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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



the trotting record over the regular speedway 

 course. On account of the importance of 

 these two races, the complete summary is 

 given, as follows : 



Charles River Speedway, June 22, 1909, Class E, 

 pacing. 



A. J. Furbush's b. g. Chief Wilkie (Furbush) 1 1 



W. J. McDonald's b. g. Claymos (McDonald) 2 3 



H. J. Reid's ch. g. Edwin S. (Furbush) 4 2 



Jesse Eddy's b. g. Sir Allien S. (Garmon)... 3 4 

 Time — 59s , . : S,. 



Class I, trotting. 



W. J. Furbush's b. m. Louise G. ( Fur- 

 bush ) 1 3 4 1 



Walter Corbett's blk. g. Lord Quex 



(Ralston) 3 1 2 2 



F. C. Gannon's blk. m. Martha G. 



(Garmon) 2 4 1 3 



J. \Y. Coakley's ch. g. Crown Prince 



( Ci lakley ) 4 2 4 4 



Time — 1 :03, 1 :o2 1-2, 1 1003-4, 1 :oi 1-4. 



At the conclusion of the Fall series of mat- 

 inees, John W. Dorey, who had filled the po- 

 sition of chairman of the race committee for 

 two years, was called into the main office in 

 the clubhouse and presented with an elegant 

 gold watch. Superintendent Gilman was not 

 forgotten by the members of the club, and 

 was the recipient of a fur-lined overcoat. 



Mr. Dorey's work, as chairman of the race 

 committee, could not have been excelled. It 

 was a particularly hard proposition, anyway, 

 to please the members racing their horses, and 

 to match the different entries so that the rac- 

 ing would prove interesting, but in this Air. 

 Dorey proved very successful. 



Superintendent ( rilman had, since the open- 

 ing of the speedway, w« irked almost day and 

 night to have that piece of racing dirt the 

 fastest in the country, and that he had suc- 

 ceeded was amply attested by the feeling ex- 

 pressed by the active members of the club. 



( >n October 14, the driving club gave its 

 first horse show, that was in every way a pro- 

 nounced success. About 2,000 spectators wit- 

 nessed the show from the clubhouse, in teams, 

 and on foot The largest winner of the after- 

 noon was Mrs. Larz Anderson, with the sta- 

 ble of W. C. Jewett a close runner up. A 

 long program was finished without a hitch, 

 the work of the judges giving general satis- 

 faction. H. L. Camp, Middletown, Conn., 

 judged all the classes, with the exception of 

 the events for trotters and pacers, in which 

 he was assisted by J. V. N. Stults and Arthur 

 L. Power of the driving club. 



Following are the prize winners for the 

 Spring and Fall matinee racing series : 



SPRING SERIES 



Trotters 

 Champion cup— F. C. Garmon's Martha G, 1:003-4. 



Speed cup — W. J. Furbush's Louise G., 1 :03, 1 :oi 1-4. 

 First point cup — A. C. Furbush's Forest Bingen. 

 Second point cup — Walter Corbett's Lord Quex. 



Pacers 

 Champion cup— A. J. Furbush's Chief Wilkie, 58s. 

 Speed cup — W. J. McDonald's Claymos, 1 :oo 1-4, 



1 :oi \-2. 

 First point cup — J. D. Thompson's Dean Swift. 

 Sec. Hid point cup — F. W. Dorr's Toppan Boy. 



FALL SERIES 

 Trotters 

 Champion cup — L. Fred Sanborn's Billie J., I :02. 

 Speed cup — W. J. McDonald's Dodie K., 1 :o2 1-4, 



1:03. 

 Point cup — Harry Wood's Susie F. 

 Second point cup— H. H. Cook's Billy Ross. 

 Cup fur trotter winning the most heats in 1 :io or 

 slower — T. H. Hubbard's Blue Clay. 



Pacers 

 Champion cup— W. J. McDonald's Claymos, I :oo. 

 Speed cup— W. J. McDonald's Chief Wilkie, 1 :oo 3-4, 



1 :oi. 

 Point cup — W. J. Furbush's Louise G. 

 Second point cup— W. J. McDonald's Blue Light. 

 Cup for pacer winning the most heats in 1 :07 or 



slower — C. J. Newcomb's Chester Boy. 



SEASON OF 1910 



A meeting of the directors was held on Jan- 

 uary 7, when it was voted that the initiation fee 

 for that month be waived and that special ef- 

 forts be made in securing new members. It was 

 also voted that the cups for Spring and Fall 

 series of matinees in the future be purchased 

 early in the year and placed on exhibition, and 

 after the close of each series of matinees, that 

 the awarding of the cups be within two weeks. 

 It was also voted that in the future the docu- 

 ments and records of the racing seasons be 

 turned over to the executive committee for ap- 

 proval. 



The annual meeting of the club was held 

 on January 12, and the following officers were 

 elected for the ensuing year : President, F. C. 

 Garmon ; vice-presidents, A. S. Bigelow, F. G. 

 Hall. C. W. Leonard, H. M. Whitney, John 

 Shepard, M. Goodspeed. J. Y. N. Stults; 

 treasurer, C. H. Dow; secretary, W. L. Dunt- 

 ley; directors, John Shepard, C. H. Belledeu, 

 W. J. Furbush, M. Goodspeed, Isaac Sexton, 

 F. C. Garmon, J. V. N. Stults, A. J. Furbush, 

 F. A. Bayley, C. II. Dow, B. W. Gove, 

 Henry Wood, B. W. Carpenter. \V. I'.. 

 Farmer. C. C. Mayberry; executive commit- 

 tee, B. W. Carpenter, F. C. Garmon, C. II. 

 Dow, C. Ff. Belledeu, C. C. Mayberry, A. J. 

 Furbush. Isaac Sexton. 



( >n a rising vote the retiring president, C. H. 

 Belledeu, was given a general expression of 

 good will and esteem for his great executive 

 ability, demonstrated the three years that he 



