Dorothy Lawrence wore a red hat she borrowed from The Players Theatre to Sarasota Yacht Club's Derby party in May. She received an honorable mention in the ladies hat contest.
Thomas Quigley wore his "lucky suit" in May to the Kentucky Derby party at the Sarasota Yacht Club. Quigley wore the same suit to the 1941 Kentucky Derby, during which he bet $5 on the horse that won that year, Whirlaway.