Spanker Mare - Family a44

Spanker Mare (f Spanker*)
     Silvereye Mare (f Silvereye*)
          Polly Williams (f Janus*)
               Mark Anthony Mare (f Mark Anthony [Lee's])
                    Centinel Mare (f Centinel*)
                         Medley Mare [Johnson's] (gr f 1792 Medley*)
                              Reality (gr f 1813 Sir Archy)
                                   Medley [Johnson's] (gr c 1824 Sir Hal)
                                   Bonnets O'Blue (gr f 1827 Sir Charles)
                                   |    Mariner (br c 1836 Shark)
                                   |    Fashion (ch f 1837 Trustee*) Match vs Boston
                                   |         Etiquette (br f 1853 Mariner)
                                   |         |    Vanity (b f 1859 Revenue)
                                   |         |         Simplicity (b f 1873 Eclipse*)
                                   |         |               Simple Gold (b f 1879 Bullion)
                                   |         |                   Derochmont [ex-Outset] (b f 1884 Outcast)
                                   |         |                        Elmer L. (b c 1898 Esher*)
                                   |         |    Cavalier (br c 1867 Eclipse*)
                                   |         |    Etiquette Jr. (b f 1871 Eclipse*)
                                   |         |         Fashionette (ch f 1880 Battle Axe)
                                   |         Alamode (br f 1854 Mariner)
                                   |         |    Queen of the West [ex-Beauty] (b f 1865 Bonnie Scotland*)
                                   |         |         Hilda (b f 1885 Great Tom*)
                                   |         |              Chappaqua (b c 1896 Iroquois)
                                   |         |    Genevieve (b f 1868 Bonnie Scotland*)
                                   |         |         Mattie Pendleton (br f 1873 Hazard)
                                   |         |              Big Brown Jug (br c 1884 Thunderstorm*)
                                   |         Young Fashion (ch f 1855 Monarch*)
                                   |         |    Surprise (b c 1860 Bonnie Scotland*)
                                   |         |    Scotland (b c 1861 Bonnie Scotland*)
                                   |         |    Columbia (ch f 1865 Bonnie Scotland*)
                                   |         |         Double Cross [ex-XX] (ch c 1872 Malcolm)
                                   |         |    Bonnie Kate (ch f 1869 Bonnie Scotland*)
                                   |         |         Doris (br f 1875 Hurrah*)
                                   |         |              Iris (b f 1885 Iroquois)
                                   |         |                   Bliss Rucker (b c 1895 Salvator) Holly S
                                   |         |         Bonita (ch f 1889 Sir Modred*)
                                   |         |              Ben Ledi (ch f 1896 Inverness*)
                                   |         |                   J. H. Houghton (b c 1907 Dungarven)
                                   |         |    Hock Hocking (ch c 1870 Ringmaster)
                                   |         |    Three Cheers (b c 1871 Hurrah*)
                                   |         Revenge (ch c 1858 Monarch*)
                                   Slender (b f 1825 Sir Charles)
                                        Kate (b f Count Zaldivar)
                                             Lucille Western (b f 1864 Lexington)
                                                  B. G. Bruce (b c 1883 Billet*)

Polly Williams

The American Stud Book records two Janus* crosses in the pedigree of Polly Williams, however, her owner was known to add Janus* crosses to the pedigrees of his horses.

Reality

Reality was bred by Marmaduke Johnson and owned by Johnson & Craig of Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Fashion

Fashion was bred and raced by William Gibbons of New Jersey. A well conformed muscular filly slightly over 15 hands, she is described as having a faultless dispostion. She won 32 races out of 36, most of them 4-mile heats, beaten only by Tyler and Peytona. In her 1842 match against Boston she set a new American record for 4 miles - 7.32 1/2, beating Boston in straight heats. For a while she was the best race horse in America.