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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



SEASON OF 1913 



The annual meeting of the club was held 

 on January 8, with President C. S. Spencer 

 presiding. Following the reading of the 

 minutes of the last annual meeting, the elec- 

 tion was held and G. Pray Smith was elected 

 president for the ensuing year. Vice-presi- 

 dents, John Shepard. A. H. Parker, W. J. 

 Furbush, C. H. Traiser, L. F. Sanborn, C. B. 

 Holden, C. < I. Newcomb; treasurer, C. H. 

 Dow; secretary, W. L. Duntley; directors, 

 C. S. Spencer, G. D. Merrill, G. W. Norton, 

 A. J. Furbush, C. H. Dow, T. H. Hubbard, 

 C. A. Thompson, G. Pray Smith, W. 1. 

 Lovell, G. H. Hicks, W. J. McDonald. A. L. 

 Power, R. E. Thompson, E. H. Kingman, and 

 C. C. Mavberrv ; executive committee, C. S. 

 Spencer, \Y. J. 'McDonald, C. H. Dow, T. H. 

 Hubbard, C. C. Mayberry. 



At a meeting of the directors on January 

 16, it was voted, on the motion made by C. C. 

 Mayberry, that any director who failed to at- 

 tend every executive meeting of the board 

 shall be asked to resign. This was on account 

 of so many of the members of the board ac- 

 cepting the position when elected, and then 

 apparently forgetting that there was any such 

 office for the remainder of the year, so far as 

 attending the meetings. It was also decided 

 at this meeting that with the election of W. D. 

 Hunt as chairman of the race committee, it 

 would be left to him entirely in the appointing 

 of his associates and a clerk. A. W. Davis 

 was chosen to fill the position of press agent, 

 in place of Wilbur L. Duntley, who had held 

 the office since 1908. 



On February 18 the resignation of C. S. 

 Spencer, as director and chairman of the ex- 

 ecutive committee, was received and accepted, 

 and the board of directors voted that Presi- 

 dent Smith be instructed to notify Mr. Spen- 

 cer of the sincere regrets of the club that his 

 business in New York was such that it neces- 

 sitated his taking a residence there and sever- 

 ing his connections with the Metropolitan 

 Driving Club. W. D. Hunt, not caring for the 

 office of chairman of the racing committee, 

 C. C. Mayberry was given the position, with 

 the power to choose his associates and a clerk. 

 The board voted on March 13 to purchase 

 about ioo.coo square feet of land, of which 

 they had an option, located on the boulevard 

 adjoining the clubhouse, and to be erected 

 thereon a stable, and, also, to have certain 

 improvements made in and around the club- 

 house, the sum of money to be expended not 

 to exceed $20,000. 



On July 24 the board met and voted that 



a hall be finished in the clubhouse, as per plans 

 of W. .1. McDonald. 



E. H. Kingman resigned his position as di- 

 rector in July, and C. H. Dow the office of 

 treasurer. W. J. Furbush was elected to take 

 the place of Mr. Kingman, while A. J. Fur- 

 bush accepted the position of treasurer. On 

 November 14 George A. Graves and W. D. 

 Hunt were elected to the board of directors. 



G. PRAY SMITH 

 President 1913-14 



Appreciating the expense for the State in 

 keeping in repair the entire mile of the 

 straightaway speedway, the members of the 

 driving club had come to the opinion that it 

 was quite unnecessary to compel the State 1" 

 maintain the last half-mile of the course. The 

 result of this was that, at a regular meeting 

 of the directors, on April 4, J. O. Reay made 

 the motion, which was carried, that the lower 

 half-mile of the Charles River straightaway 

 speedway course be abandoned, and that a 

 committee consisting of Messrs. McDonald. 

 Mavberrv and Davis wait upon the Metropol- 

 itan Park Commission and convey the vote of 

 the club. 



Sleighing was limited during the Winter, the 

 month" of" February furnishing the largest 

 supply. On the 14th of that month, Chief 



