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KILMERS SURPRISE VICTORY LOUISVILLE Ky May 6 Some owners start preparing a horse with a Kentucky Derby victory in view as soon as the young ¬ ster is foaled and others by chance slip up on one Once in the history misfortune threw the Derby in the lap of an owner and tomorrow that owner will be watching the race just as he did nineteen years ago when Exterminator bore his silks to victory Willis Sharpe Kilmer hoped to win the classic with Sun Briar and the royally bred threeyearold which later turned out to be one of the best sires went amiss Ex ¬ terminator was purchased from J Cal Milam and the son of McGee carried William Big Bill Knapp to a surprise score over the favored Escoba
