Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06


past the judges stand in q blur of
Yaricolored silks and flying clods Of
mud. Eighty Thousand thrill-mAd-
dened turf fans obliviOus of the rain, rose In
their places to roar acclaim as q big brown
colt Gallant Fox with a little rider In white
and red pOlka-dotted blouse, turned and led
the field TO the post
Now q rotund, jovial British gentleman the
Earl Of Derby, steps forth carrying q massive
wreath Of red roses woven into q giant horse
shoe and swings it about the winners
shoulders.
Here's to the Earl of sande! great horse
ridden by superb Jockey Let me congratu-
late yOu!" ..~.. ..,
Thus did the turf world-international in
character because of the spOkesmanship Of the
seventeenth Earl Of Derby-pay its tribute to
the broad-faced gFay-eyed sandy thatched
Earle Sande who matched at Churchill Downs
o record that had stood So years-the achieve
ment OF three Derby victories.
The Belmont triumph of Gallant Fox, colt
of the Belair Stud, owned by William Wood
ward, was In itself noteworthy, matching the
record of Sir Barton, the only other horse In
history to win four great stakes in one season.
But Gallant Fox's victory climaxing an un-
broken string a 3-year-old, which included
the Wood Memorial along with the PreakneSs,
the Derby and the Belmont Stakes, was
dwarfed by the even greater accomplishment
of his game little rider.
sporting world grown hoary with age and re-
spected because of its stark truth. Yet they
do come back-n they are the type Of Handy"
Sande. Earl ought to know how 1t Is done.
Twice he has been forced to wend his way up
the comeback trail, returning gloriOlsly each
time.
CANDIES life has been an odd mixture OF
~ bitter and sweet Life, he has found, is like
q base ball-the higher 1t travels the longer
the drop
Earl was born at Groton, S. Oak, on Novem-
her 49, 1898; the eldest of four children the
others being Lester, Eva and Helen His father,
John c. Sande was q native Of Norway, rail-
road worker, who knew little or nothing about
horses Earl declares he always had love
for fine equines. --#
At don't know where got it," he says. May
be it was through riding the little Shetland pony
belonging to Leon Castle, a neighbors boy. That
pony was my first mount. Later 1t was burros.
And If YOU don't know the skill required to stick
on one of them, you haven't learned every
thing -. -: f.. '-- @'.'..:"~
At THE age Of Q Earl moved with his parents
"A to American Falls Idaho It was here ne
became bred-in- the-bone rider. American
Falls is in the Snake River country, an area Of
countless springs, where the range cattle roam
while being reared for the; market. Sande
learned to fork the wild bfoncs and to bull
dog steers! THAT crazy kid Sande," Western
rOdeo patrons called him. Then there was
session as jockey on the outlaw half-mile tracks
of the Northwest. &'' # 80 ;@es
: In the late Summer of 1917 Earl was one
of the riders in travelling Wild West show
that found itself In New orleans. One night
Joe Goodman; the horseman, was spectator
In the stands. At the conclusion OF the per-
1eFmance Goodman sought out the boy
How'd you like to become Q real jockey"
he asked. whats the pay?" asked the freckied
youth. FIFTY a month" Sande grinned and
stuck out his broad capable handEone Of the
pair that have become famous wherever thor
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