204 THE TWO-MINUTE PACERS 



The campaign of 1920 was just as creditable to Sanardo 

 as was that which he made the previous year, though the 

 rewards were by no means so great. There was no class but 

 the free-for-all for him, with his record of 2:00l/() and the 

 perennial Single G was to be reckoned with. The fortunes 

 of war found that great pacer as good as ever, perhaps im- 

 proved and Sanardo was able to score a victory over him 

 but once and that was at Columbus. But his most sparkling 

 performance was a losing effort. Of that more will be said 

 a little further along for it is well worthy extended mention. 



His starts for the season numbered eleven in races and 

 once against time and his name was placed at the head of 

 the summary in five. He got away to a bad start, so to speak, 

 and in his first two races was not at anything near his best. 

 But he had his right foot forward in his third start, which 

 was at Columbus and there he scored over Single G. The 

 first mile was paced in the always creditable time of 2:01 

 and Single G was the winner. In the second heat a stretch 

 brush of amazing swiftness gave the victory to Sanardo and 

 he won the third heat in slow time. The second mile was in 

 2:03^/) and the final quarter was in 29l/> seconds. He won 

 at Toledo's second meeting and won at Readville and Hart- 

 ford. To add to his experiences he was taken to Allentown, 

 Pa., to try conclusions over the half-mile track there with 

 some of the pacers who had been making history over the 

 minor ovals. John R. Braden won the first heat in 2:061/4 

 and Sanardo wound up the entertainment by winning the 

 second and third heats, pacing each of them in 2:05'%^, 

 which was a pretty fair performance for a pacer who had 

 no half-mile track experience. After that he was taken to 

 Columbus and was beaten that time by Single G. Then he 

 paced two of the best races of his career, one of them, already 

 merely referred to, about the best he has so far paced. The 

 first one was at Lexington. In it he was second in both heats 

 to Louie Grattan, forcing her to pace each heat in exactly 

 two minutes. The time of those miles by quarters will show 

 that there was some pacing speed on tap. The first half of 

 the first mile was paced in 59^ seconds and the last half of 

 the second mile was also covered at that rate and at the end 



