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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



ness in West Quincy, Mass., was one of the 

 early members of the Old Colony and Dor- 

 chester Gentlemen's Driving Clubs. Of all the 

 horses that Mr. Chadbourne has owned, his 

 favorite was Lyndhurst, that was capable of 



LYNDHURST 



A Prize Cup Winner. Owned and Driven by 



John B. Chadbourne 



racing matinee heats in time around i :io. 

 While owned by Mr. Chadbourne, she won 

 four silver cups, besides a number of blue 

 ribbons. She took the first prize time cup one 

 season at Dorchester, and the same year won 

 second prize at the Weymouth Fair. She was 

 sired by Autograph, 2:16 1-2. 



A. M. JOHNSON 



A. M. Johnson was born in Nova 

 in 1863, where he received his school 

 tion. His first work in Boston was 

 penter for Lock & Flint, in 1884. In 



Scotia, 



educa- 



a car- 



1889 he 



started in the building and contracting busi- 

 ness for himself in Dorchester, and is at pres- 

 ent engaged in real estate and insurance, hav- 

 ing been located at 1468 Dorchester Ave. since 

 1897. He joined the Dorchester Driving Club 

 in 1902. He has served on the board of direc- 

 tors, was vice-president, and then president 

 the years of 1910-11-12, he being the only 

 president to serve three terms since the incep- 

 tion of the club. He is also a member of the 

 Odd Fellows, Master Workmen, the Dorches- 

 ter Board of Trade and Massachusetts Real 

 Estate Exchange. 



During Mr. Johnson's administration the 

 quarter-mile track at the Franklin Field 

 Speedway was extended to a half-mile course, 

 a new grandstand for the benefit of the spec- 

 tators was built, a new judges' stand and one 

 also for the presiding judges erected. All of 

 this necessitated more than ordinary execu- 



tive ability, as it meant getting the City of 

 Boston to come to the front with appropria- 

 tions sufficient to defray all expenditures. 



Mr. Johnson has always held a leading 

 place in the speedway events of the Dorches- 

 ter Club, and, were he only to have owned 

 and raced the noted trotting gelding, Ralph 

 Wick, 2:13 1-4, it would have placed his name 

 with the foremost. Ralph Wick was without 

 doubt one of the very best known horses in 

 this country. During his professional career 

 on the turf he won more races over half-mile 

 tracks than any trotter ever known. It was 

 Ralph Wick that ex-Mayor Fitzgerald drove 

 at the opening of the half-mile speedway at 

 Franklin Field, winning in 1 :o6. 



Among some of the others that Mr. John- 

 son has owned and driven in the matinee and 

 interclub meets are Belmont, 2 128 1-2 ; Rex, 

 the trotter that gave him a whole lot of sport 

 and was a hard proposition for all he met in 

 his class; Alfretta D., 2:19 1-4; Prince of 

 Monica, Kremella, 2:18 3-4. Mr. Johnson 

 resides at 106 Melville Ave., Dorchester, Mass. 



RILEY G. CROSBY 



Riley G. Crosby was born in Yarmouth, 

 N. S., in 1S74, at which place he attended 

 the public schools. When thirteen years of 

 age he shipped before the mast and followed 

 the sea for five years. In 1892 he went to 

 Lynn, Mass., and apprenticed himself to learn 

 the trade of brick mason with the firm of 

 N. D. Davison & Co. He started in business 

 for himself, in 1896, by building frame houses 

 for speculation and taking sub-contracts in 

 mason work, one of his first jobs being the 

 laying of the brick in the public bathhouse 

 at Crescent Beach. Mr. Crosby entered the 

 firm of McDonald & Joslin Co., contractors 

 and builders, as secretary of the corporation, 

 in 1898. 



He became a member of the Dorchester 

 Driving Club in 1896, of the Metropolitan 

 Club in 1913, and of the Old Colony Club in 

 1914. He is also a member of the fraternal or- 

 der of Odd Fellows. With the Dorchester 

 Club he has served on the race committee, 

 board of directors, second vice-president, and 

 president in the years 1913-14. 



Mr. Crosby has the reputation of having 

 owned and taken part in more matinee races 

 than any other member of the Dorchester 

 Club, besides having participated in 21 inter- 

 club meets. The list of horses with fast rec- 

 ords that have occupied stalls in his stable, 

 and were owned and driven by Mr. Crosby, 

 almost looks like the reading of the Year 

 Book. In partiality, Mr. Crosby will fre- 

 quently bring to attention several that he has 



