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give him the same pedigree. He claimed his daTri was 

 a Canuck, or Canada mare; therefore, some cliimed 

 he was not the horse raised by Mr. Berry, His lastinj^ 

 qualities, not only with him, but with his progeny, 

 should be a proof most raanifestj that his mother was 

 no Canuck. Being a personal friend of Henry H. 

 Berry, we shall, as briefly as possible, give his own 

 words as he told us in a conversation we had with 'him. 

 on this subject. In the fall of eighteen hundred and 

 thirty-four, Mr. Berry was in the City of New York, 

 and a particular friend of his — Joseph-Genung — urged 

 him to buy a very fine mare for breeding purposes that 

 a friend of his owned on Long Island, and, on account 

 of being badly used and driven on the hard roads, her 

 leet had given out and she was offered cheap. Mr. 

 Barry declined to buy her at any price, as he had 

 horses enough. 



Mr. Genung said her hlood made her especially 

 valuable for breeding purposes, as she was by the 

 raco-horae Henry, and out of a mare sired by Messen- 

 ger. The next spring, Mr. Berry was in the city, and 



