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TT WTERT rr TT TRE Tir Era The Tee TR Y PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 26,1993 - 29 "A Family Tradition for 127 Years" "| MoJacks lose 7, <| and tie in two rr A memorial run was held at the soccer fields in Port Perry recently for Lisa Carlson, a teacher at S.A. Cawker Public School, who was killed in a car accident during the summer. More than 400 Durham Region public school students participated in the run. Last week members of Mackles fastball team, on which Ms. Carlson was a member, presented the "Born to Run" tro- " phy to students from R.H. Cornish, winners of the meet. Pictured are (front) Pat Lewis and Amanda Wakeford. (Middle) Dawn Mette, Joanne Plamondow, Laurie Weeks and Donna Ste- . phens. (Rear) Donna Conboy, Todd Milligan, Tanya Lavis and Alex Wordley. Bill Bi ES, &i Y) ] bob owners suing drug manufacturer which caused horse's retirement By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star The owners of star trotter Bil- lyjojimbob, who earned more than $900,000 in his career, are suing the manufacturers of a drug which they believe forced their trotterinto an early retire- ment. Billyjojimbob, known by fami- ly and friends as BJ, was retired at a special ceremony in July at Greenwood Raceway, after it was announced that bringing him back to race would be dev- astating to his health. The cause of the horse's dete- rioration in health was not dis- closed until last week, when owner Lori Wade, of Little Brit- ain and her husband Mike, who trained BJ, told the press that their six-year-old trotter suf- fered an allergic reaction to a drug, forcing him to retire. "He" would definitely have been running again," Mrs. Wade said, if the horse had not received the treatment. The Wades' and BJ's prob- lems began at the end of 1992. BJ had just completed two straight Free For All victories at Mohawk Raceway when it ap- peared he had contracted a vi- rus. After being treated by the Wade's veterinarian he was lat- er given an injection of Equi- mune 1.V., a drug which is sup- posed to stimulate the immune system to help fight off viruses. The result was the opposite and BJ's condition worsened. 'I'ne Wades took him to the Uni- versity of Guelph for an evalua- tion under the supervision of respiratory specialist Dr. L. Viel. After treatment he was sent home to recuperate. A few weeks later the Wades returned Billyjojimbob to Guelph for a regular check-up and received the devastating news that the horse would likely not race: again. According to the doctor, BJ had suffered an allergic reac- tion to the drug causing exten- sive damage and scarring to his lungs. The scar tissue that formed as a result limited his lung capacity at 50 per cent of what it was. The Wades have since filed a lawsuit against the manufac- turer of the drug. On the advice of the lawyer the Wades did not go public with the exact cause of BJ's illness, but the possibility of other horses suffering the game consequences led the Wades to tell their story. . "BJ's is not an isolated case. We're aware of other horses who have had severe reactions and I don't want to see another horse having to suffer needlessly," Mrs. Wade said. Her objective with this law- suitis to simply "get the product off the market," she told the Star. "It is just too bad that he had to retire this way," she added. Billyjojimbob, now retired on the Wade farm, was named Canada's best Aged Trotter Horse of the Year in both 1991 and 1992. His career was high- lighted in May 1992, when BJ won the prestigious Elitlopp in Sweden. Representing Canada and racing the best trotters in the world," BJ won in record time. With a remarkable year in 1992, Billyjojimbob earned more than a half a million dol- lars to raise his career earnings to more than $900,000. By Shawn Bastarache The Port Perry ModJacks played host to the Little Britain Merchants Sunday night at . Scugog arena escaping with a 2- 2 tie and moving their record to one win, one loss and one tie. The ModJdacks entered play Sunday sitting at .500 after a 7- 3 win in the season opener against against Uxbridge and a 9-7 loss Friday night in Lake- field. : The game against the Chiefs was a rough and tumble affair that resulted in the