The San Francisco call., 1910-07-24

whipped toward the ground and the old familiar yell
went up from the grandstand.
Henry of Navarro had the rail- not IN TINS case
choice position by any means The clever Iaral mad
the whip hand of Doggett, and from the drop OF the
flag until the wire had been passed ne made mas
terly use of this position.
At the end of the first 200 yards Domino had swept
ahead of Henry OF Navarro, and as the TWO racing
drawing ahead inch by inch, the cry that went up
from the grandstand was intermingled despair and
S.Domino's got himp yelled those whose hopes
bound up in the success OF the keene black
racer while those whose fears equal with Henry
of Navarro stood silent, grim faced, eating their own
hopes
change in the aspect of the Doggett appeared
to let out wrap and the chestnut of Knight OF
Ellerslie shot forward with squirt that carried him
first the saddle girth, then to the thrOatlach then
level nosed with Domino
With half of the the one was the shadow
of the other evenly they holding their posi-
tions That Tara1 had been startled by the sudden
dash of Henry OF Navarro was apparent. He felt
there was no such reserve OF speed IN ponlino ana
he swung closer than to his rival riding so close
Doggett TO force him closer to the rail and
making it impossible for him to use his whip
They swung wide at the turn and into the
stretch and here it that the position at the rail
counted As they Strengthened out it was seen that
Henry Of Navarro had taken good half length and
holding it.
THE BATTLE OF JOCKEYS
Erred" Taral was fighting with all the skill that
had made him the Best jockey OF his age. He had
drawn Domino in so close to Henry of Navarro that
for Taral had the whip hand and using track
tactics making the best OF it. Doggett shifted his
whip his left hand and he tried it he lost
for moment that mastery OF his moupt which was
absolutely necessary success. Navarro swerved for
moment, lost the perfect rhythm of his stride and
the cunning Taral urged the striving, fighting animal
beneath him foot more forward.
The shouts and cries by this time were indistin-
guished- Men hammered gibbered insanely.
pounded each other on the back, smote friend and
stranger alike, and women, equally uncaring for fool
ish conventions cutched at those nearest to them,
faorc fhar Nf1a aZa6
hysterical laughter strange words their lips. all
writhing, moving to the rhythm of the hoof beats,
based with every mental effort they could put forth.
Under the wire passed Domino and Henry of Ma
varre and nose though harnessed together,
their riders knee to knee, not the difference of
fraction of an inch that one could see
Dead heatw were the words that went up on the
board, and finished the greatest that any in
that crowd had seen.
E It-was the second time that Domino had run dead
heat in race with single rival and only that other
match with Dobbins could compare with that spec
It was on August 81, 1898, that Domino and the
placid, tempered Dobbns matched legs and
On August 20 Domino won the Futurity, worth
that year SOS OO0 and DobbIns third but
might have looped the three leaders with the moose
of lariat
firmly fixed in their belief than before, and the
result the great match race between Domino and
and $500 added by the Coney Island jockey club.
The distance the Futurity 40 yards short
of six furlongs.
There here such heightened agony as in
that later between Domino and Henry OF Ma
varre, when full mile track was covered Domino
shot away the lead, but half way the wire the
bony, honely head of Dqbbns opposite the knees
of Taral and Willy Sims drove him. forced him
along into distance gaining stride until neck and
neck, and nose they dashed past the far end OF
the grands and To the wire they twnned so closely
held that might dare say one had the better
OF the other by hairs breadth, and again the wild
YELL Dead heatP made true decision minute
later by the board at the JUDGES sse.:I.