. The driving clubs of greater Boston . CHARLEY KING, 2:14 1-4 The Winner of Over One Hundred Races Shown Pacing a Fast Heat for His Owner, A. T. Wheelock, at Franklin Field Speedway captured in 31 seconds, which equaled the state of Maine record for trotters over the ice. Then there was Hollis Bingen, which Mr. Gallup bred, developed, and raced; Gallup's Todd, and Silence, 2 .21 3-4, which as a three- year-old was second in the big futurity at Hartford in 2:12 1-2. Air. Gallup resides in Dorchester, Mass. ADNA T. WHEELOCK Adna T. Wheelock was born in St. Johns- bury, Vt., in 1858, and was gra
. The driving clubs of greater Boston . CHARLEY KING, 2:14 1-4 The Winner of Over One Hundred Races Shown Pacing a Fast Heat for His Owner, A. T. Wheelock, at Franklin Field Speedway captured in 31 seconds, which equaled the state of Maine record for trotters over the ice. Then there was Hollis Bingen, which Mr. Gallup bred, developed, and raced; Gallup's Todd, and Silence, 2 .21 3-4, which as a three- year-old was second in the big futurity at Hartford in 2:12 1-2. Air. Gallup resides in Dorchester, Mass. ADNA T. WHEELOCK Adna T. Wheelock was born in St. Johns- bury, Vt., in 1858, and was graduated from the Tinkerville School, Lyman, N. H. His first work in Boston was in 1878, for Cook & Hand}', in driving a watering cart. In 1880 he started in the milk business and. later, went into the trucking business in Bos- 2:14 1-4; Sunny Jim, 2:^2 1-4; Willema, 2:26: Prince Albert, 2:241-4, etc. He bought Charley King when he was a five- vear-old and for nine consecutive seasons he was one of the top-notchers of the speedway and in interclub meets. When raced profes- sionally he earned his record of 2:141-4, and was at the top of the summary, or a factor in the events in which he took part. Charley King has won over 100 blue rib- bons. There is probably no other horse in New England better known to the matinee followers than this gelding. Mr. Wheelock frequently asserts that he is ready to buy another that could duplicate Charley King, and that he looks back to the years in which he raced the gelding and the whole lot of fun he had with him. Mr.
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