Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-04

las--was Montville, n. j., man,
think"
TO question: never saw any Cana
dian made up like Old Star; he might
have been Morgan. | haven't the
least doubt but that he had Morgan
blood. Quick-he was quick. just like
the Morgans, and then he had the rangy
neck and clean hea !, and showed up
bigger than he was, just as the Morgans
always do. wouldn't be surprised if he
was Morgan horse
morgan One-Eye came from Vermont.
Whittlesey bought the horse for me;
he came from Vermont and was a school
teacher here he went home and got this
horse. He was a son of the old Bull
rush Morgan; was over If hands and
about 900 lbs. Oh, my, he was Il nice
horse. You couldn't make them any
nicer. He was the best quartertd stall
lion have ever seen. | got him II or
ID years before the war. His stock were
the best | ever knew IN this section. |
called him Billy Morgan or Morgan One
Eye.
Williamson from Bloomfield, n. j.,
raised gray stallion from him which
he had three years ago. There was
kept here on the plains, owned by Will
liam Howard, who called him Morgan
but William Bean of PomptOn Plains
should know of him. Whittlesey bought
another sorrel Morgan horse, which he
sold to Henry Freedland of Warren Co.,
n. j. Cox lived in Passaic county. He
had bay Morgan horse. - hands, 1000
lbs | rode after him. He was very
good goer-thc best Morgan horse
have known in New Jersey except Nor
gan One-Eyc. Cox lived in Pompton
township. He was engaged at the steel
works. His horse was very stylish
one. He must have had him five years
before the war.
"The dam of the Bloomfield horse was
got by Canadian horse owned by
Joseph Mann of Bloomfield.
cold Star stood at Little Falls before
he came here-at John Rickers' tavern.
| raised a colt from him when he stood
there. | think it was the year before
Berry raised his colt but may have
been the same year
Henry c. Van Ness, another old resi-
dent of Pompton Plains, said think
the sire of Berrys American Star came
from Postpone, n. j., about II miles
from here. Nick Steits lived off that
way. Henry Spear had Morgan horse
ia good one. The Berry horse looked
like IA Morgan horse. (See Nick kipp,
Zabrskie stables, Paterson, n. j. |
never saw the Old Star, but Berry :
Star must have been seven years old
when he sold him. heard of him after
wards in Orange county, n. j. | am
II; went away from home when ID;
came back when %. After came back
| bred mare to the Berry horse when
he was coming four years old.
f. V. G. Van Laun, a lawyer, former
ly of Brooklyn, now of Pompton Plains,
the name of Coburn or Coburn of
Brooklyn owned the old American Star,
sire of Berry's American Star. was
living at Brooklyn.
Nick Smaley, who lived toward Pine
Brook, had the care of the horse
Brought him here and put up at Squire
Berry's. | lived II years in Brooklyn
Squire Berry sold the horse he raised tc
-Oscar d-(refers to John
Oscar, near Spring street, New York;
Afterward | understood Seely had him
His sire was sorrel with star, not over
ID hands. nice, square-built horse.
think Colburn was a boss carpenter.
have lived here 30 years and in Brook
Ign II. | saw Smalley riding the horse
in Brooklyn. Colburn called his horse
American Star think he was a gooC
blooded horse by the looks of him. lie
was IA very nice looking horse. The
only objection to raising stock from hin
was that he was rather small. He was
not marked up. He appeared to be 81,
or seven years old when saw him. He
probably came here the same season
Smalley was acquainted with Rker
Henry Berry of Preakness, n. j., is al
old friend and relative of Squire Berry
(Other references: Henry Stanley, Dan
iel Schoonmaker, James Van Ness anC
William Kent, all of Little Falls, n. j.
Little Falls, n. J.-Mr. kaisted says
Nick Smalley lived at Pine Brook wher
he took care of "A horse that was owned
by a gentleman in New York, Smalley
stood the the horse at IIaul's in Broom
field and at Pine Brook. He was her,
two seasons, ayoung horse when he cam,
here, not over six or eight. The last
saw the horse was in New York, thinl
the year after he was here. Nick Small
ley lived in New York then. He went t,
the races and saw the horse. He wa
not gelded then, but think they said h