ABC. See American Broadcasting Company
Abdullah, Khalid, 190–91
Affirmed (horse), 165
Alan-a-Dale (horse), 39
alcohol: at the Derby, 90, 91, 104, 106, 150, 215–16
Funny Cide beer, 192
Kentucky bourbon, 104–7
Kentucky moonshine, 106
mint juleps, 104–5, 106, 215–16
traditional drinks at the Preakness and Belmont Stakes, 234n28
Ali, Muhammad, 178–79
Allen, James Lane, 72
Allen, Mark, 214
Allen, Mel, 138
Althea (horse), 198
Alydar (horse), 166
American Armed Forces Network, 138
American Beauty roses, 14
American bicentennial, 164
American Broadcasting Company (ABC), 201
American Tobacco Corporation, 44
American Triple Crown: Affirmed, 165
Citation, 125
Count Fleet, 117
Gallant Fox, 99–100
Omaha, 100
origins, 99–100
Seattle Slew, 165–66
Sir Barton, 56–57
War Admiral, 98–99
Whirlaway, 124
American Turf Association, 226n3
Anaconda copper mine, 15
Anderson, Dave, 198
Anmer (horse), 154
antiauthoritarianism, 145
antibusing controversy, 163–64
antigambling movement, 19, 32. See also reform movements
antigelding policy, 54–55
Apollo (horse), 13
Applegate, Hamilton, 50
Applegate, William E., 22, 24, 28
Applegate and Sons distillery, 50
Arazi (horse), 183
Arcaro, Eddie, 124, 125, 128, 238n33
Archer, Fred, 35
Arden, Elizabeth, 130–31
armed guards, 93
Arthur, Chester A., 69
Astor, William J., Jr., 12
auction pools, 20
Baden-Baden (horse), 35
Baer, Max, 114
Baffert, Bob, 186, 187, 204, 205, 207, 246n35
Bailey, Jerry, 203
Baldez, Joseph Dominic, 227n19
Baldwin, Elias Jackson (“Lucky”), 17
Baltimore Afro-American, 41
Baltimore Sun, 146
Barbaro (horse), 216, 217, 247n47
Bardstown (Kentucky), 64–65
Barrymore, Lionel, 103
baseball: Black Sox scandal, 57
during World War II, 236–37n15
Bassett, Ted, 156
BBC radio, 79
Beach Club (Florida), 62
Beckham, J. C. W., 27
Bedwell, H. G., 56
Behave Yourself (horse), 62–63
Belair Stud, 94
Bell, John, 4
Belle of Louisville, The (steamboat), 146
Belmont, August, Jr., 49–50
“Belmont breeze” (drink), 234n28
Belmont Stakes, 56
Assault, 130
“Belmont breeze” drink, 234n28
Charismatic’s 1999 attempt, 208
Count Fleet, 117
Funny Cide’s 2003 attempt, 193
Man o’ War, 61
Secretariat, 165
Smarty Jones’s 2004 attempt, 194
War Admiral, 98
Whirlaway, 124
Bet Mosie (horse), 66
Bierman, Carroll, 114
Big Brown (horse), 24
billiards, 20
Birdstone (horse), 194
“black-eyed Susan” (drink), 234n28
Black Gold (horse), 76–78
black jockeys: disappearance in the early 1900s, 33, 40–41
in racing and the Derby, 33–40
during slavery, 33
“Black Patch” region, 44
blacks: employed as grooms and stable hands, 67–68
employed as servants, 67
at the Kentucky Derby Festival, 237n28
patronizing attitudes toward, at the Derby in the 1920s, 62–63, 67–68
portrayals in bourbon advertisements, 107
stereotyped descriptions by Derby journalists, 68, 80–81
stereotyped portrayals in 1930s films, 103
stereotyped portrayals in fiction, 75. See also black jockeys
Black Servant (horse), 62–63
Black Sox scandal, 57
Black Toney (horse), 77–78, 113
blanket of roses, 14
Block, Benjamin, 66
Blood-Horse, 96, 117, 120, 127, 150
Bluegrass Stakes, 189
Boland, Bill, 131
Bold Forbes (horse), 164
Bold Ruler (horse), 128, 238n40
Bombay Duck (horse), 150
bookmakers, 13, 15, 29, 31. See also gambling
Boone, Daniel: burial controversy, 226n5
as a cultural hero, 107–9, 225n4
in William Faulkner’s description of the 1955 Derby, 132, 133
John Filson’s characterization of, 2–3
Borel, Calvin, 210, 212–13, 246n43
bourbon, 104–7
boxing, 114
Braddock, Jim (“Cinderella Man”), 114
Bradley, Edward Riley: 1921 Derby win, 62
1922 Derby win, 66
1932 Derby win, 87
1933 Derby win, 88–89
Bimelech and, 113
at Hialeah Race Track, 63
Useeit and, 77
Breathitt, Edward T., 156
Breckinridge, John, 4
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, 183
Broker’s Tip (horse), 88–89
Brown, Edward D. (“Brown Dick”), 34, 35
Brown, James Graham, 234n24
Brown Hotel, 91
Bruce, B. G., 168
Brundage, Avery, 162
Buchanan (horse), 35
