgerald,
who eulogized the horse, and was enthusias-
tically received. Perhaps the most important
speech was that of Chairman de Las Casas
of the Metropolitan Park Commission. Mr.
de Las Casas went into the history of the
building of the Charles River Speedway. Pres-
ident Newbert of the Dorchester Club spoke
in favor of holding a big convention of all the
driving clubs of New England in this city at
an early date. Other speakers were A. S.
Perrin of Buffalo, Edwin A. Bayley and T.
Lee Quimby. Summary of the races :

Charles River Speedway, Feb. 12, 1907 — Class A,
pacing.
Hugh Tallent's b. m., Canterbury Girl (Tal-

lent) C I 1

A. J. Furbush's ch. g., C. E. Jordan (Furbush)

B 2 2

D. J. Nelligan's b. g., Major (Nelligan) B .. 33

L. N. Cushman's br. m., B 4 4

Time— 33s., 32 1-45.

Class B, trotting.

L. A. Bean's ch. g.. Captain (Bean) B i i

W. G. Corbett's ch. m.. Wavelite (Corbett) B 3 2

J. E. Marston's b. g., William L. (Marston) C 2 3

H H. Cook's b. g., Billy Ross (Cook) B.... 4 4

Time— 33 1-4S., 33 1-45.

Class C, pacing.
M. P. Collins' ch. g., Apollo (Collins) B., 2 i i
M. A. Nevens' b. g., Gen. Fiske (Nevens)

B I 3 2

H. F. Hathaway's b. g., Albertson (Hatha-
way) C 3 2 3

Time— 34s., 35s.. 33 i-4s.

Class D, trotting.
P. J. Cronin's ch. g., Ned West (Dr. Cro-

nin) B i 4 i

G. P. Smith's ch. g., Sunolo Dudley (Dunt-

ley) B 2 I 3

J. E. Doherty's ch. g., Alclay H. (Bigley)

J-j A 2 2

J. M. E. Morrill's b. m., Helvetia (Mor-
rill) B 3 3 5

J. E. Fitzgerald's b. g.. Vesper (Fitzger-
ald) B 6 6 4

C. G. Newcomb's br. g., Geo. Lee (New-
comb) B 5 r g

Time— 34 3-4S., 37 1-45., 34 3-43.

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

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Class E, pacing
H. G. Kilkenney's b. m., Angle Wilkes (Kil-

kenney) C i I

H. G. Reid's b. g. Colbath (Reld) 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., BinjoIIa (Trout) B.... 3 i i
A. H. Fitoh'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) E.... 2 2

William La Croix's b. g., Max C. (Trout) B.. 3 3

Time— 34s , 33 i-2s.

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 (D'untley) C 3 3

F. C. Garmon's b. g., Hulman (Garmon) B.. 44

Time— 33 3-43., 32 1-4S.

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.

i

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., 31s.

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 2 2 2

John Cruikshank's b. g., Stam B. (Cruik-

shank ) C 4 4 4

Time— 321-43, 33 I-4S., 33s.

Class R, Pacing

G. W. Rice's g. g., Amos R. (Rice) C i i

William La Croix's g. g., Tiger (Trout) B.. 2 2
Arthur H. Parker's b. h, Hal Ensign (Ralston)

B 3 3

Time — 301-25., 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-
Waketield 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 the 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 :o9 3-4 ; Talpa, 2 109 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-
way, 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
1 :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 :04 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 hoine 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-

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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-

GENERAL, 2:31 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 heat
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
the 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 1 104 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 1 109 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 Qub 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 1 107 3-4 to win their
respective events.

POINTS WON IN INTERCLUB MEETS

Clubs Dor. Fells. Lynn. Quann.

First Matinee 45 32 30 II

Second Matinee .... 35 24 36 12

Third Matinee 36 33 31 20

Fourth Matinee .... 36 42 30 2

Total Points 152 131 127 45

Combination Park, 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 :lo 1-2, i :ii

Class B, pacing.

Edith R., ch. m. (Rideout) F l I

Go See, b. g. (Gushee) D 2 2

Chesterhallis, blk. 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.

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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 :05. 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 :07 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 3 2 2

Charlena, b. m. (Blaney) L 4 4 3

Time — i :05 1-4, i :04 3-4, i :os 1-2.

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 :05, 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 :ii.

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 :09, i :io.

Rockdale Park, Peabody, 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, 1 :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 — i :i3 1-2, i :io 1-2.

Class C, trotting.
Billy Ross, b. g. (Bailey and Furbush) D.. 3 i i

Awning Boy, b. g. (McGovern) L i 2 2

Tower Boy, b. g. (Pero) F 233

Time— I : 12 1-2, 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 323

Time— I :ii, 1 :I4 1-2, I :ii i-4.

Class E, trotting.

Forrest W., br. g. (Cokeley) L Walk-over

Time— I :i0 3-4, i :ii.

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— 1 :o8 3-4, i -O/.

Class G, trotting.

Nancy Nelson, ch. m. (Small) L 1 I

Louise G., b. m. (Bailey) D 2 2

Time — I :09, i :o9.

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 — 1:12, 1:12.

Class L trotting.

Croesus, b. g. ( Phillips) L 2 I i

Clown Prince, ch. g. (Coakley) D i 2 2

Time — I :00. i :ii. I 'oy.

Class J, pacing.

Directumwood, b. g. (Eldredge) D i I

Lady Laurin, b. ra. (Young) L 2 2

Time — i :o6 1-2, i :o8 1-2.

Class K, pacing.

Edith R., ch. m. (Rideout) F ". . I i

Aintree, b, g. (Bailey and Furbush) D 2 2

Time— 1 :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 3 2 3

Time — i :o8, i :o7 3-4, i :o7 1-2.

Wakefield-Reading P.'vrk, August 21, 1909

Class A, pacing.

Go See, b. g. (A. S. Gushee) D 2 i

General Fiske, b. g. (W. W. Croft) F.... i 2

Charlena, b. m. (C. C. Blaney) L 3 3

Ada B., b. ra. (H. C. Barrows) Q 4 4

Time — l :o7 1-2, I :o6 3-4, i :07 1-4.

Class B, trotting.

Baron Patch, b. g. (W. J. Fitzgerald) D I

Autobon, b. g. (G. Davis) F 2

Forrest W., br. g. (George Cokeley) L 3

Oilwood, b. g. (C. H. Bolton) Q 4

Time — i :I2, i :io 3-4.

, Class C, pacing.

Reliance, b. g. (F. M. Burke) L o i

Directumwood, b. g. (T. J. Griffin) D o 2

Pat L., ch. g. (E. R. Whitman) F 3 3

Time— I :04 3-4, i :04 3-4, i :03 1-2.

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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 :il, i :io, i :io

Class E, pacing.

Lady Laurin, b. m. (T. W. Fogg) L i i

Cascade, br. g. (J. W. Coakley) D 2 2

Edith R., ch. m. (H. W. Litchtield) 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. ra. (H. B. Hubbard) Q 3 2

Amy, b. g. (Paine) F 2 3

Time — i :I2, i :i4 1-4.

Class G, pacing.

Onward March (A. H. Fitch) D i i

We Lead (M. Healey) F ' 3 2

Belle Park (J. B. Wilkinson) Q 2 3

Time — i :07 3-4, i :o8.

Class H, trotting.

Altro L., bik. 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 :og 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 — i :09. i :io.

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,

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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.

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 — i :I4, I :I5, I :IS.

Combination Park, Medford, Sept 25, 1909.
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 114.

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 — i ;io, 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 :i3.

Class D, trotting.

The Jap, wh. g. (Furbush) D i i

Amy, 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 1

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 ;07.

Class L pacing.

My Star, ch. g. (Hickey) D I i

Independence, b. g. (Nelson) F 2 2

Time — i :I7 1-4, I :i3.

Class J, pacing.

Louise G., b. m. (Furbush) D i i

The Welchman, b. g. (Forshner) F 2 2

Time — l :i2 3-4, i :i2 1-2.

Class K, trotting.

Croesus, br. g. (Phillips) L i i

Billy J., b. g. (Sanborn) F 2 2

Carl C, b. g. (Hickey) D 3 3

Time— I :07 3-4, i :09 3-4.

Class L, pacing.

Louise E., b. m. (Fox) F i i

Lady Laurin, b. m. (Page) L 2 2

Time — i :o7 3-4, i :o8.

Class M, pacing (for Dorchester Driving Club
horses).

Bud Posey, b. g. (Richardson) i i i

Rosemont, b. m. (Eldredge) 2 2 3

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 1910 over-
tures were made to the Metro-
politan 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, when the matinee
season opened, or later during the matinees,
the following galaxy of equine stars were
among those entered in the events. Trotters —
Chase, 2:07 1-4; Mack Mack, 2:08; Monroe,
2:10 1-2; Peter Sterhng, 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, 2:19 1-2, and Dehesia.
2:23 1-4, did not have as fast a record as
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, 2:031-2; Cas-
cade, 2:06 1-2; Edwin S., 2:08; Frank S.,
2:08 1-4; Louise G., 2:08 1-2; Phoebon W.,
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; Aintree, 2.10 3-4; Dean
Swift, 2:12 1-4; Johnny Smoker, 2:12 1-2;
Lady Laurin, 2:131-2; Charley King,
2:141-4; and Decima Deane, 2:141-4.

The first matinee was held on July 9, and
the honors for the afternoon went to Lynn
with 30 points. Fellsway getting 24, Metropol-

CHARLEY KING, 2:14 1-4
Winner of Four Races in Five Starts in Big Interclub Meets of 1910. Owned and Driven

by Adna T. Wheelock

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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 :o4 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 ofif with a heat in
I :o7 ; 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. Li 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 ofif a heat in
I :05 in her event, as did Aintree in his class.
The best work by the trotters was The Sailor-
man winning his heat in 1 105 1-4, Rose Mack
a heat in i :o6, and Dehesia one in i -.oy.

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 27 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 i :o5, 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 successfull}'
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. When 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 :o4 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 :o3 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 1 103 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 ofl^ the first heat
in 1 :03 3-4, and was then barely beaten by
Lady Laurin in i ;o3 1-4 and i 104 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 :04 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 off Pointer Patchen, the
final heat being in i :04 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 104.

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 t :o6. Geiger. from
the iMetropolitan, in his event reeled off a trip
in I :o6. Rose Mack and Monroe each did a
heat in i :o6 1-4, and Willie John kept busy

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the second heat of his race by negotiating it in
I :o6 1-2.

The points for this session stood: Met-
ropohtan 31, Fellsvvay 27, Lynn 22, Dorches-
ter 21, and Quannapowitt 6.

The linal interclub 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 Fellsway, 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 i 104 1-2,
and Charley King in i :o4 1-2.

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POINTS WON IN INTERCLUB MEETS.

CLUBS Mets. Fells. Lynn Dor. Quann.

First Matinee .... 22 24 30 21 14

Second Matinee .. 8 13 9 ir 13

Third Matinee .... 29 18 22 22 18

Fourth Matinee . . 30 27 19 26 6

Fifth Matinee .... 31 27 22 21 6

Sixth Matinee .... 25 26 28 21 11

Total Points ... 145 135 130 122 68

First Matinee, 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. Trout) M d 2 ^

Ada B., b. m. (H. C. Barrows) Q 5 3 4

Time — i :o7 1-2, i :oS 1-4, i '07.

Class B, trotting.

Geiger, blk. g. (A. J. Furbush) M t i

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 :09 1-2, i 109 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

Mixedwood, 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 S ,S

Time — i :o7, i :07 1-2.

Class E, pacing.

Reliance, b. g. (E. B. Phillips) L i i

Aintree, 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. Adams) M 4 dr

Time — I :05 1-2, i 105.

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 :07, i :o6 1-2.

Class G, pacing.

Billy C, b. g. (W. C. Clark) L 2 i l

Johnny Smoker, blk. g. (H. B. Ralston) M i 5 2

Prairie Queen, b. -m. (J. R. Trazier) D.... 5 2 3

Harry Wilkes, b. g. (Fred Rideout) F.... 3 3 4

Maud F., blk. m. (D. Leary) Q 4 4 5

Time — i ;o6 1-2, I :o8, i :o6. .

Class H, trotting.

The Sailorman, b. g. (William La Croix) L.. 11

Victor 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 :o5, i :os.

Class I, pacing.

Charley King, blk. g. (A. T. Wheelock) D. . i i

Emily, b. ra. (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 :o4 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. CuUen) L 5 5

Time — i :o8, i :07.

Second Matinee, 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 — i :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, l :o6 3-4.

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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 1-2, i ;o8 1-2.

Class D, pacing.

Billy Baggs, r. g. (M. F. Clark) Q i 3 I

Decima Deane, b. m. (F. E. Morrison) F. . 5 i 4

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 — 1 :05 3-4, I :ci6.

Third Matinee, July 2^^141910.
Combination Park, Medford, Class A, trotting.

Dehesia, b. m. (Thomas F. Brady) Q i i

Hawkins, blk. g. (E. H. Merrow) F 2 2

Willie John, br. g. ( W. J. Ford) D 3 3

Time — l :o8, l :07.

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) U 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 l

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 5

Young Chimes, b. g. (K. Forshner) F.... 5 4 4

Time— I :04. i 104 3-4, i ;05 3-4.

Class E, trotting.

The Sailorman. b. g. (William La Croix) L.. i I

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 :os 3-4, i -.0$ 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

Lady 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 105.

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 :og, 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 :os, i :os 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' — i :io 1-4, i :lo 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 :o7 1-4, i :07 1-2.

Fourth Matinee, August 6, 1910.
Combination Park, Medford, Class A, pacing.

Harry Wilkes, b. g. (F. Rideout) F i i

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, i :07 3-4.

Class B, trotting.

Geiger, blk. g. (Bailey) M i i

Baron Patch, b. g. (W. J. Fitzgerald) D.... 2 2

Awning 603% 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.... l 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 :o5, 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 105 1-2, i :05.

Class F, trotting.

Chase, b. g. (Chauncy Sears) M l 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 — l 103 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) E) 4 2

Phoebon W., br. g. (A. C- Furbush) M 3 4

W. H. B., b. g, ( W. H. Bird) Q 55

Time — i :o5 1-4, I :05.

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Class H, trotting.

Klondyke, 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 s 5 5

Time — 1:081-2, 1:07, 1:061-2.

Class I, pacing.

Charley King, blk. g. (A. T. Wheelock) D.. i I

jMiss Cadmus, b. m. (A. C. Furbush) M.... 3 2

Mixedwood, blk. g. (M. J. Healey) L 2 4

Young Chimes, b. g. (K. Forshner) F 4 3

Maud F., blk. m. (D. Leary) Q S 5

Time — i :o6, 1 :o6 r-4.

Class J, trotting.

Willie John, br. g. ( W. J. Ford) D I i

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 :07, i :07.

Fifth M,\tinee, August 13, 1910.
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 — I :o6 3-4, i :o6 1-2, i :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 :a6 1-4, i :o6 1-4, i :q6 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 — i :03 3-4, i :03 1-4, i :04 1-2.

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) F 3 4 5

Maxine, b. m. (Gibbons) Q -5 5 4

Time — I ;o9 3-4, 1 :o7 1-2, i :o6.

Class H, pacing.

Edwin S., ch. g. (Bailey) M : i

Billy Patten, b. g. (O'Neil) F 3 2

lone, b. m. (Eldredge) D 2 5

Mixedwood, blk. g. (Healey) L 4 3

Flarry M., g, g. (Churchill) Q 5 4

Time — i :04 1-2, i :o4 1-2.

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Class I, trotting.

Willie John, b. g. (Ford) D 4 i i

Little Bill, b. g. (Ralston) F i 3 2

Victor 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 s

Pointer Patchen, ch. g. (Sullivan) F 4 3 2

Billy C, b. g. (Clark) L 5 2 3

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 ,1

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 E. 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 Grayes) 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 :05, I :03 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

Time — i :o6 1-4, i :o4 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 — i :07 1-2, i :07.

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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 103 1-2, I :oi 1-2. .

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 :07 3-4, i 107.

Class H, pacing.

Mixedwood, blk. g. (M. J. Healey) L i i

Manila Boy, b. g. (J. W. Wentworth) 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. (VV. 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 PatcheUj ch. g. (J. Sullivan) F 3 2

Billy 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 5

Time — i :o6, 1 104 1-2.

Kenoza Club Defeats Fellsways by
Taking Four of the Races

ON 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-
chib meet, which resulted in the visi-
tors taking four of the seven races, al-
though the Fellsways succeeded in capturing
five 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 :o6 1-4, owned by Warren Kimball,
of Haverhill, Dr. Chase, 2:101-4, owned by
L. F. Sanborn, and Demarest, 2 :o6 1-4, the
property of W. J. McDonald, the last two
named racing under the colors of the Fells-
way. Wilkes Heart reeled ofif the race in
straight heats, driven out by Dr. Chase, and
made the fastest time of the afternoon,
I :o8 1-2, I -.og. 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, 1911. — 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 :li 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 — I :i6 1-4, I :i4 3-4.

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 -.13.

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 i

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

(Ily, Edward E. Cogswell)

For seven years Mr. Cogsivell was Turf Edi-
tor of the Boston Traveler, and for eight years
held a similar position on the Boston American.
He zvas Neiu England correspondent for the
Horse Revietv, Trotter and Pacer, and the Asso-
ciated Press during these years. Before taking
up neivspaper zvork Mr. Cogszvell conducted a
public training stable at Beacon Park, at Mystic
Park and in the employ of such noted breeders
as B. D. IVhitcomb, IV. H. Moody, Com. George
Perkins, etc.. rvinning one season the John B.
Clarke prise in loivering all Neiv Hampshire
records by a trailer bred in the Granite State.
This he accomplished zvith the mare Thetis. Mr.
Cogszvell luas born in Ro.vbury, Mass., and is en-
rolled as an Honorary Member in the Metro-
politan, Dorchester, and Fellszvay Driving Clubs.

UHLAN, I :S8, the fastest trotter in
the world, as is very well known,
was bred by Arthur H. Parker,
owner of the Shawsheen River
Stock Earm, Bedford, Mass.
In the Eall of 1900 Mr. Parker purchased
from Dr. H. L. Alderman, of Lexington,
Mass., 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 disappointing 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 Eall of 1905,
and then started working him to cart, but the
only gait he seemed to have was a saddle gait,
and it took McGrath 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 -.ly.
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 Mr. Parker named $2,500. Two or three
days later Mr. Parker worked Uhlan a mile
for Mr, Sanders in 2 :2o, 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.

LIhlan's racing career in 1908, 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 2:071-4.

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

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2 :oi 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 :58 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 :58, 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 'w^hizz.' 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 highly 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 :os 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 days 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
ashe could go. Sometimes he would only do
this once, sometimes he would do it two or
three times, and he was generallv allowed to
have his way about it. This, as much as any-
thmg, made him always have his speed with
him. His track work was chiefly given him

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with a view of cnahliiMi' 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, AUie,
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 oS, 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

lireak, was absolutely dependal)le 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 sufiicient. 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. G. 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- -Breeder of 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 Uhlan was bred, is one of
the best locations in the vicinity of Boston
for the rearing and developing of young
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,
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land 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. Parker 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 il'iis
track is excellent, fully ecjual 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 possibly believ-
ing that with a different driver the horse
will be able to trot faster.

When Mr. Parker decided to become the
breeder of the trotting horse, his advent was
most spectacular. None present at the
Readville sale will forget his purchase of the
great stallion, Bingen, 2:06 1-4, for $32,000.
it was immediately recognized that a new
Roman had entered the breeding field.
Other stallions that he has owned were AU-e-
wood, 2:09 1-2; The Aloma, 2:10 1-4; and
Hal Ensign, 2:15 1-2.

In 1914, the stallions the property of Mr.
Parker were Cochato (3), 2:11 1-2; Peter
Red, 2:11 1-2; Aquilin, 2:19 3-4; and Prince
McKinney.

While Mr. Parker has bred less than
Sixty foals, therefore not a large breeder by
any means, yet his success has been phenom-
enal, as, outside of U'hlan, he 'has bred,
owned, and raced the following performers
of note, a review of which will show even to
the novice the high quality of the material
brought out at Shawsheen River Farm :

The Huguenot, 2 107 3-4 ; Billy Patten,
2:09 1-2; Annie Leyburn, 2:10 1-2; Little
Better, 2:11 1-4; Aconite, 2:12 1-2; Miss
McGregor, 2:13; Lexington (matinee), 2:15;
Susiewood, 2:15 1-4; Czarine Bingen,
2:16 T-2; Gun Metal, 2:16 1-4; The Alder-
man, 2:16 1-2; Hazelwood, 2:19 1-4; Peter

Pliolo Ironi Jiosloii H'/rald — liisct [rorii Boston Jouciial

UHLAN Defeating HAMBURG BELLE in Big Race at Readville Track on Sept. 3, 1909
Robert C. Proctor, Driver of Uhlan, Shown in Inset

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Reed, 2:19 1-4; Blackwood, 2:21 1-2; Acco-
!on, 2:191-4; Joe Idleman, 2:221-2; Holly
Tree (i), 2:25 1-4; Thomas Aquinas (3),
2:21 1-4; and Cochato Brave, 2:23 1-4.

Mr. Parker served on the board of direc-
tors of the New England Trotting Horse
Breeders" Association, and became a member
o," the Metropolitan Driving Club in 1906.
He is also a member of the Gentlemen's
Driving Club of Boston. Frequentl}' he
slips over to the Charles River Speedway
with one of his speedy trotters, a two or
three-year-old, and captures a few blue rib-
bons from the aged trotters.

Uhlan's first season to sleigh will be re-
membered by those who saw him at the
speedway. Other victories with the young-
sters Mr. Parker owned and drove there were
with Aconite, Gun Metal, The Alderman, etc.
Mr. Parker resides at the Shawsheen River
Farm, Bedford, Mass.

ROBERT C. Proctor- -Trainer of Uhlan

Much could l)e written of Robert C. Proc-
tor, the man who took Uhlan the Fall he
was a three-year-old, and developed and
raced him up to the time he was sold to Mr.
Billings, as he has spent his entire life with
horses.

He was born in Lexington, Ky., in 1857,
and received his education in the local
schools of his native city. When still a mere
youth he engaged with H. P. McGrath, of
Lexington, Ky., to ride running horses. He
then trained colts on the leading stock farms
in Kentucky until 1893, when he came North,
becoming head trainer for Frank Jones at
Portsmouth, N. H., and he developed and
drove in races while there Tom Boy,
2:10 1-2; Mickey, 2:20; Vendetta, 2:20 1-2;
Forrester, 2:22 1-4; Light Moon, with which
he was second in 2:11, etc.

In 1897 he opened a public training stable
at Readville track, where he is still located.
Among the best ones he developed and cam-
paigned at Readville, to the close of 1914,
can be named The Leading Lady, which he
gave a world's three-year-old record of 2 :o7 ;
Sir Todd, 2:10 3-4; Nellie Temple, 2:05 1-4;
Albia, 2:083-4; Bergen (3), 2:101-2: Bethel,
2:161-4; Miss Pratt, 2:171-4; Newton,
2:17 1-..1 : The Minute Man, 2:21 1-4; Bismya.
2:09 1-4, winner of five races in 1813; Bon
Vivant (3), 2:10 1-4; High Private (3),
2 -.2^ 3-4, etc. Mr. Proctor resides at Read-
ville, Mass.

CHAPTER n

Incidents in the Life of George W.
Leavitt, the Noted Horsemati

GEORGE W. LEAVITT, New
England's foremost horseman,
was born in Pembroke, Me. He
left home when twenty-one years
of age and went to Readville,
where he worked in an iron foundry for four
years. Then he returned to Pembroke for a
year, came back to Boston and got a job
as conductor on the horse cars that, at the
time, ran on Shawmut Avenue. After this he
sold lubricating oils on the road. Dogs got to
be his stronghold for a while. He owned the
champion of them all, the Irish setter Elcho,
Jr., and his full sister, Norine, 2d. Elcho was
exhibited all over the country, winning blues,
until finally Mr. Leavitt sold him to Dr. Jar-
vis, of Claremont, N. H., for $1,775.

From his first years of understanding he
was passionately fond of a good horse; in
fact, when in his boyhood days, the only way
that his father could get him to do any work
was by bringing a horse into the occa-
sion. Whenever the senior Mr. Leavitt could
spot a wood pile a long way from home, he
would buy, with the object of having George
kept busy and out of mischief in hauling it.
Then when selling oils, he became more and
more identified with horses, till finally he gave
up the road and devoted his entire time to
his fancy.

In his chosen vocation Mr. Leavitt met
with pronounced success, not only for him-
self, but for those who used his keen horse
judgment in obtaining stallions and brood
mares for stock farms, or racing material with
the object of capturing rich stakes on the turf.

It was through his judgment that Col. John
E. Thayer bought Ralph Wilkes, 2 :o6 3-4,
that held, with Bingen, 2 :o6 1-4, the world's
trotting record for five-year-old stallions of
2 :o6 3-4, and later he induced Colonel Thayer
to purchase Baron Wilkes, 2:18, acting as his
agent in securing the two famous stallions. It
was Mr. Leavitt who prevailed on J. Malcolm
Forbes to buy Bingen, who got Charles Whit-
temore to bring May King, 2 :20, from Ken-
tucky, who bought and managed successfully
a racing stable for A. S. Bigelow, and who
was entirely responsible for the purchase of
Peter the Great, 2:07 1-4, by his present
owner.

These are a few examples of his keenness
in picking the wheat from the chafif when
buying weanlings, yearlings and two-year-
olds, as the majority of his purchases have
been. Just to resume for a moment, there

GEORGE W. LEAVITT
A Horseman with a National Reputation

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passed through his hands when young and un-
tried the noted Sadie Mac, 2:06 1-4; Todd,
2:14 3-4, sold for $30,000 at auction; Early
Bird, 2:10, one of the best race horses ever
brought to New England; Cochato, 2:11 1-2,
winner of the $10,000 Charter Oak Futurity ;
Bob Douglas, 2 104 1-2, winner of the same
stake and bred by Mr. Leavitt ; Dolly Bid-
well, 2:081-2, winner of the $10,000 Roger
Williams stake ; Guinette, 2 105 ; Gordon
Prince, 2:05 1-2; Will Leyburn, 2:06; Terrill
S., 2 :o8 1-4, etc., and with one or two excep-
tions all picked when in their colthood days.

Mr. Leavitt has never personally trained
horses, still the fact is generally known that
he directs the amount of work and care which
those under his management are given by his
trainer. To a single move he is the "boss" in
what shall be done on the track and in the
stable. Even is this carried so far by him that
so far as possible he dictates to the trainer
how he wishes the races driven. How won-
derful is his judgment in this sphere of the
horse proposition has been proved through
his success with a racing stable of his own,
under Jere O'Neil, and later in the manage-
ment of whatever other horses he has con-
trolled when being campaigned.

As the manager of stallions in service he
certainly is king. In the line of a "stud boss
man" his repuation cannot be equaled. There
have been Bill Simmons with his George
Wilkes, 2 :22, Williams with AUerton, 2 :09 1-4,
Nelson with his namesake. Nelson, 2 roQ, but
there has never before been a Leavitt, or his
like, in the bringing forward to the limelight
of publicity a stallion.

"Give Leavitt a well-bred stud and he will
fill his book in a country where mares are
scarce as hen's teeth," is a saying among those
who are acquainted with what he has done
with the stallions that have been placed under
his jurisdiction.

He was the father of Bingen when in the
stud at the Forbes' Farm; he was the father
of Todd when in Kentucky and at the John-
son Farm, and he fathered Cochato in Ken-
tucky and at the Johnson Farm.

How much Mr. Leavitt is appreciated by
the Kentucky horsemen is related by An-
drew G. Leonard, the prominent Kentucky
turf correspondent, as follows :

"When Mr. Leavitt purchased Bingen,
the colt, while a fast youngster, had attracted
practically no attention among the horsemen
m Kentucky, in fact he was criticised for
what was termed his lack of judgment. After
Bingen had trotted in his two-year-old form,
in 2:121-2, and had shown his ability to
lower the then existing two-vear-old record

held by Arion, his judgment was applauded,
and when in after years this wonderful stal-
lion had founded the greatest family in the
trotting register, had sired the peerless
Uhlan, the greatest of all trotters, and had
seen his sons and grandsons famous in the
stud, a full realization was had of Mr.
Leavitt's foresight. He is practically respon-
sible for the Bingen tribe, for the probabili-
ties are that the colt in other hands would
never have become a great race horse, nor
would he in all likelihood have found the op-
portunities that were given him in his New
England home.

"In developing Todd into a speed marvel
in his colthood, and in sending the son of
Bingen and Fanella to Kentucky, Mr.
Leavitt made it possible for this wonderful
horse to become the most phenomenal sire
of his age who ever lived. The influence
made by Todd on the breeding industry in
Kentucky is incalculable, for while this horse
died when verv young and made but three
seasons in the Blue Grass state, he numbers
among the members of his family many
champions. He himself in the first genera-
tion was an extraordinary success, while his
sons and grandsons, his daughters and his
granddaughters have found places in almost
every important breeding establishment in
the land.

"Perhaps the most notable achievement in
his career as a horseman was the selection of
The Northern Man, which he owns in part-
nership with John W. Nash, proprietor of
Sledmere Farm. Lexington, Ky. Here was
a horse who, while he was beautifully bred
and a speed marvel as a youngster, had
through adverse circumstances been practi-
cally forgotten. George Leavitt believing
firmly in his ability as a sire, purchased a
controlling interest in him and immediately
set to work to vindicate his judgment. His
first step was to give the horse a record, and
although suffering from an ailment incurred
by injudicious handling in his colthood, the
stallion gained a mark of 2:061-2 with less
work than is usually given a horse in prepar-
ing him for a mile in 2 :30. After this had
been accomplished Mr. Leavitt, v\dio is by
all odds the shrewdest manager of a trotting
stallion who ever lived, brought to his horse
many of the most noted brood mares in the
land, and today there is no more popular sire
in Kentucky, or one who has a greater num-
ber of richly-bred promising youngsters of
individuality and speed.

"George W. Leavitt is not only a practical
horseman, but he has all the theoretical
knowledge that is so essential in the success

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of a breeder. He possesses that intuition
which prompts him to choose the best ma-
terial at an undeveloped age. and without
which no great horseman is ever found. His
extraordinary success in selecting really
wonderful horses has had nothing to do with
luck, for so unerring is his judgment, so pro-
found his information, so keen his eye for the
good quahties of a horse, that he has been
able to select prizes in the way of horse ilesh,
which others would have overlooked. He
understands the breeding problem thorough-
ly, recognizes blood lines which nick well to-
gether, is a rare judge of individuality, is
quick to see unsoundness and has no su-
perior, if indeed he has an equal, as a judge
of gait. It can truthfully be said of George
Leavitt that he is a practical all around horse-
man, with few equals and no superiors, and
these qualities are extremely rare. His repu-
tation for integrity can best be realized from
the fact that he has the largest clientele of
any man in New England and, probably in
the United States, and the men that have
dealt with him continue to do so, trusting
implicitly in his judgment and his loyalty to
their interests.

"Personally he is the best of companions,
with a fund of information regarding the
horse, a ready wit, which has made him
many friends and has never wounded. He
numbers among his acquaintances many of
the most influential men of aiifairs in this
country, his advice is constantly sought, and
his judgment deferred to. He has seen the
great trotters and pacers of the past and the
present, and his breeding operations, now
conducted more extensively than ever in his
life, are bound to have an influence on pos-
terity."

Up to twenty-four years ago Mr. Leavitt
was a moderate drinker, a habit he began
when a boy in Maine and followed up to the
time named, since when not a drop of liquor,
wine or malt has passed his lips. This swear-
ing ofif came through a particular friend of
his, John H. Kimball, of Hillsboro, N. H.,
betting one day in the Quincy House in Bos-
ton with Mr. Leavitt that he could not go a
year without drinking.

Well, the $i,occ — $500 each — was placed in
the safe at the hotel. When the year was out
Mr. Leavitt mailed a check to Mr. Kimball
for the amount he had wagered, as the win-
ning of it was so soft that he did not feel like
accepting his friend's money. It was, too, be-
cause it was so easy for him to get along
without it that from that time he has never
indulged.

Mr. Leavitt frequently mentions happenings

a couple of which may not prove uninterest-
ing, as follows :

"It was at Mystic Park when Jere O'Neil
had the three-year-old Lycurgus. Arriving at
the track with a party in a barouche, Jere in-
formed me that he wasn't going to start the
colt, as there were thirteen in the race, and he
had no chance of winning even a piece of the
purse. I told him to start. It had cost me $50
to parade with that bunch, and I intended to
get a race for my money. When it came to
drawing positions, Lycurgus was given last
place to score from.

"A nephew of mine was at the track. I
was particularly anxious to keep him away
from the barouche, so we could enjoy our-
selves. Thus it was when he came over and
said that Lycurgus was only selling for a dol-
lar in pools of over a hundred, I told him to
go over and buy some in order to get rid of
him. Lycurgus won the race, however, and
my nephew had bought nine of those tickets.
Perhaps the welkin didn't ring that night."

For a great number of years the police of
Boston had been bothered by citizens being
held up and robbed when crossing the South
Boston bridge of evenings. One of the first
to make the plan successful, and one of the
few holdups in which the police were not noti-
fied, was carried through by Mr. Leavitt. It
happened in this way :

Through hard work he had sold a horse for
a resident of the State of Vermont, the mu-
tual agreement having been that were a sale
made Mr. Leavitt was to receive $50 for his
commission. This Vermonter was well known
for his "snug" habits, never a dollar being
known to escape him without just cause and
extreme necessity. The afternoon of the sale
Mr. Leavitt asked his man to devote the time
before he left for home in seeing Prof. Glea-
son in his taming act with unmanageable
horses, who was then giving two shows daily
up near Dover Street.

During the performance the Vermonter
dug into his pocket and brought out a shining
five-dollar gold piece and handed it to Mr.
Leavitt, saying that it was all he could pay
for the horse sale, as matters had gone dif-
ferent from what he expected. During the
show Mr. Leavitt was quietly chewing on the
measly way that he had been used. Finally,
when the performance had concluded, Mr.
Leavitt, in place of taking the Vermonter
back into the center of the city, started out
over the South Boston bridge. Being a stran-
ger, the Vermonter confidently trudged along
the way he was being led.

