Bucksnort’s Dusky Rosebud
Sire—Bessia’s Black Eagle
Black 1996 Stallion
Sire: Sharthunder, 1985 Black
Bred
by Dorothea Hildreth of Dell,
Mt, Black Eagle is sired by the black, gaited stallion Sharthunder, a
1985 son
of Wyoming Flyhawk. Wyoming Flyhawk, a 1973 son of Domino Joe was out
of Lily
Black, a 1955 black by Warhawk, son of Flyhawk and Sentola. Domino
Joe’s sire
was Stetson by Flyhawk. Thus Wyoming Flyhawk was linebred to Flyhawk,
who was
bred by J. C. Brunk and was by the Old Midwest Family stallion, Go
Hawk, and
out of a mare who was Daniel Lambert and Knox Morgan. More of the
Lambert and
Knox comes in with the dam of Stetson, the great producing mare
Sentola, who
was a full sister to Jubilee King. Yet more of this old Brunk breeding
is
behind the dam of Domino Joe, Midnight (1944, L U Sheep Co., Wyo.) as
she was
by Highview King , who was also out of Sentola, and was by King de
Jarnette
(Jubilee King x Deura). Deura was by Senator Knox for more of Knox
Morgan’s
blood and out of a daughter of Penrod who was the sire of Jubilee King.
The dam
of Midnight, Lupine (1940, L
U Sheep
Co.), was a granddaughter of Flyhawk. She also carried the ancestry of
Elmer
Brown’s breeding being by Plains King (foaled in 1936, bred by Heibert
Bros. of
Kansas) and out of a daughter of Linspar. Even though Plains King was
registered as being bred by the Heibert Bros., his breeding is from
Elmer
Brown, who, along with J C Brunk and Richard Sellman, was one of the
great
master breeders of this breed. Plains King was sired by Romanesque,
Sellman
bred, and out of a Linsley daughter. Linspar was also by Linsley.
As noted
previously, the dam of
Wyoming Flyhawk, Lily Black, was by Warhawk. Her dam was by the Jubilee
King
son Glider. Thus Wyoming Flyhawk has an impressive amount of the old
Brunk
breeding behind him. Most of the horses behind Wyoming Flyhawk were
bred to be
true using horses, either by J C Brunk or by various western ranchers.
Lily
Black and her dam and the second dam were all from George Cross &
Son of Wyoming
who were breeding for working cattle ranch horses. Midnight
and her dam were from the L U Sheep Co. of Wyoming, who was breeding
for
working horses also.
In looks, Domino
Joe had more of
the looks of his bottom mare line which went back to the LU Sheep Co.
mares
coming from the son of Dan Patch (ATR). Some of his get also had this
look
while others had the baroque Brunk look of the rest of his pedigree.
However,
all of this line are known for their wonderfully kind and sensible
temperaments. Wyoming Flyhawk also had less of the old baroque Morgan
look and
has been a popular sports horse sire with many get fitting the image
desired in
the open sports horse world. Wyoming Flyhawk was mostly of the old
Brunk
breeding with the same horses being repeated over and over. It is this
level of
careful close breeding that set the traits for solid using horses.
The dam of
Sharthunder is also from
ranch breeding. She is Triple S Ebonella a black 1977 mare from the
Triple S
program in northwest Nebraska.
Her sire was the grand Blackwood Correll and her maternal grandsire was
also
Blackwood Correll, making her inbred to him. Her dam was Triple S Red
Carmen,
by Blackwood Correll, and out of Lita, a 1950 mare from the Jackson
Ranch of Montana.
Lita was by the Brunk horse Ken Carmen who was sired by Jubilee King
and out of
a mare sired by a full brother to Jubilee King’s sire. This is once
again an
example of J C Brunk’s careful closebreeding and another example of how
well it
worked. Ken Carmen was close to 16 hands, baroque and correct, siring
many
excellent Morgans. The dam of Lita was the 1940 mare, Cressy, another Jackson
ranch mare. Her sire was Found-At-Last (1920, bred in Minnesota),
by Glen de Jarnette (1918, Minnesota),
by De Jarnette Jr., by Jupiter by Jubilee de Jarnette. The dam of Glen
De
Jarnette was inbred to Jubilee de Jarnette and also had Chetco as an
ancestor.
