The Washington times., 1922-10-22
EXTERMINATOR
WINS BIG RACE
IN EASY STYLE
Great csiding Only $6,y6f
Behind Man O. Mars Record
Aftsr Taking laurel Stakes.

Behind Man o. Wars Record
Aftsr Taking laurel Stakes.
BY LEONARD W. COLLINS.
r AUREL RACE TRACK. Oct.
21.--Willjs Sharpe Kilmer's
Exterminstor. greatest Of all
American geldings. past or pres
snt, is but $e,761 from topping
Incompatible Man O. Wars money
..ianirs record.s One more vic
tory, be it in either the Wash
ington Handicap, the Bowie or
Pimlico cups, and the American
turf will have a new champion.
Wins Race with Ease.
Running as only Exterminator
can. the. great gelding this after.
noon scored with consummate ease
over as fast field of miiers AZ
has gone to the post in any event
during the present campaign.
Asked to shoulder top weight Of
l32 pounds and giving away pound
age to such acknowledged stars>xS
Walter J.. Salmon's Careful, the
Quincy Stables Playfellow. the
westmont Stables Tryster. the San.
ford Studs Farms imported Para
Cee-Fair Empress won as only a
great Thoroughbred should in the
ninth renewal OF the Laurel Stakes.
The Laurel carried an added value
Of $4,000. plus the nomination and
starting fees, making 1t worth $10,-
OTIS to the winner. The score and
purse brought Exterminator's total
winnings up to $242,704. just $6,761
less than Man o. Wars record.
In the wagering on the contest
the Westmont stables Tryster had
been made the public choice mainly
through the fact that the Peter Pan
colt had clipped track record mt
Empire City In his last start. Ex-
terminator's friends were 1ust an
legion, however. and when post time
arrived there was but few cents diff
ference in the prices laid against the
two thoroughbreds.
Careful Unruly at Post. :
Starter James Miiton's assistants
the unruly Careful to face the barrier
properly. once in perfect alignment
and Milton sprang the gate, Careful
was the one to show in front first,
with J. 8. Cosden's two-year-old Dun
lin, the closest In pursuit. Extermi-
nator was slow to begin and at the
half-mile pole was running in the
ruck.
Az the field reached the middle Of
the turn there was q general clos
ing up. Paragon II. OF which
so much had been heralded and
which was making its first public
appearance under colors in this
country came with a rush on the
inner rail and was forcing the issue.
Dunlin had made his bid and quit
while Tryster was within striking
distance Of the leaders.
As the field neared the eighth
pole Johnston was seen coming up
on the outside with E3terminator.
The courageous old gelding was run
ming one Of the races Of his life.
With every gigantic stride he was
picking up the field one at q time.
At the sixteenth pole the contest
was over. Exterminator was on top
and drawing away. Just before
reaching the final marker Careful
had dropped back and Paragon was
running second. Turner, astfide
the English racer, was severely pun
ishing his mount. All Of q sudden
Paragon bolted to the rail and for a
time II looked like an ugly spin would
result. II.
Careful had been jammed against
the rail and all but went down. But
well, ever alert, quickly pulled UP,
and CarefuI's chances. were gone.
The stewards Immediately called
Turner into the stand, and, after
z short consultation. DISQUALIFIED
Paragon IL. The disqualification
chet third, and Careful fourth.
II was regrettabIe that the highly.
priced imported star should be dis.
qualified In his very first American
start. Paragon End lived up to all
of the advances notices on his prowess.
He displayed q high flight of speed,
but It would have taken a super-horse
TO have beaten "Oid Bones" today.
Two Real Contenders.
In the opening event seven
Juveniles nougnt out tne ISSUE
which was at five and one-half
furlongs. In reality, but two were
real contenders. Edward F. Whit.
ney's Heel Taps and Harry Payne
Whitney's Woodland carried the
bulk Of the speculation.
Heel Taps, as is' her wont, out.
broke the rest, while Penman.
astride Woodland. found himself
pinched off before the turn was
reached. ,Penman was forced to
pull up, and started to circle the
field For some unaccountable
reason Mafinelii took Heel Taps ex-
tremeiy wide. turning into the
stretch. Callahan on Comixa did
likewise. - -
j Penman took advantage Of his
opportunity and slipped down on
the inner rail. The move saved
considerable ground for Woodland
but the II. p. Whitney filly was
not equal to the task of overtaxing
the two leaders. Through the final
sixteenth. Heel Taps and Comixa
fought IL out, with Heel Taps
finally winning the verdict by a