Reaching the middle of the bridge, and the
darkest spot, Mr. Leavitt suddenly stopped,
pushed the A^ermonter up against the rail, and

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firmly told liini tluU unless he handed over the
remainder of that fifty plunks he never would
pass off that bridge alive. The Vermonter
noted Mr. Leavitt's determined air, saw that
no person was in sight, hesitated only a min-
ute, and then produced the goods.

From that day to this he has never men-
tioned the occurrence to Mr. Leavitt, though
both have repeatedly met, nor did it break
friendship in the slightest degree.

Had he but known, however, Mr. Leavitt
asserts that had the Vermonter shown fight,
he was all ready to do a stiff sprint, himself,
across that bridge.

Once when he had Jere O'Neil racing
R. M. Wilkes at the Narragansett Park (it
was during a fair and there was no betting).
Trainer Colonel Jas. Galvin asked Mr. Leav-
itt to please drop a heat so he could mark a
stallion he was starting in the race, and which
he had been in sore straits in giving a record
better than 2 :30. It was agreed on. It so oc-
curred that one of the judges was Major P. P.
Johnston, president of the National Trotting
Association. The heat was back in 2 :28 3-4.
Immediately Jere v^'as called in the stand to
explain why he was defeated in so slow time.
Mr. Leavitt, seeing that something was going
on, followed up. He then told Mr. Johnston
just the whole story of dropping the heat to
accommodate Colonel Galvin.

"I never in my life heard anything like
that," declared Mr. Johnston. "You come up
here and tell the judges that before the heat
you told your driver plainly not to win, but
to deliberately pull his horse. It is most aston-
ishing."

"Well," replied Mr. Leavitt, "I'm not to
blame if nobody has ever told you the truth
before, am I ?"

To this day Mr. Leavitt firmly believes that
it was his retort to Major Johnston that
caused the judges to soak him a hundred dol-
lars fine for having his horse pulled, and
placing a penalty of another hundred on the
horse for getting pulled in the race.

A partial list of the horses, not before men-
tioned, that have passed through Mr.
Leavitt's hands follov,'s :

Ituna, 2:10; Jasper Ayers, 2:09; Larabie,
2:12 3-4; Allen Lowe, 2:12; Allie Snell,
2:14 3-4; Roster, 2:12 1-4; Tuna, 2:12 1-4;
Wistful, 2:11 1-2; Kwanon, 2:12 1-4; Zem-
bia, 2:11 1-4; Darnette, 2:12 1-4; Fanella,
2:13; Bingen, Jr., 2:13 3-4; Alice Drake,
2:14 1-4; Rondo, Jr., 2:12 1-2; Erskine
Reed, 2:12 1-4; Utility, 2:13; Edgardo,
2:13 3-4; Tomah, 2:10; Lucy Carr (4},
2:14 1-4; Gaiety Girl, 2:15, dam of four in
the list and grandam of Lee Axworthy,

2:08 1-4; Regent's Last
or better ; Nosegay,
2:12 1-4; Clayhontas, 2
2:16 1-2; Merry Bird
2:15 1-4; Nellie Boca
2:17 1-2; Red Clifif, 2:1
])eror Wilkes, 2 :20 3-4 ;
Diamond, 2:15; Fannie
Mr. Leavitt resides at

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2:13; Pussy Cat,
II 1-4; Frank Jones,
2:16 1-2; Achille,
(3), 2:18; Coh'annet,
8; Driver, 2:19; Em-
Tom Phair, 2:14 1-4;

Swope, 2:19 1-4, etc.

Readville, Mass.

CHAPTER III

Jimmie Carpenter Sits in a "Gen-
tleman's" Game of Poker,
and What Happened

ANEW ENGLAND trainer, known
far and wide, is James Carpenter,
of Readville, who, during his turf
career of about fifty years, has
driven horses to victory over all
the prominent tracks of this country, the
purses of which have run as high as $10,000.
There are few knowing Mr. Carpenter that
would even suggest his having a swelled head,
but here is a story of a race in which, from
Mr. Carpenter's own words, he did feel a lit-
tle chesty. This is how it happened, and the
plot was laid over the Woonsocket, R. I.,
track :

In one of the events was a trotting mare
called Betsy Bets, and her owner being a
prominent Frenchman of that town, those of
that nationality for miles around flocked to
the course to see her win. Each and every one
of them had to have a pool ticket on their
champion. Two heats were decided, and in
place of leading the party Betsy Bets came
straggling in away in the rear both times.

Something had to be done, or all of the
French money was burnt up. Carpenter was
approached to see if he would take the mount.
He did, and pulled off the race in the three
following heats. Imagine the great excitement
at the conclusion of the race among the
Frenchmen, and Carpenter was. in the center
of the turmoil. When he got to the mare's
stall it was even worse, if possible, some of
the Frenchmen and their wives fairly falling
on his neck with joy. On all sides could be
heard cries of how he was the best driver in
the whole country. Carpenter at that mo-
ment really thought he was.

All of this time the owner and the mare
had been left in the lurch. Nothing was said
of the mare, while the owner stood' to one side
unnoticed. The great hurrah over Carpenter
finally jarred the owner's nerves so he could
hold in no longer, and stepping up to Carpen-
ter he said : "You tink you one hell driver.

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yes ! I tell you i tink good horse, good driver ;
no good horse, bad driver."

Carpenter says that the Frenchman being
an oracle among his people, his words had the
desired effect with the crowd, but no more so
than the shift in his own feelings, which in-
stantly dropped from away above par to the
zero notch. Besides this, the longer he has
been in the training business the more from
year to year he has realized the entire truth
of what the Frenchman said that aay at me
Woonsocket track. Nobody could ever accuse
Jimmie's head of swelling since, either.

If there is one thing Carpenter had rather
do than eat it is to have a social game of
cards; about a three-dollar limit suits him to
the king's taste. It is notorious, too, that while
an expert with the pasteboards, yet Dame For-
tune has a habit of grinning at the other
chaps in the game. Any person less good-
natured than Carpenter would be calling on
all of the gods of wrath at the way good hands
went wrong. Being indifferent, though, he
simply keeps the attention of those present
to — "There, that is the kind of luck I have;
just to get a full house now when a bigger one
is out. Did you ever see anything like it in
your life?"

But an incident occurred at the opening
meeting at Rigby Park (catastrophe, Jim
would say). Most of the horsemen were
stopping at the Preble House, and in the even-
ing quite a good game of poker was started,
there were nine in the game. Being all jack-
pots none would, in this instance, open the pot,
and the stem had been sweetened fifty cents
by each at the table. The dealer was one
whom Carpenter had taught the mysteries of
poker about a year before — that is a few
moves toward the simpler points of how the
hands came in the way of rank in winning
when the show-down came, and by the way
the novice was a well known turf reporter.

Sitting under the guns, next to the dealer,
was Jimmie ; just beyond him was Frank New-
hall, owner of Bunco, Jr., 2:12 1-2; then came
Allen Lowe, at the time on the Boston Globe,
while around the table were horsemen of note.
The story weaves about the ones mentioned.
Jim had three aces all the time, but passed to
get a play. Newhall was strong, he supposed,
with three kings. Lowe had a likely looking
four flush. Thinking to raise the one who
would open the pot, Newhall, like Jim, also
passed. None of the rest had jacks or better,
so it went to the dealer, who tossed a five-
dollar chip into the center of the table, and
the play was on.

Right oft' the reel Jim boosted it a "fiver"
more, putting in a couple of blues, and New-
hall gave the pot a further toss with three

blues. Lowe studied his hand for a minute
and then stayed for the fifteen dollars. All
of the rest passed. The dealer certainly had
opened with something choice, as he saw the
raises and went five better. Again Jim raised.
Newhall only stayed, as did Lowe. The deal-
er came back with another raise, which caused
Carpenter to just stay, as did the other two.

Jim took two cards, Newhall the same, while
Lowe and the dealer called for one. The
dealer immediately bet a blue, and Jim raised
him one; Newhall called, he having so much
money in the pot, while Lowe passed, not hav-
ing filled. The dealer was full of confidence
and came back at Jim again, causing the latter
to call, and so did Newhall. The dealer showed
down an ace-high heart flush, and swept in
the pot.

The deal had passed around to Lowe when
suddenly Carpenter said to the novice that he
should not have forgotten when splitting
openers, in drawing to a flush, to put his dis-
card so as to show it after the play was over.
This to prove he had openers.

"But I didn't have a pair in my hand to
split," replied the novice.

"What in the world did you open that pot on
then ?" inquired our worthy Jim.

"Why, I had four hearts and caught the
ace. What is the matter ; isn't this a gentle-
man's game?" Well, the yell that went forth
when the explanation was made could have
been heard clear to the race track. On Jim's
part he was left guessing whether the novice
was bluffing him or telling the truth. The
story of the poker hand got noised around,
and for weeks everybody was asking Carpen-
ter if he had sat in another gentleman's game.

Twenty-five or more years ago it was gen-
erally considered that over the half-mile tracks
everything "went." Of course, in time the
practice wiped the majority of the two-lap
circuits off the racing map, but while it lasted
it was the case of the big fish eating the small-
er ones. The following trick Carpenter turned
in a race over the Lawrence, Mass., track, and
it can be illustrated under the caption of "Dia-
mond cut Diamond." While the caption has
been used before, it is the one best to
describe how Jimmie handed the wise men a
lemon.

Among the horses Jim landed at the meet-
ing with was the chestnut trotter, Archie B.,
2.18 1-4. The owners attempted to buy a few
tickets on the horse, but his merits had pre-
ceded him, and the frame-up was not consid-
ered necessary to count in the owners. The
judges had got the tip to make Archie B. win
at all hazards. In the same event Henry Pope
had Pilot. It looked like he was the next best
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Archie B. selling choice at $ioo, Pilot for $50,
and the field at half that sum, Carpenter and
his party played Pilot.

While a pair of four-ounce sinkers had been
placed on Archie B., it was considered that in
the case of putting up another driver it might
not prove enough to be any cinch of his los-
ing. Two heats Pilot had gathered to his
credit, and there was bother brewing in the
air. Before the third heat Carpenter had the
groom take off the wheels on the high-wheel
sulky and slip some washers on the axle next
to the shoulder. Then the nuts were tightened
so the wheels could barely turn with Carpen-
ter's weight on the sulky, and out they marched
for the verdict.

It came, in Charley Drew, the starting judge,
requesting Carpenter to turn his gelding over
to "Uncle Jock" Bowen. For one turn of the
track Archie B. and Pilot raced head and head.
Then the "fixings" told its story and the for-
mer began tiring so that at the three-quarters
he was absolutely out of the race. A big
hustle was then made to have ail the pools
declared off. Those on the inside expected
the judges would give them the usual heads
I win, tails you lose, two-headed cent decision,
but the suckers had been bitten so often at
that play it certainly looked like serious trou-
ble if the Pilot's tickets were not paid in full.
After sizing the temper of the crowd the offi-
cials in the stand announced the heat and race,
and "cashing in" was in order. It was the
first time that tightening sulky wheels with
washers had been tried. The following week
Archie B. was a close second to Martha Wilkes
in 2:18, which caused "Uncle Jock" to de-
clare that Carpenter had forgotten to washer
his wheels.

At another time, however. Carpenter got
whip-sawed in a lively fashion. He had a rare
good green trotter that had shown so fast it
was thought best to slip off to a section" where
he was not known by the speculators. To the
Oil Circuit was the game. In the opening
betting the Providence gelding went for little,
but the steady flow of money by the few be-
hind him gradually advanced his price till he
sold favorite against the whole field. Among
the starters was a little poke of a mare; a
sorry-looking plug. Her sulky was a home-
made affair, with straight axle and wobbly
wheels, and the harness cheap, she was not
even figured in the betting, but was the butt
of jokes from the grooms and the race-track
regulars. When the word "go" was given,
though, off slipped the rube to the front with
his despised trotter, and was never headed in
the race, taking a record of 2 129 3-4. The
Providence delegation tried to settle with rube

before the conclusion of the race, but he plain-
ly informed them that he stood to win about
every cent in the pool box. The following day
this same little mare was started in the 2 :28
class, and won, reducing her record to 2 r23 1-4.
The Carpenter crowd returned home much
dejected and declaring that they had run
against a ringer. It turned out everything
was all right, as the mare was Justine, by
Benediction.

CHAPTER rV

History of the Old-Time Race
Tracks in Greater Boston

w

HILE most of the horsemen of
today are familiar with the his-
tory of Readville and Com-
bination Parks, yet it is well, as
a matter of record, to give the
story of each in the account of the race tracks
that have been constructed in the Metropolitan
District of Boston. From the time of the
opening of the South End Driving Park to the
present period, there have been many changes
brought about, as the following article amply
attests :

Old Saugus race track was for years known
as Franklin Park. It is one of the oldest race
courses in the country. In the Fall of 1857
the park was finished, and Dr. Timothy H.
Smith, the proprietor, held a fair upon the
grounds; John Sherman of "old-time memory"
managed it the next season ; Samuel Emerson
had it in 1859, and Hitchcock & Emerson in
i860.

In 1861 Lyme Hitchcock had it alone, and
these were tip-top races, and the season was
a successful one, but the horse fair in the Fall
was, pecuniarily speaking, a failure. In 1862
Dan Robbins & Co. leased it and made other
additions and improvements in the way of
building extra box stalls, stands and sheds, for
which there was an increasing demand ; in en-
larging the necessary accommodation of the
house, and filling up and grading the track and
embanking the back-stretch and lower turn,
to prevent its being flooded when the tide ran
high.

From this time until 1884 Old Saugus track
had a varied experience, for many years there
being no racing there at all, the property fall-
ing back to its original owner. Dr. Smith, who
lived in the residence, later destroyed by fire,
that was in the corner to the entrance of the
track coming from the direction of Cliftondale.
In the Fall of 1883, C. C. Mayberry, in com-
pany with three other men, bought Saugus
race course from the estate of Dr. Smith, then
deceased, and in the following year rebuilt

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the track, which in its years of unuse had
grown up to grass and the buildings fallen in.
Later Mr. Mayberry bought out his three as-
sociates and owned the property alone. He
employed J. A. Snow, a prominent horseman
of those days, as his secretary, and for four
3'ears race meetings were given several times
each season.

In 1888 Mr. Mayberry sold the track rb
O. S. Roberts, who gave meetings there in
1889, but he rebought it again in 1890, being
one of a syndicate of ten Lynn men. Later
that year the plant was sold by Mr. Mayberry
and associates to George H. Engleman and
other owners of the Brighton Beach race
course.

In 1891 James O. Gray, a successful busi-
ness man of that period, leased the property
from Mr. Engleman and associated himself
with W. F. Llitchings, making the latter his
secretary, and a very good move it proved.
A series of race meetings were given under
the administration of these men and with great
success, the place jumping into immense popu-
larity with the owners and trainers of race
horses throughout the Eastern section of this
country. In 1895 Mr. Gray bought the prop-
erty from Mr. Engleman, but in 189B it re-
verted back again to the Brighton Beach own-
ers, and in the meanwhile Mr. Hitchings had
taken possession of the property through a
lease from the Engleman estate.

For two seasons, previous to the stopping
of speculation .at the tracks in Massachusetts,
he ran the usual race meetings, but with the
stopping of betting on the races, the gates of
Saugus were closed, and, while the track is still
in existence, very little has been done with it
in recent years. A few matinees have been
held there and some motor cycle races, and
there has been suggested a corporation being
formed with the idea in the future of holding
annually a big fair.

Mystic Park was first opened to the pub-
lic on June 11, 1866. The starters in the first
race ever trotted over this course were India
Rubber, Old Put, Honest Kate and John
Bartlett. India Rubber won in straight heats ;
time 2 :33 1-2, 2 134 1-2, 2 134 1-2. The time of
the first heat ever trotted over this popular
track (2:33 1-2) was then considered remark-
ably fast. Flora Temple then held the cham-
pion trotting record of the world, 2:193-4.

Mystic Park was a fertile farm belonging to
George Adams, and during the war the mus-
ter grounds for the outgoing soldiers were
located there. In 1865 Benjamin S. Wright
purchased the farm, built the track and erect-
ed the buildings.

The track was first opened to the public for
race meetings by Henry Smith, of Newmar-
ket, N. H., and his partner, a Mr. Morrison,

of Boston, the latter conducting the track hotel.
In 1871 the famous minstrel, "Lon" Morris,
became manager, and for four or live years
conducted race meetings. Then for a short pe-
riod Mr. Wright assumed the direction, to be
succeeded by a partnership formed between
Dr. George H. Bailey and George Brigham.
Their management co\ ered that notable year
of 1874, when Goldsmith Maid electrified the
trotting world with a mile in 2:14. J. Tyler
Hicks was in control foi two or three years,
when the track passed under the management
of a company comprised of George Ayer, Eu-
gene Aver, Benjamin Fiske, James Golden and
others.

In 1887 Horace E. Willis assumed the
management, and that period, extending to
1897, when the last races occurred at Mysti/-
Park, marked an epoch for high-class racing
in the annals of the light-harness horse. Mr.
Willis gave six meetings a year, including the
Breeders', the last meeting of the season oc-
curring not later than October 30. The New
England Trotting Horse Breeders' Associa-
tion gave its last meeting at Mystic in 1895,
the Readville track being opened in 1896.

In 1874 Mr. Willis, in company with David
Blanchard, gave the great $10,000 stallion
race, which was won by Smuggler.

Several running races were given at Mystic
with indifferent success. During the progress
of a meeting in 1893 a fire occurred in the
stables in which three horses were destroyed.
During one of the last meetings at Mystic,
Star Pointer ( i :59 1-4) established a world's
pacing record for three heats in a race, which
remained unbeaten for several years.

In 1903 the track property was sold to a
real estate syndicate, headed by C. C. May-
berry, and little of the old track is in existence
now — a portion of the back-stretch. Where
the famous hotel, the Mystic House, stood,
have been created modern dwelling houses.

Combination Park was the result of a long-
cherished desire of J. Tyler Hicks, who away
back in the eighties, when he ran Granite
State Park, in Dover, N. H., laid plans for
some day building and owning a model race
track. In 1895 he secured the property in
Medford, and with his son Arthur, and
his brother George began the construction of
the track.

The plant was finished in the Spring of
1896, and on June 10 it was thrown open to
the public. Woodshed won the first heat ever
raced over it in 2:21 3-4, and Greenhorn the
first race. Race meetings were held that year
and in. 1897 and 1898. In 1899 the evening
racing began and was continued in 1900.

As fast, if not the fastest half-mile track
in the world, in the years it was used for
regular meetings, it was the scene of some

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splendid racing. It was over tliis track that
Joe Patchen placed the then world's pacing
record for a two-lap course at 2:04 1-4.

In the early nineties the equity of Combi-
nation Park passed to George A. Graves, who
still owns the property. For a number of years
the Fellsway Driving Club has decided its
matinees over the course, and in 1914 a suc-
cessful race meeting was held.

Beacon Park, which was located in Allston,
was first known as the Riverside half-mile
track, and was opened to the public in 1864.
"Uncle Jock" Bowen was the first public
trainer to locate there, and drove in the first
race which was decided over the course. In
1865 "Uncle Jock" drove Capt. McGowan
over this track twenty miles in 58 :25, which
is still the world's record for that distance.
In the early seventies Riverside track was re-
built into a mile track and was rechristened
Beacon Park.

Many of the old-time champions and he-
roes of the turf contested in the races at this
track, among them Judge Fullerton, Ameri-
can Girl, St. Julien, who later became the
world's champion trotter vAth a record of
2:13 1-4, taking the crown from Goldsmith
Maid, whose mark of 2 :i4 had long been the
best ; Fearnaught, Driver, Wedgewood, Santa
Glaus, Clingstone, Parana, Edwin Thorne,
Fannie Witherspoon, Pilot Knox, etc.

Beacon Park was well patronized by the
public trainers at one time, there being located
there Jack Trout, for two years lessee of the
property, also George H. Hicks, lessee of the
property for ten seasons, "Young Hiram"
WoodrufT, Jimmie Cahill, Charles Yapp, John
Ramsey, J. J. Bowen, Ed. Cogswell, etc.

It was in these days of the old Beacon
when the South Boston Driving Club and the
East Boston Club held two matinee days of
racing, one in the Spring and the other in the
Fall of each year. The Boston Driving Club
and Athletic Association were lessees of the
track in 1880, when St. Julien went his mile
above mentioned. William Balch gave several
of his $10,000 stallion races at the Beacon; a
notable one was between Santa Glaus and
Wedgewood in 1881. David H. Blanchard,
too, gave several noted races at the old track,
one of which was a $10,000, 2:17 trot, the
first event of the kind having payments made
on the instalment plan. This race was won by
Edwin Thorne, who defeated Clingstone,
Helena, Santa Glaus, Fannie Witherspoon,
Parana, and Humboldt.

The last great race of importance at Beacon
Park was the stallion race, which created so
much talk, between Alcryon and Nelson. This
was in the early nineties.

A few years later the property was pur-
chased by the Boston & Albany Railroad, for

use as freight yards. Beacon Park was never
as fast as Mystic, Charter Oak or Narragan-
sett, the tracks that were in the big Eastern
Circuit, when the big meetings of the year
came in June at the two Boston tracks.

The Readville track was first known as
the Norfolk Trotting Park, a half-mile track
that was opened to the public in about 1867.
For a number of years thereafter the Norfolk
County Fair gave its exhibitions annually. The
fair was principally supported by residents of
Dedham.

In the year 1872 J. Henry Nay located at
Norfolk Park, and in later years was lessee
of the property, which control he maintained
until 1895, when the New England Trotting ■
Horse Breeders' Association purchased the
property and constructed what is now known
as Readville track.

The opening of the mile track at Readville
was the following year. In 1905 the State
authorities stopped speculation on the racing
events, the Breeders' Association up to this
time running three meetings each year. The
grandstand was destroyed lay fire in 1907.

Andrew Welch purchased the property in
1909, and the last public meeting held at the
track was the Grand Circuit of 1912, except-
ing one day of racing in 19 14.

While under the direction of Secretary
Charles M. Jewett there were decided at Read-
ville some of the banner racing events of the
whole country, which included the Massachu-
setts, Blue Hill, Puritan and Neponset stakes,
the great $20,000 Charley Herr-Cresceus race
in 1902, the $50,000 American Trotting
Derby of 1908, the largest money event ever
known to the trotting turf, and which was
won by Allen Winter.

Referring to this Derby handicap, Mr. Jew-
ett has said that while the public opinion was
that it cost the Breeders' Association a con-
siderable amount of money, yet the facts of
the case are that it netted a profit of about
$6,000, and this notwithstanding that charged
to the event was the cost of the temporary
grandstand and all other items possible, be-
cause of a guarantee made by six of the di-
rectors, when the race was instituted, that
the loss, if any, would be equally divided be-
tween them.

Readville track at the present time (1914)
is used only as a training ground. Mr. Welch,
who still owns the plant, has contemplated
selling the property to a land syndicate, and
when this comes about, which will undoubt-
edly be at a sooner or later period, of course,
Readville race track will have been doomed,
and will go the way of Mystic and Beacon
Parks.

The Old Cambridge Park, near Porter's
station, was a mile track. It was completed

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about the year 1S57. Among the trainers lo-
cated there was the famous Dan Mace and
Hiram Woodruff. Most of the races at the
track were matches, frequently made over the
bar at Porter's Hotel, which at that time was
a famous road house. Soon after the close
of the Civil War the Cambridge track was
cut up into building lots.

The South End Driving Park was, so far as
known, the first of the tracks to be built in
the vicinity of Boston. It was a half-mile
course. It was opened to the public in 1852,
and was located on the land now occupied by
the Boston City Hospital.

In 1855 "Uncle Jock" Bowen made his in-
itial visit to Boston, bringing with him from
Royalton, Vt., the trotter Tom Hyer, which
he had named in a match race at the South
End track, but the horse was taken sick ant!
did not start, and a few days later "Uncle
Jock" sold the gelding.

The principal event at this course appears
to have been the race Dan Mace won with
Ethan Allen, on October 15, 1858, when, for
a purse of $1,000, he defeated "Ard" Car-
penter's Columbus Junior and John Pfifer"s
Hiram Drew. The time of the heats was
2:37, 2:35, 2:33, the last one being -consid-
ered phenomenally fast. A gala crowd was
present. Hiram Drew was a Maine bred and
owned horse, Ethan Allen came from Ver-
mont, and Columbus, Jr., from near Lake
Champlain.

Ethan Allen, at that time, was owned by
Ned Maynard, a prominent Boston horseman,
and had been trained for the race over the
Cambridge track. The judges wore stove-pipe
hats and "choker" collars, and from the ac-
counts of the race there was repeated scoring,
the crafty Mace playing his cards carefully
to get the edge and vantage over his com-
petitors.

Sam Langmaid, a Cambridge dealer in
horses, whenever he got hold of an animal
which showed an inclination of possessing
speed, would have him slipped over to the
South End track and worked by "Uncle Jock"
on the quiet. This track passed out of ex-
istence in 1862.

CHAPTER V

"Uncle Jock" Bowen Had a Turf
Career Filled with Adventure

THE descendants of the present
generation will place the name of
the late J. J. Bowen in the history
of the trotter along with the past
great artists of the rein and sulky,
Hiram Woodruff, Dan Mace, Johnny Mur-
phy, etc. It is doubtful, too, if there

ever lived a trainer who did so much to ad-
vance the sport as "Uncle Jock."

During his younger days in the sulky,
when the idea was prevalent among turfites to
evade a record as much as possible, and thus
in many instances to drop races when
the time was a little too fast, "Uncle Jock"

J. J. "UNCLE JOCK" BOWEN
Veteran Trainer Behind Lester Boy, 2:22 1-2, the
Last Horse He Ever Drove. Photo Taken
at Readville Track

was always taking these opportunities to
"win." This quality was uppermost in the
man's character, which, combined with strict
honesty, placed him foremost among men of
ever}'- calling,

"Uncle Jock" was well known to his friends
as bluff of speech — a man who told what he
knew was right, regardless of whom he an-
tagonized. He never curried for friends or
followers, but at that was true to anybody
whom he thought his friend. He was one
of those staunch characters so seldom found.

In 1872 "Uncle Jock" drove Joe Elliott a
trial over the Mystic track in 2:15 1-2. The
performance pleased Robert Bonner, who
owned the gelding, very much, as it was the
fastest mile at the time ever trotted by i 1-4
seconds. Other old-time turf stars handled
by the veteran were Iron Age, 2:191-4;
Tucker, 2:19; White Socks, 2:201-2; Jesse
Hanson, 2:133-4; Pilot Knox, 2:193-4, with
which he won the $10,000 Spirit of the Times
stallion stake at Beacon Park in 1885 ; To-
mah, 2:10; Refina, 2:08 1-2; Norvin G.,
2:091-4; Sclavonic, 2:093-4, etc.

In the big $20,000 purse race at Buffalo in
1873, "Uncle Jock" started Camors. Dan
Mace won the event with Sensation. As
both these horses went begging in the auc-
tion pools and as Mr. Merrow and "Uncle
lock" played the small end heavily, they
were enabled to cash in a barrel of money.

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135

Their winnings amounted to more tlian first
money in tlie race.

Speal<ing of Sea Foam, "Uncle Jock" said
tliat slie was the most cranky mare he ever
handled. When being broken she got away
from the man hitching her up, jumped into
the Charles River with her harness on, and
sv\'am to the opposite bank. This was how
she received her name. Once at Providence
she was leading 25 yards from the distance,
when she had one of her cranky spells and
stopped when a half length inside the dis-
tance, half turned around and kept tossing
her head and backing, with the result that
when the flag fell she had backed sufficiently
to have it fall in her face, and she was de-
clared distanced.

At Prospect Park in 1872, '"Uncle Jock"
had Royal John in a race against a good
field of horses, of which Charley Green was
a pronounced favorite. Mr. Merrow played his
horse to win from start to finish, much
against the advice of his best friends, who
thought him crazjf to think that he had a
chance. When Royal John won it is said
that the amount of bills was so large that
Mr. Merrow could not get the "wad" all into
his pockets, and had to get a flour bag to
carry the money to his hotel.

If all of the anecdotes relating to "Uncle
Jock" were printed they would fill a good-
sized book. A few will serve to illustrate
his sterling qualities and immense bump of
dry humor. That he was the friend of the
j^oung trainers was frequently attested by his
acts when they most needed assistance.
Along in the eighties a young man came to
the M5'-stic Park, and among his horses was
a green colt that was barely broken. It was
not long before the colt commenced to de-
velop a lot of speed, which attracted the no-
tice of the old trainers. Dne began to work
up an acquaintance with the owner with the
idea that he might induce him to take the
colt away from the boy and, in this way, get
him for himself. The owner was about per-
suaded that this was the proper thing to do,
but before acting thought he would ask
"Uncle Jock" what he thought about shift-
ing:-

Those who were near and heard the way
that "Uncle Jock" laced it into the owner for
even thinking of such a thing, said it was a
caution. He reviewed how the young man
had worked early and late to get the colt^ to
make the im.provement he had, and to think
of knocking the boy in the head for doing
well simply showed that he was an ingrate.
It is well to remember that "Uncle Jock" had
not spoken a dozen words to the one he was
befriending — it was his inborn idea of justice.

Another time the judges at Mystic had told
a young trainer to give up his horse in the
race, as he was not trying to win, and turn
him over to another driver. "Uncle Jock"
knew that the horse could go faster than he
had, and it was a play of the betters who
had backed him with the idea that they would
complain to the officials, and in this way
make a killing without the young man get-
ting a cent of the money. This "riled" him.
Walking out into the stretch in front of the
judges' stand he announced to thenx that
they were taking down the wrong driver.

"Which one do you mean?" the judges in-
quired.

"That four-year-old mare right there, and
if vou had any sense you wouldn't have to
ask."

"Mr. Bowen, you drive that mare then,

and you, Mr. D , will turn her over to

him," was the request given by the judges
amidst plenty of excitement. The young
trainer was unseated, too.

True to his prophecy, "Uncle Jock"
trimmed the party in the next three heats,
though the final heat was not till the follow-
ing day. After it was over he then took the
young trainer into a stall and gave him a
stiff lecture, telling him that he had saved
him that time, but if he wanted to get along
it was a bad way to start by pulling horses.
"Uncle Jock" drove out his own money, too,
by winning.

Did you know that "Uncle Jock'' was the
first driver to make a horse trot in two min-
utes? Well, he was, and this was how it
happened. At Mystic he had trained for a
"Canuck," a gelding that could go in about
2 :30 with a mighty effort, and aided by sev-
eral of those gruff, rumbling "hey-yous" of
the veteran reinsman. One pleasant fore-
noon the owner showed up to see if it was
worth while to keep on paying $[5 per week
on his trotter. It so happened that all he
had was an ordinary everyday watch, but he
sat in the .errand stand with it in his hand,
and watched the mile with the air of a Leavitt
or a Salisburv. After they got back to the
stall "Uncle Jock" asked :

"Well, how fast did you get it?"

"Wall," replied the owner, looking wise,
"I'll tell you; she go away quarter pass one,
she come back seventeen minutes pass."

"Ugh!" said "Uncle; Jock," "if I could
only get you to time for the rest of my
owners, I'd be the most popular trainer in
the whole country."

Thus appeared the original two-minute
trotter.

None could ever say that "Uncle Jock"
was not a brave man; in fact, it is doubtful

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if he ever knew what fear meant, but one hot
noon in June, at Mystic, he met with an ex-
perience that surely startled him some. A
youthful green boy from the country had
been employed by one of the trainers to as-
sist in the stable. He had great plans of
some day working up to the position of a
knight of the sulky. Some of the grooms
saw the idea of having fun, and informed
him that he was too heavy to drive, but if he
would go into training he would likelv get
down to weight. To do this he would have
to spend some time in one of the manure pits
for a thorough steaming out. This day the
horses had all been worked early on account
of the heat, so the boys induced the green
one to take his first course of sprouts. Op-
posite to "Uncle Jock's" stable was the larg-
est and hottest heap of manure. Into the
verv center of this, where the steam was
rising like smoke and the thermometer would
register 130 degrees, was placed the student
after he had undressed. Then the manure
was again thrown about him till all that
could be seen was from his chin to the top
of his head. The sweat was running down
the boy's face in streams when "Uncle Jock"
happened to pass by. Somehovir he glanced
towards his manure heap, stopped with a
start at the sight of a human head with the
eyes staring into his own.

"Was it a case of murder," he thought,
"and the head been thrown up there?"

To examine further "Uncle Jock" walked
around the heap, and those eyes followed
him. Then he knew it was alive, so stopped
again and said :

"What in hell are you doing in there?"
"I'm in training to make a jockey," came
the reply.

"Yer are, are yer? Well, you will have to
get some brains first, I'm thinking, and if
you don't get out of that pretty soon the
grave diggers will get a job," and the veteran
made his own grooms get to work and dig
him out.

At Syracuse a prominent driver from one
of the Eastern Middle States, that had cam-
paigned his gelding in New England early
in that season, attempted a bluff on "Uncle
Jock." The latter was standing in the home-
stretch chatting with "Ollie" Woodard, of
Boston, when up rushed the trainer with a
threatening air and said :

"Mr. Bowen, I understand that you have
reported around that I pulled my horse at
the Saugus July meeting?"

"Uncle Jock" relieved himself of a mouth-
ful of tobacco juice, in the meantime looking
the trainer straight in the eye, and then

pointedly replied: "Well, yer did, didn't
3'er?"

"I don't know," said the trainer in a weak
and surprised tone.

"Yer don't know, eh! Well, I know that
you did."

This was too strong for the trainer, who
turned on his heel and got out of sight.

For many years Lewis Whitaker, of Bos-
ton, _known as "Old Whit," and "Uncle
Jock" were the closest of friends, vet when

LEWIS WHITAKER

Patron and Comrade of "Uncle Jock" Bowen.

