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fc " "/ TS .a*., y ■■■ : ■■■ ■ . ;-:■:-.:■:■ . rr. — ™ ■ ■ — ™— — — ""! ■ Derby Attracts Leaders in All Fields Washington Solons* Well Represented Cabinet Officers Humphrey, Talbott, McKay, Ivy Baker Priest, Adm. Radford Present By OSCAR OTIS CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky., May 7— Today s vast assemblage of people for the 81st running of the Kentucky Derby once again proved the reputation that the race has earned for bringing together, for one common purpose, the most important group of people in all America. So called "big wheels" or top brass" of the world of sports, finance, industry, and government were out in force to be a part of the greatest turf spectacle that racing affords. Royal visitors were the Shah of Iran and his wife, the Empress, while from official Washington came Secretary of the Treasury George M. Humphrey, Secretary of Air Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay, Treasurer Ivy Baker Priest, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Arthur Radford. Senators included Earle C. Clements of Kentucky, Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. Walter F. George of Georgia and Homer Capehart of Indiana. Governor Weatherby Host Lawrence Weatherby. governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, played host to a number of fellow governors, including Frank Clement of Tennessee, Robert F. Kennon of Louisiana. J. Bracken Lee of ] Utah, George N. Craig of Indiana, Thfeo- j dore M. Keldin. Jr., of Maryland, James E. Folsom of Alabama, Allan Shivers of Texas, William G. Stratton of Illinois, Or- j val Forbus of Arkansas, William C. Mary-lurid of West Virginia, and Raymond Gary of Oklahoma. Also noted in the clubhouse dining room, l or clubhouse boxes were: R. H. Abercrom- | bie of Texas, John D. Allen, Chicago. John Anderson, Chicago; Clarkson Beard, Lex- j ington; Harry O. Bercher, Chicago; M. J. Bernet, Cleveland ; Charles Berns, New J York; Sherman Billingsley. New York; I Kenneth Black, New York; Judge William! F. Bleakley, New York; Roland S. Bond.1 Dallas; D. I. Boyle, Lexington; William M. Boyle, Jr.. Chevy Chase, Md.; Edward i Brennan, Monmouth Park; Andrew Broad- j dus, Mayor of Louisville; William Burke, Chicago; James Butler, Yonkers, N. Y.; Billy G. Byars, Dallas; Andrew Calhoun and Patrick Calhoun, Jeffersonville, Ind.; M. C. Callahan. Birmingham, Mich.; Bruce A. Campbell and N. D. Campbell, East St. Louis, I1L Happy Chandler in Crowd Also Fred Carpi, Philadelphia: Sam B. Casey, Pittsburgh; A. B. "Happy* Chandler; Colonel Guy W. Chipman, Sen Antonio; John C. Clark, Binghamton; Charle-ton Clay, Paris, Ky.; John D. Coffin, New York; Leslie Combs n., Lexington; Gene Constantin, Dallas; James Conzelman. St. Louis; Ashley Corum, Madison ville, Ind.; W. H. Cosgrove, Pittsburgh; John Costello, Dallas; D. A. Crawford, Chicago; Andrew J. Crevolin, San Dimas, Colif.; Leo T. Crowley, Chicago; Joseph Cunningham, Dalanco, N. J.; Judge Charles I. Dawson, Harry A. De Butts, Washington, D. C; Richard Deupree, Cincinnati; F. Eugene Dixon, Jr., Philadelphia; Allen Dobsen, Nashville, and Dr. William Brown Doherty, New York. Also Hon. James H. Douglass. Spencer Drayton, New York; William duPont, Jr., CABINET OFFICERS VIEW DERBY RUNNING— Secretary of the Treasury, I George M. Humphrey left and Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of Air, were among ] the many government officials witnessing Saturdays 81st Kentucky Derby run. Wilmington, Del.; Harry M. Durning. New I York; C. B. Dushane, Jr.. Philadelphia; j Ralph R. Deahl, Cleveland; Paul Ebelhardt, Lexington. Also Phil Iselin. Monmouth Park; Ivan Thomas, Centennial Park; Jack G. Demp- E sey, Los Angeles; Harry M. Warner, Wood- I land Hills, Calif.; Rex Ellsworth. Chino, Calif.; Lou Smith, Rockingham Park; Leo j ODonnell, Boston; Edmond G. Coffey, j Floral Park, Long Island; C. Ray Robin- j son, Merced, Calif.; Helen Carruthers, Ver- -j saiiles, Ky.; Wathen Knebelkamp. presi- j dent of the NASRC; M. R. "Beans" Lati- j mer, Denver; Guy M. Daniels of Mexico j