The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



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New York through their Boston representa- 

 tive, Wilbur I.. Duntley, that they had do- 

 nated a cup for the champion snow trotter of 

 the Charles River Speedway, the trophy to he 

 won two years before becoming the property 

 of the winner, and all contesting horses to be 

 driven by bona-fide owners, all aspirants to 

 race three days in each week of sleighing, 

 quarter-mile heats. The Metropolitan Driv- 

 ing- Club of Huston was made custodian of the 

 cup and all contestants were compelled to be 

 members of that body. 



Following this liberal offer from the New 

 York horse sale firm, came other donations 

 from the club members. John M. Brison gave 

 a cup, a sweepstakes event for pacers, open to 

 members of the club, the same to go to the one 

 winning' the greatest number of races during 

 the sleighing season. Fred Horton, of Provi- 

 dence, a member of the club, gave what wac 

 called the Horton cup, to go to the fastest 

 trotter of the Winter. Then, there was, too. 

 a number of prizes of blankets, oats, whips, 

 etc., the largest contributor being W. D. Hunt, 

 his offerings being described as the Hunt 

 prizes which went for trotters not taken care 

 of by the Horton cup ; and \V. J. Furbush 

 filled the gap by taking care of the pacers not 

 eligible for the Brison cup. 



On February 26 came the final sleighing 

 matinee for these trophies. There were so 

 many starters for the Hunt prizes that the 

 event was divided in two divisions, the winner 

 of each to race off the final. H. B. Ralston 

 won the first division with Little Bill and W. J. 

 Bates won the second with Welchman. In the 

 final between these two horses, the latter 

 proved the best and took the prize and honors. 

 For the pacing championship. Mardel secured 

 the Brison cup by defeating Louise E., while 

 C. E. Jordan proved the best of the ones 

 starting for the Furbush prizes. 



There was great interest in the event for 

 the Horton cup, as the contests through the 

 Winter had been very close between Alice 

 Carr, Alga W. and Tom Phair, and this race, 

 being a deciding one, brought a tremendous 

 crowd to the speedway. The cup went to 

 Alice Carr in straight heats. However, she had 

 a stiff battle in each, in the first one barely 

 winning right at the wire. After the race 

 Thomas G. Plant returned the Horton cup to 

 the club for further competition. The first 

 leg of the Fasig-Tipton cup was won by Tom 

 Phair, and remained witli the club according 

 to conditions for further competition the next 

 Winter. 



Chailes River Speedway. Feb. 26, 1907. — Hunt 

 prizes (for trotters), first division. 

 H. B. Ralston's b. g. Little Bill (Mr. Ralston) 1 1 



A. J. Furbush's br. m. Loma (Mr. Furbush) 2 2 



J. Bean's ch. .«. Captain (Mr. Bean) 3 3 



Time— 34 I-2S., 33 3-4S. 



Hunt prizes (fur trotters), second division. 

 W. J. Bates' ch. g. Welchman (Mr. Trout) 1 2 I 

 Walur Cobbett's ch. m. Wavelite (Mr. Cob- 



bett ) 3 1 2 



\V. J. Furbush's b. g. Little Ben (Mr. Fur- 

 bush) 2 3 3 



Time— 34 I-2S., 34 Ws., 34s. 



Hunt prizes (for trotters), finals. 

 W. J. Bates' ch. g. Welchman (Mr. Trout) 1 

 H. B. Ralston's b. g. Little Bill (Mr. Ral- 

 ston ) 2 



Time— 33s. 



W. J. Furbush prizes (for pacers). 

 A. J. Furbush's ch. g. C. E. Jordan (Mr. 

 Furbush) 2 1 1 



M. A. Nevens' b. g. Roll 1!. (Mr. Nevens) 1 2 2 

 Fred Furbush's gr. g. Outcast (Mr. Fur- 

 bush) 3 3 3 



Time— 33 3-4S., 35s., 32 i-2s. 



Horton cup (for trotters). 

 Thomas G. Plant's blk. m. Alice Carr (Mr. 



Plant) 1 1 



Fred Horton's br. m. Alga W. (Mr. Belle- 



deu ) 2 2 



Isaac Sexton's br. h. Tom Phair (Mr. 



Sexton) 3 3 



Time— 32 3-4S., 33 3-4S. 



Pacing Championship. 



\\ . F. Bennett's ch. g. Mardel (Mr. Ben- 

 nett) 1 2 1 



William Emerson's br. m. Louise E. (Mr. 



Lockwood ) 2 1 2 



Time— 32 3-4s. ; 32 3-4S., 32 1-4S. 



On March 6 there was decided an event for 

 the valuable cup, that was donated to the 

 club by an unknown member, between Mer- 

 cury Wilkes, driven by Al Furbush, and Ma- 

 jor, owned and driven by D. Nelligan, and 

 was won by the former, thus giving him three 

 victories, which were required to make him the 

 property owner of the cup. 



The important feature of the Summer rac- 

 ing came on October 16, when Mack Mack, 

 2 :o8, owned and driven by George A. Graves, 

 made his debut in the matinees, meeting the 

 fast gelding. Chase, 2:071-4. During the 

 Summer Mack Mack had been participating in 

 the matinees at the Readville track, there hav- 

 ing been nothing fast enough for him to meet 

 in the free-for-all trotting class at the speed- 

 way, but with Chase again in condition, he 

 was brought over to give him a battle. 



Much to the surprise of the large number 

 of spectators present, Chase reeled off the 

 first heat in 1 :oo 1-4, a clean cut of two sec- 

 onds from the record of the speedway proper. 

 In the next two heats, however, Mack Mack 

 held his opponent safe when it came to the 

 last hundred yards, and showed his rare turn 

 of speed by taking his second heat in 1 :oo 1-4, 

 thus equaling what Chase had previously ac- 



