The driving clubs of greater Boston drivingclubsofgr01linn Year: 1914 no The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston stretch being packed with spectators. The racing was very interesting, and, after a se- vere contest, the Lynn Club were returned the victors for the afternoon, by the close margin of a single point, having earned 36, to their nearest competitor, Dorchester, which got 35. Sam G. Brown, of Lynn, was the starting judge, and his excellent work was appreci- ated by all. The feature event proved to be between Directumwood and Lady Laurin, the former winning through the clever driving of El
The driving clubs of greater Boston drivingclubsofgr01linn Year: 1914 no The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston stretch being packed with spectators. The racing was very interesting, and, after a se- vere contest, the Lynn Club were returned the victors for the afternoon, by the close margin of a single point, having earned 36, to their nearest competitor, Dorchester, which got 35. Sam G. Brown, of Lynn, was the starting judge, and his excellent work was appreci- ated by all. The feature event proved to be between Directumwood and Lady Laurin, the former winning through the clever driving of El- dredge, the master reinsman of the Dorchester Club. Another very closely contested race was Reliance beating Cascade. For the trot- (;i;m;r.\i,, 1-4 Defeated Major Dillard at Combination Park, and a Star Field of Trotters at Rockdale Park in Interclub Meet. Owned and Driven by Levi S. Lord ters. General, owned and driven by Levi Lord, defeated a crack field of starters, while an- other race that kept the crowd on tiptoes un- til the winner was announced was Croesus de- feating Crown Prince, the third and final lieat being in the fast time of i :oy. The interclub series now moved to the Wakefield-Reading track, the home of the Quannapowitt Club, the meeting being held on August 21. A peculiar feature of this occa- sion was that thirty minutes before the first race was called there was a mere handful of people in the grandstand, and when the word was given for the first heat of the afternoon, not a seat could be found for those who were tardy in arriving, so quickly had the grandstand filled to overflowing. Showing how evenly matched the horses were, Dor- chester scored the most points of the after- noon by three points over Fellsway, while the latter was only two ahead of Lynn, thus only five, points between these three clubs. The big race was between Reliance and Directumwood. The meeting between the two at Lynn had aroused a lot of feeling between tlie admirers of eac
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