Exhibit 5.1




                               HALE AND DORR LLP
                                  haledorr.com
                       60 STATE STREET O BOSTON, MA 02109
                         617-526-6000 O FAX 617-526-5000


                                                         June 6, 2003


Saucony, Inc.
13 Centennial Drive
Peabody, MA 01960

Re:      2003 Stock Incentive Plan


Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have assisted in the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8
(the  "Registration  Statement")  to be filed with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission")  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"),  relating to an aggregate of 250,000 shares of Class A Common
Stock, $.33-1/3 par value per share (the "Class A Shares"), and 1,750,000 shares
of Class B Common Stock, $.33-1/3 par value per share (the "Class B Shares;" and
together  with  the  Class  A  Shares,  the  "Shares"),   of  Saucony,  Inc.,  a
Massachusetts  corporation  (the  "Company"),  issuable under the Company's 2003
Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan").

     We have examined the Articles of  Organization  and By-Laws of the Company,
each as amended and restated to date, and originals,  or copies certified to our
satisfaction,  of all  pertinent  records of the meetings of the  directors  and
stockholders of the Company, the Registration Statement and such other documents
relating  to the  Company as we have deemed  material  for the  purposes of this
opinion.

     In  our  examination  of the  foregoing  documents,  we  have  assumed  the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us
as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to
us as certified,  photostatic or other copies, the authenticity of the originals
of any such  documents  and the  legal  competence  of all  signatories  to such
documents.

     We assume that the appropriate action will be taken, prior to the offer and
sale of the Shares in  accordance  with the Plans,  to register  and qualify the
Shares for sale under all applicable state securities or "blue sky" laws.

     We express no  opinion  herein as to the laws of any state or  jurisdiction
other than the state laws of The Commonwealth of  Massachusetts  and the federal
laws of the United States of America.


     It is understood  that this opinion is to be used only in  connection  with
the offer and sale of the Shares while the Registration Statement is in effect.

     Please note that we are opining only as to the matters  expressly set forth
herein, and no opinion should be inferred as to any other matters.

     Based on the  foregoing,  we are of the opinion that the Shares  covered by
the Registration  Statement,  as described in the Registration  Statement,  have
been duly authorized for issuance and, when those Shares are issued and paid for
in accordance  with the terms and  conditions of the Plan,  they will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     We hereby  consent to the filing of this  opinion  with the  Commission  in
connection with the  Registration  Statement in accordance with the requirements
of Item  601(b)(5) of Regulation  S-K under the  Securities  Act. In giving such
consent,  we do not hereby  admit that we are in the  category of persons  whose
consent  is  required  under  Section 7 of the  Securities  Act or the rules and
regulations of the Commission.

     David E. Redlick, a partner of this firm, is Clerk of the Company.

                                                     Very truly yours,

                                                     /s/ Hale and Dorr LLP

                                                     HALE AND DORR LLP