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LOUISVILLE TURF MECCA » Persons Prominent in All Walks of Life On Hand to See Derby. ♦ Outlook Bright for Largest Crowd in History of Race — All Means of Transportation Used. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 1.— This city becomes the sporting, social and possibly the political capital of the nation tomorrow because of the annual running of the Kentucky Derby. Persons prominent in all walks of life as well as a countless number of no especial distinction except they wish to see a good horse race are arriving here in all manner of conveyances to view the Derby tomorrow. This city is feeling the influx. All hotel and housing accommodations are at a premium even though many Louisville homes have been opened to the visitors. The Derby crowd began coming in large numbers earlier than usual, partially because of the splendid week of racing offered at Churchill Downs and also due to the celebration of the Kentucky Derby festival, which began Monday and ended tonight. Trains and automobiles are bringing in I the large majority of the visitors, specials be-; ing run from the major cities while persons I from as far off as the state of Washington have motoi ed here for the race. Most of the Derby trains were despatched from Chi-! cago, but others either have arrived or reach | here tomorrow morning from New York, St. | Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit and other points. I All regularly scheduled trains have been filled to capacity, many of them being run I in extra sections and with special sleepers containing private parties of sports lovers attached. The railroads report a larger number of sidetrack reservations for special trains and cars chartered by parties than in recent years. Most of American airlines and Eastern Airlines, which serve Louisville, are running extra sections of their regularly scheduled planes here from New York, Washington and Chicago, while a record number of private planes will be accommodated at Bowman Field here. Among the notable visitors due are Postmaster General James A. Farley and Mrs. Farley; C. W. Galloway, vice-president of Continued on eleventh page. LOUISVILLE TURF MECCA Continued from first page. the Baltimore and Ohio; Marvin H. Mclntyre, secretary to President Roosevelt; D. L. Montgomery, B. and O. passenger agent at Washington and a party of thirty due tomorrow in three special cars. From Kansas City, Buick officials and friends will come in a special train of fourteen cars, arriving tomorrow. The Kirkland tours from St. Louis via French Lick where they stopped today is bringing 250 visitors in fifteen cars on the B. and O. The Kahn Packing Company of Cincinnati has a party in one car due in the morning. Officials of the Chase Distillery, New York, arrived tonight after having made stops at Lexington and Frankfort. Julius Fleischman, of Cincinnati and his party occupied a car arriving today. The Kirby tours from Detroit is bringing a delegation of General Motors officials in two special trains with members of the Detroit Yacht Club and Detroit Athletic Club in the same party. American Rolling Mill Company executives have a special of three cars coming tomorrow while sixty-five enthusiasts from Oklahoma City came in tonight. The Big Four route added an extra train from Chicago to take care of the traffic overflow and announced that the Powers Tours special would bring approximately 200 in fifteen cars. The Monon Route is running four specials of a dozen cars each from Chicago, one from French Lick and one from St. Louis, bringing approximately 600 persons. Other private parties in special cars include those of Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane, Mrs. Payne Whitney, C. C. Conway, and Col. T. F. McCarthy of New York. fc. special train from Chattanooga and Nashville is bringing executives of the Tennessee Power Company and friends while officials of the Pennsylvania Railroad are coming in a special train from the East. Other large delegations are from Memphis, Atlanta, New Orleans, Birmingham, Indianapolis, Columbus, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Baltimore and Washington.
