302 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



Devereux ; vice-president, D. R. Hanna ; secre- 

 tary-treasurer, F. L. Chamberlin. The Gentle- 

 men's Driving Club of Boston was organized in 

 January, 1899, and the officers at this time are: 

 president, Albert S. Bigelow; vice-presidents, 

 Peter B. Bradley, John E. Thayer, J. Malcolm 

 Forbes ^ ; treasurer, Frank G. Hall ; secretary, 

 T. L. Quimby. At a meeting held in New York, 

 in November, 1890, the League of the Ameri- 

 can Driving Clubs was organized, with the clubs 

 of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburg, and 

 Syracuse in membership, to which have been 

 added Columbus, New York, and Memphis. 

 The officers of the league are : president, H. K. 

 Devereux; vice-president, Harry Darlington; 

 secretary-treasurer, T. L. Quimby. Horace 

 White and C. K. G. Billings are prominent 

 among the directors. Many thousands of dollars 

 are spent each year for horses to compete for 

 badges of honor at the amateur meetings, and 

 lovers of the light-harness horse hope that ama- 

 teur racing to road wagon has come to stay. 



1 Deceased. 



