. The driving clubs of greater Boston. Horse racing; Horses. 8o The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston ence in every way in having the club grow stronger in numbers and finance, but he used his check book in increasing the quahty of the horses in the matinees. One venture of his was the purchase of the trotting mare, Kath- erine R., 2:11 3-4, from Trainer Harry Jones, Rushville. Ind. This naturally led other in-. HARRY C. THAYER President 1913 fluential members of the chil) to dig into their pockets for racing material that would be ca- pable of giving President Thayer's new pur- chase a real hor
. The driving clubs of greater Boston. Horse racing; Horses. 8o The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston ence in every way in having the club grow stronger in numbers and finance, but he used his check book in increasing the quahty of the horses in the matinees. One venture of his was the purchase of the trotting mare, Kath- erine R., 2:11 3-4, from Trainer Harry Jones, Rushville. Ind. This naturally led other in-. HARRY C. THAYER President 1913 fluential members of the chil) to dig into their pockets for racing material that would be ca- pable of giving President Thayer's new pur- chase a real horse race. In the Winter was held another banquet in Ouincy, and the after-dinner speaking was a revelation to many present. G. Pray Smith, of the Metropolitan Club, expiated on the good accomplished by any driving club that prohibited the use of the hopples, and said that during the coming season there would be interclub meetings between the Metropolitan and the Old Colony, as the only two clubs in Greater Boston that barred the straps. There was a big delegation present from the Dorchester Club, the feelings between the Old Colony and that club always having been of the very best. Somehow the remarks about the hopples did not sit very easily on their nerves, and, among others, President R. G. Crosby spoke right out in the meeting and said that his club, the Dorchesters, was will- ing to meet any and all clubs in Greater Bos- ton, and it was the sentiment of its members that they were fully as strong in racing ma- terial as any of the driving clubs. He, further- more, said that the Dorchesters were not bound down to using hopples on their horses, but they did so because in the beginning it was popular with all horsemen to use the straps on pacers when the occasion required. In this way many members of the Dor- chester Club had purchased pacers that, in order to race their best, had to wear hopples, and it would be a big injustice to these mem- bers in preventing their use. It wa
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