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HONOR DISTINGUISHED GUEST Special Plans Made for Entertainment of Lord Derby During Derby Week. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 7. The Earl of Derby, who is coming to America for the specific purpose of seeing the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 17, will find a warm and generous welcome awaiting him. Lord Derby, in honor of whose ancestors the famous Epsom Derby was named, is expected to reach New York about the first of May. He will be met by Joseph E. Wid-ener of Philadelphia, president of the Westchester Racing Association, which operates Belmont Park, whose guest he will be. After a brief stay in the East, Lord Derby will go to Washington to pay his respects to President Hoover and will then journey to the Blue Grass country, which he is anxious to see and where he will be entertained by Mr. Widener at his beautiful home near Lexington. On Friday preceding the great race at Churchill Downs, Lord Derby and his party will be entertained at luncheon at Hartland Place, near Versailles, palatial home of ex-Senator J. N. Camden, chairman of the board of directors of the American Turf Association. The party will arrive in Louisville Friday evening, May 1G, where a suite of eight rooms has been reserved for them at the Brown Hotel. Friday night Col. M. J. Winn, president of the American Turf Association and executive director of Churchill Downs, will give a dinner for Lord Derby and his party at the Pendennis Club. On Derby Day the distinguished guests will be entertained at breakfast in the private dining room at Churchill Downs. It is understood that Lord Derby will welcome the owner of the Derby winner and, in a short address, will present him with a gold cup. The National Broadcasting Company of New York will send his remarks over the radio in a coast-to-coast broadcast, which may include a special hook-up across the ocean for the benefit of Lord Darbys friends and admirers in England and on the continent. As a special mark of appreciation. Colonel Winn has instructed his architect to devise and build a presentation pagoda to provide the distinguished party a point of vantage from which to view the Derby. This structure will be placed about a 100 feet from the finish line, within the club house grounds. Following the English custom, the horse winning the Derby will be led into the enclosure fifteen feet wide and a 100 feet long, extending from the placing judges stand to the presentation pagoda. Within this circle the floral wreath will be bestowed on the winner and the gold cup will be presented by Lord Derby. The distinguished English sportsman will be given an old-fashioned Kentucky greeting that will be memorable. Governor Sampson has extended him a cordial invitation to visit the state and Mayor William B. Harrison has notified him that the keys of the city of Louisville will be handed to him.
