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      20
      October
      1998
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Johnson
      runs
      to
     
     
      raise
      funds
     
     
      for
      children
     
    
   
   
    
     
      *Continued
      from
      page
      3
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      wishes
      range
      from
     
     
      meeting
      celebrities
      to
      trips
      to
     
     
      famous
      locations.
     
    

    
     
      As
      for
      the
      race
      itself,
      it
     
     
      followed
      three
      cards
      of
      horse
     
     
      racing,
      after
      which
      the
      build
      up
     
     
      began.
     
    

    
     
      When
      Johnson
      was
     
     
      sighted
      sifting
      through
      the
     
     
      crowd
      to
      reach
      the
      track,
      he
     
     
      was
      met
      with
      an
      enthusiastic
     
     
      response,
      as
      were
      all
      the
      other
     
     
      participants.
     
    

    
     
      Despite
      less
      than
      stellar
     
     
      conditions
      (the
      pouring
      rain
     
     
      made
      for
      a
      muddy
      track),
      over
     
     
      4000
      people
      jammed
      into
      the
     
     
      CDP
      to
      see
      the
      event.
     
    

    
     
      Prior
      to
      the
      race
      itself,
     
     
      Johnson
      granted
      the
      wish
      of
     
     
      eight
      year
      old
      Ryan
      Kelly.
     
    

    
     
      He
      offered
      Ryan
      the
     
     
      opportunity
      to
      ride
      around
      the
     
     
      track
      with
      him
      in
      the
      back
      ofa
     
     
      red
      convertible
      prior
      to
      the
      race.
     
     
      Ryan
      accepted
      the
      invitation.
     
    

    
     
      Originally,
      Johnson
      was
     
     
      to
      start
      80
      metres
      from
      the
     
     
      finish
      line,
      the
      horse
      and
      sulky
     
     
      from
      100
      metres,
      the
      Morgan
     
     
      horse
      from
      120
      metres
      and
      the
     
     
      stock
      car
      from
      140
      metres,
      but
     
     
      by
      the
      time
      race
      time
      came
      the
     
     
      participants,
      with
      the
      excep-
     
     
      tion
      of
      Johnson,
      were
      pushed
     
     
      closer
      to
      the
      finish
      line
      on
      ac-
     
     
      count
      of
      the
      poor
      weather.
     
    

    
     
      Both
      the
      horses
      took
      off
     
     
      prior
      tothe
      starters
      pistol
      sound-
     
     
      ing.
      Johnson
      noticed
      this,
      and
     
     
      exploded
      out
      of
      the
      blocks
      in
     
     
      his
      trademark
      style.
     
    

    
     
      For
      the
      first
      40
      metres
      or
     
     
      so
      Johnson
      had
      the
      lead,
      at
     
     
      which
      point
      the
      Morgan
      horse
     
     
      passed
      him,
      and
      under
      10
      me-
     
     
      tres
      from
      the
      finish
      line
      the
     
     
      re
      and
      sulky
      passed
      him
      as
     
     
      well.
     
    

    
     
      Despite
      coming
      in
      third,
     
     
      Johnson
      seemed
      upbeat
      after
     
     
      the
      race.
     
    

    
     
      “It
      was
      for
      a
      good
      cause,”
     
     
      Johnson
      said.
      “It
      was
      for
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      kids.”
      He
      added
      that
      he
      was
     
     
      happy
      tohelp
      “bring
      some
      hap-
     
     
      piness
      to
      the
      kids.”
     
    

    
     
      After
      the
      race,
      Johnson
     
     
      signed
      over
      one
      thousand
      au-
     
     
      tographs.
     
    

    
     
      For
      the
      most
      part,
      audi-
     
     
      ence
      response
      was
      positive.
     
    

    
     
      “Ben
      didn’t
      lose.
      He
     
     
      won
      the
      hearts
      of
      the
      people,”
     
     
      said
      Jared
      Stretch,
      a
      UPEI
     
     
      student
      who
      attended
      the
      race.
     
    

    
     
      Lea
      Gauthier,
      general
     
     
      manager
      of
      the
      Children’s
     
     
      Wish
      Foundation
      of
      PEI
      re-
     
     
      vealed
      that
      over
      $9,500
      dollars
     
     
      were
      raised
      at
      the
      event,
      with
     
     
      significant
      contributions
      com-
     
     
      ing
      from
      Wally
      Hennessey,
      a
     
     
      racing
      fan
      from
      Glace
      Bay,
     
     
      the
      Charlottetown
      Driving
     
     
      Park
      and
      Atlantic
      Lotte
     
    

    
     
      The
      remainder
      of
      the
     
     
      funds
      were
      raised
      through
      a
     
     
      special
      “donation
      bet”
      on
      the
     
     
      race.
      Tickets
      of
      $2
      each
      were
     
     
      placed
      on
      the
      four
      participants,
     
     
      with
      winning
      tickets
      rewarded
     
     
      with
      a
      stuffed
      animal.
     
    

    
     
      Many
      at
      the
      park
      felt
     
     
      that
      Johnson
      was
      not
      a
      hero,
     
     
      but
      that
      he
      was
      just
      doing
      good
     
     
      work.
     
    

    
     
      They
      maintain
      that
      he
      let
     
     
      so
      many
      of
      them
      down
      ten
     
     
      years
      ago
      when
      he
      tested
      posi-
     
     
      tive
      for
      banned
      anabolic
      ster-
     
     
      oids
      ~
      which,
      ironically
      enough,
     
     
      are
      derived
      from
      horses
      --
      and
     
     
      caused
      Canada
      so
      much
      em-
     
     
      barrassment.
     
    

    
     
      But
      it
      was
      clear
      that
      these
     
    
   
   
    
     
      people
      were
      willing
      to
      forgive
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Johnson
      for
      what
      he
      di
     
     
      account
      ofhischaritable
      work.
     
    

    
     
      Due
      to
      the
      overwhelm-
     
     
      ing
      enthusiasm
      Johnson
      found
     
     
      on
      the
      Island,
      he
      decided
      to
     
     
      extend
      his
      visit.
     
    

    
     
      Originally
      he
      wasto
      leave
     
     
      on
      Friday,
      the
      day
      after
      the
     
     
      race,
      but
      opted
      to
      “_s
      _
     
     
      day
      to
      participate
      in
      il-
     
     
      dren’s
      Wish
      Foundation
      Pa-
     
     
      rade
      on
      Saturday.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ecl,
      ane
     
    
   
   
    
     
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