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j I www* Whos Who at Derby w . . ji I; Nationally Known Men Among j jj Great Concourse of People— |j Chicago Is Well Represented |j ii B. S. Hunt, Mayfiield, Ky. druggist, is on hand to attend the running of tomorrows classic for his twenty-eighth annual time. The outlook for an adverse track for the running of the Kentucky Derby failed to reduce the demand for American Turf Association common stock, with the result that a new high price of 42 in the local market was recorded Thursday. American Association operates Churchill Downs, Latonia, Fair-mount Tark, Lincoln Fields and has other holdings. Directions for approaching the Bowman Airport here have been sent to points throughout the country by the Logan Company of this city. The directions are expected to be used by a number of flyers coming to this city by plane to witness the Derby. Bernard MacFadden. publisher of New York, was due to arrive in Louisville today on the first non-stop flight ever made to this city from New York. Mr. MacFadden is coming to attend the Derby as one of the seventy-one guests of Governor Sampson and is one of a number of notables coming here by airplane. Time for declaring from overnight races will terminate at 7 oclock Saturday morning and the field for the first race will be called to the post at 1 :45 oclock. Withdrawals from the Derby field can be made up to forty-five minutes before post time for the race. Included among the prominent enthusiasts having reservations at Churchill Downs Saturday are: T. T. Liggett of Liggett and Meyers Tobacco Company, St. Louis ; Judge Patrick Hall, St. Louis; E. R. Bradley, Rogers Caldwell, Nashville ; John R. Cudahy, Jr., Chicago : George L. Berry, Pressmens Home, Tenn. ; T. R. Watkins, president Memphis Baseball Club; Dr. Albert Shapira, Pittsburgh : Jefferson Livingston, New York ; L. R. Ayes. Toledo ; L. S. Barringer, Greenville, S. C. ; James S. Barton, Indianapolis ; B. G. Brinkn.an, St. Louis ; Mrs. George Cox, Cincinnati ; John A. Hook, Indianapolis ; Richard C. Look, Montreal : J. J. Murdock, New York City; F. J. Navin, president Detroit Baseball Club : Walter J. Salmon. New York ; Charles Siegner, Chicago ; Mrs. G. A. Uhl, St Louis, and N. W. Walpole, Pueblo, Colo. ; Mori is Corn, St Louis; Julius Werthan Nashville, Tenn. ; J. Uttcrbach, Paducah! Ky. ; R. M. McKay, Chicago ; Frank Dovle, mayor of East St. Louis, 111. ; T. J. Pender-gast, Kansas City: Jewett Shouse, Kansas City ; D. D. Canfield, Nashville : R. A. Berry-man, Memphis; Nova Barrett, Memohis ; Harry Appleton, New York ; II. L. Peebles, Cincinnati, and Mrs. H. Harmon, Indianapolis. Frederick Johnson, who owned an interest in Omar Khayyam, winner of the Kentueky Dcrby in 1017, is trying with Replevin to annex the coveted race in his own colors. Mr. Johnson made an unsuccessful bid for the Derby in his entire interest with Quatrain in 1925. Among the active newspapermen who came from various parts of the country to report the Derby were : Paul Hertenstein, Harvey Woodruff, French Lane, Harry Hochstadter, Bill Blinn, Jimmy Corcoran, Clarence Brad-ley, Andrew Griffin, Warren Brown, Damon Rimyon, Albon Holden. Charles OConnor, Robert Sax ton. Norris Royden, Capt. R. J. Boylan, J. E. Wray, Whitney Cary, Ed. Pan-forth, James Walsh, W. Dunklcy, Al. Cope-land. Vernon Van Ness, W. J. MacBeth, J. B. Snodgrass. John I. Day, Harry M. Williams, Hy Schneider. H. G. Bedwell, trainer of the Kenton Farms Derby candidate, Typhoon, was an arrival, and jockey E. Barnes, who will ride the colt in the classic, is due to reach here Saturday morning. Earl "Skater" Reynolds, who seldom misses a Derby, motored in this morning from Chicago with Mrs. Reynolds, Miss Reynolds and Miss Kepner. H. Teller Archibald was among the arrivals to witness the Derby, and remain several days additionally to witness the Churchill Downs sport. Owner Val Crane of the Wild Rose Farm Stable declared that Charmarten would be a positive starter in the Derby, regardless of track conditions. The Kentucky Derby will be broadcast this year to the four corners of the world by foremost broadcasting stations and their auxiliary hook-ups. Previous to the running of the first race this afternoon, trainer Mose Lowenstein sent Leo J. Marks Misstep to the track to have his final training for the Derby. He raced through the mud for a half mile, for which he was timed in :4S"i, which marked an ex-OC llent speed test.