Owner of Refina, 2:08 1-2; Jesse

Hanson, 2:13 3-4, etc.

together both were sure to get to quarreling
like a couple of school boys. One evening
in the dining room of one of the Dover,
N. H., hotels, the discussion between the two
was whether a pint of beans would swell to
fill a two-quart bean pot. "Old Whit" de-
clared that they would, while "Uncle Jock"
was as firm in telling the former he had
grown so old that he had become foolish to
talk such rubbish. The argument kept the
entire room in a howl of laughter.

But when "Uncle Jock" had his pocket
picked at the Lexington meeting, "Old Whit"
had his turn. He had remained to see the
two weeks' meeting at Dover, and when the
news came he said that "Uncle Jock" was
not a safe person to carry money around.
He was too old for one thing, and another
was that he would insist in putting his monev
in his vest pocket, just because Sam Lang-
maid always did when he was with him. The
consequence was, "Whit" said, that he was

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going to take what money "Uncle Jock"
vvourd fetch back with him, and put it in
the bank for safe keeping. As "Uncle Jock"
was going to stop with him till after Thanks-
giving, he would then each day hand to the
latter a dollar for spending money. When
■'Uncle Jock" was informed of the arrange-
ment, he said :

"I'd like to see him get my money! 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
possible.

"VVhv, the race is over," said one of the
grooms to the veteran.

"Don't tell me that — I know my business,"
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 boy to take the horse back to the
stable, he gruffly said :

"Well, that's" all that beat me."

CHAPTER VI

Lexington, Mass., Has the Honor
of Having First Driving Club

THE town of Lexington, 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 Mr. 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.

WILLIAM 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 jMiddlesex 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

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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 OuimlD}^; 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 Speedway, which was expected to be
opened in the Summer of 1899. In January,
of that year, it was organized, with the fol-
lowing list of officers : President, W. F. Al-
meder ; vice-president, George M. Davis :
secretarv, 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 svirvive,
internal dissension being the reported cause
of its dropping out of existence.

Another club among the list of those that
have since outlived their usefulness, was the
Shawmut 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 : I^resident, 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
with the organization of the Dorchester
Dri-s'ing Club a few months later, the active
members of the Shawmut concluded that they
could better aid in getting a speedway at
Franklin Field by joining with the larger and
stronger, though younger, club in Dorches-
ter and, therefore, they abandoned the Shaw-
mut Driving Club.

It was the same year, too, that the
Jamaica Plain Driving Club was formed.
Outside of holding a few matinees, and some
of its members racing their horses in the
Electric Light meets at Combination Park,
the club never amounted to a great deal.

A little different from the driving clubs
mentioned was an organization formed on
December 2, 1898, called the Boston Road
Drivers' Association; the object being to
keep in good condition the Beacon Street
boulevard for sleighing, and that the associa-
tion appoint a committee to meet the Metro-
politan Park Commissioners and confer on
the racing and driving rules, to.be enforced
when the Charles River Speedway, then un-
der construction, was completed. The dues
were fixed at $5, and Randolph K. Clarke
was elected secretarv and treasurer.

In this connection it is well to state that
the Charles River Speedway was opened to
the public on September 11, 1899. It is a
matter of history that when Superintendent
John Gilman threw open the gates a race
was on between several of the well known
drivers of Boston to be the first to drive a
horse over the soeedwav. Randolph K.
Clarke, with Randolph K., took the learl
closelv followed bv James Doolev with War-
ren F., just behind them was C. H. Belledeu
driving Kentucky Star, and then E. H.
Pritchard close up with Alvin Swift. Mr.

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Clarke maintained his advantage to the half,
when Mr. Belledeu, who had been slowly
gaining, passed him and held the party the
balance of the distance. Mr. Clarke finished
second, and Mr. Pritchard, third, a half-
dozen lengths away. Mr. Belledeu held a
watch and reported that Kentucky Star paced
the mile for him in 2:12 1-2.

Now came a new driving club in Boston,
that was conceived, secured fifty-three mem-
bers, and then never happened, the promot-
ers giving up the ghost in disgust.

It was in February, 190 1, that some of the

leading road drivers
believing that the
see the passing-
boulevard for use

of Greater Boston,
near future would
of Beacon Street
racing.

which would compel the local horsemen to
use the Charles River Speedway, began the
agitation for a driving club at the speed-
way. In the two years since the speedway
had been opened little attention had been
paid to it, though the Metropolitan Park
Commissioners had always been ready to put
it in first-class condition for fast work when
there was snow. However, the local road
drivers had so little use for the speedway
that the Commissioners had decided to close
it the Winter of 1901. The men at the head
of the contemplated organization were : John
E. Thayer, A. S. Bigelow, George F. Leonard,
Charles H. Belledeu, Louis Robeson, H. O.

Aldrich, VV. U. Hunt, John Shepard and
Randolph K. Clarke. The initiation fee was
placed at $20, with the annual dues $10. It
was named the Metropolitan Driving Club.

It was thought by the promoters that the
drawback to the use of the speedway was
the lack of a suitable clubhouse and stables
in the near vicinity, which would give the
members a chance to rest and cool out their
horses after having them in the races. The
plans for a very handsome clubhouse and
stables were photographed in the club pro-
spectus and mailed to every horseman in
Greater Boston. Not only this, but one of
the Park Commissioners, Edwin U. Curtis,
even vyent so far as to bond land adjacent to
the speedway, which he was able to secure
below its market value, and on which it was
proposed to build the clubhouse and stables.

W. D. Hunt was elected to be first treas-
urer of the money secured from the intend-
ing members, and to open a campaign of
inducing the horsemen to enroll themselves
with the club. Each of the ones named in
the enterprise did valiant labor for the cause,
but after three months of earnest endeavor,
Mr. Hunt was obliged to report that he only
received fifty-three paid subscriptions for
membership, which caused the promoters of
the club to vote it was absolutelv useless to
exert themselves longer in so fruitless a

KENTUCKY STAR, 2:08 1-2 (Winning in the Homestretch)

He Was Famous for Having a Wonderful Burst of Speed the Last Two Furlongs of His Races, and Was

the First Horse to Step Over the Charles River Speedway. Owned and Driven by C. H. Belledeu

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CHAPTER VII

Nut Boy Fooled the Talent When
He Won the Classic Transyl-
vania Stake

NUT BOY, 2:07 1-4, the sensation-
al trotting gelding of the sea-
son of 1906, when he was the
leading money-winning trotter
and captured no less than five
of the important stake events, the classics
being the Massachusetts, Charter Oak, Ohio,
Transylvania and Walnut Hall, was very
closely identified with the Dorchester Driv-
ing Club.

Foaled in 1896, the property of A. C.
Barnes, Taylorsville, 111., he was sired by
Nutpine, 2:151-4, and was out of Grace
Smug-gler, by Smuggler, 2:151-4. As a
four-year-old he was sold to Dr. Spaulding
of Decatur, 111., under the name of Benjaline.
The gelding was used by Dr. Spaulding's
son on the road and found so rank and so
erratic that he had to be run against a build-
ing to stop him. Young Spaulding got tired
of the fun, and the horse was purchased by
a dealer named Bates, of Richmond, Va. He
in turn disposed of the animal to a man who
worked in a locomotive works at that place,
and for a season was driven on the road. But
the gelding's disposition,, did not improve
and he fell into the hands of J. C. Smith, a
Richmond, Va., horseman, who sent him to
Richard P. Souther, of Dorchester, who used
him on the road and Franklin Field Speed-
way. Thoueh Souther found that the geld-
ing had plenty of speed, yet he was so un-
manageable that he sent him back to Smith.
That Winter (1903) in the consignment of a
Mr. Carter, of Richmond, he was sent to the
Old Glory sale under the name of Ingraham.
He was purchased by John H. Shults, of
Shultshurst Farm, who thought he was get-
ting a mare. When he found out his mis-
take, he had the gelding resold, Paul Con-
nellv, of Philadelphia, being the purchaser.

After running awav and nearly killing
Henry Tongstreet, of Philadelphia, the geld-
ing was put up for sale at the Philadelphia
bazaar and sold to Eugene Rventhaler. and
he resold him to Thomas S. Young. He is
alleged to have run away with several driv-
ers and Young sold him at an auction to
William MacFarland, who got Walter Davis
to train him and while showing extreme
speed, he was so headstrong and rank thai
MacFarland soon became disgusted and put
him up at auction under the name of Nut
Bov. All of these parties were Philadelphia
horsemen, but the gelding now left that city.

having been purchased by B. F. Slater, of
Crondale, Pa., without a guarantee of any
kind.

The reformation of Nut Boy really began
with the ownership of Slater, who drove him
for a year about five to ten miles daily to
his place of business, and in kind hands the
gelding became quiet and gentle and showed
such speed that Slater thought he would
make a race horse. Not wishing to enter the
business of racing horses, however, Slater
finally prevailed upon George Hindemej'er,
of Philadelphia, to buy the gelding for $500.
This was on May 8, 1905, and Nut Boy was
taken to Belmont track, where Stote Clark
drove him a quarter right off the cars in 33
seconds. On May 25, Clark took the horse
to Point Breeze track and C. N. Payne, af-
ter having him four days, drove him a quar-
ter in 32 seconds, and to the half in 1 103 .
That season Payne started Nut Boy in
twelve races over the half-mile tracks, win-
ning nine of them, and giving him a record
of 2:15 1-4. Late that Fall (1905) he was sold
to John H. Crabtree, of Boston, and his
sister, "Lotta," for $5,000.

Nut Boy, when taken in hand by Mc-
Henry early in trie campaign of 1906, still
had the reputation of being thoroughly un-
reliable, liable to break, and extra liable to
be distanced when he did leave the trot. But
McHenry had transformed the gelding
as to manners and had won six
races with him before Lexington was
reached, among them the Massachusetts and
the Charter Oak, dropping him from the
2:16 class, in which he was eligible to start
when "the man from Freeport" took him,
until he was in the 2 :o8 trots for the big
money. But in spite of these triumphs there
was doubt in some people's minds about his
winning the Transylvania, and a combina-
tion of circumstances served to accentuate
that feeling.

Solon Grattan, which held the record for
three heats on a half-mile track, came down
from Chicago with plenty of backing on the
strength of a trial he had shown, and in the
early pools more than once sold even with
Nut Boy. But the big play was on Mack
Mack, which at Columbus had forced out
Norman B. in 2:073-4, 2:063-4, 2:073-4.
He had been bought on the eve of the Tran-
sylvania by Boston men who started to "win
him out" in that race, they putting- up a new
driver. Moreover, at Cincinnati, Mack Mack
had won the second heat of a race from Nut
Boy in 2:08, and thirdly, at Hartford Nut
Boy had been beaten a third heat in
2 :oQ T-4, although by the conditions of the
race (which ended there) he was the winner.
Fourthly, Nut Bov had not started for a

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couple of weeks previous to the Lexington
meeting, and was known to have none too
good legs.

And so Mack Mack, later the sole property
of George A. Graves, of the Metropolitan
Driving Club, was the choice. There was big
selling, many of the pools aggregating $1,-
500, and on account of the peculiar angles
there was plenty of talk. When the horses
were being warmed up for the Transylvania,
and Nut Boy had finished his final prelimi-
nary heat, a friend of McHenry's, who was
so close to him he could talk freely on deli-
cate subjects without arousing the blazing
temper the great driver had, met him just
as he came through the gate after dismount-
ing from the sulky.

"They tell me you're going to cheat this
afternoon with Nut Boy," was the friend's
salutation.

McHenry's face assumed a look that was
balf smile and half sneer. Then he pointed
to Nut Boy, which was being led to the
stable. "There he is," said McHenry, "and
he'll win. And let me tell you something
more — I won't drive him two hundred yards
in the whole race."

And he didn't, for over a slow track, on a
cold day. Nut Boy fairly rambled three heats
in 2 :o8, 2 :o7 1-4, 2 109, while Mack Mack's
positions were 11, 7, 2, Emboy, a sprinter,
getting second money with 2. 3, 9 to his
credit. Nut Boy, over that slow track and
on that cold day, equaled his record, and he
never was straight. "He was good today,"
McHenry said after the race, "and I thought
lie would be. A lot of people have got the
idea that horse isn't game, and some others
think 2 :o7 will hold him. Why, he could
have beaten 2 :o6 right over this track today,
and he was a sure 2 :o5 trotter, good day and
track.

"Well, Nut Boy is a case of where a rest
heat training all to pieces. I saw what went
on in the betting for the Transylvania, and I
knew what some people figured was coming
off, but did not consider it any part of my
business to talk about the race before it was
trotted. But just the same I thought it was
the surest thing in the world that Nut Boy
would beat that field. He outclassed every
other horse in it so far it was ridiculous to
talk about beating him — it was a sure 2:05
horse against some 2 :o8 ones."

During the Winter of 1906-7 Nut Boy ran
in a large box stall and yard at the Crabtree
Farm, in Neponset. But the forward leg
that had bothered him the Fall before was
still in such bad shape when the training sea-
son came around, that it was thought best to
fire and blister the leg and give it a year's
rest. In 1908 he was sent to Bob Proctor at

Readvillc, but after a little work the leg
again showed symptoms of weakness, and
he was sent back to the farm, where he was
allowed to run loose till 1910.

That year "Lotta" Crabtree advertised a
closing-out sale of the live stock at the farni,
but when the day arrived, she refused to
have Nut Boy put up for the high dollar.
Later, however, P. O'liearn, afterwards
Building Commissioner of Boston under ap-
pointment of Mayor Curley, succeeded in
buying Nut Boy from "Lotta," and the next
few seasons he was the bearcat among the
trotters on the Franklin Field Speedway, as
he proved his "class" when pitted against
rivals from the Dorchester Driving Club.
Nut Boy displayed his immense speed one
afternoon in 1912 by trotting a heat in i :oi,
which at present (1914) is still the record
for all trotters over the Franklin Field course,
it having tied the mark made by Ralph
AVick, of I :oi, on July 8, 191 1.

Nut Boy was disposed of by Mr. O'Hearn
at the Old Glory sale in New York, the Fall
of 1913, he passing to the ownership of a
New York horse dealer called "Big Charley."

CHAPTER Vni

K

Angus Pointer Was Well Crowned
"King of All Pacers"

ING of them all." This was the
mantle that by common consent
of both horsemen and the great
sport-loving public rested on
Angus Pointer, 2:01 3-4, the
season of 1907. Week after week the fastest
pacers in the world tackled him in the free-
for-alls in the Grand Circuit from Detroit to
Lexington and, outside of the opening meet-
ing at Detroit, the story was always the same
— Angus Pointer won.

His record since making his debut at the
Canadian ice races in 1904, and turf battles
later compared with the best campaigners
the world has produced in all the history of
light harness horse racing. He had every
quality of a race horse, for not only was his
speed sufficient, but he was the one rare
equine that could be relied upon over any
sort of a track. It made no difference to
him whether it was a two-lapped one, a mile
proposition, the footing like a billiard table
or deep in mud or sand, he was there with
"the goods" when turned for the word.

Angus Pointer was bred by W. H.
Buchanan. Kemptville, Ont., and sired by
Sidney Pointer, 2:07 1-4. out of Jane (dam
of Annie Sprague, 2:21 1-2), by Grant's
Hambletonian. He was owned by Senator

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George E. Whitney, Enfield, N. H., and
trained and driven by Ed. Sunderlin the sea-
sons of 1906-7. His winnings down the big
line for 1907 were $7,730, making him the
second largest money winner of the year in
the pacing division.

It is so well known how he took the word
in nineteen races, winning eleven in 1904,
and was first nine times out of thirteen starts
in 1906, that space would be ill used in
enumerating them here. In his campaign of
1907 outside of Detroit, he headed the sum-
mary in nine straight races, losing his initial
start to Baron Grattan, at Detroit, in
2:03 1-4, 2:04 1-4, 2:07, when he finished
second.

His opponents down the line were Argot
Boy, Baron Grattan, Gratt, Boliver, Ecstatic,
Nervolo, Audubon Boy, Phalla, Gallagher
and Rudy Kipp, he meeting one or the others
at different places. His best money-winnnig
race was the Park Brew $5,000 stake at
Providence. He went his fastest two-heat
race at Syracuse, the time being 2:02 1-2,
2 :oi 3-4. The then record for the fastest
three heats by a pacing gelding he earned at
Readville.

All of his nine winning races were taken in
straight heats, with the sole exception of
Columbus, when the assistant trainer of the
Whitney stable, W. W. Bowser, elected
to drive him, and Angus Pointer made the
only break of the year, losing the opening
trip to Gallagher. Myron McHenry was
then asked to take the reins and litde trouble
had he gaining the victory. Audubon Boy,
in the second heat at Lexington, gave him
the severest test, it looking when nearing
the wire that the champion was beaten, but
McHenry rallied him with whip and voice,
Audubon Boy went to a break, and the race
was over.

In order to place another gem in the
string of conquests of Angus Pointer he was
started over the Watertown, N. Y., half-
mile track and placed the season's mark at
2 :o6 1-4 for two-lap tracks.

He was passed through the Old Glory
sale in New York that Fall, but was re-
turned to his old stable, being bid in for
Mr. Whitney for $7,400, though a represen-
tative of Lotta Crabtree ran the bidding to
a hundred less than that sum. Soon after
the return of the noted gelding to Enfield,
he died from pneumonia, the result of a cold
caught en route from New York.

A man ought to do as well as a horse ; I
wish all men did do as well. — Roe.

CHAPTER IX

Famovis Road Drivers WhoseHorses
Were Kept at Sawyer's Stable

IT was with regret the old-time horse-
men and road drivers of Boston noted
the demolition of Sawyer's old board-
ing and baiting stable at the corner of
Chestnut and Brimmer Streets, in the
West End, for modern dwelling houses, for
a generation ago, almost any afternoon, any-
where from twenty-five to thirty men, re-
puted to be millionaires or very near to it,
could be seen donning their driving togs and
starting out from Sawyer's for an afternoon
spin with their trotters, boarded at the stable.
Many of them drove in daily in the morning
from the suburbs, put up their rigs at Saw-
yer's, went down to their offices and returned
for their teams to go out over the Mill Dam,
the then noted speedway of Boston, and
thence on to their homes.

Among that class were : Henry M. Whit-
ney, H. P. Cabot, W. L. Badger, Dr. Weld,
William Weld and John M. Forbes, once
mariner, later merchant in the Oriental trade.
He is described as usually coming in from
Milton on horseback, habitually carrying an
umbrella in anticipation of a possible shower.

Other transients of later days were Hon.
Robert Bacon, later Ambassador to France,
and Mr. and Mrs. John L. Gardner, when
their city house was closed. The Gardner
equipage and livery is said to have been one
of the finest that ever came into the stable.
Another outfit of equally high class was that
of Mrs. George W. Wales, of Beacon Street.

J. Reed Whipple, of hotel fame, kept his
horses at Sawyer's. The story is told how he
purchased at auction the famous trotting
mare Reina, 2:12 1-4, formerly belonging to
John Shepard, who had sold her under the
impression that her days of glory were ended.
Mr. Whipple turned his purchase over to
Sawyer to be put in prime condition, and un-
der the fostering of the experts of the stable
Reina "came back," and one day, when the
sleighing was good, Mr. Whipple concluded
to try his new trotter.

He drove leisurely out to Coolidge Corner,
it bping of the period when the snow racing
was over the boulevard from that point to
St. Mary Street, where he met John Shep-
ard, John W. Wheelwright and a few other
acquaintances that had speed hitched to run-
ners, and dropped them a hint that he would
not be averse to a brush.

The speed of the rejuvenated Reina proved
too much for the hotel man's nervous system,
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he declared that he would never take her
out again. John Shepard then repurchased
the mare, and not a trotter in Boston that
Winter was capable of taking her measure
the length of the boulevard.

Among the regular boarders at Sawyer's
were the late Col. Henry S. Russell, owner
of the famous Home Farm in Milton, where
were kept for years the celebrated stallions,
Smuggler, 2:151-4; Fearnaught, Jr., 2:26,
etc. (Col. Russell was later Fire Commissioner
of Boston), Hon. George von L. Meyer, Secre-
tary of the Navy; Eben S. Draper, former
Governor of the State, and the late Gover-
nor Wolcott.

Commodore George Perkins, the father
of Mrs. Larz Anderson, while he had his
own private stable in Newbury Street, cjuite
frequently dropped in at Sawyer's to chat
horse with his cronies. All old-timers can
remember well the Winter he had the boss of
the snowpath in the trotting mare, Thetis,
2:161-4. This was in 1894, and the season
before the daughter of Mambrino Wilkes,
2 :28 3-4, had proved in her races that she
was much better than a 2:10 trotter.

There was J\Iajor Henry L. Higginson, one
of the patrons, who was founder of the Sym-
phony Orchestra, and he usually kept several
trotters, ■ among the number being Parana,
2:191-4. George B. Inches boarded during
the Winter months at Sawyer's, the stallion
Pedlar, 2:181-4, and other trotters. S. B.
Dana had Arab, 2:15, previously owned by
John Shepard. George F. Fabyan had Jean
Valjean, 2:14, with which John Cheney won
many creditable races. Dr. F. P. Sprague
had First Love and Almira, whose respective
records were 2:22 1-2 and 2:24 1-4. He often
drove them in an extension-top carryall of
a ]5attern of 100 years ago.

Then there were Edward P. Whitney,
partner of J. Pierpont Morgan, who always
had a fine trotter ; F. H. Prince, son of
Mayor Prince, who had a string of thorough-
bred racers, among them King Tom and
Sherrod, but for his own riding had a fast
trotter ; John Wright, who now lives in
France and has a racing stable there, kept
a number of racing ponies there, such as are
now known as polo ponies.

The passing of the old home for trotters
emphasizes the decadence of road driving
from what it was up to ten years or so ago,
for at Sawyer's is said to have been boarded a
greater number of high-class trotters from
ten to thirty years ago than any other stable
in Boston, and it was said to have been good
at one time for an income of $30,000 a year.

The stable was built about 58 years ago by
Ebenezer Johnson, a mason, and John Mann,

a Washington Street ribbon dealer at that
time, two extensive speculators in real estate.
Its first lessee was Stephen Thuolt, who was
a famous Boston riding instructor from
1856 to 1866. Col. Thuolt was a Hungarian
revolutionist of 1848, who fought under
Ivossuth, and, like the latter, was obliged to
fly for his life to foreign lands after Russia
intervened and put down the rebellion in
Hungary. Thuolt first went to England,
where he was reduced to the condition of a
common day laborer and transported stones
in a wheelbarrow to build a sea wall.

Soon after his arrival in Boston he
aroused the interest of some of the richest
and most influential families, who induced
him to establish a riding school for the in-
struction of their sons and daughters. John
Nash, who had the care of Col. Thuolt's
horses from the time the riding school was
started, 58 years ago, and later performed
the same function for Major Henry L. Hig-
ginson, is still living in the West End district
of Boston.

Thuolt was a tall and handsome man, and
during his early years here was a protege of
members of the Lowell family, while among
his other particular friends were the Forbes,
Bigelows and Hoopers. These men of social,
political and diplomatic influence obtained a
pardon for him from the Austrian Govern-
ment, and Thuolt was allowed to return to
his home after eighteen years of exile.

Alsom Garcelon, for a generation the best-
known stable keeper in Boston, and at one
time proprietor of fourteen or fifteen such
establishments, succeeded Col. Thuolt in
1869, purchasing the property and building a
three-story addition with stalls for one hun-
dred horses. Garcelon came to Boston about
eighty years ago from Lewiston, Me., and
was a near relative of the late Governor
Garcelon of Maine, and a descendant of a
Huguenot refugee, contemporary with the
Faneuils. His first stable was in Franklin
Street, his second in Bedford Street. He
furnished the horses and carriages for the
Prince of Wales, afterward Iving Edward
V'll, when he visited Boston in i860, al-
though the handsome trotting horse. Black
Prince, ridden by the Prince at the military
parade on the Common, and later the model
for Thomas Ball when he made the eques-
trian statue of George Washington for the
Public Garden, came from the stable of the
Hon. Timothy" Bigelow Lawrence, only a
few doors away from Garcelon's, on Chest-
nut Street. Garcelon made a great deal of
money, but losing it in real estate, had very
little when he died, in 1881.

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ed in the Chestnut Street staole and ran it
twenty-four years, or till his death about ten
years ago. His son, S. Gordon bawyer, then
managed it three years and sold it to Frank
Donovan, who, when the property was
sold for improvement, had to move a
few doors up Chestnut Street. In the day of
road driving in Boston there worked at Saw-
yer's, besides Nash, already mentioned, such
men well known in the care of old-time trot-
ters as Martin Ouigley, Patrick Loftus, bet-
ter known as "Brock," for having worked so
long for "Ham" Brock, and Thomas F.
Walsh.

Right across the way from Sawyer's stable
was the famous Joseph F. Pra)', the sulky
builder, who turned out the light road
wagons and buggies which were the delight
of the gentlemen road drivers who boarded
their horses at Sawyer's.

Paran Stevens, for many years the prince
of Boston hotel men, first proprietor of the
New England House, then of the Revere and
the Tremont houses, had for many years a
private stable for his trotters at the corner
of Chestnut and Brimmer Streets, and about
the time of the advent of Sawyer's the
Stevens stable was taken by Mr. Pray for
his carriage factory, where he lemained for
more than a score of vears.

CHAPTER X

How "Long Shot" Cox Worked

From the Bush Rings to a Star

Grand Circuit Driver

FROM a farmer's boy, born in Ep-
som, N. H., to one of the greatest
trotting horse drivers and trainers
in the world, is the achievement of
\\'alter R. Cox in the forty-si.x
years of his life. To those not in the know-
ing, Epsom is merely a dot on the map near
Pittsfield, and, so far as can be established,
being the birthplace of Cox is its lone de-
gree of fame in the country's history.

The name of Cox is prominent in politics.
Charles E., father of Walter, was warden of
the New Hampshire state prison for a num-
ber of years. His three brothers have made
names for themselves in Jilassachusetts. Guy
served the state in both branches of the Legis-
lature. Louis was postmaster at Lawrence.
Channing, the baby of the family is assured of
being Speaker of the House in 191 5. All three
are lawyers.

"Long Shot" is the eldest of the boys.
When a year old his folks removed from
Epsom to Manchester, where he attended the

public schools, taking a two-year course ni
the high school. At thirteen he entered the
butcher business, working for his father at
running a cart. He was up in the morning at
4, labored till school time, and at the close
of school devoted his time to the shop. Sun-
days he sang in the church choir.

"Tell me of your first race," I asked "Long
Shot."

"1 was fifteen when a Catholic picnic was
held at the Manchester track. There was a
trotting gelding named A'lay Morning, which

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WALTER R. (Long Shot) COX

the owner said I could start in one of the
races. I took the horse out of pasture a
couple of weeks before the event and pulled
off second money, netting $15. One thing
in connection with this race Til never forget.
Just previous to starting the judges informed
me that it was necessary that i should weigh
150 pounds. I weighed only eighty! Here
was a nice pickle. I solved the problem by
taking a bag and gathering enough stones
to make up the difference. Then I attached
the bag to the sulky. The race was won in
2:48 3-4."

"Tell us some more about your earlv turf
career," I persisted.

"Well, between the age of eighteen and
twenty-five I sold beef on the road for Ham-
mond. This gave me time to tinker with
horse racing at the Manchester track. The
horses were owned by local butchers. Every
Friday these men held races. I always had a
mount, with varying success.

"Finall}-, I gave up the Hammond job to

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devote my time to training horses. In those
daws Jake Stone was using the Manehester
track for Spring training. He was a suc-
cessful winner. 1 had no horses good
enough for the good half-mile tracks, and
nobody will ever know with what admiration
I watched Jake lead! his fields of horses.
I thought him of more importance than the
President of the United States.

"However, along toward Fall I would
gather up three or four of the fastest horses
I was working and take in what was later
known as the 'Cox Circuit.' This comprised
the tracks at Warner, Canaan, Plymouth,
Bristol and Greenfield. Canaan used to
give a July. 4 meet also. At that time I
figured the meeting at Tilton, and other
tracks of that kind, of Grand Circuit im-
portance ! I'll say one thing, before I was
through with 'Cox's Circuit' it was a pretty
slick sort of a driver and horse he had that
could win a race from me."

"What was your first mile track race?"

"At Narragansett Park, in 1893, I started
a pacer named Rowdy Knox, 2:201-4. I
took the horse there alone, swiping him and
sleeping in the stall. Before the race I nearly
wore out a watch timing the horses entered
in my class, and the way they did step from
the three-quarter pole to the wire brought
tears to my eyes. I knew I wasn't even a
dirty duce in a clean deck of cards. I didn't
look very good in that race, trailing along in
the rear guard.''

"Your first visit to New York was to drive
for James Y. Gatcomb at Empire Citv Park
in the Grand Circuit in 1903, was it not?"

"I had been in New York once before. It
was at the time Home Rule was winning
match races in Manchester and Concord. I
conceived the plan of slipping over to New
York and buying a 'skinner" that would beat
Home Rule and the rest of them. Getting
to the big city I found that the auction was
in Chicago. So I went over to Guttenburg
and backed the runners. Played everv race
across the board — and lost. I scampered out
of New York the next morning prettv quick.
All I saw of the place was the one block I
walked around and the car ride to Forty-
second Street ferry.

"When I went to New York to drive for
Gatcomb I didn't know the way to Broad-
way. That's a fact. In the afternoon I
drove Prince of Orange, and in the field was
Rhythmic and Fereno. That marked my
Grand Circuit debut. I won after losing the
opening heat."

From my personal knowledge, Cox is
modest in stating his connection with this
race. The betting fraternitv had a good

i)pini(.)ii of I'rincc of Orange to win the event,
but when they saw a tall, lanky Yankee, un-
known to all, mount the sulky, there was a
rush to the betting ring to hedge the bets
made on the gelding. This was Gafcomb's
opportunity for getting on heavily at long
odds. That night all Broadway was ringing
with the praises of the Yankee driver. In
the clever way in which he had trimmed the
wise men, and the shrewd drivers opposing
him. Cox had made his name.

Cox maintained his home stable in Man-
chester, training his horses in the Spring
over the Nashua, N. H., track, till the sea-
son of 1905, when he selected Granite State
Park, at Dover, for his training quarters.

"As the seasons have passed, have you
noted any changes in the mode of race driv-
nig?'"

"I should say so. The day of the driver
going away from the wire rippity-bang has
passed, unless laying all over the field in
point of speed, which is seldom. Brains count
more now in the sulky than ever. Time in
racing has passed, it not being how fast the
heats are, but the class of the horse that
counts. Give me a 2 104 horse and I'll beat
a 2 :g5 one in heats raced in from 2 -.oj to
2 :c8. Yes, and make him look cheap. In
some part of the mile I'll take all the race
out of that chap and finish practically alone."

"Young drivers are coming up. What is
your advice to them?"

"Don't wait for a winning tomorrow
when a victory can be earned today. Drive
always to win, regardless of a record on the
horse. Nobody ever made fame in the sulky
that did not often ride in front ; even the
driver coming in second is overlooked by
the spectators and critics. It's the man in
front who gets the glory, reputation, and
finally the best horses in his stable. Be
honest, and leave booze for the other fellow
to handle."

"What has been the increased cost of run-
ning a campaigning stable in the past few
years ? Other things have gone up ; most
likely you have had the same experience."

"It costs about twice as much to run a
racing stable now as it did ten years ago.
At that time it was nothing for a groom to
care for three horses. Now a man is need-
ed on each horse, with extra helpers on the
day the animal races. Railroad and express
bills have been jumped, hotel bills increased
to quite an extent, and so along through
the list. Today every horse has his chest
filled with boots and harness. Each horse
has his own sulky. Ten years ago one sulky
was used for all and one chest of boots was
all that was required for the string of horses.

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"This shows the additional expense for
each horse as well as the large increase in
luggage that has to be carted around. The
man who said 'The luxury of today is the
necessity of tomorrow," hit the nail squarely
on the head."

That it is a pretty ,1 tough proposition to
skin "Long Shot" Cox at any game was
proved one forenoon at the Nashua, N. H.,
track, when a combination of the trainers put
up a job on him. They got a tall lanky na-
tive to wager a couple of dollars with "Long
Shot" that he, the tall, lanky, weighed the
most. To make the thing sure some of the
boys wound strips of sheet lead around
each of his legs, next to his drawers. "Long
Shot" was a little afraid he was beaten on
the proposition, so, unbeknown to all, he
quietly adjusted a big block of lead on his
shoulders, under his coat. Away they went
to be weighed.

"Long Shot" won the "darby," fetching the
scales down to 183 pounds to his lanky op-
ponent's 181 1-2. To watch the two return
from the weighing-in process was most
laughable. "Long Shot" was horribly round-
shouldered, while his competitor walked like
a rooster with frozen feet, at each stride
bringing a foot up to an angle that would
cause a prize-winning hackney to turn green
with envy.

And here is a reason why Cox never lifts
his hat in response to grandstand plaudits.
He has been pretty nearly the whole works
in the New England for many seasons, and
acquired a big following that has watched
him with much interest. Everybody knows
how he has made good, and it seems to be
conceded that none of the star mechanics can
outdrive him.

Every time he wins he gets the glad hand,
good and plenty — but he never seems to pay
any attention to applause. A number of
people have said : "What's the matter with
that man? Why doesn't he tip nis cap to the
grandstand?"

Well, they just don't know what the mat-
ter is. "Long Shot" would be tickled
enough to do the Tommy Murphy act, but
for one very embarrassing fact — though still
comparatively a young fellow, his head is as
bald as a pool-ball. Hence he prefers to
keep his nice satin cap on in front of the
grandstand. Can you blame him ?

CHAPTER XI

"Happy Jack" Trout is Mine Host
to Members of Metropolitan Club

A HISTORY of the horsemen of
New England, and Greater
Boston in particular, would not
be complete without an ac-
count of John Trout, known to
his legion of friends as "Happy Jack" Trout.
"Happy Jack" is dallying around the
seventy year mark, and his eventful career
has been largely spent in Boston and vicinity.
The past eight years he has been identified
almost entirely with the matinee sport, he
having, on June I. 1906, taken charge of the

What is a horse ? A horse is an article in the
sale of which you may cheat your own father
without any imputation on your honesty or
filial duty.— H. Smith.

