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KAYAK II. The 1939 winner of the Santa Anita Handicap is expected to prove his worth as a sire. The South American-bred is standing at Charles S. Howards Ridgewood Ranch, near Willits, Calif. , i 1 Pan-American Thoroughbreds Soon Due At Breeding Ranches on West Coast Stallions From Below Equator Mated With Native Mares By California Horsemen LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 23. The South American thoroughbred strain of blood will soon be flowing freely through the veins of many California-breds as the result of the mating within the past two years of a number of horses from the Land of the Latins with California mares. The majority of the South American stallions now standing in the Golden State were imported for racing in this country and with few exceptions all made good. An outstanding race horse who might prove j. to be a good sire is Kayak II. now at stud j on Charles S. Howards Ridgewood Ranch ; near Willits. , The ability of Kayak II. as a race horse is too well known to be repeated, suffice , to state that he was good enough to win , the Santa Anita Handicap. Many were of c the belief that he would have clicked for t the second time in that event had he been hard urged to beat his stablemate, Sea- biscuit. Out of Your Majesty Mare i Kayak H. served in the stud on the Howard ranch for a brief period last year J and now has some foals. He was later ; placed in training, but with the curtail- 3 ment of racing in the state and the fact that he had developed a bad tendon, it 1 was considered advisable to retire him permanently. Recent reports from the ranch are that he is being mated with many mares this season. Kayak II. is by Congreve, the best pro- ducer in South America in recent years. He is out of Mosquita, a mare by Your Majesty. The latter was sold for 12,500 as a yearling and won approximately that ! amount during his English turf career. As a three-year-old, Your Majesty won the St. Leger Stakes, Eclipse Stakes and other important events. Lin Howard, son of the owner of Kayak II., possesses, in partnership with Bing Crosby, two stallions from the Argentine that are considered important additions to Californias breeding colony. They are Ligaroti, who gained fame by running Sea-biscuit to a nose at Del Mar a few years ago, and Don Mike, a stake winner at Hollywood Park. Both Ligaroti and Don Mike have been used as sires by several outside breeders, as well as having served the mares of the Howard-Crosby combine. Ras Taffari in Service Ligaroti is a ten-year-old by Fogon Lirica, by Lord Basil. His dam was brought to this country by Howard and Crosby and died late last year at the ranch. Fogon : made a good reputation as a stallion in . the Argentine. Don Mike is an eight-year- old, by Parwiz Dona Chela, by Amster-: dam. The seven-year-old Ras Taffari was for-: merly owned by other members of the I Howard-Crosby -families Robert Howard, brother of Lin, and Dixie Lee Mrs. Bing Crosby. He. started but a few times in t this country and eventually was purchased I by John A. Sattler of the racing firm of I Gaffers and Sattler. Ras Taffari has been placed at stud at the Sattler ranch near Gorman. He served his first mares re-J cently. He is by Crash, out of Evit Franco,-. by Gran Copet. I Cascabelito, who once raced under the ; : silks of Joe E. Brown, the motion picture i comedian, is doing stud duty at the Rain- j. j ; , , , c t i J ; 3 bow Stud, near Norwalk. He is serving a t few mares for smaller owners. Cascabelito is a nine-year-old by Osram Casa Sucia, by Porteno. The Chilean stallions Zuncho and Bon-heur . H. are at Walter Wells Rancho Oro 5 Primero and are being given a chance with some fairly good mares this year. Zuncho 3 is a seven-year-old, by Commuter- Zo-beida, by Polydiosea, while Bonheur n. is s a seven-year-old, by El Maestro Bom-bardia, by Verdun. Bonheur n. started I twice last year and was once third. He made but two public appearances in this s country. Zuncho is the only one of -the e South American stallions that did not race e in the United States.
