The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



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SEASON OF 1912 



At the annual election, the following were 

 placed in office for the ensuing year: Presi- 

 dent, las. F. Young; vice-president, S. A. 

 Litchfield; secretary and treasurer, L. L, 

 Kennedy; directors, B. C. Wilder, E. H. 

 Waite, D, Frank Daley, H. P. Hobart ; racing 

 committee, D. Frank Daley, chairman) J. \Y. 



JAMES F. YOUNG 

 President 1912 



Ford, G. A. French. T. J. Buckley, W. H. 

 Gilligan, A. R. Hobart, H. P. Miller, Thos. 

 MacKenzie, C. H. Richards, S. B. Totman. 



In the selection of James F. Young for 

 president in 1912. the members of the Old 

 Colony Driving Club thoroughly believed in 

 recognizing a hard worker in the interests of 

 the organization. 



President Young had been identified with 

 the racing committee from the inception of 

 the club. In 1909 he worked under Chairman 

 E. H. Waite. The following year he accepted 

 the office of chairman of that committee, 

 which he held through 191 1. 



Any person familiar with the duties of 

 chairman of the racing committee realizes the 

 difficulty of fulfilling the position to the sat- 

 isfaction of the members racing horses. Pres- 

 ident Young had accomplished this in a way 

 that was almost miraculous. Far from being 

 unpopular, he was really liked best by the 

 men who had raced under him. Both as a 

 handicapper and as the starting judge, he had 

 become vastly more appreciated in their es- 



timation, his guild judgment and diplomacy 

 having made him a lot of friends. 



It was thus easy to see that the season of 

 1912 was destined to be one of the most pros- 

 perous in the history of the < >ld Colony Driv- 

 ing Club. President Young not only kept 

 matters humming on the track, but in a social 

 way. 



That Winter was held in Odd Fellows' 

 Hall, Quincy, a banquet at which were in at- 

 tendance the presidents and leading officials 

 of other clubs in Greater Boston and Brock- 

 ton. It was one of the real good times that so 

 much help to cement into friendship the mem- 

 bers of the club with those belonging to other 

 driving clubs. 



It was found at the close of the season that 

 the following were successful in winning the 

 trophies. 



PRIZE WINNERS 

 Trotters 

 Time cup — J. W. Ford's Willie John. 

 Point cup — T. A. Cushman's Willie J. 



Pacers 

 Time cup — J. B. Reed's Edith R. 

 Point cup — I. R. Anderson's Benjamin. 



Note. — In 1912 were held 195 races with 472 heats, 

 racing 341 trotters and 216 pacers. 



SEASON OF 1913 



Following are the officials that were elected 

 for the ensuing year: President, Harry C. 

 Thayer; vice-president, Henry P. Miller; sec- 

 retarv and treasurer, M. C. Sproul ; directors, 

 John" F. Hollis, Thos. Green, H. P. Hobart 

 and J. F. Young; breeding committee, Lot 

 Lohnes, M. F. Drinkwater, S. A. Litchfield; 

 racing committee, L F. Young, chairman, 

 H. P. Miller, H. P. Hobart, E. H. Waite, 

 A. R. Hobart, Lot Lohnes, B. C. Wilder, 



D. F. Daley, Thos. Green and J. W. Ford ; 

 membership committee, A. R. Hobart, E. C. 

 Wilcox, and D. F. Daley ; finance committee, 



E. H. Waite, Geo. Beal and C. F. Cavanaugh ; 

 house committee, H. P. Hobart, C. H. Rich- 

 ards and C. E. MacKenzie ; auditing commit- 

 tee, R. D. Stetson, B. C. Wilder and T. A 

 Cushman. 



It had always been with rare foresight that 

 the members of the club selected their leading 

 officials. This was manifest by the electing 

 of Harry C. Thayer as the chief executive of 

 the club. President Thayer was one of the 

 five that instituted the Old Colony Driving 

 Club, and, from that very opening night to 

 the present time, his heart and soul have been 

 in the prosperity of the organization which he 

 helped to found. 



President Thayer not only used his influ- 



