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1 . S I I f I 1 , " ? f 1 I h C " S 5? S ? tJ U g c ti ti to c tl t P si PROTECTION FROM ELEMENTS Less Chance Than Ever Before to Get Soaking aX Downs. 00,000 Worth of Improvements at Derby Track Major Share of Money Spent on Boofs. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 17. Are you planning to attend the sixty-third Kentucky Derby here at Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 8? If you are, dont come fearing the worst for your spring toggery should the heavens release a Niagara of raindrops while the nations greatest three-year-olds are fighting it out in that classic of the turf. And why? Well, "protection from the weather" is the fundamental idea back of extensive improvements at the famous Derby course presided over by Col. Matt J. Winn. Its a great program, this schedule of 1937 changes at the Winn racing plant, and chances for you to get a soaking should the fickle Jupiter Pluvius cry will be mighty slim, unless, you happen to be a jockey riding In the race. Colonel Winns "protection from the weather" scheme increases the overhead covering of Churchill Downs almost 50 per cent. It cost approximately 00,000. Enhancing the general or lower-priced admission enclosure, this improvement, while making Churchill Downs more attractive to Derby day" patrons not holding reserved seats or boxes, is likely to win for the track more friends than any alteration ever made there. EXPOSED SEATS. Of course, seats and boxes situated on the lawns and lower terraces arc to remain targets for the weather. Nothing to provide covering for occupants of these" accommodations without blocking vision of those seated the rear can be done. The great increase in overhead covering will permit those holding scat3 or boxes on the unprotected lawns to retire to roomy, comfortable pavilions on the ground level or enclosed smartly furnished promenades on the second - r 4 C - a. t t .5. , s, , floor should weather conditions force them to do so. "I believe these are the finest Improvements ever made here," said Colonel Winn while making an inspection of the work several days ago, and, in case you dont know Colonel Winn has been at Churchill Downs on every Derby day since the track opened in 1875. Plans for furnishing upper floors of the grandstand addition call for furniture fixtures and gadgets just as swanky and elaborate as were installed last year in the Downs clubhouse, one of, if not the worlds finest The richly furnished club building is exquisitely decorated with cocktail bars mirror rooms, lounges among other smart appointments, including special automatic mutuel wickets. Many of these will be features of the new grandstand addition. j - - . . -
