The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-20

Turf history is rich with many deeds of greatness, but I doubt whether there ever will be another incident that equals the performance of Edward ('Snapper'') | Garrison, who won the rich American derby in 1893 solely by the use of his brains.
 Garrison, who stands out as one of the greatest Jockeys of all time. was in l the heydey of his career 25 yeavs ago. He had phenomenal success in piloting all sorts of Horses and his services were eagerly sought for by horse owners throughout the country.
 The big race of 1893, run before an audience of over 10000, took place in I Chicago, and which was known as the Worlds Fair American derby. The best race horses in America were entered in l that contest. And so was Boundless, | nothing more than an ordinary horse and one which was so little thought of | by bookmakers that odds of 20 and 30 l to 1 were posted against him.
 1 Boundless was one of those horses that never showed nervousness, was steady l and easy-going. And those characteris- 1 tics of his mount, coupled with the fact 1 that practically all of the other animals entered against him were of the high strung, nervous type gave Garrison his great idea.
 ! Garrison decided that there was but one chance for victory for his horse. He | figured that if he could hold the field at the post long enough he would be able to wear out the other horses by | having them make innumerable false starts He knew, of course. that Bound | less would not be affected by nervous | o,t1I afrt crar o md and ready when the word came for the real start.
 l So Garrison took his time getting to the post with Boundless. The other horses had arrived there before his and 1 they were jumping around in frettui fashion. As soon as Garrison got to the post with Boundless and the horses were almost lined up for the start he l found something wrong with stirrup. | Then he dismounted and faked few repairs This took several minutes, during which time the other jockeys were having trouble in keeping their mounts somewhere near the starting l line Boundless had a rail position, and | after Garrison finally mounted into the saddle again he maneuvered things so l that there would be false start. Half l of the horses got away and some or l them ran nearly quarter of mile be- fore they were halted and brought back. Then Garrison discovered something l wrong with his saddle. Again he dis mounted. Jumping back into his seat. he
 worked things so shrewdly that another false start came about with almost the entire field getting away and running
 for at least a quarter of furlong.
 If was blistering hot that day and every one of the horses that had been | forced into a false start by Garrison tricks was sweating and was losing weight by the pound. During each false start Garrison would dismount and take his weight off of Boundless, who all this time stood placidy in the position where Garrison had placed him Ine other jockeys, furious at Garrison trickery. tried several times to get the horses away, but always Garrison baked a real start Meanwhile every horse Tn the entire field outside of the patient steady Boundless had worked itself into froth and was almost at the breaking point from fatigue or from | nervous excitement.
 Finally c. G. Pettingill. the starter, exasperated by Garrison's trickery. which had kept the horses at the post TOT
 more than an hour. yelled down at him'
 You're fined $500"
 Garrison at once howled back pro-
 test at Pettingill and Pettingilfs reply : was:
 
 5000 in all"
 That brought about an end to Gar rison's tactics-but his purpose had been
 accomplished. He permitted the horses
 to line up and to get away to reai start. The race was nothing more tnah
 a runaway for Boundless-the outsioe horse. Boundless was a fresh animal.
 while the others looked as if they had run about four miles before the actual | start of the race. Garrison never had to extend Boundless to his real limit throughout the entire running of that
 race, because all the other horses were
 so weary that they were willing to call lit quits after half-mile had been run l After the race was over the owner of Boundless handed Snapper $l0oO which had been the fee agreed upon be- fore the race was run. Snapper" felt
 that because he had won the race soieiy by his own ingenuity, that he could have received little more money, es-
 pecally in view of the fact that the | 5000 merely covered the fine plastereo
 On him by Pettingill But the owner of
 Boundess refused to contribute any more and Snapper" Garrison was com
 pelled to turn over the 5000 to the racing
 association, and then pay expenses oi . the trip to and from New York out of
 his own pocket.
 so 1t can be seen that the cleverest : SOS'
 the man who executed it quite bit of ; time, a lot of trouble and much money
 But Snapper Garrison was rewarded lin fame because the story of his work
 was spread to all parts of the United
 States by the record smashing crowo
 that witnessed the running of the his
 toric derby.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Dear MT. Corbett: Who won the pen
 nants in the New York state Eastern
 and Southern association leagues in 1917? GEORGE WILLIAMS.
 Wilkesbarre, Pa. in the New York
 State league; New Haven in the Eastern league; Atlanta in the Southern associa- , tion.
 Dear MT. Corbett: CD Which fighter
 had the most fights in 1917? @ How many fights did Dundee and Leonard have? F. J. RYAN. (\ Harry Grof was inc rn0St active