The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-03

in the nrst race II had been even on
Pick se Up against the ned Pick Me up came IN hrst
when The dead heat of. but WAS dSquaiined,
ana the race awarded 10 Martini so that ~ becomes
rather difficult TO decide how far the Judgment o. The
beltcrs was correct Al Stockton and al Streaiham
two small affairs produced dead heats and the layers OF
ODDS hs the right nail the bead IN Doth cases but
at oxford, in the OF the Isis Selling Stakes they
were threoquarters OF length out IN preerrng raul
me 70 Prma at to A. and at Lichneld, on
the OH Of October they were two lengths
out IN laying q to on Optimist against
Black Joe. The Queens Plate at Lincoln produced
dead neat between the only two runners. Lily Agnes
nna saso M and only * head da hr 10 ,s e5
10 against her in the first instance, went so FAR as
70 : In the second. Al Lewes, IN November ialasc
having run dead heat with Mss jeffrey for the Guy
Fawkes Selling Stakes justified by neck the IL 10 10
laid on herr but the layers Of TO ON Wigwam
against Satisfaction after the dead heat for the AL
Weller Handicap at Liverpool must have felt that they
had put the saddle on the wrong horse
twill be found, then, that out OF the fifteen cases
We have noticed the layers oi odds have been right
once not twice. oitener than they have been wrong,
which Is perhaps quite as often as could be expected
IL IS not improbable. however that the layers OF odds
are sometimes guided much by their knowledge
oil horse flesh as by their confidence III itain
sjockn and there are certainly under
which II would be far safer back than horse
To see two or moro horses run two or moro sue
cessive dead heats, is not likely to happen TO even
constant attendant OF races during an ordi-
nary lifetime; but careful search among the
records would probably reveal several curious
incidents of tho kind Whether there has been such
thing as dead heat followed by second dead heat
within tho last two years may be known to oracle
oisporng circles but certainly 1878 such singular
spectacle was witnessed at EPSON the Oaks day.
when Arcesaus and Cranbourne ran dead heat for
the Durdans Selling Stakes, ana essayng TO run II
OF again ran dead heat Arcesaus winning the third
time OF asking by two lengths but the only
nve fur!ongs How very pretty quarrel about
a bet may be occasioned by dead heat is to be
gathered from the officially reported casc.of
betting % to 10 that In certain sweep
stakes Reuben and Calph would not DO first
and second Reuben in first. but Caph ana
Sklliigolce ran dead heat for second place. The
ST irds to whom the bet was referred Tor decision
''were OF opinion that this must be put on the
was won aud the second event terminated by dead
hea.; they therefore recommended that the money
should be put together and divided" The decision
TX have been equitable enough to dissatisy Doth
b. but 1t affords ground for about months argu
mcnt Nor Is the wording OF the bet quite clear; II Is
not plain whether Reuben and Caliph were to DC res
pectivey first and second and dead heat for first
place between Reuben and Caph might have raised an
other difficult question AS the case IS stated, 1t
does not appear that there any money for the
ond horse " so, the stakes not affected by the
dead heat and this would 10 take II out of the
categoryof those dead heats which cause division of
the betted money In accordance with tho division OF
the stakes TO make simple question ofwhether
the Judge did did not assign The first and second
places to two specially named horses 1t would appear
moreover to DO OF the very OF the bet that the
two events should be inseparable, which, no doubt,
rendered Alexandran solution OF the Gordian knot
appear easier than any other