Whos Who In The Big Kentucky Derby Crowd At Churchill Downs, Daily Racing Form, 1937-05-10

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WHOS WHO IN THE BIG BIGKENTUCKY KENTUCKY DERBY CROWD CROWDAT AT CHURCHILL DOWNS Jockey Harry Richards was the last of the invading riders to reach here He came from Pimlico and due to his train being several hours late did not get to the track until after the running of the second race raceJames James C Ellis president of Dade Park Jockey Club headed a large delegation of Owensboro fans fansNoah Noah McClelland who served as placing judge for many years and now a member of the official family at Dade Park motored from his Crystal Springs farm for the classic classicLou Lou Smith well known race track man ¬ ager came from the East for the Derby The manager of Rockingham Park spoke glowingly of the manner in which the New England season opened at Narragansett Park ParkHerbert Herbert Bayard Swppe chairman of the New York State Racing Commission was in the party of Morton L Schwartz whose Bold Venture won the Derby last year Col yearCol Abe Hallow was a prominent member of delegationJames the New York delegation James W Parrish who has furnished many Derby starters since Midway carried his Terra Cotta and stone colors into third place back of Omar Khayyam and Ticket twenty years ago celebrated his 75th natal day DerbyRolled by rooting for his Dellor in the Derby Rolled Stockings was his hope in 1927 and although he was well beaten by Whiskery Osmand and Jock he later was a trouble some threeyearold and won several stakes tyi He now stands at the head of Parrish nursery nurseryMayor Mayor E J Kelly of Chicago was in a party which included Warren Wright John Hertz Leonard Florsheim Roy Carruthers and others othersMayor Mayor B P Dickman of St Louis also was in a large party of Derby visitors from the Mound City CityArkansas Arkansas was represented by its governor Carl E Dailey and his wife and members of the Arkansas Racing Commission J C Hilliard EnglandE Conway Hail and Ralph England E Reed Wilson mayor of Lexington was in a large group of racing enthusiasts who motored down for the big race raceIn In another party from Frankfort Ky was LieutGov Keene Johnson


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