City, whose horse won the Derby Mexicana j on a Sunday recently at the Hipodromo de j las Americas; John and Tony Alessio of j. Caliente, Mexico, operators of the famed j future book on the Derby. * Also John S. Letellier and Thelma Pel- 1 leteri of the Fair Grounds, New Orleans; "5 Kline Weatherford, Arlington-Washington . Parks: John H. Clark of Chitlin Switch, I j Ky.; Mrs. John Payson Adams. San Jose, j Calif.: Lou Pondfield, Pimlico: F r a n k j I C o n k 1 i n, Toronto; Kenneth M. Leach, : I Calgary. I 1 Robert Enos, Coraopolis, Pa.: Ivan Es- J cott. New York: T. M. Evans, Pittsburgh; J B. F. Fairless, Pittsburgh: Hon. James A. J Farley. New York; Tom Farrell, Birming-, ■ ham, Mich.; Tom Farrington, Gordon * Fawcett, New York; Roger Fawcett. New J .York; W. H. Fawcett, Jr., New York; j .Henry L. Finch, New York; Charles T. * Fisher. Detroit; Larry Fisher, Detroit; * ; W. A. Fisher, Detroit; William J. Flaherty, * 1 Chicago: E. E. Fogelson. Dallas; D. W. ] Forbes, Dallas; Clinton Frank, Chicago; J ! Harvey Fruehauf, George A. Garrett, ! Washington, D. C; A. B. Gay, Spring Sta- ! tion, Ky.; R. B. George. Dallas; Price Gil- ] bert, Atlanta ; Bernard F. Gimbel, New J j York; Arthur Godfrey, William Goetz, J 1 Universal City, Calif.; P. H. Gieer, Holly- J wood, Calif. Also, Hon. Noble Gregory, Washington, D. C; Harry F. Guggenheim, New York; | J. D. Gortatowsky, New York; Louis Lee 1 In a live test of new fire-rescue and fire-fighting equipment ot Washington Park, three Men from Mars save a trapped man from a blazing, gasoline-fed inferno. Firemen stand by with high-pressure fog to knock out the flames. The new suits, created of olumi-nized asbestos and equipped with Scott Air-Pa k oxygen masks, were especially designed at the request of Benjamin F. Lindheimer, executive director of. I j E I j j j -j j j j j j j. j * 1 "5 . I j j j I : I I 1 J J J ■ * J j * * * ] J ] J J J i Haggin II., Lexington; A. B. Hancock. Paris, Ky.; Arnold Hanger, Miami Beach; Norvin Harris, New Orleans; Col. Joseph , M. Hartfield, New York; Tom Hayward, j Birmingham, Mich.; Duval A. Headley, 1 Lexington ; Hal Rice Headley, Lexington ; j William Randolph Hearst, New York ; John . Hertz, New York; Nathan Herzfeld, Miami: i ! Edwin Hodge. Jr., Pittsburgh; Frank K. ! . Houston, New York: Roy W. Howard, New I Tact; Maj. Clark Howell, Atlanta; H. L. Hughes, New York; E. H. Hulsey, Dallas; i Harry C. Hunt, Pebble Beach, Calif.; I , Francis T. Hunter, Dallas; Frank Hunter. New York; Joe Hutchison, Atlanta; Judge i Michael J. Igoe, Chicago? M. S. Ingleright, j Dallas; Edwin F. Jaeckle, Buffalo, N. Y.; ; ! : Homer Johnson, Mamaroneck, New York; i Dave R. Jones. Cleveland; W. Alston Jones, New York; Warner Jones, Goshen, New , York. : j Hancock and Hanger Present j Also, John B. Kelly. Philadelphia; Harold jKern, Boston: Ray E. Keator, New York; , E. I. Kilroe. New York; Harold Klaine, j West Palm Beach, Fla.: Robert J. Kleberg, Jr., Kingsville, Tex.; Henry H. Knight, | Lexington: Robert Kriendler, New York; Clarence LeBus and Frazer Le Bus, Lexington; j Gene Leone, New York; Dan Levy, j Fort Worth, Tex.: H. A. Leyman, Cincin- nati; Lewis T. Lohman, Dallas; J. Couper Lord, Buffalo; George Love, Pittsburgh; Leonard Lyons, New York; J. P. Mackenzie, J Inglewood, Calif.; L. S. MacPhail. ! Belair, Md.; Gene Markey, Lexington; ! Louis B. Mayer, W. Alexa Mayfield, Chicago; A. H. Meadows, Dallas; James H. Meek, Dallas; Marvin Millsap, Denver; j W. A. Moncrief, Fort Worth; Clifford Mooers, Lexington: C. A. Moore m., I Stratford, Conn.; Eugene Mori, Camden, i : N. J.; Harry W. Moses, Washington, D. C; j C. W. Murchison and Kenneth Murchison, ■ i Dallas; Adrian Murphy, New York. ! Also, John E. McClure, Washington, D. C L. F. McCollum, Houston, William J. Continued on Page Forty -Three I Arlington-Washington Park. They were created by the Wheeler Protective Apparel Company of Chicago. The new equipment will be in service for the Balmoral-at-Washington Park meeting, which gets under way on May 16. 