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Largest of All Derby Crowds IvOlISVTLLE, Ky., May 16. — "All Kentucky Derby attendance records were surpassed today,- said Col. M. J. Winn, general manager of the Kentucky Jockey Club. "Churchill Downs never held as great a crowd. They came from the four quarters of the earth, well dressed, orderly, enthusiastic lovers of the thoroughbred. Leaders of the financial, official and the social world from every state in the Cnion are here today, bearing testimony by their presence that the Kentucky Derby is the outstanding sporting event of America. "It is particularly gratifying to receive the support of many thousands of their friends throughout Kentucky who recognize and appreciate what the jockey club has done to promote the great thoroughbred interests cf this state. "The Kentucky Jockey Club is trying to make Churchill Downs worthy in every way of the generous public patronage it receives. The papers of the city and state and the entire press of America have made possible the fame and success of the Kentucky Derby."
