The Washington times., 1935-05-01

$::!$s!.:::::$. SHSSVSSAS SS
& Kirk Miller the Ken
Z lucky Derby, the sixty-first
!, running Of which will be held
sat quaint old Churchill Downs,
Louisville, come Saturday.
& The annual world series,
s yes. but that covers an ex-
& panse of at least four days
4 and, more often than other
4 wise, as many as five and six,
= and sometimes seven.
, The Army-Navy football game,
. the Rose Bowl contest with its
Z festival of flowers, yes-but
those and other gridiron classics
will have to get a little more
6 background behind them before
they can vie with the Kentucky
Derby for actual, downright
hysterical interest.
Z A Derby Story
{ Nothing defines the hold
: which Kentucky at Derby time
takes on the man or woman
with sports blood running
through their veins better than
"a story, which I do not claim
. is new, but which is typical OF
the blue grass section and its
annual holiday.
& It seems there was a very cir
cumspect New Highlander visit
ing Louisville for his first Derby.
{. being the house guest Tor
4 several days before the big event
sof a prominent socialite who had
4 arranged quite a round OF
: pleaSureable entertainment for
the pre-Derby days and nights.
= Somehow or another the guest
from the Pilgrim shores couldn't
: get excited about the blue grass,
the SMOKY foothills, the colts,
y the magnoliaS, lilacs or even the
& sweet brunette bellies, cooling in
.s'their soft, Southern dialect. He
was nothing short of bored.
s Just a Little Bored
= He had seen grass just as
G marvellous, mountains with as
much natural grandeur, he had
been on hundreds of house par
G, ties, and to him a horse was
= Just something to haul a milk
wagon.
:, It came right up to the morn
{ ing of the Derby, and as a ges-
: ture of appreciation toward his
. host, he invited the entire house
& hold to a Derby breakfast at
{: Churchill Downs, hoping it was
: the proper caper, but not even
5 then understanding why peo-
s pie waited until almost noon to
have their morning meal.
: He left the menu and the
+ courses to the broad-Smiling
; darky waiter, who could bow to
: the floor and accentuate his
5, courtliness with the most fetch
& ing "Yas7sahs'' and "No-sahS -
y and "Certainly-sahs."
: Well, he was hungry at best,
4 and as the sumptuous repast
q progressed he fell to thinking
that he had never tasted such
s Superbly prepared and served
{ food in all his life.
{ He Mellows Up
- First there was delicious home
grown cantaloupe. He smiled
= almost for the first time on
s Kentucky soil when the flavor
& Of that pungent melon greeted
his lips.
E. Then there was Steaming hot
{ gritS with large portions of but
ter melting therein. He actually
{, became humanized by the luS-
ciousneSs thereof.
: Next came Savory. tempting
portions Of ham and eggs, the
golden yolks jelled in the center
4 Of the whites which were edged
= with brown. The sizzling por-
I. lions of home-cured ham perme'
+ ated the air with a tempting fra
) GRANGE which meant just one
; thing-Kentucky.
= The Final Pay-0ff
:. And there were heaping plat
L tiers of baking powder biscuits
!. so light and fluffy they almost
= crushed between the, fingertips
with generous dishes Of fried
/ tomatoes Gin cornmeaD and egg
, plant to correspond, and the
y visitor from the land Of the
sacred cod was finally beaming
Z at his guests and getting the
7 spirit of the occasion with every
/ helping.
8 The spell of the South was
= upon him!
{ Finally the feast was over and
6 the bowling waiter presented the
billet due. With a grand flour
I, ish he plucked a SCHOLAR bill
4 from his fold. and handing it tc
! the man in waiting, said:
And son, bring me my change
In Confederate money!"