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1 I ! j I | I Twenty Years Ago Today Chief Turf Events of April 8, 1 90S. Racing at Washington, D. C , New Orleana, Memphis and San Francisco. Agile is not eligible to the Hotel Gayoso Stakes at Memphis. He was not nominated. W. W. Dardens Ivan the Terrible had his« first workout of the season at Memphis today. He ran six furlongs with ease in 1:17. Sam Hildreth bought Jake Sanders from "Doc" Streett todr.y. The price reported was ,000. The estate of the late jockey OAo Wonder y, it is said, consists of a restaurant in New York City, a barber shop in London, Ontario, and about 5,000 in cash. The Kentucky Oaks winner, Wainamoinen, in the stable of Talbot Brothers, at Ijexing-ton, will be raced again this year, although she was bred this spring. She seems to have all of her speed and her owners believe she will annex several good races before being retired permanently to the stud. "Bub* May, acting for a wealthy Ohioan, purchased from C. R. Ellison today at Memphis the brown colt Yankee Consul, by Sempronius —Lady Inez, for, it is said, 0,000. He also purchased from W. J. Harding A Company the bay filly Toots Mook. winner of the Ard- elle Stakes, paying for her ,500. Both young- sters were taken East with the May hor.-ea this afternoon. A cold snap robbed the Washington Jockey Club of one of the best days of its meeting. Always in the spring the Nursery Stakes has been one of the features of the Benning meeting, but a fall in temperature and the fact that Oaklawn appeared to outclass his opponents kept the attendance down. Oaklawn won easily by three lengths from Vendor. The conditions of the Nursery are four and a half furlongs for two-year olds, with allowances. Davy Johnsons horses were shipped tonight to New York. Among them was the Carter Handicap candidate Roseben. » ,
