Behind the Gate if 
     
    
   
   
    
     and durability. In the past. mares and 
     
     stallions were used for breeding purpos— 
     
     es usually alter a lengthy and productiye 
     
     racing career. Today. they become sires 
     
     and dams at age three or four mainly 
     
    
   
   
    
     because ol their blood lines. 
     
    
   
   
    
     This intet'yiew was taped at the home of 
     
    
   
   
    
     \‘i'ally‘s parents on liuston Street in 
     
     Charlottetown. It was on a beautiful 
     
     Monday alternoon during Old Home 
     
     \Veelt of 2003. 
     
     delicious roast heel dinner with all the 
     
    
   
   
    
     We had just enjoyed a 
     
    
   
   
    
     trimmings prepared by his mother. 
     
     Shirley. As usual. some of \‘y’ally's sih- 
     
     lings and some guests were present to 
     
    
   
   
    
     enjoy the meal and conyersation with his 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Wally Hennessey 
     
    
   
   
    
     parents. It was yet'y eyident that family 
     
     was important in [his residence. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1973. as a grade 11 history teacher at 
     
     Colonel Gray Senior High School in 
     
     Charlottetown. I had an ahoye ayerage 
     
     academic student in one of my history 
     
     classes who had yery little interest in the 
     
     curriculum. At that time his entire locus 
     
     concerned the equine actiyity at the 
     
     Charlottetown Driying Park. lle helieyed 
     
     that his future would he with horses and 
     
     not the Napoleonic \V'ars so he discontin— 
     
     ued his academic pursuits that year. 'l‘l1at 
     
     student was \\"ally Hennessey and the 
     
     rest is history! In ltltlS. l‘ot‘ \V'ally. work 
     
     was more fun than lun was. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     \loni \l;1l\e1' and \\;1lly' Hennessey 
     
    
   
   
    
     \lcadowlands Photo: \lonica'l'hot‘s 
     
    
   
   
    
     capturing the Breeders (town .11 the 
     
    
   
   
    
     "judging 1's nou‘ more strict on (lrtz’ers crossing the lines 
     
    
   
   
    
     and one banded [chipping Not only is it cruel 
     
    
   
   
    
     and terrible to witness but these drivers 
     
    
   
   
    
     have no control oftbeir horse. " 
     
    
   
   
    
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