2. Affordable automobiles provided easier transportation to the racetrack.

3. Five year old Johnny Longden and family miss boat on trip to America – grows up to ride and train a Derby winner.

4. Potatoes grown in Churchill Downs’s infield, proceeds donated to the Red Cross.

5. Sports provided an escape from daily life – Derby attendance soared.

6. The waters receded and the Derby ran on schedule. War Admiral wins and goes on to win Triple Crown.

7. Due to travel restrictions, people took streetcars to Churchill Downs.

8. Original racetrack owners sell to new group.

9. Kentucky Derby ran on time less than two months later.

10. The first Kentucky State Fair held at Churchill Downs.

11. Took off from Churchill Downs infield

12. National Guard Sergeant Gary Wall races under rail, throws bomb in helmet and buries it. No one hurt.

13. Many expected riots after a tense Derby week, but Martin Luther King Jr. helped diffuse the situation.