The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-08
TWO STRONG FOES
MENAClNG WINNING
MARK OF MAN O. WAR
Nv FRANk &. MENKE

Man o. Wars wonderful winning
mark of s249.465 is menaced by two
formidable foes.
After five years of turf duelling, Ex-
Termination, perhaps the greatest Am
erican distance horse of all time, has
flashed beyond 5000. 600. When he
won the $4,000 Kentucky Handicap
the other day, Willis Sharpe Kilmer's
selding. which cost him only $4,000
in 1913, made his earnings go to
S209. PSI. Man O. War is the only
other horse in American turf history
10 win over 100000.
Exterminator's engagements through
1922 are such that if he maintains his
victorious average through the bal
ance of the year, he should finish
with close to $4,000 or $245, 900 to
his credit. And then it would require
only one or two important victories in
1928 for the gamest horse that ever
looked throush bride to slip beyond
the presumed unbeatable" record of
Man o. War
In the matter of winnings for age,
the mighty Norwich has so far eclipsed
both Man o. War and Exterminator.
The three year old already has gar
nered S169, 112-and has run but one
race in 1922. If he fulfilIs all his
stable engagements this year and con-
tinues unbeaten, it would be possible
for him to pass Man O. Wars total
before the end of 1922.
1t must be remembered that there
is included in Man O. Wars record
purse winning of SIS, 900 for his match
race against Sir Barton. Neither Ex-
Termination nor Norwich ever had a
shot at such big and soft money
Secondly, there is included in the
Man o. War total the sum he won in
the running of the Futurity. Norwich
was not eligible for that race.
Missed Futurity.
If all things were equal, Norwich
now would be far in front of Man
which would leave about SITS, 700.
o. War. For from the Man o. War
total can be deducted the $4,000
which would leave about S175,000.
Norwich had the Futurity at his
mercy. Had he been eligible, it's a
cinch he would have won it, thus add
ing $4,000 to his earnings, making
his total over 100000
Norwich probably will run in the
special Kentucky race on June "a.
The stake carries with it a purse of
$4,000. If Norwich wins it, it means
he will be the third American horse
to go beyond 100000. He also may
go in the $4,000 Latonia Derby. Then,
if they give him a "setup" in a $75,
eco match race, he will, with few
incidental purse winnings, go beyond
$3.50, 000-in two years of galloping.
In the entire history of the turf,
only one horse has won beyond $780,
COO That sum is credited to Bota~
Togo, the great Argentine racer. But
there is considerable doubt as to the
authenticity of the figure. In some
quarters it has been said that the
actual money won was nearer $3.50, 600
But officially the 1885, coo stands and
that gives Botafogo the kingshlp
among the big money winners.
Isinglass, Donovan, Rock Sand, Bay
ardo, Lemberg, and Flying Fox were
English horses. Sardanaple was cam
paigned in France.
In American race history, Man o
War leads, Exterminator is second,
and Norwich sixth in money gains.
The statistics show Man o. War was
beaten but once; EXterminator won
40 races in 70 starts, was in the money
60 of these rs times, while Norwich
is unbeaten after II trips to the post.
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