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I J , I [ . * . 0 TWO DEAD HEATS IN A DAY Unusual Happening Marks Meeting at Gawler in South Australia — Officials at Sea. Dead heats are extremely unusual in this country. There was only one dead heat on a major track in this country last year — - that between Sway and Fantoche at La- tonia October 24. This was run off, with the result that Fantoche won easily. At the Gawler course in Australia February 21, occurred the extremely unusual combination of two dead heats on a single race card. The following account of the occurrence is from the Sydney Referee : Those who patronized the Gawler meeting Saturday came in for plenty of excitement. There were two dead heats. In the first of these the owners would not agree to divide and the run-off was arranged for a couple of hours later in the afternoon. The money invested was impounded and it was not until the pair were just about to go to the post for the decider that the ofli- cials discovered that, under the totalizator rules in South Australia, mn-offs count for nothing and that the dividends are paid the moment the horses run a dead heat. The club was the chief sufferer for having this money hung up for so long and no doubt in future extra care will be taken by South Australian racing officials to study the rac- ing rules as well as the ordinary rules. Carlwyne and Sunny Day ran the first dead heat, which was in the Third Class Plate, and Carlwyne easily landed the runoff. The second dead heat was supplied by Pistole and Sealflower. The pair raced locked together for nearly two furlongs. +
