PEDIGEEE, 



CHAKACTERISTICS, AND PERFORMANCES OF FASHION. 



Fashion was bred by William Gibbons, Esq., of Madison, 

 Morris County, IST. J., where she was foaled on the 26tli April, 

 1837. It would be difficult to sit down over the Stud Book and 

 compile a richer pedigree than hers, and the same remark will 

 apply to Boston. Each is descended from the most eminently 

 distinguished racing families on the side o both sire and dam, 

 that have figured on the Turf for a hundred years. Fashion 

 was got by Mr. Livingston's Imp. Trustee, out of the celebrated 

 Bonnets o' Blue by Sir Charles, and she out of Eeality — " the 

 very best race-horse," says Col. Johnson, " I ever saw." Eeality 

 was got by Sir Archy, and her pedigree extends back through 

 the imported horses Medley, Centinel, Janus, Monkey, Silver- 

 Eye and Spanker, to an imported Spanish mare. Trustee, the 

 sire of Fashion, was a distinguished race-horse in England, and 

 sold at 3 yrs. old for 2,000 guineas, to the Duke of Cleveland, 

 after running 3d in the race for the Derby of 101 subscribers. 

 He was subsequently imported by Messrs. Ogden, Corbin and 

 Stockton. Trustee was foaled in 1829, and was got by Catton 

 out of Emma, by Whisker, and combines the blood of Hermes, 

 Pipator, and Sir Peter, on his dam's side, with that of Penelope, 

 by Trumpator, and Prunella, by Highflyer, on the side of his 

 sire. Trustee is not a chance horse ; in addition to other winners 

 of his family, in 1835, his own brother, Mundig, won the Derby 

 of 128 subscribers. — See Genealogy, 7. 



Fashion is a rich satin-coated chestnut, with a star, and a 



