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Best American Race
Rider Ran Away from
• Home to Win Fame
o>nd Fortune
NIC dny in Iho spring of
a ft 1917 a man In a covered
J wagon drove by a country
f J |r go srhoolhouse near Ameri
|si V can Kails, Idaho. Behind
Ix., J the wagon were two led
f horses. The driver stopped
1 and called to a seventeen
year-old hoy through the
window . The hoy came out. TJie man
sahl the led horses were thorough
breds and that he was going, to, Ari
zona to race them.
“Want to come along and ride ’em?”
asked the man.
“Yes,” answered the boy, who Went
tack Into the sehoolhouse after his
rap, climbed into the wagon-and rode
oft
Karl Sande was that hoy, and Earl
Kande is now hailed both by horse
men and the racing public as the best
of aft the present-day jockeys of the
American turf. Certainly, so far as
Mi* American racing public is con
cerned, ids name is one to conjure
with. Probably it is no exaggeration
t say that he is the most popular of
*!1 the little fellows who rouse the
thousands of spectators to frenzied ex
citement as they bring the winners
toute in the thrilling struggle < own
the stretch to the wire.
4 Ylu* figures of racing statistics sub
stantiate the popular idea of the worth
of Sande’s horsemanship. In 1922
Sonde finished in sixth place in re
iqiect to the number of races won.
This means a lot, for Sande rides only
during the summer months. The live
Jockeys who surpassed ldm in the
■timber of winning mounts rode the
■ hole year through, beginning and
ending at the so-called winter tracks.
His percentage of winning mounts Is
what tells the main story. The six
•coders for 1022 in the order of num
ber of winning mounts, with their per
centages were as follows:
C. Lang. 20; M. Fa tor, 21; T. Wll
*on. 20; B. Kennedy, 10; J. Hnntamer,
?I„ tl Sande. 32. It v ill he noted that
the percentages of the five leaders is
practically the same and that there is
■ wide gap between theirs and
Sande’s. In other words, the five lead
ing jockeys won on about one mount
In five, while Sande won on about on j
In three.
This year Sande again lends by a
wide margin in the percentage column.
At this writing the figures for the
•even jockeys who lead in the num
ber of winning mounts are ns follows:
Jwcfcey Mts. lt 2U SO P.C.
■frr,*is. F 470 79 67 77 .17
■t*l. A 409 74 69 5 4 .IS
rvtsoMc K. 434 . 70 .64 60 .16
rrok W 4SO 67 5S 45 ' .16
■cDtmolt I- 379 65 5$ 60 17
*". P ......373 6i vf*. 6 17
tana*. E 195 r ’ S3* 42 .31
Sande rode at Arizona fairs all that
brvt summer. Then he went home for
a hit. In January of 1918 he went
to New Orleans, with a letter to a
horseman, Joe Goodman, who gave
him a Job working horses. His first
mount was Liberator, a 20-to-l shot.
Sande finished second. A few days
later lie won his tirst race on Prince
S. —and he beat Albert Johnson and
L. Lyke, both leading jockeys.
Sande did well at New Orleans. One
! day lie rode two winners, Mary’s Beau
| and F. ('. Cole —both at 50 to 1. At
Hot Springs he had a bad fall on. Six
teen to One, which, was seized with
blind staggers, and a crushed foot laid
him up quite a while. By 'way of
Kentucky spring meetings he arrived
at Saratoga. There Trainer H. G. Bed
well bought his contrapt and he rode
for Commander J. K. L. Boss, the suc
cessful Canadian owney. One day at
Havre de Grace In the fall of 1919
Sande rode six winners out of seven
mounts, three rtf them his employer’s
horses. In tli(> fnfl H 1920 lie went
to the Rancocas stable, owned by
H. F. Sinclair,- the oil man, and
trained by Samuel C. Hildreth.
Tills stable led the list of winning
owners in 1922, with fit? -firsts, 44 sec
onds, 40 thirds and $229,285.
Sande has nothing of the spectacu
lar or theatrical about him, contrast
ing sharply in this respect with such
old-time popular jockeys ns Tod Sloan
and Snapper Garrison, lie is a seri
ous. hard-working young fellow—and
looks the part. He’s blond and his
face is distinctly Scandinavian—he
was born of Norwegian parents. He
is slender and slightly under medium
height—tall for a jockey. He Ims
broad, square shoulders and large
hands with short, strong fingers.
There is nothing about him to attract
attention in a crowd o young men of
ids age.
Sande can ride tills year at 112
pounds. And at that he lias his
troubles to avoid taking on weight.