JOHN, TF OUT

Metropolitan clubhouse at the Charles
River Speedway, and a most excellent host
has he been to the members of that organi-
zation. In the stable of the clubhouse it has
been his duty to look after many of the fast-
est horses raced in the matinees.

"Happy Jack" achieved his greatest repu-
tation as a driver and trainer through the
gelding Anaconda, which was owned by Ed-
win Rice, the well-known young sporting
man of Boston. Trout gave Anaconda a
record of 2 :oi 3-4, pacing, and, then, under
the name of Knox Gelatine King, which an
advertising concern in New York had given
him after purchasing him from Mr. Rice.
Trout gave him a, trotting record of
2 :o9 3-.|.

This is the fastest record for a double-
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Anaconda's feat of establishing a record of
2 :oi 3-4 and 2 :o9 3-4^ an average of 2 :05 1-4,
Jay-Eye-See held the double-gaited record at
2:06 1-4 pacing, and 2:10 trotting, an average
of 2:08 1-8. The difference of almost three
seconds plainly shows the sii])eriority of
Anaconda.

L.ooking back over the career of "Happy
Jack," it is noted that he drove his initial
race in 1856 with a raw-boned Canadian
pacer, owned by his brother, that won the
race in 3:01. Shortly after this he opened
a livery stable near Flenington, N. J., and
remained there until about 1870, when he
campaigned a couple of horses through New
York state.

It was during this time that he met Alden
Goldsmith and engaged to handle his Vol-
unteer stock. While with Goldsmith he
drove Driver, 2:19 1-4, and Huntress to her
three-mile record of 7:21 1-4, that stood as
the world's record for twenty-one years, when
Bishop Hero, in 1893, reduced it to 7:19 1-4.
In accomplishing the feat of trotting three
miles in 7:21 1-4, Huntress made her first
mile in 2 :28 3-4, the second in 2 :26, and
the third in 2 -.26 1-2, and the middle half of
the third mile was stepped in i :09. This
was a reduction of 11 1-4 seconds from the
previous mark for that distance. The event
took place at Prospect Park, Long Island,
on September 21, 1872, and the betting odds
were $1,000 against $250 that the trotting
record of 7:321-2 would not be lowered.

Trout remained with Goldsmith three
years. Then he returned to his own home in
New Jersey for a few weeks' visit, and, while
there he met William Lovell, who proposed
that he should go with him and drive the
noted trotter, American Girl, 2:161-2. That
was the year of 1874.

That Fall he hired out to John Merrow,
of Boston, to train and drive his stable of
campaigners. During the four 3'ears he was
associated with Mr. Merrow he successfully
raced, among others, the noted horse,
Camors, 2:193-4, and Sea Foam, 2:241-2.

In 1878 Trout opened a public stable at
the old Beacon Park. The years of 1885-6,
he managed Beacon Park and it was in those
days that the park had its liveliest times.
The old Mill Dam road was the Mecca for
the local road-drivers during the sleighing
season. Charley Perkins' roadhouse, the
Hawthorne, St. Julien, the Albany, and other
roadhouses were then open for the public to
put their steaming horses under the sheds
while they partook in the hotel of refresh-
ments, both wet and solid, before a glowing-
fire.

Beacon Park, too, was especially prepared

for racing on the snow, and many were the
match events decided every day, and, during
the Smnmcr season a large crowd would
congregate every forenoon on the. broad
piazza, that faced the track, to watch the
horses quartered at the park receive their
work, and discuss the merits of their own
horses. This frequently led to an argument
between enthusiastic owners, which usually
ended in each putting up from $100 to $500
and racing for it right then.

For a number of years Trout trained at
Mystic Park, one of the best that he raced
during that period being the pacing mare,
Allen Maid, 2:161-2. He then successfully
handled horses for Dr. Fowler of Moodus,
Conn. ; J. H. Richardson, owner of the
Thorndale Stock Farm, Andover, Mass. ;
Commodore Cieorge Perkins, Webster,
N. H. ; and for Edwin Rice.

In running the clubhouse for the members
of the Metropolitan, "Happy Jack" is cer-
tainly in his right element. As a host he is
always bubbling over with good humor, can
tell a story 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 life in making him feel kinder
to mankind.

CHAPTER XII

Trainer E. D. Either Who Made
Three World's Champions

EDWIN D. BITHER 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 1 871 Mr. 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.

Shortly after this Mr. Case made another
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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 May 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 23. It was the most re-
markable campaign ever made by 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 efTorts,
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 14 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 :i7, 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 2:15 1-2.

In 1884 Phallas appeared seven times. First
in Chicago, July 4, when he had a walk-
over. On the 14th, at the same place, he
met Catchfiy. Clemmie G., and Fannie
VVitherspoon, in which Catchfiy started a
great favorite, and being a still greater one
after winning the first heat in 2:193-4.
Either 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, 2:16 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 horse in 1885.
At Cleveland, July 4, he met the bay stallion,
Maxy 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 was over
when he reached the half-mile pole in the
second heat, and Phallas put three straight
lieats 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 years, Mr. Either in 1890, severed his
connections and associated himself with the
Allen 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 Nashville,
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, 1:03 1-4,
I :3.=i. and 2:07 .^-4.

Previous to this Kremlin had gathered to
himself the $io,oco stallion race at Mystic
Park, and the famous Transylvania stake at
Lexington, Ky., where he met the highest
classed field of horses that had ever heard the
Ijell ring- up to that time in the history of the
trotting turf. He started in the race in the
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event, and then g-rabbed off the 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 £., $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 big 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 balmy 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; Brava, 2:14 1-2; Tom Ar-
den, 2:16 1-4. etc.

Another very prominent stallion cam-
paigned by Mr. Either was Lynne Bel,
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-
elence, 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; Gurta, 2:13 1-4; Alondra, 2:18;
Mike Agan, 2:10 1-2, and Bronson, 2:12.
Mr. Either did all of Bronson'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 worthy 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
e.xtent that it would be their ultimate limit.

With a three-year-old ]mcing filly, Anna
Bradford, going close to two minutes in
1914, and the trotting stallion, Peter 'Volo,
in his three-year-old form, going his third
heat in 2 :o3 1-2, it certainly looks as though
the prophecy made by Mr. Either twenty-
two years ago was very near a living fact.

Mr. Either joined the Metropolitan Driv-
ing Club in 1914, and also belongs to the
fraternal order of Masons. He resides at
Readville, Mass.

Racing Only for the Pleasure and
Sport To Be Obtained

HUW 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
iirst-class horse for a yacht, and then pav a
crew for sailing it, and a watchman to stav
with it over night, with the only possible
emolument an 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 and 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 money spent
in this pursuit.

Equine Portrait Painters
Who Have Won Fame

(By Everett L. "Percy" Smith)

Permission of Trotter and Pacer

OF our painters of horses in action,
the late W. Scott Leighton, of
Boston, 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 eiifect, 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 Veterans," 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
b)f Emil Carlsen) "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 bag
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
prominentl)', 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.
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and Blondine," with John Shepard driving ;
"Edward and Dick Swiveler," with Murphy
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 "Mr. Work behind Edward and
Swiveler," and "Mr. Vanderbilt behind
Aldine and Aland S." \'ery likely these were
painted for their respective owners, yet i
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 yovmg fowls as
did he, and he ever could be found at Bates
Farm 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 by
orders at remunerative figures as was he,
once he got to be known. He painted nearly
all New England sires of note. A very
creditable piece by him that New Yorkers
may see is the portrait of Eva, 2:23 1-2,
hanging 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 painter 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 whom did very heavy por-
traits, painting over and over, rarely using

the palette or oils. Of them, Marsden 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 box, 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 hi?
"Nancy Hanks at Speed" piece, shows the
veteran with that well remembered half
smile, and one is impressed that it is Mr.
Doble and not some mere lay figure.

The Albany horse painter, Vanzandt, did
some superb work. I saw him at Glens;
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 really 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 City
track, and yet I cannot recall the artist, a
woman, by the way, I think, who did it.
Aly impression is that it is a portrait of Nut-
shell, raced first by Charlie Sigourney antl
later by E. R. Bowne. The work is rarely
executed and everv detail as to harness, to

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the minutest "runner" or "billet" on the
straps, true to the clot.

Gean Smith's work lacks versatility, yet
one thing he does do, and it is to have the
driver actually, driving. The "Cobwebs" at
speed 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
groom 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 I've seen the latter sketch-
ing Wedgewood, 2:19, years ago at the
Bates 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
Monthly's career, recall his splendid outline
and anatomical understanding, yet I've never
seen anything by him in color. Kittredge's
drawing of Eeausire 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 chd 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 e.<cellence of landscape
Avork. Yet they were painted thirty or more
ye rs ago, I suppose, when our leading
painters considerecl 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 suoerli 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 busy 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
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track. He held an interesting exhilMtion of
his work in Chicago some years ago, and is
now located in New York City. Mr. Dickey
has 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, son of the editor of the
Trotter and Pacer, has made a favorable
name for himself in reproductions of color
examples in issues of holiday numbers. He
appears at his best in decorative work. It is
pleasing to note that he overcomes the tend-
encv to employ a camera to secrre his
poses, as never will that sort of work be
considered by a critic as "art."

It i\s a fact today very few can earn a
living depending on painting mere ordered
work, and the advertising line of work seems
to ofifer but little of commercial encourage-
ment. Anv painter, to stoop to paint some
piece intended merely to advertise, had bet-
ter put aside his layout, 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 but could have
Bingaras to work from, is mighty interesting
as a pastime.

It ever seems strange that so many who
will pay high prices to purchase horses can
hardly be induced to order a portrait at
above, say, $50, whereas one almbst always
finds in the homes of the wealthy some paint-
ing of a favorite dog, and the work of the
Dutch cattle painters or Mouks" splendid
sheep pieces command ready, sale. The late
j. !\Ialcolm 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
be 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
yachts, "Puritan" and "Mayflower," though
to !)e 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 lounging room.

CHAPTP.R II

A Reminder of the Days When the
Pool Box Told the Odds

OH, for a return of those good old
days we liked, many of us, to
stand and watch "Ned" Morse,
or Frank Herdic, or Charlie
Stiles, or Ed Lowry, or Bride (of
Bride & Armstrong), or "Silver Bill" Riley
or someone else, "sell 'em out" and, as the
auctioneer knocked one clown, to catch as he
stooped over and addressed his clerk, the
mysterious "Forty-nine" (Wallace Peirce),
"Hube" or "Starch" (the Brothers Hubin-
ger), or "S. W." (John R/lcNally) or the
"Single M. number two," the "Andy" (A. J.
Welch) or the this or that. "Joe" might be
"Diamond Joe" (John Costen of Cincinnati)
or "Columbus Joe," for aught we knew.

It was fun to watch a buyer like the late
Pendleton, of Providence, always "Pen"
everywhere. Fie could lift an eyelash, move
his ratty walking stick merely an inch or so,
or nod his head, and yet bet good chunks for
men like C. J. Hamlin, the late James
Golden, the seldom - seen - in - a - poolroom
"General" Turner, or others, and no one ever
saw or knew anything of it unless a careful
observer. Many times we were told to
"watch Pen," and, if he played Thus and So,
it was educated money working the charm.

Back when Charlie Tanner was with the
lamented James A. Goldsmith (he never
drove those days, yet shipped the stable and
was of great value to both the famous reins-
man and Barney Ferry at all moments), he
played thousands of dollars for the plucky
Orange County man, and, too, "Doc," as all
call him, knew about what the opposition had
done by way of trials, "up-seconds," and the
current stable chat as to whether they "were
meant" or not : if off their feed or having sore
thumbs or otherwise, and how near "over
their last race the}- were, etc.," and was, as
now. a very close observer. In those davs I
guess comparatively few imagined that he
was a remarkably proficient speed maker in
embryo.

Our old Boston tracks and one or two built
in boom times down at Portland, Me., have
gone their way. Years ago we had a
splendid half-mile track circuit hereabouts,
with Lawrence, Worcester, Lowell, Fitch-
burg, Taunton. Brockton, Attleboro, Woon-
socket and various towns in Connecticut in-
cluded, yet even this now has given wav be-
fore the anti-pool selling crusade, and seem-
ingly but the "strictly fair" circuit has a
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State Short Ship Circuit, which, I hear, did
vrry well in its initial season.

I well recall, during one of the big New
England fairs, held always there at the old
Worcester Fair Grounds, seeing Gus Dore
(Lester's father) drive Galatea a heat in 2 :28
and that it was the track race record at the
moment and was proudly announced by Tom
King, who always acted as starter there. It
was in 1881, and, over the same track, 1
afterward saw Prince A., Corinne, Ned
Winslow and others perform many seconds
faster, some of the miles toward the very end
of the pretty old track's history having been
right at 2:10, writing from memory. C. M.
Dyer's pretty trotter, Careless Boy, trotted
an exhibition heat there one day, in 1879 or
1880, in 2 128, as I recall, and many there that
day doubtless believed they would never see
his equal among Worcester owned trot-
ters, yet, when they allowed "selling" there,
Worcester was one of the best towns on the
New England circuit. The area occupied by
the track and its complement of buildings is
today built completely over and not to be
recognized by sentimentalists, who like to
think back to the New England Fair as our
one to-be-perpetuated institution.

At Westboro, ten miles east of Worcester,
occurred one of the amusing incidents con-
nected with our turf events that, after all, are
really to be laughed over. A meeting at the
half-mile track (now no more) wound up at
dusk the last day and the last race looked to
have a carried-over inclination. Heats were
split up, horses tired and no one was willing
to settle it as per summary. Accordingly,
-»John Kervick thought up a plan to end the
race and get the money divided. He pulled
into the bushes on the back stretch, rejoined
the tired horses with one fresh enough to do
the trick and got the money, despite the un-
usual protest and investigation.

At old Beacon Park, before George Hicks
caused to be razed the famous "willows" at
the stretch turn for home, many were the
Onawa-like breaks and attendant growls. 1
can hear them yet — "I don't suppose you
judges saw So and So run clean through
them willows !" Then the accused driver
made his plea. No patrol judge clause then.
It Vv'as really a feature of especially the
winter-overcoating meetings there. Ah !
Those late meetings, held as late as "October
32d," I guess were pleasurable affairs after
all, and, whether they were framed up or
otherwise, we saw hammer-and-tongs races
just the same.

Mr. Feek came over from Syracuse,
usuallv Grady (he lived there then). Dougrey,
Alta ^McDonald and Frazier came down from

Albany, Tom McAloon, Woodbury and
Libby came up from Maine, Fred Reynolds
was at Charter Oak then, and he and ''Gene"
Hyde, together with Shillinglaw, usually gave
them some entries : Twitchell from the west-
ern part of the State, Houghton and Wash-
burn from Worcester, Swan and others from
up Athol way, and various others from as
far away as Baltimore had horses in, and all
wanted to get the money if they could escape
a mark, and "Gamey" will tell you that is the
really artistic feat and makes for interesting,
amusing races and stand management, if at
all rightly conducted. One heat may be
2:34 1-.4, and the next in 2:24 1-4, for some-
times an owner of some stallion wanted a
race-record — and he got it, too.

The bologna sandwiches tasted just as well,
let me add, as though every rule in that book
"went." The coffee, even without fancy
trimmings and tongs to handle cut sugar,
tasted satisfactor}? — possibly it had a few
dried beans mixed therewith, and no one
uttered a protest because of price or service.
I've seen men of considerable wealth elbow
neighbors with "Mike-the-Tramp," eating as
heartily at these 10-20-30 lunch counters at
the tracks as though surrounded by brokers
at the swell clubs where dues alone amount
to hundreds annually and with a waiting list
only utilized in the event of a death among
the older members.

Today the owner rides to the races in his
$10,000 auto, the chauffeur receives more
than a trainer's charges for handling a sea-
son's sensation, everyone has his private car
for the horses, the swipes wear uniforms,
washes and other preparations are put up in
convenient form to be merely diluted and
applied under cotton, they are put away for
the night and "the stable" is at the theatre
enjoying a roof garden show, whereas, in the
old days, the owner and trainer remained to
see the race performer cooled out and put
away, and frequently going without their own
supper, merely catching a late bite in town
before retiring. Nothing at all suggestive of
the old gipsy-like, halfway camping out life
from Cleveland to Boston does one see, and
the old "hotels" at the track entrances have
gone their way. Never do we see a party in
a landau at, say, thirty dollars for the after-
noon and evening, as well as paying for feed-
ing the horses, wining and dining, as well as
liberally tipping the driver, — this whether
winners or losers on the day.

No, it is, seemingly, forever past, this tem-
porarily "high life" chapter. Money appears
to be tight and men like the late Major Dick-
inson, Matthew Rilev, Col. Lawrence Kipp,
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satile Fasig, and others, too numerous
almost to mention, who could spend a hun-
dred dollars entertaining" their friends all in-
side of two or three hours at the hotels after
the day's races, and remained ever loyal to
the trotters, through panics and all upsets of
markets or legal calculations, who could well
afiford to lose the small sums they wagered
out of pure sentiment, and who never
stopped to figure whether their horses in
training paid their way, and who, on winning
a stake, always presented the net amount to
the trainer and in addition "remembered the
boys" to the tune of fifty apiece or such mat-
ter, all has forever passed into the pleasant
past of our trotting turf history.

The

CHAPTER III
Old Story— "The Best
the Mare Ever Foaled"

Colt

F

EW, very few, among our mer-
chants today keep a mare or two
at some near-the-city stock farm,
and, regularly, when brain-
fagged or the weather is too hot
to be enjoyed in town, organize a parlor car
party and spend a week-end at the stock
farms, hopeful that their favorite road mare,
now retired to the ranks of the matrons, mav

yet throw a stake winner, and rarely counting
cost of keep, or other expense, so long as the
colts come straight and resemble some
especially famed ancestor.

Did you ' ever see the fond owner who
failed to remark, as the week-old youngster
sticks out his boot-brushlike tail and strides
off a rod or two, "That's a trotter, and he is
by all odds the best the old mare has
foaled !" It's the old story. Always are they
best at week-old form and later, if perchance
a curl) appears to be "set" and not a case of
sickle-hock-that-will-straighten-with-age, you
know how sure they are to have "slipped on
the ice and somehow thrown out that curb,
etc." Of course, it is to be regretted. Al-
ways did we draw our finger down the back
tendon and try to convince ourselves that, at
the curb-joint the leg was clean and that it
was but a matter of prominent "side" devel-
opment. Not even "rounding" were we ready
to admit. No, no colt ever, even today, I
presume, is foaled admittedly curby, and
always some stall strain, some trifling acci-
dent causes it all.

Who ever saw a broken down juvenile that
wasn't the fastest thing when a two-year-old
ever foaled in the county ? Nothing ever had
the excuses made for it to compare with the
colt of high hopes, expensive service fee and
extensive staking, and ever will it be thus.

"THE BEST COLT THE MARE EVER FOALED"

Ouilberta (2), 2:29 3-4, by Bingara, dam Regal Lassie, 2:26 1-4, by Ralph Rex, 2:26 3-4.

Holding the Filly is William Wright, Stallioneer at the Allen Farm.

Owned by Everett L. Smith

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This one trotted Readville in 2:12 at four,
but went wrong during some cooling out
heat, or else sprained a ligament while being
led, or slipped on the platform while shipping
and all that, and always, too, are they tried,
blistered and turned out, yet one more sea-
son, etc., and the Tertimins, Travelessos,
Tregantles, Anna jNIaces, Azotes, and vari-
ous others that have had small fortiyies spent
educating, car-traveling and "experiencing"
them are far more numerous than the mere
reader realizes.

Yet, sometime, you too may have one to
go trot or pace a ciuarter around 30 seconds
handsomely, and so early in life it does seem
a sure two minute proposition, vv'ith the
William or Baden sweep of the big line
stakes, then the subsequent sale to some
wealth/ enthusiast for sensational money.
Anticijiatory moments are, however expen-
sive, olttimes sw«:et, and it is after all the one
great gamble — will he keep sound, get the
one day with just his track and that flag that
hangs limp at the posthead on the grand-
stand i

National Trotting Association Was Or-
ganized in 1870 at Providence, R. I.

The National Trotting Association was or-
ganized as a voluntary association in February,
1870, under the name of the National Associ-
ation for the Promotion of the Interests of the
American Trotting Turf, which name was
changed for the present one at the biennial
congress held in 1878; and in 1884 the organ-
ization became incorporated under the charter
then procured.

The inaugurating meeting in 1870 was
composed of delegates representing the lead-
ing trotting parks of the country assembled
upon the invitation of the Xarragansett Park
Association of Providence. That invitation
was issued in the Fall of 1869, and, -referring
to the abuses which had become prevalent at
trotting meetings, proposed the formation of
a national trotting association and the estab-
lishment of a code of rules for the govern-
ment of all as the surest means of correcting"
those abuses, and of elevating and protecting
the standing and character of the American
trotting: turf. That invitation received the
indorsement and support of the press
throughout the country, and resulted in an
earnest and enthusiastic meeting, which, dtu'-
ing a three days' session, framed and adopted
a code of laws, elected officers and accom-
plished the initial organization.

The first president of the association was
Amasa Sprague, of Providence, who resigned
the office at the congress of 1876, when he

was succeeded by C. W. Woolley, of Cin-
cinnati ; then, upon the resignation of the
latter, the congress of 1880 elected to the
office James Grant, of Davenport, la., who
held the office until February 8, 1888, when,
upon his declining a re-election, P. P. John-
ston, of Lexington, Ky., the present incum-
bent, was elected.

The first secretary was George H. Smith,
of Providence, who, in August, 1872, was
fiucceeded by D. F. Longstreet, also of
I^rovidence, who resigned in July, 1874,
when Thomas J. Vail, of Hartford, was
chosen. Mr. Vail held the office until May,
1887, and, upon his resignation, M. M.
Morse, of Paw Paw, 111., was appointed. He
resigned in December, 1895, and W. H.
Gocher, of Cleveland, O., the present secre-
tary, was elected.

Under the first code, annual meetings of
the members were held until 1874, when an
amendment was adopted establishing bi-
ennial meetings. At these meetings (or con-
gresses), the by-laws and rules are revised
and new ones enacted, and the president ar
vice-presidents and district members of the
board of appeals are chosen — the secretary
and treasurer being appointed by the board
of review.

Horses Enjoy Human Companionship

The fact that, with few exceptions, all ani-
mals enjo}' human companionship, and, that
the horse ranks first in his appreciation of
sociability, is fully appreciated by all who un-
derstand ecjuine nature. The amount and
quality of conversation used in giving com-
mands, or in censuring the animal when a
command has been misinterpreted, is not
sufficient. Take advantage of every oppor-
tunity that offers to give your charge a
friendly word or pat ; it will encourage him
to greater efforts and incidentally will place
you on more friendly terms with yourself.

The horse fully realizes when one speaks
to him kindly ; and although some so-called
human beings may not always appreciate the
kindly tone, the horse always does. The
horse that trusts his master will do anything
he can for him, which is not the promise of a
politician, either. The horse will do or die.

One of the secrets of all skilled trainers
and teachers is a low, well-modulated voice,
which is much more effective than harsh
words or a whip. This is most especially
true of the horse whose sensitive, excitable
nature makes him so miserable and unstrung
when angry words are yelled at him that he
loses his head entirely, and the lesson such
words were intended to convey is not only
lost, but a bad effect is produced.

How Major Delmar Won the Massa-
chusetts Stake

(Ry Charles M. Jewett)

Secretary uf Readville track through its best
years of racing and counted the peer of all secre-
taries in the country. Mr. Jeivett is an expert
amateur driver, as. at the opening of the club-
house at Readville he drove Charles IVhitte-
more's trotter, Timbrel, to zuagon in 2:11 3-4. tJie
third heat of a zvinning race, zuhich zvas at the
time the zvorld's amateur trotting record to
zvagon. In his official position Mr. Jezvett had
"inside" information of many turf events not
available for the lay public. He entertainingly
zurites of some prominent Readville track races.

(Photo from Boston Herald)

T

HE biggest betting race that oc-
curred at Readville was in the
race for the "Massachusetts" of
1902. The purse that year was
$15,000,. and eighteen horses
started, with The Roman a pronounced
favorite. This race was won by Major
Delmar in straight heats, and it will be seen
that the betting had to be fast and furious to
reach such a magnitude. Frank Herdic told
me that this was the greatest betting race
that ever occurred at a trotting track, and to
me the fact that only a few more than three
hundred individuals participated in the great
volume of speculation has always been a
matter of surprise. I took the pains, the fol-
lowing Winter, to tabulate the pool-sellers'
book, and found that less than three per cent
of those who paid admission at the gate that
day purchased pools on the event.

The race that year was a nomination event,
horses to be eligible at closing time and
named shortly before the race. The late
George Van Dyke, of Boston, bad taken a
nom'nation for Kwanon, 2:12 1-2, then
owned by him. The horse did not train well,
and Mr. Van D3'ke was anxious for me to
secure a starter for him. I had attended the
meeting at Detroit and Cleveland and saw
Major Delmar win a purse race at both those
towns.

The horse had not been staked, which
makes it apparent that he had not, the previ-
ous year, shown the class that the Readville
race later proved he possessed, but I was
strongly impressed by the horse in his race

"t Detroit, and tried to sell to the late Alta P.
McDonald (who had him) Mr. Van Dyke's
nomination in the Massachusetts, but with-
out success. Again, at Cleveland, I felt sure
that the horse was of Massachusetts calibre,
but Alta said he was not "good enough."
From Cleveland I returned to Readville for a
day or two, leaving the following Sunday for
pjuffalo. at which meeting my entries closed
on jNIonday.

Sunday Mr. Van Dyke came out to the
track and asked me if I had secured a horse
for his nomination. I told him I had not,
but that there were three possibilities not
already engaged in the event : two of these
were in the stable of 'Ed. Benyon, Walnut
Hall (afterward the sire of the Harvester")
and Ozalma, the third and the one that I
liked best was a bay gelding called Major
Delmar, in the stable of Alta McDonald, but
that McDonald did not think him good
enough for such a race. I then grew en-
thusiastic in my description o; the horse, and
Mr. Van Dyke said :

"You see Alta in Buffalo tomorrow and
tell him that I will name the horse on my
romination in the 'Massachusetts.' If he
wins anything, Fll take the entrance money
out and he can have the rest."

Mr. ^/an Dyke was taking a dying chance
of saving his $750. I told Mr. \"an Dyke
that McDonald was not engaged at Buffalo,
but would be at Poughkeepsie that week.
"Get him on the telephone there and have
l:im start the horse."

The following morning, at Buffalo, I

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talked with Alta in Poughkeepsie, and he
told me to go ahead and name the horse.

The morning of the race, Alta came into
the office at Readville, whip in hand — he was
there warming up Delmar — and said :

"Mr. Jewett, repeat the terms on which
Delmar is named in this race. As the
arrangement was made by telephone, I wish
to be sure we understand it alike."

MAJOR DELMAR, 1:59 3-4

I repeated the proposition I had made
over the wire, and he said, "That is right, and
as I understand it," and was turning to go
out when I said to him, "You know, Alta,
that we are to give a consolation with a
purse of $2,000 to horses starting and not
winning money in the race today."

'T shan't want to start in it," he replied.
"I'll get money out of this race."

Yet, I know that the horse would not have
started on less liberal terms, but would have
been engaged in a purse race instead. Alta
and his party won handsomely on the race,
and a framed photograph of the check for
iiis winnings hung as a valued trophv-in his
cffice at home.

CHAPTER II

Inside Facts About the Charley

Herr-Cresceus Race at Readville

LIKELY no event created so
much criticism at the time, and
is even mentioned to this day in
horse circles, as the stallion race
of 1900, for a purse of $20,000,
which has gone down into history as the
Charley Herr-Cresceus race.

I was much surprised, the other day, to
find that this event of fourteen years ago the
27th of last September, recalled to one spec-

tator only the impression of a "fixed" race.
The bitter nature of the struggle for first
money and the stallion championship, in fact,
the whole magnitude of the event had left
only hazy recollections, the only clearly
defined impression remaining was that it was
a "fixed'' race.

This man said to me that he had been at
Readville a day or two of the Grand Circuit
meeting in 1912, not having attended
before in many years, and it seemed to him
that racing had lost the snap, dash and ex-
citement that characterized it in the betting
days. It was dull and uninteresting, he
thought, and not to be compared with that of
former years, although of former times one
race hacl left a bad impression.

"Most of the racing there," he said,
"seemed to me to be on the level, but I re-
member seeing one race that I have always
thought was fixed all the way through."

"What race was that?" I asked, "and when
was it?" "I don't remember just the race,
nor the year, but I remember that a horse
called Charley Herr had won two heats and
finished ahead in the third, and then the
judges gave the heat to a horse called Cres-
ceus. Why, I am as sure as I am talking
that Charley Herr won that heat — even the
band saw it and started playing, 'He Was
Bred in Old Kentucky,' before the judges
announced it."

"So you thought the race fixed, and what
do you mean by 'fixed' and by whom?" 1
asked.

"Oh, 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 Mr. Horatio N. Piain ; 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

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opinion that 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
his 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
be 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. Jewett,
how many stallions do you think would be
entered in such a race for a purse of

$20,0C0 ?"

The size of the purse suggested brought
all at once to attention, and I replied, "seven,"
naming six and taking it as a matter of
course that Mr. Forbes would name one or
more of his three.

"And how many people would pay to see
such a race?" and my reply was from eight
thousand upward, and added that I thought
such an event would increase the betting
revenues of the meeting by $i,ooo.

I 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 cov.er this
amount, when Mr. Forbes said, "I move, Mr.
President, we give this race for a purse of
,'p2o,oco," all the directors were enthu-
siastic and the race was on.

The 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 pa}'ment 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.
Lawson. 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-
some one stayed in the stable.

I had hoped to get this horse to start in
place of Monterey, who had been nominated
by Col. Thayer under unusual conditions.
This horse, owned in California, had taken a
record of 2 :o9 1-4 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 entry 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 would name the horse in the race,
pay 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

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promised the glorious contest that finally
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 JXIurnane 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?" Mr. Ketcham 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 1

Charley Herr, b. h., by Alfred G.

(J. Kelly) I I 2 2 3

Grattan Boy (Miller), 4-3-3-3-2; Arion (Titer),
--6-.S-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 -.07 1-4, 2 :07 1-4, 2 :07 1-2, 2 :o8 3-4.
Average time, 2 :07 3-5 ; winner's average, 2 :07 5-6.

CHAPTER I IT
Judges Help Scott Hudson Re-
cover Trotter Stolen from
His Stable

THERE are man\' 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 troubles.
Such was the case at Readville track during
one of the Grand Circuit meets, but I
finally by shrewd headwork straightened
the whole afifair out to the satisfaction of the
diiiferent 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 g-ood and the suspensions
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 the 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 day.
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 would not consent to a change of
drivers, and directed Walker 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 sulky to the Salisbury stable. Then,
equipped with 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 horcp
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 Hamud.

How the Fastest Piece of Racing Dirt
in This Country Was Secured

(By John W. Linnehan)

JUST before the Dorchester Driving
Club was chartered, or on ATay 14,
igoo, 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-
dviced 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
Boston'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 off 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 both
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 Parl-c

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 off with that prom-
ise.

It was an angry committee which left the
Park Commissioners' office, 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
Board 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. T- Brand,
R. K. Clarke, S. Walter Wales, A. S. Gushee,
J. W. Linnehan, W. E. Newbert, George H.
Greenwood, 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-

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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 the 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 individually, not collectively."

After three visits to the Mayor's office, 1
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 a
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 boys
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. Mayor, 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 built
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 administration
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
he had never owned a fast horse, had driver

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them on the speedway on several occasions,
and who had ridden them at the heads of pa-
rades like 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 wdiat these boys want. See that they
get it." And 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.

CHAPTER H

An Amateur Driver in His First

Professional Race — Trouble

A-plenty

MAT were your feelings and

seem to you when

your first profes-

race?" is a ques-

w

by friends.
been put to

were
how did it
driving in
sional horse

tion that is often asked of me
The same question has probably
every amateur driver. "Can you
is another question

remember how you felt?
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

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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
Budweiser 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. Newbert, their father, wis 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 :20 class. Lon suggested that I sell him
Budweiser, 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
Budweiser, and I gave him a bill of sale of
the horse and deposited his check in my pri-
vate drawer in the safe. Budweiser 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
compelled 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 Budweiser.
Well, I decided to do the driving myself.

When the race was called it was found that
Budweiser 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 all 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 Lidian.

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
survey.

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 known 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
by saying: "Young man, do you realize where
you 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 by the arm and said

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165

in a conciliating manner ; "Tush, tush, I know
you must mean all right. Now please me by
going down and getting your horse ready for
the next heat."

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 we scored for the third heat.

At the finish of this heat, too, a number of
the horses were 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 1901-2
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

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racing horses. I suggested to Blaney that we
call the race oif 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 first
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

(By Charles T. Harris of The Horse Review)

Editor s Note. — What became of the trotting and pacing champions after their
racing days mere over? When in the height of their turf careers they entertained
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, ^t 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 Suffolk 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 •.2y, who succeeded Lady
Suffolk, was a bay, foaled 1847, ^i^d 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 ■.2'/ 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
effort, 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
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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 2:18 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
1857. 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 Madison
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 2:30 or bet-
ter, and won 43 contested races. After his
mile- in 2:13 1-4, August 14, 1879, at 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 i-oam
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-
rome I. Case, of Racine, Wis. In 1884 Ja^-
Eye-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 flat. This put him at the top, but his
reign only lasted twenty-four hours, as the
next day Maud S. trotted in 2 :09 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 hung 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.
Vanderbilt, 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 suffered defeat, although
her contests against other horses were com-
paratively few. She started four times againsl
the watch in 1884, and on the third essay, at
Cleveland, she beat the record of Jay-Eye-See
by trotting in 2 :09 3-4. A few days later she
became the property of Robert Bonner, who
paid v$40,ooo for her, and made her last start

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that year at Lexington, where she again low-
ered the record, this time to 2 :o9 1-4. In
1885 she made but two public starts, the first
of which was at Cleveland, where she lowered
the record — the seventh time 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 :o8 1-4. This made her the youngest trotter
that ever held the world's championship. jNIr.
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.

