Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-16
EARL SANDE SEEKS
Sd WIN IN CLASSIC
Not Less Than IL and Not
More Than IS to Start
in Derby Tomorrow.
BY ALAN GOULD.
Associated Press Sports Editor.

OU1SV1LLE, KY, May To-
The color and pageantry of
Americas greatest horse
- racing classic, taking definite
hue and form today for the fifty
sixth running of the Kentucky
Derby, centers about two decided
ly contrasting figures of the turf
the English Earl of Derby and
the freckle-faced Yankee Earl of
Sande.
Though they travel in separate
spheres the paths of these two will
bring them into one and the same spot
light late tomorrow afternoon, If racing
form and favor mean anything, for
Earl Sande Is the popular choice to ride
the great Eastern colt Gallant Fox to
victory and enable his owner to receive
the priced gold trophy from the hands
Of the distinguished British patron Of
the turf.
The Earl of Derby, seventeenth of his
line, will witness for the first time the
American counterpart of the classic
English event bearing his name. The
guest of Joseph E. Widener, Eastern
sportsman, while in this country, the
English earl was expected to reach
Louisville today from Lexington, where
he has been visiting the choicest of
Blue Grass breeding establishments.
Tomorrow he will occupy a post Of
honor at the Darby" q civic holiday
declared in his honor, and enjoy an
opportunity arranged for him to broad
cast impressions of the race over an
international radio "hook-up."
Sande IL No Stranger.
The Earl of Sande is no such stranger
to Churchill Downs and the route that
leads to the laurels of Derby victory.
Twice before, in 1928 and 1925, the boy
who rode to fame from Idaho to New
New York has booted home winners in
Kentucky's classic. Tomorrow he has
the chance to cap the climax of a dra-
matte comeback by riding home a win
ner on Gallant Fox, black son of Sir
Gallahad III.
Just a week ago Sande rode Gallant
Fox to triumph in the rich Preakness
at Pimlico. If he wins again tomorrow,
as he Is expected to do, Sande will equal
the best record Of any jockey in the
long history Of the Derby and Gallant
Fox will duplicate the achievement Of
Sir Barton, which In 1919 reversed the
order. capturing the Preakness after
surprising victory in the Derby. No
other horse ever has won both Of these
3-year-old classics.
The odds are all. in favor Of Gallant
Fox, which will race in the colors of
the Balair stud, owned by William
woodward Of Chicago. 1t has long been
tradition that anything can happen
in horse race, especially the Derby,
but the Eastern colt was backed down
today to to by an influx of financial
support, and looked upon generally as
the class Of the field, with the possible
! exception Of Tannery, strapping chest
nut son OF Ballot and owned by Edward
F. Prichard Of Paris, KY.
Kentucky Backing Tannery.
Kentucky, always strong for its own,
has gone down" heavily on Tannery
as the chief hope and pride OF the Blue
Grass.
That famous master Of the Idle Hour
Farm, Col. Edward r. Bradley, twice
rewarded with q double" again has
two crack contenders in Buckeye Poet
and Breeding Thru to bolster the Ken
lucky entry. but Tannery is the home
bred favorite in nearly all the wager
ing. The odds on Tannery have been
backed down to about to /. If the
track is muddy they may be even
shorter, for Tannery is generally re-
garded to have q better chance of beat
ing Gallant Fox In heavy going.
Not less than II and not more than
ID horses are expected to answer the
bugle call for the race that will have
an approximate value Of $4,000, OF
which 5000 goes to the winner.
mite withdrawal was J. N. Camden's
Sydney, but this was Offset by the
prospective addition Of Dick O'Hara,
owned by Patrick H. Joyce of Chi
cago, and the Ally, Alcibiades, owned
by Hal Price Headley.,
Definite starters, besides Gallant Fox.