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James Hackett Named Neville Award Recipient For 2002
James Hackett, Hall of Famer and winner of the 1967 Little Brown
Jug, has
been selected as the fourth
recipient of the Joseph Neville Memorial
Award to be presented at the Mayor's Breakfast on September 18, 2002.
Hackett was chosen by a 23-member panel
of national and international
harness racing enthusiasts.
During his 23-year career, the London, Ohio native
was a fixture on the
Grand Circuit. Hackett's greatest success came from the pacing
colt, Best
Of All. Hackett teamed up with the son of Good Time to capture the 1966 Fox
Stakes and American-National and the 1967 Review Stakes
and Little Brown
Jug. Best Of All was awarded the Ohio "Horse of the
Year" Award from the
United States Trotting Association in 1967.
Hackett, a distinguished veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II,
was
the son-in-law of the Hall of Fame driver/trainer Wayne "Curly"
Smart.
James Hackett was inducted as an Immortal of the Harness Racing Living Hall
of Fame in Goshen, New York in 1985 and the Ohio
Harness Racing Hall of
Fame in 2002. Hackett suffered a fatal heart attack
on August 24, 1970,
shortly after finishing a race at the Latonia
Race Course in Florence,
Kentucky.
Hackett's family will be presented a plaque at the Little Brown Jug Mayor's
Breakfast at Ohio Wesleyan University on September 18, the
morning before
the 57th Little Brown Jug at the Delaware County Fairgrounds.
Past Neville Award winners include: Max C. Hempt (1999);
Charles D. Hill
(2000); George Sholty (2001)
Tickets to the Mayor's Breakfast are available
for $25 each by phoning
(800) 335-3247 or by writing The Mayor's
Breakfast, P.O. Box 1278,
Delaware, Ohio 43015
James Hackett, Hall of Famer and winner of the 1967 Little Brown
Jug, has
been selected as the fourth
recipient of the Joseph Neville Memorial
Award to be presented at the Mayor's Breakfast on September 18, 2002.
Hackett was chosen by a 23-member panel
of national and international
harness racing enthusiasts.
During his 23-year career, the London, Ohio native
was a fixture on the
Grand Circuit. Hackett's greatest success came from the pacing
colt, Best
Of All. Hackett teamed up with the son of Good Time to capture the 1966 Fox
Stakes and American-National and the 1967 Review Stakes
and Little Brown
Jug. Best Of All was awarded the Ohio "Horse of the
Year" Award from the
United States Trotting Association in 1967.
Hackett, a distinguished veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II,
was
the son-in-law of the Hall of Fame driver/trainer Wayne "Curly"
Smart.
James Hackett was inducted as an Immortal of the Harness Racing Living Hall
of Fame in Goshen, New York in 1985 and the Ohio
Harness Racing Hall of
Fame in 2002. Hackett suffered a fatal heart attack
on August 24, 1970,
shortly after finishing a race at the Latonia
Race Course in Florence,
Kentucky.
Hackett's family will be presented a plaque at the Little Brown Jug Mayor's
Breakfast at Ohio Wesleyan University on September 18, the
morning before
the 57th Little Brown Jug at the Delaware County Fairgrounds.
Past Neville Award winners include: Max C. Hempt (1999);
Charles D. Hill
(2000); George Sholty (2001)
Tickets to the Mayor's Breakfast are available
for $25 each by phoning
(800) 335-3247 or by writing The Mayor's
Breakfast, P.O. Box 1278,
Delaware, Ohio 43015
For More Information:
Jay Wolf, Mayor's Breakfast Chairman, (740) 657-7052, jwolf@dcb-t.com
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