Service Men to Hear Derby, Daily Racing Form, 1944-04-24

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, j i | l i ! j j i J | j Service Men to Hear Derby LOUISVILLE. Ky., Afcril 22— Former jockey Chester Crowhurst, a member of the fighting forces in the South Pacific, sends word through a service companion, Edward Ashley, that all racing devotees among service men in that area hope to pick up the radio broadcast description of the Ken-i tucky Derby. Ashley "s brother, Frank, is a track announcer at Churchill Downs and other western courses. William Hanka. Kentucky youth now in the Navy, was a visitor at the local track today.


Persistent Link: https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1940s/drf1944042401/drf1944042401_21_3
Local Identifier: drf1944042401_21_3
Library of Congress Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/unk82075800