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the Futurity prize, Domino got up in the last 

 few strides to win by a head from Galilee, carry- 

 ing 115 pounds, while Dobbins was scarce a head 

 behind Galilee. It was much such a finish in the 

 Futurity as Proctor Knott, Salvator, and Galen 

 furnished in the first running of that productive 

 event. So close was this decision as between 

 Domino and Dobbins that Mr. Phil Dwyer, leav- 

 ing the judges' stand after the race, offered to 

 bet $25,000 that Dobbins could beat Domino. 

 The result of the controversy was a match race 

 between the two two-year-olds, each to carry 118 

 pounds, over the Futurity course. The stake 

 was for $10,000 a side and the Coney Island 

 Jockey Club added $2500 to it. 



Because Domino had come to be a sort of 

 public idol there was an enormous interest in the 

 race all over the United States, and wherever 

 there was a pool-room or a bulletin board where 

 the results might be announced almost instantly, 

 there were clustered great crowds of people await- 

 ing the decision between these two. 



The race was run at Sheepshead Bay on the 

 afternoon of August 31, 1893, in perfect weather 

 and on a fast track. It was a most exciting con- 

 test. The pair ran head and head practically 



