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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



was engaged for the whist playing and danc- 

 ing. 



On April 19, the club opened its racing 

 season with an interclub meet with the 

 Metropolitans. This was only the beginning 

 of what proved to be an active season on the 

 turf, as. during the Summer, the Fellsways 

 had contests with Dorchester and Quan- 

 napowitt, meeting each of these clubs at least 

 twice. 



Terms having been agreed upon, Combina- 

 tion Park was once more leased for the sea- 

 son by the club, and all papers signed and 

 passed on April 3. 



C. M. Marinoni, thinking that it was a 

 good plan to have something up of value in 

 the style of an emblem, to keep for the sake of 

 memory and associations, donated an elegant 

 silver cup to be awarded the trotter winning 

 the most heats during the season. 



The Fellsway horses having shown, in 

 many instances, so much speed early in the 

 season, several of the members got chips on 

 their shoulders, which finally ended in issuing 

 a defi that the Fellsway Club would meet any 

 other club in Greater Boston, each to pick 

 their best trotter and fastest pacer, and the 

 match or matches to determine the champion- 

 ship club for the year. This challenge was 

 sent to each and every club. 



Unfortunately, however, none of the clubs 

 appeared to realize that they would be any 

 gainer in having such a race, so the event 

 never took place, and the incident is used only 

 to prove the gameness of the men owning 

 horses in the Fellsway Club, they never being 

 afraid to go out to tackle any horse. A defeat 

 was only taken in the best of good graces. 



As had been the case in the past number of 

 seasons, Charles R. Forshner was the leading 

 driver for the year, he having taken the word 

 in sixty-one races, of which he won twenty- 

 four, was twenty- four times second, nine 

 time third, and came fourth in four races. 



SEASON OF 1913 



The annual election was held on New 

 Year's night, and, with the counting of the 

 ballots, it was found the following were 

 elected for the ensuing year : President, Geo. 

 A. Law ; first vice-president, Dr. W. H. 

 Hitchings; second vice-president, G. M. Mar- 

 inoni; third vice-president, H. J. Foster; 

 fourth vice-president, \Y. A. Smith ; secretary, 

 C. E. Twombly; treasurer, Geo. M. Davis; di- 

 rectors, G. M. Marinoni, Chas. R. Forshner, 

 Chas. M. Lockwood, O. E. Linscott, John 

 Stockpole, H. A. Pero, C. E. Twombly, Geo. 

 N. Coyle. Chas. Thyng, P. H. Taylor. 



( )n January 7, at the Quincy House, was 

 held the annual banquet, with the usual good 

 time, after-dinner speaking, etc., the affair, as 

 usual, bringing members and guests together 

 on a friendly footing that insured the cement- 

 ing of friendship and burying of any hatchets 

 that had been created in the speed contests of 

 the previous months. 



At the meeting, held on January 8, it was 

 the voice of the members that the future wel- 

 fare of the club would be benefited greatly 

 were cups and other trophies to be given at 

 the end of the racing season. 



Pi response to this appeal, there was a gen- 

 erous donation of prizes, the most prominent 

 of which were President Law offering a sil- 

 ver cup for the trotter winning the most 

 heats ; Secretary Twombly, a silver cup for 

 the pacer winning the fastest heat ; G. M. 

 Marinoni, a silver cup for the trotter win- 

 ning the fastest heat; H. S. Campbell, twenty- 

 five bushels of oats for pacer winning the 

 most heats; Charles Lockwood, $10 in gold 

 for the trotter winning the highest num- 

 ber of points ; O. E. Linscott, $10 in gold 

 for the pacer winning the highest number 

 of points ; E. W. Pike, a blanket for the 

 trotter winning the second highest number of 

 points ; Dr. Harris, a horse suit for the pacer 

 winning the second highest number of points ; 

 the Fellsway Driving Club, $5 in gold for the 

 trotter winning the third highest number of 

 points; the Ladies' Auxiliary, $5 in gold for 

 the pacer winning the third highest number 

 of points. President Law then again came to 

 the front with the offer of a gentleman's 

 sweater for the trotter winning the fourth 

 highest number of points ; Charles R. Forsh- 

 ner donated $5 worth of horse shoeing for the 

 pacer winning the fourth highest number of 

 points, and the Boston Badge Co. donated six 

 beautiful ribbons for awards. 



The annual ladies' night ball was held on 

 April 30. and was successful, the club being 

 benefited quite materially in a financial way. 



It was decided to lease Combination Park 

 again, and the papers were passed on March 

 26. At the same time arrangements were en- 

 tered into for racing with the Dorchester 

 Club, and invitations extended to other of the 

 local driving clubs to meet the Fellsway at 

 the Medford track. The first interclub meet 

 with the Dorchesters came on May 30. By 

 motion of the club, it was made compulsory 

 that all the members in the events be com- 

 pelled to wear the club colors, brown silk 

 caps and white suits, and, when necessary, the 

 club to furnish them. 



The second grand ball and whist party of 

 the club took place in Newcomb Hall, on De- 



