Marlborough, MA --- Three longtime contributors to harness racing were named to the New England USHWA chapter's Hall of Fame at its annual meeting on March 30.

Edward Callahan, Bruce Ranger and the late Harry Brusie will be inducted later this summer to the chapter's Hall of Fame at an awards program.

Callahan is general manager and vice president of Rockingham Park in Salem, N.H. He is also a director of the USTA (District 9-New England) and has been promoting the sport in various posts for 30 years.

Ranger is one of the top driver-trainers in harness racing and has made more than 7,000 trips to the winner's circle in a career which started in New England. He's also been Pompano Park's leading driver for the better part of a decade.

Brusie came from the village of Eggrement, Mass., and excelled in the driving and training ranks of the sport for 40 years. He was named to the Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y., and in 1926 he raced the filly Tippie Volo who won 13 straight races. He also set a world's record for 2-year-old trotting colts over a half-mile track with his horse Sturdy (2:06.1).

In other business, the chapter re-elected John Ginnetti, Jr. as the chapter president; Robert Temple, vice-president; Robert Lieberman, secretary-treasurer; and William Ellis, second vice-president.

The New England Chapter of USHWA also nominated David H. McDuffee to the Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y., and named Maine driver-trainer Don Richards to its Senior Hall of Fame catagory.

New England's Hall of Fame now numbers 54. Allen J. Wilson, the first inductee, was honored in 1962. The Hall of Fame plaque is displayed at Plainridge Racecourse.