By Mike KaneSARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — On his way to Hawaii to go surfing, John Shirreffs took a detour that led him to the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame's Historic Review Committee elected the late trainer David Whiteley and the race horses Gulch (Mr. Prospector) and Mongo (Royal Charger {GB}). Frietas watched Shirreffs free a horse that he had been riding from a mud pit, recognized his ability and offered him a job. What Shirreffs lacked in quantity, he more than made up for in quality, but those smaller numbers may have slowed his Hall of Fame selection. My only sadness of this whole thing is that he didn't get to hear one time, 'and trained by Hall of Fame trainer John Shirreffs,' himself here.