Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-15
SOME FAMOUS DEAD HEATS.
Thrilling Neck And Neck Finishes Made
At Big Races. ,t '

A dead heat on the race course is ar
event of extremely rare occurrence
which makes that between the Derby
| winner, Lemberg. and Neil Cow in the
Eclipse Stakes of 10000 at Sandowr
Park recently of more than passing in
terest. Despite the great value of the
stake there were only six competitors
in this race, and. so far as the spec
| tators were concerned. there were only
the two above named in it. Neil Cow
had beaten Lemberg in the One Thou
| sand Guineas, but the latter horse
turned the tables by winning the
Derby, in which Neil Cow was no,
even placed.
Lemberg. therefore, was fayOrite fol
the Eclipse Stakes; but although in the
earlier stages Of the race he held
lead Of several lengths. Neil Gov
era dually reduced it. The finish was
a NEST exciting one. the horses doing
their very best and the jockeys strain
| ing every nerve to get the lead. AS
they flashed past the judges box il
was impossible to say what the YER
Dict would be. but as matter of fact
the pair finished together and the sub
be a long time before another such
thrilling finish is witnessed.
The next most recent notable head
heat was that which happened in the
race known as the French Derby q
couple of seasons ago. On this occa-
sion quite a sensation was caused by
Mr.. w. X. Vanderbilt's horse Sea Sick
H., running dead heat with M. Ed
Deschamps's Quintelle.
In the whole history OF the EPSON
Derby, extending to 100 years. there
have been only two dead heats. For
the last we have to go back nearly 4
quarter of, a century. This was in the
race ran in the year 1884 when two
candidates for the blue ribbon of the
turf, st. Gatien. the property of Mr.
john Hammond. and Harvester. be
longing to Sir John Willoughby
proved inseparable at the winning
post and consequently divided thf
stakes. - ~
The only other instance in which the
Derby resulted in dead heat occurred
mo fewer than 81 years ago. The hors-
es concerned in it We're Cadland and
The Colonel, and it is interesting t.
recall that in the deciding race the for
mer proved the victor, to the great gra,
LITIGATION of the then Duke of Rutland
it's owner.
The most famous dead heats after
the above viii not take much space tc
chronicle. Some AZ years ago there
was one in the Two Thousand Guineas
race. This was between two favoritt
mounts. Moslem and Formosa. who
ran past the winning post neck anc
neck amid greatest excitement.
There was much the same scene at
the conclusion of the ST Leger of just
about so years ago. Always a great
popular race, it was Goubly interesting
on this occasion on account of the dead
heat which it quite unexpectedly pro
duced.
Ihe contestants responsible for it
We're named Voltigeur and Russhor-
oneh. ard the way in which the two
horses contrived to get home together.
with absolutely nothing to choose be-
tween them. greatly pleased the crowd
or that portion of it which had not
backed other competitors.
In more than single respect and q
great deal more remark able, though
was g dead heat which the racing sea.
son Of 1857 produced. 1t occurred in
the race for the Cesarewitch, when the
utmost unique result of a triple dead
heat ensued. The horses which achiey-
ed this extraordinary distinction are
known to history as PriOress, Ell Ha-
kim and Queen Bess. There was, more
over, not great deal between the trio
IN the deciding race that followed
though quite enough for the purpose.
IN this victory went to Prioress. with
George Fordham in the saddle She
came in a length and a half ahead of
Ell Hakim. but the last named was only
a head in front of Queen Bess for
second place. Probably the smartnes.
or the jockeys was as great factor in
producing this result as the speed o.
their mounts.
In dealing with 2 subject of this
kind It would scarcely be fair to over
look performance at Sandown Park,
% years ago. On July 26. 1888. there
was run on that course a five-furlons
race known as the Surbiton Handicap.
On the occasion in question 10 horses
started. eight of them being beaten by
the, first and second favorites. These
We're Mr.. c. J. Merry's Deuce of Clubs
and General Owen Williams's Sea Song
the two providing the spectators with
the sensation of perfect dead heat.
In the deciding race-a misncmer in
this particular instance-the public
fancy favored the chances of the sec
ond favorite in the original race. but
once again there was a dead heat.
At the third time of asking a definite
result was achieved. though only by a
bare neck. The winner proved to he
Deuce of Clubs. who had again be-
come the favorte. but there was pre