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Chatauque Chief, twice, and again by La Prairie. His trots 

 were all mile heats, and 2.34, his best time up to this date. 



Grey Eagle also did worthily of his name, connected as it 

 sounds with the legends of a nobler turf ; and Trustee, the son of 

 imported thoroughbred Trustee, by Catton, out of Emma, by 

 Whisker, his dam the celebrated trotting-mare Fanny Pullen, 

 won twice at two, and once at three-mile heats. It was, liow- 

 ever, by a match against time, over the Union Course, Long 

 Island, that he won for himself imperishable renown as a trot- 

 ting-horse, who has accomplished at his own gait what it is not, 

 by any means, every thoroughbred hunter that can perform at a 

 gallop. 



He was backed to do twenty miles within the hour, in har- 

 ness, and appeared on the scene on Friday, Oct. 20, the course 

 in good order, no sun, and the wind^high. 



He was driven by Cornelius S. Bertine, weighing 145 lbs. in 

 a 150 lb. ordinary sulky. The odds were 100 to 40 on time. 

 The word " go ! " was given so vehemently that the horse broke, 

 but he caught his step, and never broke again throughout the 

 whole performance. In trotting the ninth and tenth miles, the 

 horse fell off a few seconds, and many persons thought that he 

 was tiring; but judges remarked, as he passed the stand, that he 

 was going perfectly at his ease, with his ears playing. On the 

 15th mile, the odds on time declined a little. On the 17th, a 

 horse was galloped by his side to encourage him ; on the 18th, 

 it was even betting; on the 19th mile, 50 to 40 was offered on 

 the horse. On commencing the 20th mile, Bertine let the horse 

 out, and he came in, apparently as fresh as when he started, do- 

 ing his twentieth mile the fastest of the match in 2.51|. 



Tlie time was carefully kejDt, in the judges' stand, by three 

 watches ; it was as follows : — 



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