The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



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vice-president; E. B. Phillips, second vice- 

 presidenl ; Charles Chamberlain, secretary 

 ami treasurer, and the ever reliable Sam G. 

 Brown as clerk. 



This season was held' the big interclub 

 meets between the Metropolitan. Fellsway. 

 Dorchester, Quannapowitt, and Lynn, all of 

 the events being decided at Combination 

 Park. In this series of matinees the Lynn 

 Club finished third, only fifteen points back 

 of the Metropolitans, and five points in the 

 rear of the Fellsway Club, which finished 

 second. 



Even with all the local racing at Rock- 

 dale Park, interclub meets, the Winter 

 banquet and other diversions, C. J. McGov- 

 ern. one of the enthusiastic members of the 

 club, concluded to try an outside diversion 

 by entering his horse, Awning Boy, in a 

 three-quarter mile handicap race at Com- 

 bination Park. Medford. Then he was 

 very happily pleased with winning the race, 

 and the time was announced as i :48. Soon 

 after, however, he discovered that under the 

 National Trotting Association rules, any 

 horse winning a heat at a distance greater 

 than a half-mile and under a mile secured 

 a record or bar. This caused Mr. McGov- 

 ern considerable worriment, as he had 

 counted on starting Awning Boy in a few 

 professional races, and had supposed that 

 he was eligible to the slow classes. Finally 

 Mr. McGovern carried his case before the 

 board of appeals of the X. T. A., in New 

 York, and they declared that inasmuch as 

 Awning Boy had earned a record of r ^8 it 

 would have to stand, making the gelding 

 eligible only for the free-for-alls. Nat- 

 urally, this riding put Mr. McGovern out of 

 winning- any of the rich stakes, like the M. 

 & M., the Massachusetts, etc. 



The prize winners for the year of 1910 

 follow : 



Trotters 

 Championship time cup — E. B. Phillips' Croesus. 

 Point cup — Levi Lord's General. 



Pacers 

 Championship time cup — T. W. Fogg's Lady Laurin. 

 Point cup — A. Hanson's Miss Manager. 



SEASON OF 1911 



Dr. Babbitt still continued to receive the 

 most votes for president of the driving club, 

 as, at the annual meeting in January, he 

 was elected to sit in the big chair for another 

 term, making it his fifth consecutive year in 

 the office. Other officers were: First vice- 

 president, E. E. Bray ; second vice-president, 



J'".. I'.. Phillips; secretary and treasurer, 

 Charles Chamberlain ; clerk, S. G. Brown. 



The club decided early in the season not 

 to participate in any more interclub meets, 

 or rather a big interclub meet like the pre- 

 vious year with the events to lie decided at 

 Combination Park. If similar to the sea- 

 son of 1909, when the several clubs met at 

 each of the tracks in rotation, thus having 

 one of the series at Rockdale Park, the 

 Lynn Club would act differently in being a 

 pary to interclub racing. 



At the conclusion of the club's Summer 

 of matinee racing at Rockdale, the following 

 were awarded the cups for the year : 



Trotters 

 Championship time cup — F. J. Linnehan's Rose 



Mack, 1:073-4, 1:07, 1:07. 

 Point cup — C. J. McGovern's Awning Boy. 



Pacers 

 Championship time cup — E. B. Phillips' Reliance, 



1:043-4, 1:041-4- 

 Point cup — A. Hanson's Dewey Dumas. 



SEASON OF 1912 



There was a change in the list of officials 

 at the annual election. Dr. Babbitt refusing 

 any further honors in that line. While he 



ELMER E. BRAY 

 President 1912 



said he wanted to be a good fellow and 

 would always have his heart'si interest in 

 the welfare of the club, yet he thought that 

 five vears in harness gave him the privilege 

 of sitting on the side lines for a while and 

 watch how somebody else could do it. 



