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KENTUCKYSWARM WELCOME Earl of Derby Spends Busy Day Filling His Engagements Sees His Famous Stallion Sickle and Then ThenCarlarls Carlarls Get of Another of Ills Sires Visits Famous Farms LEXINGTON Ky May 15 The aristo ¬ cratic Blue Glass home of horse lovers and breeders for many decades yesterday and today extended the hand of fellowship to one of the worlds outstanding figures in the sport of kings the Right Hon Edward George Villiers Stanley Earl of Derby KGPC KGPCThe The seventeenth Earl of Derby for whose forbear the American racing classic was named was the guest yesterday at the Elmen dorf Farm of Joseph E Widener During the day he visited several Fayette County stock farms but remained for the most part in partial seclusion because of a slight cold coldIm Im especially anxious to see my horses Light Brigade Pharamond II and Sickle before going to the Derby he said and pronounced it Darby DarbyThe The utter friendliness of the visitor to his extemporaneous reception committee brought smiles from the other townspeople who were at the station on his arrival and who main ¬ tained a distance of fifty feet from the group As the earl and Mr Widener separated from the group the earl lifted his hat in parting as he had done when approached by the newspaper men when stepping from the train trainHe He climbed into a large sedan which whisked away north on Broadway toward the Elmendorf Farm on the Paris Pike The Earl of Derby had realized his ex ¬ pressed desire and the city one of her fondest hopes the earl was in Lexington the heart of the Blue Grass GrassThere There the trail to the public at least was broken for several hours The genial earl and his host were later found walking over the acres of Elmendorf Farm The former striding over the windswept fields remarked that the surrounding country was even prettier than that of his native England EnglandDown Down in one section of the farm the earl met the stallion Sickle which he owns but which is under lease There was no snicker of welcome although the horse nosed at his arm as the earl patted his sleek sides sidesREMAINS REMAINS IXDOOIIS IXDOOIISReturning Returning to the home of Mr Widener for lunch the earl found a young army of stran ¬ gers newspapermen cameramen representa ¬ tives of the National Broadcasting Company and Fox Movietone He waved a greeting and entered the house Outside the cameras were set up and the equipment of the movie ¬ tone apparatus was put in order A con ¬ spiracy was made among the group to have the earl explain the pronunciation of the word derby before the sound and picture apparatus apparatusBut But the vigil of those waiting outside was in vain for the afternoon at least The earl did not reappear His secretary came out some time later and explained that the earl was indisposed with a cold Mr Widener then promised that tins afternoon the visitor would pose for pictures picturesDuring During the remainder of the afternoon the earl and Mr Widener visited the Himyar Stud of Phil T Chinn ChinnHere Here the earl saw Carlaris which was sired by one of the earls horses Phalaris Other farms visited during the morning and after ¬ noon were Charles T Fishers Dixiana Stud W R Coes Shoshone Farm and the Walnut Hall establishment of Ogden Edwards Jr Today JrToday the earl was to visit Harry Payne Whitneys farm E R Bradleys Idle Hour farm the Daingerfield Farm Faraway and the farm of A B Hancock at Paris He ParisHe will be a luncheon guest of former senator Johnson N Camden near Versailles on Friday and then will motor to Louisville where he will be a guest of the Pendennis Club He will attend the Derby Saturday where he will be honor guest of Col Matt Winn president of the American Turf Asso ¬ ciation and executive director of Churchill Downs
