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y . , Plenty of Derby Seats — But Still a Headache CHURCHILL DOWNS, Ltakville, Ky., May €.— If ywm. marc a referred seat at the Derby — there arc almost •#,•00— youll have fittest that seat through the efficient system worked •at by Russell Sweeney, the resident manager, who spends the whole year | •n this "headache." .A harried soul, under enormous pressure because there just arent enough seats for everyone who wants one, Sweeney does the best he can — and his best is awfully good. Once squared away inside the rambling plant, almost every Derby visitor likes to back the herse ef his choice, and in that case, he comes in contact with E. A. Weidakamp, if only by proxy through the ljt%% and some few more pari-mutuel department employes. Weidakamp is a veteran who rose to his executive psst through sheer merit under the late Matt J. Winn.
