Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-18

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the spring of 1885 to John Rikers tav-
ern, near Little Falls, Passaic county,
New Jersey. in charge of Nicholas Small
ley, to serve a limited number of mares.
Mr.. Berry bred this Henry mare, but she
failed to get in foal. The next season
Mr.. Coburn sent the horse to the same
place, but in charge of another groom.
who neglected and treated him so badly
that Mr.. Riker sent word to the owuer
that he had better take him away. The
advice was followed, and the horse re-
turned to New York. Very naturally,
Mr.. Coburn became heartily disgusted
with the stallion business and meeting
Mr.. Berry a few days afterwards urged
him to take the horse home with him,
breed him to as many mares as he liked,
and then castrate him, an operation at
that time, in the whole country, per.
formed only by Mr.. Berry. This was in
1886 that Mr.. Berry took the horse with
him, bred him to his Henry mare, then
carried out the Instructions of his owner
This mare proved in foal, and dropped
this colt i'm June, 1897, which became so
famous in Orange county, under the
name of his sire, American Star. Mr..
Berry says he was disappointed with his
colt on its first appearance both in color
and size. However, the colt received
but little care or attention; took it as he
could catch it; hardly ever under a shell
ter until three years of age, when he was
taken out of the barnyard and broken to
harness. There was nothing handsome
or stylish about him, but he had great
deal of speed. Mr.. Berry ran him a
great many quarter and hafmile races,
and never had him beaten. At five years
of age he served mares at most any
price, and was driven to a butcher way
on. He then began to show "A fine trot-
ting step. This was in 1912; and the
next season he received about the same
treatment, and could out-trot any horse
in the whole country, and haul that
butcher wagon after him.
Mr.. Berry often made the remark that
of any horse he ever saw In the spring
of 1914 he was fixed up a little, and adj
vertised to stand for mares at New Mil
ford and Warwick, Orange county, n.
gree given in full, and warranted to
haul IA wagon on the road mile in three
minutes. For some cause he served but
very few mares-in Warwick, we think,
not any. In August of the same season,
1914, Mr.. Berry sold him to Mr.. John
Blauvelt, IA slversmth in New York
city. for $3.50 and set of single har-
ness. Mr.. Blauvelt used him for a road
horse, and, as he says, the best he ever
rode behind, for pluck bottom and
speed. but the hard roads and hard drives
soon,showed the weak points of his dam
his feet giving out and quarter cracks
making their appearance, he was sent up
TO Mr.. Berry to be wintered and cured,
The next spring he came out all right
but Mr.. Blauvelt, experimenting that
again the same cause might produce the
same effect. traded him off to Cyrus Du-
bois of Ulster county, New York, for Il
gray geldng, at one time owned by
Sheriff WestbrOok of that county. Du-
bOis had Il partner, William Burr, Il
horseman. now of IIoboken. What time
Dubois owned him, we cannot ascertain
but he stood the horse IL part of the time
IN Orange county. Dubois traded him tC
James Storm of Hudson for bay mare
and, after a few days, Storm sold him tC
Walter Shafer of Hillsdale, Columbia
county, New York, who kept him one
or two seasons, then sold him to Edmond
Seeley and Hiram Smith of Goshen fol
$50. This was in the fall of 1919, and
in 1850 he stood for mares in Goshen
and served 81 mares and got 40 colts al
SD per colt. One of these colts we vel
remember. He was called the Randall
colt, and, we are very credibly informed
will make a season in this county this
year, under the name of his sire, Ameri
can Star. He has Il fast record. In 1851
he Gold Starr made the season in Goshen
at so to insure-served 81 mares and got
63 colts in 1852 at the same place and
. same price, served 81 mares and got G.
colts; in 1853, same place and same price
served 40 mares, and got 30 colts. Thai
fall he was taken to Elmira, Chemune
: county, New York, and trotted a race
: against Jupiter. 1t was well-contesteG
, race, Star winning the sixth heat anG
race in , "a. In 1854, the next spring
he was taken back to Elmira and stood
for mares, served 20 and got 10 colts al
$50 per colt. All these colts were mare
, colts; IA very large majority of his get
, were mares, "A fact often spoken of by
, those who know. In 1865 he went tC
Piermont, Rockland county, and served
| 80 mares and got 30 colts at $40. Ii
1896 he went to Mandate, Illinois, anC
served 30 mares and got 20 colts at $40
In 1857 he again stood in Goshen, anC