The Morgan Horse Blog

CAVENDISH

By Laura Stillwell Algranti
[first written for Classic Morgan Admierers, 1996 . It has been updated and
revised, Jan. 2005]

Cavendish #10200 was foaled April 20, 1949 in Springfield, Vermont. His
breeder, Frances H. Bryant, was also the breeder of his sire Jubilee’s
Courage. Jubilee’s Courage was by the great Jubilee King and out of
Townshend Lass. Cavendish’s dam was the grand producing mare Paragraph, a
daughter of Jubilee King. Since both of Cavendish’s parents were progeny of
Jubilee King, Cavendish carried 50% Jubilee King blood. Paragraph’s dam,
Nella (another grand broodmare), was sired by Allen King, the full brother
to Jubilee King’s sire, Penrod. Nella’s dam, Liza Jane (yet another
excellent producer), was by Knox Morgan, also a strong influence behind
Jubilee King. Liza Jane’s dam, Double Daisy, also carried the same blood to
be found behind Jubilee King. This was solid Brunk breeding of the highest
quality.
By breeding Jubilee King to the high percent mare, Townshend Lass (who was
by the Lippitt stallion Moro and out of Gladwin who, while not considered to
be a Lippitt was of the same old high percent blood as the Lippitts), and
then the progeny of that cross back to the strong Brunk mare, Paragraph,
Mrs. Bryant was doing the same thing that J. C. Brunk had been doing for
decades with his program in Illinois. She was quite literally following in
his footsteps–and proven footsteps they were. Jubilee King horses had
proven themselves as using horses of sensible temperament and tough ability.
The golden stallion Cavendish was to continue this heritage.
Cavendish was a golden chestnut, so golden that he was sometimes mistaken
for palomino. His mane and tail were light flaxen and he his left hind leg
had a white stocking. On April 18, 1950, he was transferred to the ownership
of Larry and Eve Oakley, then of Stockton, California. Also purchased at the
same time was Jubilee’s Gloria, a full sister to Jubilee’s Courage. Thus was
born Caven-Glo Morgans. Eve was active in the Northern California Horse
Club. In the August 1950 issue of The Morgan Horse, she wrote (in club news
for the Northern California Horse Club) “… I am so absolutely thrilled
with our two Morgan colts [ed. note--at that time, all foals were commonly
called colts] which we purchased recently, that I want everyone to know
about them. We bought these colts from Mrs. Frances Bryant, of Meeting
Waters Farm, Springfield, Vt., through correspondence and pictures. Mrs
Bryant gave us detailed descriptions of them as to conformation, color, etc.
We bought them sight unseen except by snapshots taken with their winter
coats and when we saw them, we found them to be everything she said they
were, if anything, they were more beautiful than their description. Their
light chestnut coloring and light flaxen manes and tails made them more
striking than we had anticipated. You can appreciate how excited I was when
I finally received a phone call from Mr. Oakley, who with Mr. Al Hammer, a
prominent San Joaquin Valley rancher, and our 10 year old son, made the trip
to Vermont to pick these colts up. … It was 2am when I finally saw the
lights of our van coming down the road lighting up the entire countryside.
That was a most welcome sight after an 8,000 mile trip. My first glimpse of
them was the little yearling stud colt, Cavendish. I just saw one eye and a
very flaxen forelock over the various articles piled in the center stall of
our van. They were finally unloaded and I had my first good look at them.
They were a little tired after their journey from practically coast to
coast. …”
Cavendish was shown in-hand at many horse shows in Northern California with
good success as a yearling and two year old before the Oakleys loaded up
their belongings and horses and moved to the Chicago area. There in the
midwest, Cavendish learned how to drive and ride. He went on to become a
solid driving horse, one photo shows him being driven by children, in
addition to doing well as a parade horse, trail horse, western and english,
dressage, and jumping. He also was a good babysitter, staying with the newly
weaned foals.
Eve continued her activity with local Morgan clubs. She wrote the club news
for the Central States club for The Morgan Horse. The following is from the
August 1959 issue. “The big news this month is, of course, the Morgan
exhibition presented at the Naperville Saddle Club Show, Naperville,
Illinios. … Due to the fact that I was in the ring, and not an onlooker,
Miss Dorothy Colburn kindly offered to cover it from her point of view,
which follows: … Since our club slogan is ‘Morgans for pleasure,’ we
wished to show what we considered to be the perfect pleasure horse.
