Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday October 13 2003 — A7 Continued from A1 compassion forpeople was second to none" the athlete j Only known simply as "The Shoe" throughout hu career rode for 41 yean most of them in Southern California considered to be the most competitive circuit in America “For a man his size wearing a size 2 12 shoe he was a giant” retired Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Delahoussaye said In 1986 at age 54 he became the oldest jockey to win a Ken-tucDerby when he guided Jockey Bill Shoemaker poses Ferdinand along a small openwith hie wife Cynthia before the ing on the rail in a ride considstart of the 199th Derby Stakes ered one of the greatest ever Group 1 at Epsom Greaj That win came 21 years after Britain on June 7 1978 ky his previous Derby win aboard Lucky Debonair in 1965 He o won America’s most famous face four times including in 1959 with Tomy Lee and 1955 with Swaps Ferfiaps his most famous Derby nde was one he lost in 1957 Dueling toward the finish line at Churchill Dmyns were Gal-lant Man ridden by Shoemaker and Iron liege ridden by Bill Hartack At the sixteenth pole Shoemaker stood up mistaking it for the finish line He sat back down immediately but Gallant Man lost by a nose He received a 15-dsuspension from the stewards for the rule violation But Gallant Man’s owner Ralph Lowe found no fault and gave Shoemaker $5000 and a new car Five weeks later Shoemaker rode Gallant Man to an eight-lengvictory in the Belmont Stakes -- tV ' a ?v- v 't AP ptiptoa ay th ' Shoemaker guides his mount War Allied to victory circle after winning the first race at Hollywood Park in Inglewood ? California on May 27 1981 Bill "Willie" Besides four Derby victories Shoemaker won two Preakness Stakes five Belmont Stakes and rode Ferdinand to a victory over Alysheba in the 1987 Breeders’ Cup Classic to capture Horse of the Year honors His last race was Feb 3 ' 1990 after a yearlong tour of racetracks in North America to exhibit his skill to fans who had j never seen him A crowd of 64573 showed up at Santa Anita to see him and his mount Patchy Groundfog finish fourth in a nationally televised race All told Shoemaker rode in a record 40350 races Shoemaker’s riding style of sitting almost still on a hone was emulated by generations of jockeys His former wife Cindy said watching him tide was "like listening to a pretty song or reading poetry” Known mostly as Willie Shoemaker was bom in Fabens Texas on Aug 19 1931 so small he was kept as an infant in a shoebox near a fire to stay warm He boxed and wrestled in high school but decided to become a jockey because of his size He dropped out of school to ride for $75 a month plus room and board at a La Puente Calif hope ranch '’j j "VJ ' i‘ ’ 1 4 f L vv"i V' In a recent study of nearly 600 integrated health systems published in Modern Healthcare magazine IHC ranked number one in the nation for the third time in four years Even more meaningful the study confirms that some of the nation’s leading health care V' right here in Utah For more information about this study visit the link on our Web site at IHCCOin 2003 annual itudy conducted by Veriipan IHC a Chicago-bur- d rciearcb firm Intermountain Health Care THE NUMBER ONE RATED HEAL Til CARE SYSTEM IN THE NATION W 1 |