. The driving clubs of greater Boston ... Horse racing; Horses. How Major Delmar Won the Massa- chusetts Stake. (Ry Charles M. Jewett) Secretary uf Readville track through its best years of racing and counted the peer of all secre- taries in the country. Mr. Jeivett is an expert amateur driver, as. at the opening of the club- house at Readville he drove Charles IVhitte- more's trotter, Timbrel, to zuagon in 2:11 3-4. tJie third heat of a zvinning race, zuhich zvas at the time the zvorld's amateur trotting record to zvagon. In his official position Mr. Jezvett had "inside" information
. The driving clubs of greater Boston ... Horse racing; Horses. How Major Delmar Won the Massa- chusetts Stake. (Ry Charles M. Jewett) Secretary uf Readville track through its best years of racing and counted the peer of all secre- taries in the country. Mr. Jeivett is an expert amateur driver, as. at the opening of the club- house at Readville he drove Charles IVhitte- more's trotter, Timbrel, to zuagon in 2:11 3-4. tJie third heat of a zvinning race, zuhich zvas at the time the zvorld's amateur trotting record to zvagon. In his official position Mr. Jezvett had "inside" information of many turf events not available for the lay public. He entertainingly zurites of some prominent Readville track races. (Photo from Boston Herald) T HE biggest betting race that oc- curred at Readville was in the race for the "Massachusetts" of 1902. The purse that year was $15,000,. and eighteen horses started, with The Roman a pronounced favorite. This race was won by Major Delmar in straight heats, and it will be seen that the betting had to be fast and furious to reach such a magnitude. Frank Herdic told me that this was the greatest betting race that ever occurred at a trotting track, and to me the fact that only a few more than three hundred individuals participated in the great volume of speculation has always been a matter of surprise. I took the pains, the fol- lowing Winter, to tabulate the pool-sellers' book, and found that less than three per cent of those who paid admission at the gate that day purchased pools on the event. The race that year was a nomination event, horses to be eligible at closing time and named shortly before the race. The late George Van Dyke, of Boston, bad taken a nom'nation for Kwanon, 2:12 1-2, then owned by him. The horse did not train well, and Mr. Van D3'ke was anxious for me to secure a starter for him. I had attended the meeting at Detroit and Cleveland and saw Major Delmar win a purse race at both those towns. The horse had
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