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CHURCHILL DOWNS -- The Downs is the home of the world famous and historic Kentucky Derby which has been an outstanding event since 1875. The attendance tops the 100,000 mark. The track, located at the South Fourth Street and central Avenue, is a one mile oval will a quarter-mile chute. Greatest crowd in Kentucky great crowd as the horses rounded the first turn.

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Calumet Horse Farm, Lexington, Ky.

odds, while feminine chatter concerns itself with arriving guests, food selections for traditional Derby breakfasts and of course, the eternal question and selection of clothes for the big day.

Highways entering the City from all over the U. S carry a steadily increasing number of automobiles and buses into the downtown area during Derby week, and Louisville becomes the most feverish city in the nation. Hotels are "all out". The streets teem with thousands of hysterical townspeople and visitors. A kind of craziness afflicts people so that even the Kentucky absentee is likely to glue his ear to the radio, first having made sure that there are plenty of refreshments on hand.

Notable and nobodies mingle, touts and tycoons, owners and swipers all beat inwardly to an excitement that no one can adequately describe. it is a horse race, fashion show, spring festival mob. 70,000 people pack the stands, bleachers and infield at Churchill Downs. The crowd is so thick that many are prevented from catching more than a glimpse of the classic Run of the Roses. It is interesting to note that despite this inconvenience no one leaves his position until the start and finish of the race, which in slightly more than two minutes, is recorded. They then join the thousands at Churchill Downs and elsewhere in cheers of appreciation for the winners and immediately commence anticipation proceedings for next year's "Darby".

Time has not dimmed the ardent desire of the Kentucky Derby's originator nor has it reduced the thrills, the fire, and the hospitality which it creates, but rather has contributed to the splendor and glory of one of America's great traditions... Democracy! The Kentucky Derby is a spectacle indeed; a human spectacle it would be difficult, if not impossible to duplicate.
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