New Britain herald., 1930-05-17
THOUSANDS FAVOR GALLANT F0X' AS
 DERBY DAY DAWNS
Sande and Mount Prime Favor ties in Turf Classic C-CrOWd
 Simmer This Year
CAPITALISTS RUB ELBOWS
 WITH POOR AT CLASSIC

Race Enthusiasts From All Sec
 tions of Country and Even From
 Europe in Louisville For Historic
 Clash Comparative Calm for
 Change, Marks Contest This Year -Wagers Less Numerous.
 Louisville, Ky. May Y P)-High tarlf or low, big navy or small. wet Or dry-today was derby day.
 Times may have changed. more exciting scenes may have ushered in previous Kentucky classics of the turf, higher levers Of wagering may have been manifest in more pros- porous times, but today at least the thoroughbred once again was king in the Blue Grass region. and Louisville, as of old, seethed with the turbulent spirit, the thrill and hubbub of the most speCta cular of American horse races.
 All Classes Rub Elbows
 It takes more than the weightly affairs of Wall street and Washing7 ton to keep them away, And so today found the captains of indus try, the steersmen Of state and the Earl Of Derby himself. here from England for the first time, mingling with the proverbial beauty and chivalry of the old south. the boys" from the big cities of east and west. and the hardboots from or kain- tuck.
 They came to see the 56th run hing of the Kentucky derby, at one mile and d quarter. with s50,000 added, a gold trophy to the winning owner and a horseshoe of roses 10 the thoroughbred crowned monarch Of his class. They came to see whether Earle Sande would fulfill popular expectations and ride the eastern favorite, Gallant Fox, to vic 'NI oNtl III IlCPto oA 'il' Ntot fho Tannery, Gallant Knight and Buckeye Poet.
 In short, these thousands from cast. and west. north and south came 10 rub elbows. wager. cheer and feel the throbbing thrill in a climatic whirl of spirited horse flesh around the picturesque oval of Churchill Downs, lasting scarcely more than two minutes. It is only 3 flash of color, q mad dash and full-throated roar, this Kentucky derby, but in its tradition and clam orous setting, has made it one of he greatest classics of American sport.
 Day Comparatively Calm
 AS derbies have come and gone, this ore has furnished a compara- lively calm and peaceful prelude to the excitement that even hard times and d small field should not dimin- ish. as today brought nj the final rush and jostling jam of turf fol- lowers.
 Taxi drivers and even hotelkeep- CTS. selling rooms at s20 a day, have complained that business is not up to the tlevel of former years. At the Downs, the s2 mutucl iron men" have been getting the play" from bettors who formerly march up prosperously to the $50 windows. Fewer special trains have brought their throngS of the faithful. Many familiar faces are missing. Even the Earl of Derby has been indis- posed for tw5 days, unable to full fill many Of his engagements be- cause Of severe cold, but his lord ship due here today from LeXing- ton, fully expected to watch his first American derby and present the famous trophy 10 the proud owner of the victorious thorough bred.
 16 Listed to start
 Sixteen horses, the smallest array in three years, were named ycster- day 10 start; but more than 15, and possibly no more than F, may ac- tually go 10 the post this afternoon when the bugle sounds around 5:15 o'clock Central Standard time) for the fifth race of the program.
 From the outset of derby spec ulation, the field has been so dom
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