# Eddie Dugan

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Eddie Dugan Eddie Dugan, 1909 Personal information Born c. 1892 California, United States Died 1933 Occupation Jockey Horse racing career Sport Horse racing Career wins not found Major racing wins Adirondack Stakes (1907, 1915) Annual Champion Stakes (1907) Atlantic Stakes (1907) Brighton Cup (1907) Dolphin Stakes (1907) Great Eastern Handicap (1907) Great Filly Stakes (1907) Manhattan Handicap (1907) Neptune Stakes (1907) Ocean Handicap (1907, 1909) Pansy Stakes (1907) Remsen Handicap (1907) Russet Stakes (1907) Sacramento Handicap (1907) Sapphire Stakes (1907, 1908, 1909) Suburban Handicap (1909) White Plains Handicap (1907) Belles Stakes (1908) Brooklyn Derby (1908, 1909) Burns Handicap (1908, 1909) First Special Stakes (1908, 1909) Flight Stakes (1908) Gazelle Stakes (1908) Ladies Handicap (1908) Lawrence Realization Stakes (1908) Mermaid Stakes (1908) Occidental Handicap (1908, 1909) Paumonok Handicap (1908) Brooklyn Handicap (1909, 1910) Champlain Handicap (1909) Dash Stakes (1909) Double Event Stakes (part 2) (1909) Great American Stakes (1909, 1910) Jerome Handicap (1909) Mount Vernon Handicap (1909) Saranac Handicap (1909) Spring Stakes (1909) Broadway Stakes (1910) Daisy Stakes (1910) Hudson Stakes (1910) Laureate Stakes (1910) Tremont Stakes (1910) Dominion Handicap (1911) Hamilton Derby (1911) American Classic Race wins: Preakness Stakes (1908, 1911) Belmont Stakes (1909) Canadian Classic Race wins: King's Plate (1911) Breeders' Stakes (1911) Racing awards United States Champion Jockey by wins (1909) Significant horses Fair Play, Fitz Herbert, Friar Rock, Joe Madden, King James, Royal Tourist, St. Bass, Watervale

**Eddie Dugan** (b. c. 1892 in [California](/source/California) – d. 1933 in [California](/source/California)) was a [jockey](/source/Jockey) in [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [horse racing](/source/Horse_racing) who won three [American Classic Races](/source/American_Classic_Races) and two [Canadian Classic Races](/source/Canadian_Classic_Races). In addition, Dugan raced and won in the [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire).

## Biography

Eddie Dugan on [Fair Play](/source/Fair_Play_(horse)) at [Empire City Racetrack](/source/Yonkers_Raceway_%26_Empire_City_Casino), 1907

In 1907, Eddie Dugan was an [apprentice jockey](/source/Glossary_of_North_American_horse_racing#apprentice). He rode in Chicago and at racetracks in the [Northeastern United States](/source/Northeastern_United_States) where a New York City newspaper called him "the cleverest apprentice in the east." Dugan's wins that year included the [Manhattan Handicap](/source/Manhattan_Handicap) and the first of two [Suburban Handicaps](/source/Suburban_Handicap). In 1908, a year when the [Hart–Agnew Law](/source/Hart%E2%80%93Agnew_Law) banned [gambling](/source/Gambling) in New York, the number of Thoroughbred races was limited and the industry, without revenue from betting, was on the verge of collapse.[1] Hired by major stable owners [Harry Whitney](/source/Harry_Payne_Whitney) and [Richard T. Wilson Jr.](/source/Richard_Thornton_Wilson_Jr.), Eddie Dugan won the first of his three American Classic Races, riding [Royal Tourist](/source/Royal_Tourist) to victory in the [Preakness Stakes](/source/Preakness_Stakes). In the pre [U.S. Triple Crown](/source/United_States_Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing) era, Dugan never rode in the [Kentucky Derby](/source/Kentucky_Derby).

A very aggressive rider, on September 23, 1908 *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)* reported that two jockeys had been seriously hurt in a race at [Gravesend Race Track](/source/Gravesend_Race_Track) on [Coney Island](/source/Coney_Island) due to rough riding by Eddie Dugan for which he was fined and suspended. The *Times* wrote that Dugan's action was so egregious that other riders in the jockeys' room threatened to attack him.[2] Banned from competing, after his suspension expired Eddie Dugan returned to riding in January 1909 at [Santa Anita Park](/source/Santa_Anita_Park) in [California](/source/California).

With racing in the United States still limited from the effects of the [Hart–Agnew Law](/source/Hart%E2%80%93Agnew_Law) that banned betting on horse races, in April 1909 Eddie Dugan went to England to ride for Harry Whitney but was not granted a jockey license after [American Jockey Club](/source/The_Jockey_Club) records showed he had been suspended six times for rough riding [3][4] Returning to the United States, Dugan had an outstanding year, winning his second Suburban Handicap, plus the [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn_Handicap), [Jerome](/source/Jerome_Handicap) and [Saranac Handicaps](/source/Saranac_Handicap). He also won his second American Classic, riding [Sam Hildreth](/source/Sam_Hildreth)'s colt, [Joe Madden](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joe_Madden_(horse)&action=edit&redlink=1), to an eight-length win in the [Belmont Stakes](/source/Belmont_Stakes) en route to becoming the [United States Champion Jockey by wins](/source/United_States_Champion_Jockey_by_wins).[5]