Buckpasser (horse), 147
Bugs Bunny, 121
Bunbury, Sir Charles, 225n1
burgoo, 233n8
Burgoo King (horse), 87
busing controversy, 163–64
Butazolidin, 159
“bute,” 159
Byrnes, James F., 118–19
Cady, Steve, 168–69
Calumet Baking Powder Company, 126
Calumet Farm, 123–28, 131, 140, 158–61, 166
Cannon, Jimmy, 134
Cannonade (horse), 169
Canonero II (horse), 164
Cantrell, Nate, 33
Capone, Al, 106
Capossella, Fred, 138
Capp, Al, 109
“Caracas Cannonball.” See Canonero II
Carlos, John, 161–62
Carpenter, Dianne, 198
Carson, Gerald, 102
cartoons, 109–10, 118, 121, 146–47, 235n38
Cauthen, Steve, 166
Cavonnier (horse), 204
CBS. See Columbia Broadcasting System
Centennial Derby of 1974, 167–69
Chapman, Roy and Patricia, 195
Charismatic (horse), 206, 207, 208
Chesapeake (horse), 9
Chicago Sun-Times, 215
Chicago Tribune, 58, 84, 145–46, 163–64
China Visit (horse), 184
Chinn, Jack, 13–14
Churchill, Henry and John, 11
Churchill Downs: 1886 controversy with James Haggin, 15–17
1976 American bicentennial and, 164
M. L. Clark as presiding judge, 20–21
contribution to the war effort during World War I, 53, 120
Derby attendance figures, 80, 167, 236n9
Derby sponsorship agreement with Yum! Brands, 215–16
early popularity of the Derby and, 12
founding of, 11
free infield policy on Derby Day, 47–48
Golden Jubilee Derby of 1924, 76
the Great Depression and, 83
integration of facilities, 230n1
Kentucky Derby Challenge Stakes, 188–89
mint juleps, 104
naming of, 226–27n3
pari-mutuel wagering, 29–30, 49
survival of racing in the early 1900s, 32
upgrades in the late 1890s, 22, 23, 227n19
Martin Winn’s importance to, 136
Citation (horse), 124–25
claiming races, 77
Clark, Meriwether Lewis, Jr. (“Lutie”): aspirations for the Derby, 11–12, 24
death of, 23–24
father-in-law of, 35
mint juleps and, 104
pari-mutuel wagering and, 30
as presiding judge at Churchill Downs, 20–21
promotion of Louisville, 69
Runnymede and the introduction of bookmakers to the Derby, 13
Clay, Henry, 39
clothiers, 95
“Club Footed Comet.” See Assault
Clyde Van Dusen (horse), 80
collar of roses, 23
college football, 171
college students. See youth
Collins, Gary, 180
Collins, Martha Layne, 198
color television broadcasting, 147
Colston (horse), 40–41
Colston, Raleigh, 40
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 138, 139, 162
Columbian Exposition (Chicago), 18
Columbia University, 87
Confederate Home for Southern Veterans, 71
“Confederate” marching band, 98
Confederate monuments, 71–72, 73
Conley, Jess, 40–41
conventions, 18–19
Cooksey, Patty, 198
Coolidge, Calvin, 62
Coolmore Stud, 188
Coronation Ball, 122
Corrigan, Ed, 17
Count Fleet (horse), 117, 236n8, 238n46
Count Turf (horse), 236n8, 238n46
“Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)” (song), 191
Crab Orchard bourbon whiskey, 105, 107
Crisford, Simon, 188
Crockett, Davy, 152–53
Curtis, Charles, 87
Daley, Arthur, 134, 135, 139, 147
Damascus (horse), 158
Dancer’s Image (horse), 158–61, 162
Daniel Boone (television show), 152
Dapper Dan (horse), 144
Dark Star (horse), 139
Daughters of the Confederacy, 72
Davidson, Emily, 154
Dazey, Charles T., 75
Delta Queen (steamboat), 146
derby: meaning of, 1
Derby Trial Stakes, 154
Desert Party (horse), 189–90
De Vicenzo, Roberto, 161
Dewey, Thomas, 119
Dirt Road to the Derby (Baffert), 207
Discovery (horse), 89–90
Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucke, The (Filson), 2–3
Disney, 152–53
“Dixie” (song), 171
“Dixie Belle” (dress), 95
“Dixie Division” (U.S. Army), 121
Donau (horse), 48
drugs: Chris Antley and, 206, 207–8
phenylbutazone, 159
Duke, James Buchanan, 44
eastern Kentucky, 42
Eastman, Joseph B., 116–17
Easy Goer (horse), 209–10, 211
Economic (horse), 87
Eight Belles (horse), 245n27
Eisenberg, John, 146
Elizabeth (queen of England), 210, 246n40
Elliott, Osborne, 165
Elliott, Stewart, 193
Elmendorf Farm, 15
Emerging Republican Majority, The (Phillips), 172
