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The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston 



Driving Club, which was instituted in 190(1, 

 the first matinee being held on Labor Day 

 of that year. It is the one club that owns 

 its speedwav, and il was built and paid for 

 by contribution before the club was organ- 

 ized and chartered. The course is on pri- 

 vate ground, all but 300 yards being on 

 the property of Jonathan Brown, adjoining 

 the Myopia Club. It was constructed by 

 Charles Guinn, and has always been a very 

 fast piece of racing dirt, as shown by the 

 time made in the matinees held each Wed- 

 nesday during the Summer months. 



The incorporators of the Hamilton Club 

 were : Ley' S. Lord, L. E. Libby, H. S. 

 Guinn, W. F. Kinsman, S. C. Gould, N. J. 

 Conrad, J. E. Dodge, H. H. Dempsey, C. S. 

 Guinn, T. J. Broderick, and the following 

 were the first list of officials : Levi S. Lord, 

 president : W. F. Kinsman, vice-president ; 

 Lester E. Libby, treasurer, and Hallett 

 Guinn, secretary. The officials during the 

 year of 1914 were - William E. Townsend, 

 president ; James E. Brady, vice-president ; 

 Lester E. Libby, treasurer; Raymond Gould, 

 secretary. Mr. Lord resides in YVenham. 

 Mass. 



J. MARO HARRIMAN 

 J. Maro Hareiman was born in West Leb- 

 anon, Me., in 1859, ami attended the Leba- 

 non Academy, and a preparatory school. His 

 first work was twenty-five years ago in a 

 New York Hotel. Later he worked in a 

 drug store in the same city. After a short 

 period he removed to Lynn, Alass.. starting 

 in business for himself by opening a pharmacy 

 at 248 Union Street, he being the first 

 pharmacist to keep open all night, his doors 

 not having been locked in ten years. He also 

 owns the pharmacy at 81 Chatham Street, 

 Lynn. 



Mr. Harriman is one of the earlv mem- 

 bers of the Lynn Club, and filled the posi- 

 tion of secretary-treasurer during the years 

 1913-14. He derives great pleasure in at- 

 tending the important race meetings held in 

 New England, believing it the right way to 

 enjoy one's vacation. Air. Harriman resides 

 in Lynn, Mass. 



M. A. NEVENS 

 Al. A. Nevens became prominent in the 

 horse world in 1887, when he was super- 

 intendent of the Highland \*iew Farm, Clare- 

 mont, N. H., the property of William H. 

 Moody. In the ten years that Air. X evens 

 was at Highland View he had in his charge 

 an average of one hundred horses, these in- 

 cluding the stallions, brood mares and young 

 stock. Here he raced and gave X. L., 



2:133-4, his record. Poor health forced 

 Air. Moody to dispose of his horses, and Air. 

 Xevens returned to Boston, purchasing an 

 interest in the Priest stable in Northampton 

 Street. Later he bought a boarding stable in 

 Worcester Street, Boston. 



While connected with these stables Air. 

 Nevens joined the Dorchester and Metropoli- 

 tan Clubs and was regular in attending the 

 matinees of both organizations, his best known 

 performers being The Private, 2:07 1-2, and 

 Alax G., 2:12 1-4. 



In 1905 Mr. Nevens became head trainer 

 at The Pastures, Belfast, Me., owned by Hor- 

 ace Chenery, and while there he developed and 

 drove to their records, Edgemark Gift, 

 2:241-4; Orta, 2:163-4; Junior Ward, 

 2:21 1-4; Juannalita, 2:18; Marcel, 2:24 1-4; 

 Stella Alack, 2:16 3-4, etc. 



Air. Nevens. with the closing out of The 

 Pastures, entered business in Brookline, hav- 

 ing charge of the Jefferson Bradbury stable. 

 In 1914 he raced at the Charles River Speed- 

 way, with others, the trotting gelding. Ward 

 AI.. 2:091-4. for Bert W. Gove. Mr. Nev- 

 ens resides at 56 Winchester Street, Brook- 

 line. Mass. 



CHARLES SANDERS 



Charles Sanders is known in the trotting 

 horse world through his ownership of the 

 champion trotting gelding. Uhlan, 1 158, which 

 he purchased for $2,500 from Arthur H. 

 Parker and sold to C K. G. Billings for $35,- 

 000, the complete story of which is related on 

 pages 121-125, inclusive, in this volume. 



In New England horse circles, though, it 

 did not require that Air. Sanders own a Uhlan 

 for him to be well known, for he had been 

 one of the foremost horsemen, both in having 

 record trotters and pacers for his own road 

 driving, for professional racing, and later for 

 amateur sport. For about fifty-five years Air. 

 Sanders has been identified with the light har- 

 ness horse, and during this period he has 

 never sold a good horse he owned, but they 

 had a home so long as they lived and were 

 then buried on the farm, some twenty record 

 horses having been buried in the equine cem- 

 etery. It was only that he knew the excellent 

 home Uhlan would have with Air. Billings 

 that he parted with the champion. 



Back in the sixties Air. Sanders raced the 

 gelding. Bluejacket, and won a number of 

 races, though his speed limit was about 2:40. 

 Imt he could keep at that gait all of the after- 

 noon. A pole team which made a name for 

 themselves by beating all they met on the road 

 was Little Ethan. 2:19 1-4, and Don C, 

 2:17 1-4. Little Thorne, 2:2^ 1-4; Alinnie, 

 2:21) 1-4; Rex. 2-.2X 1-2; Grover T., 2:2ft 3-4; 

 Enoch Arden, 2:24 1-2; Jewell, 2:24 3-4; 



