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Show djgxif Bt mttmfof- w p . .r y r r ':v V y 'yy HV:y If rrjtL ;JL.,,. mr, ) vx'ikj 'l Y f , III ' i 'fiy '"''J : ISj 0r&vsooo tr-trroiKwooo y I , , I V , J III J XTER1IINATOII THE GREAT! The V I f I F ,A Eroding proKrama list hlra morely as v A 0f z2&mk " 1 i Extenninutor. but the Amerk'iin ruclnc VW ! S4l(lPJ '"" ffirifo public hus made him an "equine h.-ro" f ; WTZJSdfZAZZPj? I F Jf 4. and Exterminator the Great he U to ' 'Vt. rT vfK i P I 3g the crowds that go to u him run. C' '? ' 1 ,11 1 '"'Mf. J And there's a reason. The experts , ? SWffX' ' 'rM iP y Hurt today, at the aKe of seven. 'X I ; Vl''-' ifK' he Is the world's greatest golfllng. X.V '' ,4v$ 1 I" ' 'W ''i KixNT 9 Tliey ogree-and It Is soldo..) they f ' Jjf ' ' J ro A - jj " apree on any subject that he Is one 1 4 ,J 1 f . J -al of the truly great long-distance horses y- V 1' that have adorned the American turf. Trackman- V tyM0mM' ' ! &T agers say lie Jias supplanted Man ' War and Mor- J1tFrS&S ylcb In the affections of the racing public. One V" XjsL XSi ;thlng Is sure ,:beyond question: Exterminator Is ffM Vji'l JlJPW His home towrf turns out to see him depart or come ' - . a If If fi " H V, ! " home. The old fellow Is escorted to and from his - I"""" l ' 5 mmmmrmmmmimli l"Ki"""","'l C" ATf car with all the pomp and ceremony that rightly . I ". W l fj fr O? ( f Jr) belong to a champion. ' pw rr nff JZ&lfir i rrSgs-fea- Chicago furnished a striking proof of Exterml- liu3fi3 f jjtsssT. ,w-v"-l C:-'' '"tSh- - timers will remember McGee when he was racing over western tracks In the colors of Edward Corrl-gan. Corrl-gan. He was then merely a selling plater above the ordinary. Ills racing career shows 24 firsts, 13 seconds, and 5 thirds, with money winnings of $18,-870. $18,-870. He was fast, but had no fondness for distance dis-tance over a mile. McGee's sire, White Knight never raced and begot but one foal. McGee had not been long at the stud before he turned out a Kentucky derby winner, Donerall (1013). Exterminator won the same classic In 1918. Since then McGee's progeny have been making mak-ing turf history. Exterminator's dam . Is Fair Empress, by Jim Gore, a stake-winning son of Hindoo and Katie. She was foaled In Kentucky In 1809 and was bred by the late Col. William S. Barnes. She raced twice, unplaced, as a two-year-old. She has had 17 foals. Nine have started in 684 races, winning 132 and earning 1208,014. Four have raced and not won. earning $200. Three foals have not raced. She has also a yearling son. She Is now In foul to McGee, so W. C. Patterson, Jr., of Jamestown, N. V., hn 'a prospect a brother or sister to the American cup champion. J XTERMINATOU THE GREAT I The E racing programs list him merely as Extenninutor, but the American racing public lias made him an "equine hero" a. and Exterminator the Great he Is to JtsL the crowds that go to see him run. rflSffib. A"d there's a reason. The experts .Oa & my tImt '"''"y nt tl,e aKe f wven. fLj? he Is the world's greatest gcidlng. Jtf. They ogree and It is seldom they jj " agree on any subject that he Is one "-"xaassaJ of the truly great long-distance horses that have adorned the American turf. Track managers man-agers say he-has supplanted Man ' War and Mor-,lch Mor-,lch In the affections of the racing public. One 'thing Is sure beyond question: Exterminator Is the best-knovtfi persotwge. of Blnghaintpn, .If, Y. His home town turns out to see him depart or come borne. The old fellow is escorted to and from his car with all the pomp and ceremony that rightly . belong to a champion. ' Chicago furnished a striking proof of Exterml. ; oator's popularity this fall. The Windy City, , apparently anxious for a revival of the days of 1884-1004, when Washington park was in Its glory nd the American derby, attracted a natlcn-wlde attendance, staged a successful race met ting at the Hawthorne track. Exterminator was billed . for the opening day in a race against time the mile snd a quarter track record of Dodge in i, t:04 8-B. The champion was visited by thousands before the opening day. The track was slow from long disuse. Exterminator was content to gallop around is 2:10. But, Just the same. 20,000 paid 3 each to see him