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Spark
A version of Spark's pedigree
BreedArabian
SireHamilton's Aleppo
DamMiss Colville
SexStallion
Foaled1743
Countryfoaled in England, imported to U. S.
OwnerFrederick Louis, Samuel Ogle
Darley Arabian, ancestor of Spark

Spark was the first American thoroughbred race horse. He was a stallion of the first pair of English-bred thoroughbred horses imported to the American Colonies. The Belair Stud stables were first associated with him.

Background

Spark was foaled in 1743. He was from royal horses of England and was originally bred and owned by Frederick Louis, the Prince of Wales. The first American thoroughbred race horse with a pedigree was Spark. Spark was already known in the British Isles as a strong athletic thoroughbred race horse. He was given by Lord Baltimore to Samuel Ogle, Provincial Governor of Maryland. The Prince of Wales gave the stallion to Lord Baltimore to give to Ogle as a gift.

Ogle took Spark back to the American Colonies from England in the Spring of 1747. This was his last tour of duty to replace Thomas Bladen, the past governor of the British colony of Maryland. Lord Baltimore also gave Ogle the mare Queen Mab and both were imported to Maryland at the same time. Spark and Queen Mab were the first American breeding pair of thoroughbred race horses. Thoroughbred horse racing started in Annapolis, Maryland in the Fall of 1747 at the local Fair, with Spark racing against Colonial George Plater's horse. Spark won the 50-guinea prize money.

Historian Fairfax Harrison concluded that Spark is the product of the mare horse called Miss Colville and stallion Aleppo, although there are conflicting pedigree records. Historian Henry Herbert records that Weatherby's Stud Book ("English Stud Book") has Spark by Honeycomb Punch out of Wilke's old Hautboy mare, which is believed to be Miss Colville. The pedigree records show that Aleppo came from the Darley Arabian bloodline. They also show that Queen Mab came from thoroughbred stock through Musgrover's grey Arabian. Benjamin Tasker, Jr. claims he had handwritten records on May 20, 1758, from breeders associated with Spark concerning his pedigree. The American descendant records of Spark shows he sired a breed-line of horses that were the faster than normal and they then became famous in their own right.

Belair

Belair Stables
Main articles: Belair Stable Museum (Bowie, Maryland) and Belair Mansion (Bowie, Maryland)

The importation of Spark and Queen Mab was the start of the development of the American purebred racehorse field. These two horses established the Belair Stud legacy for the bloodlines of the future. The Belair Manor property was a horse breeding farm and stables for thoroughbred race horses. This area of Maryland became known as the American Cradle of Thoroughbred Racing. Benjamin Tasker, Jr. was the original owner of this prominent well-known property and mansion. He gave it to his sister Anne as a wedding gift when she married Ogle in 1739.

The Manor property originally consisted of a Georgian colonial style red brick mansion and 3,600 acres of land. Governor Ogle built here the first Belair stables and a racetrack for Spark from a 600 acre part of the property. Ogle had next his townhouse in Annapolis at King George Street and Tabernacle Street another racetrack. This way he could watch Spark from his drawing room when he was there for races. Maryland governors Charles Carnan Ridgely, Robert Wright, Edward Lloyd, Samuel Sprigg and Oden Bowie kept the tradition, started by Spark of thoroughbred racing, going by breeding their own race horses.

Notes

  1. "Ogle was an active horseman and supporter of thoroughbred racing in the colonies. He imported “Queen Mab,” the famous English brood mare, and “Spark,” a blooded stallion originally owned by Frederick, Prince of Wales, and given to Ogle by Lord Baltimore."
  2. "On Thursday last arrived within our Capes, his Majesty's Ship, the "Foulkstone," Captain Gregory, with Samuel Ogle, Esquire, and Lady on Board, who, some Time after, disembark'd and went on Board the "Neptune," Capt. Grindell, bound for this Place, where he arrived about Ten in the Evening, and was received at his Landing by a Number of Gentlemen, &c., and saluted by the Town Guns, and from on Board sundry Ships in the River. Samuel Ogle and his wife and family returned to MD, bringing with them the blood horses Spark and Queen Mab."