Versatility in a pleasure horse is, of course, a must. … to show one horse
which could do just about anything… We considered carefully all the
Morgans in the Club and came to the conclusion that the horse which could do
the job best was Cavendish… When the big day arrived, Mrs. Oakley and her
lovely golden chestnut stallion covered themselves with glory… Cavendish
came marching into the ring, his coat gleaming in the noontime sun, light
mane streaming and his tail carried at its natural jaunty angle, jogged
smoothly around, extended to a good road trot, then came pleasantly back to
a jog again. He showed a couple of figure 8′s–a large one and a very small
one–backed, and turned the cart right on one spot–all with an air of
enjoying himself thoroughly. A quick change was made… Within three minutes
he was on the track again, this time attired, as was also his rider, for a
trail ride in the West, … Cavendish showed a Western jog, smooth as silk
and like a little machine, loped both fast and slow, demonstrated his
neck-reining ability which is excellent, but was over-shadowed by his next
performance–i.e. going through his whole ‘reining’ repertoire without
reins–weight signals alone! After one more change, … performing again,
this time both of them impeccably attired for an hour in the park. …
transformed the Western rider into an Eastern one … this time he was asked
to show three distinct speeds at the trot, to canter collectedly, to gallop
on, and to come back to a collected canter. He also showed the crowd his
typical Morgan walk. A few elementary dressage movements followed (very
neatly done) and then our little Morgan Good Will Ambassador was brought to
attention facing the Judge’s stand.”
After many years in the Chicago area, the Oakleys moved back to California.
This time they settled in the Los Angeles area. Eve sold many of her Morgans
before the move, not being able to ship all of them. Once back in
California, Eve continued to show on occasion, although not as heavily as
while in the midwest.
Eve believed in using her horses. She used all her horses, stallions and
mares. She was active in shows, playdays, demonstrations, and was very
active with children, allowing them to use her horses for their club
projects. Eve would not use for breeding a horse that did not have the
proven sensible temperament, intelligence, and using ability to be a true
working horse. A quick look through past issues of The Morgan Horse show
many Caven-Glo horses being used by children and adults for many purposes.
Just a few of Cavendish’s get include (all with the Caven-Glo prefix):
Saquaro, riding; Sunshadow, riding; Sun Sand and High Capri on the 1962 100
mile pleasure trail ride in So. Illinois; Sun Sand in a 1960 Play Day; High
Capri at shows; Revenue at showing western pleasure, trail, stock; Courier,
very successful at So. Calif. shows and featured on the cover of Margaret
Cabell Self’s book on Morgan horses; Tara, trail and show horse; Legend of
Caven-Glo, on competitive trail rides in So. Calif. Others were used as
family trail horses and never were shown in the pages of The Morgan Horse.
Most of the Morgans that Eve bred and sold went to families as family using
horses. Eve was very particular in selling her horses. She did not sell to
just anyone who had the money and wanted one of her horses. If she felt that
a person was not the right home for a horse, there was no sale. If she felt
that a person and a particular horse would not suit, there was no sale. Eve
took the time to get to know the potential buyers and to decide if they
would be a good home and if their personality would match that of the horse.
Eve knew her horses well and was very honest in assessing their abilities
and temperaments.
Because so many Caven-Glo horses went to families who were not interested
in breeding, very little of the valuable Caven-Glo blood comes down to
today. Cavendish, with his 50% Jubilee King heritage, is a valuable source
of Jubilee King. Fortunately a few breeders did use the Caven-Glo horses and
there are now a few purposely seeking out and carefully breeding the
descendants of Cavendish. Some of these people were fortunate enough to know
Eve personally and besides carrying on the bloodlines are also carrying on
Eve’s example for honesty and ethics. They too will not breed a horse
without knowing its temperament and using ability; they too are careful to
whom their horses are sold. There are other breeders with Morgans carrying
the Caven-Glo heritage and some of them are coming to appreciate the legecy
that Eve has left.
Cavendish proved his temperament and useability, as did his progeny. He is
a valuable concentrated source back to Jubilee King.

