Latest Gossip And News From Churchill Downs, Daily Racing Form, 1939-05-06

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, 1 m r ■ ■ ■ f LATEST GOSSIP AND NEWS | g the ent FROM CHURCHILL DOWNS , By DAILY RACING FORMS j « Leased Wires I j; » * TJ Mr. and Mrs. Tom Christopher and O. R. c Farrell arrived from Miami and will remain until after the running of the Derby. B Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Shamberg, of Miami, £ N. ■will be guests of H. M. Woolf. £ Mr. and Mrs. V. Wyse, whose racing silks r-are familiar to patrons of many of the principal tracks, were expected from their home fi in Houston. h John Marsch returns Saturday from Chicago to join Mrs. Marsch and their Derby S guest, Dr. John Klein, also of Chicago. The ! n Marsch thoroughbreds, trained by Roscoe -, Goose, are campaigning here, and Kings h Blue, one of the stables stars, battled Arabs i t Arrow to a dead heat for honors in Thurs- . C days feature. 3 Richard B. George, prominent business £ man of Dallas, Texas, accompanied by his j family, was in the pre-Derby gathering this 3 £ afternoon. Mr. George maintains Glad Acres 3 3 thoroughbred nursery in Dallas and races 3 . " a stable under the same nom de plume. x Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Roeser are among r those prominent in the delegation that came I 1 from- Fort Worth, Texas, to participate in I the Derby Day festivities. ; George Carpenter, New York brokerage q J firm executive, is scheduled to arrive, from 1 , Manhattan Saturday morning to root for the e 1 Eastern representatives in the sixty-fifth k ] Derby. . . Martin Hayes, Nashville, Tenn., broker, is • scheduled to put in his appearance Saturday v morning. Warren Wright, master of Calumet Farm, X and Mrs. Wright have as their guests Mr. r and Mrs. John Hertz, of New York; Charles s ; McCullough, of Chicago; Dr. Charles H. I. Strub, general manager of Santa Anita, and d Mrs. Strub, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Car-ruthers, r- of Versailles, Ky. Mrs. John M. Gaver, Miss Martha Lawson n Brown, Mr. and Mrs. James Molly, Miss Alice :e Molly, Mr. and Mrs. Louis L. Haggin II. and d Mr. and Mrs. Newt Combs composed a party v to come from Lexington. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Hancock and Arthur r_ Hancock, Jr., of Claiborne Farm, were :e among the visitors from Paris. Thomas Piatt, nationally known breeder Jr and owner of Brookdale Stud, is here for his is twenty-fifth straight Derby. Leslie Combs II., manager of Walmac ic Farm and owner of Spendthrift Farm; Mrs. s. Combs, Mr. and Mrs. Lucas B. Combs and id Brownell Combs were among other Lcxing-tonians g- present. Henry M. Knight, of Almahurst Farm, and id Mrs. Knight motored from their Lexington n farm. Charles Asbury, Rhodes Estill, Charles A. A. Kenney, John Oliver Keene, Horace Davis, is* Col. Phil T. Chinn, William Caskey, Ralph V- Kercheval, J. Edward Bassett, Jr., Dan B. B Midkiff, Tom B. Young and Clarence Lebus us J were among the prominent breeders to come ne from the Blue Grass. H. Warren Hubbard and Charles L. L. Koehler were among the Derby guests of of John F. Curry. Arthur Miller, Kansas City barrister, heads ds a large party of racing fans coming from im the Missouri metropolis. James C. Ellis, western Kentucky distiller % ler and president of the Dade Park Jockey Club, ib, 1 m g the ent , « j; TJ c B £ N. £ fi h S ! n -, h i t . C 3 £ j 3 £ 3 3 3 . x r I 1 I ; q J 1 , e 1 k ] . is • v X r s ; I. d r- n :e d v r_ :e Jr his is ic s. id g- id n A. A. is* B. B us J ne L. L. of of ds im ler ib, his home in Owensboro, motored up from a a bringing several guests with him to be pres- cl Saturday. Ellis was a visitor earlier in m ill, week. fi Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gough, of Los An- H geles; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fuller, of Chi- w cago; Miss Sarah Ransdell, of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gubb, of Philadelphia, a a and Mr. and Mrs. James Carmine will be jj, Derby guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. w Carney. y Mrs. James Mitchell and Mrs. Robert l L. Byrd, who arrived from Winston Salem, w C, several days ago, are being enter- Sl tained by Dr. George W. Holmes and Mrs. -w Holmes. K David Strauss entertained a big party of friends who motored from Cincinnati with n him. • . j Edward J. Hughes, Illinois Secretary of ft State, and Mrs. Hughes will have Judge Nor- . E man L. Jones as their guest. Herbert M. Woolf is "having as his guests ! n his sister, Mrs. D. M. Lightum, Miss Ger- v trude Lightum and Barney Allis, of Kansas City; Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Shamberg, of . Miami, and Joseph M. Schenck, of Los An- Howard Chandler Christy, noted painter, and Mrs. Christy arrived from Washington yesterday. c John W. Haines, undersecretary of the r treasury, and Mrs. Hanes will be the guests of Mrs. Hanes sister, Mrs. James C. Hen- 1 ning. I Jesse H. Jones, chairman of the Recon- 3 struction Finance Corporation, will arrive ] from Washington tomorrow. In another party arriving tomorrow morn- ] ing will be J. Leonard Replogle, Philadelphia millionaire and horseman. ] Emerson F. Woodward, owner of Valdina -s Farms, and Mrs. Woodward came from their home at Houston, Texas. William C. Semple, formerly of Louisville, • and Mrs. Semple made the long trip from ] their home in Paris, France, to witness the ; running of the sixty-fifth Kentucky Derby. ; They are the guests of Samuel A. Culbert- ; son, chairman of the board of directors of Churchill Downs-Latonia, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Landenberg, of St. Louis, and Mr. and Mrs. William Phillips and Dr. Cary Langhorne, of Virginia, are the guests of Mrs. Levis Hamilton, From far away Honolulu came Mr. and Mrs. J. Piatt Cooke to be the guests of the J. Byron Hilliards. Mr. and Mrs. John Newell, of Cleveland, also are being entertained by the Hilliards. Mr. and Mrs. George Schofield, of Buffalo; Mr. and Mrs. Fi M. Rosencranz, of Kansas City, and Mr. David D. Bard, of New York, are the guests of F. W. Carter, W. C. Stroube, owner of one of the more prominent racing stables, Mrs. Stroube and James R. Collins came from Corsicana, Texas, for the Derby, Rancher and oil man E. Paul Waggoner, of Arlington, Texas, arrived several days in advance of the scheduled Kentucky Derby presentation, renewing acquaintances with his many friends in turfdom. Walter Carey, business man and ardent sports fan of Miami, Fla., came from the Everglades state to witness the renewal of the Kentucky Derby. Mrs. Thomas J. Pendergast, wife of the Missouri political figure, and her daughter, Miss Ailcen Pendergast, were expected from Kansas City Friday, Thomas McGee, prominent Kansas City insurance broker, who years ago was business agent for Edward Corrigan, was seen in the clubhouse Friday.- He has not missed a Derby for many years.


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