Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-06
THREE DEAD HEATS
RUN IN ONE RACE
The Same Horses Took Part
and the Contest Was Finally
Won Only by a Neck.

The recent long shots pulled off at PIN
leo by the AIaryIander Mart Jordan recall
tat turfInans connection with one of the
most celebrated races OF the past forty
years. At Prospect Park, l.. l., in 1878 the
horse Mart Jordan. named after the Bal
timorean. ran dead heat with Miller San
ford's Bingaman, and before the race was
decided these two horses ran two more dead
heats, three in all, At the fourth essay
Engaman won in a hard drive by a ueclI.
When Daniel ]. Grouse years afterward
owner Of some noted horses brought east
in the late seventies colt called John
Roulefer. by Revolver-Mattie c., few paid
much attention to the three-year-old. But
he won a race for all that. ard then Grouse
changed his name TO Mart Jordan, after
the Maryland turfman. The change of
name proved mascot to the colt, for he
won at Jerome Park and Saratoga after
that.
Along IN September 1878, a race meet
ing Of SIX days was got up at Prospect
Park trottiug track. since then the famous
Gr1vesend race course of the Brooklyn
Jockey Club. Many of the best stables
We're at the meeting. such as the Belmonts
the LorillarGs. Sanfords, McDaniels, etc.
And the weeks racing received a large
public patronage.
on the third day of the meeting dash
OF a mile and three-quarters brought out a
fair field of six horses. They were DAILY s
Willie n, Lorillard's Rambler. Chamber
Inns EOaXer. Donohue's Spindrift, Crouse's
Mart Jordan and Sanford's Bingaman.
Eing2mau was the favorite. with Willie D.
ana Spindrift next. Mart Jordan had only
81 pounds To carry and was fourth choice
Bngaman at ia pounds, ridden by
the then premier jockey William Hay
ward who had only recently come from
England and was riding with great sue
cess. He was an elegantly bred horse,
big chestnut. by Asteroid-Bay Leaf (dafn
of Preakuess Bayfiower. Baywater. etc3
Bingaman had that year raced at New
Orleans and on the winter circuit with
great success.
Jordan and Bingaman.
Mart Jordan was ridden by the after
ward famous jockey lloyd Hughes, called
from his tow-colored hair Whitley"
Hughes. He afterward rode Sensation.
Monitar Ferida and all OF George LoriI-
lard best horses. In this race at s. pounds
Hughes showed to such great advantage
as to stamp him a coming rider.
In the race Mart Jordan was taken right
70 the front, and making the most of his
light weight, almost made a runaway race
Of it, But Bingaman. under Haywards
strong effort at the finish, just got up in
the last stride, and the official verdict was
q dead heat. with SpinGrift third.
Although Bingaman had come from be-
hind in the dead heat, and was cooling out
well in the twenty-five minutes given be-
tween heats, his trainer sent word to the
Ohio party THAI he was willing to divide
the purse and bets. and not subject the
two horses to second trial over so long
a route. The % pounds weight between the
two horses looked big handicap for the
Old horse.
But the Grouse people had their dander
up and saw good money in prospect. and
sent back word that they did not want to
divide and would run the race again In
the betting after the first heat Mart Jor-
dan sold for $3.50. BiHgaman was S4CO in
tie auction. Both horses cooled out we'll
and when called up for the run-of neither
seemed any the worse for its previous eff
fort
This time waiting tactics were pursued
by each The first mile was very slow
run in LIS, but at the turn on the last
chain hughes suddenly stole away with
the colt Jordan and opened up a gap of
four lengths. This set Hayward to work
on the old horse, who began closing so
gradually that ii looked as If he would
never get up TO the colt
At the last furlong Jordan led by two