n the harness racing industry. there 
     
     are some excellent trainers. some 
     
     superb driyers and some meticulous 
     
     blacksmiths. Few haye been gifted with 
     
     the knowledge or ability to perform all 
     
     three occupations well. ~lack Bernard 
     
     was the exception He did his own train— 
     
    
   
   
    
     ing. driying and shoeing. 
     
    
   
   
    
     During the Great Depression when lack 
     
     Bernard was a child. horses were an inte- 
     
     gral part of the Bernard family in llunter 
     
     Riy‘er. ;\s lack grew. his older brother: 
     
     limmett "Cowboy" introduced him to the 
     
     standardbreds and lack was taught well 
     
     by this yery respected legend in .\laritime 
     
     racing. Ice Hrcu‘er was a trotter in the 
     
     Bernard stable at that time and \lack 
     
     remembered this horse as moody. Some 
     
     nights he would explode to the half in 
     
     1:01 but would almost walk home. He 
     
     was a good trotter for that era who could 
     
     trot in 1(1‘). lack was beginning to learn 
     
     the game from knowledgeable horsemen 
     
     like his brother 13mmett and (ilark Smith. 
     
    
   
   
    
     also from Hunter Riyer. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1938. _lack decided it was time to start 
     
     his own stable and his yery first owner 
     
     was Stanley .\layhew. Famous [for 
     
     'l'ri/ume and lhucn/ou‘n were among the 
     
    
   
   
    
     occupants of this new stable. 
     
    
   
   
    
     l’hoto: Ann .\1ac\eil| 
     
     .lack droye Dott'n/otcn in his yery first 
     
     driye. He explained. "This fellow could 
     
     really leaye the gate. I was scared 1 was 
     
     not going to make the first turn with 
     
     him." He did but .S‘ir/osqn/J was on top by 
     
     the half and continued on to win one of 
     
     his many races that year in the Island’s 
     
     top class at the (1.1).1’. 
     
    
   
   
    
     lack droye in It) more races before he 
     
     tasted \‘ictory. lie was driying /)ou'lz~ 
     
     {01171 and he remembered sitting on 
     
    
   
   
    
     Doug 11ill's helmet. Doug had .111: 
     
    
   
   
    
     jol/sco/l and Down/own passed them in a 
     
    
   
   
    
     stretch driye for a 2:11 Victory. It was to 
     
     be the first of “1:71 in a career that 
     
     spanned four decades. _Iack's fastest win 
     
     was aboard l5/u.:iug lv‘t'uesse in 159.5. 
     
     This was a horse he owned with (iordon 
     
     (Iroxier and David Kent. 
     
    
   
   
    
     lx'ezictb was a trotting mare that lack 
     
     raced in the free—forvall trot for Stanley 
     
     .\layhew. She was yery consistent and 
     
     won her share. The Burgess—owned 
     
     SIM/(fr Chris and the Peterson—owned 
     
     (fogelt/ were two special horses to lack. 
     
     Another was I’d/Hons [for who couldn't 
     
     go really fast but he would go the same 
     
     eyery night. He was what you would call 
     
     a race horse. .llzllji'ls‘ (j/(Iss/c owned by 
     
     liugene Carr and Philip .\ndrew raced in 
     
    
   
   
    
     the open mares class at the (2.1).1). 
     
    
   
   
    
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