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RETIREMENT OF NEWMANS "GRAY GHOST." The seven-year-old gray gelding. Don Doir.o. by liancocas — Faithless, by Foster, which Hart S. Newman says he will send to tiie Newman farm n ar Sweetwater Texas, to spend the remainder of his life in deserved retirement, has been a remarkable horse in two things, consistent performances and the fact that he has raced for five years In the name of his lire -der. J. F. Newman. Don Domo made his first start when a two-year-old in the Quickstep Stakes at Washington Park. July 2. 1903. running second to Fred Cooks Fred Lcppert. In his second race lie ran fourth to "Pa" Bradleys Peter Paul. English Lad and Japan. In the Hyde Park Stakes Don Domo ran unplaced to English Lad. Auditor and Flo Bob. He won his race at Harlem, defeating Wm. Wright and Flo Bob and followed it with another winning race at Hawthorne, his first performance at that track, finishing in front of colts which had previously beaten him — Auditor. Peter Paul and English Lad. He then won the Junior Handicap and Sapling Stakes at Harlem. In the Test Stakes at Hawthorne he was second to Oopperfield, which had finished s cond to him in the running of the Sapling Stakes. He again ran second to S. C. Hildreths Cognomen. In his next two races he defeated Orfeo. Callant. Kdward Hale and others at Hawthorne. Clifton Forge. Dick Bernard and others at Harlem, to lie then defeated by E. Corrigans MeGee. He ran two races at Worth, in which he finished second in both, first to Clifton Forge, which Chicagoans wiil remember as one of the handsomest colts that ever raced on the local tracks, in a head finish, the five-eighths being run in BH. In his second start at Worth he was beaten by another Texas-bred and owned filly. G. W. Scotts Tokalon. Trainer FL S. Newman then shipped him to Oakland, where, liefore the close of the year, he ran two races, finishing third in liotli, first to Bearcatcher and Sol Smith and then to Cascine and Otto Stifel. Don Domos first start as a three-year-old was at Harlem. August 11. 1904, running second to S. C. Hildreths Delagoa. His races during the rest of the summer were consistent for the early part of the season, and in eight starts was only unplaced but twice, when meeting such good ones as Bearcatcher. Nannie Hodge. Big Ben. Rams Horn. Federal. White Plume and Irene Lindsey. He then apparently trained off and never finished in the money during the rest of the year. As a four-year-old Don Domo made thirty-two starts, winning ten of them, finishing second the same number of times and third in seven. Twenty-six of these races were run on the Canadian circuit and the other six at Ascot Park. In 1900 Don Domo ran all of his races on the race tracks in Kentucky and at Ascot Park, and his best race was winning the Iroquois Stakes at Louisville. Last year at Ascot Park Don Domo ran six successive winning races, defeating the best sprinters at the track. The "gray ghost" was never better than he was last Monday, when he defeated Mary F. in a head finish at Santa Anita Park. He had previously won two races, defeating Horace E., Norfolk and other fast ones. Don Domo never was anything but a sprinter, and when in form was able to hold his own against tlie best short-distance horses at the tracks where he raced. His record for five years, together with the amount of money he has won, is as follows: Don Domo. gr. g, 7, by Rancocas — Faithless, by Foster. Year. Age. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won. l!K3 2 18 7 I 4 2 $ 7.S7r 1004 3 18 3 3 2 10 1.400 1MB 4 32 10 10 7 5 3.805 MM " 43 7 12 8 10 3.01T, 1907 0 23 f i 2 1 3.0.-.-, I.tos 7 7 3 1 2 1 1.075 Totals . ..•. 141 30 40 25 40 0,885
