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154 BOARD OF APPEALS r ii.T ING May 27, 1938. A meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 8:00 P. M. Chairman Maddison, and Messrs. Ferguson, Robbins and Kim- ball were present. The Secretary was also present. At 8:00 P. M. hearing was declared open upon the application of Leeland G. and Mildred I. McConchie for permission to maintain a riding school at 104 North Street, Lexington. The notice of the hearing was read by the Clerk. Mr. W. E. Selfridge appeared in favor of the grant- ing of the petition. He said that he had fitted up the barn at 104 North Street to be used as a riding school. He said that he had spent a considerable amount of money changing the barn from a cow barn to a horse barn, and had leased one-half of it to two young men for one year. There are twelve regular stalls and five box stalls, and there is one room that the man sitays. in'nights. The two young men have been using the place since February. He said that he would like to see the petition granted so that he could get something in return for the money he had spent. Mr. Sel- fridge said that he did not see..that a riding school would bother anyone, as it did not bother his family, and he lives on the premises. There is no odor. He said that he did not own any of the horses himself. He said that a man by the name of Stanton, and Albert Howe, who runs Howe s Watertown Express, would operate the riding school. The Chairman asked how many horses there were, and he said that there were fourteen or fifteen saddle horses. Selfridge said that he had had no fault to find with the way the school was operating, and said that there were no intoxicated cus- tomers. The Chairman asked how old the riding pupils were, and Selfridge said that they were middle-aged people. He said that in March they had a boy who had let the horses out, and once two got out and wandered up the street. They have let that boy go. Mr. Kimball asked where the people rode, and Sel- fridge said that they usually went up North Street into Burlington, and do most of the riding on the dirt roads in Burlington. Mr. John A. Cadario of Arlington said that he rep- resented all the abounding property owners. He said that _ he had no objections to the granting of the petition, and thought it was in order. He wished to be recorded as being in favor. 1