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******** 5 Kentucky Derby Day j Incidents and Gossip l i Over Daily Racing Forms Leased Wires Direct From Churchill Downs. R. W. Hunter, former member of the state racing commission and former chairman of the Republican State Central and Executive Committee, was host to a large party from ; Providence and western Kentucky. James C. Ellis, owner of Dade Park; Lester Yeager, resident manager of the western Kentucky track; Jim Pendleton, who handles publicity for the course, and a large party of Davies County sportsmen motored from Owensboro for the running of the classic. C. A. Pfeffer, executive of the Devonshire track, and John Geddert of Detroit, identi-I fied with the Fair Grounds course there, were clubhouse boxholders. Bruce Campbell, Illinois, Past Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks, entertained a i large party of friends for the day. W. Alexander Julian, United States treasurer, came direct from Washington but will i visit his home in Cincinnati en route back I to the Capital. Chicago was well represented. There were more special trains and more private cars : from the Windy City than ever before. 1 Among those noted in the huge gathering i and those who entertained large parties Iwere: Mr. and Mrs. Farwell Winston, Patrick A. Nash. Vincent Bendix, Roland Felt-i man. A. W. Kruse, J. Allison Dryden, Ed-I ward J. Fleming, J. B. Ford, Howard Gillette, H. P. Preston, J. H. Porter, Patrick Joyce, Richard Narr, Hill Blockert, G. R. j Cain, Lincoln R. Clark, ohn Davin, R. A. Enos, G. Schoenwald, Charles A. Signr and j others. Quite a few prominent women entertained J box parties, among them: Mrs. Payne Whit-I ney and Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane of New j York; Mrs. Desha Breckinridge of Lexington, Mrs. George B. Cox of Cincinnati, Mrs. Frank J. Navin of Detroit. Mrs. W. M. j Wright of Lexington, Miss Elizabeth Daing-j erfield and Miss Daysie Proctor of Lexington ! and Mrs. A. T. Hert, Mrs. George J. Long I and Mrs. James B. Brown of Louisville. Dnieper, owned by Mrs. P. A. B. Widener and a stablemate of Brevity, though trained j by D. E. Stewart, was the first withdrawal ! from the original field of nineteen. He also | had the distinction of being the first named I for the race, his entry being received by Larry Boganschutz, entry clerk, shortly ! after 7 oclock Friday morning. Never con- I sidered a likely starter in the Derby, he was formally withdrawn at 7 oclock Saturday ! morning. Twenty minutes later, W. C. Good- loes filly, Seventh Heaven, also gave up her I place in the Derby field. Following a conference with Mrs. B. i Franzheim, owner of the colt, trainer A. C. Dettwiler announced that Silas would not start. He waited, however, until almost 2 oclock before withdrawing the Franzheim horse, which had been included in the mu-tuel field. Although he had trained well, he was badly beaten in the Sophomore Purse, won by Brevity on the opening day, and was never seriously considered as a Derby possibility. Colonel Bradley, another who chose to have but one starter, waited until almost 1 oclock before advising his trainer of his decision not to start Banister, which left Bien Joli as his only colorbearer as he sought his fifth triumph in the fixture. Lieut. Eddy Kelly, who has charge of the policing of several of the Chicago tracks, and several of his fellow officers, were mingled with the crowd. Leslie Combs III., former Kentuckian and j a member of the West Virginia racing commission, headed a large party that came down from Charleston, W. Va. About noon time the skies became cloudy, and during the running of the first race a light rain fell. However, it failed to drive | anyone to shelter. Gov. Paul McNutt and Gov. Guy Kump of West Virginia, visited with Lieut. Gov. Keene Johnson during the afternoon. Forest Play, second and reserve entry of Bohn and Markeys Bomar Stable, was the third to be declared out of the race, trainer R. E. Potts signifying his stables decision to place entire dependence in Grand Slam well before post time for the big event. While several of the jockeys who had Derby mounts declined to ride before that race, C. Kurtsinger, M. Garner, and J. Ren-ick filled engagements in some of the preliminary events. The revival of racing in Michigan three years ago brought many new devotees to the sport from the Wolverine State, and it required several special trains to bring Grand Slams rooters here. Grand Slam is the property of Charles Bohn and Peter A. Markey, Detroit industrialists. Naturally, Clarence E. Lehr, president of the Detroit Racing Association, was on hand with Mrs. Lehr and his daughters, Sally and Mrs. Jack Gordon. Mr. and Mrs. John Anhut, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sage and Mrs. James Vernor, Jerry McCarthy, who recently entered the owners ranks, Ray Rode, Walter McClana-han, J. W. Leonard, Jr., and others viewed the Derby from box seat reservations. The light shower proved to be very beneficial, for when the sun returned during the running of the second race, it was accompanied by a refreshing breeze which swept i through the clubhouse and stands.