Empire Maker (horse), 190
English Derby, 11, 12, 225n1, 240n10
English Jockey Club, 48
Espinoza, Victor, 187
Essence of Dubai (horse), 188
ethnicity, 164–65
exercise riders, 40
Exterminator (horse), 53–54, 58, 230n10
Faraway Farm, 61
Farley, Gen. James A., 93, 114
fashions, 95–96
Fasig-Tipton July Yearling Sale, 166
Faulkner, William, 132–33
Federal Hill, 64–65
“female Derby,” 198
Ferdinand (horse), 200–201
Ferraro, Geraldine, 198
“Fighting Finish, The” (photo), 88–89
fillies: death of Eight Belles, 245n27
Derby winners, 50, 51, 52, 197–98
Fillies Derby Ball, 122
films: 1970s American interest in ethnicity and, 164–65
portrayals of the Old South in, 102–3
Seabiscuit, 192
stereotyped portrayals of blacks in, 103
Filson, John, 2–3
Fisher, Herb, 87–89
Ford, Wendell, 168
Forward Pass (horse), 158–61
Foster, Stephen Collins, 4, 63, 64, 65, 132
free infield policy, 47–48
Funny Cide (horse), 190–93
Funny Cide beer, 192
Fusaichi Pegasus (horse), 24, 184–86
Galbraith, John W., 241n35
Gallahadion (horse), 113, 236n2
Gallant Fox (horse), 37, 85, 93, 99–100
Gallant Man (horse), 128
gambling: bookmakers, 13, 15, 29, 31
Hart-Agnew bill and, 32
New Louisville Jockey Club and, 20, 22
pari-mutuel wagering, 29–30, 49
pool rooms and auction pools, 20
Social Gospel reform movement and, 19
Gates, Ralph, 228n23
Gato del Sol (horse), 208
General Foods, 126
Genter, Frances, 202
Genuine Risk (horse), 187, 198
Gerst, William, 48
Gillette Safety Razor Company, 139
Godolphin Racing, 184
Goebel, Williams, 42–43
Golden Jubilee Derby, 76
Goldwater, Barry, 172
Gone with the Wind (film), 102–3
“gonzo journalism,” 151
Graham, Florence Nightingale, 130–31
Grainger, Charles, 24, 28, 29, 30
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), 70–71
Graustark (horse), 147
Grayson, Admiral Cary Travers, 52
Great Depression: Daniel Boone, popular imagery of, 107–9
the Derby and, 83
Kentucky hillbilly imagery in, 109–11
underdog triumphs in sports, 114
Great Southern Exposition, 69
Great Steamboat Race, 145–46
Greentree Stable, 85
Grey Ghost. See Native Dancer
Grindstone (horse), 204
Grinstead v. Kirby, 31
Guggenheim, H. F., 139
Haggin, James Ben Ali, 15–17, 48, 227n8
Hancock, Arthur, II (“Bull”), 208
Hancock, Arthur B., III, 208–9
“handle,” 237n17
Hankins, George V., 17
Harding, Warren G., 62
Harrodsburg (Kentucky), 76, 167
Hartack, Bill, 128
Hart-Agnew Bill, 32
Hatcher, Andrew, 155
Hatfield-McCoy feud, 42
Hay, John Milton, 85
Headley, Hal Price, 41
Head Play (horse), 87–89
Hearst, George, 15
Hertz, John D., 117
Hill, Jim and Sally, 166
Hillenbrand, Laura, 191–92
Hines, Carl, 231n25
His Eminence (horse), 38
Honest Pleasure (horse), 164
Hoots, Al and Rosa, 77–78
horse racing: antigambling reform and, 19, 32
attendance and wagering in 1945, 119
black employees in, 67–68
black jockeys, 33–41
Calumet Farm domination, 123–28
decline in the early 1900s, 32–33
early history in Louisville, 10, 11
“golden age” following World War II, 123
government shutdown in 1945, 118–19
internationalization of American racing, 180, 182–90
selling races and claiming races, 77
television broadcasting and, 138
underdog triumphs, 113–14
hotels: in the 1930s, 96
Hughes, Charles Evans, 32
Illinois Central Railroad, 77
Illinois Derby, 186
Indianapolis 500, 120
Indiana University marching band, 115
infield crowds: in the 1890s, 230n1
In Old Kentucky (Dazey), 75
integration: of Churchill Downs, 230n1
busing controversy, 163–64
Iron Liege (horse), 128
J&B Scotch, 173–74
Jet Pilot (horse), 130
Jim Crow, 41
Jockey Club, 49
jockeys: black, 33–41
Johnson, Albert, 53
Johnson, Anne Fellows, 103
Johnson, Jack, 37
Johnson, Keen, 114
journalists: on crowds in the 1930s, 85–86, 91, 92
Derby stories of redemption, 200–210, 246n43
Derby stories of the “underdog,” 210, 212–14
William Faulkner on the 1955 Derby, 132–33
on the infield crowds in the 1960s, 147
on the infield crowds in the 1970s, 149–51
modern Derby storylines embodying the “American spirit,” 196–215
