Mrs Butterwick

In 1892 Mrs Butterwick ran ten times and won three races. In spring she took the Althorp Stakes at Northampton Racecourse and the Hartington Plate at Manchester.[5] In the Whitsuntide Stakes over five furlongs at Manchester Racecourse on 11 June Mrs Butterwick started at odds of 6/1 and finished second to Lady Bobs, to whom she was conceding five pounds in weight.[6] At Kempton Park Racecourse She was then matched against older horses in the July Cup at Newmarket Racecourse and finished second to the six-year-old Workington, in what was her only attempt of the year to race beyond five furlongs.[7] On 1 September she was assigned top weight of 126 pounds for the Devonshire Nursery Handicap Stakes and won "cleverly" by three quarters of a length from Diplomatic.[8]

It was reported that Mrs Butterwick was to run a half-mile match race against a greyhound named Fullerton (winner of the Waterloo Cup) at Sandown Park, but the plan does not appear to have been realised.[9]

On 31 May at Epsom Racecourse Mrs Butterwick finished third in a five-furlong sprint race.[2] Three days later Mrs Butterwick, with John Watts in the saddle, was one of 17 runners to contest the 115th running of the Oaks Stakes over one and a half miles at the same track. Stirrup Cup was made favourite ahead of Silene, Tressure (third in the 1000 Guineas) and Erin, with Mrs Butterwick started at odds of 100/7. After starting quickly, Mrs Butterwick settled behind the leaders as Marietta set the pace before Stirrup Cup went to the front on the turn into the straight. Tressure overtook the favourite a quarter of a mile from the finish but Mrs Butterwick was making steady progress and joined the leader approaching the final furlong. After a "good race" the Duke of Portland's filly prevailed by half a length from Tressure with a gap of six lengths back to the 100/1 outsider Cypria in third.[10] The result was particularly surprising as few had expected Mrs Butterwick to stay beyond sprint distances.[7]

Mrs Butterwick reverted to sprint distances for the Stewards' Cup on 25 July at Goodwood Racecourse in which she was assigned a weight of 103 pounds and finished fourth of the twenty runners behind Medora, Marly and Quebec.[11] At some point in the season, she was reportedly beaten by the colt Bill of Portland in the Newmarket Heath High Weight Handicap.[12]

Mrs Butterwick began her third season by carrying 126 pounds to victory in Earl Spencer's Plate over five furlongs at Northampton on 3 April, beating Pet of the Fancy (88 pounds) by a head in a "fine race".[13] At Royal Ascot on 19 June she finished unplaced, under a weight of 117 pounds, behind Victor Wild in the Royal Hunt Cup.[14] In her second attempt to win the Stewards' Cup she finished down the field behind Gangway on 31 July.[15] Before the end of the year she won a handicap race at Nottingham Racecourse under a weight of 145 pounds.[2]