Chetco, a good stallion and sire, was by Benjamin Franklin by Daniel
Lambert,
who is also behind Jubilee de Jarnette and is found numerous times
behind all
the Brunk horses. The dam of Found-At-Last was by Sangamo (1909),
another Brunk
bred. His sire was a son of Charles Reade, that rugged, good sized sire
whom
Brunk used for trotting speed as well as correct Morgan attributes.
Charles
Reade was by Woodward’s Ethan Allen 1573 (full brother to Daniel
Lambert), and
out of Princess Dagmar by Daniel Lambert. Senata
was the dam of Sangamo and she is also the dam of
many of Brunk’s
foundation mares. The dam of Cressy was Chief Bugler (1913, C. X.
Larrabee,
MT), that lovely and baroque stallion who had multiple crosses to
Daniel
Lambert. His pedigree is interesting for its level of close breeding.
His
parents were both by Jubilee de Jarnette. Both his parents were out of
mares
sired by Lambert Boy. Both granddams had dams who were Black Hawk
blood, plus
the bottom mare line also had yet another cross back to Daniel Lambert.
Thus
Cressy with her multitude of Daniel Lambert crosses was a perfect match
to Ken
Carmen.
Blackwood
Correll, foaled in 1965
& bred by Wallace Mills of northwest Nebraska, was a tall, solid
and
handsome horse, but not as typey as some, and was sired by the great
Red
Correll (1940, Nebraska), an upstanding correct stallion sired by Will
Rogers
(1935, Iowa) who was pure linebred Old Midwest blood with many crosses
to Black
Hawk. This family came from Morgans who went to the Midwest,
especially Iowa, very
early in
Morgan history where they founded a family of large, often black, and
very
tough working horses. Will Rogers
is inbred to the wonderfully baroque, handsome, correct Winterset as
his sire
is a double grandson of Winterset and Will Roger’s dam is a daughter
thereof.
The dam of Red Correll was Kate Smith (1936), another bred by Elmer
Brown of Kansas
and in his typical fashion, being by Romanesque and out of a Linsley
daughter.
Kate Smith’s second dam is Lemax, who has more of the Old Midwest
family as
well as some Brunk and a cross to Headlight Morgan. Romanesque is out
of a
Headlight Morgan daughter who also brings in more Daniel Lambert
through The
Admiral, a son of Jubilee de Jarnette.
Lady Rockwood
(1951, Wallace Mills)
is the dam of Blackwood Correll. She was by Shenandoah Red by Red
Correll.
Shenandoah Red was out of Shenandoah Queen who was out of Rarette, a
daughter
of Jubilee King and Nella. Nella was out of the mare Liza Jane, a true
Blue Hen
mare who produced many excellent breeding horses, both sons and
daughters
alike. Nella herself was also a Blue Hen mare and was by Allen King,
full
brother to Penrod, the sire of Jubilee King. Again, this is another
example of
how J C Brunk danced the intricate dance of closebreeding so very well.
Shenandoah Queen
(1939, Illinois)
was sired by King Shenandoah, he by the Government Farm bred Shenandoah
(Bennington
x Ruby—old Vermont line
mare). King
Shenandoah (1934, Illinois)
was
by Violet King (1917, Iowa), another of the Old Midwest Family mares
with
similar blood as behind Will Rogers.
Lady Rockwood
was out of May
Rockwood, another Elmer Brown mare, but she was by the Government
Remount
stallion Rockwood, whom Brown had later in his career. Rockwood was by Bennington
and out of another of the Old Vermont line mares that gave the
Government Farm
the quality, type and true Morgan attributes that came from that farm.
