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ft V . ■» „ V ■ y w h he ■ tj o of , n :. in n A g o of , t] v g t; , Twenty Years Ago Today Chief Turf Events of May 8, 1903 Racing at Morris Park, Louisville, St. Louis and Worth. John E. Madden offered 5,000 to R. T. Wilson for Mexican, but the offer was refused. Last fall when Mexican was sold at the sale with the rest of Clarence Mackays horses Mr. Wilson purchased him. The horse went a little lame after that and Mr. Wilson wished Mr. Mackay to take him back. However, in some way, the horse remained with Mr. Wilson and is glad that he kept him. The last day of the Nashville meeting was marked by a pretty spectacle when between the first and second races there was a parade all the prominent horses at ths track. The horses had up racing colors and were paraded front of the grandstand and clubhouse. Those that were shown in public were Savable, winner of the Futurity; Wyeth, winner of the American Derby; Fore and Aft, winner of the Cumberland Derby; Nannie Hodge, winner of the Beile Meade Stakes; Sinner Simon, winner the Carter Memorial; Red Robe, winner of the Cumberland and Canadian Derbys last year; Claude, which captured the California and Tennessee Derbys; besides Olefiant, Hying Ship, Whiskey King and others. It is estimated that 00,000 worth of horseflesh was exhibited.
