The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



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Class D. trot. 



Pat ricia ( Fay ) i i 



Molly Pitcher (.Rood) 2 2 



Time — i :20, i :26. 

 Class E, trot. 



Queen Lily (Waite) i i 



Billy Boy (Stacker) 2 2 



Time — l :40 1-2, l :4I. 

 Class F, trot or pace. 



Nina (Wilder) i i 



Katrina ( French i 2 2 



Black Bess (Maker) 3 3 



Time — 1 :i7, 1 :i8. 

 Class G. trot or pace. 



Yankee Girl ( Baker ) 1 1 



Mizoleta ( Shaw ) 2 2 



Sontie (Oliver) 3 3 



Time — 1 :2Q, 1 .23. 



Class H. pace 



Cleio ( Soule ) 2 1 1 



Scotch Oil ( Ford ) 1 2 2 



Time — 1 :ig 1-2, 1:15, 1:171-2. 



During that season there were held over 

 the South Weymouth track 21 regular mati- 

 nees and three interclub meets, including the 

 one held by the fair. In the same time, the 

 racing members competed away from home 

 with the Brockton Club, with Dorchester, and 

 another interclub meet with Brockton during 

 the Weymouth Fair. Not content with these, 

 they visited Brockton, in October, for the 

 final session away from home. 



In the interclub meet with Brockton, held 

 June 2J, < >ld Colony won by 40 points to 37 

 points for their rivals. On the first day of 

 August, Brockton visited the Old Colony and 

 were beaten, 55 points to 43 points. The 

 meeting between the two clubs at the Wey- 

 mouth Fair, September 24, resulted in Old 

 Colony getting 23 points, to 18 for the Shoe 

 City boys. The final session between the 

 clubs, held at Brockton on October 17, was 

 taken by Brockton, they scoring 53 points to 

 Old Colony's 41. 



The Old Colony horses competed against 

 Dorchester at Franklin Field Speedway on 

 August 8, the result being in favor of the 

 Dorchesters by the overwhelming score of 

 72 1-2 points to 17 1-2 points. This was the 

 worst beating the South Shore representatives 

 ever received. It being the first year of their 

 career on the turf, it taught them many valu- 

 able lessons in the art of interclub racing. 



On September 7 was the three-cornered 

 interclub meet at the South Weymouth track, 

 in which Dorchester scored 75 points, Old 

 Colony 4.3 points, and Brockton 25 points. 



During the season the trotting record was 

 reduced to 1 107, the following being the way 

 the record fell : May 9, India Panis stepped 

 in 1:10; May 23, Willie John in 1:08 1-2; 

 July 4, Altro L., in 1:08; September 12, 

 Altro L. defeated Czarina in 1:07 3-4; Sep- 



tember 26, Altro L. defeated Willie John in 

 1 :<»7. | 



For the pacers, Winter quarters found the 

 record placed at 1 105. The method of accom- 

 plishing this is shown by the following: April 

 20, Cleio started the pacing record by winning 

 in 1:15; April 25, Czarina lowered it to 1 :io; 

 May 2^, Nina B. turned the track in 1:09; 

 May 23, Czarina dropped the record to 1 105. 



The race committee, after thoroughly going 

 through the performances for the Summer, 

 found the following were the winners of the 

 season's trophies: 



PRIZE WINNERS 



Trotters 



Gold mounted whip for fastest average time — Harry 



C. Thayer's Altro L., 1 :io9-io. 

 Blanket for greatest number of heats— D. F. Daley's 



Aquiline. 

 Horse suit and knee pads for the greatest number 

 of points— B. C. Wilder's Nina— 61 1-2. 

 Pacers 

 Cooler for fastest average time — J. I''. Young's Ka- 



lanos — 1 :I2 1-8. 

 Blanket and surcingle for greatest number of points 

 — E. L. Soule's Cleio — 38. 



SEASON OF 1909 



At the annual election held in January, the 

 following was the result : President, Lot 

 Lohnes; vice-president. 11. C. Thayer; secre- 

 tary and treasurer, T. L. Tirrell ; directors, 

 Col. A. C. Drinkwater, Geo. A. French, J. B. 

 Reed, B. C. Wilder; racing committee, F. H. 

 Waite chairman; A. R. Hobart, H. P. Ho- 

 bart, 1. F. Young, G. A. French, B. W. Shaw, 

 M. F. Drinkwater, Jas. Ford, D. F. Daley, 

 D. W. Hart; membership committee, A. S. 

 Marsh. ( ). W. Watson, S. A. Litchfield; 

 finance committee. J. B. Reed, B. C. Wilder 

 and R. D. Stetson ; house committee, A. F. 

 Clapp, Max Schraut and Nat'l Ells; auditing 

 committee, C. C. Pendergast, H. C. Thayer 

 and [. F. Young; entertainment committee, 

 J. F. Young, H. C. Thayer, H. P. Hobart, 

 J. A. Haley and C. F. Cavanagh. 



The first annual banquet was held in 

 February, and was a pronounced success, 

 the dinner, entertainment and after-dinner 

 speeches bringing forth praise from all. 



With Lot Lohnes, the president, and a lot 

 of good men, hard workers, on the committees, 

 the season proved a very successful one on 

 the track. The membership grew very rapidly 

 and the attendance on holidays and field days 

 of the club was very creditable indeed. 



On May 31 was held an interclub meet with 

 Dorchester and, on July 5, the local club had 

 a session with the Brockton horsemen. Both 

 of these meets aroused a great deal of interest. 