He’s bigger of frame than most Jock
eys, and riding’at 112 pounds means
careful dieting and strenuous road
work. During the racing season he
takes coffee and fruit for breakfast.
Six days a week he has a cup of beef
broth for lunch. He dines on meat
and vegetables.
Fast question all experience is val
uable. Anyway, Sande was borp and
brought up in a horse country and
learned to ride at the age when most
city children are trundling around the
sidewalks on three-wheeled bicycles.
Soon thereafter he was riding buck
ing bronchos and racing ponies. In
short, he was pretty much brought up
in the saddle. So lie got to know
horses and their ways, and he learned
a lot about horse racing in Arizona—
another horse country. Probably this
early experience in part accounts for
tiie fact that horses run well for him
and that ids admirers call him “a born
race rider.”
But in addition *to perfect balance
hnd tiie ohiiity t “go with liis mount.”
Sande has brainy, and usjs then! in a
race, lie’s alert at the harrier*. *He’s
a good judge of pace. He vvhtches the
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/fta/o by//t fame fro#*/
other horses and times Ids move to a
second. He is a strong finisher. He
doesn’t get rattled. He comes pretty
near getting the best there is out of
his mount.
Also Sande has nerve. Success and
pride of place make many jockeys con
servative about taking chances in a
big and tangled field. A Jain lias no
terrors for Sande; If there’s a chance
to get through, lie takes it. He seems
to lie equally at home in a five-furlong
dash of two-year-olds and In an all
ages handicap over a distance of
ground. So it is that If Sande’s mount
belongs in front at the finish It Is usu
ally there or thereabouts.
Sarnie does more than win on the
best horse; he brings many an in
ferior mount home first by clever
horsemanship. Some of his winning
mounts are long-sliots; there would be
more of them but for the fact that his
loyal and enthusiastic following al
most invariably' backs everything he
rides. Both lawn’ and grandstand say
the same thing when Sande is up oh
a mount of unknown or doubthil
quality:
“Don’t know what chance the horse
has, hut I’ll sure get a ride for my
money.”
And that’s no small part of the
battle these days on the American
turf. The truth Is that many lovers
of the thoroughbred and keen critics
of racing declare that horsemanship
is today a lost art. They go so far
as to say that there are only three or
four great jockeys riding in America
today and that the best of the others
are mediocre compared with the rid
ers of twenty years ago.
These experts attribute this medi
ocrity to our American intensified
specialization of two-year-old racing
and sprint races at the expense of han
dicaps and stakes over a distance of
ground. They say that these scram
bles over a short course Lave de
stroyed all sense of pace and all judg
ment In the average jockey. The boys
ride a mile and a quarter race just
as they do a five-furlong dash. Their
one Idea seems to be to get off as
rapidly as possible and drive the
mount frantically as far as It can
stagger.
There is no way of accurately ascer
taining Sande’s financial reward for
his horsemanship. It is large, how
ever. He gets $15,000 a year from the
Rancocas stable for first call on his
services and in addition fees for every
horse he rides for it. He also ac
cepts outside mounts and is very well
paid. There is no telling how much
he receives in gifts from the owners
of winning mounts. For example,
Sinclair is reported to have handed
Sande $5,000 after he won the $50,000
1923 Kentucky Derby with Zev.
When Sande gets too heavy to
ride —may that be many seasons
away—he will become a trainer, and
apply the expeHence he is gaining
undeh - the veteran Sam Hildreth, a
master of, the art, whose niece he has
married. ‘ ’ •-.-■•V..
ADAPTED FROM
COLONIAL STYLE
* •
Bungalow Displays Thoroughly
Well-Handled Design.
GIVES IT “DRESSED-UP” AIR
Colonial Treatment Utilized in Indi.
vidual Way With Very Pleasing
Effect—Finished in White Wide
Colonial Siding.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD
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questions and give advice FREE OF
! COST on all subjects pertaining to the
i subject of building, for the readers of
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| experiencj as Editor, Author and
1 Manufacturer, he is, without doubt,
the highest authority on all these s\ib
-1 jecls. Address all inquiries to,William
■A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue.
I Chicago, 111., and only inclose two-cent
| stamp fcr reply.
The presence of pronounced-stripe
awnings Serves to give this bungalow
a “dressed-up” air, yet on close In
spection it will be noted that perfect
balance and suitability of the material
used combined to make the pleasing
whole. The porticoed entrance could
very easily lack the distinction and
character which has been given it
here, by improper handling, but ob
serve how well it fits in! It makes
a pleasing break at the cornice line
of the roof, and matches up with the
gracefully curved dormers in the roof
proper. The snubbed gable ends, with
the center crest of the roof line all
help to make the general impression a
pleasing one.
