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...jockey when today's veteran best-Eddie Arcaro and Ted Atkinson-were wearing diapers. He raced to victory on horses with such names as Man o' War, Zev, Flying Ebony, Gallant Fox. and he won the Kentucky Derby three times, the Belmont Stakes five times. In a time of purses far smaller than today's, he brought home more than $3,000,000 worth. In the age of sport known as golden, Jockey Earl Sande was the best in his business...
...hard to keep trimmed down to racing weight, and he called it a career. He made comebacks in 1930 and 1932, then settled down as a horse trainer. Last week, his share of $3,000,000 worth of purses long gone, Earl Sande told his fellow trainers at Belmont Park that he was ready to try booting them in again. At 54, he had managed to diet down to 113 Ibs., about 25 less than he weighed last spring. Examined by a track doctor, Earl was pronounced...
...third race at Belmont early this week, Earl had himself a mount. Trainer Hirsch Jacobs asked him to ride Honest Bread, an undistinguished three-year-old gelding who finished out of the money in his only start this year. The crowd gave the bald little jockey a roaring reception, and sentimentally made his horse the second favorite. Jockey Sande brought his mount in third. "I got a little tired and so did the horse," said Sande, "but at least we didn't dissolve our partnership...
...high-scoring freshmen are favored over Belmont Hill in the 2 p.m. game on the Business School Field. Poley Guyda's squad has tallied 12 goals in the two games it has played to date...
...conference 212 pounder Ted Metropoulus from Aliquippa opens at right guard. Pete Meister from Belmont Hill plays at right tackle, and six foot Tony Markella at right end. Nobel and Greenough's John Newell starts at center...