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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



berry, A. J. Furbush, W. J. Furbush, George 

 A. Graves, Dr. C. A. Thompson. A. L. Power, 

 R. E. Thompson, C. H. Traiser ; executive 

 committee, W. J. McDonald. George A. 

 Graves, C. H. Traiser, C. C. Mayberry, and 

 G. Pray Smith. 



After remarks by the new treasurer and by 

 YY. J. McDonald, relative to proposed building 

 operations of the club, which were received 

 with much applause, a silver ice cream set was 

 presented to the president and Mrs. Smith, the 

 latter the president of the Ladies' Auxiliary, 

 and the token of esteem was received by Mr. 

 Smith with appropriate words of thanks. 



It was voted by the club that no prizes, 

 other than ribbons, be given for the racing 

 awards of 1914. 



field that enjoyed the sport were George 

 Leonard with his handsome trotter, Southern 

 Spy; William Lovell with Margaret L., and 

 Fred Gannon with Mokello, each of these 

 horses showing up excellently in the snow 

 matinees that they took part in. 



While there were no cups offered for the 

 series of races, yet there was plenty of inter- 

 est manifested, the racing being of a very 

 brilliant order. Ruth D. made her initial start 

 on the dirt on May 16, and showed her speed 

 by defeating Chief Wilkie and taking the sec- 

 ond heat in T.05 1-2. On the 19th of the same 

 month, Chief Wilkie, to show that he was not 

 a dead toad in the puddle, turned the tables on 

 Ruth D., not only beating her in straight heats, 

 but lowering the half-mile track pacing record 



METROPOLITAN CLUB STABLE 

 Dedicated on July 25, 1914. A Perfect Home for the Horse in Its Sanitary and Model Construction 



At the directors' meeting, on April 29, it 

 was voted that the club colors be blue and 

 gold, and that in case of postponement of any 

 Tuesday matinee that the meet be held on i.he 

 following Saturday. 



Again this Winter the lovers of sleighing 

 had but little of their favorite sport, the snow 

 only lasting for a couple of weeks in the 

 month of February. The racing fraternity 

 were greatly excited over the arrival of a new 

 Roman in the pacing field, J. O. Reay having 

 purchased the prominent mare Ruth D., 

 2:06 1-4. This mare had been campaigned for 

 several years over both mile and half-mile 

 tracks with pronounced success, and it was 

 openly stated by Mr. Reay and his friends that 

 it was the hope of the admirers of Ruth D. 

 that she displace Chief Wilkie for the pacing 

 championship. 



Fur some time, too, Frank Burke had had 

 at his Fatherland Farm the pacing mare Miss 

 De Forest, 2:05 1-4, and when the sleighing 

 arrived she was shipped to the Mets' club 

 stable. Among others new to the matinee 



to 1 104, the first heat, and capturing the second 

 heat in 1 :o6. 



On May 26 Demarest reduced the half-mile 

 record for trotters on the two-lapped track to 

 1 :04 3-4, defeating Major Wellington in 

 straight heats. 



The warmest battle of the Spring series oc- 

 curred on June 2, when Ethel Direct won her 

 race in five grilling heats and in which event 

 all four of the starters succeeded in annexing 

 a heat. The summary of this race is appended : 



Charles River Speedway (1-2 mile track), June 

 1914 — Class I, pace. 

 Ethel Direct blk. m. (A. C. Furbush) 3134 

 The Pink Lady, b. in. (A. G. King) 4212 



Spim, b. g. (C. A. Thompson) 



Miss Yassar, ro. m. (B. W. Gove).. 

 Time — 1:13, 1:081-2, 1:10, 1:111- 



4 4 I 

 323 

 : 09 1-4. 



Bronson was never in so good condition as 

 in his Spring races, which was later proved 

 by his remarkable professional campaign over 

 the half-mile and mile tracks, where he won 

 many races for his owner and driver, G. A. 

 ( iraves. On July 7 he met the fastest field of 





