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Show 38TO-I HORSE TifiiS Kilmer's Exterminator Beats , Escoba Under Wire by a Length; Viva America Finishes Third. By International News Service. CHURCHILL DOWNS, Ky., Mar 11. Form was upset and wise turf judgment judg-ment went awn.' today when Willis Sharpe Kilmer's Exterminator, a 29 to 1 shot, without urge of whip or spur for any appreciable time, cleanly outran out-ran the field in the forty-fourth Kentucky Ken-tucky Derby, ono of the historic racing events of America. Tt was a clean-cut victory for the horse, which was entered for the big . event onlv yesterday after KilmcT had discovered that his crack Sun Briar, 2-year-old champion of 1917, was out of (Continued on Page Four.) 30-TO-1 HORSE WINS BIG KENTUCKY If (Continued from Page One.) condition and that the animal which b had purchased but a short time ago in Lexington for $10,000, must be thrown into tho breach. Kilmer and members of his racing camp knew that they wero faking a lnog shot at the event when Exterminator was posted. Is Stirring Race. , The race was a stirring one. Viva America, set the pace to the stretch turn, where, she was closely followed by Exterminator Ex-terminator and I'jseoba. For a few seconds sec-onds Eseoba flashed to the front. Sir or eight lashes laid across the withers of Kilmer's entry shot him ahead of the leadig horse. Exterminator quickly took tho lead and won by a generous length. Eseoba managed to keep second sec-ond place, whiie Viva America, the only filly in the field, captured third place. War Cloud, the favorite, played clear across the board, ran fourth, tweh n lengths behind the winner. Exterminator, a gelding, has practically practi-cally no big history behind him. He started four times as a 2-year-old and ran twice unplaced. He ran first today to-day as a 3-year-old. Big Crowd Out. Approximately 50,000 persons Witnessed Wit-nessed the race. Tt was one of tbc biggest crowds Churchill Downs had ever known. Aa witness to the fact that the winner was a miieh neglected entry iD the pari mnttiel belting, is the outstanding outstand-ing fact of the price' of $61.20 paid against him on a $'2 bet to win. Tlace price on bim was $23.10 and show odds :-12.10. Eseoba, which ran second paid $4.90 to place and $4.60 to show. It was a battle royal for 3-year-olds, the distance, a mile and a quarter. A value of approximately $20,000 was placed on the event, making it as rich, if not the richest contest of the year. The winner proved himself a money maker for his owner, as $16,000 was the first prize. Eseoba captured $2500 by taking second honors and third money was set at $1000. Exterminator wrested his victory on a heavy track, as a steady rain, which began "early, had soaked the coots The time was 2:10 4-5. |