44^th Kentucky Derby
1918 - Exterminator
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Race Summary :24 1/5, :49 1/5, 1:16 1/5, 1:43 3/5, 2:10 4/5. Track muddy. Winner - Ch.g. by *McGee - Fair Empress, by Jim Gore; trained by Henry McDaniel; bred in Kentucky by F.D. Knight. $2 mutuels paid - Exterminator, $61.20 straight, $23.10 place, $12.40 show; Escoba, $4.90 place, $4.60 show; Viva America, $13.20 show. $15,000 added. Net to winner $14,700; second $2,500; third $1,000; fourth $275. 70 nominations.

1918: World History

Race Footnotes

Horse	Finish	Jockey	Owner	Breeder	Trainer
Exterminator	1st	William Knapp	Willis Sharpe Kilmer	F. D. Knight	Henry McDaniel
Escoba	2nd	Joe Notter	Kenneth S. Alexander	Kenneth Deeds Alexander	John S. Ward
Viva America	3rd	William Warrington	C. T. Worthington	George I. Stoll	W. N. Potts
War Cloud	4th	John Loftus	A. K. Macomber	J. B. Joel	W. B. Jennings
Lucky B.	5th	John McCabe	O. A. Bianchi	Oswald A. Bianchi	Oswald A. Bianchi
Jas. T. Clark	6th	John Morys	John W. Schorr	R. H. Anderson	Louis Tauber
Sewell Combs	7th	Loyd Gentry	Gallaher Brothers	Gallaher Brothers	J. C. Gallaher
American Eagle	8th	Earl Sande	Thomas C. McDowell	Thomas C. McDowell	George Denney

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Start good and slow. Won handily; second and third driving. EXTERMINATOR moved up fast after going three-quarters and, slipping through on the inner rail, raced into the lead and outstayed ESCOBA. The latter raced forwardly from the start, made a resolute effort in the last eighth, but tired in the last sixteenth. VIVA AMERICA showed the most early speed, but found the distance a trifle too far. *WAR CLOUD met with much interference on the first two turns, but remained close up to the last quarter, where he tired. SEWELL COMBS raced well for three-quarters. JAMES T. CLARK was sharply cut off when he moved up fast at the half mile ground. Scratched - Aurum, Jim Heffering. Overweight - Viva America, 1 pound. (*Foreign Bred)