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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



itan 22, Dorchester 21, and Quannapowitt last 

 with 14 points. The fastest event was won by 

 Charley King, owned by A. T. Wheelock of 

 Dorchester, who paced his second heat in 

 1 104 1-2. The next best performance by the 

 pacers was made by Reliance, from the Lynn 

 Club, beating a fast field, the last heat, in 1 105. 

 For the trotters, The Sailorman, owned by 

 William La Croix of the Lynn Club, did sur- 

 prisingly well by stepping two heats in 1 .-05. 

 Dehesia, the property of Thomas Brady of the 

 Quannapowitt Club, marched off with a heat in 

 1 :o" ; Billy F., from Fellsway, in 1 :o/, and 

 Willie John, owned by W. J. Ford of Dor- 

 chester, his second heat in 1 :o6 1-2. 



The second matinee came on July 16, and, 

 after five races had been decided, rain called 

 the balance of the program off. The Fellsway 

 and Quannapowitt Clubs were tied with 13 

 points each, Dorchester got 11, Lynn 9, 

 and Metropolitan 8. In the fast classes Re- 

 liance won the pace quite handily and Haw- 

 kins the trot. 



There was some genuine horse racing at the 

 third matinee of interclub meets at Combina- 

 tion Park, on" July 23, the honors going to the 

 Metropolitan Club with 29 points, Lynn and 

 Dorchester getting 22 each, and Fellsway and 

 Quannapowitt 18. 



Reliance won the feature event of the day, 

 though Cascade captured the first and fastest 

 heat in 1 104. Louise G. reeled off a heat in 

 1 :o5 in her event, as did Aintree in his class. 

 The best work by the trotters was The Sailor- 

 man winning his heat in 1 105 1-4, Rose Mack 

 a heat in 1 :o6, and Dehesia one in 1 :oy. 



The fourth weekly matinee of the interclub 

 program was on August 6, and resulted in the 

 Metropolitan getting 30 points, the most of 

 any club, Fellsway 27 points, while Dorches- 

 ter earned 26, Lynn 19, and Quannapowitt 6. 

 This put the Mets in the lead for the series. 



A new factor entered the field in the fast 

 pacing mare, Easter Direct, who appeared 

 against Reliance and others of that class, and 

 made good the promise of her friends in the 

 Fellsway Club by capturing the event in 

 straight heats, the second one in 1 :o4 3-4. The 

 Mets had out a pretty slick one, too, in Edwin 

 S., who reeled off his second heat in 1 105, the 

 same time that was made by Lady Laurin in 

 her class. 



But if there was plenty of fun in the pacing- 

 events, then the trotting classes were regular 

 hurrahs in the way they fairly burned up the 

 track. Chase, the trotting gelding that had 

 been raced by C. H. Belledeu so successfully 

 on the Charles River Speedway, had been 

 purchased by Chauncy Sears of Fall River, 

 and made his debut in Class F against The 



Sailorman and Mack Mack. The last named 

 gelding George Graves had been racing in 

 matinees over the Readville track under the 

 colors of the Boston Driving Club. When the 

 smoke of the battle cleared in this event, it 

 was found that Chase headed the summary 

 with two heats in the remarkable time of 

 1 103 3-4, 1 :o4 1-2. 



The next interclub matinee came on Au- 

 gust 13, and the largest crowd of the season 

 was attracted by the announcement that the 

 celebrated pacer, Gallagher, 2:03 1-2, had 

 been purchased by J. O. Reay and E. F. 

 Adams, of the Metropolitan Club, and was 

 going to make his appearance in Class D 

 against the stars of the interclub meets. Bob 

 Thompson drove the gelding, and while he did 

 not have any picnic, yet the judges saw him 

 first at the wire by a margin of a half-length 

 each time, and, in winning these heats, he 

 lowered the track record to 1 :o2 1-4, and 

 came • back in his second heat in 1:03 1-4. 

 Easter Direct drove him out in the first in- 

 stance, and Reliance got the place the next 

 time. 



A very close second to Gallagher in secur- 

 ing honors of the day were Lady Laurin and 

 Louise G, the latter stepping off the first heat 

 in 1 :03 3-4, and was then barely beaten by 

 Lady Laurin in 1 .-03 1-4 and 1 104 1-2. An- 

 other whirlwind pacer to take part was Billy 

 Patten, who was out to take the measure of 

 Edwin S., but just fell short, though making 

 the winner tram]) the last heat in 1 104 1-2. 



Then to show there was no hard feeling. 

 Charley King and Billy Baggs hooked up in 

 a tremendous battle, Billy getting the first 

 heat in 1 105. After that Charley King had all 

 he could do to stall off Pointer Patchen, the 

 final heat being in 1 :o4 1-2. 



Remembering the decision of the previous 

 week, George Graves was out with blood in 

 his eye to take the measure of Chase with his 

 Mack Mack. The first heat went to Chase in 

 1 :o6 3-4, The Sailorman being the contender. 

 Then Mack Mack came to life and annexed 

 the second one in 1 :o6 1-2, just nipping The 

 Sailorman a few feet from the wire. The 

 third heat was another duel between these 

 two, Mack Mack barely getting the verdict, in 

 the fast time of 1 :o4. 



Ralph Wick took part in this interclub 

 entertainment for the first time, he being en- 

 tered in Class G, and the champion half-mile 

 campaigner of the world won easily, turning 

 the track the last heat in 1 :o6. Geiger, from 

 the Metropolitan, in his event reeled off a trip 

 in 1 :o(>. Rose Alack and Monroe each did a 

 heat in 1 :o6 1-4, and Willie John kept busy 



