Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-19
MAY RUN WINNINGS
TO OVER 100000
With sande, Derby Victor
May 0utstrip Man o'War-
Hummer Combination.
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

n Jew YORK, May 1o.-Horse-
nj men are reluctant to rush
Y in prematurely with the
laurel wreaths of great
ness. They prefer to let time and
records adjust these matters. To-,
day, however, they readily con-
cede that Gallant Fox, the thor.
ougAbred around whose neck the
rose wreath of Kentucky Derby
triumph was hung Saturday, and
his rider, the equally gallant Earl
Sande, rank as the most sensa-
tional, If not the greatest winning
combination since Man o. War and
Clarence Hummer were unbeat-
able 10 years ago in three-year-
old competition.
The winner, in succession, Of the
$4,000 Wood Memorial, SIS, 900 Freak
ness and 100000 Derby has developed
unconquerable habits as a 3-year-old
whereas this big black son Of Sir Gala
had III was just fair to middlin' Is a
juvenile.
At the rate sande has been plotting
william Woodwards colt through the
Spring campaign Gallant Fox has
royal chance to capture the third Of
the big 3-year-old classics, the Belmont,
June z, and boost his total money win
nings beyond the 100000 mark.
Whichone May Be Rival.
The Belmont probably will be Gal
liant Fox's next engagement, with Gal
liant Knight, the Audley Farms Derby
place winner, offered another chance to
take up the pursuit where Crack Bril-
gade, Tannery and other fine colts have
1off NH In
aged. Unless it is II. p. Whitney's
Whichone, no other rival for Gallant
Fox seems In sight. ~
Crack Brigade was only three-quar-
tiers Of a length behind Gallant Fox In
the Preakness, but after q briefly sus-
tanned challsnge at Churchill Downs
finished six and one-hah lengths back
of the Woodward colt in the hfty-sixth
running of the Kentucky classic.
Up to Saturdays race, Gallant Fox
never had been tested in the rain or,
anything like heavy going. Before
hand horsemen freely predicted that
rain would abruptly check Gallant
Fox's winning streak and probably re-
suit in a victory for Tannery. Well, 1t
rained more or less steadily at Churchill
Downs for two hours prior to the Derby.
It was raining heavily throughout the
race. 1t was not sufficient to slow up
the track, but racing supposedly ADVERSE
conditions Gallant Fox simply laid back
his ears, responded TO some slight urg-
ing by Sande on the back stretch and
galloped away from the rest OF The field.
Tannery, the wet-weather horse, wound
up eighth in field of Is.
Catches Popular Fancy.
Popular fancy to an extraordinary
degree has been caught by this COM
bination of Gallant Fox--the only horse
since Sir Barton in 1919 to win the
Preakness and Derby-af1d Earl Sande,
who now'has moved to the top with his
third Derby victory, In . tie with Ike
Murphy, triple winner in 1884, 1890,
1891.
Not since 1928, when he rode Zev 10
spectacular victories in the Derby and
In the 100000 international race
against Papyrus at Belmont Park, has
Sande had the public acclaim that
greeted him at Churchill Downs.
Sandes dramatic career has set him
trihle apart from the rest OF the rid
ers. He is back on top now after being
nearly killed in an accident at Sara
toga, after a whirl as trainer-owner,
after being disbarred for rough riding
in Maryland and reinstated. Perhaps
Gallant Fox, like racing followers at
large, has sensed something Of the vital
spark in Sande's comeback for the COM
bination of horse and rider seems as
one-invincible.