New-York tribune., 1922-06-06

ear vel over s-NV''ND " i''"'
=. Wnu, Sharpe Kilmer has stampe'
,,.,,r a. one % the very greatest
..1,oushbr,ds In the annals Of the
,s.,ir,n turf. 40 American thorough
80 ,,v, Man o War, the horse Of
-. ,,,,ury. has a greater total OF
.s.,,,s, TO i.s credit The si,2TO that
...,-s,d Extsrminator's Bsyside vic
- ,ored up his lifes earnings tc
-. handsome total Of S2o4,Ose.
!, An, equine world this great son
:, v,ese.Fsir Empress mas proved
80. aid aSioms we had as kids in
.gr so7y-books about diligence and
nrt,. application, courage and hon
.,,v v, never was q super horse such
:, Mar o War, which used 70 work
.s-ss.ouarsers and miles and miles and
.'.,.s,-yea. even miles and a halt
fss,er gait than any horse before
a. s,sy ran IN competition. He was
80 Morvieh nor a Snob I'd. But he
~ s.,. horse that side-stepped no
&c.. thnt took on one and all regard
i.,. ~ track conditions or pull in
weights.
May Top Money Record
v,r a, war alone tops Exterminator
4. tbe list Of American turf winners.
Ne, n War in two years on the turf
,nrnsd In 10 Samuel d. Riddles Golfers
900 4s5 II must be remembered that
$4,000 cash and $1,000 in gold plate
~ III, was represented in the one
triumph over Sir Barton IN the match
r,e, AZ Kenilworth track, Windsor,
october l2. 1920. There is a chance
,l,t Ertsrminator may better Nan o
wars proud record even before he is
retired this fall. Already this season
n, spectacular old gelding has hung
10 sSOe65 in winnings. The greatest
,umber snd the richest Of his stake
stgagements for the year are still in
prospect.
Not until he wss a three-year-old
tIa Exterminator begin 10 campaign
WITH consistency. He started but four
times as two-year-old IN 1917. but
the next year he won the Kentucky
Derby. a. a rank outsider, in Mr.. Kill
rer's eolors after the great Sunbriar
Rad gone wrcng. During his racing
career the old gelding has faced the
starting barrier scventy-nine times.
Torty-one times he has flashed past the
Judges winner: he has been second
sixteen times, third thirteen times and
only nine times out OF the money.
last year Exterminator had his best
nory year: he won S56.S27. In 1920
" Won S52,40S; in 1919, s26,4O2; in
ins t36147 and in his two-year-old
yssr llel7). only $3.50.
They consider Exterminator's greatest
race that victory in the Kentucky Han
dlesp al Churchill Downs last May 20,
when he gslloped 8 mile and a quarter
under the crushing impost OF l3s
pounds In 2;O4 2-5 over a track that
was heavy. This was Just two-hfths
Of second faster than Norwich flashed
over the same route 10 win the his
torie Kentucky Derby. And Norwich
galloped the very shortest possible way
bone over a course that was lightning
fast
Veteran Flashes Fast Race
No telling how fast old Exterminatol
tould have travelled yesterday in hii
Eastern debut had Be Frank been abl'
D stretch his nimble legs. The officia
locker gave him 1852 2-5 for the mil'
nd an eighth Though the official timei
Doesn't stand so well with the grand
iand clockers-they think he has I
Fstch that runs as slow as Gladiator)
The track was cuppy. certainly fai
IRON fast. though certain officia
times" may suggest pasteboar'
tourse. But even so. though the tint
was more than three seconds OUTSIDE
Coaler's record. the ease with which
he turned the distance proved Exter
minstor up 10 Z record performance
had the occasion arisen.
IL must have given the old gelding
real horse laugh coming down thu
stretch with Be Frank. Exterminatoi
had q grudee against George p. Fuller
ek geldinc, YOU know. Away back II
lsle Be Frank trimmed Exterminatoi
IN the Tieh LatOnia Cup. ince ther
each seiting has gone MS individua
way, to meet again for the first time
IN yesterday BAyside Handicap. Ex.
trninator had gone on 10 fame and
fortune. 20 second ranking among al
American thoroughbreds. Be FranA
had one on - or, rather, well 20 the
oogs more or less. He was but the
..nell Of once truly great thorough
bred, even though not so long ago he
vas the sensation Of Tia Juana. There;
q clearly drawn line OF distinction be-
tFeen class as represented by New
York and Tia Juana, respectively, IN
thoroughbred flesh. as in all else.
. Ihis Bsysidc Handicap was a thor
ocghbred ties. o. pure sentiment. Save
Tor few snipers who will always put
saw-buck or so with q prayer or
: long shot the market was stagnant
when Extern minstor chased out Dam.
ask, BtrsagliCre and Billy Mclaughlin
ne established himself a ! 10 10 favor
ne. He should have been 70 1000
BE Frank. which over in Tia Juans
nag been used 10 seeing other horses
iade behind him In the distance, soor
iSand out yesterday that he was racing
.ongside a steam engine. He stepped
70 he half in At fat. but old Extermi'
ns'or was az his throatlatch all the
.ne. He turned the three-quarters n
1;lz rs and the mile in 1888 2-5. Al
no tine aid Re Frank lead, save or
sunerance. Albert johnson evidently
va, IN q gossipy mood. He must hav'
nsc funny story or two TO tell llttlt
a. Thomas, who was riding like a John
supin every inch Of the way.
Wins Under Heavy Wraps
Extsrminstor never at any time was
fsinning. He was always on the out
iloe OF Be Frank and under triple
wraps. Turning into the home stretch
Nhere re took command, he was fairly
Rslilng Johnson out Of the saddle
sohnson was fairly breaking the reins
wy still Exterminator finished out SO
sue1gly under the pull that johnson
sould make Il closer than lengths
Victory.
, As Sensational as the performance OF
-1Ierm lnator, though with the "re-
arse English, was that of Gladiator
= r.. = 1.