  The giant early-type merger remnant galaxy NGC 1316 is an ideal probe for
studying the long-term effects of a major merger on its globular cluster (GC)
system, given its spectroscopically derived merger age of 3 Gyr which we
reported in a recent paper. Here we report several pieces of photometric
evidence showing that the second-generation GCs in NGC 1316 are at an
evolutionary phase in between that of luminous GCs found in younger merger
remnants such as (e.g.) NGC 7252 and that of `red' GCs found in `normal, old'
ellipticals. The observation that massive, second-generation GCs formed during
major mergers can survive for at least 3 Gyr provides strong evidence that
these clusters can have `normal' mass functions including low-mass stars, and
hence that they can survive to reach `old age' similar to those of `normal'
ellipticals.
