AKA Old Spark
imported into USA (Maryland) in 1750 (?), presented to Gov. Ogle, by Lord Baltimore
Wallace's ASB, 1867, Vol.1, p.367; The General Stud Book notes that his dam, Hautboy Mare, may be Grey Wilkes [GSB 1:383], making him a half-brother to Old Country Wench (gr f 1712c Snake) and her sisters. This is confirmed by Heber, who says: Spark, Son of the famous Honeycomb Punch, and out of the Robinson Hautboy Mare, bred by Mr Wilks, and was the Dam of the Dam of Regulus [Heber 1754:238]. He may have been the same horse as Frampton's Spark. The Earl of Bristol recorded in his Diary that his famous horse Wenn beat Mr Frampton's Sparke on May 8, 1708 [Royal Studs:207].