May
Rockwood was out of May Hudson,
by
Dude Hudson, another correct and typey member of the Old Midwest
Family. May Hudson’s
dam was Hazel S, a Headlight Morgan daughter.
The central
states have a long
history of breeding good using Morgans. Many Morgans were bred in Kansas
and Nebraska starting in
the late
1800’s, later in the early 1900’s, that breeding also spread into the Dakotas.
By the 1940’s, Morgans were well established in northwest Nebraska
and over into central South Dakota.
In the Dakotas, much of the breeding was done
at the
Indian Reservation Schools. Horses in these states were not coddled
barn babies
and showring high steppers but using, working horses selected for
toughness,
ability to survive on the open range, sound temperament and sound
minds. This
surely was the heritage of Triple S Ebonella.
Bessia’s Jubarose, dam of Bessia’s Black Eagle
This black 1985 mare was sired by
Domino Joe, discussed above.
Her dam was Tetonia Rosa JJ (1972, Myrtle
Neeley) sired by
Jubilee Jazz (1967). Jubilee Jazz was bred by Joanne Curtis, and was a
typical
product of her program—baroque, upstanding, correct, handsome, good
tempered
and beautiful. His sire was the same sort—solid, correct, typey and
handsome.
Eco Jubilo (1960) was by Eco Lujo by Jordon (1945, Robert Tynan, Jr. of
Nebraska)
by Agazizz. Agazizz was pure old Brunk being by Juzan by Jubilee King.
Agazizz
was out of Gizea by Go Hawk and out of Liza Jane. Jordan was out of
Bertha C A
(1939, Elmer Brown) by Tehachapi Allen (1934, Roland Hill, CA. and no
doubt
named for the Tehachapi Mtns. of Calif. which mark the southern end of
the
great Central Valley) and out of Flying Cloud, another Elmer Brown mare
although bred by one of the Hiebert Bros., by Romanesque and out of a
Linsley
daughter, this one being out of the great mare Donbelle, who was pure
old
Vermont and a founding mare for Elmer Brown. Tehachapi Allen was bred
in California,
went to Kansas as a Remount stud, then on to Colorado,
leaving many good get. His sire was Querido and his dam was Tab, a
Sellman mare
with a sire linebred to the Morrill family of Bulrush descent. Eco Lujo
was out
of Starlight Lu by Sparbeau who was by Linsley and out of the Donbelle
daughter, Sparbelle. Starlight Lu was out of the Roland Hill mare Lula
Lee by
Querido and out of Red Oak Lu, a Sellman mare. Thus Eco Lujo brought
together a
strong Brunk sire line, a good Sellman tail mare line with Elmer Brown
in the
middle making for a strong breeding heritage of good using horses.
Belle of Vermont
(1945) was the mare bred to Eco Lujo to get Eco Jubilo. She was by the
very
good Red Vermont, solid Brunk breeding and a very handsome, upstanding,
correct
sire of many very good Morgans. Red Vermont was by Jubilee King and out
of
Daisy Knox by the lovely and correct Knox Morgan. The dam of Belle was
an L U
Sheep Co. mare, Dawnglo by Night Tide by Tiffany. Night Tide was bred
by Brunk
but was by the Government stallion Tiffany (by Mansfield).
The dam of Night Tide, who gave him his quality, was Glenalla, by Allen
King
and out of Ruby Reade by Charles Reade. Dawnglo was out of a Linspar
daughter.
Linspar was by Linsley and out of Sparbelle.
The dam of
Jubilee Jazz was the
lovely mare Bonnie Heather (1958) also by Red Vermont, making Jubilee
Jazz a
result of inbreeding in the classic manner—the child of a good stallion
bred to
the grandchild of that same good stallion. The dam of Bonnie Heather
was
Heather Angel Field, a Roland Hill mare by Sonfield and out of a mare
by
Querido and out of a Sellman mare.
The dam of
Tetonia Rosa JJ (bred by
Myrtle Neeley of Idaho, foaled 1972) was Shawna Dawn (Neeley, 1961) by
Sireson
(Neeley 1947) by Red Vermont, thus bringing in more of that grand
blood.
