End of Sande

Four years ago, Jockey Earl Sande fell at Saratoga and broke his leg in three places. That would finish him. people thought; but Sande nine months later, on his first mount since the smashup, rode Sarazen to .a course record.

Last year he was barred by the Maryland Racing Commission from Maryland tracks, for fouling a favorite.

Last week, Earl Sande retired from active racing on the day that the Futurity, the only great race he never won, was run. Sande rode, according to the records, 941 winners and about 4,000 mounts in the course of his ten-year racing career. He married the niece of Sam Hildreth, trainer for Rancocas Stable; he has saved his money instead of buying parties; he hates "making the weight." A rough and clever rider, he announced his intention of owning, training, and no longer riding horses, and last week was lauded in these terms by Joseph E. Widener, his present employer :

"I wish to congratulate you on your honorable career. You have never done anything that brought dishonor to a grand and noble sport. I wish you every success in your new vocation."

Said Sande, speaking of a favorite horse, "He was an honest fellow. . . ."