The New York herald., 1921-09-04
NORWICH WORTHY TO
LEAD ALL JUVENILES
Earned Title by Racing Like a
Champion-Exterminator
King Of Turf.

From now until the snow flies and the
good thoroughbreds depart to winter
quarters and the cheaper ones go South
In quest of small purses racegoers will
hear stories OF wonderful feats of all
descriptions by horses Of all ages.
Every horse which wins stake III
fast time will be proclaimed as a won
der and many will herald several OF
them as champions. But they won't be
champions. The title of King of the
Turf and the juvenile champion already
has been bestowed upon the heads OF
two mouarchs Willis Sharpe Kilmer's
grand old cup horse, Exterminator, Is
unuuestionably the best horse of the
year. Twenty thousand racegoers said
so at Saratoga and ten times that many
agreed with those who were present at
his coronation.
There are probably a dozen horses
which can beat him alta mile. and there
might be one or two which can beat
him at mile and a furlong. But there
are none which can beat him at any
longer distance. AS a cup horse he
is supreme and If primed for a short
race probably would be on top at a
mile. He can run fast, and as the say
ing on the turf goes he can run all
night. He Is reliable old fellow. too.
and when he Is ready to race he always
gives up every ounce of speed and
stamina he possesses if It is necessary
for him to win. He can carry heavy
weight and run on any kind of track.
and he is Just as good I'm the mud as he
is in lightning fast going.
Leads All ms winner.
He has won more cup races than all
other horses in training combined and
he is as sound as a bell and likely to
win some more.
What Exterminator Is as cup horse
Norwich Is as q juvenile. This young
California bred son of Runnymede, which
came East believed to be selling platter,
has done everything a great thorough
bred should do. He has started nine
times under all sorts of conditions and
each time led home his field In clever
fashion. He has won more than $65, 900
during the season and he Is likely to
reach the 100000 mark before retired
to winter quarters.
Norwich is a great colt, but he Is not
sound. He has bad knees. He looks as
IL he had knots on them. But they don't
bother him either in his training or his
races and they might be like Collins
famous Monmouth hook
First Start I'm Selling Race.
IT was because of these bad knees that
he was sold on three occasions for the
proverbial song. A. b. Spreckels brought
him East and started him in a selling
race. Off of work of l :04 he galloped
away from a high class field of young
platers and came home galloping in a
minute and fraction. He wasn't bid
up or bought out of that race. but imme-
diately after 1t Max Hirsch bought him
for $4,000 He kept him few days and
sold him to Fred Burlew and Benjamin
Block for $500 and percentage Of
his future winnings.
a month later, after he had won sew
eral races, Mr. Block bought him out
right from Burlew for price which
brought his total cost up to $4,000.
Norwich has won more than that for
Mr. Block, but his owner hasn't profited
much, for he gave away most of his win
nings in the United States Hotel Stakes
and the Hopeful to his trainer, jockey
and st hla hands