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what I have called a racing machine. He won the 

 Futurity at two years old, carrying 130 pounds, 

 but by a very narrow margin. As the chestnut 

 colt Dobbins, by Mr. Pickwick, had carried the 

 same weight and seemed to have gained on 

 Domino in the last few strides, there were many, 

 Dobbins' owner included, who thought Dobbins 

 the better colt. So it was arranged that they 

 should run a match over the Futurity course, 

 each carrying 118 pounds. They ran like a match- 

 ed team the whole distance, and the judges not 

 being able to separate them, it was declared a 

 dead heat. The heat was not run off. Domino 

 made a clean sweep of his first season. The next 

 year he went amiss, and was retired to the stud. 

 Though he only had one or two seasons in the 

 harem, he was a success, and his name will be 

 perpetuated in the American Stud Book. 



The next great horse after Domino was Ham- 

 burg, by Hanover out of Lady Reel by Fellow- 

 craft. This was a phenomenal race-horse during a 

 long career, and his get are now doing him honor 

 on the turf. The colts by imported Watercress 

 have been most distinguished, and one, Water- 



