The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-05-05
VISITORS JAM
LOUISVILLE
FORBIC RACE
VIII Rogers, Jas. A. Far
ley, Senator Byrd Will
be Among Spectators
By KENNETH D. FRY
United Press Staff Correspondent

Onlkeo NrSSS Shah
LOUISVILLE, KY. May s.
(UP). - Dowagers. politicians,
glittering blondes, plain folk from
the Kentucky hills. and shifty-
eyed toutS were piling into Louis
willie today for the Kentucky
Derby Saturday.
The derby. an annual horse race
for So years, now is time-hon-
orcd test for three-year-OldS at
ramshackle Churchill ID ow n :,
sprawlcd over a vast stretch Of
land on the outskirts of this dingy
city on the banks of the lethargic
Ohio river.
The derby is the event Of events
here. Hotels and roOming houses
are damned. Street hawkers arc
doing a years business in three
days. 4 staid riverside commun-
ity is transformed into a gay, col
Orful madhouse.
Planes roar into the nearby air.
port conveying hundreds of der
by thrill seekers. Special trains
and regular trains, packed to ca
pacity. thunder and puff their way
into the depOtS.
The highways are damned with
slow moving professions OF auto
mobiles.
While activity downtown seems
to be as great as ever. and hotels
are full, there is no prospect of a
record crowd.
The delegation from Washing
ton will nc headed by Postmaster
General James A. Farley, former
chairman of the New York ath-
Ietic commission. Farley will pre-
sent the gold cup to the owner of
the winning Steed Saturday. 49,
Among the leading guests will
be:
Senator Harry F. Byrd, of Yir-
ginia; Forbes Morgan, of New
York: Bernard Baruch. of New
York; Will Rogers: Mrs. Wood
row Wilson: Mrs. Hugh c. Wal
lace, wife of the former ambaSsa-
dor to France: Harry WOOdring,
assistant secretary Of war; |. La
mont Hughes, steel magnate: Gov.
Henry Horner of Illinois; Mayor
Edward J. Kelly of Chicago; A.
A. Firestone of Akron; Morris T.
Lynch of NeNw York; Governor
Eugene Talmadge of Georgia. and
T. J. Pendergast, Kansas City
political leader.
True to the derby tradition, the
weather prediction for tonight Is
rain. with a possibility of show
ers Saturday.
The thoroughbredS are careful
" guarded in their white sheds,
back Of the track.
w. r. Goes LadySman con-
tinues to rate on top of the field,
and the Coe entry of LadySman
and PompOnius will go 10 the post
at . to 1 or shorter. Head Play
and Charley o are rising IN IA
vor, and if the track is muddy, all
Kentucky will wager on Charley
o. But there's also feeling that
Col. Bradley has something up his
sleeve. The Colonel has come
out strong for LadySman and
they've too much faith in the idle
hour owner hereabouts to believe
that Bradley's Brokers Tip Will
run, and perhaps Bobsled. If
there's mud.
Mr.. Khayyam, off his Chesa-
peake stakes performance and his
workout yesterday. is highly re-
garded. Sarada, owner by F. A.
Griffith, had a good mile and a
quarter workout at 2:1O and
thereby earned backing.
Tomorrow the entries will he
filed. Although many are still eli
gible, it is thought that not more
than II will be named:
The likely field lines up as fol
lows: Ladysman, PompOnius. Head
Play. Charley o., Spicson, Sarada,
Trace Call. Brokers' Tip, BObsled,
Good Advice. Strideaway, Silence
Shot. Fair Rochester, Dark Win
ter, Isaiah, Kerry Patch and Mr..
khayVam.