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Churchill Downs Notes LOUISVILLE Ky May 1 Tom Dewitt wellknown Louisville turf enthusiast is a daily visitor at Douglas Park and Churchill Downs DownsMr Mr and Mrs Sam Rosen of New Orleans who have not missed a Kentucky Derby in fifteen years arrived here Thursday ThursdayCharles Charles H Cleary owner of Flyhg Lill and a party of friends arrived from Chicago to remain for the Derby DerbyJockey Jockey John Beedle accepted his first mount of the current meeting Thursday astride Sam Rouchers Electric Hee s sHedda Hedda Hopper famous writer and former stage star is coming from California for her annual Derby visit visitTheodore Theodore Stula Cleveland business man arrived and will remain for the running of the Kentucky Derby DerbyMr Mr and Mrs Hugh S Nesbitt arrived from New York to watch their Staretor take part in the Derby Jockey E Elam canceled his mounts Thursday The rider fell from Little Birka i Wednesday Elam stated he would accept nount on Friday FridayI I The threeyearold Embrace was registered i iiiursuay muniing uy nian xayior wno 13 conditioning the horse for J S Hale Em ¬ brace is stabled at Douglas Park ParkMr Mr and Mrs Clarence Nelson Houston 1 and Mr and Mrs W E Duffy Fort Worth I were greeted here by George McCamey also of Fort Worth 1 Bud Burmeister turf correspondent and i breeding authority came from Fort Worth by plane and will remain for a week From here he goes to Pimlico for the Preakness Preaknessi i Johnny Adams arrived in Louisville Thurs ¬ day by plane to fulfill his engagement in the 1 Kentucky Derby astride Cleaveland Put ¬ nams Swain SwainI 1 I Arriviifg from New York J H Schlesinger New Orleans conditioner expects to take over five horses quartered in Kentucky for racing at Detroit 1 J A Mooney registered the threeyearold i j Fee dOr for Miss Elsie Shackleford of Lex I ington and the twoyearolds My Advice and Marge Advice for Fred Allen of Versailles VersaillesMuch Much improved in health Col Phil T Chinn motored from Lexington Ky Thurs ¬ day to inspect the horses he has here in charge of William Crump CrumpBetween Between ninety and a hundred fans are en route here from California aboard the E P Slip Madigan special over the Santa Fe system systemGeorge George Howell will move his five horses and the three which he trains for Baylor O Hickman to Churchill Downs from Douglas Park ParkHere Here for the Derby in which their Por ¬ ters Cap is one of the favorites are Mi and Mrs Charles S Howard of San Fran In his warmup for a longer trial tomor row Louis Tufanos Derby contender Mar ket Wise worked three furlongs in 37 this morning morningEarl Earl B Smith added the twoyearolds Transway Playful Lass and Boston Mint to his stable after their safe arrival from the Smith farm ih San Angelo Texas The trio is the property of Mrs J D Blakeney BlakeneyC C N Cabe Rogers inactive since last fall due to illness was an arrival from his home in Latonia Rogers a veteran clocker expects to undergo an operation this summer for removal of cataracts on both eyes eyesJohn John H Morris master of Bosque Bonita Stud in Woodford County and who trained and saddled Azra for his victory in the 1892 Kentucky Derby plans on being here Satur day dayM M C Keefe who recently shipped Keefe King useful Swift Light to Louisville from Keeneland reported the filly has com ¬ pletely recovered from fever and coughing and is back in training R W Lilly arrived from Lexington with Khaygram Vivacious Lady and Rompedor and the trio is quartered at Douglas Park The horses are the property of J S Wiggin ton Jr Mr and Mrs W C Stroube of Corsicana were among the many prominent Texans who arrived here Wednesday They are en ¬ tertaining a large party of friends at the Derby Their horses will campaign over the Chicago circuit this season seasonDarrell Darrell Clingman sixteenyearold Here ¬ ford Texas prospect had the first mount of his career Thursday when he rodS Trop ical Gal in the first race at Churchill Downs Clingman under contract to T H Heard Jr scales 85 pounds Pretty Rose and Martha Collins who win tered at Churchill Downs under trainer Robert Witwer left Thursday for Sports mans Park in charge of G S Riley who took over the horses for Mr and Mrs E R Morris Louis Echle who managed the mutuel de partment at Oriental Park in 1940 arrived from Miami to witness his first Kentucky Derby Echle has been on the turf for forty years but heretofore was engaged in Mary ¬ land at Derby time timeJ J J Sirl checked in from Keeneland with the public stable he conditions The estab lishment is in quarters at Douglas Park and Sirl will have Some Man Some Ad and Hello Zac for Walter S Payne Winlette for D T Watts and Sir L Sir Islam and Miss Relief to campaign under bis own colors Sirl re ported that the good mare Silverette has been retired from racing and was bred to Cravat March 15