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Derby Day Sidelights LOUISVILLE Ky May 15 Although vicepresident and general man ¬ ager M J Winn has increased the box space at Churchill Downs to 2000 boxes and pro ¬ vided a new grandstand to accommodate 5000 people every box and seat and every foot of standing room was occupied today by an expectant and enthusiastic throng All Churchill Downs records were broken and Colonel Winn will find it necessary ext year to double the capacity of this mammoth lant to care for his patrons patronsGov Gov Austin Peay of Nashville and a party of friends occupied a box in the clubhouse The governor is an ardent lover of the thehoroughbred horoughbred and never misses the Kentucky Derby DerbyClose Close guard was kept over the different candidates for the last night before the big race and the no admittance sign was prominent at many of the stables but Tom Tomlealey lealey while he exercised every care with Valter J Salmons Preakness winner Dis Disilay ilay welcomed visitors With his inherent inherentranquility ranquility one would not think that within a few hours he was to saddle a colt for the theCentucky Centucky Derby and all went along about the stable as it would on any other day except for the fact that a big gallery gathered about for a glimpse of the son of Fair Play PlayEASTERX EASTERX STABS HOMEWARD HOMEWARDAll All of the eastern Derby starters vtill be returned to New York Sunday morning Pompey will have a car all to himself and will go direct to Belmont Park Another car will take Canter Rock Man Display and Espino all Derby starters and Needle Gun J E Wideners good distance runner Alta wood will be shipped in the same car The horse which had been at Elmendorf Farm was brought to Churchill Downs Saturday morning Howard Oofs trainer for James Cox Brady found time to leave New York to come for the Derby Mr Oots stated that tie has sixteen horses in training belonging to Mr Brady at Belmont Park including the filly by Man o War Tuscan Red for which Mr Brady paid 50500 at the Sara ¬ toga sales last summer This filly has been named War Feathers and according to her trainer is going along famously in her training trainingEarl Earl Linnell arrived for the Derby and announced that his stable is at present at Fairmount getting ready for the opening of that meeting Mr Linnell is training horses for August Busch Jr of St Louis Alex Pantages wealthy western threatrical man and J H Rosseter wellknown California breeder and owner At the conclusion of the Fairmount meeting trainer Linnell will ship his stable to Saratoga SaratogaBruce Bruce Head general manager of the Fair mount Jockey Club and Sewell Combs presi ¬ dent of the Kentucky Association at Lexington were in attendance The Kentucky Associa ¬ tion this year had the best meeting in its listory and Mr Head having made extensive improvements at Fairmount including a 200000 clubhouse is expecting a banner season at the Collinsville track trackCOXFIDEXCE COXFIDEXCE IX L FATOE FATOETrainer Trainer Karrick with an abiding faith in Lhe riding skill of Laverne Fator instructed him before the running that if the pace was slow he should go on with Pompey while if it was fast he should take back and in fact adapt his ride to the manner in which the race was run In other words to use his cwn judgment in the handling of the son of Sun Briar and Cleopatra CleopatraJust Just after the running of the third race a startling rumor was circulated that W R Coe owner of Pompey had suffered a heart attack and had been rushed to a hospital Mr Coe was found in his box and laughingly said that the only chance for him to have a heart attack was for Pompey to be beaten and he did not think such an attack was even remote possibility possibilityWhen When Canter was brought out by Harry Rites he did not impress and he seemed a bit sore From his first start this year this sterling son of Wildair and Virginia L has not shown the quality that was his last year and the conviction was in the morning that Mr Griffiths colt was not within pounds of the form that made him such a successful twoyearold twoyearoldThere There were twenty booths in the grand ¬ stand section for the preliminary sale of mutuel tickets on the Derby and ten in the clubhouse section The sellers began pass ¬ ing out the little paste boards at 10 oclock and were kept busily engaged right up to post time for the Derby DerbyTHOMPSONS THOMPSONS WINNING TACTICS TACTICSDick Dick Thompson decided early in the day to send Bubbling Over out from the rise of the barrier and he said he would tell Albert Johnson to Get off arid sift sand as the late Doc Streett was wont to instruct his jockeys jockeysThere There was distinctiveness to each of tho delegations that comprised the private parties that came by their own special train In many instances they brought their own bands bandsJockey Jockey L McAtee came to ride the Whit ¬ ney starter and departed after the race for New York Jockey Maiben also left for the East immediately after the Derby running runningFour Four young women who came early were found near the rail playing bridge on an up ¬ turned box around which they sat on camp stools waiting for the Derby running runningTrainer Trainer Bill Spiers in the work hours had William Ziegler Jrs Espino out and he was galloped slowly around the track The colt seemed trained to the hour hourOne One enterprising individual provided him ¬ self with a wagon load of camp stools and he sold them out at a dollar each just out ¬ side the gates gatesTrainer Trainer James Rowe of the Harry Payne Whitney stable did not come here entrust ¬ ing the mission of saddling Blondin to Fred Hopkins HopkinsJ J O Keene promised Earl Pool 10000 of tho big prize if he should succeed in having his colt Champ do Mars home the winner winnerFrank Frank J Bruen former manager of the Havana track came from California for the big race raceTho Tho Associated Press estimated that 12000 persons came from Chicago for the Derby DerbyStarter Starter James F MiHon was amorig the arrivals from Baltimore for the Perby