run. What's more, they stood np when he came upon the track and cheered him till he returned to his stable by an odd coincidence coinci-dence the same stable that used to house McGee, tls sire, when racing In the colors of Edward Cor rigan, the "Master of Hawthorne" In the old duys. . Now, the grent running horse Is almost as rtllll-eult rtllll-eult of description as the gentleman. But certain qualities h must have to be truly great. He must have speed to run with the best. He must b able to carry weight. , He must have the endurance to go o distance. He must have the courage to hook np with a rival In the stretch, look him In the eye, nd go on to win. He mut have the Intelligence to understand the game and the will to win. He must be sound physically and have the stamina to stand training and rare often. He must be honest and always do his best. And he must not be temperamental. Exterminator has all those qualities. Now, there's his rival Mad Hotter, who hn" several times run Exterminator to a nose. He's temperamental. For Instance, at Belmont this fa!!, !. ran tvo miles !n ff:22 3-5 with 125 pounds up and won the Jockey club gold mp by two lengths from Bit of White and Pillory. In his very next race, at Aqueduct, something made him "sore" and he pinned back his enrs and wouldn't run. He got off Inst and stayed Inst. At thiit, Mad Hatter Just e.caies being truly great. He's been racing five years and has started 72 times. Here's his score: First, 27; second. 20; third, 12; unplaced, 13; won, $102,335. in fact, this great son of Fair Play Mad Cap, belonging to the Run-cocas Run-cocas stable, Is the sixth highest winner of the American turf, being surpassed only by Man 0' War, Exterminator, Colin, Sysonby and Domino. Observe how Exterminator shines by contrast being an honest equine gentleman ! Why, any un-Beemly un-Beemly behavior anywhere Is unthinkable of Ex terminator. Just as a sample, here's the way he won the Toronto Autumn cup this full for the third successive suc-cessive time. Incidentally other hrsis have won this famous race twice, but It remained for Exterminator Ex-terminator to go them one better. In 1020, with 132 pounds up, Exterminator bent My Dear by a head and In the following year with 1.17 isninds Jn the saddle he tignln beat the same mure by a head. This full Exterminator curried t.';2 pounds and won going sway from Guy and Bit of White in exactly the same time he run the race last year, 2:05 1-5, for the mile and it quarter. The race was marked by n terrific early pace. Guy, 102 pounds, assumed nn early lead and, with the Imported borne, Golden Sphere, 11.'!, In close pursuit, they went to the quarter In '2 4-.r), he half In 4i :?-.r, the three-quarters In 1:11 and the tulle In 1 ;W '-.". Exterminator was rated along hi llfth position and Johnson never made a move with him until the top of the home sireteh. When culled on the latter responded with h!s tccial Sti rling gameness and, passing the le;-ders In the final eighth, won going away by a half length. Guy managed to last long enough to beat Bit of White. 100, by a head for second place. Bonlfnce was fourth, a length away. The winner's portion of the stake was $12,800. Exterminator was favorite favor-ite at 4 to 5. That's the way Exterminator runs well behaved be-haved at the post, easily placed in the race and ready for the test at the wire. It's Exterminator's good character that makes him the horse he Is. lie's run 13 races this year nt distances from six furlongs to a mile and a half on all kinds of tracks and has won all but three of them. In his second race this year Boniface beat him a nose. In the other two, which were In succession, he was evidently not la his usual first-class first-class condition. The old fellow began the season In the spring at Huvre de Grace and traveled all over the country, racing at Plmllco, Churchill, Belmont. Bel-mont. Aqueduct, I.atonla, Saratoga and Woodbine. In this racing Extenninutor never carried less than 120 pounds and that only once. He curried as high as 140. His usual weight was 132 to 135. Almost Invariably he was fnvorlte and usually at odds on. He beat Mud Hatter, Bon Homme, Grey Log. Polly Ann, Captain Alcock. Devastation. Be Frank, Firebrand. Lady Madcap, Rouleau, Boniface, Boni-face, Iteglstrar. Bring a Buck and cither top-notchers. top-notchers. August 31 he won the historic Sarutogu eup for the fourth time. A. Johnson rides Exterminator Exter-minator these days and E. Wnyland Is the stable trainer. Oct. 21 Exterminator won the Laurel handicap nt Lucre! ? 