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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



President Newbert, in speaking of the suc- 

 cess of the club, stated that the present stand- 

 ing had only been attained by the hardest and 

 most faithful work on the part of the mem- 

 bers. While the club has one of the best 



WALTER E. NEWBERT 

 President 19U7-1908 



quarter-mile tracks in the country, vet 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 

 speedwa) and that plans to that effect were 

 being made. 



( >ne of the particular features of the even- 

 ing was the presentation to Mollis P. Gallup, 

 by the club, of a watch-chain and charm. .Mr. 

 Gallup had done more to increase the club's 

 membership than any other member. In re- 

 sponse Mr. Gallup said that he had never 

 found it hard to sell goods when full value 

 could be given in return. 



( >n 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. ( >. Haddock; second vice-president. 

 D. Filers: 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, 

 E \Y. Hamlin, chairman, E. H. Morse. A. M. 

 Xewbert, 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. I.. 

 Tewhart, P. O'Hearn, A. J. Furbush, Geo. 

 Johnson, Geo. Leonard; house committee, C. 

 L. Young, chairman. I. X. Terrv, T. A. Wins- 

 loe, M. F. Maher, "H. E. 6'Neil, \Y. C. 

 Hawkes. E. \Y. 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 tin 

 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. 



