![]() ![]() ![]() Farish III (his father, William Stamps Farish II, was killed in an airplane accident during World War II.) Long ago, he simplified his name for virtually all situations (save perhaps for his term as the United States’ ambassador to Great Britain.) His son, a fourth William S. Will Farish of Lane’s End actually is William S. Even that, and Huisache, could not contain all his thoroughbred enterprises, for he also entered into an agreement to operate the Oak Tree division (Kentucky) owned by the Niarchos family of Europe.įarish’s grandfather, William Stamps Farish, Sr., moved his family from Texas to New York after his deft business skills took him to the presidency of Humble Oil and then to chairmanship of Jersey Standard. ![]() Soon Farish had one of the most prestigious stallion operations, breeding farms, and commercial farms in the thoroughbred world. That is very much the image Farish had when he launched the operation in little Versailles, Kentucky, intending it to be far different from his 1,200-acre Huisache Ranch in Texas.įarish was born in Houston, Texas, but it is not fair to generalize that, “of course Lane’s End would not stay small the owner was a Texan, after all, and an oil man to boot.” Lane’s End grew to 2,300 acres not because such growth was inevitable it grew because of success, and success built upon itself in multiples of acreage. The name evokes a charming country scene where a lightly traveled lane - perhaps not even paved - leads to a small farm tucked into the countryside. Farish was not being ironic when he named his Kentucky farm Lane’s End. ![]()
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