Sireson was out of Birdie Kellogg CK (foaled 1943 in Nebraska)
who was pure Sellman breeding. She was the result of breeding Captain
Kellogg
(1928 Nebraska) to his
daughter
Gwenallan. Both of Captain Kellogg’s granddams were by Headlight
Morgan. His
sire was by Red Oak and his dam was a Red Oak granddaughter. Red Oak,
foaled
1906, was bred by the Government Farm, but it was the older breeding
before Bennington
and from a mare line of some different old Vermont
blood. Red Oak was a solid, typey and handsome horse who matched very
well with
Sellman’s mares who were daughters of Headlight Morgan for the most
part. The
dam of Gwenallan brings in two more crosses to Headlight Morgan and her
bottom
mare line is a mare of the Morrill family.
Shawna Dawn was
out of Princess Jet
(1948, Jackson Ranch, MT) by Black Magic (1943 Jackson
Ranch) and out of Princess F (1941 Jackson
Ranch) by Found-At-Last, discussed earlier. Black Magic’s sire was by
Chief
Bugler and was out of a daughter of Chief Bugler. The dam of Black
Magic was
out of a mare with multiple crosses back to Daniel Lambert although her
sire
was Hal Mercury Jr. who, in all likelihood, had little Morgan blood.
Bessia’s
Black Eagle is the result
of generation after generation of knowledgeable breeders who were
breeding for
true working Morgans. His heritage is mostly that of the three greatest
breeders of this breed: J C Brunk, Richard Sellman and Elmer Brown.
There is
also a good dose of that valuable Old Midwest Family, also bred to be
correct
Morgan working horses. There is excellent Foundation breeding here, and
in each
generation there is careful close breeding done by knowledgeable
horsemen who
were excellent breeders.
Dam of Bucksnort’s Dusky Rosebud—B Hawk Justanne
Sire-- Hylee’s Justa Parade, a handsome and deep bodied
horse sired by Justin Dart who was noted for his baroque looks. Justin
Dart was
by the great Squire Burger who beat Quarter Horses at their distance of
¼ mile
in races in Arizona and
also
worked cattle there. He later went east to become the foundation for
Mabel
Owen’s program where she also rode him sidesaddle and hunt seat.
Probably his
most famous offspring is Whippoorwill Duke, that model of Morgan looks
and
temperament. His pedigree is classic J C Brunk. Both his parents are
out of
that great producing mare Liza Jane. His sire, Juzan, is by Jubilee
King. His
dam, Nella, is by Allen King, the full brother to Penrod, sire of
Jubilee King.
Nella herself was another great producing mare. And the dam lines of
the males
in the pedigree were all great mares. Brunk started with great mares
and bred
more.
The dam of
Justin Dart was Black Dee, found behind Rimlo Black Valiant. She was
also the
dam of the wonderful Congo.
The dam of Black Dee was another of those grand Brunk mares, being
Sentola.
Black Dee’s sire was Herodon by Go Hawk (sire of Flyhawk). The dam of
Herodon
was Galva, by Billy Herod by Herod, the same Herod as behind Go Hawk.
Galva’s
dam was Chista by Chetco by Ben Franklin by Daniel Lambert. Chista’s
dam was of
the Old Vermont blood.
The dam of
Hylee’s Justa Parade was Easter Parade by Parade. Parade was the very
famous
stallion owned by J Cecil Ferguson of Rhode
Island.
He toured in the 1960’s with the Royal Lipizzaners of Austria and sired
many
good Morgans with the Broadwall prefix. His sire was that baroque
stallion
Cornwallis (Sealect x Cornwall
Lass) who brings in more of the Old Vermont blood along with some
Daniel
Lambert. Parade’s dam was Mansphyllis, a lovely and typey mare out of
the great
Brunk bred Paragraph, she by Jubilee King and out of Nella. Mansphyllis
was by Mansfield.
