There have been a number of triple dead-heats. The Carter Handicap ran at Aqueduct in 1944 is the most famous thoroughbred triple:
Bossuet (127 lbs), Wait A Bit (118 lbs) and Brownie (115 lbs)
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In thoroughbred racing the track’s racing secretary assigns the weights to each horse in a handicap race. The goal is to bring every horse to the wire at the same time. The track’s steward made the decision before the camera was adopted. In 1936, Hialeah Race Track was the first to let the camera settle the argument.
Parenthetically, I remember a story about Pancho Villa. It seems he had a horse entered in a race at Tijuana race track. As fate would have it the finish was a close one. The owners of the horses involved always go to the steward’s booth to await the decision. Pancho arrived dressed in his usual sartorial elegance:
PANCHO VILLA (1877? - 1923)
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The steward sweated bullets before he finally ruled against Villa. A tense confrontation ended happily when Pancho simply nodded, turned and walked out.
Political races are different. Losers shoot the winner when they lose. Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton are the two best-known losers.
Unintended consequences is more deadly than political sore losers. Our lawmakers are guilty of hundreds of destructive unintended consequences. Freedom of the press is the biggest flaw in the original Bill of Rights. Freedom of the press also gave the country the first destructive unintended consequence:
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/s...Of-Freedom-Of-The-Press&p=2931557#post2931557
NOTE: Freedom of the press abuses it constitutional privilege in order to convince Americans that their country is a democracy. How many Americans would believe the U.S. is a democracy if the press did not report Socialists saying it on television every day?
I am waiting with bated breath to hear one television mouth challenge a Socialist/Communist lying about democracy.
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/s...Have-Everything-To-Lose&p=3130212#post3130212
The XVI Amendment’s unintended consequences gave us the welfare state and the Parasite Class.
The XVII Amendment is responsible for long-serving senators. Does anyone doubt that Joe Biden’s 36 years as a U.S. Senator was not a destructive unintended consequence?
I cannot cite all of the federal government’s hundreds of unintended consequences. From the ones I am familiar with I have to call these three a triple dead heat for the prize.
1. Open borders.
2. Membership in the United Nations.
3. The 19th Amendment.
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/s...s-Of-The-19th-Amendment&p=2897059#post2897059
Finally, every destructive unintended consequence is the result of misguided good intentions. I cannot name one favorable unintended consequence that was born of touchy-feely morality.

Bossuet (127 lbs), Wait A Bit (118 lbs) and Brownie (115 lbs)
https://www.nydailynews.com/resizer...aws.com/public/6PJJQQY6DNVC5NEOBNYAXCUQRU.jpg
In thoroughbred racing the track’s racing secretary assigns the weights to each horse in a handicap race. The goal is to bring every horse to the wire at the same time. The track’s steward made the decision before the camera was adopted. In 1936, Hialeah Race Track was the first to let the camera settle the argument.
Parenthetically, I remember a story about Pancho Villa. It seems he had a horse entered in a race at Tijuana race track. As fate would have it the finish was a close one. The owners of the horses involved always go to the steward’s booth to await the decision. Pancho arrived dressed in his usual sartorial elegance:

PANCHO VILLA (1877? - 1923)
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/72/46/9c/72469c9ee71665b1607cc1eaef0402bb.jpg
The steward sweated bullets before he finally ruled against Villa. A tense confrontation ended happily when Pancho simply nodded, turned and walked out.
Political races are different. Losers shoot the winner when they lose. Al Gore, and Hillary Clinton are the two best-known losers.
Unintended consequences is more deadly than political sore losers. Our lawmakers are guilty of hundreds of destructive unintended consequences. Freedom of the press is the biggest flaw in the original Bill of Rights. Freedom of the press also gave the country the first destructive unintended consequence:
Americans rightfully care about freedom of speech not freedom of the press. Private sector freedoms can live very well without freedom of the press, but they will die without ABSOLUTE political freedom of speech.
If Americans want to protect the First Amendment start by eliminating these four words ——“or of the press” —— so that it reads:
If Americans want to protect the First Amendment start by eliminating these four words ——“or of the press” —— so that it reads:
First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Notice that the press would still enjoy freedom of speech like the rest of us, but they would have to defend freedom of speech as a matter of self-interest instead of only defending their constitutional privilege while they feed the rest us to Socialist/Communist wolves.
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/s...Of-Freedom-Of-The-Press&p=2931557#post2931557
NOTE: Freedom of the press abuses it constitutional privilege in order to convince Americans that their country is a democracy. How many Americans would believe the U.S. is a democracy if the press did not report Socialists saying it on television every day?
I am waiting with bated breath to hear one television mouth challenge a Socialist/Communist lying about democracy.
The Chicago sewer rat’s fears are well-founded. That is why he is fighting a last ditch attempt to save the Democracy Movement.
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“In my farewell address in Chicago over two years ago, I said something I still firmly believe today: Being a citizen is the most important job in our democracy,” Obama began his pitch.
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/s...Have-Everything-To-Lose&p=3130212#post3130212
The XVI Amendment’s unintended consequences gave us the welfare state and the Parasite Class.
The XVII Amendment is responsible for long-serving senators. Does anyone doubt that Joe Biden’s 36 years as a U.S. Senator was not a destructive unintended consequence?
I cannot cite all of the federal government’s hundreds of unintended consequences. From the ones I am familiar with I have to call these three a triple dead heat for the prize.
1. Open borders.
2. Membership in the United Nations.
3. The 19th Amendment.
https://www.justplainpolitics.com/s...s-Of-The-19th-Amendment&p=2897059#post2897059
Finally, every destructive unintended consequence is the result of misguided good intentions. I cannot name one favorable unintended consequence that was born of touchy-feely morality.