New-York tribune., 1921-06-05


and at the end outgamed this secont
Audacious flashed past the wire as
long neck in front of the game Mad
Halter, which in turn was admirably
ridden to the very last out by Earl
Sande, premier jockey of the American
turf. Eight lengths back Larry Water
. bury's Sennings Park and Harry Payne
Whitney's DR.. Clark. drunk and dizzx
from attempting to follow Mad Hatter's
cruel and killing pace, reeled drunkenly
through the last sixteenth in another
pretty duel for the consolation end OF
the purse. Sennings Park lasted Just
long enough to get the verdict by a
scant nose.
Willis Sharpe, Kilmer's six-year-old
gelding, EXterminator, the idol of the
$4,000 that turned out to see the thirty
fifth running of this pr,zed classic, was
nowhere in the picture at the end of
the trial. He staggered home bad
fifth, many lengths behind DR.. Clark
and Sennings Park, the victim of one
OF the most astounding upsets of the
young turf season.
Exterminator Well Backed
Exterminator, as honest an old horse
IS ever looked through bride, did
not begin to run his race. He was con-
sidered by students of form as one of
the surest things that had been sent
to the post since the horses came north
from Maryland, and he was played ac-
cordingly.
The holiday crowd, which has become
educated to the advantage of following
the wise money, and which likes to
. land on warmly supported favorites,
swung into line to board the Kilmer
geldings chances. So that Extermina-
tor. which opened 20 in the betting,
was steadily hammered down to evens
and it was with difficulty that as good
as 9 to 10 might be had against him
when the bugie called the field to the
post.
Audacious richly deserved to win.
From start to finish he proved himself
breds in training. He hung on dog
gedly to Mad Hatter's sizzling pace
and then on the stretch turn came
around the pacemaker and fought him
to a standstill in the long run to the
goal. Audacious and Mad Halter both
gave of the best they have. Their duel
through the strentch was truly edify-
ing.
But Exterminator was a rank dis
appointment. Just when his fervid
supporters expected him to begin his
we'll known rush-for Exterminator,
when right, is one of the most courage
Gus finishers under silks-the six-year-
old chestnut gelding fattened fatter
than pancake, folded and curled and
resigned himself to humble position
away in the ruck.
AudacIOus Disregarded
Audacious was third choice in the
betting and commanded practically little
play for thoroughbred that had
turned such sensational mile as he
showed Eternal three days previously.
The fact that that winning perform
ance had added five pounds to his orig
inal impost and the doubt as to his
ability to carry that extra weight over
distance of ground against such
worthy rivals as Exterminator and
Mad Halter doubtless prompted the
hesitation.
At any rate, the opening odds of 5
to against the Foreign Stables horse
scared as high as to l, and post time
found him still disregarded at 7 to i.
The Suburban this year was run the
American way of the track for the first
time at Belmont. The chute for the
mile and a quarter distance had not
been completed and it was necessary
the beginning of the first turn. To
obviate as much as possible the disad-
vantage of an outside position a tenn
porary inside rail had been con-
structed so that the field had nearly
sixteenth straight dash for position
before being called upon to take the
bend.
Of the nine originally named eight
paraded to the post, and each looked fit
for rea' horserace. P. A. Clark's
mare La Rablee was the only scratch.
There was delay of four minutes at
the post, due to the very high tenn
pered Mad Halter. Eventually Starter
Cassidy ordered this fractions one to
the extreme outside, beyond Extermi-
nator, which had drawn the outside po-
sition. During his brain storm Mad
nigh hind leg. This accident did not
improve the favorite's chances, though
it scarcely excused Exterminator's dis
appointing performance.
When Cassidy finally sprang the bar
Yier the entire field was away in good
alignment. Audacious, on his toes, first
showed in font, and in the -un to the
first angle took the rail for himself.
Paul Jones, Sennings Park, DR.. Clark,
Mad Halter, Exterminator and Yellow
kand, crowding closely in the order
Exmed. Donnacona was soon outrun
g was Paul Jones, and the pair dropped
Dack and out of it.
AS the field swung into the back
ss.etch Audacious was still! showing
the way. He stepped the first quarter
in 0:24 35. But once Strengthened for
the run up the backstretch Mad Halter
soon found his racing legs, nd Sande
let him down in an effort to steal q
winning lead. Inch by inch Mad Halter
drew away from the pack, until at the
half mile, which he covered in 0:47 3-5,
he was showing two lengths of open
daylight to the nearest competitor.
The nearest competitor at his stage
of the race was Sennings Park, for
Hummer had taken Audacioua lack off
the pace, and DIR. Clark had been eased
back also by Cotlletti.
Exterminator Makes a Move
No fear was felt as yet for the ia
vorite. He did not stick so closely to
Mad Halter on this occasion as he had
done when he landed the victory on
their last previous meeting, but he was
still plenty close enough in fifth posi-
tlon to strike with his we'll known
stretch rush. A cry of JOY went up as
the field hit the far turn when Exter-
minator began to move up on the out
side. But the JOY was short-lived
For Just when everybody believed AL
bert johnson about to make his chal-
lenge with an IRE esistible rush this
horse fiattened and hung, 1t was seen
he was doing his best, but he could
make no gain on the leaders. But it