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Twenty Years Ago Today Chief Turf Events of May II, 1903 Racing at Morris Park, Louisville, St. Louis and Worth. 1 1 The noted stallion Exlie, winner of the 2 3 Brooklyn Handicap in 1889, went mad last Tuesday night at the stock farm of his owner, 6 Elliott C. Cowdin, at Mount Kisco, and was 7 shot to death. He tried to break out of his stall in the morning and when trainer Bren-nan attempted to soothe the horse he became 1 so frenzied that Brennan and his stablemen 2 : proceeded to remove the other animals from ; the barn. Exile finally got free and rushed , wildly at Brennan and an assistant. They , started for a fence, but, as the horse was bit-ing and snapping at them, they climbed up a tree for safety. Exile then bit the bark off the tree, threw his weight against it and even bit himself.* When it was seen that his case was hopeless Mr. Cowdin reluctantly gave orders to have him shot, and a stable hand sent a bullet into his brain. Exiles triumph in the Brooklyn Handicap was one of the events in turf history that will be handed down for generations to come. He was the property of William Lakeland, and though a cripple was patched up especially for that race. He went to the post with odds of 10 to 1 against him, and, rushing away from his opponents, he won easily, enabling Lakeland, David Gideon and a few others who knew of his fit condition to clean up thousands of dollars on his victory. The horse was always noted for his temper and while in Kentucky it is said that he killed two men. Exile also won the Brooklyn Cup, Mayflower Handicap, Twin City Handicap and the Woodland Handicap, beating such well known horses as Proctor Knott, Elkwood. Prince Royal and Terra Cotta.
