Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-01

mont, who did "A good many more years
service in California than here, never
sired 2: 80 horse there but did three
here. Paul Jones, Emigrant, Comet,
and, believe, Pathfinder, all stood in
California, and never heard of their
getting trotters of merit there, but they
all did here.
An article on "Pedigree of Sally Rus
sell, page POI, shows that she unques-
tionably was by Boston and her dam by
Rather. This article is taken from Turf,
Field and Farm.
Volume 3, p. 10, is an article on Joe
Bunker and dam, from n. Y. Sportsman.
Page 81 has quite good article on the
Clay family, taken from the Country
Gentleman.
BAY FRANK.
Page 104 gives Bay Franks history.
Mr.. Grover, Jr., of Santa Cruz says:
Bay Frank was bred by my father near
Santa Cruz and is now six years old. lie
is by Tornado from II mare which father
bought at Stockton many years ago. This
mare, of whose breeding we know moth
ing, was brought across the plains from
Kentucky. She was poor when we got
her, but showed considerable trotting
speed. When Bay Frank was three years
old father sold him to John Costello, who
fells trees for our mill, for 500. He sold
to Mr.. Trefry for S400, and he to Horace
Eldred, Sacramento. for $1,000. Tornado
was by Index, dam said to be by Black
Warrior. Index was bred by f. j. Wine
gar of Scott Valley, Siskiyon Co., in 1865.
He was by keokuk, dam by Morrill,. In
1860, Index was brought to Santa Cruz
by Il. X. Hardy. In 1870 he started a
district race, distancing the field in 2 :45.
He was always popular stallion around
Santa Cruz, and there are many of his
colts around there which have shown
great deal of speed. Mr.. j. w. Gordon
has one, big bay stallion, that can beat
30 easily. Bay Frank is large.
On page 273 is an article, "The Morgan
Family in the Maternal Line taken from
the Breeders Gazette.
sEELY'S AMERICAN STAR
On page 80 an article on Seelys Amer
lean Star says: American Star was a
sorrel horse with star and snip, two white
ankles behind above the pasterns, and Is
hands. Edmund Seely claimed that his
dam was Cannuck or Canadian mare
1t has been said that he was not the horse
raised by Henry II. Berry of Pompton
Plains, Morris Co., y. j., but the gentle
man quickly put an end to all such re-
ports by looking up the horse while own
ed by Edmund Seely and Hiram Smith
and recognizing HIM as the same animal
raised and owned by him until he was
New York owned IA horse called Ameri-
can Star. He was bay horse with star
in forehead, - hands, as round as a rope.
with good set of limbs, pleasant DISPOSE
ton and could trot very fast. lie left no
record, however, as he was used after
ward as Il gentleman's road horse. In 1884
Mr. Berry was in New York, and friend
urged him to buy fine breeding mare,
then owned by Il gentleman in Long Is
land. Her feet were bad and otherwise
she showed hard usage. She was there
fore offered low, but Mr.. Berry declined
to purchase. She finally found her way
into the hands of Joseph Genung of
New York. In 1885 Mr.. Berry went to
see the mare and bought her. She was
bay, somewhat old, IL hands, star and
snip, and both hind feet white above an
kle. She was taken to Pompton Plains,
and shortly afterwards Genung died. In
1885, Mr.. Coburn sent his horse to John
Riker's tavern near Little Falls, Passaic
Co., y. j., in charge of Nicholas Small
ley, to serve mares. Mr.. Berry bred his
mare but she missed. The next season
the horse was sent to the same place
Afterward Mr.. Coburn let Mr.. Berry take
the horse with orders to breed a few
mares and then castrate him. This was
III icbD, anu dltCl blCCtiiS, Ills IldTc lit
castrated the horse. The mare foaled
June, 1897, the colt which has since been
said to be Seely's American Star.
There was nothing handsome or styl-
ish about the colt, but he had a great
deal of speed. Mr.. Berry ran him a
great many quarter and half mile races
and never had him beaten. At five years
old he served mares at about any price
and was driven to a butchers wagon
He then began to show a fine trotting
step. This was in 1912. The second
season he received about the same treat.
ment and could outtrot any horse about
pulling his butcher cart. In 1874 he was
advertised to stand for mares at New
Milford and Warwick, Orange Co.
n. j., to insure at 81, and war
ranted to haul wagon in three
minutes. He served but few mares
In August 1914, he was sold to JOIN
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