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race, and paced one of her heats in 1 104, thus 

 chopping off a whole second from the previ- 

 ous pacing roc .I'd of the course, made by 

 Czarina in looN. Benjamin, on August 16, 

 tied the record of i 104 by going to heat 1 105. 

 Benjamin was the property of E. L. Edes, and 

 was driven in his successful effort by I. R. 

 Anders in. 



Among the new trotters that raced in the 

 matinees was Kaldar. purchased by S B. 

 Totman. and noted as one of the winners in 

 the American Trotting Derby of 1909. The 

 cups for the season were awarded as follows: 



PRIZE WINNERS 



Trotters 



Time cup — S. B. Tiit man's Kaldar. 

 Point cup — H. C. Thayer's Katherine R. 



Pacers 

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

 Point cup — C. E. Mackenzie's Kathleen. 



Note — In 1013 were held 194 races with 470 heats. 

 racing 330 trotters and 215 pacers. 



brilliantly than the others was the winning of 

 Benjamin in the fast pacing class over Sister 

 Patch, the pacing queen of the Dorchester 

 Club, the gelding turning the track in 1 :i 8 

 and 1 :OT. 



SEASON OF 1914 



The annual election resulted as follows : 

 President. Henry P. Miller; vice-president, 

 Rector D. Stetson ; secretary and treasurer, 

 M. C. Sproul; directors. D. F. Daley, T. H. 

 Green, J. F. Young. S. B. Totman. 



In February was held the annual banquet, 

 in Fogg's Opera House, South Weymouth, 

 and among the invited guests was a liberal 

 representation from the Dorchester Club. In 

 the after-dinner speaking, plans were pro- 

 posed which eventuated in the holding of the 

 interclub meets that were decided later in the 

 season. 



President Miller spoke very enthusiastically 

 over the continued success of the Old Colony 

 Club in its matinees keeping up to the stand- 

 ard. Though in many of the older clubs of 

 Greater Boston, there had been a decided fall- 

 ing off in the number of starters, the racing 

 members of the Old Colony continued to stick 

 by the ship in good style, with the result that 

 each Saturday there was a first-class racing 

 card decided. It was President Miller's idea 

 that the coming season should find the club's 

 horses meeting those of Dorchester, and, if 

 possible, he would like to see a series of meet- 

 ings held with the Metropolitan Driving Club. 



The first contest between the Dorchesters 

 and Old Colony took place at South Wey- 

 mouth on July 4. There were fourteen classes 

 on the card, and the final result was in doubt 

 until the very last race had been decided, Old 

 Colony only winning by the close margin of 

 45 points to 43 for their rivals. 



While all of the events were particularly 

 interesting, yet the one that showed up more 



HENRY P. MILLER 

 President 1914 



Charley King, owned by A. T. Wheelock, of 

 the Dorchesters, who had for so many seasons 

 been the bearcat for all comers, was pitted 

 against Fdith R., of the Old Colony, the other 

 starter being Teddy Bingen, who also rep- 

 resented the Dorchesters. Charley King was 

 as reliable as always, and reeled off the event 

 in 1 :oy 3-4 and 1 107 1-4. 



Another pacer that covered himself with 

 credit was Chato, owned and driven by Fred 

 H. Bellows, who represented the Dorchesters, 

 though a member of both of the clubs. Chato 

 defeated Pauline and Redondale, both of the 

 Old Colony-, stepping his heats in 1 :io 1-2 

 and 1 :o8 1-2, and clearly demonstrated to 

 those who saw him perform the brilliant pro- 

 fessional career in store for him later in the 

 season. 



In the trotting events, the fastest perform 

 ers were Jack Bingen, owned by President 

 R. G. Crosby, of the Dorchesters, and driven 

 by Fred Eldredge ; Kaldar, entered by S. B. 

 Totman of the Old Colony; Catherine C, 

 owned and driven by Ezra Waite of the same 

 club, and Silence, with Hollis Gallup, the vet- 

 eran of the Dorchesters, in the sulky. These 

 horses were in Class B, and the event was de- 

 cided in the order named. Kaldar won the 

 first heat in 1 :og 3-4, but afterwards Jack 

 Bingen was first in 1 :og and 1 :oo. 3-4. 



