The Washington times., 1922-10-15

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RECORD MAY
BE SURP ASSED
Exssrmlnator Is Close to Mark
Made by Greatest Money!
Winner Of american Tuf.
BY LEONARD w. COLLINS.
rs Man o. War TO be tumbled
from his pedestal as the
= greatest money-winning thor
oughbred the American turf has
ever knownf When the incompar-
able son Of Fair Play was retired
forever at the end Of the 1920 sea-.
son he had earned for his owner,
Samuel Riddle, the enormous sum
\of $249, ,465, an amount which ex-
ceeded BY $50 900 that won by any
,ther thoroughbred since the in-
ception Of the sport In this coun-.
try.
with Man O. wars retirement Il
was freely predicted that It perhaps
would be years before anotner
Asquine wonder would appear upon
the turf horizon which could hope to
better the mark established by the
great Riddle racer. In fact, there
were many who held to the opinion
that unless stakes and purses took
I'm upward trend in value the Amert-.
can turf would have to produce a
rar greater super-horse than Man
q War II his record was 70 be,
Thsn along. came Norwich. In his
first eleven starts as a two-year-oid
the Block colt never met defeat and'
earned in money $115,234. His first
start as a three-year-old was in the
kentucky Derby. This victory
netted his owner over $4,000. bring
ing the Runnymede colts total win
rings up to about $165. 900. Norwich
was Immediately hailed as the most
probable successor to Man o. War
m the greatest money-winning
american thoroughbred. Morvich's
Subsequent record is known to all.
W Norwich Is Through.
Norwich will come to the races no
more this year. Next season he win
be four-year-oid. and where will he
lind stakes and purses of $4,000 or
more in which to compete? And
II he does take part in the more
pretentious events fashioned for
those OF his age he will find far more
Formidable opposition than he met
IN those races in which he partici-
pated as a three-year-old.
With smaller purses to compete
for and tougher fields to conuueror
the outlook for Norwich next year is
none too bright. True. II is, he has
but about $4,000 more to earn be-
fore he will have surpassed Man o.
Wars figures. but he will have to
be q more powerful horse in 1928
than he was in 1922 IL he even hopes
to get close to the Riddle colts
mark. Even as great four.year-
old. II is doubtful whether he can
I'LL enough engagements to earn
close onto 100000 during the sea-
son.
And it may be that he win have
to win Tar more than Man o. War did
II he Is to eventually head the list.
Stealing upon Man o. Wars record
like a phantom across the horizon
there looms the long. gaunt. power
full frame or Willis Sharpe Kilmer's
courageous old gelding, Extermina-
Has Won S23., ,6.s.
The Kilmer Golfers alone have
been enriched just S232.629 through
the prowess of Exterminator. A
matter of but $16,S36 Is all that
stands between Exterminator and
Man o. Wars pedestal LarreTs
Washington Handicap has an added
value Of $4,000. The Bowie and
Pimlico Cups each carry an added
value Of $4,000. Victory in the
Washington and Old Bones will have
topped Man o. Wars figures.
Should he fail in the Laurel clas-
dc he still has two more chances
70 eclipse the son Of Fair Plays
mark before the Maryland season
comes to close. And II might be
well to say right here that Trainer
Gene Wayland is determined that
Exterminator will have surpassed
Man o'War's winnings ere the sea
son ends.
Even II the courageous old gelding
should fail to earn sufficient be-
tween now and November 30, II neces-
sarily does not mean that he will
not eventually head the list. Neither
Owner Kiimer nor Trainer Wayiand
have any intention Of relegating Old
Poison to the shelf. This Is not
his last season Of racing-unless the
unforeseen should happen. Just as
long as Exterminator continues to
train faithfully and well, just 30
long win his active career last.
Threatens IsingIass' Record.
VI Another winning year like either
Of his last two and Exterminator
VIII not only have passed the record
hung up by Man o'War., but he will
have bettered that made by Isin-
glase. the great English thorough
bred. Isinglass won $2s1,275 during
his racing career. Give Old Bones
fhst one more campaign and he will
Undoubtedly have won over $500, 900.
That is the objective toward which
Wayland Is now pointing him.
Man o. War In his twenty con-
quests out Of twenty starts earned
glory enough. He stamped him
IsIf as being the greatest thorough.
bed the American turf has ever
known. His worlds records for
time over varying distances proved
that. What matters II II Exter-
,ntnator leads him In amount Of
Smoney won?