THE DESCENDANTS

Cavendish had 40 registered progeny. They are: Tapnor Jingle Bell 011653
(x Cherokee Lady), dam; E & M Shud 16929 (x Miss Belle); E & M Stormy 16082
(x Miss Belle), sire; Fairoak Courage 19818 (x Glenmere Rose); King Jay
24253 (x Betsy Jay); Fairoak Cassandra 018646 (x Tio’s Princess); Richmar’s
Cavalier 16785 (x Belle Heather); Richmar’s Pride 15794 (x Belle Heather);
Somerset Endeavor 22869 (x Betsy J); Royal Lancer 17122 (x Amber Allen);
Shadowwood’s Duke 17699 (x Mission Belle); Prince Justin 11760 (x King’s
Felicity), gelded & went to Texas where he did well at shows & trail rides;
Legend of Caven-Glo 12490 (x Jubilee’s Gloria), sire; [the rest of the
horses listed all have the Caven-Glo prefix] Ashwin 16130 (x Glenmere Rose),
sire; Ballerina 011698 (x Libby Ashmore), dam; Cardinal 15414 (x Poppy
Ashmore); Christina 013932 (x C-G Sunseri), dam; Courier 18196 (x Glenmere
Rose), well-known show gelding; Fallon (x King’s Felicity); Freya 09198 (x
King’s Felicity), dam; High Carpi 11409 (x Spring Hope); HiCommand 11796 (x
Spring Hope), sire; Heritage 12904 (x Libby Ashmore), sire; Justa Gem 016753
(x Lippitt Justa Rose); Challenger 22506 (x C-G Pandora), sire; Katrinka
018706 (x L. Justa Rose), dam; Rebel Gold 09521 (x Jubilee’s Gloria), dam;
Amanda 022267 (x Avis Ashmore); Cribari 024263 (x Avis Ashmore), dam;
Sunshadow (x La Reina), dam; Courage 26880 (x Avis Ashmore); Tara 012921 (x
Windom Way), dam; Topaz 021985 (x C-G Pandora), dam; Travelman 18195 (x C-G
Sunseri); Rose Marie 018707 (x C-G Lisa), dam; Saquaro 09251 (x La Reina),
dam; Chaparral 21759 (x C-G Pandora); Suisuin (x La Reina), dam; Sun Sand (x
La Reina).
In 1964, and again in 1965, Elmer and Marian Bente of Bishop, Calif.
apparently hauled their mare Miss Belle the 300 miles from eastern
California to Eve’s ranch near Los Angeles. The 1965 foal was E & M Stormy
who went on to sire quite a few horses in the eastern Sierra region of
California. Some of his descendants can be found today.
The Ronald Haywards of South Elgin, Illinois based their breeding program
heavily on Eve’s Morgans. They used the stallion Caven-Glo Revenue (Superson
x C-G Rebel Gold) and bred their mare, Cherokee Lady to Cavendish, getting
Tapnor Jingle Bell in 1961. This bay mare had four produce, including Prince
Valiant 17725, a lightly used sire. They also had the mares C-G Ballerina
and C-G Rebel Gold. Rebel Gold was dam of Tapnor Shenandoah (several of her
produce bred on), Tapnor Shiloh Star (dam), Tapnor Sun Royale, and others.
Rebel Gold was dam of C-G Revenue, who sired [all with the Tapnor prefix]
Cherry Sun-D, Cash Box, Cricket, Hi De Ho, Top Secret. Cash Box was bred
mostly to Mr. Breezy Cobra and had foals using Breezy’s prefix. Sun-D had
six produce including Sun-D Mist, by Prince Valiant. Hi De Ho had five
produce, three with the HDH prefix; all but one were colts. Top Secret had
seven produce, all with the Southview prefix. Cricket had one daughter,
Tapnor Fiddle Deedee who had Tapnor Jubilee, whose sire also had Cavendish,
who did breed on in the Midwest.
Caven-Glo Ashwin had only three get, one of whom was Abagail Ash, used as a
dam in southern California. Caven-Glo Amanda had three produce with the CSR
prefix; CSR Princess Ann had produce of her own. Caven-Glo Christina had
seven produce, including Cayuca Irish Lass, Agape King Solomon and Agape
Holy Moses. Caven-Glo Cribari had five produce for Katie Black’s Abacus
Morgans; one daughter was Abacus Eve Oakley. Caven-Glo Rose Marie had five
produce; her son Caven-Glo Damon Sail had one colt.
Caven-Glo Suisuin, later renamed Arcuene, had only two produce. One of
these was Caven-Glo Si Lovely, later renamed Ardahl. Ardahl had five
produce, including three with the El Capitan’s prefix. Caven-Glo Sunshadow
had only one foal. Caven-Glo Tara had only two produce.
Caven-Glo Heritage had seven get, including Nam-Glo Jubilee who was lightly
used at stud. Caven-Glo HiCommand had only one get, Cavamy, who went on to
have eight produce. One of Cavamy’s produce is Cavamy Select Lad (who,
despite the name, is a mare); she had many produce including Oak Knoll
Major, foundation sire for Brian Childress’s Marle Hill prefix. Caven-Glo
Freya had four produce, three with the Montbelle prefix and Freya’s Golden
Girl. Golden Girl did well at shows and was used as a broodmare also.
Caven-Glo Saguaro had only two produce but one of these was Royal-Glo (x
Emerald’s Aristocrat). Royal-Glo had all her produce for Ellie Mason’s
Marvelous Morgans. They are [all with the Marvelous prefix] Alert,
Aristocrat, Archie, Gem, Welcome, Fantasy, Moon-Glo, Treasure, Monarch, and
Sir William. Fantasy was retained by Ellie and is dam of Black Magic,
Messenger, Mardigras, and Dawn Enchantress. Moon-Glo was also retained and
is dam of Scarlet Lady, Ideal’s Lady, Pride, and Mazeltov. Monarch went to
Montana where he is sire of many Black Hat prefix Morgans as well as others.
Welcome had four produce, including two for Iron Forge. Marvelous Gem was
retained by Ellie and was an excellent show horse and sire. He is sire of:
[all with the Marvelous prefix] Figure, sire; Gay Prince; Heritage,
excellent show horse; Prophecy, dam; Selection, dam; Surprise; Morita, dam;
Memory, dam; Comander; Gemini, dam; Legacy, dam. From visiting mares, Gem
sired; Miss Ruby Nekomia, El Capitan’s Charmer, El Capitan’s Legend, El
Capitan’s Fantasy, Tuxedo Park, El Capitan’s Melody, Dell’s Dream,
Phlogiston, Paru’s Dardona Gem, Bellamarmeri Melody, Captain Chip, Dell’s
Donmor, Woodburn King, Harisann Moonfire, Fletcher Farm Penny.