2 Here is the man pulled out of the flames by the Men from Mars. The fire-suits coated with olumi-num, iMR 6ver 90 per Cent; of arty iritente heat, enabling the rescuers to plunge directly into the flames or smoke. The fire-fighters left to right are Leo Bydalek, Washington Park fireman; Bil FlaHavhon. of the Wheeler Company, and Robert Epstein, Arlington-Washington assistant director of racing. 3 The final live test of the Mars suits was how a thoroughbred would react if a rescuer led one from a danger-zone. Here, Bill FlaHavhan learns that Fred W. Hoopers Chilean import, Corabarodor, takes to the weird costume naturally as rider Art Clode ogrees. Leaders in All Walks Of Life Attend Derby Cabinet Officers Humphrey, Talbott and McKay See Race Continued from Page Six McCormack, New York, Frank M. McHale, Indianapolis, R. C. Mcllwain, Richard Nash, Chicago, James R. Nicholson, East St. Louis, James D. Norris, New York, Joseph Nunan, New York, Thomas F. OBrien, Jr., New York, A. C. OConnell, Pittsburgh, Louis B. CNeil, San Antonio, Lee Olwell, New York, Frank Parker, Harry A. Parr m, Baltimore; D. W. Paul, Atlanta, Edwin W. Pauley, Los Angeles, Herbert A. Payne, New York, John Perona, New York, Stuy-vesant Peabody, Jr., Chicago, J. Samuel Perlman, New York, John H. Berry, New York; H. C. Pope, Baton Rouge, La., Paul A. Porter, Washington, D. C, Lewis M. Parsons, Pittsburgh, Frederick H. Rahr, New York, Paul Raigorodsky, Dallas, Frank Regan, New York, Major General George W. Read, Jr., Fort Knox, A. E. Reuben, Toledo, C. M. Rood, Hollywood Park, Calif., Donald Ross, Wilmington, Del., T. L. Ryan, New York, Wm. P. Roth, Pittsburgh, Frederick H. Rahr, New York, Walter J. Salmon, Jr., Lexington, G. A. Sabage, Chicago, G. C. Schoonmaker, Dallas, Bill Seeman, Dallas, William Seeman, New York, James Seward, New York. . Others in Vast Assemblage Also, E. Dale Shaffer, Lexington, John Shapiro, Laurel, Md., Jesse M. Shelton, Atlanta, Toots Shor, New York, Richard W. Slocum, Philadelphia, A. Craig Smith, Boston, Harold V. Smith, New York, Wm. A. Smith, Houston, J. G. Taylor Spink, St. Louis, Cnas. P. Stevenson, Buffalo, Wade Stevenson, Buffalo, Horace Stoneham, New York, Peter Strub, Arcadia, Calif., Roy Sturgis, Dallas, John L. Sullivan, Kerr-ville, Tex., Jack Surdam, Buffalo, Herbert Bayard Swope, New York, Hon. Harold E. Talbott, Washington, D. C, E. P. Taylor, Ontario, Can., Matty J. Tracy, Palm Beach, Fla., Niles Trammell, New York, W. F. Tunney, Lajolla, Calif., R. J. Turner, Oklahoma City, Judge Solve Tuso, Vineland, N. J., Hon. Thomas R. Underwood, Vernon Underwood, Mark Upson, Cincinnati; Frank R. Warton, Chicago, Seymour Weiss, New Orleans, L. L. White, Cleveland, C. V. Whitney, Lexington, John Hay Whitney, Lexington, Aksel Wichfield, Palm Beach, Fla., George D. Widener, Ed. Wilhelm, New York, Hon. Simeon Willis, Ashland, Ky., Gwynn Wilson, Arcadia, Calif., R. W. Woodruff, Atlanta, William Woodward, Jr., New York, Herbert M. Woolf, Kansas City, Oliver G. Willets, Pittsburgh, Burl Watson, New York, Marshall Young, Forf Worth, Walter A. Young, New York and William Ziegler, New York. Also G. Barker Seeley, Monmouth Park; Phil Baker, Atlantic City; J. Kel Hous-sells, Las Vegas, Nev.; Bob Lytle, Los Angeles; Donald Ross of Delaware Park; Oscar Levy, Baltimore, Sid R. Richardson, Dallas; -Townsend B. Martin, Monmouth Park; Kenneth Murchison, Dallas; Ivan Thomas, Centennial Race Track; W. W. Tiny Naylor, Riverside. Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hagyard, Mrs. Walter Salmon, Walter Salmon, Jr., Ed Thomas, Warner L. Jones, Jr., Clifford Mooers, Preston Burch, Mrs. Dodge Sloane, | Harry B. Scott, Jr., John Steele, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Combs II., Baylor Hickman, Matt Winn Williamson, Mollie Culluns, H. F. Krimendahl, Leslie Brownell Combs n., Doc Bond, Freeman Keyes, Frank Sanders, J. E. Bond, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Taylor, Tol-lie Young, Miss Mary Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. Allen F. Brewer, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Lucas Combs, Jack Denis. Also Julio Wertheim, Buenos Aires; Ed Kilroe, Aqueduct, and Leon Slavin, River Downs.