on the over-commercialization of the Derby in the 1960s, 148–49
photojournalism, 88–89
portrayals of the Derby through time, 195–96
sportswriting in the 1910s, 58
John Steinbeck on the 1956 Derby, 131–32
stereotyped reporting on blacks at the Derby, 68, 80–81
Martin Winn’s relationship with, 134–35
Kauai King (horse), 147
Keeneland July yearling sale, 180, 181
Keeneland Race Course, 189
Keith, Toby, 191
Kentucky: American national identity and, 5
Daniel Boone imagery of the 1930s, 108
Daniel Boone’s burial controversy, 226n5
John Y. Brown elected governor, 177
Calumet Farm tourism, 127
during the Civil War, 69
Confederate identity, pursuit of, 68–72
Derby attendance by governors, 65–66, 198
dualistic identity, 5–6, 83–84, 235n39
hillbilly imagery in the 1930s, 109–11
historical identity of, 2–5
imagery associated with the Kentucky Derby, 1–2, 3
national reputation for violence, 42–46, 229n46
national reputation in the 1920s, 61–62
national reputation in the 1980s, 179
national reputation in the mid-1870s, 10–11
Old South imagery and identity, 46, 63–65, 74, 109, 111
race relations in, 4–5
romanticization of the bluegrass region, 72, 74–76
slavery in, 3, 4, 68–69, 226n6
television shows of the 1960s and, 152–53
two hundredth anniversary of Harrodsburg, 167
whiskey making and bourbon in, 104, 105–7
Kentucky Association racetrack, 54, 100
Kentucky bluegrass region: romanticization of, 72, 74–76
Kentucky bourbon, 104–7
Kentucky colonels: association with the Derby, 5
Daniel Boone, popular notions of, 108
Derby Week Festival and, 101
Kentucky’s dualistic identity and, 110–11
Old South imagery and, 102–3
origins of, 27
recipients of the title, 228n23
Colonel Sanders, 178
Kentucky Colonels’ Dinner, 101, 122, 178
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 160
Kentucky Democratic State Convention, 18
Kentucky Derby: 1970s American interest in ethnicity and, 164–65
1974 Centennial Derby, 167–69
1976 American bicentennial and, 164
alcohol and, 90, 91, 104, 106, 150, 215–16
the American Derby and, 17–18, 19–20
American identity and, 115, 119–20, 127, 132–33, 140–41, 161, 162
American Triple Crown and, 99–100, 165–66
“American values” and, 214–15
annual steamboat race, 145–46
association of the “Kentucky colonel” icon with, 5
attendance figures, 80, 167, 236n9
black jockeys, 33–41
Daniel Boone imagery of the 1930s, 108
Calumet Farm winners, 123–25, 127–28, 140, 158–61
as a celebration of place, 7
celebrities of the 1980s in attendance, 178–79
civil rights protests in the 1960s, 154–57
M. L. Clark as presiding judge, 20–21
commercialization in the 1960s, 148–49
crowds in the 1930s, 83–87, 90–92, 96–98
cultural significance and future of, 217–19
Dancer’s Image controversy, 158–61, 162
development in the late 1880s and 1890s, 17–24
distance shortened in 1896, 22–23
Earl of Derby’s attendance in 1930, 85
early popularity of, 12–17
John Eisenberg on, 146
European horses and, 244–45n19
fashions in the 1930s, 95–96
filly winners, 50, 51, 52, 197–98
first running of, 9–10
free infield policy, 47–48
Funny Cide’s victory, 190–93
the Great Depression and, 83
imagery associated with Kentucky, 1–2, 3
infield crowds (see infield crowds)
internationalization of, 180, 182–90
Kentucky bourbon and, 104, 106
Kentucky governors in attendance, 65–66, 198
Kentucky’s dualistic identity and, 5–6, 83–84, 110–11
King Ranch winners, 128–30, 131
largest purse, 113
Louisville’s 1976 busing controversy and, 163–64
Louisville’s pursuit of a Confederate identity and, 72
marketing to the socially prominent, 26
as a mediator in American culture, 6
mint juleps and, 104
“My Old Kentucky Home” sung at, 63–64 (see also “My Old Kentucky Home”)
Nixon’s 1969 appearance at, 170–73
Old South imagery and identity, 63–64, 65, 67, 74, 80–81, 111, 120–22, 169–70, 173, 174
origins of, 11–12
pari-mutuel wagering, 29–30, 49, 228n29
