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Fans From All Sectors Mingle in DerbyCrowd DerbyCrowdOverflow Overflow to Centerfield After Grandstand Is Filled by900 A M MCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 1 Rapidly growing clusters of fans gathered at the gates of Churchill Downs this morning as soonas the rains stopped at about 630 emerging from the shelter of blocks around While they waited for the gates to open horses were going through their drills on the track and there were already several hundred patient patrons on the outside while Coaltown was amaz doorways porches and cars parked for ing the workwatchers workwatchersVendors Vendors of balloons souvenir badges and gardenias came with the first enthusiasts The vast reaches of the main grandstand filled early and the crowd began to flow into the lower portion of the centerfield before 900 oclock while the areas be ¬ hind the stands were crowded a half hour later The women had evidently been watching the sky with anxious eyes for the majority were gaily attired in anticipation of the bright sun More than an hour be ¬ fore the field paraded to the post at 1130 early comers began to take their places in the reserved boxes and hungry patrons crowded the dining rooms roomsAt At 1030 the bars opened and the ven ¬ dors of mint juleps began to circulate through the throng The grandstand and the clubhouse lawn section extending half way around the clubhouse turn showed few vacant spaces at first post time but the boxes and re ¬ served sections held few more than the original early birds Fort Kriox Band Entertains EntertainsThe The early patrons were entertained by the music of the military band from Fort Knox that paraded in the centerfield an hour before the first race then took up stations along the rail on either side of theV observation tower near the finish line Five more colorfully uniformed divisions augmented the harmony before the sec ¬ ond race The first two to parade were Devils Red and Bright Blue jackets re ¬ spectively the colors of Calumet Farm The University of Louisvilles aggregation which was playing for its 13th Derby was led by little Doris Gramig who has gained national fame as abeautiful drum major and Vic Faber former champion leader from Ohio It was thisbest dressed band Continued on Page Eight Race Fans From All Parts of Country Mingle in Cosmopolitan Derby Crowd j Grandstand Fills Quickly With Overflow Going Into Centerfield by 900 A M MContinued Continued from Page One Onein in Dixie that struck up the thrilling notes of My Old Kentucky Home as the first Derby candidate stepped on the historic track trackBands Bands from the University of Kentucky Western State Teachers College Miami University of Oxford Ohio and St Xavier high school kept the air filled with music musicThirtyfive Thirtyfive special trains and more than 50 special planes arrived during the morn ¬ ing The special planes were in addition to the regular flights of the several lines servicing this city All arriving regularly scheduled trains carried extra coaches and 11 private cars were reported in local sid ¬ ings ingsThe The number of private planes checked in at Bowman field set a record recordA A mass flight of planes from Ohio Valley fighter bases of the Kentucky Ohio and West Virginia National Guard was on the program and aircraft innumerable were above the course while the Derby was being run runIn In the Billings rooting section were some 30 ardent fans who came from Montana Traveling in two special cars they left Bill ¬ ings Thursday night nightEdward Edward H Crump Tennessee political leader and Mrs Crump were joined by several friends for the Derby The Crumps arrived here earlier in the week as did O H Miller a leader in the road equipment field in the South and Jack L Chambers Memphis broker brokerMr Mr and Mrs H J Damm Harry M Reid Jr and Dr Harry Jones were owners of thoroughbreds among the many enthu ¬ siasts who came from Indianapolis Ohios governor H G Herbert and Sen ¬ ator John W Bricker and their wives came from Lexington wtih their host and hostess Mr and Mrs John W Galbreath of Columbus and Lexington LexingtonSecretary Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Ander ¬ son his wife and daughter and Gov Mil lard F Caldwell of Florida were with Ken ¬ tuckys chief executive Earle C Clements and Mrs Clements ClementsGoverenorelect Goverenorelect Earl K Long of Lou ¬ isiana and his party occupied two club ¬ house boxes Yesterday evening the popu ¬ lar Long was presented the key to the city by Alan Schneider city hall publicre ¬ lations chief fajGen Roscoe Crawford and Mrs Crawford of Washington were guests of Mrs Lee Hamilton and Miss Handy Lee Hamilton of this city cityMr Mr and Mrs Lowry Watkins had Mrs Mary Stephenson of Cincinnati and Mr and Mrs Alex Stokes of Whitehorse Pa in ther Derby party Watkins is one of Kentuckys bestknown amateur riders ridersThe The private car of Gov Ralph Gates of Indiana was a part of a special from In ¬ dianapolis Close to 400 made the trip on the Govenrors special specialMr Mr and Mrs William H Veeneman Sr and their son and daughterinlaw Mr and Mrs William H Veeneman Jr had a score or more guests in their several club ¬ house boxes Mr Veeneman Sr one of Kentuckys leading racing patrons has one of the largest stables here Guests of the younger Veenemans included Mr and Mrs Dwight Cornwell at Bartlesville Okla OklaMr Mr and Mrs D F Mayberry of Reids ville and Zachary Smith of WinstonSa lem N C were guests of Mr and Mrs Stephen Reynolds ReynoldsMr Mr and Mrs A B Collins had in their box Mr and Mrs Ellis Early of Cincinnati and Mrs Joseph Lee McKennon and Mrs Tom Dumas of Arkansas ArkansasFederal Federal housing administration com ¬ missioner Franklin D Richards and F H A Zone Commissioner F A Van Patten here from Washington were reported in the big happy crowd crowdThomas Thomas J Hargrave chairman of the Army and Navy Munitions Board was a guest of G A Heuser local industrialist Hargrave also heads the Eastman Kodak Company CompanyMr Mr and Mrs Thomas R Underwood in their usual clubhouse box were visited by many friends during the afternoon Under ¬ wood is editor of the Lexington Herald is secretary of the Kentucky State Racing Commission and serves the National As ¬ sociation of Racing Commissoners in the dual role of secretary and tresasurer tresasurerMovie Movie actress Ann Sheridan and Steve Hannigan New York publicist and adver ¬ tising executive came in early and re mained for the entire program Among the guests of Edward J Fleming head of the Lincoln Fields track near Chicago they have been in Louisville for several days Others with Fleming for todays important racing included John Davin president of the Nickel Plate Railroad Leigh Battson president of Santa Anita William E Fay of Joliet and a member of the Illinois Rac ing Board George McManus noted car ¬ toonist and creator of Jiggs judges Patrick T Stone and Ryan T Duffy of Wis consin Miss Frances Policy and Mrs Mi ¬ chael Igoe both of Chicago
