The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



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Felix, owned by 11. G. Turner and driven by 

 E. ( >. Haddock, were the horses in this class. 

 Princess Ebilo won the race, trotting in 

 2 :_'o 1-4. but not without a battle in every 

 heat. A blanket would have covered Princess 

 Ebilo and Gipsy Felix at the wire. 



The J :_'_> pace had seven starters, and was 

 won by < iladys M.. owned and driven by K. K. 

 Clarke, in 2:21 3-4. The free-for-all class 

 had five starters, and was quickly taken by 

 George G, owned by J. F. Fitzgerald and 

 driven by W. J. Fitzgerald, in 2:18. A special 

 slow class had twelve starters, and was won 

 by Cartuna. owned and driven by Frank Hen- 

 derson, the fourth trip being a dead heat with 

 Dexter, \Y. I. Estabrook driving, in 2:32. 



The Labor Day, September 1, races were 

 the most bitterly fought of any ever held by 

 the club. Every horse in each of the classes 

 had his particular friends in the grandstand, 

 coupling with the fact that there were over 

 4.000 people present, and that it was an ideal 

 day for racing. So important were these 

 races considered that a professional starter 

 was engaged and judges appointed who had 

 no connection with the club. Two of the 

 classes were of six heats, and had to be car- 

 ried over until the following day, one event 

 to finish two heats and the other three. There 

 were five races, with purses of $100 each. 



The 2 130 class had nine horses, and was 

 won by Yellow Boy. after going six heats. 

 He was owned and driven by L. E. Billings. 

 The fastest heat was in 2 124 1-2. Lacka- 

 wanna, driven by his owner, John O'Connor, 

 got two heats, and should have nailed the 

 race, but he tired in the third heat. He cer- 

 tainly had good reason in getting weary, as 

 his driver weighed 385 pounds, and they made 

 some picture circulating the Readville tracK. 

 The 2 :20 trot had six starters, and was won 

 after four hard fought heats by India Panis, 

 owned and driven by George French. Ladv 

 Madison, the speedway champion, won the 

 first heat in the fastest time of the race, 

 2:22 1-2, but the Lady was getting too old 

 to stall off the younger horses. 



The free-for-all had six starters, and was 

 very easy for the little horse, Rondo, owned 

 by S. "Walter Wales, and driven by that mas- 

 ter reinsman, Fred Eldredge. Two heats, in 

 2:16 1-2 and 2:16, was all he had to do, and 

 he could have easily gone three seconds faster 

 if necessary. The 2:2^ class had five starters, 

 and went six heats, four of which heats were 

 trotted the first day. McNaiy's Hal, owned 



by R. Y. Woodbury and driven by W. E. 



Xcwbert. won the first heat in 2:2T, 3-4. Bud- 

 weiser, owned and driven by J. W. Linnehan, 

 annexed the second heat in 2:26 3-4. Captain 

 Hall, owned and driven by A. S. Gushee, se- 

 cured the third heat in 2:20 1-4. Grover C, 

 owned by I". J. Fitzgerald and driven by E. ( >. 

 Haddock, got the fourth heat in 2:27. 



These four horses went to the stable after 

 the first day's racing with a heat apiece to 

 their credit. They were so evenly matched 

 that several hundred dollars was wagered tha 

 night among the friends of the different 

 horses. Pools were sold in regular Grand 

 Circuit style, and when the race was called 

 the next day over 800 people were in the 

 grandstand. Budweiser, whose caretaker nad 

 put in some extra work on him after the race 

 the day before, came out fresh and full of 

 fight, and won the two heats necessary 

 land the money, in 2:26 1-2 and 2\2j 1-2, but 

 not until after a battle with Newbert and 

 Haddock, who would have given a good part 

 of Franklin Field to have won. 



The special slow class was another race 

 carried over from the first day and decided 

 on September 2. Two heats, one in 2:32 1-2. 

 the fastest of the race, had been won the first 

 day by Bonnie Patchen, owned and driven by 

 T. R. Galvin, and one heat by Emma R., 

 owned and driven by C. R. Hinds. The sec- 

 ond day, Pholyphema, owned and driven by 

 Dr. R. W Balkam, came out the freshest, 

 and won in three straight heats. 



The third annual ladies' night took place on 

 February 11. President Wales and Mrs. 

 Wales led the grand march at the dance which 

 followed the entertainment and supper. 

 George W. D'Arcy was chairman of the com- 

 mittee of arrangements, and J. M. F. .Morrill 

 was floor director. 



SEASON OF 1903 



The annual board of officials were as fol- 

 lows : President, Frederick J. Brand; first vice- 

 president, Randolph K. Clarke; second vice- 

 president, J. M. E. Morrill ; secretary, George 

 H. Greenwood; treasurer, Robert S. Fitch, 

 directors, S. Walter Wales, T. A. Bresnaham 

 Charles L. Young, Almond S. Gushee and 

 Hollis P. Gallup ; racing and speedway com. 

 mittee, Almond S. Gushee, S. Walter Wales. 

 George H. Greenwood. Hollis P. Gallup, 

 Hiram A. Haven, George W. D'Arcy, W. W 

 Grant, Louis Pfingst, Jacob Mosser, R. S. 



