Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-06-28

The Board of Control had been inves-
tigatng Garrison for three days, and
the public expected, as usual. that the
Board could not "prove it," The de-
cision, when it came, was guarded
enough:
"In the opinion of the Board of Con-
trol the falling of st. Florain in the
Double Event at the Coney Island Jock
ey Club courses on June l6, was acct
dental. No action Is therefore neces-
sary.
1.-THE license of E. Garrison is hereby
suspended.
'Notce is hereby given that the IL
cense of jockeys who bet upon races
will be revoked, and that any person
making a bet with or on behalf Of
Jockey will be ruled off the COURSE"
The curious hold the great jockey mas
on race-goers was shown when it was
known that he had been diSgraced. The
very men who had been denouncing him
most bitterly were the first to say they
were sorry for him.
For ten years Garrison has been the
most picturesque figure OF the Ameri-
can turf. He has won and lost enough
money to start half dozen national
banks.
loan me So" said he to friend at
the track one day, I'm broke" That
afternoon he had run the IS up to So
600, and at the end of the week CARR
son had $50, 900 and was buying race
horses. At the end of the month Car
rison was laughing over his luck to his
friend at Turkish bathhouse. 81
hardly have enough to pay for the
BATH" said he.
He first appeared as the apprentice
of old "Father Bill" DAILY. another re-
markable character; and it used to be
said in the old Brighton Beach days
that Garrison was a gypsy. The boy
and the master were a queer couple.
They swore at each other diStruSted
each other, and yet, down in their
hearts each had a sneaking affection for
the other. The match race between
them at Elizabeth last fall was thor
oughly characteristic. Each tried 10
get the best of the match, and failing,
they finally compromised and fooled the
public.
Most of Garrson's trouble has come
from himself. His one weakness is his
vanity.
why" said ne one day, none Of
these suckers know how to pull a horse.
This is the way to pull horse-put
your knuckles against his side and then
turn your hand around, and there you
are!"
When some one suggested that Prince
Royal had been pulled Garrison shook
with merriment.
4,oOody but Ioui "ou,o pun ,hu
Prince" said he. ''All you have to do
is to YELL whoop, right quick. The
Prince falls all to pieces. lie loses his
stride and he is out of it,"
GarrisonS friends say these confess
ions are mere idle boaStings.
The iaunty, carefully-dressed CARR
son Of the grand stand and the Broad
way hotels, with the glib tongue and the
quick wit, is one man. The other is
the jockey. They are altogether differ
ent persons. Garrison's riding can no
more be described in print than it could
be painted on canvas. Nor can il be
compared with the riding OF other jock
eyS; for no other jockey ever rode like
him. 1t is all done in the last two hun
dred yards of the race. Two or three
horses are out in front, pegging away,
or perhaps one is dozen lengths or so
in the lead, winning easily. Suddenly
a horse bursts through from the far
rear. There is a rider hanging away mp
on his neck, squirting, whipping, driv-
ing, with knees and arms going like
windmill, carrying the horse along, lift
ing him in stride by stride, until, in a
whirlwind Of dust and blows and wild
masSing of colorS and horses, he wins on
the post by head. Then, if you know
anything about horses, you take oil
your hat to the best jockey that ever
rode desperate finish.
Garrison does well whatever he at
temptS. He is dead shot a fine boxer,
a superb swimmer and a capital billiard
and pool player. He is patron of the
ring, and when he is in luck no man
will go down in his pocket quicker or
deeper than Garrison.to see Ego" be-
tween well-matched pair.
As for the record of his performances,
there is no jockey in America who has
occupied a more prominent position
than has Edward Garrison, not even
james Mclaughlin. For, although the
latter was a public favorite for some
years, Garrison met him and continual
ly beat him with his mounts, the rivalry
between the two amounting to almost
personal bitterness nearly three years
ago. The next season Mclaughlin had
retired, as he then supposed, perman-
emily from the turf, having accepted
the position Of trainer to Pierre LOril-
lard.
The report of the Board of Control
means that Garrison will be prevented
from riding at either of the four racing
associations which are represented in
the Board OF Control. These are the
Monmouth Park Association, Coney
Island, Brooklyn and New York Jockey
Clubs. 1t is extremely improbable, also
that Garrison will be allowed to ride at
any other track under the existing con-
dition,
Garrison was unusually affected by
the news. All his old debonaire man
ner was gone. He did not hear until
late the decision Of the Board of Con-
troll, although his quiet and Subdued
demeanor throughout the afternoon in
dictated that he had at least heard the
rumors afoat. He declined to speak
for publication. The blow had stunned
him.
To his friends Garrison was but little
more communicative and hid himself
away at the first opportunity. He said,
however, he was not conscious Of hav-
ing done any wrong. He would like to
know why the Board OF Control had Wis
tied such severe punishment upon him.
BY his manner he exhibited positive
fear of the Board, and intimated he
would seek ont his influential friends