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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



amateur turf, having owned over 150 horses 

 with records of 2 :$o or better, among the 

 number being "Ward M., 2:09 1-4; Sherman 

 Clay. 2:05 3-4; Giles Noyes, 2:05 1-4; Sena- 

 tor I-.. 2:12; Billy 11., 2:10 3-4; and Brother 

 Milro', 2:r4 1-2. While .Mr. Smith has 

 owned many horses with speed, yet the one he 

 feels the most pride in is Quilberta, foaled on 

 May 14. 1911, and which he bred himself. 

 This filly took a trotting record, on August 6, 

 1913, of 2:21) 3-4. as a two-year-old. This 

 was at Poughkeepsie, X. V.. over a very 

 heavy track; in fact, so bad was the footing 

 that one of the horses racing that afternoon 

 could it it go faster than around 2 130. and a 

 week later stepped in 2:17 1-2. 



Quilberta is bred in the purple. She was 

 sired by Bingara, which at thirteen years of 

 age had 75 with records between 2:05 1-4 and 

 2 :3c and has four sons and five daughters 

 that have either sired standard speed or have 

 produced it. Her dam is Regal Lassie, 

 2:26 1-4, by Ralph Rex, 2:26 3-4. Regal 

 Lassie had three foals before she died, in 

 1913. Zaida secured a record of 2:09 1-4. 

 Lester M. appended a matinee record of 

 2:14 1-2, over a half-mile track, and Quil- 

 berta, the equine subject of this sketch. Ralph 

 Rex was a son of the mighty Ralph Wilkes. 

 2 :o6 3-4, son of Red W'ilkes. Second dam of 

 Quilberta was Cune Lass, the dam of Cristo, 

 2:17 1-4, by Palatka, son of Nutwood, 

 2:18 3-4. Third dam. Cuneiform, dam of 

 1 ascade, 2:06 1-2, and Silvia. 2:19 1-4. by 

 Lord Russell. Fourth dam, Englewood. dam 

 of Kurburn. 2 :20, by Belmont. Fifth dam. 

 Woodbine, dam of Wedgewood, 2:19. and 

 Woodford Mambrino, 2:21 1-2. etc.. by 

 W iodford. 



Mr. Smith has not only made a reputation 

 as a turf authority, but his very clever work 

 with the brush has given him a name among 

 artists, his work in oil of some of the famous 

 trotters having brought him agreeable criti- 

 cism fr.un men with rare judgment in equine 

 art. A peculiarity of Mr. Smith is the super- 

 stition of seeing the new moon over his right 

 or left shoulder. He would rather pay $50 

 lo -.,nv good cause than see a new moon 

 over his 'left shoulder. In illustrating this is 

 told the following: 



In HJ07, the year Mr. Smith visited Au- 

 stralia, he mentioned the fact one evening be- 

 fore leaving Boston that he was afraid he 

 was in for a siege of hard luck, as he hap- 

 pened to look at the new moon over his left 

 shoulder. His friends took this with a lot of 

 incredulity and jollied Mr. Smith consider- 

 ably over" the way he felt. Watch the result: 

 That evening, on returning home, Mr. Smith 



was held up on the Boston Common and had 

 a twenty-stone diamond horseshoe pin taken, 

 a twelve-ride ticket between Boston and West- 

 boro, and $48 in currency. 



( >n the other hand, here was a time when 

 he glimpsed the new moon over his right 

 shoulder. It was about the last of pool-selling 

 at Springfield. Mass. Henry Pope's Boss H. 

 was touted heavily to win. as he had been 

 timed in better than 2:20 the week before. 

 Among tlio.se opposing him in the race was 

 the little trotter, George A., owned by Eugene 

 and George Ayer of Boston. Air. Smith was 

 obliged lo stand at the edge of the crowd 

 when Col. Morse opened up the selling, and 

 he thought the Colonel was offering Boss H. 

 at $10. so raised both hands, and fingers 

 spread out, to indicate he would like a supply 

 of ten tickets at that market. Morse knocked 

 down the order, and when Mr. Smith went 

 for his tickets, they read. ( ieorge A.. $10, in 

 total pools of $130 to $180. It so happened 

 that Mr. Smith had not cash enough to hedge 

 off, so he had to let this stand. Well, Boss H. 

 made a bad break in the first turn the first 

 heat and was distanced by at least one-eighth 

 of a mile, the heat being won by Geo. A., 

 driven by Tom Marsh, as were also the two 

 heats following and the race. George A., 

 having been rated as a "morning glory," Mr. 

 Smith never would have invested counterfeit 

 money on him, but having seen the new 

 moon over his right shoulder, oi course, fate 

 put his money on the winner, as he has al- 

 ways believed, and the result was that his 

 bank account was increased by over $1,300. 

 Mr. Smith resides in Westboro. Mass. 



EUGENE S. MORSE 



Eugexe S. Morse was born in Waterville, 

 Me., in 1850. and received his education in 

 Brookline. Mass.. where he was graduated 

 from the high school. In 1876 he first began 

 work in Boston, engaging with ( i. M. Win- 

 slow & Co., dealers in coal. He started in the 

 retail coal business for himself in 1896, at too 

 Medford Street, Charlestown, where he is still 

 1< icated. 



Mr. Morse is a member of the Metropol 

 itan, Dorchestei and Fellsway Driving Clubs. 

 lie joined the Dorchester Club in 11)04, and 

 was a charter member of the other two 

 clubs. He also belongs to the Masons, the 

 National Lancers. Boston Light Infantry, 

 Coal Exchange of Boston, and the Chamber 

 of Commerce. For many years Mr. Morse 

 was in the thick of battle on the speedway 

 with his fast string of pacers, and it was a 

 merry kind of a wiggler that was capable of 

 taking his measure. Among those best 