MoJacks losing a good part of their of- fence to suspensions. ~ Clair Cornish, Shannon Todd, Steve Laird and Todd Dennis each received two-game suspensions for their part in a melee between the two teams in the second period. The quartet, who combined for 150 points last season, be- gan serving their suspensions Sunday night and will miss this Friday's game in Uxbridge be- fore being eligible for play again Sunday nightin Bowmanville. Despite the loss, the MoJacks went out and played hard against Little Britain and actu- ally never trailed in the game. - Jeremy Ross Without the aforementioned scoring power, the MoJacks rely on only Jason Cochrane and Keith Leslie as the other two forwards who have played last season with the club. The rest of the responsibility lies in the hands of some very capable rookies, however, and they came to the forefront Sunday night. Jeremy Ross, a native of Cold- stream, got Port Perry on the board first, defiecting a shot that eluded Little Britain's Don Fleming beating him on the stick side. Ross, at 6'1" and 185 pounds came to the Modacks this sea- son from the Parkhill Stars and has shown through the first three games of the season that heis able to play at the Junior C level. After Ross' goal put the Mo- Jacks ahead, the Merchants took advantage of a power-play opportunity to draw even. With ike Staniland in the penalty box, Jeff Jenkins beat Port net- overtime "ing, tho | 1€ague matches 2 minder Rick Hutchinson to tie the . score at one halfway. through the first period. 4 The teams remained tied un- til the 8:05 mark of the second when 16-year-old Cory Garring- er scored his, second goal as a MoJack converting on a feed from Todd Smart. : . Though small in stature at Cory Garringer 5'9", and 165 pounds, Garringer - is big on talent having compiled 107 points at the Bantam level, and should blossom with the talent surrounding him this season. wT . Garringer's goal stood up as the winner until 7:65 of the final frame when Little Britain's Jer- emy Roberts chippéd the puck over a downed Hutchinson dur- - ing a scramble in front of the Port Perry goal, #5 A five-minute sudden death riod decided noth- h Ross missed a "chance to give his club the extra point when he rang one off the postin the dying minutes. The MoJacks were also with- out head coach Brad Menzies Sunday night as he was busy honeymooning with his new bride Darlene. Menzies returns | for Friday's tilt with the Bruin: » in Uxbridge. MOJACKS' FACTS: Con- gratulations on behalf of the Port Perry MoJacks organiza- tion to head coach Brad Men- zies and his wife Darlene who were married Oct. 9...The Mo- Jacks will be away from the friendly confines of Scugog Are- na for the next two weeks as they play four straight on the road - Oct. 29 in Uxbridge, Hal- loween night in Bowmanville, Nov. 3 in Little Britain, Nov. 5 in Bobcaygeon...The next home game is on Sunday, Nov. 7 when the Bobcaygeon Bullets make their first visit to Scugog Arena this season...Jason. rane, Kevin McDonald and Todd Smart all had assists in the tie with the Merchants....Cochrane had two goals in Friday's loss to Lakefield with singles going to Brad Bagshaw, Steve Laird, Clair Cornish, Cory Garringer, - and Kevin Vivian....Ian Titter- ton had a pair of assists as well as singles to Vivian, Cornish, Dennis," Todd, Keith Leslie, Brad MacArthur and -Duane Empringham. iin Country Style Bantams open season Well, the 1993-94 hockey sea- son is underway for the Port Perry Bantam #1 team. Once again, the sponsor is Ken Car- ruthers of Country Style Do- nuts. In pre-season, action flared for the Country Style Bantams, as they faced a home and home series against Uxbridge. Port Perry lost the first game five to three in a rough and tumble match. The second game saw the two teams skate to a three all tie. Next, we faced almighty Oshawa in another pre-season contest at home in the Sc Arena. This match also in with a tie score, but this time, all locked up at four. Near the end of the game, a small tussle broke out resulting in five sus- pensions for Port Perry. On Tuesday, Oct. 5, the Ban. tams played against Cobourg in the long-awaited first league game, to be played in the Co- "hourg barn - although the barn- yard has been cleaned up a lit- Turnto Page 32