Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-07-29 | Page 13 | Sande Makes Name for Himself by Sneaking to Races

Sande Makes Name , For Himself by Sneaking to Races 1 KKW TORK. July t By V. T.t One day mtm years ago a reckled faced little kid eeeied Karl Baade sat oa the stops of ft raiml Idaho schoolhous, hla enla la hi hand, eucklag a straw and watching ths cows oro th war. II didn't want to go to school. R wanted to b a Jookey." Me aw h bright llk of th race riders flap-pine flap-pine la th wind a thy dasnsd tb ponte dowa th stretch. A k mused and dreamed man drov br la a covered wagoa with two horn hitched behind. H topped and talked wkh th freckle-faced freckle-faced tld and told him h wa a tng dowa In Arlxona for th race. -. Band aneeked efr and want t Ari.oaa with aim. rhat waa ara y.ar ay. Today Karl Sand la nndlaputdty th beet Jockey In th United State and perhapa In ch world. HI eal-ary eal-ary with th Hancocaa atabl la 116,-00 116,-00 a yar and h ret additional fe for yry hora n rid. From th start &nd ould haa-dl. haa-dl. horsea. Around th farm la Idaho he mad ts hav a pour and would rac with dor- Hhe wa a wild hora and h bourht hr tor lie. Down In Arlsona ea that flret meet Sand made rood. H learned lot about handling horse and riding race. Then when th mooting brok Bp. he went back home, but It wasn't for long aa he pulled tv.t shortly afterward af-terward for New Orleans to get o th "bit time." Th man h had workd for In Alison gav hint th nam of a hor ownr in New Or learns and ha set out to find him. hiihoir nr aarw obublatjb. Bat thr wr no jobs around New Orleans and th man was no-wher no-wher to be found. Th trainers didn't want him becau they ld he waa too old. About th time they would ret Mm trained they said h would probably put oa too much welrht and become oeel.s All his pleadlnrs were In yam. HI money ran low. H wa hungry. H couldn't ro back hem. There were weeks of misery. Than he ran aeroes the voaa Co whom h had th Utter. He gave him a trial on morning- Band didn't ran know what th. poles meant oa th track, but he worked that mare th last eat half-mil an Yr traveled. , He aot the Job. About a week later ' he nt a chance to ride In a race and ran seoond. Two weeks later he won hie first rac and h has been wla-Binr wla-Binr ever alno.. Band' most notable performance waa In the fall meet at Havre e Osae la 111, when he rode fit winner out of sven mounts. H was beatea only In the flret race. There Is nothlnr extraordinary spectacular about Sands's manner. HYlsn't theatrical like Tod Sloan and others of the old day He works Just Ilk a bueinee man. He ha perfect balance and th ability to urr th ho roe to do his best. Hs Is always alert at the barrier and never loo aa Inch of (round. But h rid kls owa rao and doeaa't play th other horae. He u.uarty ride, at about 11 pound an J larmr ,than moot Jockey H has broad ahouldera Li. k.la with abort, atronr flnrara lbads nm Tax ax. Tsars are aoms followsrs whs play his horse every time hi Bam appears oa ths board. Many believe he to the beet Jockey eooo In this country la twsnty years. Hs has tod th list for the laat three "Send, aaya hs llkss Billy Kslly tha beet of any of the Raacocaa aiablo korees he has ridden. -Billy Kelly wa th easiest Sara ter rid I vr had tinder ms. hs declared. "Hs we. just llks a lamb, auiet at th barrier, but qulok as S flash aad sans aa they soak Kseplna- con ta th. welfht 1 be.lnnlns to cauae bando a fe tortureo. Diirlhs: th redo season sea-son Ji Is alwaya on a diet. Ho haa a cub of coffee and trult for breakfast break-fast and only beef broth for lunch, but ta the evening he eata a heavy m Whoa 'the time cornea that the flabblness of ace espands his skin and makss hint uses. a ridsr, hs ljHnltrterJrMOr be la rtttdylna" under Bam HUdrath, a paat maater. And hla tutor eonalder fclm onA of the' family, becau be married Ulldreth a niece. Sand a haa hie money ealted away In bond and when tha end comae he la roina to turn the ban da Into raeo horae and hav hi own plug ca-Tortina: ca-Tortina: around th track.