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Snapper Garrison Was Suc cessor To Tod Sloan NEW YORK—(A.P)—Edward H. Whoo originated what became pop ularly known as the “Garrison fin ish, died at the age of 62 at the Swedish hospital in Brooklyn to day. He had been in apparent good health until yesterday. Snapper ‘Garrison was a blacke smith's helper in New Haven, Conn. before he rode to riches and fame on some of the greatest thorough breds of his or any other time. He was in his prime as a jockey 35 to 40 years ago, at one time owning ,and racing his own stable of horses. Successor To Sloan, ‘Garrison was the successor, as an internationally famous jockey, to the colorful Tod Sloan. Of the latter Garrison once remarked: “horses ran for Tod.” Garrison re garded Laverne Fator as the great est of modern jockeys. Garrison's finish became a by word on the turf in 1886 when he came from nowhere with an out sider, Dutch Roller, owned by James R. Keene, to win the Great East ern Handicap at Sheepshead Bay, New York. Thibel stuck to Garrison, who [never Mired ]front runners and in variably rated his mounts along to do his stuff in the stretch, where, he remarked, “the money is.” Garrison “was the highest salar ied jockey in the business in 1864, when he received $23,500 as contract rider for August Belmont, James B. Baggin and Gideon Knapp. A year later he wore the silks of Colonel Jacob Ruppert, now owner of the New York Yankees, Garrison won, lost, and partially regained a fortune in the racing game. He quit as a jockey in 1897, later serving as an official at num erous tracks, especially on the south. He has spent the past few winters at Miami, Florida. He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Mall Carrier Charles Willett of Rock Falls spent Monday in Chi cago where he received medical treatment.
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Sterling Daily Gazette
Sterling, Illinois, US
Tue, Oct 28, 1930
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