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1 CHURCHILL DOWNS NOTES ]l $ Gold Seeker, Foxcatcher Farms good three-year-old filly and winner of the Chesapeake Stakes, has for companions here Sun-rap and Seven Star. The latter is a son of Fair Star, which started in the Derby of 1927. H. C. Hatchs Crofter, which trainer Lloyd Gentry left at Arlington Downs to fill an engagement in the Texas Centennial Handicap on the closing day of the Texas Jockey Clubs meeting, arrived here in charge of Charles Zoeller. Others of the Hatch horses have been here for a week. C. A. Marone arrived from Arlington Downs. His small stable came in from the same point Monday. Stuyvesant Peabody, head of the Lincoln Fields Jockey Club, and his family are here for the Derby. With Col. M. J. Winn and Edward Fleming, Mr. Peabody went on an inspection tour of Churchill Downs Wednesday morning. Following only a short pause here, jockey F. A. Smith departed for Narragansett Park, where he will ride free lance. Chance Sun, J. E. Wideners highly regarded four-year-old, will be on the sidelines for a few days, the result of striking himself while on the track Tuesday. The injury is not regarded as serious by trainer Pete Coyne. X-ray pictures revealed Boston Pals injury as a crack in the wing of the foot bone and the C. R. Thompson three-year-old will be retired until next fall. The fracture, suffered in a fast trial for the Derby about two weeks ago, will knit, according to Dr. N. E. Southard, who is attending the three-year-old. The condition of E. B. Carpenters Can Takit, which unloaded here from Texas in poor shape, was better Wednesday morning. Acting on the report of the patrol judges, the stewards suspended George South for five days for rough riding while astride Miss Melody, a starter in the seventh race at Churchill Downs Tuesday. Edwin J. Brown, chairman of the Washington State Racing Commission, who is visiting in Lexington, will be here Friday. Walter H. Donovan, chairman of the Florida Racing Commission, has notified friends that he would be here Friday. Ralph Hitz, head of the National Hotels, is coming from New York and will be joined here for the Derby by Col. Seymour Weiss, president of the Roosevelt Hotel, New Orleans. George D. Widener is expected Friday at Kenny Place, near Lexington. Scratch time for Saturday, Kentucky Derby Day, will be 7 oclock. All others it will be at the customary time, 9 oclock. The Downs management has for a great number of years moved up the scratch time in order to aid the printing of the programs. Carl Laemmle and his son will be here with a large party from Hollywood and New York for the Derby. M. L. Emerich, owner of the Millsdale Stable, and Harry Frank, both of Chicago and who attended the Churchill Downs opening, are returning for the Derby. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Letellier, of New Orleans and recent arrivals, will have among their guests for the Derby their daughters, Thelma Letellier and Mrs. Breneicke. Greenspring Lad, which won here Tuesday, raced under the colors of John West, a brother of Mae West, celebrated screen star. Jap Muma, nationally known umpire, writer and New York correspondent for the Cincinnati Enquirer, wired that he would be on hand for the sixty-second running of the Kentucky Derby. Beverly Brown, St. Louis sports enthusiast and widely known in racing circles, arrived Tuesday and does not intend to return to St. Louis until the latter part of next week. Mr. and Mrs. Des Dressen, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mitchell and Mike Mitchell, Jr., are here. They are en route to Detroit, where Mr. Dressen manages the pari-mutuel department. J. H. Louchheim and party will arrive here Thursday. — — *