patronizing attitudes toward blacks in the 1920s, 62–63, 67–68
popularity in the 1920s, 61–62, 66–67, 76–81
popular perceptions of Kentucky and, 44, 46
Prohibition and, 106
protest and anti-authoritarianism at, 145
radio broadcasting of, 78–80, 232n49
romanticization of the bluegrass region and, 74, 75–76
roses, connections with, 13–14, 23
runnings during World War I, 52–59
runnings in the 1880s and 1890s, 17, 18, 23
runnings in the 1900s, 48–49, 50–52
runnings in the 1920s, 59, 62, 65–66, 76, 80
runnings in the 1930s, 85, 87–90, 91, 93, 94, 98
runnings in the 1940s, 113–14, 116–18, 119, 124–25, 128–30
runnings in the 1950s, 128, 131, 138–40
runnings in the 1960s, 144, 146, 157–61
runnings in the 1970s, 164, 169
runnings in the 1980s, 197–200, 208–10, 211
runnings in the 1990s, 201–3, 204–7
runnings in the 2000s, 210, 212–14, 216, 217
security in the 1930s, 86–87, 89, 92–93, 233n5
Smarty Jones’s victory, 193–95
sponsorship by Yum! Brands, 215–16
status in the 1960s and 1970s, 145, 162, 167, 174–75
storylines embodying the “American spirit,” 196–215
television broadcasting, 133–34, 137, 138–40, 147, 239n55
Thoroughbred industry, significance to, 6
Martin Winn and, 24, 25, 31–32, 134, 135–38
women and, 67, 96, 197–98, 200
World War II and, 114–18, 119–20
Kentucky Derby Challenge Stakes, 188–89
Kentucky Derby Festival parade: civil rights protests of the 1960s and, 155
parade floats, 121–22
Fess Parker as grand marshal, 153–54
Kentucky Derby Festival queen, 122
Kentucky Derby Festival: black entertainers and athletes at, 237n28
civil rights protests in the 1960s, 154–57
inaugural festival, 101
Ohio River steamboat races, 145–46
parade floats, 121–22
reinstatement in 1956, 121
“They’re off Luncheon,” 237n28
Kentucky Derby trains, 77
Kentucky Derby Trial Stakes, 154
Kentucky Derby Whiskey, 107
Kentucky Division of State Parks, 64
Kentucky Fried Chicken, 177, 178, 215
Kentucky hillbilly imagery: in 1930s cartoons, 109–10
Kentucky’s dualistic identity and, 110–11
popular notions of Daniel Boone and, 108
Kentucky Horse Park, 193
Kentucky Irish-American, 26
Kentucky Jockey Club, 226n3, 234n24
Kentucky New Era, 48
Kentucky Oaks, 151
Kentucky State Court of Appeals, 31
Kentucky State Police, 156
Kentucky State Racing Commission, 159, 160
Kentucky Triple Crown, 100
Kilroe, Jimmy, 165
King, Coretta Scott, 159
King, Henry, 41
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 154, 156, 157
Kinnarney, George T., 93
Kirkpatrick, Arnold, 165
Kleberg, Robert, 128
Klein, Eugene, 198
Knebelkamp, Wathen, 159, 160, 170
Knowlton, Jack, 191
Landaluce (horse), 198
Latonia Racecourse, 234n24
La Troienne (horse), 113
Leach, Robin, 180
Leonatus (horse), 14
Lewis, Bob and Beverly, 204–5
Lexington Herald-Leader, 206
Life’s Magic (horse), 198
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (television show), 180
Li’l Abner (cartoon), 109–10
Limestone (Kentucky), 104
Little Colonel, The (film), 103
Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, The (Fox), 72, 74
Lockett, Will, 66
Lone Star Park, 213
Longden, Johnny, 117
Lorillard, Pierre, IV, 12
Louisville (Kentucky): 1937 flood, 98
1976 busing controversy, 163–64
annual steamboat race, 145–46
atmosphere in the early 1900s, 58
civil rights protests in the 1960s, 154–57
clothiers and fashions in the 1930s, 95–96
Confederate monuments in, 71, 73
conventions in the 1890s, 18–19
Derby environment in the 1930s, 96
Derby Week Festival, 101, 121–22
early history of horse racing in, 10, 11
Golden Jubilee Derby of 1924, 76
Kentucky’s dualistic identity and, 110–11
Old South imagery and identity, 121–22
pursuit of a Confederate identity, 69–72
race relations in the 1920s, 68
segregation in, 231n33
visitors to the 1920 Derby and, 59
Louisville and Nashville Railroad, 121–22
Louisville Chorus, 183
Louisville Commercial, 18
Louisville Courier-Journal: on the 1886 Derby, 14
on the 1941 Derby, 115
on the 1944 Derby, 118
on the 1967 Derby, 157
