The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



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the Metropolitan Driving Club for trotters in 

 the Spring series of 1909, winning her 



fourth heat in 1 :oi 1-4. In the Fall scries 

 of that year, she won the point cup For 

 pacers, and in the Fall scries of 1910, she 

 was placed to trotting again, capturing the 

 speed cup with a winning heat of 1:021-2. 

 Then came from his stable Paul Revere, 

 2:07 t-2; Col. Taylor, 2:091-2, winner of a 

 five-mile race at Montreal; Red Pepper, 

 2:171-2; Mazie Sidney, trial 2:131-4, win- 

 ner of the championship ribbon for two sea- 

 sons at the Franklin Field Speedway, and, 

 when Mr. Furbush sold her, he gave the rib- 

 bon hack to the Dorchester Driving Club to 

 again be raced For. 1 ithers not before men- 

 tioned were Young Clon, 2 : 1 3 1 -4 ; General 

 Fiske, 2:143-4, and some 150 more with 

 records in 2:30 or better. Mr. Furbush re- 

 sides at 66 Davis Avenue, West Newton, 

 Mass. 



HARRY J. RUSSELL 

 Harry J. Russell, twenty-five years ago, 

 opened a real estate and investment office at 

 79 Milk Street, Boston, which he has, by con- 

 stant application and good business judg- 

 ment, developed into one of the largest in the 

 city. He joined the Metropolitan Driving 

 Club at its first meeting in Young's Hotel, 

 and. when the second meeting came about, put 

 in ten new members, paying their dues with 

 his personal check. He also belongs to the 

 Dorchester and the Gentlemen's Driving Clubs 

 of Boston. 



Mr. Russell has one hobby — a good road 

 horse, and always has him hooked right. 

 Probably no horse was better known in 

 •Greater Boston than Picture Hat, and he was 

 in every way what his name designates — a 

 picture. He had 2 :20 speed, was a free 

 driver and perfectly mannered, which, with 

 beauty, made a great combination of quali- 

 ties to be found in one horse. Hitched 

 double with Addison A., the pair would give 

 a person a most magnificent ride, not think- 

 ing anything of stepping off a thirty-mile 

 journey in one afternoon. 



In the early days of racing at Charles 

 River Speedway, Mr. Russell, besides Picture 

 Hat, had in the matinees the fast pacer, The 

 Private, 2:07 1-2, that was driven by M. A. 

 Nevens, Queen Elizabeth, Jessie K., 

 2:26 1-2: Kidnapper, 2:24: Frank Herdic, 

 2:17 1-4: Kitty Wilkes, 2:24 1-4, etc. Mr. 

 Russell resides at 407 Massachusetts Avenue, 

 B( 'ston. 



in the schools of New Hampshire, Vermont 



and .Massachusetts, his parents moving from 

 one to the other of these states while he was 

 a young man. His first work in Boston was in 

 1848. in the employ of Daniel Whitaker, soap 

 manufacturer, in Jamaica Plain. In 1852 he 

 started in the soap business for himself in 

 Jamaica Plain, and, five years later, opened 

 a provision store there. After running this 

 three years, he disposed of it ami, in 1861, 

 he started in the tallow business, locating in 

 Roxbury, where he remained fi irty-two years, 

 retiring from business when he was seventy 

 years of age. Mr. Whitaker is a member of 

 the fraternal order of Masons. 



Mr. Whitaker was long identified with the 

 professional turf of New England, lie was 

 a patron of the noted driver, J. J. Bowen. 

 His first venture was with the trotter Hazor, 

 that gained a record of 2\2y. He then got 

 the good money-winning performer. Magic, 

 2:25 1-4. Then, in turn, came White Socks, 

 2:20 1-2, which had every indication of being 

 one of the most valuable trotters of his period 

 when his turf career was cut short by his sud- 

 den death. This was a severe blow to both 

 Mr. Whitaker and "Uncle Jock," but did not 

 deter Air. Whitaker from further investment 

 in high-class trotters. His next venture was 

 Jesse Hanson, 2:13 3-4, that was campaigned 

 over mile tracks for several seasons with 

 success. Refina, 2 :oS 1-2, will long be re- 

 membered by horsemen in her succession of 

 hard-fought victories. From the tap of the 

 bell, for the first heat, she was never left out 

 of the reckoning. The last of Mr. Whitaker's 

 racing was done with the pacer. John T., 

 2:09 1-4. which he owned in partnership with 

 Sanford Small. This gelding was driven in 

 his races by Lester Dore, as Mr. Wh'tM 

 considered it too dangerous for Mr. Bowen 

 to drive in races at his old age. Mr. Whita- 

 ker resides at 47 Ocean Street, Dorchester, 

 Mass. 



LEWIS WHITAKER 

 Lewis Whitaker was born in Stanstead, 

 Conn., in 1831. He received his education 



EVERETT L. SMITH 



Everett L. Smith was born in Quincy, 

 Mass., in 1S65, and attended the Dwight 

 Grammar School in Boston, and was gradu- 

 ated from the Bryant & Stratton Commercial 

 College. He entered the employ of Cumner- 

 Tones Co., tailors' trimmings, in 1S84, it be- 

 ing his first work in Boston. In later years he 

 was identified as turf correspondent for the 

 metropolitan papers of New York and Chi- 

 cago, and of many of the leading weekly pub- 

 lications devoted to the interests of the light 

 harness horse. Mr. Smith is a member of the 

 Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston and the 

 B. A. A. of Boston.' 



Mr. Smith has been very prominent on the 