Nancy 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 2 104 of Nancy
Hanks, and trotted in 2 104 3-4, which she cut
the next week at Terre Haute to 2 104. Next,
at Galesburg, she tried again, and measured
the mile in 2 103 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, 190 1, 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 2:06 1-4, which he did in
2 105 3-4. August 30, at Providence, he trot-
ted in 2 :04 3-4, and September 6 was at Hart-
ford, where he started to beat the wagon
record of 2 109 1-4, and won in 2 105 1-4. The
following week, at New York, he went against
2 :04 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. }.
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 M. 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 :s8 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. Linlike preceding champions, she did
not work ber way up from the ranks. To the
contrary, she was a born star, and her maiden
start, was against the 2:03 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 2:02 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 West, 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 :o5. In October she was at Lexington,
starting against 2 :q4 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

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mile, in 1 158 1-2, was made at tlie same meet-
ing, four days later, Lou 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 2:00 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 1908
got a record of 2 :oy 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, Uhlan,
hitched double with Lewis Forrest, who was
bred by a New Hampshire man, lowered the
world's pole record to 2 103 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 Wood-
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 2 123 stood for seven years,
when the roan gelding Pet lowered it to
2 :2i 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, 3-t 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 18.69, 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, ^^ Ulrichsville,
Ohio, in a winning race with Shackelford,
Maggie Mitchell and Grey Dan, pacing the
first, third and fifth heats in 2 :i9 1-2, 2 :i6 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 :40 1-2. The following year a cold settled
in his eyes and he began to go blind, winning
but one race. One winning race in 1875 was
to his credit, with his record reduced a half-

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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
$6,000. In 187S Sleepy Tom won seven races,
with the best mile in 2 :2i 3-4. His first win-
ning race in 1879 was at Jackson, Mich.,
where he beat Rowdy Boy, Lucy, Bay Sally,
Mattie Hunter and Sleepy George, taking a
record of 2 117 1-4. He won also at East Sagi-
naw, Toledo, Louisville, Columbus, Cincin-
nati, and Chicago, beating practically the same
fields. xA-t Chicago he made his world's rec-
ord, pacing the last heat of a five-heat battle
in 2:12 1-2, beating JNIattie Hunter, Lucy and
Rowd)' 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.
Udell 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 roimd
of the ladder; but at last, his condition be-
coming known, he was rescued and taken back
to Tennessee, 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-
nneumatic 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
colorSj 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 :o6 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
W. 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 1888. 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 Buffalo. 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
Buft'alo, having been well cared for to the last.
Mascot, the bay gelding by Deceive, foaled
1885, was the first champion to beat 2:05, 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-rold, 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
were bracketed. His best race of that year
was in July, at Detroit, where he defeated
Hal Pointer, M^ajor 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
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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 ]\'Iascot
and Flying Jib, marking himself down to
2 :o3 3-4, and at Indianapolis again beat Joe^
Patchen, 2:02 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 :oi 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 tenacity.

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 2 134 1-4.
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 :02 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 29 3-4S., 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 :oo 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
suffered 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 :59 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 1 159 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 1 159 1-4. At Macon, Ga.,
he paced two miles in 4:17, to beat 4:19. At
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in 1 156 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 I :S9 1-2, five days after pacing in i 157 1-2
over the same track. At Lexington he again
paced in 1 156, and two days later made his
best technical record, i :55 1-4. He then went
to Memphis, where he paced against time, in

the open, in 2 :oo, I 159 1-4, 2 :oo and i -.58.
He started six times, beating 2:00 in every
effort. Six starts were also made by him in
1907, but his best mile that year was in
I :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 155 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. W. Savage, Min-
neapolis, Minn.

Incidents in Eventful Career of Noted

Driver, Dan Mace

(By James O'Neill)

Editor's Note. — Dan Mace, in his day, zvas 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 zvork, keeping his books and correspondence, etc., was manager of
his blacksmith shop. Mr. O'Neill remainei zvifh Mr Mace until the time of his death,
on April 19, 1885, the result of bright' s disease. Mr. Mace zvas 52 years old zvhen he
passed azvay, and in his zvill he left Mr. O'Neill the blacksmith shop.

It zvas in 1875 that Mr. Mace got Hopeful, 2 :i4 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
amounted 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 offering 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
Breeze, 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
West it proved that only six 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,
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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
off the following Monday week at Cleveland,
(jffering 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
wished. It proved to be a great betting race,
Proteine ruling a heavy choice over the field.
Mace rather liked the improvement in Hopeful
since his defeat at Toledo, and in the selling
down 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 &
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 i :03 nowadaj'S 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 :o3 and
I :04. 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 :io.

I'll relate a neat coup that Mace engineered
at Ionia, Mich., and executed at Ouincy the
following week. Pie 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
off 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 stop, 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.

Gossip, 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 2 127. This
caused little betting before the third heat, but
Dan had field tickets knocked off 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
Inm. 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
Farm. While making the arrangements to
ship, a reporter slipped into the freight office
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
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"I have had bad luck enough with that
who he was, but did not let. on. Before leav-
ing the office he remarked to the freight agent :
horse. 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
l-.ad 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 sums 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 $10,000 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
anticipation 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 :20, 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. When 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 win, though, as
never in all of his career on the turf did he
drive a liarder 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-

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pealed 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 five 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

(By Henry C. Merwin)

Permission of Am. Horse Br^-der

Editor's Note. — There is no person more capable of knowing 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
with the business horse.

SIX years ago, the Boston Work-Horse
Relief Association (then called the
Work-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 West 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, on 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-five
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. \Nho are the men that are making
monev as master teamsters in our g-reat cities?

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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 }^ou 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
sajr, if the horses that haul the wagon 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.
"Why don't you exhibit in the Parade?" "Why
don't you paint that wagon and clean up 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
true 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
1400 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 the 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 1915,
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

JOHN SHEPARD, the veteran lover
of good horses, relates the following
of old-time racing on the Mill Dam
and Beacon Street Boulevard:
"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 I made so much noise behind the horse,
but I don't believe it.

"Personally, I think the reason for my
success lay solely in my energetic driving.

"I remember one instance, when I sold
Dick Swiveller to Frank Work for pretty
close to $12,000.

"We were driving down the Harlem road,
and by the time we reached 'Gabe' Case's I
had passed everything except Work, who
was driving Swiveller. Naturally, I didn't
like to embarrass Mr. Work right in front
of all the people who were out, and so I 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 pleased with
Swiveller's perrormance.

"Then there was another incident nearer
home 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 companion' 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 wonderfully
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 driving would make
frequent breaks, but would always steady
down again and recover without losing any-
thing.

" 'You were trotting Reina at a good clip,
and when we got down the road a bit, right
in front of a big crowd, my horse broke, and
you turned around and said: "Let him run,
that gait will suit me as well as any other,"
and we went right down without any acci-
dent.

'■ 'When we turned to go back, I asked
you to try 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
gentlemen with horses accompanied 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 pleasure.

" 'When we got to the corner, everyone
tm'ned 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 oi
the horses broke and some couldn't move
off fast enough, and you, with skilful driving,
got through. Then I made tip my mind it
was no use trying to beat j'ou, and we all
followed you down. Yes, Mr. Shepard,
Reina was a good mare. She beat every-
thing- that came out on the snow.'

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"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

$1,000.'

"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. Well, we arranged,
perfectly fairly, to have the horse turn about
one every second day, and I always tempted
the devil b}' taking her Sundays as well.

"The second horse I bought turned out
better still for me.

''There was a man living out Grove Hall
wav who owned a fine bit of horseflesh.
This man, too, was a good Christian. He
went to church every Sunday, 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, I'll 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, but it won't be
of any use to you when you depart this life,
ril tell you what ; you make the Young
Men's Christian Association a present of
$TOO,ooo and you can have Reina.'

"And at last he took the offer. True,
he didn't do it right away, but after thinking-
It over for quite 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 go driving on Sunday. I always

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 $,300, 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.

"Not long ago, my son, who is now 57
years 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 give away many of my best horses to

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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, expecting 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 )'ears ago I bought a horse

at Hartford for $10,000. He trotted a race
for me the same afternoon, and with his win-
nings he cost me $8,500. Next day I sold
him 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 :i5 1-2.

"The best horse I ever owned was Ethel's
Pride. She cost me $10,000, but she soon
won the $io,oco purse at Syracuse."

Boston Blue Was First Trotter to Beat

Three Minutes

(By The Veteran)

IN the Summer of 1820 an advertise-
ment appeared in a paper published in
Boston in which the Boston Jockev
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
neariy t,oco pounds. Such Ts the description
which Mr. Palmer gave to Hall C. Burieigh,
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 Ivennebec 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 verv smooth and
solid.

When the offer of the Jockev 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 Fjoston with a big sum of money
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
Lynn 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 early 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 running
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 story as it now appears. There is no
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 easv.

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 rarely
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, youn;
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 they 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 probability the habit
will pretty soon cease of its own accord whe
once the young animal's natural nervousness
and greenness wear off.

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
iDroken 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 effect 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

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the rider or driver of a young liorse to force
it past an object at which it is shying by the
infliction of pimishment 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 U
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
energy.

Amateur Racing Creates Big Demand
for Our Outclassed Trotters

FOREMOST in the promotion of
amateur racing in this country is
Harry K. Devereux, of Cleveland.
He is therefore a very capable man
to quote 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?

"It does not seem probable that we will
ever go back 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-
terests?

"If such a thing comes to pass, I cannot
imagine what it may be, tmless 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

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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 19 12, 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 evei
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. AVho puts up the money to build
tracks, to train horses, to campaign them, to
buy 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
rilibons.

"At the first contest for the Boston Cup,
the winner trotted one heat in 2:10, which
was faster than the then existinp- wao'on
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,,
they were roundly flailed. Some of the
articles written on this subject would make
funny reading now.

"The outcome of this controversy was a
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-
be 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 to-
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 vtp 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 Hood, 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, Ouincy, 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 Wilde, 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.

Tames O'Donnell, still a trainer at the Read-

ville track, had the mount back of Peter, while
Edward 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 :29 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 :33. Dr. Stuart drove Peter the third
heat, but was beaten away off in 2 -.t^/.

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 never be sold out
of the familv.

WAR COST $305,000 HORSE DEAL

W. 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 :o7 1-4;
Peter Donna, 2 :o8 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

To no man are the amateur
drivers of America so mucli in-
debted as to that grand gentle-
man and prince 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 by 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 1861
he hitched Flatbush Maid and Lady Palmer
together, and drove them a mile over Union
Course, Long Island, in 2 ■.2'j.

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
his own counsel, but later events proved that
he was not only annoyed by these reports,
but decided to prove to the world conclu-
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, Long Island, to start the team
against their record of 2 127, 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, Mr. Bonner drove Flatbush Maid
and Lady Palmer a cleverly rated mile in
2:26.

It is needless to say that when this mile
was finished and the time was announced,
the applause 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 2 126 1-2.

Until the advent of the pneumatic sulky,
after which world records followed each
other in such rapid succession, Mr. Bonner
became the owner of almost every champion
trotter. He paid $35,000 for Dexter,
2:17 1-4; $40,000 for Maud 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, 2 126 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 dead
Dexter and Maud S. lie side by side at East
View Farm, and a monument bearing an
appropriate inscription has been erected to
their memor}'.

The efforts of Mr. Bonner resulted in
bringing into active participation in ro;id
driving, that famous general and President
of the^ United States, U. S. Grant: Wni. H.
Vanderbilt, 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

■ ORSES 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 fine' 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 always 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 off 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 enough to use the scraper on a horse's
neck, it being the custom to scrape under the
hood.

"It was not an unusual thing to get instruc-
tions to jog the horse you were 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 off them in streams, when we were
cooling them out after a race. They would
pant and show every sign of distress, but it
was 'the way 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. We 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 oi
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 what 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 improvement 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-rubbing 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 — ■

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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."

PACER, IN OUTLANDISH RIG,
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 tvifine. 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 first heat 01
the afternoon, and then they yelled to the mart
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.

No sooner had he been put off 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 his 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 Frenchman
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, THEABBOTT, 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 slaver — Thomas Donohue.

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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 wheh 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.

On one face of the six-foot square base is
his name, with the dates of his birth and
death. On another face is a blank space left
open for the record of John J. Scannell.

On the other two sides are curious cai-vings.
One shows John J. Scannell at home with his
family. He is sitting at a table with his wife,
his mother and his young 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

One of the best known characters in
former years of the Eastern tracks was a
chocolate colored individual known to all as
"Senator" Bennett. He hailed from the
State of A^'irginia, but at one time and an-
other 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
winning trick." Several at once asked for
the truth of the occurrence.

"Well," said the "Senator," "I'll tell you
how it happened. This friend of mine came
into a fortune of $ioo,oco through the death
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 way to

douljle his money was to go with me and
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
l;ooked to come ofif at a track some 500 miles
away, and we went to get some of the coin.
1 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,

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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 1914, 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 club's
history :

Trotters
Silver cup, value $30, for fastest average time in
six winning races — R. G. Crosby's Jack Bingen,
average i :04 1-4.
Silver cup, value $30, for winning greatest number

of heats in I :oS 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, value $15

— Won by Amy'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 $S — 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 $S — 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.

1 :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 :07 or better — A. T Wheelock's Charley King,

Ti heats.
First point prize, road cart, value $65 — ^Won by

Sister Patch with 80 points.
Second point prize, silver cup, value $25 — 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 $S — 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 $S — Won by

Shamrock with 21 points.
Thirteenth point prize, whip, value $5 — Won by Dob-
son with 20 points.
Fourteenth point prize, whip, value $S — 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 M.
Atwater, and with the profits of this initial
show and the successful ones which followed
was built Hampden Park, for many years one
of the popular mile racing tracks of New Eng-
land.

At the first horse show, in 1853, the great
shov/man, P. T. Barnum, judged the ponies
in the infield of the temporary fair ground,
while 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 temporar}^ 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 Rufu''
Choate, Edward Everett and Oliver Wendell
Holmes were nvunbered among the guests of
the association on its opening show, and
later, in 1857, when Hampden Park was
inaugurated, the address of the day was
made bv Rev. Henrv AVard 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.)

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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. Whitcomb was born in Montsello,
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 Fello.ws.

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. Whitcomb named his farm Hillanddale
which aptly describes the surrounding country.
The residence is beautifully situated, it being
a quarter of a mile from the public road and
reached by a broad and winding driveway
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 pastures are perfect for browsing
during the Summer months. All of the farm
buildings are in perfect condition, everything
being span and clean. In most instances the
buildings were built by Mr. Whitcomb 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
new. About the residence and barns are several

drives, with the lawns and the landscape ar-
ranged to equal any surrounding the suburban
homes of Brookline 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,
Mr. 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.
Whitcomb's Summer 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 though 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 Woodbrino, 2 :25 1-2, stood and perpet-
uated a family of trotters. The result was a
number of foals that matured into ver}^ fast
trotters. These were developed by Ralph Har-
rison, head trainer for Mr. Whitcomb at Hill-
anddale Farm, but at that time located in
Reading, Mass.

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 Miss El-
eanor, 2 129 1-2, and with speed to race in 2 :i2,
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
speed 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 turn of
speed. iNIildred Whitcomb, by Cochato,
2:11 1-2, dam Alta Bird, is counted 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.
Whitcomb 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

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won his race and cup handily, as did Miss
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 Winter 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 Nathan-
iel Tufts, manufacturer of gas meters, 42 Sud-
bury Street, Boston. In 1880 he entered the
employ of A. Corse, as traveling salesman.
He went to New York :n 1882 as the N. 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 Fr. Beck & Co., of New York,
wall paper manufacturers, Mr. Power hav-
ing the Boston office at loi Tremont Street.

Mr. Power has been prominent in the rac-
ing of the Metropolitan Club, which organ-
ization he joined iri its early days. Not 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, Ijy Simmons, and
Toreador. l\lr. Power is a director in the
Marshfield Agricultural & Horticultural So-
ciety, and manager of ;the horse department.
He has been a big help m putting the Marsh-
field Fair on the map of leading Massachu-
setts Fairs. Mr. Power resides in Norwell,
Mass.

JOHN N. MACLEOD

John N. Macleod was born in Stornoway,
Province Quebec, in 1872. From 1887 to
ic;o3 he was engaged in railroad work for
the Canadian Pacific, Boston & Maine, and
New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail-
wa3-s. He then entered in the wholesale coal
business, being at present vice-president of
the Spring Coal Co., 50 Congress Street, Bos-
ton, Mass. Mr. Macleod is a member of the
Metropolitan Driving Club, of which he was
treasurer in 19 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 affairs
of the organization. !Mr. Macleod resides in
Newton Center, Mass.

JUSTIN EDWARDS

Justin Edwards, 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 :o6 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. Mr. Edwards did not despair,
but he kept strenuously at work, so that in
the Spring of 1914 he saw his efforts cul-
minate in success.

The Bay 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
HillsgrovC; and 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, 191 5,
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
by being elected president for 191 5.

Mr. 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; Nerissa, 2:213-4; and
Owaissa, 2 :o5 3-4, which, after her retire-
ment from the turf, was a producer of ex-
treme speed. Mr. Edwards resides at
Wellesley Hills, I\Iass.

C. E. AUSTIN

C. E. Austin, one of the quiet workers 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 tb.e employ of Jacob Mitchell and C. H.
Woodbury, importers of crockery, china and
glass, at 56 Pearl Street, and later at 76-92
Pearl Street. Upon removal to their present
location, 556-560 Atlantic Avenue, they in-

CHARLES H. BELLEDEU
First in'Directing the Affairs of the Metropolitan Club

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corporated under the name of ]\Jitchell,
Woodbury, & Co. Mr. 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

Charles H. Belledeu was born in West
Deer Isle, 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. Lilford, in the
North End. After serving three and a half
years, he entered the employ of j. and C. A.
Noyes, builders and contractors, 5 Province
Court, Boston, and, in 1888 he bought out the
interest of J. AToyes 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.

Mr. Belledeu was one of the very first mem-
bers of the Metropolitan 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 vears. While
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 success of the
driving club of which he was at the head.

As was afterwards proved, his faith in thc
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 ver}^ 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 Mr. 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 marsh-
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. When 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
Kentuckv Wilkes, 2:21 1-4; Ludlow, mati-
nee, 2:19 1-4; Black Diamond, 2:321-4 (a
great snow horse) ; Susie K., 2 124 1-2, mati-
nee record, 2:14; Ben H., 2:12 3-4; Ned
AVinslow, 2:123-4; Chase, 2:071-4: Ken-
tucky Star, 2:08 1-2, which Mr. Belledeit
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 Mr. Belledeu won twelve races
with Kentucky Star, driving him in 2 :o9 3-4,
to wagon, in one of the events at Readville.
He was the winner of the first race, and the

WARD W., 2:09 1-4
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first blue ribbon given by the Gentlemen's
Driving Club of Boston. One matinee day
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 tiines 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.

Mr. 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, Mr. 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 Mr. 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. Mr. 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 78
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, Mass.

C. S. SPENCER

C. S. Spencer was elected president of the
Metropolitan Driving Club in the season of
1912 in place of Fred C. Gannon, 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
affairs, 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 View, 2:15 1-4;
Mattie March, 2:14 1-4, and .-Vntifriction,
2:14 1-4.

ARTHUR H. ALLEY

Arthur H. Alley, whose place of business
is 38 Hawley 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. Mr. 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 19 1 3, 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 3-4
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.

V. C. Bruce Wetmore

Owned and Driven by

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ciation and pleasing way in which he renders
the 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 mad.e
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 :oi 1-4. Mr. Smith resides at 34 Park St.,
Newton, Mass.

ALMON J. FURBUSH

Almon J. FuRBusii 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 Berwick High
School. His first work in Boston was in
1883, as a grocery clerk for J. H. Nute.
The 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 Washington 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
Ivnights Templar, I\nights of Pythias and
Golden Cross.

So prominent has been Mr. Fi.n"bush 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 ISly Star, 2:033-4; Nathan
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 583-4 seconds; Claymos, 2:073-4;
Phoebon W., third heat in 2:083-4; lidwin
S., 2:08; Chief Wilkie, 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. Furbush resides in Brighton, Mass.

BERT W. GOVE

Bert W". Gove was born in Nahant, Mass.,
in 1875, and was graduated from the local
schools of his native town. His first work in
Boston was in 1893 at the Quincy Market.
He started in business for himself, in 1896, 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; Miss \"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 Iving, afterwards owned
by Flollis Gallup. Mr. Gove resides at 25
Hooker Street, Allston, 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 speeci
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
qualities or for speedway purposes.

In illustration of his devotion to his horse
is of one he purchased when a four-year-old
and gave a respectable 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 always,
being a hard proposition to beat. In the
handling of this mare, Mr. Ellis shov/ed he
was adept in driving. Coming to the club
almost a stranger, many supposed that the
racing part of the sport was new to him, but
the experience of fifty )r.ears 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, when, in the Spring series of 1909,
she won the champion cup for trotters, and
earned a record of i :oo 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 racing with
the fastest trotters in the club. Mr. Ellis re-
sides at Woonsocket, R. I.

JOHN O. REAY
A Member of Several Driving Clubs and Has Owned Some of the Fastest Pacers Raced

in New Engk nd

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V. C BRUCE WETMORE

V. C. Bruce Wetmore, who became a
member of the MetropoHtan Driving Club in
1914, 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 club, 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 ribbons.
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. Reay 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
has 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 the Metropoli-
tan Club races for several years. The other
mare, Pure Gold, he bred to Bingen, 2 :o6 1-4,
the produce being Gold Bingen, 2:21-1-4.
Gold I'iingen, 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 Mr. 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-

water, Mich., and during the season of 1914
he was in Flemingsburg, Ky., at Hart Bros.
Farm.

In 1908 Mr. Reay bought Vesta 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, N. H.,
just after she had made a Vermont state rec-
ord at Barton, Vt. He was matched to race
for $2,000 at Great Barrington with Aileen
Wilson, 2 :o2 1-2, in 1909, but the race had to
be called oft on account of the lameness of
Vesta 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, and 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 :o2 1-4 and i :o3 1-4, materi-
ally helping the Metropolitan Club to win the
championship driving club cup.

He next owned We Lead, 2 wj 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
that he gave him a quick sale.

He then bought Weslc}' 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
pacer Mr. Reay owned and he had a lot of
enjoymen.t in beating Mardell and Spini 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. Mr. Reay had trouble in

LOUISE E. (Wagon Record), 2:10 3-4
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getting Kid Downey to step around the turns
at the Charles River half-mile track without
breaking, and the result was that he went
the way of the previous ones — to a new owner.

At the Old Glory sale, the Fall of 1913, Mr.
Reay bought the pacing queen, Ruth D.,
2 :o6 1-4, her record made over a mile track,
and that had won a heat in 2 :o6 1-2 on a half-
mile course. In the Spring series of 1914 she
made Chief Wilkie lower the track record to
I :o4, and the week before that she had won a
very creditable victory over the Chief. On June
:22, she equaled the same mark, in a race with
Miss Adbell, the matinee marking the occasion
■of the opening of the new club stables. Ruth
D. has the credit of being the only pacer hold-
ing equal honors with Chief Wilkie at the
Charles River half-mile track, as each has the
track record of i \o\ and defeated each other
once in the only two races in which they met.

The Fall of 1914 Mr. Reay bought the
pacer, Star Patch, 2 104 1-4.

Not only is Mr. Reay an enthusiastic mem-
b)er of several driving clubs, he always being
within reach when anything is to be accom-
plished or wanted, but Mrs. Reay is equally
as fond of the sport as is her husband. She
is an active member of the Ladies' Auxiliary
of the Metropolitans, doing much in promot-
ing the organization with her sister members.
Mr. and Mrs. Reay reside at Newton High-
lands, Mass., and have three beautiful chil-
dren.

WILLIAM H. EMERSON

William H. Emerson is one of the leading
business men of Boston, with his address at
184 Summer Street. He was one of the early
members of the Metropolitan Driving Club,
as he was also of the Gentlemen's Driving-
Club of Boston, and the Fellsway Club. He
is past president of the Boston Shoe Asso-
ciates, which office he held three years.

Mr. Emerson was very prominent in the
matinees of the Metropolitan Club at Charles
River Speedway, and the amateur meets at
Readville, his favorite being the pacing mare,
Louise E., 2:11 3-4, and with a matinee record
of 2:103-4, to wagon. The Fall she was a
two-year-old Mr. Emerson purchased Louise
E., from the Martin Farm, Pittsfield, Me.
She was delivered to Mr. Emerson the fol-
lowing Spring, when she was first fitted to a
set of shoes.

Charles Lockwood developed the mare,
teaching her to go without the aid of hopples,
and started her in a few professional races the
season she was a four-year-old. The follow-
ing season she took the word in nine races,
winning two and getting second money in
four.

Louise E.'s principal amateur events will
here be given space, and a worthy name she
made for herself. Li the season of 1905 she
won the speed cup at the Charles River
Speedway, lowering the pacing record to
i :o2, a reduction of 2 1-2 seconds from the
previous record, made by Phoebon W.

In 1906 was the great interclub meet at
Readville track, in which competed the fast-
est trotters and pacers owned in the Cleve-
land, New York, Syracuse, Memphis and
Boston Driving Clubs. Mr. Emerson and
Louise E. represented the Boston Club, the
mare being driven by George A. Graves.
There were thirteen races in the meet, and,
had it not been for Louise E., the Boston club
would have passed without having secured a
single victory.

Pitted against the daughter of Gov. Bod-
well were the best amateur pacers in the
country, eligible to the 2:13 pace. Few, even
of her friends, had an idea that Louise E.
could more than make a decent showing, but
the result demonstrated of what material she
was made In straight heats she led the field
to the wire, and the second one was in the
last time of 2:103-4, a whole second faster
than her professional record, made later to
sulky. The complete summary of the event
follows :

Readville, Mass., Sept. 4, 1906. 2:13 class, pacing;
prize, $100 cup.
W. H. Emerson's (Boston) b. m., Louise E.

(Mr. Graves) i i

F. G. Jones' (Memphis) blk. g., William O.

(Mr. Jones) 3 2

C. S. Averill's (Syracuse) br. m., Amblem'

(Mr. Averill) 2 3

George R. Hall's (Boston) b. m., Nellie S.

(Mr. Hall)- : 4 4

Dr. H. D. Gill's (New York) ch. m.. Sue

Di.K (Mr. Gill) 6 5

Walter Jermyn's (New York) b. g., Barnetto

(Mr. Jermyn) 5 6

Time — 2:12, 2:103-4.

The following Winter, or to be exact, on
February 12, 1907, Louise E. again came to
the rescue of the fjoston horses, the occasion
lieing the interclub meet between the Metro-
politan and Concord, N. H., clubs at the
Charles River Speedway. In this series of
races the Metropc>litan succeeded in winning
six of the ten events, but it was the unex-
pected defeat of the" Concord entry, Palatka,
Jr., by Louise E. that gave the home club the
honors. The time of' the heats was 31 1-4
and 31 seconds.

Another victory of merit for the trim little
mare, was at Combinaion Park, Medford, on
September 25, 1909, in the interclub meet be-
tween the Dorchester, Lynn, Quannapowitt
and Fellsway Clubs. Louise E. represented
Fellsway in this turf Ijattle, and she was
against Lady Laurin, from the Lynn Club,

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'W^^

ROBERT E. THOMPSON
Well Known Trainer and Driver

J. VERNON STEELE
One of the First Members of Metropolitan Club

JOHN M. JOHNSON
A Successful Breeder of Trotters

MONROE GOODSPEED
Old-Time Road Driver

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but the race was over in straight heats. Louise
E., in lOio, 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. Garmon 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. AVith the open-
ing of the John F. Fitzgerald Clothing Co.,
Mr. 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 year 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 Speedwa}', one of her
winning heats being in i :oo 3-4. She was
later sent to Providence, and there became
champion of the speedway by earning a rec-
ord of I :02 3-4, the speedway of that city be-
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
Speedwav. Mr. Garmon raced in the Fall
series of 1914 the stallion George N., by Al-
liewood, 2 :09 1-2. out of Little Better., 2:11 1-4,
that had worked Readville track in 2:07 1-4.

Others of prominence that Mr. Garmon
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 Scoffield,
2:24 1-4; Alvolo, 2:24 3-4, and Forest Bin-
gen with a matinee record of i :03. Mr. Gar-
mon resides at 889 Watertown 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 wdio are identi-
fied in the city's affairs. He is on the
board of directors of the Real Estate Ex-
change, which governs all dealings in real
estate in Greater Boston. He is also on the
board of directors of the Market Trust Co.
and the Massachusetts Trust Co.

Not only is Mr. McDonald a power in his
business, 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 member 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, wdiile he has been most
liberal with his wealth on all occasions when
called upon, yet the only official office he
could be induced to hold was on the board
of directors.

It was perhaps fortunate that for his start
in speedway racing his first performer was
the pacing gelding Claymos, 2 :o7 3-4, 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, which is still the record for
that piece of racing dirt.

With such speed as this there can be no
wonder that the spirit of racing was thorough-
ly imbued in the veins of Mr. McDonald, and
that since those days he has steadily strength-
ened his string of matinee and speedway
horses.

In his day John Shepard was well known
as the king-pin of Boston road drivers, but
his stable barely covered more than a couple
of fast trotters at any one time. George G.
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-
blv for the reason that both had 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

>•?-

M'LLE SILVER
A Picture in Conformation and in Action. Owned by A. G. King, Cambridge, Mass.

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combat with an opponent, giving him a race
for the honors from start to finish, and at
the very end barely having sufficient speed to
win by inches, is tonic to his nerves tliat notli-
ing else can duplicate.

Like any true sportsman, of course, Mr.
McDonald dearly loves to drive the winner.
If he finds that what he has in equine flesh
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 of
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 the rare ability
of getting from a horse all that he could give
in a race. In this, possibly, Mr. McDonald
was 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-
bush.

First in the heart of Air. }iIcDonald comes
the grand pacing gelding. Chief Wilkie,
2:123-4, who held the pacing championship
of Charles River Speedway for eight sea-
sons. In winning more than 100 rates he
placed the straightaway record for the regu-
lar speedway at 58 seconds, his opening heat
that day being in 59 seconds, and is joint
holder of the half-mile track record of i 104,
made in the Spring series of 1914. He has
to his credit that no pacer ever defeated him
but he, in turn, was later returned the con-
queror. The ones having won from Chief
Wilkie 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 ;o6 1-4,
Mr. McDonald owned the champion of his
gait at the speedway. The year of 1912
Demarest never met with a defeat, either in
the Spring or the Fall series. In a winning
race he secured the trotting record of
I :04 3-4 for the half-mile track, while 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 displa}'
his best efforts. Much better things are ex-
pected from him in the sleighing and in the
191 5 matinees.

Of the other present occupants of the Mc-
Donald matinee stable 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 W] 1-4; Mendell, 2 :2i ; Ecce Volo, 2 :29 1-4;
Mediumore, 2:12 1-2; Hal-at-Law, 2:10 3-4;
Virginia Hill, 2 Wj 1-2 ; Anita Knight, 2 :20 1-4,
and Castle Todd. Mr. McDonald resides in
Allston, Mass.

JOHN M. JOHNSON

John M. Johnson was born in Norwalk,
Conn., in 1856, and received his education in
the schools of that city and in Malone, N. Y.
He started in the wool and tanning business
in St. John, N. B., in 1879, and later also
had large interests in Calais, Me., of which
city he. was Mayor 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.

]\Ir. Johnson is a member of the Metropoli-
tan Club and of the Gentlemen's Driving
Club of Boston. He filled the position of
vice-president of the Metropolitan in 1914-
He is also a member of the National Trotting
Association, and in the past has been presi-
dent of the New England Trotting Horse
Breeders' Association, president of the Maine
Breeders' Association, president of the Grand
Circuit, and director in the American Trot-
ting Horse Breeders' Association of America.

When eig'hteen years of age Mr. Johnson
bought his first colt, and it took every cent
that he had. But the venture proved unsuc-
cessful, as the 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
$700 to go A'Vest. His first real trotter was
Lady Sim, 2:31 1-4, which secured the honor
of holding the Maritime record for mares.
Later he goi the pacer, Ituna, 2:10, and she
earned the j\Iaritime 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 Van Dyke for $3,500.

In 1898 Mr. Johnson purchased at the
Forbes' sale, held at the Forbes Farm, the
brood mare, Fanella, 2:13, at that time car-
rying Sadie Mac, 2:06 1-4, which 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 $10,000, and the
colt later won the Hartford Futurity and was
sold for a large sum.

Mr. Johnson bought the Forbes Farm, in
Ponkapoag, 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 l^eine a

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WM. RUSSELL ALLEN
Proprietor of the Famous Allen Farm

Photo from Boston Globe

SIMON W. PARLIN
Prominent Turf Editor

HENRY W. BURRESS
The Well-Known Starting Judge

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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 :o7 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, 2:16 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, 2:13 1-4 ;
Nellie Boca, 2:183-4; Craydon, 2:183-4;
Arion Todd, 2:15 1-4; 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 Melva J., 2 :io 1-2 :
Improvidence, 2:12; Regent's Last, dam of
Direct Hal, Jr., 2:063-4, 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
Hotel and was elected the club's first treas-
urer. He has since held the office of vice-
president and been 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 :30, 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,
2:281-4; 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 Waverly 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 Metropolitan 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; Grade 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.

Others he raced, but did not give records
to were : My Star, 2 :o3 3-4 ; 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

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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 Pittsfield, Mass.
It is quite well known how 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 A^'est or
the Southwest.

In locating at Pittstield, though, j\Ir. 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 if 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 later in life to the
scenes and associates of his 5'outhful 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 106 horses. Of the total num-
ber bred and bought, 233 have taken records
of 2 :30 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 thirty-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, Mr. 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 :o9 1-4 ; Binvolo, 2 :o7 3-4,
and about twenty others of prominence.

