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t Here and There on the Turf Sande, James Start Right Whitney Colts Promising Aim for Early Stakes One By One Impresses A Earl Sande could not have selected a more fitting way to signalize his debut as trainer of a division of John Hay Whitneys stable than by saddling two winners for the New York racing commissioner. The former popular rider showed up at Jamaica on opening day with The Chief in the Paumonok Handicap, but he had that colt last season for Maxwell Howard. His appointment to the post with Whitney did not come until last fall and he did not assume charge of the division, most of which are two-year-olds, until winter when he took up quarters at Columbia. While taking his time about developing the youngsters, Sande apparently has concentrated on getting his older horses ready as Heather Broom and Counterpoise, participants in the double victory, are three-year-olds and candidates for the early specials, including the Wood Memorial and Blue Grass Stakes, leading up to the Kentucky , Derby. Since moving his stable to Belmont Park, Sande had Heather Broom and Counterpoise working together .including a pair of creditable miles, but in sending them postward Monday he called on the former to go a mile and seventy yards and the latter only six furlongs. Both were victorious, which is what counts, and in sending their trainer off to a good start, they did likewise , for jockey Basil James, who signed a contract with Whitney after obtaining his release from William E. Boeing. If Sande and James can continue as they have begun they should have a most pleasant relation- Continued on twenty-third page. HERE AND THERE ON THE TURF Continued from second page ship with Whitney, who is one of the most understanding patrons in the sport, a fact that will be substantiated by the large James Healey, who had the main band of the commissioners horses since he came into the sport until the division was made last winter. Healey did his part in getting the stable off to a good start by sending out Hasty Wedding, also with James up, to earn brackets Saturday. That Heather Broom won at the longer distance and under allowance conditions doesnt necessarily mean he is the better colt than Counterpoise, whose triumph was over a band of maidens, but he displayed more as a juvenile, winning two of his eleven starts. One of the best efforts by the son of The Porter and Janet Blair, by Sir Martin, was in the Albany Handicap, in which he closed very fast to finish fourth and was awarded third honors when Eight Thirty was disqualified from first place. The latter defeated him only a length and a half. He is a brother to Pageboy and showed the same disposition to go over a distance of ground in his winning effort, but Heather Broom must show further improvement if he is to prove a troublemaker in the top flight. Sande may be expected to give Heather Broom the chance to show how erood he is. Counterpoise, a son of Equipoise and Last Song, by My Play, started only twice as a two-year-old, but Healey had high regard for him, even though the colt was unable to win. In his first start, Counterpoise was fourth in a maiden race won by Gilded Knight. Healey was unable to get him to the post again until the Belmont Park autumn meeting, also in a dash for maidens. The colt again finished in the ruck as Cross Question took the verdict. He undoubtedly took to his three-year-old training kindly, as he knew his way around the Jamaica course Monday, even though the talent didnt fancy his chances and permitted him to drift to 4 to 1 after opening as the favorite. He came from behind to win in comparatively slow time, but Counterpoise appears to be the type that will improve and should like a longer distance. One by One, another member of the Equipoises first crop, captured the first half of the maiden event taken by Counterpoise, thereby making the untimely death of the C. V. Whitney star even more lamentable. This fellow, a gelding in the Greentree stable, won in faster time than Counterpoise, but he seemingly defeated a better field of non-winners and was compelled to display the greater speed. He likewise came from behind, although staying closer to the early pace. One by One also is eligible for many of the early specials, but he will have to improve to show up as well as Hash, Third Degree and Day Off, other three-year-olds in the Greentree Stable. As a juvenile, One by One, whose dam is Blessings, by Chicle which already has produced a few good horses, went to the post only once and led into the stretch until running out of breath.