Exteriorly, this bungalow Is fin
ished with wide colonial siding, paint
ed white. White is the cornice, also,-
and a good contrast could be had from
the use of brown, green or maroon
stained shingles. The curving - teps
tlmt lead to the porch support col
umns, wood or iron, and lead one up
and through the door with its -quaint
sidelights into the living room. This
has exceptional lighting on two sides,
a fireplace, and built-in bookcases.
French doors invite into the dining
room, with Its built-in buffet, and im
mediately ‘adjoining is the kitchen.
FOR Dedßh
IT . MMl|k ife-i
Floor Plan
Observe that provision is made for a
! window-lit sink, flanked by cupboards
• and a pantry with ample casing and
shelves and a refrigerator so placed
it Is iced from the rear porch. A stair
way leads away from the kitchen to
the basement, and through the dining
room wall a door leads Into a hall
which leads to the bathroom and the
two bedrooms. These are so placed
as to have full privacy.
Since the test of any satisfactory
nterier Is the way In which It rueas
res up to the standard set by the ex-
terlor, we are not doing the stm
fluous thing if we examine the hf'
rior decorative scheme of a bun,,
low like this, which makes some
tensions to colonial treatment. * *
Our woodwork would be whlt ,
enameled, our doors varnished or
stained waxed, and in genu | n
mahogany, or natural brown birch
oak, walnut, or as you will, p ig ’
mistake to assume that a mahogany
color Is essential in a door that “s to
have a trim of white enamel, brown
goes equally well. A proper shade
of green would also. The reason
for the preference mahogany of a
cherry color enjoys is that \v e have
always associated mahoguny furniture
with a colonial interior, and It has
been furniture finished in a dark red
and highly polished. Now, however,
we are using mahogany in other
shades, such as the tobacco-brown
Honduras variety, and it Is certainly
practical to have the doors match this
also. Recently the writer saw some
very attractive birch furniture, Wind
sor chairs, stained a nice brown, that
were suitable In every way for a colo
nial interior. In such a case birch
would also solve the door problem and
the floor problem.
Our fireplace would be simple in the
extreme. One of the things we have
to be thankful for nowadays is that it
is possible to get fireplaces- that really
reproduce the authentic colonial note,
and get such reasonably. One great
manufacturer of interior trim is plac
ing fireplaces on the market that are
absolutely perfect, and the price is
low. You can use wallpapered rooms
in a colonial interior, but If so, use
quaint flower patterns, preferably. If
you prefer a plain wall, try painting
in the lighter shades of cream and
gray; or sanded, light water color
tinted effects.
To End Wife Beating.
Wife beating henceforth will be con
sidered a crime In France. The old
laws —under which a man was not
punished who “In order either to make
himself obeyed or else as a punish
ment for an unfaithful wife’’ beat her,
have been repealed -by the court fol
lowing the acquittal- of a husband who
had been prosecuted by his wife. The
husband’s lawyers produced the old
edicts which authorized a husband to
mete out "manual punishment" when
a wife refused to obey him, and said
that the husband was within the old
Roman laws which stated : “A man has
the right of life and death over hi 9
wife.” The court agreed and released
the husband, but the wife appealed to
the higher court, which now has de
cided that the old laws no longer
stand, and that not only should a bru
tal husband be punished but that also
a wife who has been beaten should
have cause for divorce.
Specialty Shops.
Vocational statistics show that there
is a growing movement among women
to own and manage their individual
businesses. Small specialty simps,
book shops, tea rooms owned by wom
en are everywhere in evidence. A 9
store manager for a large organization
there is opportunity to manage a
complete business unit with the as
surance of good salary, with no lnit a
Investment of capital and without n
dividual risk. —New York Herald.
Artificial Diamonds.
By mixing paraffin spirit, bone o
distillate and metallic lithium n a
powerful cast-iron tube and be : ng
the compound In a reverberator;- ■■
nace. on English chemist has obtu-n
artificial diamonds identical In
position with the original gem r- •
from the mines. But the proce -
long and costly, while the dlam
resulting are so tiny that mine ? - _
of the same size can be bought 1 ■
quarter of the money.
Economy in Kitchen.
Practical economy in the kitcLi n •
aided by the production of a c< ‘
utensil which Includes a hollow
having a water capacity of
quarts. With this appliance the
wife may boll the meat, vep• '
etc., for the meal and at the same :
heat enough water in the c '
make the tea or coffee, or ev en
in washing the dl3hes. Indium
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