Bingara was a yearlin.g 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 framing 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), 2:29 1-2; 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. Owned and Driven

by Edgar F. Power

ROSE BINGEN
One of the Promising Young Trotters in the Metropolitan Club. Owned and Driven

by James E. Fitzgerald

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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 stahion Belgrad, by Bin-
gara, dam, the great brood mare, Kama, by
Kremlin ; 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 in
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 filh'
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 lis entered the employ of J. Abbott
Clarke, Arlington, Mass., as clerk in his real
estate ofBce. 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. Air. Steele
became prominent in the campaign of Gvp
Walnut, 2 :o8 1-4, 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 33 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 his 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 1876, and attended the schools of 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 knowledg-e
of his subject, that he was an antagonist
worthy of any disputant's steel.

Mr. Parlin's book, the "American Trotter,"
enjo}fed a large circulation, and is a clas.sic
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

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he received his education in the best school
on earth, '''hustUng for bread." When 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 Maud 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. E. Hitch-
ings. His career with 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 Baltimore (Md.) College of
Dental Surgery. In 1900 he opened a dental
office in Newton Upper Ealls, 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 member, 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 :i2 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 cup in the Spring series.

With Edith R., 2:181-4; Dr. Thompson
won the second point cup for pacers the
Spring of 191 1. 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
Poorest Street, Newton 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
Society, Newton Medical Society, and is a
Knight Templar, an Odd Fellow, and also
belongs to the Royal Arcanum, and United
W^orkmen.

In matinee racing Dr. Thompson has been
a devoted enthusiast. In the matinees held
at Charles River Speedway his name and his
horses 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

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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

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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 o
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 of
the Charles River Speedway. He was always
horsy from his toes up, it being his one
particular fad, and he would never own any
but a good trotter or pacer. Among those he
matineed with success were AUenka, 2:13 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 TOod 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, 46-54 Pitts Street, where
he has been in business the past twenty-one
3'ears. Mr. Richardson was one of the first
members of the Metropolitan Driving; 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,
2:181-2; Whitney, 2:121-2; Princess Mo-
quette, 2:081-2; Miss Whitney, 2:071-2,
which he developed, and Chain Shot, 2 :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 :26 1-4, was the property of
J. O. Whitton, but she was 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. R.ichard-
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
Farm, 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, v/hich 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 by the royally-bred stallion, Seumanee,
by Bingen, 2 :o6 1-4, out of the great brood
mare. Red Tape, 2 :24 1-4, 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. Mr. Richardson can well be de-
scribed as one man who certainly made good
with horses. He resides in Andover, 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

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The Dam of This Well-known Speedway Performer is the Prominent Brood Mare, Dreamwold Brownie,

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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 Mr. 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 niunber of 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 :og 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 the 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 hir, 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,
Mass.

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-
num 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 -.04 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 off. 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 for what he could do, he was of 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 w^orked for
Charles Spencer, of Moodus, in 1863, as a
blacksmith's helper. In 1866 he opened a

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One of the Greatest of Half-mile Track Campaigners.

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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, havmg
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 schools 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 grocery 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, baker)', 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 tirst 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
A'lay 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 $800. Mr. 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,oco stallion race between Alcryone and
Nelson, 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 earl)' in
the season to take part in the racing events.

In connection with Mr. 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
park 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 $t,2oo. 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
money 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 ig6 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.

CODARE (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

Photo from Boston Globe

GLENARD, 2:151-4
Winner of 2:20 Trot at Readville on Oct. 22, 1914. Owned and Driven by

John W. Coakley

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Hicks were: Dynamite, 2:203-4; May 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,
2:203-4; Blanche Douglas, 2:29; Captain
George, 2:29; Lady Cutts (tr.), 2:21 ; Wilkin,
2:271-2; Centella, 2:21; Kitty Morris, 2:30;
Carleton, 2 :28, etc.

After leaving Beacon Park Mr. Hicks was
for two years connected with his brother, J.
Tyler 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 2:11 1-4. 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 busmess 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 early 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 off 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 1-2, and of nine blue and
two red ribbons in eleven races ; Bard L.,
Dandv 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 2:171-4.

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 :59 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 :o2 1-2.

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 \yith Esther W.,
2:061-4. 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 Rac

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charge of the new IMetropohtan Chib stable
at the speedway.

Mr. Ralston 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 Mr. 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, 2:21 1-2; 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; My Chance,
2:171-4, etc. Mr. Ralston residfs in Brigh-
ton, Mass.

L. FRED SANBCRN

L. Fred Sanborn, now of Medford, Mass.,
and until recently an active member of the
Metropolitan and Fellsway Driving Clubs,
was born in Danvers, Mass., in 1879. ^'s
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 ^,2 1-2 seconds. Then
Colonel, 2:18 1-4, a sore-toed pacer, was pur-
chased, and on the first snowfall, Fred, in a
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 i :o5, 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, 2:11 1-4, 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 :26 3-4 ; Mystic, 2 :22 1-4 ; 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 w&s when he, by request, drove
Luther P., a noted puller, who had been beaten
the previous week at Charles River Speedway
with a "Professional" up, halves in i ;2o, 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 i :i2, and an-
other contestant who could always go m i :i4
to I :i5. 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-
tirely 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

Frank M. Burke

EDITH DIRECT, 2:11 3-4
Extensively Campaigned Both in Professional and Amateur Races in 1914. Owned

and Driven by A. C. Furbush

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and suburban roads. During his horse career
he had various chances to serve as an officer
of the two matinee ckibs to which he belonged,
but the only office he ever accepted was that
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 Cox's
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 best
racing and matinee stables in New England.
He 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, 2 103 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 years Mr. Burke will have the en-
joyment of driving in races colts of his own
breeding. Mr. Burke resides at Ipswich,
Mass.

town and in Rochester, N. H. His first
work was 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.

Mr. 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 ; Lucy
Posey, 2:103-4; Ethel Direct, 2:113-4;
Mattie March, 2:141-4; Dart, 2:081-4.
King Regent, 2 :i6 1-4; Grade Baron, trotting,
2 :i8 1-2, pacing, 2 :2i 1-4; Bon View, 2 :i5 1-4;
Miss Adbell, 2:061-4; Edwin S., 2:08;
Outcast, 2:17 1-4, who was not beaten on the
Dorchester Speedway for two years.

Air. Furbush and his brother, W. J., had
a most interesting race to sleigh one after-
noon, a number of years back, on the New-
ton Boulevard. While all that was 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 Newtons. Mr. Furbush,
named Fred H., while W. J., named Mazie
Sidney. After five red-hot heats Fred H. se-
cured the honors, and there was a big 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 da_ys secured seven second
moneys. In that year she started altogether
in twenty-two races. Mr. Furbush resides
at 6G Davis Street, West Newton, Mass.

A. C. FURBUSH

A. C. Furbush was born in Lebanon, Me.,
and attended the local schools of bis 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

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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 Denali (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. All 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. Experts 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 Bradbukv 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 Win-
chester Street. He joined the Metropolitan
Driving Club in the fir.st year of its ex-
istence, and is, too, a member of the Order
of Masons.

Mr. Bradbury has bought and sold up-
wards of 10,000 horses, among his customers
having been C. R. MiUiken, 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

brood mares on the farm were purchased by
Mr. Bradbury in Chicago.

Among the fast trotters and pacers that
have passed through Mr. Bradbury's hands
are Queen, 2:31 1-4, one of the stars of
thirty years ago ; Bonnie Doone, 2 138, 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 won second money in a nine-
heat race, at Lewiston, being first or second in
each of the heats ; Wotan, 2 -.ly 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 217 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 went 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 iirm, 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, Mr. 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 affairs, and to his excellent business

MISS NAOMI HEWITT on "DIGNITY"
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

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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 ofif 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 Mapes,
■ 2:15 1-4; Miss Leander, 2:25 1-4; Lina Prue,
matinee record of 2:181-4; Eliska, matinee
record of 2 :2o ; 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
2:373-4; Mack Mack, 2:08; 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
been 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 Charies River Speedway and started in
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. Bither 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 Worcester, 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 Monroe, 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, m
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 2:13 3-4. His last professional stan
was at Brockton, on October i, where he won
the 2:iQ 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 ma_y 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
years ago, and soon after was made president
of the Bennington (Vt.) Driving Club, and
drove a horse to victory at their first meeting.
A 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
board of directors and the racing committee
for a number of seasons. During this time,
Mr. Leonard won a large number of silver
cups and numerous blue ribbons with such
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. HALL
His Many Matched Pairs of Fast Trotters Have Made Him Famous in Horse Circles

EARLY BIRD, JR., 2:11 1-2
Winner of Readville Race, to Wagon, in 2:11 3-4. One of Few Pacers to Defeat Kentucky Star.
Owned and Driven by George Robinson Hall

Photo from Boston Herald

GLORIA WILKES (Matinee Record), 2:18 1-4
Winner of Four Silver Cups and Club Trotting Championship One Season at Readville Track.

Owned and Driven by Frank Gardner Hall

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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 Belinuu
.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 victory
he was given a large set of tubular chime
bells.

Mr. Leonard was one of the first members
of the Metropolitan Driving Club, and soon
after joined the Dorchester and Fellsway
Clubs, where 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 1914,
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 bring 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 191 5. Mr. Leonard resides in
Brookline, Mass.

JOHN L. OILMAN

John L. Oilman was born in Newfields,
N. H., in 1S59, and was graduated from the
schools of Exeter, N. H. His first work in
Boston was in the wholesale dry goods de-
jiartment of Jordan Marsh Co. in 1878. In
1886 he opened a hotel and cafe, at Revere
Beach, and continued in this business for
himself for fourteen years.

He has been an honorary member of the
Metropolitan Driving Club since its organi-
zation, and the success of the club is largely
due to the efforts of Mr. Oilman, as he has

been superintendent of the Charles River, up-
per division. Metropolitan Park Commission
since 1899, which in part takes in the Charles
River Speedway. Constant vigilance, with
good judgment, made the straightaway
speedway one of the very fastest in the whole
country.

The half-mile track was constructed by Mr,
Oilman 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. 0. H. Belledeu,
then president, had explained his plan of the
half-mile circle going between the speedway
proper and the river. After visiting the
Metropolitan Park Commissioners, Mr. Belle-
deu informed Mr. Oilman of what was their
decision, to which the latter replied:

"You leave that to me, Mr. Belledeu, we
iiave 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, the
members of the club now well know. The
half-mile track is one of the best outdoors,
and is greatly enjoyed by the horse-loving
public of Oreater Boston. Mr. Oilman 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. Oilman is a member of the Masons,
Pequossett Lodge, Watertown, and of the
Neptune Lodge of Odd Fellows, Revere. He
resides at 525 AVestern Ave., Brighton, Mass.

FRANK G. TROTT

Frank G. Trott was born in Council
Bluffs, la., in 1871. After receiving his
education, he entered partnership with his
father, Lemuel O, 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 Olobe 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

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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

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FRANK G. TROTT
Turf Writer on Boston Globe

EARL W. FARNUM
Turf Writer on Lynn Item

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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
Winchester, Mass.

LEMUEL G. TROTT

Lemuel G. Trott was born in Woolwich,
Me., in 1844. After attending Kent's Hill
Seminary, he was graduated from Bates
College. He started the 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, Mr. 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 countr}"-, the trouble days of racing
having just l^egun 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 titrf
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
VVoonsocket and, when forced to succumb
because of the changed conditions, it re-
funded every dollar advanced.

In Lynn Mr. Farnum has done much to
keep 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, without
missing a meeting. In recognition of his
services, he was made the third honorary
member of that club. Similar honors have
1:)een conferred upon him by other clubs, the
first being by the Providence Driving Club a
dozen years ago.

Over a period of 15 ye?rs, Mr. 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. Mayberry was born in Casco,
Me., in 185 1. After passing the common
schools of his native town, he was graduated
from the Bridgton (Me.) 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

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JOHN W. CAWLEY
One of Metropolitan Club's Silent Workers

KNAPP FORSHNER
Leading Trainer and Driver in Greater Boston

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interested in inducing horsemen to join. He
has served on the executive committee, board
of chrectors, and was chairman of the racing
committee in 1913-14.

Mr. Mayberr}' 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 O. S. Roberts in i88q, 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. Mayberry 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 the back-
stretch of the race track.

Mr. Mayberry was owner of the Island
View Farm, Whitefield, N. H., and later
bought the Mayberry Farm in Casco, Me.,
where the well known stallion William
Albert, 2:16 1-2, heads his stud of brood
mares. He has bred, had developed and
raced, Ben Wilkes, 2:17 1-4; Domino,
2:16 1-2; Tommy 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; Nancy Bingen, 2:15 1-4; Cassandra,
2 :24 1-2, and more than ico others. Mr.
Ma)'berry resides at 9 Stetson Street, Brook-
line, Mass.

E. L. SHARPNECK

E. F. SiiARPNECK was born in Parkers-
burg, W. Va., in 1855. He attended th-;
schools in Council Bluffs, Iowa, completing
his studies with a thorough course in mechani-
cal engineering. 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.
Mr. 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.

Mr. Sharpneck joined the Metropolitan
Club in 19 14, 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, Mass.

KNAPP FORSHNER

Knapp Forshner was born in Wallace,
Cumberland County, N. 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 North 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 North Attleboro, where he con-
ducted a public stable at the local half-mile
track. Leaving North 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 string of horses
at Narragansett Park for Fred E. Perkins,
the owner of the track property. W'hen
Narragansett was turned over for the use
of the running horse, Mr. Forshner removed
to Hillsgrove, R. I., selling out his business
in Providence. He then returned to Med-
ford, where he ran the Medford Inn and
staljle, and trained horses at Combination
Park. His next venture was in the horse-
shoeing business in Haverhill, Mass., 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. He had
good success with the pacing mare, Edna B.,
2:09 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

Photo by Chickering

EDWIN B. RICE

Owner of the "Big Four" of New England— 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

World's Double-Gaited Champion

ANACONDA, Pacing, 2:01 3-4; Trotting, 2:09 3-4 (John Trout Up)

After Securing His Pacing Record Anaconda, witliout tlie Aid of Hopples or Heavy Slioeing, Earned

His Trotting Record, tlie Combined Time of Whicli is Nearly Three Seconds Faster Than

to the Credit of Any Other Harness Horse. Anaconda Was the Property of

Edwin B. Rice, One of Boston's Foremost Horsemen

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year, Fred W. Edna Jj. was owned in part-
nership b}' Mr. Forshner and John H.
Weeks, of Brookline. In the handling of
trotters and pacers, Mr. F"orshner has been
successfnl, he having- been particularly ex-
pert in the balancing of trotters. Mr. Forsh-
ner resides in Maiden, Mass.

JOHN W. CAWLEY

John W. Cawley 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
hugely the matinees at Charles River Speed-
way. Mr. Cawley resides in Brookline, Mass.

JESSE EDDY

Jesse Eddy was born in Fall River, Mass.,
in 1868, and attended the grammar and high
schools of his native city. In 1889 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
A'letropolitan 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 :28, and Bobby Patchen. Mr. Eddy is
a member of the fraternal lodge of Masons.
He resides at 33 Otis St., Melrose. Mass.

SAMUEL BOUVE HASTINGS

Samuel Bouve Hastings was born in
Maiden, Mass., in 1875, and attended the
public schools of that city. His first work
in Boston was in 1893 for his father, A. W.
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 meml^ers.

and is also a member (if the Elks and the
Boston City Club.

Mr. Flastings has been 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: Fligh-
hall, 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
(iriving of a trotter or pacer, as was demon-
slrated at the Brockton Fair, in 1914, when
he got up behind the pacer, Dick IDirect, and
won the race in several seconds faster tinie
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 attended the
schools of Allston, Mass. His first work
was for his father, Edward H. N'orton,
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. A.

Mr. 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 : Salhe
Hook, 2 :09, and also a matinee record to
wagon of 2:09; The Shah, 2:103-4; Jim
Corbett, 2:15; Walter Roberts, 2:16 1-2; 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. After the Spring-field meet.
The Mason came to his true racing form, and
from then on 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, and 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 The Mason. Mr. Norton resides
in Lexington, Mass., where he has a very
comfortable stock farm, which is called the
Peacock Farm.

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T. LEE QUIMBY

T. Lee Quimbv was born in Stanstead,
Quebec. Canada, in 1864. He attended the
Stanstead Wesleyan College and was grad-
uated from McGill University. His first
work was writing for the daily newspapers,
starting on the IMontreal Star, and later
being with the jMontreal Herald and then
the Canadian Sportsman. In 1902 he came
to Eoston, taking the position of manager
of the American Horse Breeder, where he
remained until the publication changed
ownership. He is at present interested in
the sale agency at 220 Devonshire Street,
Boston.

Mr. Ouiniby was one of the first mem-
bers of the Gentlemen's Driving Club of
Boston, 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-
bership of clubs representing the larg-er
cities in the country, like Cleveland, New
York, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, etc.

In his position on the Horse Breeder, and
m his official capacity with the matinee
sport, Mr. Ouimby has always been active
in furthering the interests of amateur rac-
ing. His articles were instructive, pithv,
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 Boston. He resides at 132 Apple-
ton Street, Arlington Heights, Mass.

■WILBUR L. DUNTLEY

Wilbur L. Duntley was born in Rochester,
K. H., in 1871, and after passing the schools
of his native city attended Dartmouti: Col-
lege. He came to Boston in 1897 to work
for the Boston Herald in the art department.
After several years with that paper, he be-
came connected with the American Horse
Breeder and other publications. He was one
of the prime movers and manager in the re-
organization of Rockingham Park, Salem.
N. H., into one of the biggest annual fairs
of New England.

Mr. Duntlev has a wide reputation, as an
artist, he having painted some of the most
celebrated horses on the American turf. In
recent years his painting of Uhlan, and the

"A Dash for a Fortune," the illustration of the
famous $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.

]\lr. 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 :i6 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, AUston, 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 liioston 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. Furbush 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 :o8 3-4, which record he obtained the third
heat of his race at Saugus track and is still
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. On the ice at Ottawa he
gained the then world's record bj', winning
the- first heat of his race in 2:16 1-4, and was
rewarded with a silver cup by the association
for his performance. On 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 sanTe week.
Mr. Furbush sold Phoebon W. for $3,500, but
later he bought him back and he is now
owned by himself and hib 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 :o8 1-2, trotting, 2 :2i. The
last named captured the speed cup given by

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245

the Metropolilan Driving Club for trotters in
the Spring series of 1909, winning her
fourth heat in i :oi 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 I -2.
Then came from his stable Paul Revere,
2:071-2; Col. Taylor, 2:091-2, winner of a
five-mile race at Montreal ; Red Pepper,
2:171-2; Mazie Sidney, trial 2:131-4, win-
ner of the championship ribbon for two sea-
sons at the Franklin Field Speedway, and,
when A'lr. Furbush sold her, he gave tb.e rib-
Ijon back to the Dorchester Driving Club to
again be raced for. Others not 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, West Newton,
Mass.

HARRY J. RUSSELL

Harry J. Russell, twenty-tive years ago,
•opened a real estate and investment office at
79 Milk Street, Boston, which he has, by con-
stant application and good business iudg-
ment, developed into one of the largest in the
■city. He joined the Metropolitan Driving
Club 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
Dorchester and the Gentlemen's Driving Clubs
of Boston.

Mr. Russell has one hobby — a good road
liorse, 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 quali-
ties to be found in one horse. Hitched
•double with Addison A., the pair would give
a person a most magnificent ride, not think-
ing anything of stepping off a thirtv-mile
journe}' 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 M. A.
Nevens, Queen Flizabeth, Jessie K.,
2:26 1-2; Kidnapper, 2:24; Frank Herdic,
2:17 1-4; Ivitty Wilkes, 2:24 1-4, etc. Mr.
Hussell resides at 467 Massachusetts Avenue,
Tjoston.

in the schools of New Flanipshire, \'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, live 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, which had every indication of being
one of the most valuable trotters of hi? period
when his turf career was cut short by his sud-
den death. This was a severe blow to both
Mr. Whitaker and "Uncle Jock," but did not
deter Mr. Whitaker from further investment
in high-class trotters. His next venture was
Jesse Hanson, 2:13 3-4, that was campaigned
over mile tracks for several seasons with
success. Refina, 2:08 1-2, will long be re-
:nembered 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. AVhitaker'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. Whifl
considered it too dangerous for Mr. Bowen
to drive in races at his old age. Mr. Whita-
ker resides at 47 Ocean Street, Dorchester,
Mass.

LEWIS WHITAKER

Lewis Whitaker was born in Stanstead,
Conn., in 1831. He received his education

EVERETT L. SMITH

Everett L. Smith was born in Quincy.
Mass., in 1865, and attended the D wight
Grammar School in Boston, and was 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 vears 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

fc,K«A'

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. Griffin and His Horses (Cont.)

CASCADE, 2:06 1-2
Joint Holder, with Charley King, of Franlilin Field Quarter-mile Speedway Record of 29 Seconds.

He Was Prominent in Interclub Meets

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amateur turf, having owned over 150 horses
with records of 2 130 or better, among the
number being Ward M., 2:09 1-4; Sherman
Clay, 2:05 3-4; Giles Noyes, 2:05 1-4; Sena-
tor L., 2:12; Billy H., 2;ic 3-4: and lirother
Milro', 2:14 1-2. While l\Ir. Smith has
owned many horses with speed, yet the one he
feels the most pride in is Quilberta, foaled on
May 14, 191 1, and which he bred himself.
This fill}' 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 was
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
v^dth 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 riglit
or left shoulder. He would rather pay $50
to some good cause than see a new moon
over his left shoulder. Li illustrating this is
told the following:

Li 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 result:
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 West-
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 Ayer 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 was offering 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
ofif, 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
money on him, but having seen the new
moon over his right shoulder, of course, fate
put his money on the winner, as he has al-
wavs believed, and the result was that his
i^ank account was increased by over $1,300.
Mr. Smith resides in Westboro, Mass.

EUGENE S. MORSE

Eugene S. Morse was born in Waterville,
iMe., 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 iqq
Medford Street, Charlestown, where he is still
located.

Mr. Morse is a member of the Metropol-
itan, Dorchestei and Fellsway Driving Clubs.
He joined the Dorchester Club in 1904, and
was a charter member 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 speedway
with his fast string of pacers, and it was a
merry kind of a wiggler that was capable of
taking' his measure. Among those best

GEORGE H. GREExNWOOD
Secretary Dorchester Club 1901-1914 (in-
clusive)

P. O'HEARN
First Vice-President Dorchester Club 1914

JOS. F. O'CONNELL

Congressman from Tenth District the Term

of 1906-07

GEORGE E. GRIFFIN
Active Worker in Dorchester Club

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known that he drove were Billy 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 Metro-
politan Club races. Mr. Morse resides at
18 Thayer Street, Brookhne, Mass.

ble that compares with any in the city. Mr.
Hall resides at 78 Beacon Street, Boston,
Mass.

GEORGE G. HALL

George G. Hall was born in Tiverton,
R. I., 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 filled 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 Mr. 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., 2:181-4, and Alta, 2:171-2, 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.
At Portsmouth, R. L, 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 Hall was born in New
Bedford. Mass., in 1871, and received his pre-
Hminary 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 differed
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

Frank Gardner Hall was born in Boston
in 1873, and was graduated from the Allen
School in Newton and Milton Academy. Mr.
Hall has a historical line of ancestr^^ 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 Mayflower, through
Elder Brewster. Myles Standish, John Alden.
etc.

Mr. Hall is a born horseman, from his early
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 Metro-
politan Club, and belongs to the Brookline
Country Club, B. A. A., and Boston Yacht
Club.

Joseph W. Burns and His Horses

RALPH BINGEN (by Teddy Bingen), 2:15 1-4
Dam Dot, by Brazilian, 2:22 3-4

%d%imy

DOT with Her Baby Foal, ADDIE ECHO

DOT Hitched to Cart. She Was a Prize Winner
at Franklin Field Speedway in 1913

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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 oiifice
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; Nelly
S., 2:121-4; Ethelwyn, 2:141-4; Lexington,
matinee record, 2 -.22 1-4; Cora Wilkes, matinee
record 2:221-2; Miss Strike, 2:141-4; Dora
Wilkes, My Budd, Pauline, 2:241-4; Bel-
gard, 2:161-4, Gloria Wilkes, 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

Michael F. Murphy, 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. What 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 Hors'e 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
Royal High Roller, Bonny and Brandy, etc.

ROWLAND WARD

RowL.\ND AVaed 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 Ward. 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 I :o8. Mr. Ward resides at 17 Westmin-
ster St., Hyde Park, Mass.

JOSIAH B. REED

JosiAH B. Reed was born in South Wey-
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 Whitney 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 Weymouth 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 ama-
teur racing of Greater Boston, and Mollie
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 Weymouth, Mass.

O. C. CHARLES

O. C. Charles 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 W. 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 i:ii. Mr. Charles resides at 27
Albion St., Roxbury, 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. Owned and Driven by

Peter J. Fitzgerald

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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 2 109 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, Jay-Eye-See, whose combined
record is 2:08 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 M. 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 2:03 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 ofl: 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 Wilkie, 2:12 3-4; Baron
March, 2:15; 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 Comhination
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 Mr. 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 suffered 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. Fitzgerald 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. DUNN

The South Boston Horseman in

Dorchester Chib

FRANK I. WILKINS
Well Known Member of Dorchester Club

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argument, but ordered that Miller's Damsel
be driven another mile, which she did in the
fast time, for the whole distance, of twenty-
one miles, in ih., iim., 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 Mr. Fitzgerald has been a
constant attendant of race meetings, and he
has owned many fast trotters and pacers. He
joined the Metropolitan 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 ; Watchmaker 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, N. H., securing him
the position of assistant trainer for C. E.
Mosher, 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 Waltham,
Mass., in "1875, and attended the L-owell
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 Boston 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 first he
raced for the ribbons was a green trotter
named Pontosuc. He then got Edith R.,
2 ;i8 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
losit 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 i :oi 1-2.
Then Cascade, 2:061-2, brought a lot of
credit to the Griffin 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
Ijv Charley King, and still stands the best
over the old ciuarter-mile course. With
Geraldme 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 horses
was the trotter, Worthy Prince, 2 :ii 1-4,
which he bought when three years old at the
New York sale for $600. 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 New York man, and would have
accepted $500, possibly less, for the trotter,
but to the utter discouragement of Mr.
Griffin, the New Yorker would not do busi-
ness.

The next Spring, 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,
ior 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
liis 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
$[o.oco, by a large margin the most money
ever secured for a horse by any member of
the Dorchester Club. "Long Shot" Cox later

SUNSHINE, 2:15 1-4
A Blue Ribbon Performer in Matinees of Dorchester Club. Owned and Driven by

James F. Lynch

C. E. R., 2:21 1-4
Pacing a Fast Heat at Franklin Field Speedway. Owned and Driven by

John H. Burns

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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, Mr.. Gnmn
purchased three horses for his stable, Keller-
ville Lad, 2:121-4, he g"ot 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 BelHni, 2:12 1-4, trotted
a quarter at Combination Park, right off the
cars from New. York, in 31 seconds. In the
Summer he had trialed in 2:15, last half in
I :04 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 verj' neat way of going.
Experts figure that Mr. Griffin secured a cou-
ple of prizes. Mr. Griffin resides at 153 Har-
vard Street, Dorchester, Mass.

l.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. Mr. 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 Washington
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 serretary.
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 in
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 L O.
O. F. and Roval Arcanum. Among the

JOSEPH W. BURNS

Joseph W. Burns was born in Ereetown,
Prince Edward Island, and attended the
schools of his native place. He came to
Boston in 1898, 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 Eree-
town, P. E. L She was brought to Boston
when two years old, and was sired by
Brazilian, 2 :22 3-4, out of Lady Burns, trial
2 :20, by Westlawn ; second dam, Nellie B.,
by Gladstone, 2:28 1-4. Dot was one of the
leading trotters of the Eranklin 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
by Teddy Bingen, 2:15 1-4, son of Bingen,
2 :c6 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, Mass.

CALVIN MACDONALD

Calvin MacDon.\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 Mountains, 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 364 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 E (2)

(Inset~J. W. BIGGS) MARY ANN and 6 Mos. Foal (Inset— D. M. BIGGS)

GRACE B. ANNIE M. (3) to Halter

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one of the fastest ice horses in that section.
He then got hold of the mare, Nancv Belle,
and later of Skyscraper, by Uncle Sim,
2:20 1-2, and Jenny Deane, a daughter oi
Gen. Williams, 2 -.^2, that had a reputation
as a brush horse to road.

Mr. MacDonald's racing on the Franklin
Field Speedway has been with the Kentucky
bred trotter, Lister W. (3), 2:25 1-4, whici;
record he obtained at Lexington, Ky. 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. Li 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 Monk 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 i :o6 1-2 and i 107 1-4.
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. L, 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 and called one of the prettiest locations
in that country, and has also a farm at Gulf
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 :o9 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 2:061-4.
Celibate, 2:121-4, was another good horse
for Mr. Campbell, this trotter's best efforts

being in his winning races at Hat-tford,
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
with John Guild, a baker. In 1900 he began
business for himself, opening a bakery at
182 F Street, South Boston, where he is at
pre.=ent 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, and 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 Hfe 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. Tliis
lead he wore in a belt, containing ten pounds,
in specially made boots, each with seven
poijnds in the sole, while the balance was
placed in the sulky cushion.

Ollie 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 became 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

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period who went to California from the East,
there being no railroad over the Rockies
when he visited 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 Ollie 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 place. He was going around the
track and was then on !iis way. Imagine 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 Olhe," 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 which
he, fof years, contested in. There, was the
stallion Aristos, 2 127 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 always required to win
good racing events. Old-time horsemen
readily 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, New York
.state, and Canada. There was the pacer,
Brightwood, 2:191-4. one of the few pacers
Ollie 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,
2:18 1-4. 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, Mass., the season of 1914, that
could show a lot of speed. Mr. Woodard re-
sides at 78 Highland Road, Somerville, Mass.

with the wholesale paper firm of Monroe
Paper Co., and is now employed by the Bos-
ton Elevated Street Railway as division
superintendent. Mr. Wilkins joined the Dor-
chesier Driving Club in 1907, and is also a
member of the Union Lodge of Masons, New
England Street Railway Club, the American
Street Railway Association, Neponset
"Brotherhood, Boston Elevated Mutual Aid
Association, Metropolitan Mutual Aid
Association, Division No. 3, Boston Elevated
Mutual Aid Association, Ashmont Improve-
ment Association, South Dorchester Im-
provemLcnt Association, and Upham's Cor-
ner Improvement Association. Mr. Wilkins
is on the board of directors for the Dorches-
ter Board of Trade, and fills the same
pcsition for the Massachusetts Co-operative
Bank. He resides at 1.5 15 Dorchester
Avenue, Dorchester, Mass.

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.

FRANK I. WILKINS

Frank I. \\'ilkins was born in Salem,
Mass., in 1862, and received his education in
the Prescott and Winthrop schools, Charles-
town. He started work in Boston, in 1879,

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, Mass.,
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 60-108
Marsh Street, Dorchester.

Mr. Biggs was a charter member of the
Dorchester Club and has held numerous offi-
cial positions, in 1914 filling the chair of sec-
ond vice-president. He became a member of
the Old Colony Club in 1912. He is an Odd
Fellow, Knight of Pythias, a member of the
United States Fat Men's Club and several
other social orders.

While there can be no doubt of Mr. Biggs
being eligible to the order of Fat Men, vet 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. Rollin Stuart, Jr.

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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, s- 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 iMystic 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, 2:12 1-4,
and Woodshed, 2 :o9 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 flew.

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 stif¥ 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 with the gelding, Special Boy,
and there are today many of the veteran race-
goers who well remember the race at Old
Orchard 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

RoYCE E. Collins was born in Orwell, Vt.,
in 1866, and attended the district schools of
h's native town. He came to Boston the Fall of
1889, 3^nd 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,
2:13 1-4; Rex, 2:13 1-2; Oriole, 2:18 1-2;
Avis, 2 :20 1-4, which co^-^t only $90, and a
season later was second in 2:13 1-2; J. M. B.,
2 :26 3-4 : Prince Megner, 2 :2i ; Call, 2 :i8 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
being a top-heavy favorite. Before the first
heat was started, Mr. Collins stood to win
$?,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

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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

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not on the level, and the judges declared all
bets and pools on the event off, thus depriving
Mr. Collins of a nice bit of change.

At another time Mr. Collins was racing at
Bradford, N. H., against old Charley Taylor,
then in his Qoth-odd year. Mr. Collins had
Diversion and Mr. Taylor the pacing gelding,
Robert B., 2:12. In the first heat Robert B.
made four long runs, and finished on a run,
with Diversion lapped on him at the wire.

Before the start of the heat, Mr. Collins
had invested all the money he had in the
world that his mare would win that heat. He
went into the judges' stand to call the atten-
tion of the officials to the long runs taken by
Robert B., though satisfied in his own mind
that he would be awarded the heat, but went
up simply to make it safe.

Much to his surprise, the starting judge said
that he was amazed that a young, bright, husky
looking fellow like Mr. Collins should come
up into the judges' stand and make a com-
plaint against a man driving against him who
was over 90 years of age.

Then Mr. Collins said, "I appreciate Mr.
Taylor fully as much as I think you men do
in the stand; but, under my present financial
condition, I cannot in due respect to myself
aft'ord to give him any money, either of what
I have bet to win on the heat, or a portion of
the purse. Now, if you judges think so high-
ly of Mr. Taylor, why wouldn't it be the best
scheme for you to dig into your own pockets
.and give him the difference between the first
and second money, instead of asking a poor
driver like me to do so? Under compulsion
I am made to think that you are simply put-
ling 3'our hand of charity into my pocket
and robbing me to give something to Mr.
Taylor."

In relating the occurrence later, Mr. Collins
said that the argument did not help matters,
as old Charlej' Taylor ran his pacer a quarter
of the way each heat and got first money.

Likely the biggest scoop ever turned by Mr.
Collins was at Dover, N. H., with the trotting
gelding. Squeezer, when he defeated a field
of seven horses, including the great stallion,
Bingen, 2 :o6 1-4. The event was won in eight
heats, Mr. Collins winning the second, sixth
and eighth ; Bingen grabbing off the fifth and
seventh heats.

