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MANY RACERS REARED AT CROSSWICK RANCH RANCHFormer Former Philadelphians Breed for Market Four Foals Dropped This Year Brig OMay Stands at Stud StudSALINAS SALINAS Calif June 14 One of the most interesting ranches in the State of Cal fornia on which thoroughbreds are being raised is the Crosswick Ranch owned and operated by Mr and Mrs F H Lane form ¬ erly of Philadelphia The ranch established in 1927 consists of 1250 acres on an old Spanish land grant It is on the main high ¬ way about forty miles north of this famous lettuce growing area areaWhile While the Lanes are interested chiefly in hunters and show horses the thoroughbred colony at Crosswick is growing At Cross wick the thoroughbreds have their own spe ¬ cial colony beautiful modern barns spacious paddocks corrals and an excellently appoint ¬ ed and thoroughly equipped tack room The barns have been constructed to leave a large square in the center broken only by an areaway that serves as an entrance The stalls face all sides of the square and thus are sheltered from the winds that at times sweep down from the surrounding hills hillsThere There were four foals at Crosswick this spring one of them a colt by Brig O May from Little Pagan a daughter of the im ¬ ported War Fame and Dots by Fitzherbert A particularly good looking colt by War Fame from the mare Pleading by War Cry out of Fraternity will be named Final Re ¬ port if possible for he was the last of the War Fames to arrive the latter having died this spring springAn An imported English mare Gray Lady II has a colt by Brig O May and an Under Fire Lucky Liz by Ivan the Terrible mare also has a colt by Brig O May Brig O May incidentally was by Brig ODoon out of Mayflower II by McKinley Now five Brig O May is at Hollywood Park in charge of trainer H T Griffin GriffinBREEDING BREEDING CHIEF INTEREST INTERESTThe The Lanes seldom go to the races In fact Mrs Lane has never witnessed the sport at Santa Anita or Hollywood Park They are interested chiefly in breeding raising horses to sell rather than for racing purposes purposesAt At the ranch is a twoyearold filly and a threeyearold colt both by War Fame The impression is that Mrs Lane keeps them for sentimental reasons reasonsAs As head man at Crosswicks War Fame by Prince Palatine Verne by Bill of Portland was a popular individual The barns today are all new replacing an old barn that was completely destroyed by fire almost a year ago I think it was that fire that marked the beginning of War Fames disintegration said Mrs Lane Our foreman had asked me what he should do if a fire broke out I told him to get the old man out first firstTwo Two years later a fire did occur and the foreman remembering what I had told him rushed to War Fames stall and turned him out The other horses were panic stricken the boys quickly unbolted each door and War Fame stood on the side of the hill and cried to the other horses vand every one of them ran to him He saved every horse in the barn barnI I really believe it affected him terribly After that he began to weaken and was fin ¬ ally so helpless we had to destroy him He is buried up there on that hill War Cry sire of Pleading whose War Fame colt was the last to arrive is no rela ¬ tion to War Fame FameWhile While Brig O May remains a sire Mrs Lane says she intends to keep the new War Fame Pleading colt as a potential sire and endeavor to maintain the War Fame strain at Crosswick
