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known that he drove were Billy Wilkes, 

 2:181-4; Edith J., 2:141-4, and "Billy F.. 

 2:11 1-4. Each of these was the recipient of 

 several of the season's cups at the Metro- 

 politan Club races. Mr. Morse resides at 

 18 Thayer Street, Brookline, Mass. 



GEORGE G. HALL 



George G. Hall was born in Tiverton, 

 R. I., in the homestead settled by his fore- 

 father, William Hall, who was the first re- 

 corded taxpayer of that settlement, back in 

 1638. Coming to Boston he entered the hotel 

 business, being manager of the Parker House 

 for eleven years. J. Reed Whipple filled the 

 position of steward at the same hotel. Messrs. 

 Hall and Whipple began business for them- 

 selves by opening Young's Hotel in 1876, and 

 in 1883 they opened the Adams House. Later 

 on Mr. Hall assumed the sole ownership of 

 the Adams House, Mr. Whipple taking 

 Young's Hotel. 



For many years Mr. Hall has been the king- 

 pin of New England in owning and driving 

 matched pairs of fast trotters. He was fa- 

 miliar in the road days of the old Mill Dam, 

 Mile Ground, Arsenal Road and Beacon Street 

 boulevard. It was a sight never to be forgot- 

 ten to see Mr. Hall go over the speed grounds 

 behind one of his speedy pairs of trotters. He 

 had in Bervaldo, 2:081-4, and Don Labor, 

 2 :o5 1-4, the fastest pair ever owned by a New 

 England man. 



Other pairs that made fame for Mr. Hall 

 throughout the wdiole country were Tomah, 

 2:10, and Eddie B., 2:143-4; Kim, 2:133-4, 

 and Lexington, 2:231-4; Bessie Brown, 

 2:123-4, and Regal Lassie, 2:261-4; Kallar 

 and Nethersole; Actress, 2:263-4. and Lady 

 Preston, 2 :30, which stepped a mile in 2 :23 ; 

 Genie L., 2:181-4, and Alta, 2:17 1-2, which 

 trotted Mystic Park in 2:221-4. Mr. Hall 

 is at present driving together Bervaldo and 

 Harry Mac. The fastest mile ever made 

 by a pair of trotters in New England with 

 horses owned by the same man, is to the credit 

 of Tomah and Eddie B., they turning Read- 

 ville track in 2:13 1-4. Mr. Hall has owned 

 more than 400 trotters with records of 2:30 

 and better, a record never approached by any 

 other man in New England, and perhaps not 

 in the entire country by one using the horses 

 for their own personal road driving. 



Air. Hall is a life member of the Metropoli- 

 tan Driving Club and a charter member of 

 the Gentlemen's Driving Club, of Boston. He 

 also belongs to many social clubs of Boston. 

 At Portsmouth, R. I., he owns a valuable stock 

 farm, the residence having all of the conven- 

 iences of a city home of wealth, and the barns 

 containing all modern improvements. In Bos- 

 ton he has, at 12 Byron Street, a private sta- 



ble that compares with any in the city. Air. 

 Hall resides at 78 Beacon Street, Boston, 

 A'lass. 



GEORGE ROBINSON HALL 



George Robinson Hall was born in New 

 Bedford, Alass., in 1871, and received his pre- 

 liminary education at the Somerset and Prince 

 Schools in Boston, and was graduated from 

 the New Bedford High and Friends' Acad- 

 emy, New Bedford. He has devoted his life 

 in the hotel business, being connected with his 

 father, George G. Hall, in the Adams House, 

 Boston, Alass. 



Air. Hall is a life member of the Aletropoli- 

 tan Driving Club and one of the first to join 

 the Gentlemen's Driving Club of Boston. He 

 also belongs to the B. A. A., Tatassit, and Bos- 

 ton Yacht Clubs, the Sons of Revolution, and 

 the Colonial War Decendents. 



Air. Hall has been one of the foremost road 

 drivers of Boston, and was greatly interested 

 in matinee racing at Readville. He differed 

 from the other members of his family in en- 

 joying a fast pacer, as well as a trotter, and 

 he earned the reputation of being a clever 

 reinsman in either road brushing or in mati- 

 nee racing. Among the well known horses he 

 has owned, and won many races with, are 

 Nellie S., 2:12 1-4; Early Bird, Jr., 2:11 1-2; 

 Little Wonder, 2:161-4; Cinch, 2:081-4; 

 Geiger, 2:15 3-4; Dick Berry, 2:11 3-4; Sid 

 Barnes, 2:161-4; Harry, 2:19; Belgard, 

 2:16 1-4; Dora Wilkes, trial, 2:20; Dividend 

 (matinee), 2:19 1-4, etc. Besides his horses. 

 Air. Hall derives great pleasure in hunting and 

 fishing in Alaine. Air. Hall resides at the 

 Adams House, Boston, Mass. 



FRANK GARDNER HALL 



Frank Gardner Hall was born in Boston 

 in 1873, and was graduated from the Allen 

 School in Newton and Alilton Academy. Air. 

 Hall has a historical line of ancestrv, as, on 

 his father's side, they settled in Rhode Island 

 in 1638, while, on his mother's side, he traces 

 fourteen times to the Alayfiower. through 

 Elder Brewster, Myles Standish, John Alden, 

 etc. 



Air. Hall is a born horseman, from his earlv 

 days having had access to his father's stable 

 of trotters. Later in life he had his own 

 horses to drive. With Col. John E. Thayer 

 he organized the Gentlemen's Driving Club of 

 Boston, the first driving club of the country 

 in the Amateur League of Driving Clubs. In 

 the club he filled the offices of treasurer, on 

 the board of directors and the executive com- 

 mittee. He is a life member of the Metro- 

 politan Club, and belongs to the Brookline 

 Country Club, B. A. A., and Boston Yacht 

 Club. 



