Marty Bergen (jockey)
Marty Bergen (1869 – October 7, 1906) was an American Thoroughbred jockey who rose to national prominence in the late 19th century. After early success in 1888 at the Guttenberg and Clifton Race Tracks in New Jersey, he signed to ride for the Samuel S. Brown stable in 1889. That year he finished second in the United States for most wins, and in 1890 he earned national riding honors as the top jockey by wins.
On August 28, 1890, Bergen rode Salvator in a “race against the clock” at Monmouth Park and set an American record for a mile on dirt, 1:35 1/2. He was the eldest of three jockey brothers; his brother Joseph died in a racing accident in 1893.
Bergen died at age 37 from consumption at a sanitarium in the Catskills, on October 7, 1906, in Griffin’s Corners, New York. He left a wife and two children and is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York.
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