. The driving clubs of greater Boston .. . FRED C. GARMON President 1910-1911 and part of 1912 the racing committee, G. Pray Smith was elected in his place as chairman. H. H. Cook was made official handicapper, a new office for the club. At a meeting of the club held March 4, several changes were made in the racing rules. One was the racing off of a tie at the end of a race for a position, and that the horse start- ing shall have one point, and any horse hav- ing a walk-over shall have two points. The second horse show of the club was held on May 19. With the record breaking crowd present, and
. The driving clubs of greater Boston .. . FRED C. GARMON President 1910-1911 and part of 1912 the racing committee, G. Pray Smith was elected in his place as chairman. H. H. Cook was made official handicapper, a new office for the club. At a meeting of the club held March 4, several changes were made in the racing rules. One was the racing off of a tie at the end of a race for a position, and that the horse start- ing shall have one point, and any horse hav- ing a walk-over shall have two points. The second horse show of the club was held on May 19. With the record breaking crowd present, and the list of entries so large, it was imperative that the judging of the classes be- gin in the middle of the forenoon, and even then it was not concluded until after sunset. In the event for speedway trotters, H. H. Cook won the silver cup and blue ribbon with Billy Ross, while in the class for speedway pacers the silver cup and blue ribbon were taken by the speedway champion, Chief Wil- kie, the property of W. J. McDonald. Miss Eleanora Sears was one of the most conspicu- ous figures of the day, winning three blue and four red ribbons with the horses she drove. The officials were H. L. Camp, Middle- town, Conn.; S. A. Maurvais, Millet, Mass.; A. L. Power, Norwell, Mass., and J. B. Stults, Boston, Mass. A review of the racing events showed that the contests were as liberally supported and as closely contested as had always been the case since the inception of the club, and, while the sport was exciting, yet no new speedway rec- ords were made. On the evening of July 8, at the clubhouse, the trophies for the Spring series were award- ed. The speed cup differed from the time cup inasmuch that it was for the fastest average time in a winning race, while the time cup was for the fastest heat. The winners were: SPRING SERIES Trotters Time cup—Chauncy Sears' Chase, i :oo 1-4. Speed cup—W. J. Furbush's Louise G., i :02 1-2. First point cup—B. W. Gove's B. R. C. Second point cup
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