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Times-Advocate, 1982-03-10, Page 10Pogo .* Times -Advocate, March 10, 1982 +'Ila lrw- A VALUABLE PACER - A three year old pacer who set three world records as a two year old has been syndicated for $15 million. Merger owned by Dave Morrissey of McGillivray township. Peter Oud of Kippen and John Campbell formerly of Nairn set a record of 1.53.4 at Lexington, Kentucky on October 4. Shown after the win are Dave Morrisey, groom Joe Gillis, driver John Campbell and his wife Paula and Leona Mor- rissey. Photo byJohn E. Jones For $15 million Merger gets syndication The ultimate dream of all standardbred horse owners is to own a world's record holder and that doesn't happen very often. It has happened in double fashion to Dave Morrissey, Peter Oud and John Camp- bell. , They are joint owners of Merger, who set three world records as a two year-old in 1981 and has now been synidcated for a whopping price of 815 million. Morrissey, who oRerates a 300 acre farm in McGillivray township near. Mount Carmel arrived home Sunday noon after completing the syn- dication deal in New York, Friday. The deal has been pending with the syndicate since Merger won the first heat of a stakes race at Lexington, Kentucky on October 4 in 1:53:4 beating the old mark by a full two fifths of a second. Merger came back a couple of hours later to win the second heat in 1:55 for a two heat record. The record breaking colt was purchased as a yearling at the Harrisburg, Penn- sylvania sales by Morrissey, Oud and Campbell for 877,000 and in his three 1981 wins earned more than 8155,000 in purses. Morrissey told the' T- 1 Sunday, "The deal was a long time in the works. There is a tremendous amount of red tape to be worked out. We retained a 25 percent interest in Merger and the balance is owned by Finder- Guida Enterprises of New York." The principals in Finder- Guida Enterprises who also have a share of Niatross who at about 88 million was the top priced three year-old stud to be syndicated in history are Mort Finder and Lou Guida. Merger will race for one more year under the guidance of John Campbell, who has been one of the top drivers at The Meadowlands in New Jersey since moving there from Western Ontario. Ile is eligible for all the major three year-old pacing stakes in North America in- cluding the Triple rown of harness racing, the Messenger, the Cane and the Little Brown Jug. Other eligible races are the 81 million Meadowlands Pace, the Queen City Pace at Toronto Greenwood, the Confederation Cup at Flamboro and the Prix D'Ete at Blue Bonnets in Montreal. All go for purses in excess of 8100,000. During the past year Guida and Finder have syndicated five other horses. They include Seahawk Hanover, Computer, Camp David, Artie's Dream and Bandelier. Asked as to what stud fees Merger would command in 1982, Morrissey replied, "That will depend largely on how well he races this year, but, it will likely be about 835,000 to start. Niatross is now commanding a fee of 875,000 and has 250 mares booked for this year." Merger is a son of Albatross-Ladykin Hanover. The mare Ladykin Hanover is still owned by Winnipeg Jets general manager John Ferguson. It was Ferguson who named the colt in recognition of the merger between the NHL and the WHA. It was the late Elgin Armstrong of Brampton who got Ferguson started in the breeding business and told him the best way to get started is to buy good fillies. As to the number of horses in his barns now, Morrissey said, "In addition to the ones racing, we have 11 two -year- olds beginning to train near the Meadowlands that we own parts of and another dozen or so here at home. Some are with Peter Oud and others John Campbell is included." The same partnership of Morrissey and Oud who is a Kippen area farmer owns a three-quarter brother to Merger. He is called Ladatross and is. beginning training as two year-old. The next hero in the Morrissey-Oud stables is Fight the Foe who has compiled a story book saga that most Hollywood producers would have trouble matching. Fight the Foe now eight years of age compiled a miraculous record in 1979 winning 16 races and purses of over $207,000. He ran into serious knee problems during 1980 and 1981, but, started the comeback trail late last year. He started his return on Boxing Day at Western Fair Raceway, finishing second to New Departure in 2:02. Then it was on to Windsor and another runnerup position in 2:01:1. The move to the big tracks began at Yonkers on January 23 with a win in 2:01:1. Next another win at Yonkers in 2:00:4, a second place finish in just under two minutes and a surprising win on February 27 in the prestigidious George Morton Levy Memorial Pace. Fight the Foe was the first leg of this pace in a speedy 1:58:1, the fastest clip set by any horse in 1982 on a half - mile track. He finished fourth in the second leg Saturday night over a very sloppy track. His total career earnings to date are over $445,000. FLECK EMPLOYEES WIN - In an exciting broomball game Sunday morning Fleck Manufacturing employees downed the management team 3-2. The winners are shown above. Back, left, clown David Bell, Connie Koehler, Bill LeCourtois, Shelley Glanville, Lorna Glanville, Cathy Cornish and clown Steve Wells. Front, Sheila McLeod, John Nyssen, Marie Flanagan, Joan Finkbeiner, Lorna Coward, Dinnette McLeod and David Piercey in the ver front. - T -A hoto' riff+ .. r , la e e . , 4..:- FLECK'S BEST BROOMBALLE RS -- The employees edged management 3-2 in Sun- day's Fleck Manufacturing broomboll game. Above, Fran Piercey, left, and Jay Campbell at the right present the most valuable player trophies to Basil O'Brien and Marie Theresa Flanagan. Bill Crawford was actually the winner for manage. ment but was absent when the picture was taken. T -A photo d Novice win consolation Minors fail to win Four Exeter minor hockey teams failed in their bid to duplicate the Shamrock playoff win of the local midgets when they competed in league "B" playoffs this weekend. The novice crew ended up as consolation winners in the four -team playoff in SI. Marys, while the atoms, pee wees and bantams came home without any silver- ware. The novice lost their first game by a 2-1 count to Mt. Brydges, but rebounded for a 4-1 win over Belmont in the consolation, Jason Heywood scored the lone Exeter goal in the first game on a play with Jim Ahrens, and then scored a pair in the second tilt to pace the win. Jason Hern and Allan McFalls notched the singles. Picking up assists were Jeremy Hrudka and David Schwindt. The local atoms scored a 5- 2 win over Lambeth in their first game at Dorchester, but were then beaten 4-1 by the home team which went on to win the championship. Doug Clark paced the win in the first game with two. goals and an assist, while firing single markers were Mark Burton, David O'Connor and Jeff Rowe. Recording assists were Larry Lewis, David Josephson and Peter Lerikoe. Exeter took a 1-0 lead in the second game against Dorchester when Rob McLelland scored an unassisted marker, but the home team came back with four unanswered tallies to move into the championship game. _ The local bantams lost both their games in tht playoff tournament in Lambeth, while the pee wees were edged in the cham- pionship game at Goderich. The pee wees won their first game with a 1-0 decision over Dorchester and that sent them into the cham- pionship game against Port Stanley. Fred Gregus earned the shutout. 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