The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



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On the speedway, the year was made more 

 prominent than some of the preceding ones. 

 The grandstand promised by the city had 

 been completed and was much appreciated by 

 the members and their lady friends, while the 

 important racing event was between the Lynn 

 and Dorchester horses, and a grand held day 

 was held between these two clubs. 



Newbert, chairman of the entertainment com- 

 mittee, as toastmaster. The first speaker was 

 President Brand of the Board of Aldermen, 

 then acting as Mayor of Boston in Mayor 

 Milliard's absence, lie went into the early 



SEASON OF 1909 



As the result of the election this year, John 

 W. Linnehan was elected president by a big 

 margin, and, during his career in the executive 

 chair, the club continued in very prosperous 

 condition. The list of officers for the vear 

 was : 



President. J. W. Linnehan; first vice-presi- 

 dent. A. M. Johnson; second vice-president. 

 \Y. P. Boutelle; secretary, Geo. H. Green- 

 wood ; treasurer, R. S. Fitch ; directors, H. P. 

 Gallup, R. G. Crosby, F. W. Hamlin. A. M. 

 Xewbert. 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. I. Fitzgerald, W. E. 

 Newbert, F. O. Haddock, P. C. Blaney, J. H. 

 Coakley, R. C. Richardson. T. A. Winsloe, 

 A. J. Furbush ; finance committee. C. T. 

 Greenwood, chairman, H. Buchner, T. E. 

 Henderson, D. E. Page, E. L. Goodnow, A. 

 Ripley, F. S. Eldredge, T. F. Cannon, John 

 Spiers, A. J. Legg and C. C. Blaney ; mem- 

 bership committee, E. S. Harris, chairman, 

 E. A. Fuller, D. Filers, J. X. Terrv, E. J. 

 Norris, \Y. H. Bennett,' [. \Y. McEnany, 

 M. F. Maher, T. T. 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. |. Bates, 

 J. Murphy, S. Bradford, L. Nelson and B. F. 

 Tuttle; clerk, E. G. Richardson. 



The social affairs of the club were equal to 

 any, particularly the ladies' night and the an- 

 nual banquet held on December 8 at the 

 Quincy House. Two hundred and fifty en- 

 thusiastic light harness horse owners and road 

 drivers participated in the seventh annual 

 dinner. Among those present were representa- 

 tives from almost all of the driving clubs 

 around Boston, as well as from the Speedwav 

 Club of Worcester. 



President Linnehan introduced Walter E, 



J. W. LINNEHAN 

 President 1909 



history of the club, with which he was so fa- 

 miliar, having filled the position of president. 

 Fx-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 

 strictly 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- 