Legend of Caven-Glo
Cavendish’s son, Legend of Caven-Glo, (out of Jubilee’s Gloria) was well
known in California as an excellent trail horse, both for pleasure and in
competitive trail events. Legend was a flashy golden chestnut with four
white legs, a blaze, and white flaxen mane and tail. He had three Caven-Glo
get: Laurien; Windom Joy, dam of Robbie Ashbrook and Windom Sweet Sue; and
Legendra, dam of Celebrant Jade Sails, Celebrant Sir Arod, Cliffs Murrieta
Star, Ran-Cal Francee M, Ran-Cal Tiffany M, Ran-Cal Tommi Trojan, and
Ran-Cal Maggi M.
Legend was sold to Northern California where he sired: Legend’s High Noon,
Delilah Vermont, Perry Vermont Legend, Windy of the Valley, Magic of the
Valley, Chances Are, [with the Bear River prefix] Annie, Marysdoll,
Penelope, [with the Dunham prefix] Bradstreet, Ledger Entry, Paladin, JK
Cosette, Donna Vermont, Lorelei, Ruby Gentry, Kiss Me Kate, Rose Jarnette,
Laurellen, Lucky Legend. Some of these horses were used in breeding, but
only two were bred back to the Jubilee King family; these were Delilah
Vermont and Dunham Lucky Legend.
Delilah Vermont was out of Dina Vermont, a daughter of Red Vermont, who was
of pure Brunk breeding. In the late 1970′s, Shannon and Susan Hanley were
searching for mares to complement their Jubilee King grandson, Criterion, at
their Quietude Stud. Delilah traveled from California to West Virginia. Her
first foal was Quietude Dan Lambert in 1980. Owned by Lisa Welch, Dan was
used as a trail horse and parade horse as well as being used at stud. His
get include Spirit of Jasmine, Jazzdan’s Celebrity, John D. Lambert, Levi
Lambert, DNF Yankee Jubilee, Tess Lambert, Bagheera, Danomy Kent, Danomy
Maggie, Dan’s Fire Lad,Llady Jubilee Pearl, Nyoka, Shamokin. Most of his get
went to people wanting good family horses, although a few have bred on.
Delila Vermont’s next foal was Rocket of Quietude in 1981. Delila was then
sold but later returned to Quietude when her owner dispersed his herd. In
1989, she had Quietude Clipper, followed in 1990 by Quietude Jubilee
Lambert, who remained at Quietude and has had some foals. Quietude Red
Vermont was foaled in 1992 and was sold to Canada where he has been a good
sire. Quietude Paris was born in 1994 and was retained by Quietude. Delila
Vermont perished in the 1995 Quietude barn fire.
Legend of Caven-Glo’s daughter, Dunham Lucky Legend, is out of Lucky Annie.
Lucky Annie is by Easter Vermont (son of Red Vermont) and out of Tubby
Vermont, also by Easter Vermont. Joanne Curtis has said that Tubby Vermont
was one of the loveliest ever Morgan mares and also has high praise for
Lucky Annie and Lucky Legend. Born in Northern California, Lucky was sold
to Dr. Lowell Hughes of Iowa where she had Caduceus Hercules. Sold in foal,
she went to Dean and Susie Duckworth’s Deja Vu Morgans. She had Deja Vu
Desiree (x Wyoming Flyhawk). Desiree did well in combined driving events in
the east. Lucky then had Deja Vu Dorian by Quietude Castile and Deja Vu
Dakota by Quietude Concord. Lucky was then leased to Kathy Newcomb of New
Jersey and had Blythewood Vermont Legend, sired by the Frances Bryant bred
Shane Ashmore. Monty has done well at shows in carriage driving and has
sired some very nice get. Lucky was then sold to Dave and Laura Algranti,
Sunrise Song Morgans. Lucky traveled back to California and had a nice colt
but died in the birthing. SSM Storm Singer is now a beloved back yard trail
gelding.

