New-York daily tribune., 1863-08-03
The Turf.
GREAT TROTTING MATCH AGAINST TINE on TIE
FASHION COURSE, LONG isLAND-DLfLAl Oh
GENERAL BI 'TIER.

GREAT TROTTING MATCH AGAINST TNih On I'M
FASHION COURSE, LONG ISLAND-DEFEA1 OF
GENERAL BI TIER.
Prolific as the present trottng season has been IN
important and exciting matches between the fastest
horses row upon the track and the rosd perhaps the
one which Las tie greatest amount ofnieTet
among the sporting fraternity was that which came
of on Saturday afternoon. on the Fashion Course
between the famous black geding, General Butler
ana the ancient Scyihe.beafcr Old Chromos himself
Exactly fourauL-tweniy years before on The LEI OF
August. l-gg, the celebrated trotter Du'chman,
bad fora heavy wager, in a mitch aguinst time.
trot,ed three miles iu The unprecedented record oi
minutes and 3.l secouds. This wAs done under sad'
die, the veteran hor,cman, lIimm Woodruii, li.oi-
ing Duichuan on this memorable occasion. Since
that period this record has stood uunlprolcltd and
| unequaled no Eorsc uyon the tur', durng The ~
wear. that have eA -ct. having ever done the
distance In smilAr time Three ycnr- sgo the famous
Oleen Of the Iro'ting luri,' florR Temple, e.
,avef the achievement on the tc1tfevil- tonrsc,
Long Leland. bat was declared hy the J1dges to have
/ failed, ss the time she iaHce was minutes
aui 80, second-. In strict justice, however,
,he did accomplish II, hs The Ccnireyile
/ Courpe is over one mile round, but ibc Judges
on that occhson. reidsed "a cuieithin TIE protest
agains ,ro,ug the extra oistanc, and declared thsi
,be muri 20 treo times around the ooursc 10 emile
shown by Gen. Butler tbs season aud especially IN
bis great two-mile wagon match with George y.
| Paichen, when he trOited the distance Do 1-"ub
caured him 20 be looked upon NJ tho Only horsr
now on the turf that oould suc,c-sfuliy oomIete
a.rins, the Duiohman's record. Ills owner ex-
pfe.eed his readness 10 match him To beat IT, under
saddle, for any from OOJ 10 $lOOVO' but none
could be found 10 back tine. Some TWO weeks ago,
however Mr. Horaco Jones offered 10 be, TIE owner
Of Butler 500 10 So that the latter could mol tfot
three lnilee, in harness, IN the Duichmans saddle
time viz: mu. p. sec All offer when was
promptly accepted, ana the Anniversary OF Dutch-
mans match, lS.turdsy,l was fixed upon ior The
attempt.
| The Attendance, IA might have been ANTICIPATED,
was very large, the day tine and the track Ia ad-
mirable condition for fart time. When the hhtcb
was made the odds Of two to one were freely Bet
on time; but 1t having oored out that Butter had
done the feat on edncsday last. with something TO
spare. in private tria, the betting changed 10 $IVo
10 800 on him. aud at the start an Immense amount
vas IN nyssted at these odds. lie had two running
hors,s TO accompany him 10 the race one gong the
entire distance aud the other assisting onN III INC
Inst mile Butler was driven by his old trainer
Dan Mace. and he commenced very promlsingiy
eoing the first quarter IN 81 seconds, the hall IN
I:I3l, and tho fifst mile IN 229i When hs reached
the Lalfrnile pole the second mile, or Jusi one
half Of the distance the chToDOmeter marked iJi
or three seconds within the time. ihe teeond inile
was done in exactly five minutes, leaving the ihiu
and last milo 10 bs done IN 2:52I and his sue, e's
APPEARED now TO DO matter OF certainty. bu.
unfortunately for Lie owner ond those who paeAed
him. he broke up on the second quarter and lort
couple Of seconds and repeating this on thifu quhr
ter lost him the match. ia when he Passeo .no
Judges stand the time recorded Was seven hiibu'e'
tbifi -four reconds thus lo-ing Dy one 'ef0"" e'
a haL The DutchInans time, therefore, reinsihr
as heretofore the best in the records OF tue o'ns
turf al three mIlos.