One week later he again had Squeezer win-
ning a seven-heat race at Old Orchard. The
horses finishing behind him were Tom Boy,
Success, Ben H., Paddy D., Webb, Dexter K.
and Lillian Wilkes. So creditable was the vic-
tory of Squeezer, at Dover, that the summary
of the event is appended :

Dover, N. H., Jaly 30, iSgS — 2:13 class, trotting;
purse, $500.
Squeezer, b. g., by McEwen (R. Col-
lins) 3 I 6 5 4 I 2 I

Bingen, b. s., by May King (Titer) 57261412
J. M. D., b. g., untraced (Loomis) i 3 i 2 3 3 3 3
Nicola, b. g., by Guardsman (Knapp) 44412244
Sidney McGregor, b. s. (Conley).. 2 2 3 4 dr
Hazel Dell, blk. m. (Dore) ...... . 6 5 5:3 dr

Tom Boy, b. m. (Marsh) 7 6 dr

Time — 2:121-2, 2:141-2, 2:123-4, 2:141-4, 2:141-4,
2 :i5 1-2, 2 :i7 1-2, 2 :i8.

EDWIN M. SHANNON

Edwin M. Shannon was born in Ports-
mouth, N. H., in 1857, and attended the local
schools of that city. His first work was in
1870, for his father, George H. Shannon,
who run the half-mile track in Portsmouth.
In 1882 he entered the employ of True Jones,
of Boston, having a stable of horses at Bea-
con Park. In 1883 he opened a public
training stable for himself, at Beacon Park,
where he remained until 1887, when he re-
moved to Mystic Park. In 1892 he entered
the employ of Samuel Hodgdon, of Meredith,
N. H., whose horses he trained for one year.
In 1893 he became assistant trainer for J. J-
Bowen, at Mystic Park, where he remained
until 1902, Mr. Bowen then retiring from
business. Mr. Shannon is now employed by
the Cushing Medical Supply Co., 164 Canal
Street, Boston.

While identified on the turf as trainer and
driver, Mr. Shannon raced T. L. D., 2:22 1-4;
Tom Lambert, 2 123 ; Falcon, Jr. (4), 2:21 3-4;
Ethan Boy, 2:17 3-4; Dixie, 2:14 3-4; Nick,
2:13 1-4; Coral, 2:25; Doctor, 2:16 1-2;
Mars Chan, 2:19 1-4; Miller Boy, 2:14 1-2;
Mystic Maid, 2:21 1-4, etc. Mr. Shannon re-
sides at 49 Grafton Street, Arlington, Mass.

WILLIAM; H. YOUNG

William H. Young was born in Milton,
Mass., in 1868, and attended the local schools
of his native town. His first work was as a
baker for Bent & Co., Milton, in 1882. By
industrv and excellent business sagacity he
arose to the position of manager of the con-
cern when it was purchased by the National
Biscuit Co., in which place he still remains.

He joined the Dorchester Driving Club in
1908 and has served on the board of direc-
tors and as vice-president. He always owned
a good road horse, one with speed, even
back when brushing was popular on the
River Street road. In the matinees at Frank-
Im Field Speedway he raced Cracker Bov
with success, and later the good pacing mare,
Sister Patch, 2:261-4, bv Toe Patchen,
2 :oi 1-4, dam by Gambetta Wilkes. She, for
two seasons, was the Dacine champion of the
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

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of I :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 :2o 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 Ward Street, New-
ton Center, Mass.

ALBERT FELLOWS

Albert Fellows was born in Athens, Me.,
in 1849, and 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 the same line, opening a store at 163 1
Washington Street, where he remained fifteen
years, then removing to Ashmont, where he
has 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 alsr
a member of the Dirigo, Odd Fellows, and ?
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 75 Bailey Street, Dor-
chester, Mass.

schools in Great Shenogue, N. B. He came
to Boston 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, 2 130, 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 Quannapowitt Driving Clubs and owner
of the trotter Saranac, 2 :i4 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 1 :20 to I 107, 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 b)' 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 afifair
in which 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 Uncle Angus, 2:17 1-4, he won the
day against Dorchester, at Rockdale Park,
with considerable fun thrown in. Mixed-
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-
Fvinney, and several others are among those

POSTMAN, 2:13 3-4
A 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 Briggs

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which Mr. Plealy 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 licjuor business for
himself in 1885, at 175 Devonshire Street,
Boston, where he is still located. He joined
the Dorchester Driving Club in 190-6, and
the Quannapowitt 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 :20, and the high-bred
filly, Betty Fennell, by Neno Bingen,
2:22 1-4, dam Su Su, by Vatican, 2:29 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 Tenn^'son, 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. Betty
Fennell was naturally a fast filly. She won
seven blue ribbons in the matinees of the
Quannapowitt 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,?
of age, he started in the teaming and con-
tracting business for himself in Hanover,
having only one horse to begin with, and
with which business he is still occupied, and
also has a milk route. His residence is at 102
Willard 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.

WILLIAM H. NOYES

William H. No yes 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 1 1 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.

ALDEN BRIGGS

Alden Briggs was born in North Pem-
broke, Mass., in 1855, and was graduated
from the public schools of his native town.
His first work was on a farm in Pembroke, fit

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
place 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. TeU 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 was 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.

JOHN B. CHADBOURNE

John B. Ci-iadbourne, who resides at 54
Neponset Ave., Hyde Park, Mass., and is
ent^ao-ed in the coal, coke and charcoal busi-

WELL KNOWN MEMBERS OF THE DORCHESTER DRIVING CLUB

EDGAR O. HADDOCK

ADNA T. WHEELOCK

PETER J. FITZGERALD

EDWARD B. SWETT

CAREY KEITH

EZRA S. HARRIS

A. M. NEWBERT

FRANK L. ROBBINS

SOLLY WOLFSON

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ness in West Quincy, Mass., was one of tlie
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

LYNDHURST

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 blu'i
ribbons. She took the iirst prize time cup one
season at Dorchester, and the same year won
second prize at the We3anouth Fair. She was
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. I" 1889 he
started in the building 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 Clul)
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 City 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 :28 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., 2:19 1-4; Prince of
Monica, Kremella, 2:18 3-4. Mr. Johnson
resides at 106 Melville Ave., Dorchester, Mass.

RILEY G. CROSBY

Riley 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 the
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 MetropoUtan
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 bring to attention several that he has

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owned witli niotlcrate 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 pacing 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 W. 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 officials 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.

With Miss Riggen, 2:14 1-4, Mr. 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; Victor, 2:29 1-4; Riley G., 2:24 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 104 1-2. In
his intercity matinee racing. Jack Bingen
defeated the best trotters of the Old Colony
Club, viz., Katherine R., Higgins, Kaldar and
Catherine C. In the interclub meet agamst
Fellsvi'ay, 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 33 Boulevard Terrace, All-
ston, Mass.

J. W. McENANY

J. W. McEnany was born in Burlington,
Vt., in 1851, and attended the schools at
Pittsford, Yt., and Middlebury, Vt. 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 Vermont Association. While he has
owned several fast driving horses, his favorite
was the 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. IMcEnanv resides at 80 Edson Street,
Dorchester, Mass.

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 Metropolitan 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 :2i 1-4.

Mr. Law was first elected president of the
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the very hardest work, combined with shrewd-
ness and frugahty, 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. Morrison 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 1896 in Somerville, v/here 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. Mr. 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 organiza-

tion he has filled the position of chairman of
the speedway and racing committee.

Mr. Lockwood 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., ^-.i"]; Leida Wood,
2:29; Rebate, 2:321-4, and others. He af-
terwards campaigned Likewise, 2:17 3-4;
Imogene, 2:231-4; Tom L., 2:15; Evolute,
2:101-2; Louise E., 2:113-4; Olivia
Bellini, 2:201-2, etc. He was at W. 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 public
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 Qub 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 New 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.

Mr. 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 -.T^i 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., 2:16 1-2; Mary M.,
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Parker, 2:20 1-4; Lurd Abbott, .\lar\- Lliff,
the promising young stallion, (iun Metal,
2:16 1-4, the fast hlly, Mary Metal, George
M., and three fast fillies by Gun Metal.
Mr. Morrison lias 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 no 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. Morrison
resides at 13 Grant Street, Somerville,
Mass.

COL. A. C. DRINKWATER

Col. a. C. Drinkwater was born in Tops-
ham. Me., in 1844, and received his education
in the public schools and Edward Lattle
Institute. He was brought up in the leather
iDusiness, and started in business for himself
in 1869, in Braintree, Mass., where he is still
located.

Co'onel Drinkwater was first president of
the Old Colony Driving Club. He recog-
nized in the organization of such an associa-
tion the benefit it would be to the owners of
horses on the South Shore, in having them
interested in securing the best horses and in
keeping them in the best of condition. Thus
it was that the maxim of the club was to
improve the breed of horses used bv gentle-
men, and, following that plan, one of the first
rules adopted after Colonel Drinkwater was
made president, was that hoppled horses be
barred from participating in the matinees of
the club at the South Weymouth track. This
theory of the Old Colony Club has been
stronglv adhered to since, and is counted to
have, in no small way, been the cause of its
continuous success, which is growing larger
and of more importance in the amateur field
While a breeder on a small scale, yet
Colonel Drinkwater has made his name
known the country over by the fast trotters
and pacers he has bred. Among the most
noted was Cochato (t,), 2:11 1-2" winner of
the classic Charter Oak Futurity, and now
fast becoming a sire of renown. The Bosun,
2:05 3-4, too, was bred by the Colonel; Cello!
2:17 1-2, was another; Mazie Sidney, trial,
2:13 1-4, lie purchased when she was a
suckling filly, and she became prominent
afterwards in the matinee circles of Greater
Boston.

In 1914 Colonel Drinkwater pointed with
pride to the performance of the pacer, Squan-
tum, 2 :C9 1-2, which he bred. Although only
a three-year-old, yet this youngster, was
timed in 2 :02 1-2 when he finished' second to
Anna Bradford in 2:01 1-2. The untimely

death of .S(|uantuin, the hall of 1914, at
Phoenix, Arizona, was regretted by his ad-
mirers, who felt that, in his campaign of 19T5,
great credit \yould be given to Massachusetts
]jy the victories of this prominent youngster.
A peculiar circumstance in the training of
Squantum by Millard Drinkwater, at Read-
ville track in 1913, was that he showed every
inclination of being a fast trotter up to the
time he was developed to going a mile in
•2:24. Scjuantum then suddenly changed,
when at speed, to pacing, and soon proved to
his trainer that that was his natural gait, he
.soon after working a mile in 2:18.

While Colonel Drinkwater was a small
breeder, yet he was very particular in the
selection of the mare and stallion for mating,
he never breeding a mare unless she was of
a highly nervous temperament, while the
stalHon must be "all horse," but level-
headed— not rattle-brained. By following
this plan he ascribes his success in breeding
trotters. Colonel Drinkwater resides at Brain
tree, Mass.

HARRY C. THAYER

Harry C. Thayer was born in South
Braintree, Mass., in 1873. He joined the
Dorchester Driving Club in 1906, and was
one of the five that instituted the Old Colony
Driving Club, which was organized in 1908.
Mr. Thayer has held the position of president
and vice-president of the Old Colony Driving
Club, having been very prominent in its af-
fairs.

In the matinees at the South Weymouth
track, Mr. Thayer has raced the fastest trot-
ters that have represented the club in Altro
I^., 2:09 3-4; Katherine R., 2:11 3-4; Miss
Lake and The Mermaid. Altro L. started in
the first matinee given by the Old Colony
Club, in 1908, and is the only horse of that
period now racing in the matinees of the club,
in the Fall of 19 14. In the initial matinee,
Altro L. placed the trotting record of the
track at i :io 1-2, and the present mark of
I :oy was made by him in the Fall of the
same year. In 1913 Mr. Thayer purchased
the trotting mare, Katherine R. She won
many races for him that Summer, showing
her superiority over the other trotters, and,
on August 16, equaled the record of i :07 of
the track in a race against Van Dyke. Mr.
Thayer resides in South Braintree, his native
town.

MATTHEW C. SPROUL

Matthew C. Sproul was born in Abington,
Mass., in 1875, and was graduated from the
local schools. His first work in Boston was
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1893, which situation he has since held. He
joined the Old Colony Driving Club in 1910,
and has filled the position of secretary and
treasurer, and chairman of the racing com-
mittee. He takes delight in saying that he
owns no horse and belongs to no secret so-
ciety, but still he is a horseman, delighting in
getting out in the open air and watching his
friends battle for the blue ribbons and cups
in the matinees. He has been a valuable aid
in the prosperity of the Old Colony Club, be-
ing an earnest worker and watching all the
small details that are constantly arising. Mr.
Sproul resides at 333 Columbia St., South
Weymouth, Mass.

S. B. TOTMAN

S. B. ToTMAN was born in East Wey-
mouth, Mass., in 1868, and, after attending
the public schools of his native town, was
graduated from Bryant & Stratton's Com-
mercial College of Boston. When sixteen
years of age he began working for himself
in East Weymouth, and has since run a
bakery and been interested in other busi-
ness affairs. At present he is in real estate,
mortgages and trading. He was a charter
member of the Old Colony Driving Club, of
which he served on the board of directors,
and is a member of the Metropolitan Driving
Club.

Mr. Totman has for years been identified
with fast trotters and pacers. Thirty years
ago his stable was winning money on the
leading half-mile tracks of New England,
and when matinee sport came he 'imme-
diately was an enthusiast. Among the
ones he has raced in the matinees are :
Kaldar, 2:171-4, winner of third money in
the big trotting handicap at Readville in
1909; Betsey Bump, 2:21 1-4, constant win-
ner of road brushes in her day; Gipsey M.,
2:13 1-2; Harry Newton, Rhodi, 2:22 1-2;
Ruth M., King Bogash, 2:201-4, etc.

Mr. Totman has proved a worthy sire in
having a son, Joseph W., following in his
own footsteps. In the matinees at South
Weymouth, Kaldar was driven in his races
by J. W. Totman, and a very clever reins-
man he proved to be. Mr. Totman and his
son reside at East Weymouth, Mass.

RECTOR DAMON STETSON

Rector Damon Stetson was born in Han-
over, Mass., in 1884, and was graduated from
the schools of his native town. His first work
in Boston was shipping clerk for Damon &
Ellis, manufacturers of slippers, 88 High
Street, Boston, in 1902. He became a mem-
ber of the firm when it was incorporated, in
1905. He joined the Old Colony Driving

Club when it was organized, and has held
several offices, including that of vice-presi-
dent, and so popular has he been with the
members of the club, and a conscientious
worker in its interests, that he is strongly
mentioned for the position of president in

1915-

In the matinees he has raced the fast pac-
ing mare, Trixie S., 2:14 1-2; Santa Belle,
2:23, etc., and owns what is considered by
good judges the best pair of trotters, to pole,
on the South Shore, these being Fancy P.,
trial of 2 :22, and Charm P., with a record of
2:10. Mr. Stetson resides at Hanover Center,
Mass.

GEORGE HENRY WILLIAMSON

George Henry Williamson was born in
South Marshfield, Mass., in 1845, and was
graduated from the public schools of that
town. He started in business for himself in
1867 at South Abington. Later he rem.oved
to his present location in Whitman, Mass.,
where he is engaged in horseshoeing and
blacksmithing. He is one of the most en-
thusiastic members of the Old Colony
Driving Club, and also a member of the
Masons and other fraternal orders. Among
the horses that he has owned and driven in
the matinees are Boxer, George W., etc.
Mr. Williamson resides in North Abington,
Mass.

GEORGE A. COWDREY

George A. Cowdrey was born in Stone-
ham, Mass., in 1875, and was graduated from
the Wakefield public schools, Bryant &
Stratton Commercial College, and Phillips
Academy, Andover. He entered business in
Boston in 1895, as partner in the firm of
Chas. J. Beebe & Co., shoe findings. He is
now treasurer and one of the firm of Smith &
Cowdrey Co., dealers in pickled sheepskins,
97 High Street, Boston.

He was one of the instigators and assisted
in the organization of the Ouannapowitt
Driving Club, and was elected the first
treasurer of the club. The following year he
filled the position of vice-president, which
position he held during the season of 1909.
In the latter year George A. Shackford was
given the honor of president, but it so
occurred that two weeks after taking the
chair, business called him to another state,
thus making it imperative that Mr. Cowdrey,
as vice-president, take the position of pre-
siding officer for the remainder of the term.
In 19T0 he was elected president. Mr.
Cowdrey was a very energetic man in the in-
terests of the club, which flourished im-
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Quannapowitt Club, Mr. Cowdrt-y belongs to
the iMasons.

In the matinees at the Reading-Wakefield
track and interclub meets, Mr. Cowdrey was
a very prominent factor. He always had in
his stable trotters and pacers with speed to
go out and make trouble in whatever class he
elected to start them. The driving club trot-
ting record of the track, i :o6 1-2, was made
by one of his trotters, Crown Prince, 2:17 1-4,
while the pacing record of i :05 was made by
Ginger B., 2:18 1-4, a mare he owned before
this performance was made. Other trotters
that he raced with success were Frank R.
Wilkes, Hampshire Boy, Evergreen, and the
good colt, Parkeno ; while in the pacing divi-
sion, outside of Ginger B., he owned Baron
B., 2:15 1-4; Belle Sherwood, Belle Park,
2:23 1-4, and Betty. Mr. Cowdrey resides in
Wakefield. ]\fass.

HENRY W. WEYMOUTH

Henry W. Weymouth was born in Brattle-
boro, Vt., in 1870, and attended the local
schools of his native town and of Walpole,
N. H. His first work was for B. E. Webster,
owner of the Meeting House Hill Farm,
Walpole, N. H. This was in 1887. He soon
after entered the employ of the Fitchburg
Railroad, where he remained for ten years.
In 1899 he bought a farm in Walpole, N. H..
where he remained until 191 1, when he pur-
chased his present farming property in North
Reading, Mass.

Mr. Weymouth joined the Quannapowitt
Driving Club in 191 1 and filled the office of
secretary in the years 1912-13-14. He was a
most efficient man for the position, having
from a young man been strongly interested
in the light harness horse and a fine bred dog.

In the matinees of the Quannapowitt Club
at the Reading- Wakefield track, Mr. Wey-
mouth raced the well-known pacer, Tom
Smelzey, 2:18 1-2, who in professional racing-
was famous throughout the West for the
split-heat races he captured. Tom Smelzey
was twenty-eight years old when Mr. Wey-
mouth matineed him in 191 1. That year he
won five races, three seconds, and one third
in his nine starts. The following year he
started eight times and was first five times,
second twice, and third once. He was always
a fighter to the finish of the race, winning his
heats in around 1:15. In the Spring of 1914,
when thirty-two years of age, Tom Smelzey
was put away by Mr. Weymouth, and, up
to the day of his death, he was as fat, slick,
and sound as any colt.

Another owned and raced by Mr. Wey-
mouth in the Quannapowitt matinees was
the mare Helen L., by Dare Devil, 2 109. He

started her three times in 1912, and in 1913
she faced the starting judge in no less than
thirteen races and, as the result of her work,
secured the cup for winning more races than
any other horse in the club. She has been a
trial over the Reading- Wakefield half-mile
track in 2:28 1-2, has won heats in her mati-
nee races in 1:15, and was second in i :io 1-2.
Mr. Weymouth resides at North Reading,
Mass.

W. H. NICHOLS

W. H. Nichols was one of the charter mem-
bers of the Quannapowitt Driving Club. He
has for a number of years been in the em-
ploy of Beyer Bros.' Commission Co., at 47-
48 South Market Street, Boston. Mr.
Nichols has been strongly identified with
matinee sport, always owning a good trotter,
among these being Joe Thomas, by Tarratine,
which started in the first matinee of the
Quannapowitt Driving Club ; Perseverance,
2:241-4; Gold Band, Jr., Country Boy,
2:201-4, and Hector K.. 2:291-4, by
Seumanee, son of Bingen, 2 :o6 1-4, dam, Irish
Queen, by Edgemark, 2:16; second dam,
Carrie T,. 2:261-4, by Dom Pedro. Carrie
T. was the old-time sleighing champion of
Boston. Mr. Nichols resides in Reading,
Mass.

EBEN B. PHILLIPS

Eben B. Phillips was born in Swampscott,
Mass., and attended the schools of his native
town. He was one of the first members of
the Lynn Club, and filled the position of sec-
ond vice-president for four terms, first vice-
president in 1912, and became president by
the election of 1913. He is also a member
of the Metropolitan Club, which he joined in
1908.

In the matinees of the Lynn Club Mr.
Phillips has been very strong, his horses
having been among the very fastest that took
the word in the events decided season after
season. This was particularly so in the big
interclub meets, held in the years of 1909 and
1910, when Reliance, 2:11 1-4, set a new
record for the Reading-Wakefield track of
I :o3 1-2, and, in the meet at Combination
Park, lowered the record of the track to
1:01 1-2. There was Croesus, 2:191-2, too,
which Mr. Phillips raced in the matinees for
two consecutive seasons without meeting a
single defeat. Among the others he has
raced can be called to mind, Al Ray, 2:13 1-4 ;
Jimmy B., 2:111-4; Clayola, 2:211-4;
Gloria Rex, 2:231-4; Laristina, 2:131-4;
James W., 2:09 1-4, which Lester Dore cam-
paigned extensively for Mr. Phillips in 1914;
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Haverhill track in i :oi 1-4, etc. Mr. Phillips
resides in Danvers, Mass.

HENRY H. FULLAM

Henri" H. Fullam was born in Bucksport,
Maine, in 1863, and received his education in
Bangor. His first work was in Lynn, in 1882,
for the firm of S. White & Co., dealers of
tents, awnings, etc. He started in business
for himself in 1889, locating, as at present, at
93 Oxford St., Lynn, in manufacturing tents
and awnings. He was a charter member of
the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Lynn, and
has been on the board of directors. He is a
member of the Red Men, and belongs to sev-
eral other orders. Among the horses he has
owned can be called to mind Awning Boy,
Flossie W., 2:16 1-4; Jack the Ripper,
2:27 1-2; Little Dick, 2:24 1-2, and News-
boy, 2 :20 1-4. He has been very successful
in his matinee racing, and gets keen enjoy-
ment in the driving and handling of his
horses. Mr. Fullam resides at 38 Wentworth
Place, Lynn, Mass.

were kept one season at the model Thorn-
dale Farm, Andover, Mass. Mr. Gray re-
sides in Haverhill, Mass.

HERBERT GRAY

Herbert Gr-\y was born in York, Me.,
in 1850, and attended the schools of North
Berwick, Me. When twenty years old he
opened a livery stable in North Berwick, but
soon sold it and in 1872 came to Boston to
nm the Merrimac House. He is now en-
gaged in the real estate business in Haver-
hill, Mass. He belongs to the Haverhill
Lodge of Elks.

Mr. Gray was manager of the Thomas W.
Lawson racing stable from 1900 to 1904, dur-
ing which time he purchased over $400,000
worth of trotters for the great copper mag-
nate. This included several stallions and
brood mares, which were used in stocking
the famous Dreamwold Farm, in Scituate,
Mass., which has since become celebrated
for its beauty.

Among the trotters which Mr. Gray
bought for the Dreamwold racing stable
were Boralma, 2:07; Mamie W. (3), 2 : 17 1-4;
Dreamer (3), 2:14 1-4; Oxford Boy (2), 2:20;
Glory, 2:11 1-2; Sagwa, 2:13 1-4, etc. Un-
der Mr. Gray's management of four years
the Dreamwold stable won every big stake
in the Grand Circuit, excepting the M. & M.
Boralma won the three-year-old Kentucky
Futurity, and the Transylvania, being one
of the few horses to have the honor of tak-
ing both events. Oxford Boy headed the
summary of the two-year-old Kentucky
Futurity. Georgena, 2:07 1-2, also under his
management, won the classic Charter Oak
stake. Previous to Dreamwold being in
readiness for the wintering of horses, they

HOLLIS P. GALLUP

HoLLis P. Gallup was born in Boston in
1 86 1, where he received his early education.
At the age of eleven years he entered the em-
ploy of Isburgh & Rowland, East St., Bos-
ton, dealers in horses and carriages and hold-
ing weekly auction sales. When eighteen years
old he began driving on the street cars for
the West End Railroad, and started in busi-
ness for himself in 1883, with a milk route
and stable, his stable being in Dorchester and
farm in Milton, Mass. He is at present lo-
cated at 22 Barnes St., Dorchester, where
he has been for twenty-three years in the
stable business, selling, buying, boarding of
horses, and contracting. Mr. Gallup was one
of the three that organized the Dorchester
Gentlemen's Driving Club in 1899, and has
served the club on the board of directors and
racing committee. He also belongs to the
Odd Fellows.

Mr. Gallup has two distinctions that will
likely never be beaten. One is that in the en-
tire existence of the Dorchester Club he has
missed only one of its weekly meetings, and
that through sickness, and the other is in get-
ting 266 new members for the club in three
years, 211 of them during President Newbert's
administration.

He has raced ever since the club was or-
ganized, never missing a season from the mat-
inees, and in all that time he has not relused a
match, and always raced his horses where
they were placed by the racing committee.

Among the numerous horses that Mr. Gal-
lup has owned and driven can be brought to
mind, Ashmont, that was his first trotter, and
which he still owns though he is now over
twenty years of age ; Celia, which he bought at
auction for $100, and without a day's han-
dling she stepped a quarter at Readville in 32
seconds. After being used by Mr. Gallup for
several years, she was sold again under Mie
hammer and brought very near her original
price.

Bob Fitz, 2:17 1-4, was another of the
old reliables, as were Rubsley G., 2:16 1-2:
Oueenie, trial, 2:201-4; Axtelloid, 2:151-4;
Judge Green, 2:09, that held the world's rec-
ord for a four-year-old gelding in 1903 ; Cris-
pin, with the speed capacity of quarters in
30 seconds ; and Matt M.

Earl King, bred by the railroad magnate,
E. H. Harriman, and sired by Stamboul, 2:11,
dam Gipsey Earl, by The Earl, was very fast
as a three-year-old, when he was trained by

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Billy Andrews, and while owned by Mr. Gal-
lup raced against and defeated more hoppled
pacers than any other trotter ever owned in
Boston. In his races he was frequently timed
quarters in 29 1-2 seconds. After passing
from Mr. Gallup's hands to parties in Maine
he was started, in February, 1914, over the ice
at Winthrop, Maine, in the free-for-all, win-
ning an eight-heat race, the time being the
fastest in the world for eight heats at a quar-
ter of a mile. The fourth heat Earl King

ton with his office in the market district. He
joined the Dorchester Driving Club in 1905.
fie was on the board of directors thre-e years
and has served on various other committees.
He also iDclongs to the Masons, Odd l<"el-
lows, Knights of Pythias, Ancient Order of
United Workmen, and the Market Men's
Relief Association.

Mr. Wheelock has always been prominent
on the Franklin Field Speedway. Among
the horses he has raced are : Charley King,

CHARLEY KING, 2:14 1-4
The Winner of Over One Hundred Races Shown Pacing a Fast Heat for His Owner,
A. T. Wheelock, at Franklin Field Speedway

captured in 31 seconds, which equaled the
state of Maine record for trotters over the
ice.

Then there was Hollis Bingen, which Mr.
Gallup bred, developed, and raced ; Gallup's
Todd, and Silence, 2:21 3-4, which as a three-
year-old was second in the big futurity at
Hartford in 2:12 1-2. Mr. Gallup resides in
Dorchester, Mass.

ADNA T. WHEELOCK

Adna T, Wheelock was born in St. Johns-
bury, Vt., in 1858, and was graduated from
the Tinkerville School, layman, N. H. His
first work in Boston was in 1878, for Cook
& Handy, in driving a watering cart. In
1880 he started in the milk business and,
later, went into the trucking business in Bos-

2:14 1-4; Sunny Jim, 2:2,2 1-4; Willema,
2:26; Prince Albert, 2:241-4, etc. He
bought Charley King when he was a five-
year-old and for nine consecutive seasons he
was one of the top-notchers of the speedway
and in interclub meets. When raced profes-
sionally he earned hisi record of 2:141-4,
and was at the top of the summary, or a
factor in the events in which he took part.
Charley I-Cing has won over 100 blue rib-
bons. There is probably no other horse in
New England better known to the matinee
followers than this gelding.

Mr. Wheelock frequently asserts that he
is ready to buy another that could duplicate
Charley King, and that he looks back to the
years in which he raced the gelding and the
whole lot of fun he had with him. Mr.

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Wheelock resides at 351 Dorchester Street,
South Boston, Mass.

MICHAEL McDERMOTT
Michael McDermott was born in Ireland,
in 1853, and attended the schools of Dublin.
He started in the plastering business for
himself in New York in 18S8, and removed
his business to Boston in 1894. He is now
retired from business. He joined the Dor-
chester Driving Club in 1907, and served on
the board of directors for three years. He is
also a member of the Old Colony Driving
Club, and of the Boston Lodge of Elks.

Mr. McDermott always owned good
horses and for that reason he took much en-
joyment in belonging to the driving clubs.
While frequently requested to be a candidate
for president of the Dorchester Club, yet he
declined, saying that he was no ofifice seeker,
but a diligent worker in other directions for
the prosperity of the organization. Among
the horses matineed by Mr. McDermott
were Krispen, Klondyke, 2:12 1-4; Camillo,
2:20 1-4; and Mary Mc. With the last named
he was always ready to meet any trotter the
racing committee of either the Dorchester or
Old Colony Clubs elected he should start
against. She is a trim, clean-going mare that
attracted a lot of attention. Mr. McDermott
resides at 27 Charles Street, Dorchester,
Mass.

FRED S. ELDREDGE

Fred S. Ei.dredge was born in South Har-
wich, Mass., in 1863, and was a graduate of
the public schools of his native town. He
went to work in Boston, in 1881, for the
grocery firm of C. D. Swain & Co., 2364
Washington St. Three years later he opened
a grocery for himself at 191 Hampden St.,
Roxbury, and is at present in the trucking
business at 122 Purchase St. Mr. Eldredge is
a charter member of the Dorchester Driving
Club, and joined the Old Colony Driving Club
in 1910. He also belongs to the United Work-
men. Mr. Eldredge has been active on the
racing committee of the Dorchester Club, and
has served on the board of directors.

The matinee racing over the Franklin Field
Speedway would seem sadly out of joint were
not Mr. Eldredge seen there racing days,
driving his own and the fast ones belonging
to other members of the Dorchester Club. He
is one of the cleverest of reinsmen, having
brought many of his horses to victory. It is
a saying among the club members that if they
have a particularly hard race it is a good
plan to secure Mr. Eldredge to do the engi-
neering in the sulky.

In some of the memorable races that have

made the speedway historical, in which were
horses that Mr. Eldredge drove, can be read-
ily brought to mind B. S. Dillon, 2:14 1-4;
Directumwood, 2:20 1-4; Checkers, 2:18 1-2,
and Sister Patch. In going through the list of
the club, in fact, it might seem that Mr. El-
dredge has driven all of the fast ones. When
Sister Patch made the pacing record of the
speedway, by pacing in i :oo, and then com-
ing back in i :oi 1-4, it was none other than
the subject of our sketch who was seated in
the sulky.

Other horses he has driven and marked are
Authentic, 2:16 1-4; Lizzie Simms, 2:18;
Princess Ebilo, 2:20 1-4; Martindale, 2:19 1-4;
Grace G., 2:05 1-4; Charley King, 2:14 1-4,
and Gallagher, 2 103 1-2, which he campaigned
in Vermont, Maine and Massachusetts, and
never lost a race.

Mr. Eldredge owned Joe King, which he
matineed in the events of the Old Colony and
Dorchester Clubs up to the Fall series of
191-). In October of that season he pur-
chased the trotter. Baron Patch, 2:18 3-4, the
gelding so well known to the regulars at the
Franklin Field Speedway. Mr. Eldredge re-
sides at 8 Angell St., Dorchester, Mass.

JAMES I. BROOKS

James I. Brooks was born in Corinth, Vt.,
in 1875, and received his education in the
public schools of his native town. His first
work in Boston was in 1897 for the New
England Reference and Bond Association.
He started in business for himself in 1902,
buying and selling horses in Somerville, and
as superintendent of the delivery and equip-
ment department of the Fox Bakery, in
Charlestown.

Mr. Brooks was one of the organizers of
the Fellsway Driving Club, and filled the po-
sition of president in the years 1908, 1909 and
191 1. During these first years of the club
Mr. Brooks left no stone unturned in better-
ing the condition of the organization, both in
securing members and financially.

In matinee racing Mr. Brooks was an
enthusiast. He owned a number of the
racing stars of the Fellsway Club that
were prominent, too, in the interclub meets.
Among those he raced were : Muchado,
2:131-4; Sir George, 2:18 3-4; Axtelloid,
2:15 1-4; Ginger B., 2:18 1-4; Young Chimes,
2:111-2; Harry Brino, 2:171-2; Wavelite,
2:241-4; Canterbury Girl, 2:201-4; Ned
Wilkes, 2:09 1-4, etc. Mr. Brooks is a mem-
ber of the fraternal order of Masons ; belongs
to the Somerville Republican Club, Ward 4,
and the Somerville Fourth of July Associa-
tion. He resides at 30 Sewell Street, Somer-
ville, Mass.

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GEORGE N. COYLE

George N. Coyle was born in Charlestown,
Mass., in 1881, and attended the l)unl<ei- Hill
Grammar School, Boston College, and the Bos-
ton Latin School. His first work was for the
Charlestown Gas Co., and soon after, in 1901,
he started in business for himself, opening a
coal, wood and coke yard in Charlestown.
He is at present in the same business at 5
Broadway, Somerville.

He is a charter member of the Fellsway
Driving Club, and has served on the board of
directors. Other orders of which he is a
member are the K. of C, F. M., C. O. F.,
C. L. W. of Charlestown, T. A. and L.
Society, and the Arlington Boat Club
Among the horses that Mr. Coyle has owned
were Tom Drew, 2 -.2;^ 1-2 ; Wild Fern, trial
2:18 1-2; Billy Mack, 2:27 1-4; Ella Hal,
trotting, 2:19 1-4, pacing, 2:15 1-2, etc. Mr.
Coyle resides at 66 Pearl Street, Sonierville,
Mass.

