Edward R. Garrison

Jockey, Hall of fame inductee

1868 – 1930

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Who was Edward R. Garrison?

Edward R. "Snapper" Garrison, was a jockey known for hanging back during most of the race and finishing at top speed to achieve a thrilling victory.

Garrison was a jockey who rode out of an East Coast base for sixteen years from 1882 through 1897. While there are no official records documenting all of his career races, he once estimated that he had ridden more than 700 winners during his career. Among his most spectacular wins was the 1892 Suburban Handicap on Montana and in 1893 at New Jersey's Guttenberg track on Tammany, both impressive finishes. Garrison was so well known for this that a contest where the winner pulls ahead at the last moment to score the victory is known as a Garrison finish.

Following the creation of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Edward Garrison was part of the inaugural group inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1955.

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Born
Feb 9, 1868
New Haven
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Connecticut
Died
Oct 28, 1930

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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