10.075, Jlefeatlng Tryster, Careful; I'ara gou II and other good ones. Exterminator's career can be briefly summarized thus : Fouled. 101.1; races, 84; first, 44; second 10; third, 13; won $1:23.104. As a mutter of fact Exterminator has wan more money In real races than any other horse In thv history of the American turf, notwithstanding the fact that Mun o' War (now retired to the stud) is credited with bigger earnings. As all racing enthusiasts en-thusiasts know, Mun o' War owes his place at the heud of the list to a "hippodrome" performance In Canada, which smacked more of commercialism than sportsmanship. Incidentally, Exterminator was Invited, but his owner and trainer declined to participate. There have been three greut geldings on the American turf before Exterminator Banquet. Hacelund and Strathineatli ; all three are dead. Banquet, fouled In 1SS7, had this score: races, 100; first. C2; second, 42; third. 23; won $118,.Wi. Itaceland (18Sfi) had this record: 130, 70, 2.", 12. $110,:!tU. Strathmenth (1SSS) had this score: 133, 51), Sit, 19, $114,.'H. It Is tn be remembered that the purses and stakes of the day of Exterminator's three predecessors were relatively smaller. It Is a mutter of sincere regret to racing enthusiasts en-thusiasts that Extenninutor, a .'elding, cannot transmit his qualities to future generations of the American thoroughbred. And here comes In a big "If." Would Exterminator, entire, have been so great? Or would he have been temperamental, lifre, for hiittinee, the hurte Mad Hatter? Many a well-mannered gelding has been made from an unmanageable un-manageable thoroughbred. As u mailer of I'a't. Exterminator was gelded simply benuixe be was not considered well cnouuh bred to be worth while i;- a breeding asset, When he was foaled In 11)1.' t.i.i .-Ire. McGee, did not enjoy his present reputation us a progenitor. Old- When Externilw tor's turf career comes to an end the champion villi pass the remainder of his days In peace and comfort at Willis Stmrpe Kilmer's Kil-mer's Sun Brlur Court at Blnghamton, N. Y. Mr. Kilmer Is u wealthy mun who has gone Into the breeding of thoroughbreds on an extensive scale and races for love of the sport. Ills sending of Extenninutor to Chicago was simply to help the 'nuui; alofsg uiicl old In the possible revival of racing rac-ing there. He was there, with u party of friends, to see his champion perform. Mr. Kilmer's breeding establishment at Blnghamton Blng-hamton Is a model which attracts many visitors The estate, which Is extensive, Is within the city limits and surrounded by beautiful homes, on the historic and beautiful Susquehanna. The first of the buildings one approaches is the large clubhouse, club-house, built by Mr. Kilmer for the entertnitiuient of his friends and visitors. The innin training buildings have stalls for 100 horses and a covered training track of a quarter of a mile. Besides this there are many stables for brood mares and stallions and large paddocks and pastures. Extensive offices and dormitories for grooms and others are provided, and a separate sep-arate house for the farm staff. Faultless organization, organiza-tion, cleanliness and order show In every department depart-ment ami detail about the place. Two complete tracks, one a straightaway along the river, the other modeled after the Rundown course In England, provide Ideal training for the young racers. Sun Briar, of recent racing fume. Is the premlet stallion. There arc 38 well-bred brood mares Two are of International Importance-Sweet iirhr dam of Sim Briar, and ltoynl n,urf sist . J ' Petrarch. Among the mares Sal Vo ib. bv Diulse Heartburn, (be dam of Sally's Alley. ,lir flli'v whlc-. w-m this year'. Futurity for Mr. Ki,n,,-, ' Sa I Alley Is by .Mlumeur by M,li,r SlriI. "J" ,'""!' '-nee by. 'la,,,,,,. , Mll,.kil J''; -ned f, the federal re,,,,,,,, , scnic, Iv:;ei;;i :..,r ;i, V:i'iv's , ' v , .. . , .,,,:. ,1;;;',u",""7h' " 1 ' ! .' ' ii" u orid ! 1 |
