New-York tribune., 1920-09-16
kil111e1. Horse
Goes 2 Miles I'm
3 Min. 2l As
Damask Finishes Second
and Cleopatra Third; Five
Favorites Win ON Last Dav
BY w. I. Macbeth

Willis Sharpe Kilmer's Exterminator.
% hve-year-old chestnut gelding, which
has accounted for number Of rich
inanolcaps this year on Eastern, Ken
1ucky and Canadian tracks, proved him
SER one OF the greatest distance horses
America has seen in a decade bv the
manner in which he won the first run
nlng Of the Autumn Gold Cup, the fea-
lure race Of the closing day of the
1all meeting at Belmont Park vester-
day afternoon. ''''
Extermnator, u1der heavy impost
OF 128 pounds, galloped the two miles
Itne distance of this now handicap.
mn.cn was arranged primarily to re-
vlve interest in distance racing-in the
wohder1uI i time of minutes Fl 4-5 Sec
onds. This performance cut almost
a seconds g as to be exactS. from use the
American record for two miles.
Inc former mark for the distance
W.. vas S:25 3-5. raced by the Quincy
otaoies Everett under much lighter
"elghI several years ago. The worlds
record IS held by Crabella. an Enol;sh
hoFse' which as seven-year-old and
under 1l6 pounds only raced 3:1eo.S
at Ascot in 1906
AN interesting Contest
Providing yesterdays runnino ~ +h.
autumn Gold Cup is to be taken as
ssss1'erlon this event in future is likely
70 prove one Of the most attract;ve
features of the racing year. THOUGH
neld OF but three went to the most
Tor the gold mug, which carried % an
aooeo value of $4,000, the race proved
one one OF the most interesting RIM
ohreugnout the season and DEVELOPED
nnlsh that had the horse lovers
et'nuseu ST. +hn "a almost to point of frenzy
., ,sNterm'nator proved himself
thoroughbred Of rare quality cano1
ness and stamina. He had to be a Won
eeIlul morse to snatch victory from de-
3eat IN a whirlwind sprint through the
long stretch, for he looked like heat
en- morse turning from home when he
was pinched off by CLEOPATRA and
14rced to come away to the outside.
.noreoVer, Exterminator was left much
70 ms own resources. A great deal Of
Iauit might be found with the wav
ctae ntaaforother handled this odds-on
The race was run exactly n s,;t
horse of such proved i stamina 70 as su'E "a
{1eermlnator: Harry Payne Whitnev's
Damask, the three-year-old colt tbat
,inished i scant nose (scant inches)
Dehind the winner, and w. r. Goes
tnrce-year- filly, Cleopatra, hooked
up in duel for the lead shortly after
tne clubhouse turn and raced them
serves leg-weary for the empty honor
Of leading.
o. n4hough tairbrother wisely laid back
on this killing pace, always keeping
wen within striking distance Of
course, 1or some reason he neglected
70 70 MAKE the most of his advantage.
ne kept Exterminator we'll out from
the rail around both long turns and
lost several lengths thereby even be-
lore he had to sacrifice more ground
on wide turn home.
Eoltllettl's handling of the Whitney
colt, which was backed from a to to
~ TO D, was even weaker than Fair
brother's ride on the favorite. This
ilttle chap took all the worst of it in
his duel with McAtce and Cleopatra.
trying IN vain to race past the early
pacemaker and being carried to the
outside all the time
A Weak and Tired Jockey
Coltilctti finally did race Cleopatra
INTO submission rounding the far bend
out the effort appeared to- take more
out OF the jockey than it did out of
MS mount. Coltiletti was so weak
and tired In the run through the
stretch he seemed lucky not to fall
out of the saddle. He was of abso
!utely no use to Damask; he couldn't
hold the colts head up. With
stronger rider Damask undoubtedly
would have won, good as Exterminator
proved to be.
Damask right now is great three
year-old over distance Of ground.
Those who watched his race closely
against-or rather behind-Man O.
War in the Jockey Club Stakes at a
mile and half Saturday were very
much Impressed by the Whitney colt
Though beaten away off by Man o.
Wars mountaineering gallop, Damask
nevertheless raced close to record
time, and that he was never once fully
extended he proved conclusively by his
great race Of yesterday, with little or
no assistance. There was very good
reason why Damask should have been
so literally supported.
The start was half mile up the
straight chute. AS the field of three
swept past the judges the first time
Cleopatra was length in front Of
Damask, with Exterminator trailing
three lengths back. .ust about then
oo1 I'm n g.