[The Great Match Race (A Dead Heat) between Dobbins and Domino].
date: label: Date made
content: 1893
name: label: maker
content: Currier & Ives
label: maker
content: Cameron, John
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white print of a horse race in progress at a race track. Rounding the bend and approaching the finishing pole are two black horses in close competition. They are identified as Dobbins and Domino. Jockeys urge them on with whips. The horse on the outside of the track cuts towards the fence. Two horses and riders are visible in the rear.
label: Description
content: Dobbins was foaled in 1891 from Mr. Pickwick and Thora. He was owned by Richard Croker.
label: Description
content: Domino was bred by Major Barak Thomas in 1891 at Dixiana Farm in Lexington, Kentucky from Himyar and Mannie Grey. John R. Keene purchased the yearling for $3,000 to be trained by William Lakeland and ridden by Fred Taral. Domino was considered the fastest sprinter of his time, allowing him to win the Futurity Stakes, but he lacked stamina. His condition was always unstable, forcing him to race in bandages and ultimately retire from a bad foot in 1895. Overall he won 19 of his 25 races and earned $193,550 in purse money. His earning record was not beaten for 38 years. In his stud career, Domino produced 20 foals before dying on July 29, 1897 at age six from spinal meningitis. However, his foals had a 42% win rate compared to the industry norm of 3%. Because of his impressive career, Domino was one of the first horses inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 1955.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: depicted
content: United States: New York, Sheepshead Bay
topic: label: depicted
content: Horses
label: depicted
content: Horse Racing
label: related event
content: Horse Race between Domino and Dobbin
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Art
label: See more items in
content: Peters Prints
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
label: See more items in
content: Horses
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3243
label: catalog number
content: 60.3243
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 10 7/8 in x 15 3/8 in; 27.6225 cm x 39.0525 cm