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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



GEORGE M. DAVIS 



George M. Davis was born in Derry, N. 

 H., in 1845, anc l received his education in the 

 common schools of his native town. His first 

 work in the vicinity of Boston was in 1868, 

 filling the position of mason for Amos B. 

 Drowns, Lynn. Mass. He started in busi- 

 ness for himself in 1889, doing contracting of 

 all kinds and mason work. He is now in the 

 same business, the firm name being G. M 

 Davis & Son, 15 Federal Street, Boston. 



Mr. Davis was a charter member of the 

 Somerville Gentlemen's Driving Club, which 

 was organized in 1899, and of which he was 

 first vice-president for two years, and then 

 president for two more years. He was one 

 of the organizers of the Fellsway Driving 

 Club, being a charter member, and was first 

 vice-president for two years, and is now 

 treasurer for four years, and says he has 

 hopes of the office for a fifth term. He also 

 belongs to Abraham Lincoln Post Xo. 1 1 . 

 G. A. R., of which, in 1907, he was the com- 

 mander. 



Mr. Davis has owned many fast horses, 

 and was prominent both on the speedway 

 and, once in a while, taking a dash for the 

 purses hung up for professional races. 

 Among those that he has owned, and were 

 raced by his son, George, are Chazy Boy, 

 2:13 1-2; Betsy Bugle, 2:15 1-4; Argot Lad. 

 2:17 1-2; John S., 2:20 1-4; Angie Wilkes, 

 2:21 1-2: Independence, 2:21 1-2; Yellow 

 Ash, 2:24 1-2; Alvin Swift, 2:10 3-4; Auto- 

 bon, 2:27; Charley W., 2:27; Allen Hale 

 (trial 1914), 2:19. Mr. Davis resides at 20 

 Arthur Street, Somerville, Mass. 



JAMES F. YOUNG 



James F. Young was born in Millbury, 

 Mass., in 1874, and attended the public 

 schools of his native town. Aside from his 

 school duties, he worked in the Millbury Cot- 

 ton Mills, and, after graduating from school, 

 he entered the employ of Washbourn & 

 Moen, Worcester, he then being seventeen 

 years of age. Mr. Young is now the secretary 

 of the Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Co., of 

 Quincy, Mass. He joined the Dorchester 

 Driving Club in 1907, the Old Colony Driv- 

 ing Club in 1908, and the Metropolitan Driv- 

 ing Club in 1913. He has held all the impor- 

 tant offices in the Old Colony Club from clerk 

 to filling the position of president. He also 

 belongs to the Royal Lodge, St. Stephen's 

 Chapter, South Shore Commandery of Quin- 

 cy, as well as the Aleppo Temple of Mystic 

 Shriners. 



Mr. Young has been identified with the 

 matinee races of the Old Colony Club and in 

 interclub meets for a number of years, and 



has usually owned a horse more than capable 

 of holding its own. Among those that can be 

 mentioned are Kalanos, 2:18 3-4; Nelsa Ben- 

 ton, by Benton M., 2:10, out of Bella Nelson, 

 trial 2:16 1-4, by Nelson, 2:09; and Miss 

 Yassar, 2:17 1-4. With the last named he 

 had a whole lot of fun in the year 19 14, 

 racing against the crack pacers of the Old 

 Colony at South Weymouth. The way that 

 she marched it off made the owners of other 

 free-for-allers feel leery of her any time she 

 started. Mr. Young resides in Quincy, Mass. 



HENRY P. MILLER 



Henry P. Miller was born in Quincy, 

 Mass., in 1879, and attained his education in 

 the grammar schools of Quincy and the 

 Quincy High School. For several years he 

 assisted his father, J. L. Miller, later Mayor of 

 Quincy, in the monumental business. In 1906 

 he entered the type metal business, and has 

 been for several years the New England man- 

 ager of the Pittsburgh White Metal Co., whose 

 head office is in New York City. Mr. Miller 

 joined the Old Colony Driving Club in 1908, 

 and served on the racing committee the seasons 

 of 1910-11-12. He was vice-president in 1913, 

 and was elected president in 1914. He also 

 belongs to the Royal Lodge, St. Stephen's 

 Chapter, South Shore Commandery of Quin- 

 cy, as well as the Aleppo Temple of Mystic 

 Shriners. 



While Mr. Miller has never owned a horse 

 with a fast record, yet he is a very shrewd 

 judge of the speed of a trotter or a pacer. It 

 was this rare faculty that made him so suc- 

 cessful in the performing of his duties, with 

 justice to all, when on the racing committee. 

 In the duties of executive officer of the club, 

 he has done good work, promoting several of 

 the year's interclub meets, and at all times has 

 been a live wire. Mr. Miller resides at 31 

 Chestnut St., Quincy, Mass. 



FRED H. BELLOWS 

 Fred H. Bellows was born in Norton, 

 Mass., in 1873, and attended the public 

 schools of Brockton, Mass., his parents hav- 

 ing removed to that city when he was a small 

 lad. He started in business for himself in 

 Boston, in 1895, at 181 Tremont St., opening 

 a suite of rooms for the conducting of mer- 

 chant tailoring, and at which place he is still 

 located. He joined the Dorchester Driving 

 Club in 1 90 1, was one of the original mem- 

 bers of the Metropolitan Club when organized 

 in 1904, and became a member of the Old 

 Colony Club in 1912. He was also a charter 

 member of the Brockton Lodge of Elks, and 

 belongs to the St. John's Lodge of Masons. 



