The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-01
His Ride on Suburban Winner
Was Best of His Entire
Career.
BEFORE RACE JOCKEY
SAID, "HE'Ll WIN SURE"
This Confidence Inspired Shields
Strong Support OF the
Horse.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
NEW YORK, June 30.-Willie
Shaw's ride on the Suburban winner
was probably the hest Of this good
Jockeys entire career. He was su-
premely confident that Go Between
would win and told his friends before
the race that If the son of Meddler d I'd
not Win, barring accidents, he would
never ride another race. His conf
dence had much to do with Mr..
Shields's strong support OF the horse.
He'll win, sure" Shaw told Mr..
Shields, as he was boosted into the
saddle, "and II you haven't bet on
him you want to get busy at once,
and never stop until the race is
started"
Shaw timed his run AT the end
nicely and his riding through the last
furlong was of the daredevil sort
Il thought they would have the
numbers hung up before I ever got
clear" said Shaw after the race. With
reference to the pocket In which he
found himself until the turn for home
was reached. Go Between was GER
tainly a good horse today-in fact, he
is good horse at all times, and 1
never had the least bit of doubt as to
the result
Shaw's First Suburban Victory.
II was Shaw's first Suburban victory,
and II Is a decided honor to win this
classic. A glance over the victors OF
past Suburbans will show that II has
been Won by the star riders of their
GAYS and that few but stars arc to be
found in the list. w Donohue, who
is now training in France. won the
first winner. General Monroe. and
other riders TO have that honor were
Fitzpatrick. w. Martin. Isaac Murphy,
Bergen. Garrison. Taral Hamilton,
cx-lf
Cue, Spencer. Fuller, Redfern and
O'Neill. All were the best of their
day. and Garrison Is the only rider to
win the race twice.
The story of Go Between is an In
teresting one. and possibly without
parallel in the history of the turf. He
was bred by Charles F. McMeekin at
Oakwood stud, in Kentucky, and Is by
the imported sire Meddler. out OF Indi-
go Indigo is by Farandole. out Of
Ida Il. by King Alfonso, and her sec
ond dam was Lerna. by Astcroid In
digo is a half-sister to Ida Pickwick,
but earned none of the reputation on
the racetracks that Ida Pickwick en-
1oyed. Indigo was. as a matter of fact
rather Indifferent racer and with the
exception of Go Between is not espe-
cially noted for her stud achieve
ments.
Go Between a Smart Performer.
Go BetweeG was bought by Thomas
Kerr for $500. His first race in the
East was at the Bennings spring meet
ing of 1904. He was heavily backed
on that occasion 10 beat SO good a
horse as Andrew Mack was at that
time. and although he failed in this
he showed that be was a very smart
performer. especially in muddy going.
He was considered only a good SELL
fng-plater. however, but at the mid
summer meeting in Saratoga that year
he was primed for a killing The
coup, which was the medium of one of
John w. Gatcs,s sensational plunges,
failed TO go through. and Go Between
was claimed by two or three other
owners having starters In the race
Thomas Walsh, acting for Andrew
Miller. whose horse Divination had
won the race, was the fortunate man