and for everyone else...

I was looking up information about the old Mark West area just 30 miles north west of Napa and 30 miles north east of San Francisco and here is a little of the interesting information.

Located within the Mark West area is the Wikiup Rancho which was established by John Rosseter. On a hillside 200 yards from the Mark West Creek, he built his 800 acre summer rancho home and called it Wikiup. During the turn of the century John Rosseter was the owner of Pacific Mail Steamship Company in San Francisco and was the President of Sperry Flour Co. Rosseter raised the sophistication level of the country several notches.

In 1920, Rosseter's Inchcape won at Aqueduct and was a favorite to win the Kentucky Derby until he went lame. But his most treasured possession was a stallion named Disquise, who sired horses that won more than a million dollars for the Rosseter stables. In 1926, Disquise turned 29 and Rosseter and his wife planed a party for their horse that would set the San Francisco Bay Area society on its collective ear. They attracted the attention of every society editor in the nation and set the standard for innovative entertaining. The table on the lawn at Wikiup was shaped like a giant horseshoe. the birthday cake was grain and mash, the "candles " were carrots. The guest list was drawn from New York, San Francisco and Santa Rosa. L'Independenza Band played "Happy Birthday". Disquise - with his equally famous jockey, TOD SLONE astride, flashing the Rosseter colors, burnt orange and white - pranced like a 2 year old into the center of th horseshoe. The parties held by Rosseter for his social and sporting friends remains legend in the Bay Area today.

I know you have this chip but I thought it was an interesting side note to the chip. See you in June. History still makes it fun for me.

Having fun Steve