Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11
INTERVIEWS.
NIiddlebury, VT,
VOTES ON AMERICAN STAR.


Mr.. Cline of Kingston, n. Y, says:
Cyrus Dubois brought Seely'S American
Star here from New York and sold him.
He died in Orange comfy. Stood at
Middletown, n. Y, at 500. Josiah Du-
bois had him in Kingston and Rosendale.
He was sorrel horse with staI and two
white hind feet, ID, perhaps 15-2. He
was "A very close, compassionate horse
with IA finnish tail, not long neck, 1850
to 100 lbs, heavy for his size. | think
he went from here to Delhi.
Mr.. Levi Screider of Kingston, y. Y,
says: think American Star sprung from
Sir Henry. | saw the horse when Dubois
owned him. lie was noted horse then
and about the only trotter we had in this
section He came here with split feet
quarter cracks-and stood here at a low
price for six or seven years. He went
from here to Columbia county; that
know. Orange county people found his
stock were trotting 60 fast they went up
there and bought him and took him to
white hind feet and star: fine arched
neck, but not very long, a close, compact,
pony made horse with fine ear. lie
had straight, nice head-not a Roman
nose; was very wide between the eyes
very intelligent horse. | saw him at
Middletown and would be very sure it
was the same horse that Dubois owned.
Dubois called him American Star. He
looked like Il thoroughbred. He was a
youngish horse when he came here; got
well here and had good feet.
Sheriff Brodhead of Kingston, n. y,
SO years old, says: The first | knew of
Cyrus Dubois he had the stallion called the
Star. He sold him straight to Columbia
county and from there he went West.
Samuel Pauldng says: \ man by the
name of Miller in Columbia county
bought American Star; lived back of
Hudson, | think in the town of Claver-
ack. lie was sorrel horse with star and
a little white on the hind feet.
Sheriff Brodhead says he was smooth
built horse, l5-2, 1000 to 100 lbs,
square-built: travelled very wide behind :;
carried his head well up; straight face,
nice head, good ear.
Neither Mr.. Brodhead nor Mr.. Pauld-
ing knew that lie came back to Goshen
from Columbia county. They think Jake
Miller of Claveracll drove him.
Sheriff Brodhead says Louis lie revre
raised IA stallion got by old Star before
he was sold from here-a solid chunk of
horse, sorrel.
John II. Bruin of New York, a ticket
agent on the elevated railroad, knew Cy-
rus Dubois well and will know all about
old Star.
Nonpare stood here three years.
owned by John Waldrons of Columbia
county.
Mr.. Stephen Dubois of --, n. Y,
brother of Cyrus Dubois, says American
Star was a sorrel with white stripe in the
face clear down to the end of his nose
both hind feet white above the pastern.
left her for the summer bought him in
the fall of my brother Star was not
very large, though he ran up very high
on the withers; was called 1913 and was
good l5-2. He carried flesh very easily
and was sometimes very tat. He was
very hearty and healthy; had a good
slanting shoulder, light, thin tail; good
fair quantity of name, short back, very
powerful little horse. My brother got
him of John Blauvelt, a silversmith of
New York city. He was a blocky-built
horse, well cut up under the throat, not
very long neck, low on top of the neck
when we got him, but filled up afterward.
He was ribbed up close. 1t was claimed
that he was running stock-Sir Henry,
think. lie was young when my brother
bought him. | was IA or Is years old.
l think he had him from three to five
years. lie sold him to jim Storms, who
lived at or near Hudson, n. Y. | know
it was in the fall when he sold him. Ny
brother said the Seely Horse was the
same horse. Star was a natural trOtter
and trotted very wide behind.
Mr.. Luther lie Fevre says: - bred to
American Star when Dubois owned him,
and saw him after Seely had him. 1t was