Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-15
Shoe, Shilling,
Garner Elected
ToRacing' Hall
Willie, 70, Becomes
Youngest Jockey
Named at PimIico

Named at PimIico
BALTIMORE, Oct. is (spe-
ciaD willie Shoemaker, well
on his way to a fifth national
riding title. and two old timers
- Mack Garner and Carroll
Shilhng-today were named to
the Jockeys Hall Of Fame at
Pimlico.
The addition Of the trio
through a nationwide poll OF
sports writer's and broadcast
ers brings to IS the number
Of jockeys chosen.
Shoemaker, %, is the young
est Of the entire group and was
not eligible for the Hall" until
this year because of a stipula-
ton that a jockey couldn't be
considered until 10 years after
riding his first winner. Shoes
first winner was April 20, 1949.
He now is approaching his
4,000th.
Shoe Gets 436 Votes
Shoemaker. Shilling ant
Garner join Eddie Arcaro. Earl
Sande, George Woolf, Johnny
Longden, Isaac Murphy, Tod
Sloan, Ted Atkinson, Walter
Miller, Sonny Workman, La
verne Fator, Snapper Garrison
and James Mclaughlin, elected
previously.
Shoemaker was showered
with 436 votes, a total exceeded
only by Sande (57D and
Arcaro (443). Garner got 312
votes and Shilling 238.
Closest among the seven run
ners-up were Johnny Lotus
and Linus PONY McAtee,
each with less than 200 votes.
Shilling Suspended
Shilling had a brief, but spec
tacular. riding career, starting
in 1905 and finishing under
suspension in 1912. He was
suspended indefinitely Septem-
Der rs. 1912, at the old Havre
De Grace track for engaging in
Ia fist fight with another rider
while their mounts were in a
tight race down the home
stretch:
His lifetime record shows 96e
victories with 1888 mounts. in
GLIDING 631 seconds and 536
thirds. He was in the money
with SIS per cent of his mounts
and won Is per cent of his
races. He won AZ stakes races
during his stormy career.
Riding primarily for Sam
Hildreth and Guy Bedwell, two
Of the leading horsemen of the
day. Shilling won the Kentucky
Derby in 1912 aboard Worth
and guided Novelty to the
! 2-year-old championship of
1910.
A native of Paris, Tex, Cal
was buried there after his death
in January 1850.
Garner Rode at IA
Garner, born in Centerville,
Iowa. in 1900, rode his first race
at IA and in the next % years
guided 1,346 thoroughbreds
home first. He was second
l ,243 times and third 1874. He
rode 8,l28 mounts in that span.
Mack was considered the top
Jockey in the West and Sande
tops in the East during their
era. They met in 1923 in the
$4,000 Latonia Championship
and Garner, aboard In Memo
riam, defeated Sande, up on
Izev, the Derby winner of that
year.
However, Sande and Zev
scored a nose victory over In
Memoriam and Garner in a
match race two weeks later
However, the finish is still being
disputed because photo-fi finish
cameras were not in use then.
Won Derby in 1884
Garner won the Derby with
Cavalcade in 1884 and was the
Nations leading jockey in
purses and winners in 1915 and
1929. He died "a few hours after
riding four mounts at River
Downs, Ohio. october %, 1896,
suffering a heart attack.
Oil portraits of Shoemaker,
Shilling and Garner will be
Unveiled November 10 at the
Opening OF Pimlico's fall meet
ling.
Starting next year, only one
Jockey will be elected annually
Ft0.the Hall Of Fame. 49,,