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ST A YER EXTERMINATORS DEEDS BIS DEVELOPMENT FROM A MODERATE TWO-YEAR-OLD INTO A KENTUCKY DERBY WINNER AND SUPERIOR LONG DISTANCE RACE HORSE Exterminator justly holds high rank among the best horses of the present day. Speedy, honest, always ready on fast tracks or muddy tracks, and a stayer of the old-fashioned kind, he is the type of horse to delight the heart of any true lover of the thoroughbred. He is the best horse McGee has sent to the races, and unlike his daddy is an especially good mud runner. McGee was an excessively fast horse in his racing career over the western tracks, but could not run well in deep going. The ability of Exterminator in that respect was probably derived from his dam and her family in general. As a two-year-old Exterminator was not raced much and attracted no great amount of notice. His debut was attended with success. It was in a three-quarters dash for maiden two-year-olds at Latonia June 30, 1917. This he won easily in 1:14, but beat nothing of much subsequent account in racing. At Windsor July 4 he ran fourth to Jack Hare Jr., High Cost and Viva America at five-eighths in ltOl3-;. At the same track July 17 he won at five and a half furlongs over a heavy track in 1 :13, defeating Fern Handley, Lady Eileen and three others. At Kenilworth July 2G he ran unplaced to Miss Bryn, Own Roe ONeil and Salvestra at five and a half furlongs in 1 :071i. He was fourth, with seven more behind him. That was all for that year, and his record did not even faintly suggest, a future Kentucky Derby winner and a great Cup horse. Sun Briar was the leading two-year-old of 1917, and being entered in the Kentucky Derby of 1918 was taken to Louisville to be trained for that much coveted race. For a time glowing reports came from Louisville heralding his fine appearance, . improvement through winter growth and good way of going in his work. Later on the tenor of reports concerning the progress in training of this favorite changed in tone. He answered some questions put to him so poorly that his owner and trainer were regretfully forced to the conclusion that if they were to win the Kentucky Derby it would have to be with some other horse than Sun Briar. What special providence directed their attention to Exterminator has never been authentically disclosed, but "when it was finaiiy-made-public ..that Sir. Kilmer-hatl purchased him for the reported price of 15,009 thj transaction attracted" no great attention, the general impression being that he had been bought as a helper of Sun Briar in training and in the big race. However, when the day of its running arrived Sun Briar was an absentee and Exterminator, with "Big Bill" Knapp in the saddle, was the Kilmer reliance. War Cloud was the favorite, while Exterminator was the absolute outsider in the betting, his 2 mutuel tickets returning 1.20. This did not prevent him from shocking the big crowd present in winning by a length from Escoba over a muddy track, with the filly Viva America third. When the smoke cleared away it was assumed that his victory was somewhat fluky and due mainly to his being a superlative mud runner. Something of this reputation hung to him until in the Carrollton Handicap at Laurel in the fall he defeated such fast ones as The Porter, Sunny Slope and Tombolo at a mile and a sixteenth in 1 :44, leading all the way and running the first mile in 1 :38. This race was convincing and it revealed him in the guise of an extremely speedy horse, as well as a notable mud runner. He wound up his three-year-old campaign by a display of versatility in winning the Latonia Gup at two miles and a quarter over a heavy track and the Thanksgiving Handicap at the shorter distance of a mile and a sixteenth a few days later. This year Exterminator has fully upheld his reputation of being a horse to be relied upon to do his best, at any and all times. Having earned the distinction of being rated in the high weights of the handicap division, it follows that he met his reverses, but as a rule he was found battling out the finishes gallantly. On the other hand, he scored his triumphs, the most notable probably being when he defeated Sam Hildreths great colt Purchase in the Saratoga Cup at a mile and three-quarters. Purchase went to the post a 1 to 3 favorite and carried 116 pounds, Exterminator having up 126. He took the lead quickly, made the pace fast all the way, and tied the track record when he won by a length and a half in 2 :58. One of his adventures that did not turn out well was a trip west to Latonia last month to essay the capture of the Latonia Cup for the second time. It chanced that Be Frank had come west to run in that same race, and he performed his task so well that at the end of its two miles and a quarter he was two lengths in front of Exterminator, with Legal a bad third. However, Exterminator, made amends for this disaster when he won the Piinlico Cup last week at the same distance and gave Royce Rools and Woodtrap an easy beating. He is now in winter quarters, owning the following good record: Year. Age. Starts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Won. 1917 2 4 2 0 0 2 $ 1,350 1918 3 15 7 4 3 1 36,147 1919 4 21 9 6 3 3 . . 26,402 Total , 40 18 10 6 6 63,899 Exterminators pedigree reads as follows: , Wisdom 5 BJinkhoolie Sir Hugo J I -Alme ..... Manoeuvre J Lord Clifden fwil, v White Knight - Quick March .,,", C Wenlock 5 Lord Clifden jj I Whitelock I Mineral , I White Heather.... $ Rlair Athol 0 "McGee - l May Bell 3 T Newminster j Touchstone f ru Hermit . I Beeswing H I Seclusion j Tadmoor pJ-s v. Iteniorse v , Miss Sellon o - I Vedette 5 Voltigeur H g I ex -! Mrs.Ridgway S I Flying Duchess... I The Fly. Dutchman S 1 Merope t -i S f Virgil S Vandal PJ 2 f Hindoo J Hymenia S 5 i Lexington C K Florence Jorenw . 3 f,Jim Goto.. -i Weather Witch W ; Phaeton 5 King Tom L Katie..: 1 Merry Sunshine 1 i Daughter of S War Dance "3 I Fair Empress. . - Mamie S. , . . C Prince Charlie j Blair Athol T1. f Pirate of 1 Eastern Princess Penzance Plunder Buccaneer . Merrythought. . i Sister to Aegis Rayon dOr S Flageolet I Kay belle -i l Auracariu Blue Grass Belle... i War Dance I Ballet
