. The driving clubs of greater Boston . COL. A. C. DRINKWATER President 1908 club, which had been duly christened the Old Colony Driving Club, be held during the Win- ter in different halls, on account of the mem- bers being so widely scattered, some living as much as twelve to fifteen miles away. In holding these meetings at the hall in each town in the club's territory, there was sure to be a representative gathering from the place where the meeting was held, and. at the same time, all the members would eventually have a meeting of the horsemen in their own vicinity. In the Summer months it
. The driving clubs of greater Boston . COL. A. C. DRINKWATER President 1908 club, which had been duly christened the Old Colony Driving Club, be held during the Win- ter in different halls, on account of the mem- bers being so widely scattered, some living as much as twelve to fifteen miles away. In holding these meetings at the hall in each town in the club's territory, there was sure to be a representative gathering from the place where the meeting was held, and. at the same time, all the members would eventually have a meeting of the horsemen in their own vicinity. In the Summer months it was decided that there would not be so many members to at- tend the meetings. Therefore, the essential matter before the club would be in having the race committee assemble weekly to match the horses in the races to be decided on Sat- urdays. Mr. Thayer kindly offered the use of his stable office for this purpose, and, it being central for the race committee, they accepted the use of it. It was also voted to lease from the Wey- mouth Agricultural and Industrial Society the half-mile track and entire plant at South Weymouth, for the use of the Old Colony Driving Club. Just as soon as the weather softened, at the end of Winter, work was begun on the plant in improving the stable, grandstand and the race track, so that at the opening, held on April 20, the 19th falling on Sunday, the plant had been so thoroughly renovated that an agreeable surprise awaited those present. \Vhile a number of the members of the new club were also affiliated with the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club, yet it was, in their opinion, a wise move to prohibit the use of hopples in the matinees at the South ^^'ey- mouth track. The result of this action was immediately demonstrated in the number of trotters that started in the races in proportion to the pa- cers, the former outnumbering the side-wheel- ers at least three to two. When a lot of the men owning horses along the South Shore found that the racin
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