St. Louis Delegation Large: Mound City to Be Well Represented at Derby--Railroads Alone to Handle About 2,000., Daily Racing Form, 1937-05-07

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ST LOUIS DELEGATION LARGE LARGEMound Mound City to Be Well Represented Representedat at Derby Railroads Alone to toHandle Handle About 2000 ST LOUIS Mo May 6 The largest dele ¬ gation of St Louisians to witness the Ken ¬ tucky Derby in the history of the Churchill Downs classic is promised this year Rail ¬ road officials estimate that fully 2000 people will be handled out of St Louis for Louis ¬ ville Thursday and Friday nights nightsGeorge George Herring L N representative states that his road will send three specials to Louisville Friday night each carrying thirteen sleepers The business to Louisville is so heavy that the L N is running a special to Louisville Thursday night with eight extra sleeping cars carsDan Dan McNamara B O representative stated that his line would send three special trains to Louisville Friday night One train will carry the Kirkland tour of 200 reserva ¬ tions the fourth such annual Kirkland tour to the Derby DerbyAnother Another special over the B O will carry a delegation of 100 medical men from Jack ¬ son County Mo In addition to the specials the B O will operate extra sleeping cars on their three regular Louisville trains the National Limited the Metropolitan Special and the Diplomat


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