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DERBY DAY OBSERVATIONS Heard and Seen in the Club House Grandstand Lawn and Paddock XOUISV1LLE Ky May 17 17Otto Otto AV Lehman president and Roy Car ruthers general manager of the Arlington Park Jockey Club and their wives came from Chicago for the day and are spending Sun ¬ day at Lexington s1 Willard Wilson of Birmingham D D Can field of Nashville and R B Rinkley Snowden augmented the large delegations from the South SouthWilliam William E Smith S S Combs Theo E Mueller Frazer Le Bus and Polk Laffoon members of the state racing commission were hosts to large parties Mrs Payne Whitney of New York and owner of the pretentious Greentree Stable Mrs Marion Dupont Somersville of Mont pelier Va and Mrs Frank Esperiheim also of New York were among the box holders holdersBenjamin Benjamin Block whose Morvich scored in the 1022 renewal of the Kentucky Derby was accompanied by Mrs Block and a party of friends Admiral Gary T Grayson associated with Charles T Fisher in breeding and racing interests came from Lexington with the Earl of Derby to whom he administered during the noblemans slight indisposition while at Joseph E Wideners Elmendorf Farm Mr Widener Col M J AVinn Samuel A Culbert ¬ son Stuyvesant Peabody and others Although unsuccessful in several attempts to furnish a winner of the coveted event Walter J Salmon came from New York for the race raceCharles Charles Bacharach of Xew Orleans and formerly of Cincinnati although not having his colors in the race for which his All Upset and Playtime were pointed was keenly in ¬ terested in the outcome outcomeArthur Arthur B Hancock owner of the ClaJborno and Ellerslie Studs and associated with Mar ¬ shall Field and William Woodward jn the ownership of the imported Sir Gallahad HI sire of Gallant Fox backed the Woodward threeyearold threeyearoldCharles Charles T Fisher prominent Detroit capi ¬ talist and manufacturer and owner of the pretentious Dixiana Farm canie from the Kentucky estate with his family and friends friendsFrank Frank J Navin owner of the Detroit base ¬ ball club accompanied by Col P T Chinn and others was an early arrival coming from his farm just outside the city cityLyman Lyman T Hay and C W Hay general manager of Washington Park added the fiftysixth running of the fixture to the Derbys they have witnessed witnessedCy Cy Cuminings president of the Maryland State Fair Association which operates the Laurel track and a large party of friends obtained an excellent view of the spectacle from the club house houseHarry Harry F Sinclair whose great Zev scored an unexpected victory and the first for Earl Sande in 1923 had a box reservation in the clubhouse Al Jolson black face mammy singer and his wife were among early arrivals by private coach They were in the party of Col Harry Warner of Warner Brothers and found time during the hectic afternoon to make a number of shots for Jolsons next talkie talkieDespite Despite bad flying conditions planes con ¬ tinued to swarm over the field this morning Among the arrivals were a Stin son from Cleveland a Ryan monoplane from St Louis a Douglas observation plane from Indianapolis a Travel Air from Kansas City another Ryan from Cincinnati a Stinson Detroiter from Kansas City the Pontiac plane from Pontiac Mich a Travel Air from Evansville and an Ox Travel Air from Grosse Isle Mich a Bellanou Peacemaker from Clear Water Fla another Travel Air from Cincinnati a Curtiss Robin from Chi ¬ cago and numerous others othersAn An interesting ship was Thomas Morses all metal observation plane from Selfridge Field which brought Lieut Sheldon Yoter and mechanic L Voyers From Cleveland came a Ryan owned by the Fleet Wingol Company and a Fairchild brought a party from Nashville NashvilleThree Three radio broadcasting groups had staffs on the scene telling the story of the Derby and associated features to every nook and corner of the country They were the Na ¬ tional Broadcasting Company Columbia Broadcasting Conjpany and WGN the Chi ¬ cago Tribune The National Broadcasting Company reported seventy stations in its nationwide hookup hookupThe The Baltimore Ohio green pastures spe ¬ cial carrying the chapel car and the colonial car which were part of Queen Marys train arrived early yesterday An overflow