Edward H. Garrison

Edward R. Garrison
Edward R. Garrison
	Edward Garrison, c.1895
Occupation	Jockey
Born	February 9, 1868; New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	October 28, 1930
Career wins	700+
Major racing wins
	Monmouth Oaks (1887); Jerome Handicap (1887, 1888, 1892); Champion Stakes (1888); Coney Island Derby (1888); Freehold Stakes (1888); Monmouth Handicap (1888); Suburban Handicap (1889, 1892); Withers Stakes (1890, 1892); Lawrence Realization Stakes (1892); Matron Stakes (1892); Toboggan Handicap (1892); American Derby (1893) American Classic Race wins:; Belmont Stakes (1891)
Honours
	United States' Racing Hall of Fame (1955)
Significant horses
	Tammany, Firenze, Montana

Edward R. "Snapper" Garrison (February 9, 1868 in New Haven, Connecticut – October 28, 1930 in Long Island, New York), 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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