Behind the Gate 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lorne Hennessey, Maurice Hennessey, 
     
     Lloyd Duffy and John MacGillivray who 
     
     was actually blind. Joe had countless sto— 
     
     ries and anecdotes related to each. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Presiding judges and classifiers have 
     
     thankless but important jobs in this indus- 
     
     try They deserve much more credit than 
     
     they get according to Joe. He recollected 
     
     one instance where he argued vehement— 
     
     ly with a presiding judge then chastised 
     
     himself because he realized the judge 
     
     was just doing his job. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Where did the nickname “Two-Hole" 
     
     originate? 
     
     horse that could leave the gate, he would 
     
     leave rapidly and let the best horse in the 
     
     race go if he could. He would stay in 
     
     behind that horse or in the two—hole until 
     
     the stretch drive and attempt to out—sprint 
     
     that horse to the wire. Joe would have 
     
     loved the passing lane introduced recent- 
     
     ly at the C.D.P. Joe preferred not to race 
     
     his horse from the front if he could avoid 
     
     it and he usually did. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In a race, when Joe had a 
     
    
   
   
    
     About Bert McWade, the former Public 
     
     Relations Director of Harness Racing for 
     
     the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, joe 
     
     remembered him as a good guy. A good 
     
     funny guy. He was always teasing some— 
     
     one in a good natured way. 
     
     always willing to learn. Joe recounted 
     
     one of Bert's experiences as a driver at 
     
    
   
   
    
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     the C.D.1’. Bert was driving Miss McGee 
     
     when her hobble-hanger let go and 
     
     tripped her. She went to her knees but 
     
     Bert was able to get her up and finished 
     
     the race. He took a lot of good natured 
     
     ribbing from the boys in the barn after 
     
     that race. He remembered it well. Bert 
     
     worked for joe Hennessey and Doug Hill 
     
     during his formative years in the racing 
     
     game and received a firm foundation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Shirley and Joe always tried to instill in 
     
     their children and grandchildren that you 
     
     must work hard to be successful in this 
     
     life. Daughters, Brenda. Linda “Bubby”, 
     
     Lorie, Jennifer and Francie and sons, 
     
    
   
   
    
     joseph “Jody", John, Danny. Wally and 
     
    
   
   
    
     Gordie could indeed be very proud of 
     
     their parents. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The very afternoon that the interview 
     
     was being done for this article, joe 
     
     received a call from his son Wally from 
     
     Sweden. Wally had just driven the great 
     
     mare Mani Ma/eer to a world trotting 
     
     record of 155.5 on a five—eighths mile 
     
     track in the Elitlopp International Trot in 
     
     Sweden. Joe Hennessey earned a gleam 
     
     of satisfaction from his son‘s message. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Longevity permitted Joe Hennessey to 
     
     appreciate and enjoy his two loves — his 
     
     family and his horses. He died on 
     
     October 29. 2007 at the age of 82 after a 
     
     lengthy illness with his family at his side. 
     
    
   
   
    
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