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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



Fitch, William P. Boutelle, Randolph K. 

 Clarke. D. W. Sullivan. Walter E. Newbert, 

 Fred S. Gore, Wilbur S. Littlefield, Fred S. 

 Eldredge, Charles L. Young, William M. 

 Brummett, Edgar O. Haddock, J. W. Linne- 

 han, William J. Fitzgerald and Charles L. 



FRED J. BRAND 

 President 1903-1904 



Hinds; finance committee, T. A. Bresnahan, 

 S. Walter Wales, Albert Fellows, Almond S. 

 Gushee ; membership committee, George E. 

 Griffin, Dr. R. W. Balkam, E. S. Harris, Nel- 

 son Tierce and C. M. Mandell; clerk, George 

 W. D'Arcy. 



The feature of the ladies' night, held on 

 February 12, was the presentation to the re- 

 retiring president, S. Walter Wales, of a cost- 

 ly gold stop-watch. Fresident Brand intro- 

 duced Second Vice-Tresident Morrill, who 

 made the presentation speech. On the watch 

 was inscribed : 



"Presented to S. Walter Wales by the 

 members of the Dorchester Gentlemen's 

 Driving club as a small token of their esteem 

 and appreciation of his efforts in behalf of 

 the driving club, while he was president. 

 "Boston, February 12, 1903." 



The first banquet of the club took place at 

 Hendrie's, on the evening of November 5, 

 and was dedicated especially to the men. The 

 members turned out in goodly numbers, and 

 invited guests were present, private, political 

 and otherwise. The members and guests were 



gathered around small tables, thus choosing 

 their own companions. First Vice-president 

 Randolph K. Clarke was head of the commit- 

 tee of arrangements. A fine entertainment 

 was given and there were excellent speeches. 



One of the features of the evening was the 

 presentation to A. S. Gushee, who had just 

 completed his three years' service as chairman 

 of the racing committee, of an easy chair. 



The usual matinees were held at Readville 

 on June 17 and on Labor Day, which fell on 

 September 7. On the first named date, there 

 were five events, each for a purse of $100. 



The free-for-all attracted a lot of attention, 

 the starters being Farker S., Rex and Land- 

 lord. When it came to racing it was discov- 

 ered that the first named gelding had the 

 speed of the party, his fastest heat being in 

 2:17 1-4. 



The largest field was in the 2 .23 pace, and 

 was conducive of the best sport of the after- 

 noon. Budweiser, owned and driven by J. W. 

 Linnehan. grabbed off the last three heats, 

 after finishing fourth in the opening one, 

 which was taken by McNary's Hal. 



The races on Labor Day were four in num- 

 ber. In the special slow class, the first heat 

 was won by Sunny Jim, owned by W. M. 

 Brummett and driven by W. E. Newbert. 

 Then Lucinda, owned and driven by A. D. 

 Gould, showed by the unusual manner in 

 which she won the next two heats that she 

 had no license to be entered in the slow class. 



The 2 134 pace was copped by Don Wilkes, 

 owned and driven by F. H. Robinson. The 

 2 -.26 pace and 2 :22 trot was a fighting race 

 from start to finish. The first heat was won 

 by Brightness, owned by A. M. Newbert and 

 driven by E. O. Haddock. The second heat 

 was captured by Captain Hall, owned and 

 driven by A. S. Gushee. The third heat was 

 taken by India Fanis. owned by George 

 French and driven by J. W. Linnehan. Then 

 the fourth and fifth heats and race were won 

 by Captain Hall. The 2:19 pace and 2:15 trot 

 were annexed by W. W. Savior, owned by 

 H. R. Barry and driven by Fred Eldredge, in 

 straight heats, the fastest in 2:18 1-4. 



SEASON OF 1904 



President Brand was returned for a second 

 term in office, as under his first administra- 

 tion the club had increased its membership, 

 while its cash balance was about 30 per cent 

 more than before he took the chair. The first 



