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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



most extensive one, as the following- amply 

 shows : 



Direct Hal, Jr., 2 :o6 1-2 ; Electric Todd, 

 2:09 1-2; Directum Regent, 2:09 1-4; Nancy 

 McKerron, 2:10 1-2; The Exponent, 2:11 3-4; 

 Capt. Aubrey, 2 :oy 1-4; Todd's Echo, 2 :2i 1-4; 

 Echo Todd, 2:26 1-4; Auella, 2 :20 1-2; Lizzie 

 Gerow, 2:191-2; Tom Phair, 2:141-4; 

 Guiterman (2), 2:24 1-2; Melva J., 2:10 1-2; 

 George Gay, 2:16 1-2; Mayor Todd, 2:18 1-4; 

 Day Book, 2:093-4; Directum Miller, 

 2:051-4; Lord Roberts, 2:071-4; Silver 

 Baron, 2:101-4; Baron Silver, 2:253-4; 

 Oakley Baron, 2:23; Aquilin, 2:193-4; 

 Prodigal Bingen, 2:16 1-2; Dingola, 2:13 1-4; 

 Nellie Boca, 2:183-4; Craydon, 2:183-4; 

 Arion Todd, 2:151-4; Bingen the Great, 

 2:19 1-2. 



Mr. Johnson besides Fanella, before men- 

 tioned, has owned the prominent brood mares 

 Nancy Hanks, 2:04; May Fern, 2:111-2; 

 Rubber, 2:10; Ligera, 2:273-4, the dam of 

 Bingara ; Delagoa, dam of Melva J., 2 :io 1-2 ; 

 Improvidence, 2:12; Regent's Last, dam of 

 Direct Hal, Jr., 2 :o6 3-4, etc. Mr. Johnson 

 resides in the Back Bay, Boston, Mass. 



MONROE GOODSPEED 



Monroe Goodspeed was born in Montgom- 

 ery, Vt, in 1842. His first work in Boston 

 was driving a team, in i860, for Michael Ale 

 in Medford. He then went to work for Ed 

 Holmes in Medford, after which he returned 

 to his native town for a spell and, returning 

 to Boston, drove horse-cars. He started in 

 business for himself in 1865, being one of the 

 firm of Collins & Chase, expressmen in 

 Brookline. In 1874, in partnership with 

 Willard Stone, he opened a boarding and 

 sale stable in Brookline. Soon after Mr. 

 Stone died and Mr. Goodspeed run the busi- 

 ness himself. He is now located in the 

 boarding and hacking stable at 316 Washing- 

 ton Street, Brookline. 



Mr. Goodspeed was one of the originators 

 of the Metropolitan Driving Club. He at- 

 tended the first meeting held in Young's 

 Hotel and was elected the club's first treas- 

 urer. He has since held the office of vice- 

 president and been on the board of direc- 

 tors. In the inception of the club Mr. Good- 

 speed secured many new members. He 

 joined the Dorchester Driving Club in 1908. 



Mr. Goodspeed has always been one of the 

 leading road-drivers of Greater Boston and. 

 occasionally, he owned a trotter for profes- 

 sional racing. Among those that he has 

 owned were the Whitney Horse, that thirty 

 years ago could trot in 2 :3c which was then 

 very fast; Zambia, 2:14 3-4; Mahlon, 



2:13 1-4; Navarro, 2:22 1-4; Beadle, that was 

 a noted performer on the Mill Dam twenty- 

 five years ago ; "The Colt," noted on the 

 snowpath, and kept by Mr. Goodspeed until 

 he was twenty-three years old, when he had 

 him killed; Helen Gould, 2:14 1-4; Starlight, 

 2:281-4; Olivette, 2:31 1-4, one of the most 

 stylish mares ever seen in Boston or vicinity ; 

 and Goodspeed, with a matinee record of 

 1 :o2 1-2, the last trotter Mr. Goodspeed drove 

 in matinee racing. Mr. Goodspeed also bred, 

 in connection with Henry M. Whitney, the 

 noted performers, Miss Whitney, 2 :o7 1-2, 

 and Whitney, 2:121-2. Mr. Goodspeed re- 

 sides at 19 Waverly Street, Brookline, Mass. 



ROBERT E. THOMPSON 



Robert E. Thompson was born in Colerain, 

 Mass., in 1868, and was graduated from Arms 

 Academy, Shelburne Falls, Mass. His first 

 work in Boston was in the employ of H. B. 

 Goodenough, Brighton, in the capacity of 

 foreman. Later, in the same year, he opened 

 the stable business in Brighton for himself, 

 selling, boarding and training horses, where 

 he is still located. 



Mr. Thompson was one of the first mem- 

 bers of the Metropolitan Driving Club, and 

 is also in the fraternal order of Masons. He 

 has been a leading representative in the mati- 

 nee racing at Charles River Speedway ; not 

 only driving his own trotters and pacers in 

 the events, but has usually been kept busy 

 handling the reins for other members of the 

 club. During the Summer months, too, Mr. 

 Thompson devotes considerable of his time 

 in touring the local half-mile tracks and pick- 

 ing up some of the purses offered in profes- 

 sional racing. 



In this way he has given the following 

 their records: Ben Locanda, 2:103-4: Whit- 

 ten Wilkes, 2:14; Gracie Baron, trotting, 

 2:181-2, pacing, 2:201-2; On Wilkes, 

 2:141-2; Lady Bingen, 2:161-2; Mokello, 

 2:201-2; Tony D., 2:161-4; Ed Wilkes, 

 2:131-4; Aristocrat, 2:251-2; Binjolla, 

 2:173-4; Evelyn B., 2:291-2, and Commo- 

 dore Bingen, 2:173-4. 



Others he raced, but did not give records 

 to were : My Star, 2 :o3 3-4-; Mattie March, 

 2:141-4; Gallagher, 2:031-2; Alice Blair, 

 Barbara B., 2:151-4; Frank S., 2:081-4; 

 Outcast, 2:171-4; Bon View, 2:151-4; 

 Candy Girl, 2:171-4: McEwen Belle, 

 2:181-4; Captain Sampson, 2:121-4; Peter 

 Reed, 2:191-4, winner of second money in 

 $5,000 stake at Augusta, Me., in Hanks' 

 Circuit, and Jay Kay, 2:15 1-2. Mr. Thomp- 

 son resides at 36 Surrey Street, Brighton, 

 Mass. 



