The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-21
THEY ALL HAVE A
 CHANCE IN SPORT, so SAYS PEGLER
Many Unknowns And Cast offs Have Startled Sport
 ing World
By wEsTBRoOK PEGLER

NEW YORK, July 1V'-1he 'i' have a chance,
 A hundred dollar, gangling colt once won the Belmont futurity.
 On two occasions a five-dollar dog has trotted out of the Westminster Kennel clubs New York show with the highest prize in the roundup, ad- judged the best dog of any breed In the entire exhibition.
 A Cornish blacksmith, landing broke in San Francisco, became Bop titzsimmons, champion of the world.
 Gene Sarazen. a former caddy boy, working hard and trying to make good at his $65 a month job as tutor in a small golf club, sent in his entry and fee to the national open cham pionship at Skokie last year and when the tournament was over Gene, like prize fighter suddenly showed forward in the sport pages by some sensational winning. had to hire "a manager to handle the offers of money which came fluttering off the chattering telegraph wires.
 Morello was a sickly, skinny colt as a yearling. He was too well bred, too small in the bone, to be of any use as work horse between the shafts of a Bakers cart and too weak and slow to make good as workout pony to trot along with more promising critters, in train ing canters. He went for slOO at a yearling sale, as one of the errors that occur on a breeding farm. That was in 1891. Twelve months later Morello won the stake of $40, ,45O in the Futurity. This stood, too, as the greatest purse in any American race. not even excluding the Kentucky Derby until the Derby prize was en- rlched during the last few years.
 Donerail, winner of the Derby in 1913. was not a bargain at any price in his earlier days and there was song about his owner after Donerail won which ran along to the effect that "Old Tom Hayes has full din- per pail; now he's won derby purse with Donerail."
 Lady Audrey. lilly that has won four races as a two-year old this year, was a S200 horse in a sale last fall. Norwich sold for S1,200 as a two year old to Maxey Girsch who got rid of him to Ben Block and another buyer. They took equal shares and Block later bought out the other fellow. so that the New York broker won 1t all when Norwich won the Kentucky Derby of 1922.
 Exterminator Pulls Surprise.
 For that matter. "old bones," "old poison," better known as EXtermlna- tor, the Kilmer gelding now seven years old, and the second greatest money winner In the history or the American turf-EXterminator was bought only to be a work horse for the trainig of Sunbriar.. EXter- minator began his career the next year by winning the Derby.
 Last fall an alley cat recruited from the ash cans of Mulberry bend was unofficitafly adjusted the best cat in one of the big New York bench shows and would have been given the prize had he been registered.
 About seven years ago the son of an eastern governor entered dog | named Kenmare Sorceress, an Are dale, in the Westminster Kennel club | show In New York. The man who handled the publicity for that show | was telling about 1t recently.
 "I got a good story in print about | that years show all right" he said. | "Kenmare Sorceress was named the | best dog in the place over thousands of dogs. Some were worth thousands of dollars and the man who entered | Kenmare had bought her from Bricklayer somewhere up in Mas sachusetts for five-dollar bill.
 There was another one another year. Ticklin' Jock was this dogs | name. A Scotch terrier, and a Bonnie Weenbeastie he was, I'm telling you. He had been bought for pound note | in London dog shop"
 Proving that they all have a chance