New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-14
Jockey Sande
.MiraculOusly
Escapes Injury
Mount Stumbles, Throwing
Rider in Path of Onrush-
ing Horses but Rolls Clear

SARATOGA, Aug. 13.-Jockey Earl
Sande, pounds the best boy now APP
pearing in silks on the American
racetrack, miraculously escaped fatal
injuries IN the last race Of the day at
tie local track track when his mount
went down in jam shortly after the
start.
Sande was thrown in the middle of
field of twelve fractions two-year-
Odds. Comm j. K L. Rosss
tilly lntrigante in falling rolled
over toward the prone jockey,
and from a distance it appeared as if
the thoroughbred had rolled right
over the boys head. Fortunately for
the ride. the horses body just
brushed Sande's head and catlike he
rolled clear of the pursuing field and
the kicking heels of his prone steed.
The packed stands breathed a sigh of
relief as. Sande quickly sprang to his
feet and busted himself off
Sande told the officials that none of
the other jockeys was to blame. At
the break, Sande said he was crowded
in toward the rail and was just about
to clear with the fast-breaking In
trigante when his mount stumbled and
went down.
The accident to the favorite spoiled
the chances OF a number of horses that
! had positions close to Intrigante, as
the Ross filly was crowding to the
front at the time she lost her footing.
Still Intrigante would have had to be
at her best to beat Walter J. Salmon
Step Lightly, the eventual winner.
This Salmon flly was ably ridden by
R. Ball. who was off winging from an
outside position, eased over to the rail
before the first turn and kept his mount
hustllng to the end
Long Shot Takes Third
Fl. P. Whitney's Panta lette, which was
much the best of the iothers, could
never keep within haling distance of
the flying, pacemaker. Sam Lewis s
Honey Girl which was backed from 20
to to Z to l., came with a great rush
| toward the end and finished third.
A near scandal developed preliminary
to the running of the feature race, the
Hudson Handicap for three year Odds
at mile. This feature was won bv
the Glen Riddle Farms gelding Dinna
Care, which simply breezed home ahead
. of G. W. Lofts Donnacona. Max
hlrsch, who trains for Loft, preferred
charges against Guy Bedwell, who
trains for the Ross stable. Hirscf
says that while Donnacona was being
saddled Bedwell approached sande
(Ross's jockey), who was to ride Donna
cona(, and in the presence Of a bio
crowd said:
"Sande, there Will be no excuses to-
Hlrsch was of the opinion that Bed
wells remarks were directed against
hlm. Last Monday Donnacona when
h Il.
Pal and Under Fire.
r. f. Hitchcock. the presiding stew.
ard, was asked after the races If
the stewards had taken cognizance OF
Hlrsch's charges. Hitchcock intimatec
that no action had been taken, nor was
there likely to be any attention paic
the matter.
Blue Wrack Disappoints
AS to the feature race. A. H. Diaz's
Blue Wrack seemed in only for exer-
else and third money Dinna Care
stepped out into the lead at, the start
closely pursued by Donnacona Down
the backstretch they hooked up in a
beautiful duel. Half way round the
TAR bend Ambrose gave Dinna Care his
head and he bounded away from the
challenger as if the latter were tied.
j. K. L. Ross's Milk Maid was pounds
the best in the Salem Handicap. at
seven furlongs. Gloria France, a long
shot, finished second, with Red Re
Rose third
Valspar outgamed James A. Sheri-
dan from the last jump home in the
steeplechase. Hanna, who rode the
winner, and O'Connor were set down
for the balance OF the meeting O'Con-
nor roughed Hanna at the final turn
and the latter drew his whip against
the offender
Frank Planners Thmble won the
third dash of five and half furlongs
Morning Face was second, and The
Ally, the heavily played favorlte, third
The fifth race, at a mile and three
siXteenths, was mere gallop for the
| to favorite, the Sedgwick Stables
lemons Bon. King Agrippa easily
beat Judge David the only other
starter. for the nlace