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Excerpt from The Driving Clubs of Greater Boston As the outcome of several chance meetings of the horsemen of Hyde Park, Milton and Dorchester in the several blacksmith shops, and especially in the shop of E. P. Denn and the stable office of H. P. Gallup, on Barnes Street. Dorchester, was organized on April 26, 1899, the Dorchester Gentlemen's Driving Club. It was the first driving club in this country whose by-laws and constitution called for weekly meeting of its members and weekly racing of horses for ribbons. The first election of officers was held on May 10. 1899. and showed over a hundred horse owners enrolled on its membership list. The election resulted in the following board of officers: President, Charles L. Young; first vice-president. S. Walter Wales; second vice-president, Louis Pfingst; secretary, Charles H. Belledeu; treasurer, John M. E. Morrill; clerk, E. O. Haddock; directors, T. A. Bresnahan. Cyril G. Blaney, Frederick J. Brand, George H. Greenwood, and Charles L. Bartlett; racing and speedway committee, R. S. Fitch. C. H. Belledeu. A. S. Gushee. F. T. Brand. S. H. Mildram, L. E. H. Tones, Geo. B. Fowler, H. P. Gallup, F. S. Eldfedge, F. L. Codman. Alpheus Sanford; membership committee, Geo. E. Griffin, W. E. Newbert, C. L. Hinds; finance committee, R. S. Fitch, George H. Greenwood and H. P. Gallup. Weekly matinee races were held on the Blue Hill Avenue quarter-mile speedway, that had been granted the club by the city and which was kept in condition for racing by money secured from among the members, many of whom went down into their pocket for as high as $25 each. And this brings to mind what happened to a number of the members of the club on the very first day racing was permitted on Blue Hill Avenue, which is well worth reading. On account of Captain Charles W. Hunt and the police of the Dorchester district not being notified of the order signed by Mayor Quincy, allowing the west side of Blue Hill Avenue between Talbot Avenue and Morton Street to be used for a speedway, several members of the Dorchester Driving Club narrowly escaped being arrested for fast driving. When a mounted policeman saw several of the club members start to race their horses he stopped them and said that he should be compelled to place them under arrest. The drivers told the policeman that a permit had been granted, but they could not show it. The officer started to take them to the police station, but afterward agreed to telephone from the nearest signal box. He talked with Captain Hunt, but the latter said that he knew of no permit. Captain Hunt told the policeman to come to the station. He did so, and there the matter was discussed. Finally it was decided that the officer should take the names of those on the "Speedway," and if it should be found that an order permitting them to race had not been passed, they should lie summoned into court instead of being actually arrested. Among the names of those taken was S. Walter Wales, the well-known stable man; A. S. Gushee, C. L. Young, W. E. Newbert and Charles F. Stevens. They found Councilman Mildram and explained the difficulty they were in. A hurried visit to City Hall and police headquarters resulted in matters being straightened out, but many of them had several hours of worrying, fearful that they would figure in the criminal courts as violators of the law. Weekly meetings of the club were held in Central Hall on Center Street, Monday nights, where the result of the races of the previous week were announced and the horses matched for the next Saturday. This matching was always done by a special sub-committee of the racing and speedway committee, and the schedules of matches were announced after a recess of the business meeting. This schedule of matches was never satisfactory to any one, and, no matter how fair they were, no one expected they would be. so there was always an argument for and against putting cer
"Whether consciously molding the city through the construction of public spaces or developing social ties through organizations such as athletic clubs, Bostonians of all classes participated in recreation-based community building, often at cross-purposes. Elite Bostonians, for instance, promoted the establishment of parks as a healthy alternative to unsavory activities, such as drinking and gambling, that they associated with the city's vast new pool of immigrants. They were soon forced to compromise, however, with citizens who were less interested in the rhetoric of moral uplift than in using the parks for competitive athletics and commercial amusements."--BOOK JACKET.
Honorable mention, 2007 Lewis Mumford Prize, American Society of City and Regional Planning The nineteenth century was the golden age of the horse. In urban America, the indispensable horse provided the power for not only vehicles that moved freight, transported passengers, and fought fires but also equipment in breweries, mills, foundries, and machine shops. Clay McShane and Joel A. Tarr, prominent scholars of American urban life, here explore the critical role that the horse played in the growing nineteenth-century metropolis. Using such diverse sources as veterinary manuals, stable periodicals, teamster magazines, city newspapers, and agricultural yearbooks, they examine how the horses were housed and fed and how workers bred, trained, marketed, and employed their four-legged assets. Not omitting the problems of waste removal and corpse disposal, they touch on the municipal challenges of maintaining a safe and productive living environment for both horses and people and the rise of organizations like the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In addition to providing an insightful account of life and work in nineteenth-century urban America, The Horse in the City brings us to a richer understanding of how the animal fared in this unnatural and presumably uncomfortable setting.
Founded in 1973, the Greater Boston Track Club had humble beginnings but was quick to establish itself as a force of competitive runners. Initially an all-inclusive club of sprinters, hurdlers and middle-distance runners, the club evolved under the brilliant leadership of Coach Bill Squires. The club boasts nearly eighty regional, national and international titles. It has bred world-class runners such as Olympian Bill Rodgers (four-time winner of the Boston and New York marathons) and Olympian Alberto Salazar (three-time winner of the New York marathon and winner of the Boston and the Comrades Ultra marathons). Author Paul C. Clerici honors the Greater Boston Track Club through historical records and the experiences of those involved in its legacy.