The New York herald., 1921-12-04
|OLDEXTERMINAYOR
HAS EARNED S171,SS1
His Winnings Now Large,
Than Those of fsAny Other
Thoroughbred Gelding.
BY c. j. FITZGERALD.

kixterminator, ike IennySonS brook,
goes on forever" winning season after
season and displaying those splendid
qualities which command the admira-
ton of lovers OF the thoroughbred race
horse the world over.
The fact that he is the biggest money
winning gelding in the world. with S171.-
3S1 to his credit as the result of five
years OF strenuous campaigning and that
most OF his victories have been gained
over long distances with high weights
up, makes his performances all the more
remarkable in these days with their
tendencies to sprint racing. From the
time he passed into the possession OF
Willis Sharpe Kilmer he has travelled
this country and Canada engaging all
comers over every kind of O track. On
some of his forays Exterminator has
been beaten. but his dauntless spirit has
never been dismayed.
Most horses that have taken part in
campaigns much less strenuous tnan
that Of Exterminator show the scars of
racing. Not so the gallant chestnut
warrior by McGee, out Of Fair Empress.
His legs are as clean as the day he was
foaled and nobody ever saw him take a
lame step. He is of the rough and ready
type exemplifed by such horses as
Monitor, Parole. Barnum and Drake
Carter. all of which were unsexed and
which raced year after year a generation
ago and seemed ever green. Raceland
and Banquet, also geldings. in later
tyn xr-av- - ~ txr11 av.Io
down to the period within the memory
of the present day racegoer Exterminator
Is Of the same eschool as Roamer--
always ready to accomplish some task
that would make new friends for himself
and the cause ofracing.
While he would not be classed as q
handsome horse Exterminator has dis
tillctIve qualifications which are imme-
diately apparent to all who know the
fine points OF a thoroughbred. His neck
Is long and symmetrical and his fine
head with its great breadth between the
eyes is beautifully modelled. His shoul-
der is sloping and powerful with the
withers running well into the back. His
hips are trihe rough, giving him a
somewhat angular appearance, which is
accentuated by his height of leg. He
toes out a trifle with one front foot, but
In action he is the poetry of motion.
He is long strider and as a mud runner
has few If any equals. His courage is
OF that matchless variety which refuses
to accept defeat, as was shown in the
case of his battle with that other game
cock, Boniface, for the Pimlico Cup re-
Gently.
Here is what Henry Mcdaniel re-
marked the day he severed his connec-
tion with the Kilmer stable. which at
that time contained the phenomenally
fast horse Sun Brier:
Il never had a horse in my charge
that i was as fond of as Exterminator.
and hate to give him up. He wears no
blinkers, is as honest as the day ID
long. is always ready to run, can 60
over any kind of a track, and never
misses feed. He has lots OF intelli-
gence and is the nearest thing to a
gentleman in the shape of a horse that
ever saw"
Exterminator was bred by l.. b
Knight in Kentucky, and was sold at the
Saratoga yearling sales in 1916 to J. c.
Milan for $1,000. That clever horse.
man. who trained Miss Joy and other
good ones the last season, won two races
out of four starts with him as two-year-
old. and gave him a preparation for
the Kentucky Derby and his other en-
sagements as three-year-old The
eelding was at Louisville when Sur
Briar went to Churchill Downs for the big
stake, and when the French-bred col,
went lame few days before the race
Mr.. Kilmer in looking around for some
thing to bear his colors In the contest
had his attention called to Exterminator
He wanted something that would be able
to work with Sun Briar too. and ac.
quired Exterminator for $4,000 -
How Exterminator won the Derby and
beat IScoba, War Cloud and others in
the mud is history, and how he has gone
on winning ever since is known at every
crossroads in the Union. He ran II
times as a three-year- old and won Z
races. while he took part In 81 races In
1919 as a four-year-old and was sue
cessful in 9. In 1920. as a five-year-old
he started II times and won 10 races
while to date this season he has taken
part I'm 16 races. of which he has won 3
His total number of races during his
career is 73, OF which he has won SO
for a value OF s171.3st."
Exterminator's nearest rival among
the ge1dings is Banquet, which won So
races out OF 166 starts for a total OF
s11S,535. Banquet was a marvellous
campaigner. and was by imported Rayon
dor whose blood is found In Extermi-
nator through his maternal, ancestress
Raybelle. which. was by that horse.
While Extcrminator undoubtedly inherits
stamina from his paternal grandsire
White Knight those who are strong for
the stout old American families will
point to the fact that he is descended
from the renowned mare Ballet, by
Planet, whose blood Is of the stoutest
and is found in the veins of our best
distance performers. Her own daugh-
ters include Modesty. winner OF the Ken
tuclxy Derby, Lady Longfellow. Eliza
beth L. and Peg Wellington, Niece
sire of Exterrninator, was brilliant
miller. but his get can stay. and his
daughters are being sought after by dis
crirnina ting hreedara evervMhere