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Receives Bad News at Track TrackCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 2 Four years ago one of the most bizarre sidelights of Derby history occurred when word was flashed that Hollywood Park had burned down The Derby was run on May 7 and Hollywood was to have opened on May 17 The news hit Derby town as a shock because Hollywood one of the most modern tracks in the nation was supposedly fireproof Tom Simmons then president of Hollywood Turf Club ar ¬ rived in Kentucky only that morning the track burning while he was en route He came to the racetrack and did not know of the conflagration until informed by newsmen
