Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-29
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1866.
The Recent Twenty Mile TrOt ON Long
IsIand-DeRth of the Winner-Chal-
Ienge of the SurViVOr-Its Probable
AeceDfauee

The Recent Twenty Mile TrOt on LOns
IsIand-DeRth of the Winner-Chal
Ienge of the SurViVOr-Its Probable
Acceptance.
: [From the N. Y Times Nov. 27th.l
1t will be remembered that a trotting
match for $4,000 of twenty miles, came of
at the Fashion Course, Long Island, on
the 7th inst, between Mr.. Mulligans bay
gelding, Butler, jr., and Mr.. Phyfe's black
gelding Captain Kennie, resulting in the
victory of the former, in one hour and
thirteen minutes-the owners of the re-
spective horses driving them. Both were
what is technically termed green road
horses, neither having been trained
on the track, or publicly driven on
it previously. The match created cOnsid-
cradle interest in private circles at the
time, and no little among the habitues of
the course.
The match was horse against horse, and
not against time hence there was no neces-
sity for display of speed, or the urging of
either horse beyond his natural speed. New
ertheless the winner was extremely dis
tressed, and died the following forenoon.
The black gelding (Ihe loser exhibited
much less fatigue, and his owner showed
him to US few days afterward in his road
wagon in New York, looking little, if any
thing, the worse for his trot. Butler, Jr.,
was half brother to the celebrated trotting
gelding General Butler, and was thought
very highly of by his owner. Captain
! Kennies pedigree is unknown, but there is
evidently a great deal of blood in him,
which is exhibited in his clean legs, the
thoroughbred points in his quarters, and
in his method of getting over the ground.
He stands about l51 hands. All that his
owner knows of him is that he was sired
by a Canada stallion out of an imported
English mare. The winner had the ad- |
vintage of being driven on the road all the |
summer, and was consequently full of hard |
food, whereas his opponent had been turn
ed out to grass during the whole period,
and was only taken up three weeks prior to
the race and was consequently in a soft,
green eondition-the only training he
had received being a gentle jogging on the
road, added to which his driver weighed
40 pounds more than the driver of Butler,
jr., who was far belowt the regular Fashion
Course weights, which caused a discussion
among the Judges as to whether he ought
not to have been distanced for being short
of weight 1t was to be regretted that the
Judges did not take the time of the sepa-
rate miles in so interesting a race, but the
owner Ofthe survivor asserts that without
track training he has driven him over the
course in 2:36; and Mace, the professional
driver, declares confidently that he will,
if he is placed under his care, bring him
down "among the twenties" 1t is a
curious fact that he came from the same
spot as the celebrated Auburn horse, re-
Gently purchased by Mr.. Bonner for $l7,-
600, who, by the way, was originally sold
for $500.
The owner of Capt. Kennie has now
issued the following challenge, viz: that
he will trot him twenty-mile race for
So 0OO the next ensuing season, against
any other green horse that can be pro-
luced, or against the best twenty-mile
time ever made at the Fashion Course;
and it is understood that his challenge has
1r will be accepted by Mr.. Mulligan. the
owner of the victor in the last race, who
mas another horse of whom he has an equally
nigh opinion with that of the late Butler,
Jr Much credit is due to the gameness
md pluck he displayed-but had there
Deen another half mile to 90 il was evi-
lent Capt. Kennie would have caught and
1eaten him, as he struck fine gait after
having given up trOtting. Under all cir
this was perhaps the most ex-
trot of its kind that has ever
aiken place on the Fashion Course, both
lorses being green and unframed.