Caven-Glo Ballerina
Cavendish’s daughter, Ballerina, was out of Libby Ashmore (Lippitt Ashmore
x Spring Darling). She had eleven produce: with the Tapnor prefix–Hi De
Ho, Mystery, Wing Ding, True Magic, Heather; with the GO prefix–Country
Bumpkin, Prankster; with the Quietude prefix–Centurian, Caress, Chantry,
Holly. Some of the Tapnor horses were used in breeding. Heather had Radiare
Memories who bred on.
Sired by Criterion, Caress of Quietude had produce for The Quietude Stud.
Q. Granada was sold to Babs Smith and he has sired some nice progeny.
Quietude Sweet Afton, by Criterion the Younger, was sold to Cathy
Falkenstein of California for her breeding program. Quietude Seneca, by
Crispin of Quietude, was sold Bob Summerfield of Montana and had his first
foals in 1996. Sired by the Criterion son, Crispin of Quietude, Quietude
Chantry had produce for The Quietude Stud.
Quietude Holly, sired by the Criterion son Courier, had produce for Sunrise
Song Morgans, Ransom Hill Morgans, True Unity Morgans and now for Old Growth
Oak Morgans. Her gelded son SSM Spirit Seeker is a special horse of the
heart for Laura Algranti. Her gelded son SSM Frances Bryant is a trail and
driving horse in the southern California mountains. Ransom Hill Captain Red
remains entire and is now back east. For True Unity she had some very nice
foals. And for Wendy Legate’s Old Growth Oak Morgans she has had a stunning
filly, with more foals planned.

