The Washington herald., 1922-12-08
!
MAKES JOCKEY,
CLAIMS SANDE

AHleTtCd'S uFedteSI hi0ef ex.
plains Secret of His Sue
cess IN Plotting Winners.
q By FRANK G. -MENKE.
tcopyrisht. lsss, BY King Features
- Service. .Inc.) -
THEY'VE written the name of
Earl Sande into the book of
turfdom which chronicles
the immortal deeds Of Tod Sloan,
Snapper" Garrison, Walter Mil
Ter and Isaac Murphy.
And not without reason.
For Sande has performed feats
Of jockeyship through several
seasons that make him not mere
~ the greatest race rider Of his
day and his generation but one
OF the greatest Of all time.
Whatever. I am today" insists
Sande. "I really owe to the fact
that was raised with horses in
my 'boyhood on an Idaho ranch,
came to. know them, to understand
them-and they have come to know
and understand me.
1T shall always be my belief that
no matter how great may be a
jockey and how great may be his
mount they'll never 70 far as a
winning combination unless there is
an almost perfect understanding
between them. The man must know
the strength and the weakness of
his horse: know how to rate him;
know how to handle him to get
every ounce of energy out Of him.
And q horse must have q love for
and a faith in the man who rides
hinf-or he won't give the best that
IL in him."
HE'S A DAKOTA BOY.
Sande was born in 1899 in Groton,
8. d. When he was eight the family
moved to a ranch near American
Falls. Idaho. And there 1t was that
the youngster. destined to become
one of the satellites Of Americn
turfdom. got his first riding ex.
perience.
"In the earliest days my great
ambition was to be cowpuncher." "
related Sande. "The wilder the
horse, the better I liked II, for ]
figured tlnat was giving me bronco
busting experience. Some Of the
mustangs I straddled in those days
were among the toughest Of the
tough.
Along about the time I was
twelve or thirteen I began reading
about race-horse jockeys. Then my
ambition shifted. decided I wanted
to be q Jockey. ! got my earliest
practice racing kids from the
neighboring ranches. 1t was on
those early duels that I began to
study horses. their powers and their
limitations; how to Judge pace. how
to nurse their energy.
BECAME CHAMPION.
ut wasn't very long before 1 be.
came champion among the kid
riders on the ranches out near
home. And then I began to look
forward to the day when 1 could
ride a real race horse"
Sande got his chance in 1917-in
New Orleans. The kid, then
eighteen, got permission to leave
home and set out for the Crescent
City where a race meeting was In
full swing.
! MY first Job was galloping horses
for Joe Goodman" said Sande. -"He
kept me at 1t for two months. Then
he decided to give me a chance in a
real race. He put me aboard a
horse named Liberator. With any
other jockey but me aboard him
that day, Liberator would have wor
by twenty lengths; with me on
board he was lucky to finish second
But the mistakes 1 made on thai
first race We're lessons to me. When
/ Goodman gave me a second chance
| made good by driving Princess
home a rather easy winner"
MARKED THE BEGINNING.
That marked the real beginning
Of Sande's meteoric career in tn.
saddle.
Some months afterward his worl
had improved to such an extent that
the racing combination known ..
Johnson and Kano bought his con
tract from Goodman. And not sc
long afterward ]. K. L. Ross, the
Canadian multirnillionaire paid then
a big sum for their contract.
| Sande's brilliant riding in the Ross
colors made fame for himself and q
fortune for the Canadian. A mar
velous Judge Of pace, blessed with
a splendid pair Of hands. instructive
riding skill and superlative game
ness. Sande rolled up an amazinf
score Of victories for Ross and the
Ross horses.
| Then came the break-over thu
Sir Barton Man O. War match rae,
run in Canada for a $4,000 purse
TOOK HIM OFF.
| Sande, who always had ridder
Sir Barton for Ross, was slated t
pilot the mighty racer in the classic
with the super-horse. But, fol
some reason still unexplained, Ros
substituted Keogh for Sande at th'
last minute.
ct don't know to this day why h
I did it," declared Sande, concerning
the Ross action. But I do know
that 1t hurt my pride. And / wen
to, Mr.. Ross and told him so-tolt
him, too. that no longer cared t.
ride for him. Mr.. Ross released m,
from my contract-and I signed vi
almost Immediately afterward will
the Rancocas Stable"
| It's history that while Sand,
rode Ross horses he led the worl(
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