. The driving clubs of greater Boston . (By Charles M. Jewett) Secretary of Readville track through its best years of racing and counted the peer of all secre- taries in the country. Mr. Jewett is an expert amateur driver, as, at the opening of the club- house at Readville he drove Charles Whitte- more's trotter. Timbrel, to wagon in 2:11 3-4. the third heat of a winning race, which was at the time the world's amateur trotting record to wagon. In his official position Mr. Jewett had "inside" information of many turf events not mailable for the lay public. He entertainingly writes of
. The driving clubs of greater Boston . (By Charles M. Jewett) Secretary of Readville track through its best years of racing and counted the peer of all secre- taries in the country. Mr. Jewett is an expert amateur driver, as, at the opening of the club- house at Readville he drove Charles Whitte- more's trotter. Timbrel, to wagon in 2:11 3-4. the third heat of a winning race, which was at the time the world's amateur trotting record to wagon. In his official position Mr. Jewett had "inside" information of many turf events not mailable for the lay public. He entertainingly writes of some prominent Readville track races. iPhoto from Boston Herald; T started, favorite. 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 with The Roman a pronounced 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- iowing Winter, to tabulate the pool-sellers' book, and found that less than three per cent of those who paid admission at the gate that dav purchased pools on the event. The race that year was a nomination event, horses to he eligible at closing time and named shortly before the race. The late George Van Dyke, of Boston, had taken a nonrnation for Kwanon, 2:12 1-2, then owned by him. The horse did not train well, and Mr. Van Dyke 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 not been staked, which makes it apparent that he had not, the previ- ous year, shown
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