The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-04
Every Box
Taken for
Derby Race
Additional 200 Available
All VIII Be
Occupied.
BY HELEN WORDEN
Times Special Writer

~ were expecting a crowd Of
100000" Col. NJ. j. VIM guiding
star Of the Kentucky Derby, said
yesterday. We've added 200 new
boxes this year, and every one of
EN- is sold out"
I arrived in Louisville from New
York yesterday morning. Bright
sun, blue skies and long shots con-
tributed to the charm of Churchill
Down. The track is within Is
minutes walk of quaint little st.
James Court where my house party
is quartered. All roads in town
lead to the race course. Gay ban
ners, big posters and soda pop
stands point the way.
The original clubhouse anC. grand
stand, built in 1875, the year
Aristides won the Derby, remains
the hub. Like some country fair,
white shed after white shed has
been added each year.
And we've given them all a fresh
coat of paint this spring" said Col
VIM, leaning back in his office
swivel chair and gazing out the
window at the rambling galleries
which house the general admission
clubhouse restaurant and club boxes
The colonelS sturdy square figure
friendly red face and shock of white
hair are familiar to all Derby fans
He's the big man" Of the Southern
70 pi11o yryO,.IJ
His office on the third tier of the
grand stand is hung with photo
graphs of Derby winners. Bronze
statutes of the horses decorate the
directors table in the old-fashioned
board room.
It's spring time in Kentucky
which means dOgWood trees. red buo
and bridal wreath in full bloom
Purple lowered acacia trees anc
white blossomed horse chestnuts
shade the quiet streets. Doors ano
windows are wide open. The girls
are in summary clothes and the mer
are wearing light flannels.
But it turned cold last night" g
gatekeeper tod me as I famed my
self. up to Monday we had nice
warm weather"
Hotel Filled
Every room is taken in the Brown
Hotel. All the local families who
could found a place to drape them.
selves Derby week while they rented
their own homes.
For the time being Louisville is
thavlng a boom. The shop windows
have horSeShoeS of flowers, posters
of race horses and Good Luck al
the Derby for decorations.
Gov. Ruby Lafoon is busy greet
ing guests and preparing to receive
the seven Governors who will be
with him Derby Day, among then
Paul v. McNutt of Indiana; Stiles
Bridges, New Hampshire; Eugene
Talmadge, Georgia; George w
Earle, Pennsylvania, and DIN John
ston, North Carolina.
AS a rule the big crowd doesn't
show up until Friday. This year
they are coming earlier, because OF
Derby week. Balls, luncheons, din
ners, and Derby breakfasts keep
things humming.
Those who like their gaming ii
the evening as we'll as IN the after
noon try out the greyhounds, across
the Ohio River, in Indiana, or gooc
old French Lick Springs, also il
Indiana.
Life Moves SereneIy
Whisky distilleries, bourbon ads
on the front Of street cars ano
talk of mint-juleps provide Local
color. Mixed in with this kaleido-
scopic picture are mules, darkies
hound dogs and tobacco ware
houses.
Nobody hurries here. There is q
a velvet-padded silence to the
peaceful streets, jogging carts ano
leiSurely ambling of strollers.
Rocking chairs, Venetian blinds
old family portraits and plenty OF
black servants are part of the set
up in every private house.
The women are all beautiful and
the men complimentary.
Louisville has its quota of IA
nous persons. Alice Hogan Rice
of Mrs. Wigs Of Cabbage Patch
fame, lives three doors below us.
Annie Fellowes tombstone, author
of 1.-The Little Colonel" series, made
her home, up to the time of her
death, in the Pee-Wee valley, just
outside Louisville.
The ghost of James Lane Allen
fingers and there are those who
still speak Of John Fox Jr. and
1.-The Trail of the Lonesome Pine,
but all these, famous as they are
or have been, get second place ir
Louisville on Derby Week. The po-
MES have the lead here.