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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



There was one race alone on the card that 

 was well worth going a long way to see, the 

 fast trotting class, between Dehesia, Awning 



DR. C. H. PLAYDON 

 President 1914 



Boy, Crash and Mary Robbins. Crash, driven 

 by his owner, Mr. Tassinari, was given the in- 

 itial heat over the Quannapowitt entry, Dehe- 

 sia, though the gelding paced a lot of the 



way. The time was i :io 1-2. The pacing of 

 Crash and decision of the judges started the 

 fun. The second heat was given to Dehesia 

 in 1:1 1 1-2, though Awning Boy finished 

 ahead, but he was placed last, as Charles Mc- 

 Govern. his owner and driver, had cut in too 

 soon in taking the pole in the first turn. Then, 

 amid great cheering, the Lynn trotter, Awn- 

 ing Boy, annexed the third heat by a neck 

 from Dehesia. It was now do or die for 

 Quannapowitt, and Edward Brady, to better 

 the conditions, as he thought, turned Dehesia 

 over to his son, Paul, to team the fourth heat. 

 It proved a good move, as the game little mare 

 won in the fastest time of the race, 1:10. 



On August 15, the Quannapowitts went to 

 Combination Park and tackled the Fellsways. 

 winning by the narrow margin of 36 points to 

 34 points. Some of the members of the Fells- 

 way complained that one of their members, a 

 Air. Wood, withdrew Billy F. in Class F, after 

 having finished second in the opening heat, as, 

 had he only come last the second trip, the two 

 points would have tied Quannapowitt, while 

 a second, position would have beaten them a 

 point 



The return interclub meet between the two 

 clubs was held at Reading, on August 22, and 

 the Fellsway horses were badly outclassed, the 

 defeat being the worst one ever recorded in 

 interclub racing in the history of Greater Bos- 

 ton, the final standing being, Quannapowitt, 

 50 points ; Fellsway, 9 points. 



TOM SMELZEY, 2:18 1-2 



When 29 Years Old He Won Many Races Over Reading Track, and Made Friends by His 



Gameness. Owned and Driven by Henry W. Weymouth, Secretary 1912-13-14 