on alcohol at the Derby, 150
on crowds in the 1930s, 92
on the Derby Day infield, 47
on the inaugural Derby, 9, 168
on the internationalization of the Derby, 183
on Kentucky’s national profile in the 1980s, 179
Old South imagery associated with the Derby and, 120–21, 170
John Steinbeck on the 1956 Derby, 131–32
Henry Watterson as editor, 69, 230n13
Louisville Jockey Club and Driving Park, 9
Louisville Jockey Club and Driving Park Association, 11, 20, 226n3
Louisville Times, 106, 146–47, 157, 174
Lowry, Wallace, 88–89
Lucky Debonair (horse), 144
Lukas, D. Wayne, 186, 198, 199, 200, 204, 206–7, 246n35
Macbeth II (horse), 17
Madden, John E., 40
Mafaaz (horse), 189
Magnier, John, 188
Main Chance Farm, 130
Majestic Prince (horse), 171
Maktoum, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al, 189
Maktoum, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al, 180, 182–83, 184, 188, 189–90
Maktoum family, 182
Man o’ War (horse), 60–61, 80, 98, 99, 125
Man o’ War Park, 155
Margaret (princess of England), 169
Markey, Lucille, 160
Mars, Ethel, 113
Masters golf tournament, 120, 161
Matthews, Clarence L., 174
Mattingly & Moore Distilleries, 107
Maysville (Kentucky), 104
McCreary, James B., 49
McDaniel, Hattie, 103
McGhee, Addison F., 155
Meade, Don, 88–89
Meeker, Thomas, 203
Mellon, Andrew, 203
Mellon, Paul, 203
Menifee (horse), 207
Mexico City Olympic Games, 161–62
Middleground (horse), 128, 131
Milky Way Stables, 113, 235–36n2
Miller, Mackenzie (“Mack”), 203
Millionaires’ Row, 25–26
Mine That Bird (horse), 213–14, 215
mint julep glasses, 97
mint juleps, 104–5, 106, 215–16
Modjeska, Helena, 104
Mollie McCarthy (horse), 35
“Molly and Tenbrooks” (song), 35
Mooney, Jim, 233n8
moonshine, 106
Moore, Thomas G., 21
Morgan, Gen. John Hunt, 72, 73
Morrow, Edwin P., 65–66
Morvich (horse), 66
Mountain Boys, The (cartoon), 109–10
“My Old Kentucky Home” (house), 64–65
“My Old Kentucky Home” (song): Bugs Bunny and, 121
history of, 4
Old South imagery at the Derby and, 111
racial impact of, 174
Russian-language rendition, 183
significance to the Derby, 168–69
Nack, William, 208
Nafzger, Carl, 202
National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 79, 85, 152, 194
National Convention of Elks, 18
National Organization to Restore and Preserve Our Freedom, 163
National Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame: Count Fleet, 117
Damascus, 158
Hindoo, 13
Bill Shoemaker, 200
Sir Barton, 58
Willie Smith, 37
Whirlaway, 124
Charlie Whittingham, 200
Native Dancer (horse), 139, 147, 158
NBC. See National Broadcasting Company
NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four of 1985, 179
Needles (horse), 131
New Louisville Jockey Club, 20, 22, 24, 226n3, 228n25
New Orleans States, 78
New South, 69–71
Newsweek, 165
New York Daily News, 197–98
New York State, 32
New York Times: on the 1895 GAR encampment in Louisville, 71
on the 1914 Derby, 50
on the 1920 Derby, 59
on the 1922 Derby, 66
on the 1932 Derby, 87
on the 1945 Derby, 119
on the 1957 Derby, 128
on the 1966 Derby, 147
on the 1974 Centennial Derby, 168–69
on the 1988 Derby, 198
on the 1991 Derby, 207–8
on the 1997 Derby, 204
on the 1999 Derby, 184
on the commercialization of the Derby, 148
on Derby crowds in 1919, 57
on Derby crowds in the 1920s, 84
on Derby crowds in the 1930s, 98
on E. R. Bradley’s success in the 1921 Derby, 62
on Kentucky in the mid-1870s, 10–11
on Kentucky’s appeal in the 1920s, 76
on Kentucky’s reputation for violence, 43
on popular celebrations of Daniel Boone in the 1930s, 108–9
on the reputation of the Derby in the 1880s and 1890s, 14, 18
on Triple Crown winner Gallant Fox, 100
on wagering at the 1908 Derby, 31
Nixon, Richard M., 170–73
Northern Dancer (horse), 180
Office of Defense Transportation, 116
Ohio River steamboat races, 145–46
“Old Bones.” See Exterminator
Old Kentucky identity: Kentucky bourbon and, 107
television shows of the 1960s and, 152–53. See also Old South imagery/identity
