24 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



its being the fastest piece of racing dirt out- the Mayor, who, after waving his jockey cap 



of-doors. to the spectators, hustled away to meet his 



The first great event on the speedway came other engagements of the afternoon. The 



on Dorchester Day, June 6. Mayor Curley put summary : 



in his appearance at three o'clock, donned in Franklin Field Speedway, June 7, 1914- — Special 



a khaki suit and jockey cap that had been race. 



loaned to him by Building Commissioner ^^ Crosby s Jack B,ngen ' blk g ' (Mayor , , 



O'Hearn. As the Mayor took his seat in the c ^ e barren's" Color' Bearer,' 'b\"g!' (Mr. 



sulky behind Jack Bingen, President Lrosby s O'Hearn ) 2 3 



black trotting gelding, there were assembled Cal MacDonald's Lester W., b. g. (Mr. Crosby) *3 



in the grandstand and massed three and four William H. Young's Sister Patch, b. m. (Mr. 



deep along the fence that separated the track Young) •••••■ • 



from the field fullv 9,000 people, while on the .,„, , . Time— 1:061-2, 1:041-2. 



„ ,- J , *Changed horses in the second neat, 

 held itself were thousands more, men, women 



and children. As the Mayor jogged up the On June 2- Sister Patch, owned and driven 



stretch to take the word in what was hoped by W. H. Young, defeated Charley King in 



would terminate in his reducing the record straight heats and tied the pacing record of 



held by ex-Mayor Fitzgerald, of 1 :o6, the im- the track, held by Manila Boy, at 1 :oo. She 



mense crowd kept up a constant ovation of won tne second heat in 1 :oi 1-4, thus giving 



cheering. ] ier the fastest two consecutive heats ever 



Opposed to Mayor Curley and his Jack pa ced over the speedway. The summary: 



Bingen was Color Bearer, owned by C. M. Franklin Field Speedway, June 27, 1914.— Class A, 



Warren and driven by P. O'Hearn, and Les- pace. 



ter \\\, owned by Cal MacDonald and driven Sister Patch, b. ra, (W. H. Young) 1 1 



by President Crosby. Charley King, blk. g. (A. T. Wheelock).. 2 2 



J ... / . . . c . , Time— I :oo, I :oi 1-4. 



When the word was given to this held, 



Presiding Judge Horace Harris announced Interclub meets were held with the Fells- 

 through the megaphone that the Mayor was way and Old Colony Clubs. On May 30 the 

 coming. "The Mayor leads at the quarter," Dorchester boys went to Combination, and 

 was the next shout, and immediately there was were successful in defeating the Fellsways. 

 a great crush to get a glimpse of His Honor Dorchester tackled the Old Colony at South 

 driving his first horse race. He drove like a Weymouth on July 4, and only lost the verdict 

 veteran, keeping the lead all the time, and by the narrow margin of two points. Charley 

 won by a neck from Color Bearer in 1 :o6 1-2. King was as reliable as ever, however, bring- 



"That's good," said the Mayor at the finish, ing home a victory for the Dorchesters in his 



"I must try another heat." He was joked some event, and turned the track in 1 :oj 3-4 and 



from the crowd, but told them that it beat 1 :o? 1-4. In the fast trotting event President 



any political race he was ever in. There was Crosby's Jack Bingen headed the summary, 



more applause and the horses were off up the defeating Kaldar and Catherine C, two of the 



stretch for the second heat. Old Colony star trotters. 



In place of Lester W., who had been with- The second interclub meet was held at 



drawn, was Sister Patch, the pacing mare, South Weymouth on Labor Day, September 



1 >\\ ned and driven by William H. Young. To 7, and while the Dorchester horses were again 



a good start the Mayor kept Jack Bingen defeated, yet they captured both of the fast 



busily at his work the whole half-mile, and classes. In the feature trotting event, Presi- 



he was obliged to in order to defeat Sister dent Crosby's Jack Bingen defeated Kather- 



1 'atoh. as the latter was right at his throat ine R. and Higgins in 1:08 3-4 and 1:09, 



latch and ready to take the lead if the trotting while Sister Patch, owned and driven by 



gelding made the slightest wobble. True as a William H. Young, took the measure of Edith 



die, the Mayor had Jack Bingen on his stride R., one of the best of the Old Colony pacing 



ami passed the wire in record-breaking time, division, by winning the second and third 



the announcer calling out 1:04 1-2. heats in 1:07 and 1:08 1-2, Edith R. having 



This started the immense throng to wild captured the first heat in 1 :o6. 



cheering and the hand began playing a patri- The history of the Dorchester Gentlemen's 



ctic selection. City Councillor Walter Collins Driving Club is replete with trotters and pa- 



stepped forward and pinned a blue ribbon on cers which have earned for themselves promi- 



