442 The American Thoroughbred 



large crowd that had assembled around the 

 judges' stand. After the race Mr. Keene and 

 Mr. Croker met in the club-house. Mr. 

 Croker expressed a willingness to run the dead 

 heat off. However, he told Mr. Keene that he 

 would leave the matter entirely to him. Mr. 

 Keene consulted with Lakeland, who advised 

 against giving the colts another hard race ; and 

 when Mr. Keene himself expressed this view to 

 Mr. Croker, the latter stated that he was entirely 

 willing to abide by the dead heat. The $2500 

 added by the association was divided between 

 Mr. Keene and Mr. Croker. The time of the 

 race, i.i2|-, was much slower than was ex- 

 pected. 



Domino made a sweep of his two-year-old year 

 and finally put himself in the galaxy with those 

 champions of the American turf which had pre- 

 ceded him. He retired to the stud after a rather 

 disappointing season, and there bade fair to be- 

 come a phenomenal sire when death overtook him 

 at an early age. Mr. James R. Keene erected a 

 handsome monument over the grave in Kentucky, 

 that all who rode by might read that there lay the 

 remains of a race-horse. Dobbins lived to go to 

 England with Mr. Croker, Representatives of his 



