The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



PRIZE WINNERS OF DORCHES- 

 TER CLUB IN SEASON 

 OF 1914 



There was a large list of prizes offered by 

 members and friends of the Dorchester Gen- 

 tlemen's Driving Club for the horses racing 

 at the Franklin Field Speedway in the season 

 of 1914, which inclined to keep competition 

 at a high pitch up to the last matinee, held 

 on Thanksgiving Day. A review of the list 

 shows that every prize was well worth the 

 trouble in winning. 



Following is the complete list of winners 

 which is placed in this section of the book 

 on account of the Dorchester Club racing 

 so late it was impossible to give the winners 

 in the regular space allotted to the club's 

 history : 



Trotters 

 Silver cup, value $30, for fastest average time in 

 six winning races — R. G. Crosby's Jack Bingen, 

 average 1 :04 1-4. 

 Silver cup, value $30, for winning greatest number 

 of heats in 1 :o8 or better — M. McDermott's Mary 

 Mc, 17 heats. 

 Silver cup, value $25, for winning fastest heat in 



winning race — Hollis Gallup's Silence, I :04 3-4. 

 First point prize, road cart, value $65 — Won by 



George M., with 96 points. 

 Second point prize, harness, value $30 — Won by 



Jack Bingen with 84 points. 

 Third point prize, suit of horse clothing, value $15 



— Won by Amy's Baby with 83 points. 

 Fourth point prize, silver cup, value $10 — Won by 



Dot with 72 points. 

 Fifth point prize, silver cup, value $10 — Won by 



May McKinney with 65 points. 

 Sixth point prize, blankets, value $10 — Won by 



Mary Mc, with 64 points. 

 Seventh point prize, cup, value $8 — Won by Peter 



Red Bell with 61 points. 

 Eighth point prize, chest of horse medicine — Won 



by Lister W., with 46 points. 

 Ninth point prize, cooler, value $5 — Won by Quo 



Vadis with 40 points. 

 Tenth point prize, cooler, value $5 — Won by Gal- 

 lup's Todd with 37 points. 

 Eleventh point prize, breezer, value $5 — Won by 



Green Mountain Boy with 34 points. 

 Twelfth point prize, whip, value $5 — Won by Billy 



Bingen with 32 points. 

 Thirteenth point prize, cooler, value $5 — Won by 



Silence with 31 points. 

 Fourteenth point prize, breezer, value $3 — Won by 

 Baron Patch with 31 points. 



Pacers 

 Silver cup, value $30, for fastest average time in six 

 winning races — W. H. Young's Sister Patch, aver. 



I :02. 



Silver cup, value $30, for winning fastest average 

 time in six winning races, without the hopples — 

 C. M. Warren's Color Bearer, aver. 1 :o6 1-4. 



Silver cup, value $25. for winning most heats in 

 1 :07 or better — A. T. Wheelock's Charley King. 



I I heats. 



First point prize, road cart, value $65 — Won by 



Sister Patch with 80 points. 

 Second point prize, silver cup, value $25 — Won by 



Sunshine with 73 points. 



Third point prize, blanket, value $15— Won by 



Mark's Bell, Jr., with 51 points. 

 Fourth point prize, silver cup, value $10— Won by 



Hattie B., with 46 points. 

 Fifth point prize, blankets, value $10 — Won by 



Color Bearer with 41 points. 

 Sixth point prize, blanket, value $10 — Won by Mona 



Maid with 35 points. 

 Seventh point prize, silver cup, value $8 — Won by 



Charley King with 34 points. 

 Eighth point prize, chest of horse medicine — Won 



by Harry Direct with 31 points. 

 Ninth point prize, cooler, value $5 — Won by Jenny 



F., with 30 points. 

 Tenth point prize, cooler, value $5 — Won by Knox 



Gelatine Baby with 26 points. 

 Eleventh point prize, cooler, value $5 — Won by 



C. E. R., with 26 points. 

 Twelfth point prize, breezer, value $5 — Won by 



Shamrock with 21 points. 

 Thirteenth point prize, whip, value $5 — Won by Dob- 

 son with 20 points. 

 Fourteenth point prize, whip, value $5 — Won by 



Windsor B., with 19 points. 



Colt Prizes 

 First, C. M. Warren's Alpine Echo ; second, J. W. 

 Kurns' Ralph Bingen; third, D. M. Biggs' Annie M. 



FIRST HORSE SHOW WAS HELD 

 IN SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 



IN 1853 



The first horse show of national impor- 

 tance in North America was held in Spring- 

 field, Mass., October 10 to 13, in the year 

 1853. The affairs of this pioneer equine ex- 

 position were in the hands of George M 

 Atwater, and with the profits of this initial 

 show and the successful ones which followed 

 was built Hampden Park, for many years one 

 of the popular mile racing tracks of New Eng- 

 land. 



At the first horse show, in 1853, the great 

 showman, P. T. Barnum, judged the ponies 

 in the infield of the temporary fair ground, 

 while Budd Doble drove in races on the 

 track. The site of these festivities, which 

 marked an era in the career of the American 

 horse, was a vacant lot in Springfield, owned 

 by the United States Government, now cov- 

 ered by the United States armory buildings. 

 A temporary grandstand, stalls and other 

 buildings were erected for the first horse 

 show and a half-mile track laid out for the 

 occasion. 



Such men of national reputation as Rufi' e 

 Choate, Edward Everett and Oliver Wendell 

 Holmes were numbered among the guests of 

 the association on its opening show, and 

 later, in 1857, when Hampden Park was 

 inaugurated, the address of the dav was 

 made bv Rev. Henrv Ward Beccher. 



A bad horse, eats as much as a good one. 



— Myster. 