References

  1. ^ Gatto 2012, p. 13.
  2. ^ Culver 1922, p. 50.
  3. "Archives of Maryland (Biographical Series)". Maryland State Archives. State of Maryland. 2001. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  4. "The Thoroughbred Abroad - America". Middlebury Register (p. 6). Middlebury, Vermont. January 28, 1898 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] . {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  5. ^ "A Turn amongst the Turfmen / The Stable-Folks at the Races". Chicago Daily Tribune (p. 6). Chicago, Illinois. August 31, 1873 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] . The first thoroughbred racing-horse of America was imported into Maryland - "Spark", the gift of Lord Baltimore to Gov. Ogle from the Prince of Wales. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  6. Bookplate 1897, p. 58.
  7. Thoroughbred_Record 1922, p. 5.
  8. ^ Edgar 1912, p. 295.
  9. Tayloe 1872, p. 357.
  10. "The Carriage Horse". The Tennessean (p. 8). Nashville, Tennessee. March 5, 1906 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] . {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  11. Perrin 1882, p. 133.
  12. Sidney 1893, p. 90.
  13. ^ Haskin, Frederic J. (June 24, 1930). "Belair, the Home of the Gallant Fox". Wilkes-Barre Time Leader. Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  14. Harrison 1929, p. 29.
  15. ^ McWilliams 2011, p. 58.
  16. Harrison 1929, p. 35.
  17. "Ogle returns". Maryland Gazette (p. 1). Annapolis, Maryland. March 17, 1747. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  18. "Maryland's Thoroughbred Legacy". Thoroughbred history of Maryland. Brigitte Wilson. March 15, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  19. Harrison 1929, pp. 29–39.
  20. Herbert 1871, p. 126.
  21. Culver 1922, p. 92.
  22. "There's Money in Blood / Pedigrees of the Old Imported Thoroughbreds". The Atlantic Constitution (p. 1) . Altanta, Georgia. December 6, 1874 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] . {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  23. Harrison 1929, pp. 30.
  24. Walsh 1888, p. 36.
  25. "There's Money in Blood / Pedigrees of the Old Imported Thoroughbreds". Orangeburg Times (p.1). Orangeburg, South Carolin. December 17, 1874 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] . {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  26. Battell 1909, p. Ixxxii.
  27. "Farm and Home". The Tennessean (p. 8). Nashville, Tennessee. March 5, 1906 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] . {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  28. White 1897, p. 336.
  29. Harrison 1929, pp. 34–39.
  30. Baltz 1984, pp. 17–19.
  31. ^ Haskin, Frederic J. (June 16, 1930). "The Haskin Letter". The Independent Record (p. 4). Helena, Montana – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] . {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  32. Haskin, Frederic J. (June 16, 1930). "Belair, the Home of Gallant Fox". The Kokomo Tribune (p. 4). Kokomo, Indiana – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] . {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)

Sources

  • Baltz, Shirley Vlasak (1984). A Chronicle of Belair. Bowie Heritage Committee. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Battell, Joseph (1909). American Stallion Register. American Publishing Company. The above pedigrees of old Spark and Queen Mab I have now by me from under the hands of their breeders. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Bookplate, American (1897). Ex Libris. American Bookplate Society. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Culver, Francis Barnum (1922). Blooded Horses of Colonial Days:. (p.92). Bred by the Prince of Wales and imported from England in 1747 by Governor Samuel Ogle of Maryland. Spark is recorded as a son of Honeycomb Punch out of Wilkes' old Hautboy mare Miss Colville. His pedigree bears the seal of Lord Baltimore. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Edgar, Lady Matilda Ridout (1912). Colonial Governor in Maryland. Longmans, Green, and Company. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Gatto, Kimberly (2012). Belair Stud. The History Press. ISBN 978-1-60949-481-0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Harrison, Fairfax (1929). The Belair Stud, 1747-1761. Priv. print., Old Dominion Press. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Herbert, Henry William (1871). Frank Forester's Horsemanship. G.E. Woodward. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • McWilliams, Jane W. (3 May 2011). Annapolis, City on the Severn:. JHU Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-9659-0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Perrin, William Henry (1882). History of Fayette County, Ky. Southern Historical Press. Racing was carried on in Maryland many years previous to Braddock's defeat in 1753, and Gov. Ogle was presented with the celebrated imported stallion Spark, by Lord Baltimore. who received him as a present from his Royal Highness, Frederick, Prince of Wales, father to King George III. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Sidney, Samuel (1893). The Book of the Horse. Cassell & Company. Thoroughbred horses were imported by the colonists of Maryland and Virginia as early as the reign of George II.; the first pedigree horse, Spark, having, according to tradition, been presented to Governor Ogle, about 1750, by Lord Baltimore, who had received him as a present from the Prince of Wales. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Tayloe, Benjamin Ogle (1872). In Memoriam: Benjamin Ogle Tayloe. Sherman & Company, printers. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Thoroughbred_Record (1922). Thoroughbred Record. Record Publishing Company. The Prince of Wales, father of George III and brother to the Duke of Cumberland, breeder of the great Eclipse, had presented to Lord Baltimore a running horse called Spark, which the noble lord passed along to Samuel Ogle, Governor of the Maryland. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Walsh, John Henry (1888). Horse, in Stable and Field:. G. Routledge and Sons. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • White, J. T. (1897). National Cyclopedia American Biography, V.1-. J. T. White. Lord Baltimore presented him with a fine horse called "Sparks." which he had received from Frederick, father of George III., and which became the sire of many fast horses in Maryland before the revolution. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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