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Derby Day News and Notes a t t e | c 1 l j , C I £ J I J i ] f j * J £ r . ] , i j , « J , . I | . CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky., May 1. John D. Allen, president of the Arlington Park Jockey Club, and Walter Gregory, head of the Washington Park Jockey Club, will be present and no doubt hoping to see a nip-and-tuck Derby contest, with the finish so close that most of the Derby starters will invade their tracks for the Classic Stakes and American Derby. Regardless of the Derby outcome, the two big Chicago fixtures appear headed for their finest renewals. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Nash and Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Nash have their customary clubhouse reservations. These popular Chicagoans have been keenly interested in racing for many years and campaign their own horses under the nom de course of Shandon Stable. John and Thomas Nash, sons of the P. A. Nashs, and Miss Nan OMalley will be in the party. Beverley Broun, president of the National Association of State Racing Commissioners, sent word that he would arrive from his home in Charleston, W. Va., today. Thomas R. Underwood, Lexington publisher and secretary of the commissioners body, will motor here from the Blue Grass capital tomorrow morning. Charles Krutckoff, Charles W. Bidwill and Thomas McHale, officers of the Chicago Business Mens Racing Association, have their usual reservations, and judge Joseph A. Murphy, who resides in St. Louis and also is active in the affairs of the Hawthorne track, may join them here. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Smith have had their box crowded with friends since the opening of the meeting. Tomorrow their party will be among the largest in the clubhouse enclosure. Mr. Smith is vice-chairman of the Kentucky State Racing Commission and he and his wife race all of the horses they raise on their farm near here.- A. C. Ernst, breeder and owner whose stable is absent for the first time in years, may come from his home in Cleveland for the famous Downs event. The Ernst horses are racing in New York. State racing commissioner S. Sewell Combs and Mrs. Combs delayed their arrival until tomorrow. They were over from Lexington for the opening of the meeting. Clem Theisen, local political figure and ardent racing fan, will have 10 local and as many out-of-town friends as his guests tomorrow. Another prominent club and radio performer with Derby reservations is Bernie Cummins, orchestra leader who is holding forth in popular fashion here. Don Ameche, one of the first of the radio and screen stars to arrive, has been here since Wednesday. He has raced several horses. William duPont, Jr., owner of the eastern Derby hope, Fairy Manah, is en route here from his home near Wilmington, Del. E. Marvin May, a former owner, and Mrs. May, are looked for among early Saturday arrivals from Cincinnati. The William C. Stroubes of Corsicana, Texas, arrived with their guests several days ago. With his Shady Brook Farm thoroughbreds off to a fine start here, Theodore E. Mueller, owner of that establishment and breeding farm, has double cause to be at the Downs tomorrow. Here for the opening of the meeting, he is traveling from Pittsburgh to greet his Derby guests on their arrival. Gen. J. Fred Miles, financier and a member of the Kentucky State Racing Commission, presides at the annual dinner of Kentucky Colonels here this evening. General Miles has a score of guests here for tomorrows race. His racing silks have been playing an important role here. Resident manager Russell Sweeney will have among his Derby guests the wives of a number of the countrys leading sports and turf writers. The entire party will dine as guests of Col. Daniel E. OSullivan, assistant to president Col. M. J. Winn, following the races. Ike J. Collins, stable owner and breeder, comes from Lancaster, Ohio, to take in tomorrows important program and remain for several days during which he hopes to see his silks carried to a victory or two. Mr. Collins is serving on the Ohio Racing Commission. Ben F. Lindheimer, accompanied by Mrs. Lindheimer, their two daughters and several friends, are motoring from French Lick Springs tomorrow morning. Stopping at T. D. Taggarts famous hostelry, they have been resting there for several days. With his nominee, Mans Man, out of the race, Cleaveland Putnam, Chicago turf patron, postponed his return north from Florida, but he may get here for the closing week of the meeting. His horses are trained by Charles E. Durnell. Sammy Walsh, one of the countrys best-known entertainers, has been a regular at the Downs since his arrival here to fill a local engagement. Sammy has many friends among turfmen and is a better than run-of-the-mine handicapper. Mr. and Mrs. Warner Jones have a house full of guests at their Hermitage Farm and all will be with their popular hosts at Churchill Downs tomorrow. Mr. Jones is a director of the American Turf Association. Edward J. Hughes, Illinois secretary of state, came from Washington to be with Edward J. Fleming of Chicago, Col. Matt J. Winn, head of the Downs, and others in the latters large and happy group. A. B. "Happy" Chandler, United States senator from Kentucky and former governor of the state, and C. Wayland Brooks, United States senator from Illinois, notified friends they would be here tomorrow. L. B. Wilson, head of the WKCY radio station, will desert Covington, Ky., for the day. He sent word that the Derby contingent from that city will equal, if not surpass, that of a year ago. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams are bringing a number of friends from Cincinnati for the day. Mr. Williams is the owner of the Chaswil Stable. J. Graham Brown, owner of the Brown Hotel Stable, will have Harold E. Harter, hotel executive, and Mrs. Harter, among his Derby guests.