group of writers in the press quarters attested to the universal Interest and importance of tha great turf fixture They reported for not only worldwide press associations but newspapers of New York Chicago New Orleans St Louis Cincinnati Pittsburg Washington Baltimore Cleveland Detroit Toronto Kansas City San Francisco Los Angeles Denver Atlanta Mem ¬ phis and other cities They were accom ¬ panied by news photographers who recorded in pictures which their colleagues embell ¬ ished in words The battery of camera men was the largest for any single sports event on record recordThose Those who direct the destinies of racing throughout the country leading breeders owners and officials together with hundreds of the most prominent devotees of the sport held places in the capacity throng throngWinged Winged craft of the air held sway at Bow ¬ man Field the local airport Early this morning the field was taxed as never be ¬ fore Hangar space was exhausted yester ¬ day and dozens of planes were moored in the open during the night nightPilots Pilots from the West reported bad flying conditions while a plane piloted by W T Inlpw and carrying R B Manning and L S Reynolds as passengers en route from Toledo was forced down by lack of fuel near Carrollton Ky yesterday The plane turnsd over upon landing but passengers and pilot escaped unhurt and were in the Derby crowd crowdFrom From 3500 to 5000 people were accorn modated in the special back stretch bleachers especially designed to afford stable employes vantage points from which to view the races Approximately 10000 was expended in adding the stand standRoy Roy D Keehn prominent Chicago pub ¬ lisher was in the club house assemblage Mr Keehn is a member of the directorate of the Arlington Park Jockey Club A meeting of the Thoroughbred Horse As ¬ sociation will be conducted at the BroAvn Hotel here on Monday evening eveningGov Gov Flem D Sampson of Kentucky was an early arrival He and Mrs Sampson and members of their party occupied the gov ¬ ernors box in the club house houseThere There was an almost lastminute switch in the riders on Kilkerry and Broadway Lim ¬ ited the starters of W T Waggoners Three Ds Stock Farm Stable Peter Walls pre ¬ viously announced as the rider of Kilkerry was shifted to Broadway Limited while Tommy May reverted to Kilkerry KilkerryJames James Gass was authorized to act as agent for Hamilton Miller and aside from the issuance of a license to Earl Sande the stewards found no preliminary business before visiting the stand standBatteries Batteries of ticket sellers began disposing of mutiiel tickets on the Derby before 10 a m They did a big business yet the real bulk of speculation on the race developed within fortyfive minutes of post time the larger players holding off for track conditions be ¬ fore backing their choices choicesMore More than 450 special Pullman coaches were in service for Derby visitors and all regular trains came in with extra cars at ¬ tached The special coaches made up into trains required all available yard trackage within the city and with but few exceptions those who patronized the specials found them conveniently parked parkedThe The train furnished for the Penn Athletic Club carried Philadelphia sportsmen and of ¬ ficers of the United States Naval Academy Bill Ingram navy athletic coach was in the prominent eastern pary paryAn An extra train over the Baltimore Ohio which arrived from Jersey City had president Dyce of the Reading Railroad as a passenger A tencar special from Pitts ¬ burgh was packed packedOver Over the Louisville Nashville dozens of special trains steamed into the city while some eighty Pullmans were attached to regular trains over the system systemAmong Among the guests at the luncheon in honor of Lord Derby were Governor Sampson Mayor William Harrison Col M J Winn Joseph A Widener Admiral Cary Grayson A B Hancock James Clarke AVilliam H Shelley Baylor Hickman Arthur Meeker George R Newman Graham Brown Henning Chambers Gurnee Dyer Mr MacDonald Mr Smith Charles Middleton A J Carroll George H Bull Howard Gillette Samuel Look William Culbertson Robert Herrick Edward P Humphrey Dr J N Dpran William Woodward and Walter Denegne From New York came A H Cosden Clar ¬ ence Dillon George Sloane Keats Speed A B Krock M L Schwartz and others