Old Rosebud (horse), 50, 58, 85
Old South imagery/identity: the Derby and, 63–64, 65, 67, 74, 80–81, 111, 120–22, 169–70, 173, 174
Derby Week Festival and, 121–22
in films of the 1930s, 102–3
Kentucky and, 46, 63–65, 74, 109, 111
Kentucky bourbon and, 105, 106–7
Kentucky colonels and, 102–3
Kentucky’s pursuit of a Confederate past, 68–72
Louisville and, 121–22
whiskey advertising and, 173–74
Olin, John, 240n7
Oller, Pierre, 30
Olympic Games, 161–62
Omar Khayyam (horse), 52
Palmer, Joe, 29
parades. See Kentucky Derby Festival parade
pari-mutuel wagering, 29–30, 49, 228n29
Park, W. B., 149
Parker, Fess, 152–54
Parole (horse), 12
Parr, Ral, 59
Paul Jones (horse), 59
Payne, Col. Oliver Hazard, 52
Pegram, Mike, 205
Pendennis (horse), 17
Perryville monument, 71–72
phenylbutazone, 159
Phillips, Kevin P., 172
photojournalism, 88–89
Pincay, Laffit, Jr., 198
Planet (horse), 41
Planters’ Protective Association, 44
Pletcher, Todd, 246n43
Point Given (horse), 186
Pompoon (horse), 98
Ponder (horse), 131
pool rooms, 20
postcards, 45–46
Preakness Stakes: Assault, 130
“black-eyed Susan” drink, 234n28
Charismatic, 208
Head Play, 89
Sir Barton, 56
War Admiral, 98
War Emblem, 186
press. See journalists
Price, Charlie, 28
Proctor Knott (horse), 17
Prohibition, 106
Proud Clarion (horse), 158
Puerto Rico, 164
Pullman Porters’ Quartet, 79
race relations: in Kentucky’s history, 4–5
in Louisville in the 1920s, 68
radio broadcasting, 78–80, 232n49
Real Quiet (horse), 205
Rebel Yell bourbon, 173
Red Cross, 52–53
reform movements, 19, 21–22, 32
Regal Ransom (horse), 189–90
Regret (horse), 50, 51, 52, 58, 85, 194, 197
Reigh Count (horse), 117, 236n8, 238n46
Republican League of Clubs, 18–19
Rice, Grantland, 134
Rice, Ted, 59
Riddle, Samuel D., 60–61, 98, 99
Ride, Sally, 198
Robertson, William, 160–61
Robinson, Bill (“Bojangles”), 103
Roman Catholic Church, 145
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 236n15
Rose, James, Jr., 85
roses: connection to the Derby, 13–14, 23
Ross, Commander J. K. L., 56, 57
Runnymede (horse), 13
Runyon, Damon, 134
Sackatoga Stables, 190
“Sagamore of the Wabash,” 228n23
Sanders, Colonel Harland, 101, 177, 178
Santos, Jose, 191
Saunders, William “Smokey,” 93, 94
Scanlan’s Monthly, 151
Schmied, Kenneth, 156
Scottish-American Convention, 18
Seabiscuit (film), 192
Seabiscuit (Hillenbrand), 192
Seabiscuit (horse), 114, 124, 130
Sea Hero (horse), 203
Seattle Dancer (horse), 181
Seattle Slew (horse), 165–66, 238n40
Secretariat (horse), 117, 125, 165, 166, 238n40
segregation: at the Derby and Churchill Downs, 230n1
in Louisville, 231n33
Sekiguchi, Fusao, 185
selling races, 77
Sexton, Steve, 188–89
sharpshooters, 93
Shelby, Isaac, 27
Shoemaker, Bill, 128, 129, 144, 154, 158, 200, 201
Silky Sullivan (horse), 140
Silver Charm (horse), 204, 206
Sir Barton (horse), 56–57, 58, 60
Sir Peter Teazle (horse), 240n10
slavery: in Kentucky, 3, 4, 68–69, 226n6
slaves: as jockeys, 33
Sloane, Isabel Dodge, 108
Smarty Jones (horse), 24, 190, 193–95
Smith, J. Soule, 104–5
Smith, Tom (horse trainer), 130
Smith, Tommie (Olympic athlete), 161–62
Smith, William E., 114
Snaafi Dancer (horse), 180
Social Gospel movement, 19
social protests, 145
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 155, 156
Southern Fried Rabbit (cartoon), 121
Southwest Conference football, 171
Spectacular Bid (horse), 166–67
Spokane (horse), 17
Sports Illustrated: on the 1972 Derby, 149
on the 1974 Centennial Derby, 169
on the 2009 Derby, 213
on the Dancer’s Image controversy, 162
William Faulkner on the 1955 Derby, 132–33
jinx associated with, 140
on Smarty Jones, 193–94
sportswriters. See journalists
St. Julian, Marlon, 41
St. Leger Stakes, 99
Standardbred, 238n34
Standardbred races, 238n34
Stanley, Augustus Owsley, 52–53
Stanley, Edward (Earl of Derby), 1, 85
Steadman, Ralph, 151
steamboat races, 145–46
Steinbeck, John, 131–32
Stepenfetchit (horse), 87
