The driving clubs of greater Boston drivingclubsofgr01linn Year: 1914 36 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston deu's Susie K. and H. J. Russell's Picture Hat. Best time, 36s. Class C pace was won by John Marston's William L., defeating C. H. Belledeu's Dart. Best time, 32 i-2s. Class D pace went to H. A. Stonely's Tom Arnold, beating H. J. Russell's The Private, and J. W. Linnehan's Rex. Best time, 32 i-2s. A banquet was held after the races, at the Eagle Hotel, in honor of the visiting horse- men from Boston, when Mr. Shepard was in- troduced by the Governor as the best known gentleman driver
The driving clubs of greater Boston drivingclubsofgr01linn Year: 1914 36 The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston deu's Susie K. and H. J. Russell's Picture Hat. Best time, 36s. Class C pace was won by John Marston's William L., defeating C. H. Belledeu's Dart. Best time, 32 i-2s. Class D pace went to H. A. Stonely's Tom Arnold, beating H. J. Russell's The Private, and J. W. Linnehan's Rex. Best time, 32 i-2s. A banquet was held after the races, at the Eagle Hotel, in honor of the visiting horse- men from Boston, when Mr. Shepard was in- troduced by the Governor as the best known gentleman driver in New England. The crowd cheered long and loud. There was much sleighing on the Charles River Speedway during this Winter, the fast trotting events being very exciting between T. G. Plant's Alice Carr, 2:09 i'4; John Shepard's Altro L., 2 rog 3-4; and Walter Far- mer's Fashion, 2:15. The struggle for honors of champion trotter of the speedway finally narrowed down to between Alice Carr and Fashion, the latter having the better of the argument in the earlier clashes, but Alice Carr showing her superiority by a slight margin in the closing matinees, and thus gaining the dis- tinction of snow champion for the season. A special meeting of the board of directors was held on April 22. William D. Hunt was elected a member of the board in place of John W. Linnehan, who had resigned. Mi. Hunt was also made chairman of the racing committee, and it was voted to give four sil- ver cups for the Spring series of matinees, to begin May 6 and close June 24. On account of a postponement, the last matinee was July I, the cup winners for this series being as fol- lows : Trotters Speed cup—Isaac Sexton's Tom Phair. Point cup—George P. Johnson's Alice Sliedd. Pacers Speed cup—William McPhee's Whiffet. Point cup—William Steele's Lady Rose. A noteworthy feature of the series was Tom Phair winning all of his starts, seven in all. and lowering the speedway trotting record, held by Axtello, fr
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