E. R. WHITMAN

E. R. Whitman, one of the early members
of the Fellsway Driving Club, was born in
Bethel, Maine. He started in business for
himself, in 1855, at 10 and 12 Dorrance St.,
Charlestown, Mass., where he is still located,
his line being store fixtures. He is a very suc-
cessful business man and has but one fad, the
enjoyment of a good horse. Fie has been very
prominent in the matinees at Combination
Park, and, in the last few years, has raced
considerable over the New England tracks.
Among the best horses that he has cam-
paigned, both in an amateur and professional
way, were Joe K., 2:15 1-4; Pat I., 2:16 1-2;
and Dorsey W., 2 :2^ 1-4. Mr. Whitman re-
sides in Medford, Mass.

in Greater Boston during the last nine years.
Doctor is Mr. Twombly's old standljy. No
one has had more fun with a horse than has
Mr. Twombly with Doctor. His record for
a half-mile is i ■.oy 1-2, made at the Charles
River Speedway, and his winning heats at
Combination Park were in i :io to i :i2. Fie
won the point prize for trotters in the Fells-
way Club the last four years. Mr. Twombly
also owns Manila Boy, 2:18 1-2, winner of
the point prize for pacers in the Fellsway
Club for 1914, and formerly owned Maud M.,
2:15 1-2, another matinee performer of merit.
Mr. Twombly resides at Medford, Mass.

C. E. TWOMBLY

C. E. Twombly was born in Milton, N. H.,
in 1869, and attended the schools of Dover,
N. H. His first work in Boston was with
Samuel Ward Co., stationers, in 1884, filling
the position of salesman. In 1894 he started
in the stationery and printing business for
himself, and for twenty years was located at
32 Hawley Street, Boston. He is at present
in the same business at 139 North Street,
Boston.

Mr. Twombly was one of the charter mem-
bers of the Fellsway Driving Club, and has
held the position of secretary for the past
three years. He joined the JNIetropolitan
Driving Club in 1910. He has been prom-
inent in the matinees at Combination Park,
and, in Doctor, he owns the matinee trotter
that has won as many ribbons as any trotter

BRADFORD R. COBB

Bradford R. Cobb was born in Westbrook,
Me., in 1840, and attended the schools of
that town. His first work in Boston was for
John Harwood, who run a boarding and
hacking stable in Fort Hill. This was in
1854. In 1881 he opened a boarding and
hacking stable in Arlington Street, Chelsea,
where he remained until 1888, and then re-
moved to 615 Broadway, of the same city.
He was one of the early members of the
Fellsway Driving Club and joined the Metro-
politan Driving Club in 1909. He also be-
longs to the Masons, and the I. O. O. F.

Mr. Cobb is one of the oldest road-drivers
in Greater Boston, and for forty years he
owned one or more trotters with abundance
of speed. His first trotter was Yankee Boy,
that forty years ago gained a reputation for
speed on the old Mill Dam. Then he had
Silver Street, 2 119 1-4 ; Orange Boy, 2 :i8 3-4 ;
Alice K., trial, 2:20; Dexter B., 2:241-4;
Bald Chief, and Sandy, that could pull two
men a mile to wagon in 2 :35.

In his boarding and hacking stable the
patrons were the leading horse owners of the
vicinity. At times the number of driving
horses run as high as seventy. When the
well known horseman, Edwin B. Rice, was
on the turf, he wintered his horses at Mr.
Cobb's stable, which included John M.,
2:023-4; The Friend, 2:051-4; Orianna,
2:12 1-2; L. L. D., 2:09; Sufreet, 2:06 1-4;
Chief Wilkie, 2:123-4; Baron March, 2:15;
Eben L, 2 :22, etc. Looking over the list of
men who have driven their trotters down the
street incline fromi Mr. Cobb's stable are
noted the following: Alton E. Briggs, M.
Wmton, Tom Taylor, Sam Orr, Dr. Kim-
ball, Peter Thomas, Jasper Kelley, Frank
N. West, Walter M. Rogers,' A. S.
Litchfield, Joseph Haskell, J. F. Ran-
dolph, Fred Berry, H. G. Stevens, and Will
Woodbury. Mr. Cobb resides at 42 Crescent
Avenue, Chelsea, Mass.

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GEORGE M. DAVIS

George M. Davis was born in Derry, N.
H., in 1845, 3-nd received his education in the
common schools of his native town. His first
work in the vicinity of Boston was in 1868,
filling the position of mason for Amos B.
Drowns, Lynn, Mass. He started in busi-
ness for himself in 1889, doing contracting of
all kinds and mason work. He is now in the
same business, the firm name being G. M
Davis & Son, 15 Federal Street, Boston.

Mr. Davis was a charter member of the
Somerville Gentlemen's Driving Club, which
was organized in 1899, and of which he was
first vice-president for two years, and then
president for two more years. He was one
of the organizers of the Fellsway Driving
Club, being a charter member, and was first
vice-president for two years, and is now
treasurer for four years, and says he has
hopes of the office for a fifth term. He also
belongs to Abraham Lincoln Post No. 1 1 ,
G. A. R., of which, in 1907, he was the com-
mander.

Mr. Davis has owned many fast horses,
and was prominent both on the speedwa}'
and, once in a while, taking a dash for the
purses hung up for professional races.
Among those that he has owned, and were
raced by his son, George, are Chazy Boy,
2:13 1-2; Betsy Bugle, 2:15 1-4; Argot Lad,
2:17 1-2; John S., 2:20 1-4; Angle Wilkes,
2:21 1-2; Independence, 2:21 1-2; Yellow
Ash, 2:24 1-2; Alvin Swift, 2:10 3-4; Auto-
bon, 2 :27 ; Charley W., 2 127 ; Allen Hale
(trial 1914), 2:19. Mr. Davis resides at 20
Arthur Street, Somerville, Mass.

JAMES F. YOUNG

James F. Young was born in Millbury,
Mass., in 1874, and attended the public
schools of his native town. Aside from his
school duties, he worked in the Millbury Cot-
ton Mills, and, after graduating from school,
he entered the employ of Washbourn &
Moen, Worcester, he then being seventeen
years of age. Mr. Young is now the secretary
of the Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of
Ouincy, Mass. He joined the Dorchester
Driving Club in 1907, the Old Colony Driv-
ing Club in 1908, and the Metropolitan Driv-
ing Club in 1913. He has held all the impor-
tant oflices in the Old Colony Club from clerk
to filling the position of president. He also
belongs to the Royal Lodge, St. Stephen's
Chapter, South Shore Commandery of Quin-
cy, as well as the Aleppo Temple of Mystic
Shriners.

Mr. Y'oung has been identified with the
matinee races of the Old Colony Club and in
interclub meets for a number of years, and

has usually owned a horse more than capable
of holding its own. Among those that can be
mentioned are Kalanos, 2:18 3-4; Nelsa Ben-
ton, by Benton M., 2:10, out of Bella Nelson,
trial 2:16 1-4, by Nelson, 2:09; and Miss
A-'assar, 2:17 1-4. With the last named he
had a whole lot of fun in the year 19 14,
racing against the crack pacers of the Old
Colony at South Weymouth. The way that
she marched it off made the owners of other
free-for-allers feel leery of her any time she
started. Air. Young resides in Quincy, Mass.

HENRY P. MILLER

Henry P. Miller was born in Quincy,
Alass., in 1879, and attained his education in
the grammar schools of Quincy and the
Quincy High School. For several years he
assisted his father, J. L. Miller, later Mayor of
Quincy, in the monumental business. In 1906
he entered the type metal business, and has
been for several years the New England man-
ager of the Pittsburgh White Metal Co., whose
head ofiice is in New York City. Mr. Miller
joined the Old Colony Driving Club in 1908,
and served on the racing committee the seasons
of 1910-11-12. He was vice-president in 1913,
and was elected president in 1914. He also
belongs to the Royal Lodge, St. Stephen's
Chapter, South Shore Commandery of Quin-
cy, as well as the Aleppo Temple of Mystic
Shriners.

While Mr. Miller has never owned a horse
with a fast record, yet he is a very shrewd
judge of the speed of a trotter or a pacer. It
was this rare faculty that made him so suc-
cessful in the performing of his duties, with
justice to all, when on the racing committee.
In the duties of executive officer of the club,
he has done good work, promoting several of
the year's interclub meets, and at all times has
been a live wire. Mr. Miller resides at 31
Chestnut St., Quincy, Mass.

FRED H. BELLOWS

Fred H. Bellows was born in Norton,
Mass., in 1873, and attended the public
schools of Brockton, Mass., his parents hav-
ing removed to that city when he was a small
lad. He started in business for himself in
Boston, in 1895, at 181 Tremont St., opening
a suite of rooms for the conducting of mer-
chant tailoring, and at which place he is still
located. He joined the Dorchester Driving
Club in 1901, was one of the original mem-
bers of the Metropolitan Club when organized
in 1904, and became a member of the Old
Colony Club in 1912. He was also a charter
member of the Brockton Lodge of Elks, and
belongs to the St. John's Lodge of Masons.

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He was vice-president of the Metropolitan
Driving Club in 1914, and was a director for
two terms in the Dorchester Club, in both
years of which he received the highest vote of
any of the candidates running for that office.

Mr. Bellows is a thorough, dyed-in-the-
wool lover of horses and horse racing. He
enjoys matinee racing with the best of them,
and, too. is made happy if he has one with
the ability to go out and try for the cash hung-
up in professional racing.

The list of horses that he has owned and
driven shows quite an array of established

Bett, 2:21 1-4; Teddy Bingen, 2:15 1-4; and
Lady Klondyke, 2:29 1-2.

In 1914 Mr. Bellows enjoyed the- matinee
and professional races with the four-year-
old pacing gelding, Chato, 2:15 1-4. He
purchased this gelding when he was com-
ing three years old, and in that season he
gave him several races and a record of
2 :24 1-4. While he was campaigned not only
over the local tracks, but in the state of
Maine, yet he won all of his starts with the
exception of a couple of them. In 1914 he
won one race in two starts with Chato at

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THISTLE (by Nelson's Wilkes)

A Hard Pacer to Beat to Snow in the Early Days of the Metropolitan Club.

Owned and Driven by William J. Lovell

speed. All knowing Mr. Bellows appreciate
the fact that his prime favorite was Helga-
mite, 2:32 1-4. This very handsome mare was
well called "Queen of the Speedway." In
her matinee career she gathered in upwards
of one hundred blue ribbons, likely leading
any other equine in that respect.

Then, in the course of passing seasons, Mr.
Bellows would get a likely prospect, or one
with a fast record, and for one reason or
another would dispose of it and buy another
one. The ones that he has owned and can
be called to mind follow: Caffeeno, 2:07 1-4;
Fieldmont, 2:13 1-4; Ella Carey, 2:23 1-4;
Onward March, 2:23 1-4; Louise D.,
2:20 1-2; Lady Spier, 2:24 1-2; Ashland

Marshfield, two races at Bridgewater, and
headed the summary of his race at the South
Weymouth Fair. In the event he lost at
Marshfield he gained his record of 2:15 1-4,
and was only defeated by that very fast pacer,
Ben Locanda, 2:10 3-4.

Mr. Bellows has had great enjoyment with
Chato, more so, probably, because he has
done his own training and driving. If there
is one thing that he particularly likes, it is
getting into the thick of the battle with his
own horses.

Mr. Bellows resides in Holbrook, Mass.,
where he owns a commodious residence, with
land enough almost to be classed in the list
of being a stock farm.

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HERBERT A. BRACKETT

Herbert A. Brackett was born in Dedham,
in 1872, and was graduated from the Maiden
schools. His first work was as a printers'
devil with Geo. B. King & Co., in 1886. He
started in business for himself in 1907, under
the firm name of Richardson & Brackett,
dealers in paints and oils at 12 Sudbury
Street, Boston. He is still in the same line
of business, with a location at 7 Sudbury
Street.

Mr. Brackett was one of the original mem-
bers of the Quannapowitt Driving Club, and
joined the Metropolitan Driving Club in

1909. He is also the race secretary of the
Quannapowitt Agricultural Society, which
position he held for four years. Mr. Brackett
was elected the first secretary of the Quan-
napowitt Driving Club and, in 1909, was
made treasurer, which office he held through

1910, and then, in 191 1, was elected vice-
president and, in 1913, he was rewarded for
his diligent efforts in behalf of the club, with
the presidency. Mr. Brackett was a hustler,
keeping things on the move all the time he
was in office.

In the matinees he was prominent, both
over the Reading track and in the interclub
meets, among those he owned being Wasco,
2:14 1-4; Nellie S., 2:12 1-4; Rexina,
2:191-4; Blue Light, 2:20; Pauline Direct,
and the two-year-old Direct Todd, of which
much is expected. Mr. Brackett belongs to
the Red Men, and the U. O. G. C. He re-
sides in Reading, Mass.

FRED CHURCHILL
Fred Churchill was born in North Paris,
Me., in 1861, and attended the schools at
Stoneham, Mass. He started in business for
himself in 1891, opening a livery and board-
ing stable in Melrose, Mass., where he is still
located. He joined the Quannapowitt Driv-
ing Club in 1907, and has served on the
board of directors. He also belongs to the
Sons of Veterans and the Melrose Lodge of
Elks. In the matinees at Reading and inter-
club meets, he has raced Harry M., Matty
C. and Bessie Wilkes, etc., all without rec-
ords, but capable of racing with the stars in
the amateur driving club events. Mr.
Churchill resides at 616 Main Street, Melrose,
Mass.

SAMUEL G. BROWN

Samuel G. Brown was born in Lynn,
Mass., in i860, and was graduated from the
high school of that city. His first work was
in New York in 1879 ^or hi? father, William
Austin Brown. He started in business for
himself in 1891, opening a boarding and

livery stable in Lynn. He is at present en-
gaged in the stable and garage equipment
business in that city.

Mr. Brown was one of the very first to
start the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Lynn,
being one of the famous Mission boys. He
has filled every position in the club, from
clerk and press representative, up to presi-
dent in the year 1914. He was official start-
ing judge at the matinee and interclub meets
for several seasons, and one of the first to
secure a National Trotting Association
license to start horses. In the $50,000 handi-
cap at Readville track, he was associate
judge. He was also associate judge and
announcer with the starting judge, A. H.
Merrill, at Rochester, N. H., Hartford,
Conn., Readville and other parks for several
seasons.

Mr. Brown has owned many horses hav-
ing speed, among the fastest being Little
Frank, Kitty C, Judge W., Fanny D., etc.
He resides at 10 Pearl Street, Lynn, Mass.

LEVI S. LORD

Levi S. Lord was born in North Beverly,
Mass., in 1855, and attended the schools of
his native town and in Beverly. His first
work was for George Johnson, grocer, in
North Beverly, in 1873, ''"d the first money
he earned he spent for a horse. He started
in business for himself in 1879, owning the
barge line between Wenham and Beverly.
Later he began the training of horses and
opened a boarding stable in Cherry Street,
Wenham, where he is still located. It is
said that he does more in clipping horses
than any man east of Boston.

Mr. Ixird became a member of the Lynn
Driving Club in 1906 and also belongs to
the Odd Fellows. He has been very active
in the matinee racing, his trotting gelding,
General, 2:311-4, being familiar to horse-
men of Greater Boston. In his younger
day.s General was raced under the name of
General Lambert, and was capable of turn-
ing a half-mile track in 2:15.

In the years that Mr. Lord owned Gen-
eral he was never started in a professional
race, nor driven in a matinee event by any-
body except himself. In four seasons' rac-
ing with the Lynn Club, General won three
championship cups, two special cups and the
service fee, valued at $100, of Cochato (3),
2:11 1-2. In more than 100 races he won
but two yellow ribbons, the others being
blues and reds. Another that Mr. Lord
used for a fun horse Vvas Enoch Arden,

2 :24 T-2.

One great pride of ]\Ir, Lord is having
been one of the organizers of the Hamilton

Photo from Am. Horse Breeder

CHARLES SANDERS
He Paid $2,500 for Uhlan, 1:58, and Sold the World's Champion to C. K. G. Billings for $35,000

286

The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston

Driving- Club, wliich was instituted in 1906,
the first matinee being held on Labor Day
of that year. It is the one club that owns
its speedway, mid ii was l;uilt and paid for
by contribution before the club was organ-
ized and chartered. The course is on pri-
vate ground, all but 300 yards being on
the property of Jonathan Brown, adjoining
the Myopia Club. It was constructed by
Charles Guinn, and has always been a very
fast piece of racing dirt, as shown by the
time made in the matinees held each Wed-
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, N. J-
Conrad, J. E. Dodge, H. H. Dempsey, C. S.
Guinn, T. J. Broderick, and the following
were the first list of officials : Levi S- Lord,
president : W. F". Kinsman, vice-president ;
Lester E. Libby, treasurer, and Hallett
Guinn, secretary. The officials durmg the
year of 1914 were- William E. Townsend,
]iresident ; James E. Brady, vice-president ;
Lester E. Libby, treasurer; Raymond Gould,
secretary. Mr. Lord resides in Wenham,
Mass.

J. MARO HARRIMAN

J. Maro H.MtRiMAN 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 L'Uion 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 way to
enjoy one's vacation. Mr. Harriman resides
in Lynn, Mass.

M. A. NEVENS

M. A. Nevens became prominent in the
horse world in 1887, when he was super-
intendent of the Highland View 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.
Nevens 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, 2 107 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 Sanders 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 121-125, 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 ]3ole 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 Mae were among
the number Mr. Sanders used on the road, and
in professional racing, in the days of the higli-
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 :i i 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. Miss 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 191 5 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 horse 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 i'S 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 aifiliated 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 world 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 constanth' becoming higher and the out-
classed trotter has, as years go by, less and
less chance to pay 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 wagon, 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 "''°''^ '^^" ^'°°° ^^^^^ *° ^""^ *^ ^^^* animal
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 works, 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 ^i^eply impressed by the horrors of warfare,
then the $50,000 involved in the American xj 1 • 1 • r ^ j
Trotting Derbv. ^ ^^P °'" 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 (6,600 • fu r ^ c
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 , i • 1 i • 1
fifth, $1,000 to sixth. humankind and animals.

It is of interest to know that the last re-

iMrst 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

Jay Kay. br. g. (Brusie). 6.600 ft 2 i- • 1 j • ^ j j ^ r

Teasel, ch. m (Geers), 6,800 ft 3 ^^^^ 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), 6,900 ft 5 an animal was sick or injured, its master had

Locust Jack. g. g. (McHenry), 6,900 ft 6 1 <. 1 ■ v 4. ti 1 v i 1

Ralph Wick, b. I. (Dore), 6,650 ft 7 o"^y ^ '^"ng it to the hospital, where it was

Daniel, b. g. (Ernest), 6,850 ft 8 cared for without regard to the caste of its

Time 2:463-4. owner, and where, if necessary, it found an

Bononia, Suzette, Baron, Kinstress, Invader, Budd, acvlnm in nlH ao-P

Uhlan, Genteel H.. and Margaret O. also started. as> llim in old a^e.

Second Trial Heat

Prince C, b. h., by Martyr (McHenry), 6,750 ft. i ..- orr. 4 t. t» ,t » rr.Ti«.TT-T^ c^rrM m t^

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

DeTcoronado^'irr"'h.' (^Dur f ee) ,' 6.900 ' ft. .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' 7 performers that he has raced in the matinees,

Sweet Marie, b. m. (.A.ndrews). 7.100 ft b. which includes such trotters as Uhlan,

Time— 2:52. i-^g; Lou Dillon, 1:581-2; Major Delmar,

Rebecca G., Baron Alcyone, Betty Brook^^ Van- ^ ..g ._,. xhg Monk, 2:05 3-4 1 Prince of

detta, Beatrice Bellini, Gold Burr, Fred C.. and ^^^ /- r -u ^T,., r-l.^^l»,r

Wilkes Heart also started. Orange, 2:06 1-2 : Lucille, 2:07, Charley

Mack, 2:07 1-4; Fleming Boy, 2:07 1-4;

Final 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, 2:08: Lou

Pr^ifce° C, b'. h.' VMcHenVy),' 6;75o "ft. W:. '. V.:.:: 2 Billings, 2 :o8 3-4 ; Delight, 2 :o9 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 3-4. While for pacers there comes to

The Huntsman, b. h. (Hussey), 6,800 ft s -1 7 -^^1 -n , , „ r>i„„i.i 1,

Peter Balta, br.g. (Snow), 6,750 ft 6 i™"d Little Boy, 2 :oi 1-2; Blacklock,

Time— 2:46. 2 :o2 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 pointer 2-01 ■^-4- Fred S. Wedgewood,

Mane also started. ' ' .,_, .^ ^ _ . ^t

2:05 1-4; Prmce Direct, 2:07; Hontas

Note.-Piirse divided: Allen Winter $30,000, Prince d-ooke, 2:07 1-2 ; Home Circle, 2:07 1-2,

C. $10,000, San Francisco $5,000, Ralph Wick $2,500, , ^ f

The Huntsman $1,500, Peter Balta $i,aoo. and Greenline, 2:07 3-4.

Contents

Page
A Dead Game Sport Ruins a Brilliant Racing

Prospect 165

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 5S, 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, 2:01 3-4 242

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 83, 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 25h

Billie Taylor 229

Billy Wilkes, 2:18 1-2 108

Biographies and Portraits of Driving Club Mem-
bers and Prominent Horsemen of New Eng-
land .189-287

Either, 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 1 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 W 239, 243

C. E. R., 2:21 1-4 257

Page

Cliadbourne, Jolin B 270, 272

Charles, O. C 26, 252

Charley King, 2:14 1-4 113,279

Chief Wilkie, 2:12 3-4 53

Chimes Bell, 2:09 3-4 58

Churchill, Fred 94, 284

Coakley, John W 223, 224

Cobb, Bradford R 72, 281

Codare 223

Cogswell, Edward E 121

Collins, Royce E 261, 264

Combination Park, Medtord 60

Cowdrey, George A 90, 276

Cox, Walter R., "Long Shot" 144

Coyle, George N 70, 281

Crosbj', Riley G 23, 29, 176, 272

Curley, Hon. J. M 2

Curta, 2:13 1-4 36

D'Arcy, G. W 15

Davis, A. W 267

Davis, G. D V2

Davis, George M 72, 282

Dean Swift, 2:12 1-4 211

Dehesia, 2:23 1-4 93

Demarest, 2:06 1-4 54

Dignity 231

Dimple 30

Directum Regent, 2:09 1-4 54

Doctor Tl

Don Labor, 2:05 1-4 54

Dorchester Club, History of 5

Members at Lynn Interclub Meet 98

Prire Winners, 1914 188

Winner of Interclub Meet 109

Dot and Addie Echo 251

Drinkwater, Col. A. C 76, 275

Dunn, John F 255, 260

Duntley, Wilbur L 152, 244

Earl King 27

Early Bird, Jr., 2:111-2 235

Ecce Volo, 2:29 1-4 55

Eddy, Jesse 56,243

Edes, E. L 86

B. D. M., 2:14 1-4 IS"!

Edith Direct, 2:11 3-4 227

Edith R., 2:18 1-4 84

Edwards, Justin 193, 194

Eldredge, Fred S 30, 280

Ellis, John W 199, 200

Emerson, William H 203, 204

Equine Portrait Painters Who Have Won

Fame (By Everett L. "Percy" Smith) 150

Ethel's Pride, 2:06 3-4 l^ 8

Facts and Anecdotes of Prominent Events of

the Turf •• 119

Famous Road Drivers Whose Horses Were Kept

at Sawyer's Stable 142

Fancy P. and Charm P ^5

Fanny M., 2 :24 1-4 68

Farmer, Walter B 217, 218

Farnum, Earl W 237, 238

Farnum, John H 217, 220

Fellows, Albert 265, 268

Pellsway Club, History of 59

Lose Interclub Meet to Kenoza Club 118

Fennell, John 265,270

290

Contents

Page
First Horse Show Was Held in Springfield, Mass. 188

Fitzgerald, Hon. J. P 18, 20

Fitzg-erald, James E 213, 254

Fitzgerald, Peter J 253, 271

Forshner. Knapp 239, 24i,

Frank Howe Kids Engrlishman 187

Frantell 246

Pullam, Henry H 104, 278

Furbush, A. C 227, 228

Furbush, Almon J 197, 200

Furbush, W. J 106, 244

Gallup, Hollis P 27, 278

Garmon, Fred C 43, 203, 206

General, 2:31 1-4 110

George M., 2:14 1-4 26

George N 203

Georg-e W 86

Gilman, John L 47, 236

Glenard, 2:15 1-4 223

Gloria Wilkes (matinee record) 2:18 1-4 235

Goodspeed, Monroe 205, 210

Gove. Bert W 197, 200

Grace B 259

Graves, George A 57, 230

Gray, Herbert 267, 278

Greenwood, George H 249, 258

Griffin, George B 249,258

Griffin, Thomas J 246, 247, 256

Gushee. A. S 14

Haddock. Edgar 0 271

Had Animal Hospital 2.000 Years Ago 288

Hall, Frank Gardner 235, 250

Hall, George G. ...234, 250

Hall, George Robinson 235, 250

Hamburg Belle, 2:01 1-4. . 124

"Happy Jack" Trout is Mine Host to Members

of Metropolitan Club 146

Harriman, J. Maro 104, 286

Harris, Ezra S 271

Plastings. Sam B 56, 243

Healy, Martin J 267, 268

He Made Two Men Speak 187

Hector K., 2:29 1-4 94

Hewitt, Miss Naomi 231

Hicks, George H 222, 231

High Roller and High Lady 233

Hillanddale Farm, The 190, 191, 192

Hollis Bingen 27

Holmes, Daniel H 217, 220

Horses Enjoy Human Companionship 156

How "Long Shot" Cox Worked from Bush Rings

to Star Grand Circuit Driver 144

How the Cliampions Passed the Last Years of

Their Life (By Charles T. Harris) 166

How the Fastest Piece of Racing Dirt in This

Country Was Secured 161

How Major Delmar Won the Massachusetts

Stake (By Charles M. Jewett) 157

Incidents in Eventful Career of Noted Driver,

Dan Mace (By James O'Neill) 172

Inside Facts About the Charley Herr-Cresceus

Race (By Charles M. Jewett) 158

Jack Bingen, 2:22 1-4 29

Jewett, Charles M 157

Jewett, John H 237

Jimmie Carpenter Sits in a "Gentleman's" Game

of Poker, and What Happened 12 9

John Shepard Tells of Racing to Sleigh on the

Mill Dam and Beacon Street 177

Johnson, A. M 19, 21, 272

Johnson, John M 205, 208

Judges Help Scott Hudson Recover Trotter

Stolen from His Stable (By Charles M.

Jewett) 160

Kaldar, 2:17 1-4 83

Katherine R., 2:113-4 84

Page

Keith, Carey 271

Kentucky Star, 2:08 1-2 139

King-, A. G 207

La Boudie, 2:10 54

La Croix, William 97

Ladies' Auxiliary of Fellsway Club 69

Ladies' Auxiliary of Metropolitan Club 50

Group Picture of 51

Lady Belle 71

Lady Hilton 207

Lady Madison, 2:20 1-4 253

Law, George A 65, 68, 273

Leavitt, George W 125, 126

Leonard, George F 58, 232

Lexington, Mass., First to Have a Driving Club 137

Lina Prue (matinee record), 2:18 1-4 231

Linnehan, J. W 17, 2S

Linscott, Orin E 71, 274

Lister W. (3), 2:25 1-4 253

Lockwood, C. M 70, 274

Lottie Fallis, 2 :20 1-4 58

Lord, Levi S 110, 284

Louise E., 2:10 3-4 203, 204

Lovell, George 219, 222

Lovell, W. J 283

Lynch, James F 257, 262

Lyndhurst 272

Lynn Driving Club, History of 95

Mace, Dan 173

Mademoiselle 229

MacDonald, Calvin 253, 258

Macleod, John N 193, 194

Macomber, J. C 261

Major Delmar, 1:59 3-4 158

Martha G., 1:00 3-4 199

Mary Ann and Foal 259

Mary B 259

Mary Mc 28

Mayberry, C. C 56, 238

McDermott, Michael 28, 280

McDonald, W. J 52, 53, 54, 55, 206

McEnany, J. W 30, 273

Mendell, 2:21 55

Metropolitan Clubhouse 37

Metropolitan Club, History of 31

Stable 48

Winner of Big Interclub Meet 113

Metropolitan vs. Concord. N. H., Club Meet.... 107

Miller, Henry P 81, 282

Miss Adbell, 2:06 1-4 32, 54

Miss De Forest, 2:05 1-4 227

Miss Pratt, 2:17 1-4 229

Miss Zombro 199

M'lle Silver 207

Molly L., 2:25 1-4 219

Morrison, Frank E 70, 274

Morrison, Hugh J 72, 274

Morse, Eugene S 108, 248

Murphy, Miss Mary 233

Murphy, M. F 233, 252

National Trotting Association 156

Nelson, A. 1 221, 224

Nevens, M. A 108, 286

Newbert, A. M 271

Newbert, ^V. E 16

Nichols, W. H 94, 277

Norton, George W. . 56, 243

Noyes, William H 269, 270

Nut Boy, 2:07 1-4 26

Nut Boy Fooled the Talent When He Won the

Classic Transylvania Stake 140

O'Connell, Jos. F 249

O'Hearn. P 26, 249

O'Neil, William 13'?

Old Colony Club, History of '73

Old-Time Race Tracks in Greater Boston 131

Contents

291

Page

Orale, 2:17 1-2 55

Pacer,, in Outlandisli Uig', Winner of Race .... 186

Paine, Daniel 64

Parker, Artliur H 120-125

Parlin, Simon W 209, 214

Pedrick, Lincoln 269, 270

Pete Supposed to Have a Cinch, But Buck

Dickerson Won tlie Race (By J. B.) 183

Plioebon W., 2:083-4 106

Phillips, Eben.B 102, 277

Picture Hat 106

Playdon, Dr. C. H 92

Pope, Benjamin 228, 229

Pope, Mis.s Margaret Winslow 229

Postman, 2:13 3-4 269

Power, Arthur L 193, 194

Power. Edgar P 213, 218

Prize Winning Four-in-Hand 221

Proctor, Robert C 122, 124, 125

Quannapowitt Club, History of 87

Quilberta (2), 2:29 3-4 155

Quimby, T. Lee 138, 244

Racing Only for the Pleasure and Sport to be

Obtained 149

Radical Changes in Care of Race Horses in

Past Ten Years 185

Ralph Bingen 251

Ralph Wick, 2:13 1-4 18, 21

Ralston, Hance B 223, 224

Reading-Wakefleld Track 88

Reay, John 0 201, 202

Reed, George .- 84

Reed, Josiah B 84, 252

Rex 265

Rice, Edwin B 241, 254

Richardson, J, Henry 215, 218

Rob B 108

Robbins, Frank L 271

Robert Bonner Made it Popular for Gentlemen

to Own a Trotter 184

Rockdale Park, Peabody 96

Rose Bingen 213

Royal Charlie 233

Russell, Harry J 106, 245

Ruth D., 2 :06 1-4 32

Sanborn, L. Fred 225, 226

Sanders, Charles 121, 285, 286

Shannon, Edwin M 261, 266

Sharpneck, E. L 239, 240

Shepard, John 177

Shying in Horses and the Best Way to Remedy

Fault (By Trainer) 180

Sister Patch, 2:26 1-4 29, 263

Smith, Ernest C 207, 214

Smith, Mrs. E. C 207

Smith, Everett L„ "Percy" 150, 245

Smith, G. Pray 46, 198, 287

South Weymouth Track 74

Speedway, Charles River 32

Speedway, Franklin Field 6

Dedication of IS

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Spencer, C. S 198

Spim, 2:15 1-4 211

Sproul, Matthew C .'.... 83, 275

Starratt, Charles N 269

Steele, J. Vernon 205,214

Sterling, Lyle 261, 264

Stetson, Rector Damon 85, 276

Stuart, J. Rollin, Jr 263, 268

Sunshine, 2:15 1-4 257, 269

Susie F., 2:20 1-4 263

Swott, Edward B 271

Thayer, Harry C 80, 84, 275

The Abbott, 2:03 1-4, Carved on Scannell Monu-
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The Counsellor, 2:17 1-4 55

The Montana, 2:18 1-2 221

The Old Story — "The Best Colt the Mare Ever

Foaled" (By Everett L. "Percy" Smith).... 155

Thistle 283

Thompson, Dr. Charles A 211, 216

Thompson, Dr. Joseph Douglas 211, 216

Thompson, Robert B 20B, 210

Thorndale Stock Farm, The 215

Tom Smelzey, 2:18 1-2 92

Totman, J. W 83

Totman, S. B 83, 276

Trainer E. D. Bither Who Made Three World's

Champions 147

Trixie S., 2:14 1-2 85

Trott, Frank G 236, 237

Trott, Lemuel G 237, 238

Trout, John 146

Twombly, C. B 71, 281

"Uncle Jock" Bowen Had a Turf Career Filled

with Adventure 134

Uhlan, 1:58 124

Uhlan, the World's Champion Trotter, His

Breeder and His Trainer 121, 123

Use of Road Wagon at Matinees Doomed (By

G. Pray Smith) 287

Vernag, 2:21 1-2 213

Wales, S. Walter 10

War Cost $305,000 Horse Deal 183

Ward M., 2:09 1-4 197

Ward, Rowland 252

Well-Bred Horse with Quality and Soundness

Is Best for Business (By Henry C. Merwin) 175

Wells, Charles D 93, 267, 268

Wetmore, V. C. Bruce 199, 202

Ti^eymouth, Henry W 92, 277

Wheelock, Adna T 113, 271, 279

Whltaker, Lewis 136, 245

Whitcomb, Prank L 190-192

Whitman, E. R 70, 281

Wllklns, Frank 1 255, 262

Williamson. George H 86, 276

Wolfson, Solly 271

Woodard. Alden H 255, 260

Wright, William 155

Young, C. L 9

Young. .Tames F 79, 282

Young, William H 29. 263, 266

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