Stevens, Ted, 214
Stevens, Woody, 169
Stewart’s Department Store, 95
Stone, Lynn, 170
Stone Farm, 209
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 3
“Streetcar Derby,” 117–18
Street Sense (horse), 210, 212
Strike the Gold (horse), 206
Stuart, Jesse, 235n38
Sullivan, John L., 140
Sun Briar (horse), 54
Sunday Silence (horse), 209–10, 211
Super Bowl, 243n55
Swale (horse), 198
“Swamp Root,” 54
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 163
Tabor, Michael, 188
Tagg, Barclay, 191
Taylor, Mickey and Karen, 165
Taylor, William S., 43
television: broadcasting of the Derby, 133–34, 137, 138–40, 147, 183, 239n55
color broadcasting, 147
cowboy characters, 131
fictionalized depiction of Kentucky, 152–53
Temple, Shirley, 103
Ten Broeck (horse), 35
Ten Broeck, Richard, 35
“They’re off Luncheon,” 237n28
Thompson, Hunter S., 151
Thoroughbred industry: boom of the 1980s, 180, 181
James Haggin and, 15
importance of the Derby to, 6. See also horse racing
Thoroughbred Record, 53, 148–49, 155, 159
Thunder Gulch (horse), 188, 189
Ticket (horse), 52
Time magazine, 127, 135, 139, 194
Tim Tam (biscuit), 239n66
tobacco industry, 44
Triple Crown. See American Triple Crown; English Triple Crown
Twenty Grand (horse), 85
2,000 Guineas race, 99
“Ultimate Mint Juleps,” 215–16
Unbridled (horse), 202, 203, 204
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Stowe), 3, 4
University of Arkansas, 171
University of Texas, 171
Upset (horse), 59
U.S. Supreme Court, 163
Ussery, Bobby, 158
Vagrant (horse), 12
Vanderbilt, Alfred Gwynne, 89, 139
Vanderbilt, Gertrude, 52
Vecsey, George, 207–8
Velasquez, John, 246n43
Venezuela, 164
vigilante groups, 44
Villiers, Victor Child (Earl of Jersey), 48
Volcano (horse), 9
Waldorf-Astoria, 134
Waldron, Roy, 114
Walker, Billy, 35
Walker, Moses Fleetwood, 35
Wall, Berry, 13–14
Wall, Maryjean, 206
War Admiral (horse), 61, 98–99, 114
War Emblem (horse), 186, 187, 188, 190
Washington Park (Chicago), 19
Watterson, Henry, 69–71, 230n13
WAVE television station, 134
Western Kentucky, 43–44
WHAS radio, 78–79
WHAS television station, 137
Whirlaway (horse), 124
Whiskery (horse), 85
whiskey distilleries: Applegate and Sons, 50
Old South imagery in advertising, 173–74
the “Ultimate Mint Julep,” 215–16. See also Kentucky bourbon
Whitney, Harry P., 50, 51, 52, 59, 85, 194
Whitney, Marylou, 194
Whitney, W. Payne, 85
Whitney, William C., 52
Whittingham, Charlie, 200, 202, 209, 211
Williams, Ansel, 33–34
Williams, Hosea, 155
Willson, A. E., 44
Wilson, Woodrow, 52
Winkfield, Jim, 38–40
Winkfield, Victoria, 39
Winn, Martin J. (“Matt”): at the 1940 Derby, 114
the American Triple Crown and, 100
antigelding policy, 54–55
attitude toward black servants, 67
biographical overview, 26–27
death of, 134
Exterminator and, 54
free infield policy and, 47–48
introduction of “My Old Kentucky Home” to the Derby, 63–64
as a Kentucky colonel, 27–28, 101–2
management of the New Louisville Jockey Club, 24
as “Mr. Derby,” 25
operation of the Derby during World War I, 52–53, 120
operation of the Derby during World War II, 116–18, 120
pari-mutuel wagering and, 29–30
promotion of the Derby, 27, 28, 31–32, 80, 134, 135–38
relationship with sportswriters, 134–35
self-created legend of, 28–29
Winning Colors (horse), 198, 199
WinStar Farm, 246n43
Withers Stakes, 117
women: attitudes toward in the early Derbies, 67
at Derbies in the 1930s, 96
Derbies in the 1980s and, 197–98, 200
Woodford Reserve Distillery, 215–16
Woodlawn race course, 10
Wood Memorial Stakes, 158
Woodward, William, Sr., 85, 93, 94, 95
Woolley, Bennie L., Jr. (“Chip”), 213, 214, 215
Worldly Manner (horse), 184
World War II: ban on horse racing in 1945, 118–19
operation of the Derby during, 114–18, 119–20
professional baseball during, 236–37n15
Wright, George C., 68
Wright, William, 126–27
Young, Dick, 197–98
Young, William T., 204
youth: infield crowds in the 1960s, 143–45, 147–48
Yum! Brands, 215–16