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Another split-heat race was that taken by 

 The Guy, of the Old Colony, who won the 

 second and third heats in 1:13 1-4 and 1:13, 

 after losing the first heat to George M., owned 

 and driven by O. C. Charles of the Dorches- 

 ters, in 1 :i6. Mary Mc, owned and driven 

 by M. McDermott of the Dorchesters, proved 

 quite a factor in the final heat. The Guy only 

 beating her by a neck, in the fastest time of 

 the race. 



With the excitement at fever pitch on ac- 

 count of the two clubs being nearly together 

 in points at this late stage of the racing card, 

 Class N, for pacers, kept everybody on tiptoe 

 until the decision was rendered. Red Bird 

 won for Old Colony in three heats, Orange 

 Girl taking the first trip in 1 114, and then 

 the former catching the judge's eye in 

 1 :i2 1-2 and 1 :i 1 1-2. 



The second interclub meet held between the 

 Dorchesters and Old Colony was on Labor 

 Day, September 7, at the South Weymouth 

 track, and resulted in a much easier victory 

 for the Old Colony than the one of July 4, 

 the visiting club only getting 35 points, while 

 the home boys were gathering a cluster of 

 58 points. 



In the fast pacing class, the local flyer, 

 Miss Yassar, owned by James F. Young and 

 driven by Millard Drinkwater, defeated Ben- 

 jamin in 1 :o6 1-4 and 1 :o6 1-2, which was 

 quite a surprise to many of the admirers of 

 the latter. 



In Class B pacing, Sister Patch, of the 

 Dorchesters, was pitted against Edith R., of 

 the Old Colony, while Fred Eldredge, of the 

 Dorchesters, was the other starter with Joe 

 King. Edith R. landed the first heat in 1 :o6, 

 thus beating the fastest time made by the 

 free-for-allers. Sister Patch then came to the 

 front, winning in 1 :oj and 1 :o8 1-2. 



Trixie S., that had been purchased earlier 

 in the season by R. D. Stetson of the Old 

 Colony, was in the event against Color Bearer 

 and Harry Direct, both of the Dorchesters, 

 while Teddy Muscovite was the other starter 

 and represented the home club. Trixie S. 

 made short work of winning, and her time 

 was. 1 XX) 3-4 and 1:12. 



For the trotters, in the feature event was 

 President Crosby's Jack Bingen, of the Dor- 

 chesters. Katherine R., Harry C. Thayer's 

 entry for the ( )ld Colony, and Higgins. who 

 also represented the local club, while Hollis 

 Gallup came over from Dorchester with Si- 

 lence. Jack Bingen was not to be denied the 

 victory, he stepping the circle in 1 :o8 3-4 and 

 1 :o9. 



An event not in the list of interclub races 

 was between Kaldar and Miss Lake, the lat- 



ter owned by H. C. Thayer, the distance be- 

 ing mile heats. The former headed the sum- 

 mary in 2:22 1-4 for the fastest heat. Though 

 defeated. Miss Lake showed great improve- 

 ment ; in fact, this mare had come very fasi 

 in the last year of her handling and critics 

 predicted that, before her retirement from 

 racing, she would make a creditable record. 



Not since the inception of the club had there 

 been so successful a racing season. On each 

 Saturday there were held from eleven to four- 

 teen different racing events with a liberal num- 

 ber of starters in each, and, to show how well 

 matched the contestants were, the races aver- 

 aged three heats, showing that in most in- 

 stances the winners did not have an easy time 

 in securing the blue ribbon. With most of the 

 matinee clubs working hard to hold their own. 

 it was refreshing to the admirers of amateur 

 sport to note the flourishing condition of the 

 Old Colony Club. The winners for the va- 

 rious cups and prizes for the season were as 

 follows : 



PRIZE WINNERS 



Trotters 



Cup (value $10) for winner of fastest heat— H. W. 



Wake's The Reckoning, 1 :o8 3-4. 

 Harness (value $35) for winner of the greatest 



number of points — H. C. Thayer's Miss Lake, 79. 

 Horse clothing (value $20) for fastest average time 



in winning mile races — D. Frank Daley's The Sen- 

 ator. 

 Stop watch (value $15) for winner of second great- 

 est number of points — J. W. Totman's Kaldar, 



72 1-2. 

 Carriage robe (value $10) for fastest average time 



in winning races — H. W. Wake's Catherine C. 

 Wool sweater (value $10) for starting and finishing 



in greatest number of races — C. H. Williamson's 



George W. 

 Traveling bag (value $10) for winner of most points 



and never before competed in club's races — C. I. 



Swan's Higgins, 56. 

 Horse boots (value $7.50) for winner of greatest 



number of races — A. A. Davenport's Sampson ■ 



Maid. 

 Open bridle (value $6) for winner of most heats — 



C. E. Abbott's Stella Nelson. 

 Blue ribbon winners — E. C. Wilcox's Nelsa Benton, 



W. H. Foss' Warren H., Sandy Rulston's Patriot, 



and D. M. Biggs' Annie M. 



Pacers 



Silver cup (value $10) for winner of the fastest 

 heat— 11. W. Waite's Miss Winifred. 1 105. 



Harness (value $35) for winner of greatest number 

 of points — T. E. McKenzie's Doubtful. 63 1-2. 



Stop watch (value $15) for winner of second great- 

 est number of points — I. R. Anderson's Benjamin. 

 57 1-2. 



Carriage robe (value $10) for fastest average time 

 in winning races — J. 1". Young's Miss Yassar, aver- 

 age 1 :og 1-4. 



Traveling bag (value $10) for winner of most points 

 that never before competed in club's races — E. F. 

 Maher's Pauline. 



Hurse boots (value $7.50) for winner of greatest 

 number of races — B. A. Burke's Blix. 



Blue ribbon winners — H. P. Hobart's Jefferson Mc- 

 Kerron, John Dwyer's Bobby. 

 Note. — In 1014 were held 620 races with 1.553 



heats, racing 356 trotters and 264 pacers. 



