he picturesque rural community of 
     
    

    
     Cornwall in tiny Prince Edward 
     
    

    
     Island has provided an abundance 
     
     of talented horsemen — Francis McIsaac, 
     
     Angus MacPhee, Alex MacPhee, Blois 
     
     MacPhail, Ronnie Gass and others. In 
     
     fact, the Charlottetown Driving Park used 
     
     to feature “The Cornwall Pace” in which 
     
     all the drivers were from Cornwall and 
     
     the surrounding area. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In the past few years, 50—year-old Brian 
     
     MacPhee quietly and positively estab— 
     
     lished himself in the top echelon of har— 
     
     ness racing drivers in the Atlantic 
     
     provinces and Brian just happened to be 
     
     another Cornwall product. He joined the 
     
     elite group of drivers with 1,000 victories 
     
     when he won with Ian Smith‘s Robe)? 
     
     Hunter at the C.D.P. He made over 
     
     $1,700,000 in career purse earnings. He 
     
     won six consecutive stake races including 
     
     a phenomenal 2:02.1 victory with a two— 
     
     year-old trotter of Myron Ford’s, Rustz’co 
     
     Ben and more and more, he earned 
     
     catch—drives in important stakes and free— 
     
     for-all events throughout the Maritimes 
     
    
   
   
    
     Brian was about six or seven when he 
     
     started to help his dad, Alex with the 
     
     horses. Grandfather Richie and Alex both 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     iotos: Gail MacDonald 
     
     kept a number of horses around home so 
     
     he got the bug early in life. 
     
    
   
   
    
     77.7e Abse was the first horse that Brian 
     
     remembered working aroun 1, “He was a 
     
     big old horse whose best days were 
     
     behind him. I kind of inherited him for 
     
     his last year of racing for helping out. In 
     
     addition. I also paid a very minimum 
     
     price to my dad." 
     
    
   
   
    
     Brian clearly remembered the Belfast 
     
     Lion‘s Day Pace at Pinette Raceway when 
     
     he was 16 and able to drive a truck. He 
     
     stated, “Dad gave me the half—ton and 
     
     sent me on my way to Pinette." That 
     
     afternoon he drove The Nose to a third 
     
     place finish in his very first amateur 
     
     drive. He also learned to shoe and did 
     
     the training on Tber lose which they had 
     
     around for a number of years. The old 
     
     horse gave this youngster many valuable 
     
     learning experiences. 
     
    
   
   
    
     As a youngster around home, he admired 
     
     and appreciated his father, Alex as a 
     
     When he graduated to the 
     
     C.D.P., he got a lot of pointers from 
     
     Francis Mclsaac. Brian was shoeing and 
     
     driving at this stage and Francis was at 
     
     the top of his game and a best friend to 
     
    
   
   
    
     horseman. 
     
    
   
   
    
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