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found that his friend Genung had bought the mare 

 himself; and when he came to see her, he liked her so 

 well that he did not hesitate a moment in making her 

 his own. This was in the spring of eighteen hundred 

 and thirty-five, and Mr. Berry owned and lived on a 

 large and beautiful farm on Pompton Plains. New 

 Jersey. At the time he bought this mare, she was a 

 beautiful bay animal, somewhat advanced in years, 

 sixteen hands high, with a star and snip in forehead, 

 and both hind feet white above the ankles a smooth 

 and handsome mare, with a good set of limbs, but bad 

 feet. Mr. Genung was a bachelor, and boarded many 

 years in the family of Mr, Berry's brother, in the city, 

 but died soon after he sold this mare, and thus all 

 hopes of tracing her pedigree more definitely were 

 cut off. 



That she was by Henry, and a Messenger mare, 

 there cannot be a shadow of doubt. Mr. Berry thinks 

 she was a thoroughbred. Mr. Ira Coburn, of New 

 York, owned a horse called American Star. He was 

 a bay horse, with star in forehead, fifteen hands high, 



