The morning call., 1894-09-16
RAN A DEAD HEAT.
Domino and Henry of
Navarro.
BOTH HORSES FALTERED.
Neither Being Strong Enough
to Go the Distance.
OWNERS DIVIDED THE MONEY.
For the Second Time Jim keene'S
Great Black Colt Has Met
His Match.

NEW YORK, Sept. 15,-After raining
more or less all night. with sharp shower
early this morning, the air cleared and
warm sun came out with a cool breeze
which dried out the Gravesend track. a
more propitious day coald not have been
desired Tor the race at mile and furlong
between Domino and Henry of Navarro.
The attendance was the best OF the meet
ing. The odds were to against Domino
and 10 against Navarro. Riley Gran
nan, the plunger, hung out to 5 on the
former af er the Banquet race, and soon
had all the business ne could attend to, for
within few seconds he had taken in three
$4,000 bets and three Of $4,000 each.
Smaller amouuls rushed in and he had
soon taken in 100000. At the end Of the
betting his total was S106,O on which he
stood to lose S63, COZ. and then he had got
all he wanted and stool at ease waiting
for The race.
The bugle called the horses to the post.
There was scarcely an instants delay at
the post aud the two went away in perfect
order. Coming t. the grand stand for the
first time both were under q gentle pull,
but were moving pretty fast. In the next
eighth the pace was quckened bit. for
Domino went out and took the rail Both
Taral and Doggett steadied their mounts
as they rounded the lower turn. Then
there was a little easing off of the tight
rein, and with Domino still a length in
front they made the next eighth in 12A
seconds. The three-Quarters was reached
in / :16, the last eighth being reeled off 10
11A seconds. Both jockeys were riding
for dear life. Faster and faster they flew,
and the next eighth was covered in liz
seconds, the last quarter around the turn
run in 23A seconds. into the stretch they
rushed, and when they Strengthened out
for home it could be seen that Domino was
faltering. Taral whipped his mount with
a switch. while Doggett had not yet taken
to the whip.
Domino is bealen." went UP from the
thousands of onlookers.
IL was not all plain sailing for Henry of
Navarro, however, as he was faltering too,
and IA seconds was the best they could 10
for that eighth. Then Doggett went to
the whip. for he could not hold the ad-
vantage of a head which he had at that
point, and the black colt slowly crept up
until their noses were even, and so they
ran to the end. The judges were unable
to separate them, and amid the cheers of
the crowd the dead" shingle was hung
out aud the owners agreed to divide. For
the second time Domino ran even with a
rival. Henry of Navarro held him al the
distance, as Dobbins did previously in a
match race.
One mile and a sixteenth, Harrington won,
Doboins second Ed Kearney third Time,
1:49.
Five and half furloDgs. Rubicon won,
Jack of SHADES second, Chattanooga third
lime. :0719.
SIX furlongs. Harry Reed won, Counter
Tenor second, Salvation third. Time. :l414.
Mile and quarter-Banquet won, Sir Walter
second. lime, 2:15i4
Vile and an eighth, dead heat between
Domino and Henry of Navarro. Time, ] :551a
Five iurlongs, Tinge won, Sir Dixon Jr.
second, Second Attempt third. Time. 1:1034
Mile aud sixteenth, Emn Bey won, Song
and Dance second, Jack Rose third. Time,
1:4914.
Before the races were run at Gravesend
to-day sale of racehOrses in training
took Ilace at the padiocks. Those bring
ing over $500 were as follows; Sport, CHI.
c., 4. by Winifred-So J. Rupert,
$4,000. Philomena, rh. f.. 2, BY Himvar-
Last Ban; w. b. Sink, $1,000. Louis Qua
torez, b. c., 2, by Himyar-Queeehy; w.
b. Sink, $500. RobusIa, b. M, 4. by For
resler-BOunce; B. r. ffl-rng, $3.50. Her
elmer, b. c., 9, by Bramble-Bonnie Scot
land; l. n. Newton. 5000, Amsterdam,
b. c.. 2, by Observation-Disclosures; j. j. Car
roll, $500. Metropolis, oh. c.. 3 by Iro-
quois-Tambourin G. Strauss, $3.50. His
Grace, ch. c., 3, by Eo!us-Lady Grace; ].
Mcdonald, $625. Parvenue. b. G., 5, Un-
cas-NecrOmancy; j. Rupert, $3.50.