The dam of
Easter Parade was Corrine, sired by Congo,
who was out of Black Dee. Congo
was a big, handsome and correct horse and is a source of excellent rear
ends
even to today. His sire was Tarron by Tiffany and out of African Maid
(discussed previously). Corrine’s dam was Cynthia, by Pride of King by
King
Shenandoah, by Shenandoah by Bennington.
The dam of King Shenandoah was Violet King, inbred Old Midwest Family.
Pride of
King was out of Rarette (Jubilee King x Nella—that was a proven cross).
The dam
of Cynthia was Cinnamon Doll by Cinnamon Lad by Plains King, that
excellent Kansas
bred son of the Sellman bred Romanesque. Plains King was out of one of
the
excellent Elmer Brown bred mares sired by Linsley. Cinnamon Lad was out
of yet
another Brunk mare, this one Allana (dam of many good breeding Morgans)
by
Allen King and out of Ruby Reade by Charles Reade. The dam of Cinnamon
Doll was
Babe, unregistered, by King Shenandoah. The second dam was Peggy by
Duke, a
half Morgan, and the third dam was Pal, of Morgan type. It can be seen
that
there is a line of breeders who stuck with Morgans and took each
generation
further forward.
Dam—El Jireh’s Royal Anne
The El Jirehs prefix was
that of Rev. Gerald Scott of N. J.
He bred quite a few, using western bred Morgans heavily based on Brunk.
The
sire of El Jirehs Royal Anne was Linsley Lee, a 1952 stallion bred by Chilocco
Agricultural School
in Oklahoma. Linsley Lee
sired a
lot of Morgans, many of which bred on. His sire Felix Lee was also bred
by the Chilocco School
and was by the Brunk Allen
Lee and out of the Brunk Fanita. He had many fewer get then his son but
still
has a legacy to today. Allen Lee was bred by J C Brunk and is listed
with an unusual
color of “Bay with grayish mane and tail”. He was foaled in 1933. He
was by the
great Jubilee King and out of Allestra, also bred by J C Brunk, sired
by Go
Hawk and out of Mrs. Lewis, daughter of the great Charles Reade. The
dam of
Felix Lee, Fanita was also bred by J C Brunk but was by the Government
bred
Tiffany. Her dam was the Brunk Benita.
The dam of Linsley Lee was
Linbar, a 1941 mare bred in Kansas
and owned by the Chilocco School.
Her sire was Barberry, bred by Helen Greenwalt and sired by Night Tide
and out
of Betty Barr. Betty Barr was bred by J C Brunk and very closely
related to
Jubilee King, being by Penrod ( JK’s sire) and out of Daisy Knox (dam
of JK’s
dam). Night Tide, another J C Brunk bred, owned by Helen Greenwalt, was
by
Tiffany and out of Glenalla, who was by Allen King (full brother to
Penrod) and
out of Ruby Reade, going back to Charles Reade).
Elberty Linsley is the dam
of Linbar and she was another of
those good Elmer Brown mares, being by Linsley and out of Dolly D who
was by
Dude Hudson and out of Donbelle.
The dam of Royal Anne was
Royal Queen, bred by Ramul
Dvarishkis of Wyoming.
Both her
parents were Brunk breeding. Her sire was Flying Colors and her dam was
Ann
Royal. Flying Colors was bred by Helen Greenwalt and was by Flyhawk and
out of
Glenalla (Allen King x Ruby Reade). Ann Royal was bred by J C Brunk,
owned by
Helen Greenwalt and was by Raragraph and out of Sentola (full sister to
Jubilee
King). Raragraph was by Jubilee King and out of that great producing
mare Nella
(by Allen King) who was out of another great producing mare Liza Jane.
J C Brunk is often known
for his famous stallions, but his
mares were the true mainstay of his program. They were strong
generation after
generation.
Bucksnort’s Dusky Rosebud
has a strong pedigree of Brunk
coming through Western Working Family. There are many strong mare lines
behind
her, both Brunk and Elmer Brown.
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