In another very limited year of racing, in 1910 Eddie Dugan's wins included his second Brooklyn Handicap as well as the [Tremont Stakes](/source/Tremont_Stakes) at Gravesend Race Track. On April 14, 1911, at the Jamestown track at [Norfolk, Virginia](/source/Norfolk%2C_Virginia), Dugan was again blamed for another serious racing accident that sent two jockeys to hospital.[6] On May 17, 1911, he won his second Preakness Stakes aboard [Watervale](/source/Watervale_(horse)), then traveled to [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Canada where three days after his American classic win, he captured the May 20th Canadian Classic, the [King's Plate](/source/King's_Plate) on the colt [St. Bass](/source/St._Bass), owned by Harry Giddings and trained by [Harry Giddings, Jr.](/source/Harry_Giddings%2C_Jr.) Three days after that, Dugan and St. Bass won a second Canadian Classic, the [Breeders' Stakes](/source/Breeders'_Stakes).[7]

With racing still restricted in the United States and many New York tracks closed, in 1913 and 1914 Eddie Dugan and his brother Willie traveled to Russian Empire where they competed successfully. They were forced to return to the United States in the fall of 1914 when World War I broke out.[8]

His career in decline and battling weight gain, by August 1915 Eddie Dugan was accepting rides on outside mounts and declaring he could make a 109-pound weight.[9] Out of racing for a few years, he attempted a short-lived comeback at [Agua Caliente Racetrack](/source/Agua_Caliente_Racetrack) in [Tijuana](/source/Tijuana), [Mexico](/source/Mexico).[10]

## References

[https://www.newspapers.com/image/380313045/?article=712ef3d1-4fb5-4b5e-9d11-a5f4af5ffa20&terms=%22dugan%22%20AND%20%22edward%22==References==](https://www.newspapers.com/image/380313045/?article=712ef3d1-4fb5-4b5e-9d11-a5f4af5ffa20&terms=%22dugan%22%20AND%20%22edward%22==References==)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Penalties in the New York Bills"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908011801/drf1908011801_1_7). *Daily Racing Form*. 1908-01-18. Retrieved 2018-10-26 – via University of Kentucky Archives.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["TWO JOCKEYS HURT BY SPILL IN RACE; Rough Riding by Eddie Dugan Sends Yorke and Smith Down with Mounts. SMITH IS LIKELY TO DIE Judges Fine and Suspend Dugan and Other Riders Threaten to Attack Him"](https://www.nytimes.com/1908/09/23/archives/two-jockeys-hurt-by-spill-in-race-rough-riding-by-eddie-dugan-sends.html). *The New York Times*. 23 September 1908.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["One race for Vanderbilt"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1909/04/05/101875904.pdf) (PDF). *The New York Times*. Paris. April 5, 1909.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["ENGLISH TURF BARS JOCKEY EDDIE DUGAN; Investigation of His "Rough Riding" Record Results in License Being Withheld. MAY RETURN TO AMERICA Is Under Contract to Harry Payne Whitney and Is Likely to Find Employment in Whitney American Stable"](https://www.nytimes.com/1909/03/28/archives/english-turf-bars-jockey-eddie-dugan-investigation-of-his-rough.html). 28 March 1909. Retrieved 27 January 2024 – via NYTimes.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Notable achievements in the world of sports in 1909"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1909/12/26/106780327.pdf) (PDF). *The New York Times*. December 26, 1909.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["JOCKEYS HURT IN a SPILL.; Adams, Bell, and Connolly Victims -- Eddie Dugan Blamed for Mishap"](https://www.nytimes.com/1911/04/15/archives/jockeys-hurt-in-a-spill-adams-bell-and-connolly-victims-eddie-dugan.html). *The New York Times*. 15 April 1911.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Re-Entry of Jockey E. Dugan His Fame and Feats of Riding"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1922121301/drf1922121301_2_4). *Daily Racing Form*. 1922-12-13. Retrieved 2020-03-11 – via University of Kentucky Archives.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["The Evening Independent - Google News Archive Search"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gIULAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6FMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5967,2564874&dq=eddie+dugan). *news.google.com*. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["SENECA SELLING STAKES FOR HANSON; Saratoga Races Run over Slow Track -- Day for Cheap Horses at Spa"](https://www.nytimes.com/1915/08/04/archives/seneca-selling-stakes-for-hanson-saratoga-races-run-over-slow-track.html). *The New York Times*. 4 August 1915.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [December 29, 1922 *Los Angeles Times* article titled *Eddie Dugan in Comeback at Tijuana*](https://web.archive.org/web/20121021155231/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/328842322.html?dids=328842322:328842322&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Dec+29,+1922&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Eddie+Dugan+in+Comeback+at+Tijuana&pqatl=google)

- [Cauz, Louis E.](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_E._Cauz&action=edit&redlink=1) *The Plate, A Royal Tradition*. (1984) [Deneau Publishers](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deneau_Publishers&action=edit&redlink=1) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-88879-104-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88879-104-6)

- [June 1, 1910 *The New York Times* article on Eddie Dugan winning the Brooklyn Handicap](https://www.nytimes.com/1910/06/01/archives/fitz-herbert-wins-6000-brooklyn-turf-champion-never-headed-for-the.html)

- [December 12, 1913 St. Petersburg, Florida *Evening Independent* newspaper article on the Dugan brothers riding in Russia](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gIULAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6FMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5967,2564874&dq=eddie+dugan)

- [December 20, 1914 *The New York Times* article on Eddie Dugan riding in Russia](https://www.nytimes.com/1914/12/20/archives/jockeys-quit-russia-willie-dugan-arrested-as-spy-brother-to-ride.html)

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