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performed only by Mr. Berry. This was in eighteen 

 hundred and thirty-six, that Mr. Berry took the horse 

 with him, bred him to his Ilenry mare, then carried 

 out the iustruQtions of his owner. This mare proved 

 in foal, and dropped this colt in June, eighteen hun- 

 dred and thirty-seven, 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 shelter 

 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 a great 

 deal of speed. Mr. Berry ran him a great many 

 quarter and half-mile races, and never had him beaten. 

 At five years of age he served mares at most any 

 price, and was driven to a butcher wagon. He then 

 began to show a fine trotting step. This was in 

 eighteen hundred and forty-two ; and the next season 

 he received about the same treatment, and could out- 



