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Hearts produced a stirring second-half display at Tynecastle to maintain their assault towards the Scottish Championship title.

Osman Sow's left-foot strike in the 53rd minute broke the deadlock before Danny Wilson headed home Billy King's cross 15 minutes later.

And King scored two late goals to underline Hearts's dominance.

The Jambos are 17 points ahead of second-placed Hibernian and have a game in hand over their Edinburgh rivals.

Sam Nicholson and Sow both tested visiting goalkeeper Danny Rogers early on while Adam Eckersley and Callum Paterson blazed efforts over the crossbar.

Sow forced a stunning save from Rogers just before the half-hour mark, with the keeper tipping a long-range effort onto the crossbar before recovering to deny Genero Zeefuik a tap-in.

The hosts went ahead eight minutes after the break when Sow lashed in from close range after Dumbarton failed to deal with a Nicholson corner.

The Sons were denied a leveller when Wilson produced a fine block to thwart Andrew Graham following a corner and Wilson put the result beyond doubt 21 minutes from time when he headed in from King's corner.

King rounded the win off in style, first slaloming his way through a host of challenges and firing past Rogers before racing into the area to slot under the keeper.

Former Hearts players pause to remember the late Dave Mackay, arguably the club's greatest player