4 o 



The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



complished. He then came back so strong in 

 the third heat that the time was announced 

 i :oo 1-2. This race was decided over the up- 

 per road. 



The result of the Spring and Fall matinees 

 for the cups were as follows : 



SPRING SERIES. 

 Trotters 

 Speed cup — Isaac Sexton's Tom Phair. 

 Point cup — C. G. Newcomb's George Lee. 



Pacers 

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

 Point cup — A. J. Furbush's Al Ray. 



FALL SERIES 

 Trotters 

 Speed cup — C. H. Belledeu's Chase. 

 Point cup — F. H. Gannon's Hulman. 

 Second point cup — J. A. Craig's Lady Klondyke. 

 Third point cup — E. Phillips' Gloria Rex. 



Pacers 



Speed cup — E. Phillips' Al Ray. 



Point Cup — M. F. Maher's Belle Gold. 



Second point cup — A. T. Watts' Ehnwood. 



SEASON OF 1908 



The annual election was held on January 8, 

 and resulted as follows : President, C. H. 

 Belledeu ; vice-presidents, A. S. Bigelow, 11. 

 M. Whitney, F. G. Hall. J. V. N. Stults, John 

 Shepard, C. W. Leonard, and Monroe Good- 

 speed; secretary and treasurer. W. D. Hunt; 

 directors, A. H. Parker, C. H. Belledeu, C. H. 

 Traiser, \Y. J. Furbush, L. N. Cushman, \Y. 

 D. Hunt, M. Goodspeed. G. A. Graves, Isaac 

 Sexton, F. C. Garmon, G. H. Hicks, E. A. 

 Bayley. J. V. N. Stults, A. J. Furbush. and 

 John Shepard: executive committee, J. V. N. 

 Stults, \Y. D. Hunt, Isaac Sexton, C. H. Trai- 

 ser. A. I. Furbush, \Y. B. Farmer, and E. A. 

 Bayley. 



On February 3, the resignation of George 

 A. Graves was accepted from the board of 

 directors, and Walter P.. Farmer was elected 

 in his place. Then, on February 12, C. H. 

 Traiser resigned from the board of directors, 

 as did W. D. Hunt, from the board and as 

 secretary and treasurer. Charles H. Dow and 

 Cyrus C. Mayberry were elected to take the 

 place of the two members that resigned, and 

 the latter was also elected to the executive 

 committee. Charles H. Dow was made treas- 

 urer of the club, and Wilbur L. Duntley the 

 secretary. 



There was very little sleighing during the 

 Winter, a day now and then, and it was only 

 by extreme effort that the owner of the Fasig- 

 Tipton cup was decided. Isaac Sexton, with 

 Tom Phair, secured the trophy by exactly win- 



ning the necessary five races, as required un- 

 der the conditions. 



In the Spring matinee of June 30, the speed- 

 way proper being heavy from showers, the 

 racing was done on Soldiers', or as called, up- 

 per road, and it developed, with the strong 

 wind that blew directly in the rear of the 

 horses, to be an afternoon of extreme speed. 

 In the first place, Claymos, owned and driven 

 by W. J. McDonald, stepped off a winning 

 heat in 57 3-4 seconds, and Phoebon W. was 

 right at the winner's heels up to three lengths 

 from the wire, when he went to a break. 



The important feature of the Fall series was 

 Harry Wood's gelding, Sid Axworthy, on No- 

 vember 3, setting a new mark for the upper 

 read speedway for trotters by winning the 

 first heat of his race in 58 3-4 seconds. About 

 all the winners that day lowered their previous 

 efforts in matinee racing, Tom Phair doing a 

 heat in 1 :oo 1-2, while Billy Ross stepped off 

 one in 1 :o2 1-2. 



There had been so much agitation about 

 double-team racing that the racing committee 

 finally decided to put an all-star racing bill for 

 horses hitched to pole, to take place on No- 

 vember 24. There was a scurrying around 

 of the members in securing mates for the 

 horses each owned, in order to head the sum- 

 mary and have the distinction of being the 

 owner of one of the pair to trot, or pace, the 

 fastest heat of the day. 



When the entries were announced it looked 

 as though Tom Phair and Jim Ferry, that 

 were matched against Dodie K. and Talpa, 

 would be the star trotting event of the after- 

 noon. While for pacers. Cinch and Reliance 

 against My Star and Phoebon W. was the 

 principal attraction. 



The initial heat of the fast trot was marred 

 by Dodie K. and Talpa running away with 

 A. J. Furbush. It looked, at one time, like a 

 very nasty mix-up in which the lives of several 

 spectators and those in the nearby teams were 

 in danger, and only through the bravery of A. 

 Jameson, of Somerville. who caught and hung 

 on to the horses until he brought them to a 

 standstill, was this prevented. Tom Phair 

 and Jim Ferry spanked off two rattling heats 

 in 1 :t>5 and 1 :o6 1-4, and later, to show that 

 they were the kingpins of the speedway hitched 

 to pole, they won a heat from Martha G. and 

 The Baron in 1 :o6 1-4. 



For the pacers, Cinch and Reliance de- 

 feated My Star and Phoebon W.. without a 

 waver, tramping their heats in the fast time of 

 1 :o4 1-4 and 1 105. It was in every way the 

 greatest afternoon of double-team racing that 

 had been held in Boston for vears, if ever be- 



