. The driving clubs of greater Boston. Horse racing; Horses. How Major Delmar Won the Massa- chusetts Stake. iRv Charles M. Tewett) Secretary of Rcndznile truck tliroityh its best years of racing and counted the peer of all secre- taries in the country. Mr. Je'tnett is an amateur driver, as. at the opening of the club- house at Readville he drove Charles IVhitte- niore's trotter, Timbrel, to ivagon in 2:11 3-4. the third heat of a zi'inning race, zvhich 7cas at the time the z<.'orld's amateur trotting record to T^'agon. In his official position Mr. Jezvett had "-uside" inf
. The driving clubs of greater Boston. Horse racing; Horses. How Major Delmar Won the Massa- chusetts Stake. iRv Charles M. Tewett) Secretary of Rcndznile truck tliroityh its best years of racing and counted the peer of all secre- taries in the country. Mr. Je'tnett is an amateur driver, as. at the opening of the club- house at Readville he drove Charles IVhitte- niore's trotter, Timbrel, to ivagon in 2:11 3-4. the third heat of a zi'inning race, zvhich 7cas at the time the z<.'orld's amateur trotting record to T^'agon. In his official position Mr. Jezvett had "-uside" information of many turf events not ,::ailable for the lay public. He entertainingly ii'ritcs of some prominent Readz-ille track races. I- .1. ileralJ 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 815,000, 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- 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, had taken a nom'nation for Kwanon, 2:12 1-2, then owned by him. The horse did not train well, and Mr. \'an Dyke was anxious for me to secure a starter for him. I had attended the meeting at Detroit and Cleveland and saw Alaior Delmar win a purse race at both those towns. The horse had
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