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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



Charles H. Traiser, George R. Woodin, 

 Charles W. Leonard, C. H. Belledeu, 

 George R. Hall, Frank G. Hall, Stearns 

 R. Ellis, George W. Norton, George A. 

 Fales, Francis P. Sprague, Caleb S. 

 Spencer, John O'Connor, and P. B. 

 Bradley, be and hereby are elected to life 

 membership in the Metropolitan Driving 

 Club of Boston, and that for the purpose 

 of effecting said purchase the treasurer 

 be authorized and directed to issue to 

 each of said subscribers an agreement that 

 in the event of the dissolution of the 

 Metropolitan Driving Club of Boston, 

 this corporation will pay to each of said 

 subscribers the amount subscribed by him 

 under said trust for the purchase of the 

 "Charles River Speedway Club Stable" 

 of said property, and in the event of the 

 assets of the Metropolitan Driving Club 

 of Boston not being sufficient to pay in 

 full the amount so subscribed, that each 

 of the above mentioned subscribers shall 

 be paid the amount due him in proportion 

 to the assets of this corporation at the 

 time of such dissolution. 

 On motion of Charles H. Traiser, seconded 

 by W. D Hunt, it was voted that in considera- 

 tion of the transfer to this corporation of all 

 the assets of the unincorporated association 

 heretofore known as the Metropolitan Driv- 

 ing Club, that the entire membership of said 

 association be admitted and are hereby ad- 

 mitted to membership in this corporation and 

 that all members hereby admitted are to be 

 exempt from dues until after October i> 1906. 

 At a meeting of the directors on April 7, the 

 resignation of M. C. Harrison as treasurer and 

 secretary was presented and accepted, and 

 upon the motion of C. H. Traiser it was voted 

 to proceed to the election of a secretary and 

 treasurer, and W. D. Hunt was declared 

 elected upon receiving the whole number of 

 votes cast. 



Thomas G. Plant was elected a life mem- 

 ber of the club on May 11, and on August 27 

 was purchased about 3,715 feet of land ad- 

 joining the clubhouse. The executive com- 

 mittee recommended on December 11, that the 

 annual dues for all new members be $20 for 

 the first year, from the first of January, and 

 $10 per year thereafter. 



The house-warming was held by the club on 

 December 26, about 100 members being pres- 

 ent. It was the first time that a business 

 meeting had been held in the clubhouse since 

 it became the property of the Metropolitan 

 Club. The improvements in the clubhouse and 

 the new stables met with the approval of 

 those members present. 



The matinees of the season of 1906 attracted 

 a liberal list of entries and starters, and were 

 productive of good contests, though none of 

 the speedway records were lowered. Two 

 cups were offered for the Spring series and 

 four for the Fall series, and resulted as fol- 

 lows : 



SPRING SERIES 



Point cup for trotters — Monroe Goodspeed's Zambia. 

 Point cup for pacers — A. J. Furbush's Chief Wilkie. 



FALL SERIES 

 Trotters 

 Speed cup — F. E. Burnham's Bert S. 

 Point cup — C. H. Belledeu's Dash. 



Pacers 

 Speed cup — A. J. Furbush's Chief Wilkie. 

 Point cup — A. J. Furbush's Marchwood. 



At the conclusion of the regular Fall series 

 of matinees the directors of the club thought 

 that, on account of the expenditure of so much 

 money in renovating the clubhouse and build- 

 ing new stalls in the stables, it would be advis- 

 able not to give any ribbons or cups for the 

 snow racing, thus saving that much for the 

 treasurer to expend in other ways, perhaps 

 more necessary. 



Therefore, when the sleighing came in De- 

 cember, the racing was of the impromptu 

 character until the 30th of the month, when 

 one race was put on which was won by Col- 

 bath, owned by A. C. Furbush, in five closely 

 contested heats. 



The result of this race clearly demonstrated 

 that it was a mistake not to have had ribbons 

 and cups given for the Winter season. There- 

 fore, several of the prominent members of 

 the club devised a scheme to raise by subscrip- 

 tion sufficient funds to purchase trophies and 

 ribbons for events to be decided while the 

 sleighing lasted. 



SEASON OF 1907 



The first event of importance was the an- 

 nual election of officers which resulted as fol- 

 lows: President, C. H. Belledeu; vice-presi- 

 dents, A. S. Bigelow, luhn Shepard, M. Good- 

 speed, H. M. Whitney, C. W. Leonard, F. G. 

 Hall, J. V. N. Stults; secretary and treasurer, 

 W. D* Hunt; directors, A. H. Parker, C. A. 

 Graves, C. H. Belledeu, Isaac Sexton, M. 

 Goodspeed, F. C. Gannon, C. H. Traiser, W. 

 I. Furbush, John Shepard, W. D. Hunt, G. H. 

 Hicks, H. j. Russell, A. J. Furbush, L. N. 

 Cushman, and M. A. Nevens. Executive 

 committee, G. A. Graves, Isaac Sexton, A. J. 

 Furbush, C. H. Traiser, and W. D. Hunt. 



In the first week of January came the an- 

 nouncement from the Fasig-Tipton Co., of 



