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\.mong the guests were President G. 1 ray 

 Smith of the Metropolitan Club, President 

 G. A. Law of the Fellsway Club, and Presi- 

 dent 11. A. Brackett of the Ouannapowitt 

 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, 

 rainv day that there was no opportunity for 

 racing and the program had to be declared off. 

 On May 30, in the interclub meet with Fells- 

 wav, 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, T. 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, Win. 



Douse, M. Green, and 1). M. Biggs; member- 

 ship committee, W. H. Young, chairman, F. 

 (i. 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 1913-1914 



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 

 1915 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 



