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All Roads Leading ioDerbytown Today Some 100000 to Cram Historic Downs Both Racing and NonRacing Folk Alike Coming by Every Means of Transportation TransportationBy By OSCAR OTIS OTISCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 3 By plane train car and bus a veritable human sea is pouring into Louis ¬ ville for the 83rd running of the Kentucky Derby Americas greatest racing spectacle at the historic Downs Saturday Every mode of transportation is being pressed into use for the annual Rose Run pil ¬ grimage with some people even coming to Derbytown via boat from up the Ohio River at Cincinnati CincinnatiThe The classic event promises to attract an ¬ other record throng of 100000 the stand ¬ ard attendance figure issued by Churchill Downs officials each year Reserved seats and boxes have long been sold out as they are every year for Derby day and the crowd will cram into the grandstand and clubhouse spill over to the terraces and in ¬ field and almost literally hang from trie rafters to see the big race raceThe The City of Louisville again has laid careful plans to handle the problem cre ¬ ated by the sudden influx of 100000 per ¬ sons from all parts of the country The en ¬ tire Louisville Police Department will be jon duty Saturday with all leaves and days off canceled for the weekend weekendOnethird Onethird of the department has been assigned to traffic duty alone directing motorists to Churchill Downs Special markers have been erected all around Louisville and outlying areas pointing the way to the track State police will assist the city force in handling traffic at major intersections intersectionsFestivity Festivity gaiety frivolity permeates the air in Louisville Thousands of Derby goers already are on hand and thousands more will arrive Saturday While the ex ¬ citement stirred the Derby gains in mo ¬ mentum there is a noticeable and wel ¬ come lack of tenseness about the hotel situation situationThe The hostelries are crowded of course but accommodations have been easier to coma by this year than for recent Derby re ¬ newals Thousands of rooms have been made available in private homes and pull man cars of the many special trains will be employed as hotels in the citys rail ¬ road yards yardsTraditional Traditional southern hospitality is the byword all over town Restaurants and clubs have been preparing for the rush f or weeks and prices for the most part hav remained at the preDerby level levelThe The funloving funseeking Derby crowd gots its first taste of the festive air Thurs ¬ day night with the second annual Pegasus Parade which attracted an estimated 250000 It was a spectacle of pretty girls highstepping drum majorettes elaborate floats brass bands and military units unitsGay Gay Celebrants Derby Eve EveThe The frivolity reached its peak on Derby Eve the whole town coming alive with gay celebrants The gaiety was encouraged by city officials who relaxed their strict enforcement of local ordinances but never ¬ theless kept 3 sharp eye peeled to clamp down on vandalism and excessive rowdy ¬ ism It is estimated the Run for th Roses brings 15000000 in business to Louisville in the space of a couple of days daysProminent Prominent personalities in almost all fields of endeavor politics business en ¬ tertainment are on hand Senators con ¬ gressmen and about a dozen governors are here at the invitation of Gov A B Chand ¬ ler while the mayors of many cities also are present presentThe The exodus from Louisville after the Derby Saturday afternoon poses just as se ¬ rious a traffic problem as the crowd influx Major airlines have arranged shuttle serv ¬ ice from Chicago to Louisville Saturday morning the flights returning to the Windy City during the evening where con ¬ nections can be made for points all over the nation Trains and buses also will be ¬ gin carrying the visitors home right after the running of the face and the job is ex ¬ pected to be accomplished by Sunday night
