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Inter-city matinees followed. At them the leading 

 feature was the gold cup contest in which the honors 

 finally went to John A. McKerron. Each of the 

 clubs in this league sent out a number of fast 

 trotters. Uhlan made his first starts at the Boston 

 meetings. Mignola came from Pittsburgh and Lou 

 Dillon from Cleveland. 



The Junior League of Amateur Driving Clubs 

 followed in the wake of the mile track organization. 

 It limited its racing to the half-mile tracks and had 

 members at Goshen, Newark, Mineola, Pittsburgh, 

 and Boston, the last named going over to the 

 Metropolitan Course when it was apparent that 

 Readville was to pass out as a race track. At present 

 Newark, Boston and Mineola are the leaders in the 

 east while Pittsburgh continues at Schenley Park. 



The courses at Boston and Newark are main- 

 tained by the cities in which they are located. The 

 former is a comparatively new plant. The one at 

 Newark, however, dates back to the early days of 

 racing. In 1868 when it was known as Waverly Park, 

 Goldsmith Maid defeated General Butler over it in 

 2:32%. Later on many race meetings were held 

 there, a few of the features being team races. In 

 1888 Harry Mills and Eddy Medium won from two 

 other teams in 2:27V2> distancing them in the first 

 heat. The following year Billy Button and Wilh\am 

 G. defeated Harry Mills and Arbutus in 2:27%. 



These performances were recalled by the flight 

 of speed seen over the same course, now known as 

 Weequahic Park, on October 19, 1929, when Peter 



