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Show BEHIND THE RUNNING OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY ' The surrounding series oi pictures gives you an idea of the work behind the scenes, as ' everybody prepares for that great moment when that electric shock of excitement Jars thousands of fans from their seats at the cry, "They're ofE". The oval pictures of the horses in the series are leading contenders. Performances this spring have -placed Johnstown, Technician, Challedon and Viscounty in the favorite spots. Klkta the pick of America's 3-year-old race t i hi g te the post for the running of the 5th Kentucky darby on Saturday si Church-HI Church-HI Dmmm. the annual drama of the turf will rear the climax for which many have la-. la-. km4 becua4 the scenes for many months. a4 enly trainers of the competing horses, awl eftrials at the famous trick have been a thetr toes preparing for this few minutes of thrill mm which the eyes of the racing world are fiaed that day. w v a r, A- --x ; in r' r 1 I: : : 'i I ' .. -J.V' r i i -t.-:---...--" V--v vrw V : , ;: y O V K - -: y JOHNSTOWN ... is hope of the east. Even money says he will win classic. A busy man is Tom Young, superintendent ot the Churchill Downs track. It is up to him to see that the thoroughbreds have everything that their equine hearts desire to make the contest a success and a fair test of equine quality. VISCOUNTY ... by reason of his photo finish over Technician, chances were boosted. CHALLEDON . . . May be hard to beat. V . '. - f TECHNICIAN . . . will probably run a close ... .... . , . , . by reason of his photo finish . , y chances were boosted. 1 V yy - eA. ' -. 1 . ----- ...V41 I 7 -fV--f- &m The best-laid schemes of mice and men often go whacky, but the track crew of Churchill Downs does the best to insure a good race. Here you see mule teams at work smoothing out the track. The weather man, however, could i make all their work null and void if he wanted to favor "mudders" for the Men in the "wings" while the great drama is being played on the green stage of Churchill Downs are these track officials. Left to right, E. A. Weide-kamp, Weide-kamp, manager of the mutuel (betting device); Thomas A. Shelby, manager . of money room, and George Weidekamp.- '- ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " ' Here Is the starting gate from which the thoroughbreds will bound away, with glory awaiting one of them at the end of the 1 1-4 mile race. Each horse has its own compartment. Sides are padded to prevent injury to balky horses. . ' - . !..'''' ''' v ' . .v ; AAA. ft. er) - " - In his first year of bowling, Claude Wilson. Elko, Nev.. scored perfect He missed bowling two perfect games In one evening by rolling 278 In the first game. He went . on to roll a score of 576 for 23 balls. . Constance Moore, screen actress, and her new husband, Johnny John-ny Maschio, Hollywood actor agent, return to Hollywood after their surprise elopement to Yuma, Ariz. As European developments point to the Polish corridor as a highly possible theater of war, and military experts agree that cavalry would regain its old-time importance in fighting on " the Polish plains, Warsaw continues to mobilize troops against possible invasion. Pictured above are squadrons of Polish lancers massed n ear the Polish corridor. ' i , t . ' v -;wa" v AA'h:- . A. a " ; A, ' . ,Ajp o, ,,; A t ; , . - Senator James F. Byrnes, standing (D., S. C ) came to the "rescue" of Senator Ellison D. "Cotton Ed" Smith (D., S. C.) when the latter was visited in Washington by three beauty queens. The girls are Grace Wickers, left. Miss Bistrict of Columbia: Margaret Welch, who was Miss Charleston in the recent Azalea festival at Charleston, S. C and Caroline Palm, Greenville, S. C, queen of the festival Shirley Temple, child film actress, is shown with Al Smith when the former governor of New York aad his wife visited the little star in her Brentwood Heights home near Hollywood, CaL Shirley showed interest in the Happy Warrior"! famed brown derby, which she is holding. |