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stretch being packed with spectators. The 

 racing was very interesting, and, after a se- 

 vere contest, the Lynn Club were returned the 

 victors for the afternoon, by the close margin 

 of a single point, having earned 36, to their 

 nearest competitor, Dorchester, which got 35. 

 Sam G. Brown, of Lynn, was the starting 

 judge, and his excellent work was appreci- 

 ated by all. 



The feature event proved to be between 

 Directumwood and Lady Laurin. the former 

 winning through the clever driving of El- 

 dredge, the master reinsman of the Dorchester 

 Club. Another very closely contested race 

 was Reliance beating Cascade. For the trot- 



GENERAL, 2:31 1-4 



Defeated Major Dillard at Combination Park, 



and a Star Field of Trotters at Rockdale Park 



in Interclub Meet. Owned and Driven 



by Levi S. Lord 



ters, General, owned and driven by Levi Lord, 

 defeated a crack field of starters, while an- 

 . other race that kept the crowd on tiptoes un- 

 til the winner was announced was Croesus de- 

 feating Crown Prince, the third and final heat 

 being in the fast time of 1 :o". 



The interclub series now moved to the 

 Wakefield-Reading track, the home of the 

 Quannapowitt Club, the meeting being held on 

 August 21. A peculiar feature of this occa- 

 sion was that thirty minutes before the first 

 race was called there was a mere handful of 

 people in the grandstand, and when the word 

 was given for the first heat of the afternoon, 

 not a seat could be found for those who 

 were tardy in arriving, so quickly had the 

 grandstand filled to overflowing. Showing 

 how evenly matched the horses were, Dor- 

 chester scored the most points of the after- 

 noon by three points over Fellsway, while 

 the latter was only two ahead of Lynn, thus 

 only five points between these three clubs. 



The big race was between Reliance and 

 Directumwood. The meeting between the two 

 at Lynn had aroused a lot of feeling between 

 the admirers of each of the fast pacers. The 

 first heat both raced head and head the entire 

 half-mile, and were so closely aligned at the 

 wire that the judges could not separate them 

 and were obliged to announce a dead heat, the 

 time being 1 104 3-4. The second heat looked 

 like a repetition of the first to the quarter, but 

 at this point Reliance moved out in front and 

 won by a couple of lengths in the same time 

 as the first heat. The last trip Reliance led 

 all the way, winning handily in I 103 1-2. 

 which lowered the track record 1 3-4 seconds, 

 held by Al Ray. 



Dorchester was successful in Class H, for 

 trotters, Harry C. Thayer taking the event 

 with Altro L., the first heat in 1 109 1-2, while 

 another interesting trotting class was that won 

 by \Yalter Corbett with Lord Quex, the sec- 

 ond heat in 1 :o8 1-2. 



The closing matinee of the series of inter- 

 club racing was held at Combination Park, on 

 September 25. and while the afternoon's racing 

 resulted in Fellsway getting 42 points to 36 

 for Dorchester and 30 for Lynn, yet in the 

 entire series Dorchester was returned the 

 victor by securing 152 points, Fellsway 131, 

 Lynn 127, and Quannapowitt 45, which gave 

 to the Dorchester Club the elegant silver cup 

 that was the trophy for the club winning the 

 series. 



Without the opposition of Reliance, Direc- 

 tumwood had an easy time winning his event. 

 The real stirring races of the afternoon were 

 the victories of Louise E. over Lady Laurin, 

 and of Croesus, in Class K, each of these 

 horses having to step in 1 :o7 3-4 to win their 

 respective events. 



POINTS WON IN INTERCLUB MEETS 



Clubs Dor. Fells. Lynn. Quann. 



First Matinee 45 32 30 II 



Second Matinee .... 35 24 36 12 



Third Matinee 36 33 3> 20 



Fourth Matinee .... 36 42 30 2 



Total Points 152 131 127 45 



Combination Park. Mkiiford, June 26, 1909. 

 Class A, trotting. 



The Christian, b. g. (Forshner) F 1 1 



Billy Ross, b. g. (Bailey) D 2 2 



Claynette, b. m. (La Croix) L 3 3 



Adonis, b. g. (Rice) Q 4 4 



Time — I :io 1-2, 1 :n 



Class B, pacing. 



Edith R., ch. m. (Rideout) F 1 I 



Go See. b. g. (Gushee) D 2 2 



Chesterhallis, blk. g. (Gibbons) Q 3 *4 



W'inola, b. m. (Delano) L 4 3 



Time — 1 :io, 1 :o8 1-2. 



*\\"on heat to decide tie for third place. 