Caven-Glo Katrinka, Caven-Glo Challenger, Caven-Glo Topaz

These three Cavendish get are now linked, their descendants intertwined
together by fate. Katrinka, out of Lippitt Justarose, had only one foal
before dying young. This was Caven-Glo Amanda Ash, by Caven-Glo Red Sails.
“Mandy” was a lovely correct mare, and an excellent driving and riding
horse. She was sold to Natalie Goode to become the foundation mare at Small
Town Morgans. Her produce are: 1983, Small Town Sally Ash; 1985, Small Town
Ida Ash; 1986, Small Town Welcome; 1987, stillborn colt; 1988, Small Town
Fortune; 1990, Small Town Justice; 1991, Small Town Garnet. When Natalie
Goode disbanded her ranch, Mandy went to Quietude Stud, where she too died
in the 1995 barn fire.
Caven-Glo Challenger was out of Caven-Glo Pandora. He is sire of: [with
Caven-Glo prefix] Kerry On, Tyme On, David Ash, Christopher, On Tyme,
Robrita; Abacus Dawn Treader; Morobrook Ethan; Challenger’s Sir Prize; Small
Town Sally Ash; [with Quietude prefix] Seashell, Speedwell, Spinnaker, Kit
Carson, Sail Away. On Tyme, owned by Larry and Sue Fetters, was their
introduction to the Morgan horse; she was a good trail horse. Tyme On, owned
by Diane Young, was an excellent competitor in combined driving events and
show ring driving classes. Q. Kit Carson was sold to upper Wisconsin and had
a limited opportunity at stud; he does have a granddaughter with Time Span
Morgans who will be bred. Q. Sail Away is with True Unity Morgans. Small
Town Sally Ash was to become one of Natalie Goode’s foundation mares for her
Small Town Morgans. In the early 1980′s Eve Oakley sold her last horses.
Challenger went to The Quietude Stud. In 1996, April Panagiotaros was able
to purchase him and he spent the end of his life with her.
Caven-Glo Topaz, Challenger’s full sister, has five produce: Caven-Glo Top
Sail; Canyon of Quietude; Quietude Sheridan; Forest of Quietude (retained by
Quietude as stallion); Quietude Wilderness. Canyon of Quietude was purchased
by Natalie Goode, California. Later, April Panagiotaros purchased Canyon
when Natalie disbanded. He is sire of many good Morgans, including: Small
Town Justice, Small Town Garnet (all out of C-G Amanda Ash); Small Town
Delphi, Small Town Dublin, Small Town Alert, True Unity Challenger, True
Unity Grace (all out of Small Town Sally Ash); Late Night Can-Dee, Cabaline
Fiero (both out of Mantic Madina); Small Town Cameo (out of Small Town Ida
Ash, Amanda Ash’s daughter); Marvelous Grand Canyon (x Marvelous Gemini);
Casa Del Rio Kid, Casa Del Rio Querida (both out of Lucia Judy, who is now
owned by April), others with the True Unity prefix, and OGO Flower of Amor.
Small Town Justice, Small Town Dublin, and Small Town Garnet are all owned
by Larry and Sue Fetters, California. The two mares have each had one foal.
Justice did very well showing at open shows in Southern California in
western and hunter both. Small Town Delphi went to Quietude but was lost in
the 1995 barn fire. Small Town Alert sired one foal for Diane Young and then
was gelded to become a beloved companion for another owner. Casa Del Rio Kid
was doing very well as a trail horse when he died and his younger sister,
Querida is also a good trail horse; Roberta Robertson was the owner.
Small Town Sally Ash and her daughter, Small Town Ellie Ash (x Marvelous
Ideal) went to be the foundation mares for April’s True Unity Morgans. Ellie
later went to Tindo Morgans to be dam of some good foals there. April also
owned Small Town Welcome (Marvelous Ideal x “Mandy”) and he has proven to be
a reliable riding gelding.
Canyon now resides with Wendy Legate, Old Growth Oak Morgans, where he will
have the chance to continue on Cavendish’s legacy. His son, OGO Flower of
Amor is with Libby Flower as a future sports horse sire.

The legacy of Cavendish and the Caven-Glo horses is that of a true using
horse with a sensible mind. This also was the legacy of Jubilee King. Those
who appreciate this legacy will be carrying it forward into this century.

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 3rd, 2005 at 9:55 am and is filed under Legendary Morgans. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments. You can comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site. Your comments will be moderated but will appear as soon as humanly possible.